WWE’s 34th annual Royal Rumble event will take place on Jan. 31 at the WWE ThunderDome inside St. Petersburg’s Tropicana Field. Unfortunately, despite WWE’s best efforts, the show will reportedly take place without live fans in attendance. Spectrum Sports 360’s Jon Alba reported via the Living The Gimmick Patreon page that the company has no plans to run the show with a live crowd, even with Florida’s rules regarding mass gatherings. Both NXT’s Capitol Wrestling Center (fka the Performance Center) and AEW’s Daily’s Place Amphitheater have been operating with limited live crowds for several months, but all of Raw and SmackDown’s crowds have remained virtual since the ThuderDome was first introduced in August.
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Multiple sources indicate there are currently no plans for #WWE to have fans at the Royal Rumble.
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