There may be a tight turnaround between the first night of WrestleMania 41 and NXT Stand And Deliver.
Each year, prior to WWE WrestleMania Saturday, NXT holds Stand And Deliver in what has become their signature event each year. With a wave of fans flocking to ‘Mania’s host city every April, it’s likely that many are planning to attend both shows on April 19. However, it’s now been suggested that WWE could be planning to hold the shows incredibly close together.
Per Dave Meltzer on Wrestling Observer Radio, it’s believed that, while it isn’t finalised, WWE are considering having Stand And Deliver begin at 12pm PT while WrestleMania Saturday would start at 3pm PT.
“I actually talked to somebody from WWE yesterday about this start time on Saturday. And it is not finalised, it’s not finalised so they’ll have to finalise it, but the idea of noon and 3 pm PT as the start times for NXT and WrestleMania is not out of the picture, but I don’t see how you can do it that way. It might be 11 am and 3 pm or 12 pm and 4 pm. They’re working it out, but I think the original idea was noon and 3 pm…10 am start local time and then 3 pm would probably be ideal but I think maybe the feeling is 10 am is too early. Anyway, there is no official start time of the two shows but it’s going to be in that range. Probably 11 am or noon and 3 pm or 4 pm,”
-Dave Meltzer
Should this be the case, it would leave little time for fans to travel between the two shows, though the plan for the start times hasn’t been confirmed.
As for ‘Mania itself, there are no official matches as of yet, but we know that both Jey Uso and Charlotte Flair will be in world title matches due to their respective Royal Rumble wins.
As always, we’ll aim to provide any further updates on the planned start time for WrestleMania 41 as soon as we hear more.
H/T to Cultaholic for the transcription.
