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Going In Raw: A Pro Wrestling Podcast

How Was WWE Deemed ESSENTIAL BUSINESS By Florida? Did Vince Lie About XFL? News Brief

Going In Raw: A Pro Wrestling Podcast

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Sports, Wrestling, News, Sports News

4.82.9K Ratings

🗓️ 14 April 2020

⏱️ 16 minutes

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Support Going In Raw on Patreon! http://www.patreon.com/steveandlarson SOURCES: https://www.prowrestlingsheet.com/wwe-deemed-essential-business-governor-coronavirus https://www.espn.com/wwe/story/_/id/29031903/wwe-deemed-essential-business-florida-mayor-says https://www.sportskeeda.com/amp/wwe/wwe-rumors-how-the-company-convinced-the-government-of-florida-that-they-were-essential-media-exclusive https://www.newsweek.com/xfl-bankruptcy-vince-mcmahon-wwe-1497721 https://profootballtalk.nbcsports.com/2020/04/13/wwe-received-equity-in-xfl-without-paying-for-it/ https://www.actionnetwork.com/xfl/xfl-bankruptcy-filing-vince-mcmahon-wwe-darren-rovell Going In Raw Merchandise http://www.prowrestlingtees.com/goinginraw http://www.friendomarket.com Contribute to the Going In Raw Set! PO Box 1814 Orangevale, CA 95662 Subscribe and leave us a rating, review or comment! Going in Raw on ITunes http://apple.co/1LpIsZa Larson on Twitter: http://www.twitter.com/joyofbearding Steve on Twitter: http://www.twitter.com/mfstevehere Going In Raw on Twitter: https://twitter.com/realgoinginraw Steve and Larson on Reddit: http://www.reddit.com/r/SteveAndLarson/ Steve and Larson on Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/steveandlarson Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices

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0:00.0

Hey friend, those Steve here.

0:07.0

Hey Larson.

0:08.0

And welcome back to going in, Rod News brief.

0:11.1

Be sure to smash that like button even odd number of times.

0:14.8

Odd number, not even odd number.

0:16.5

Let's try to get this one up to 600 likes Larson.

0:20.0

What is in the essential news of the day?

0:22.4

The essential news that everyone needs to learn about is that apparently WWE, at least

0:26.8

in the state of Florida, is in fact an essential business.

0:29.7

Yesterday on News brief, we talked about WWE going live from the former center going

0:34.7

forward for the foreseeable future.

0:37.4

But given Florida to stay at home or order, we are wondering how the heck was this happening

0:42.9

and going?

0:43.9

No, it isn't happening.

0:44.9

It doesn't seem like it would work.

0:45.9

Everybody is supposed to stay home unless you're an essential business.

0:48.8

Right?

0:49.8

You're the wrestling company saying they're going to run live shows.

0:52.9

And that hardly seemed like an essential business.

0:54.7

But as announced yesterday, Florida Governor Ron DeSantis hasn't fully actually declared

0:59.8

WWE in essential business.

1:02.4

The news was first broken by Orange County Mayor Jerry Dennings during a news conference

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