10 Fascinating WWE WrestleMania 33 Facts
10. McMahon Decreed That The Venue Be Called By Its Old Name
If you're like this author, you hate when sports stadiums and arenas get renamed by some corporation that buys up the naming rights. New Orleans' Superdome is now the "Mercedes-Benz Superdome", Chicago's historic Rosemont Horizon later became the "Allstate Arena" (for the insurance company), and so forth. It's just such a soul-sucking move, and this year's WrestleMania venue wasn't immune. In April 2016, Orlando's famed Citrus Bowl was redubbed Camping World Stadium, named by a company that sells recreational vehicles.
While Vince McMahon is known for being oddly peculiar about the use of specific words, here's one that most would side with him on: he apparently instructed his announcers to not refer to the stadium by its current name. The Citrus Bowl it was, and was referred to as such throughout the telecast.
While McMahon isn't likely one to thumb his nose at boardroom sterility, he probably simply realized, "That's a stupid name." Then again, the April 10 edition of Raw featured the "Johnsonville Seat Upgrade", so WWE would be a fine one to talk.