WWE's New Mask Policy In Place

All staff and talent will now have to wear a mask at all times - or face being fined!

by Andrew Pollard
Bray Wyatt face mask
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What’s that? Some common sense? From WWE? Crazy times, for sure.

After months of fans scratching their heads in amazement that WWE’s whole handling of the global bastard (hey, Adam Wilbourn!), Vince McMahon’s sports entertainment behemoth has finally made it mandatory for masks to be worn at all times.

Well, as ‘at all times’ as it gets for WWE.

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This afternoon, WWE informed all talent and staff that the company is enforcing an order that will see protective masks worn at all times on any WWE workday. The only exception to that rule is for talents performing on camera for WWE television.

To show just how serious WWE is about this latest instruction, the company will issue a $500 fine to anybody caught not wearing a mask during a WWE TV taping. For anybody who violates this rule a second time, it will be a $1,000 fine.

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In recent weeks, we’ve seen the Performance Center trainees who have been present in the crowd for TV tapings not always wearing masks. Here’s hoping that finally puts a stop to that, and that WWE now ups its game where proper, regular, constant testing is concerned.

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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, Jamie Hayer, 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.