WWE Dealing With COVID-19 Outbreak

Several wrestlers and staff reportedly test positive.

by Andrew Pollard
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With the COVID-19 Omicron variant currently causing tighter restrictions and regulations to be implemented across the globe, it's being reported that WWE is currently dealing with a new COVID outbreak.

As per PWInsider, several WWE sources informed them that they'd been contacted and asked to get themselves tested out of caution. Since then, certain wrestlers and staff have tested positive.

This same report notes WWE is still planning to go ahead will all US live events currently booked across the next week, and this is being labelled a situation that couldn't have been avoided, with WWE having been regularly testing talents before allowing them to enter venues.

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In an instance where talent are unable to compete on shows they've been advertised for, WWE is already looking at alternative line-ups that may possibly include utilising NXT stars at these events. The company also hopes that any names who are unable to work the Holiday Tour shows will still be able to work the WWE Day 1 PPV on New Year's Day, with that event far enough away that impacted wrestlers will be cleared to perform by then.

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Once described as the Swiss Army Knife of WhatCulture, Andrew can usually be found writing, editing, or presenting on a wide range of topics. As a lifelong wrestling fan, horror obsessive, and comic book nerd, he's been covering those topics professionally as far back as 2010. In addition to his current WhatCulture role of Senior Content Producer, Andrew previously spent nearly a decade as Online Editor and Lead Writer for the world's longest-running genre publication, Starburst Magazine, and his work has also been featured on BBC, TechRadar, Tom's Guide, WhatToWatch, Sportkskeeda, and various other outlets, in addition to being a Rotten Tomatoes-approved film critic. Between his main day job, his role as the lead panel host of Wales Comic Con, and his gig as a pre-match host for Wrexham AFC games, Andrew has also carried out a hugely varied amount of interviews, from the likes of Robert Englund, Kane Hodder, Adrienne Barbeau, Rob Zombie, Katharine Isabelle, Leigh Whannell, Bruce Campbell, and Tony Todd, to Kevin Smith, Ron Perlman, Elijah Wood, Giancarlo Esposito, Simon Pegg, Charlie Cox, the Russo Brothers, and Brian Blessed, to Kevin Conroy, Paul Dini, Tara Strong, Will Friedle, Burt Ward, Andrea Romano, Frank Miller, and Rob Liefeld, to Bret Hart, Sting, Mick Foley, Ricky Starks/Saints, Jamie Hayter, Britt Baker, Eric Bischoff, and William Regal, to Mickey Thomas, Joey Jones, Phil Parkinson, Brian Flynn, Denis Smith, Gary Bennett, Karl Connolly, and Bryan Robson - and that's just the tip of an ever-expanding iceberg. Where his beloved Wrexham AFC is concerned, Andrew is co-host of the Fearless in Devotion podcast, which won the Club Podcast of the Year gong at the 2024 FSA Awards.