WWE is planning to continue running live shows moving forward despite the ongoing COVID-19 pandemic and, on Saturday, we learned that someone in the company had tested positive for the virus. They were described as low risk by WWE and had reportedly recovered, but Dave Meltzer has now revealed additional details during Wrestling Observer Radio.
"It actually happened on March 26, it would have been the second day of WrestleMania taping," he said of when the positive test was revealed to WWE. "In theory, it happened after the tapings so nobody got infected, supposedly. It’s somebody on the broadcast team so that is the deal."
This was likely the close call Roman Reigns wanted to avoid, hence why he pulled out of his Universal Championship match with Goldberg. Meltzer would go on to talk about the measures both WWE and All Elite Wrestling are trying to take, but noted that both companies have far too many people in their buildings while taping these shows.
"AEW did keep a lot of managers home but they’ve gone over 10 also. The one thing that I know with AEW is that it’s Tony [Khan] backstage and nobody else. When Edge and Orton were brawling when they went backstage we saw several people. They are trying to do the best they can but I am absolutely stunned after there is a positive that they are running weekly."
For now, pro wrestling remains the only sport to be operating pretty much as normal, and it will be interesting seeing how much longer that can realistically continue as COVID-19 continues to spread.