News broke this week that WWE would be running live episodes of RAW on both Christmas Day (December 25th, 2017) and New Years Day (January 1st, 2018). The news has surprised a lot of fans, with many expressing the opinion that WWE should run taped shows so the performers (and backstage workers) can be with their family’s.
We now have the rumored locations for both holiday episodes.
According to Mike Johnson of PWInsider, the Christmas day episode of RAW is looking like it will take place in Chicago. This will be the first time that WWE has been live on Christmas day since 1986. This also means that the December 26th episode of Smackdown Live will take place in Chicago.
As for New Years Day, PWInsider says that both RAW and Smackdown Live will take place in Florida. The January 1st episode of RAW will be in Miami and the January 2nd Smackdown will be in Tampa Bay. There has been some talk that WWE could do the shows in Orlando in back-to-back nights instead but tickets are already being sold for Miami.
Also, here is who made the decision to run RAW on Christmas Day.
We will let you know when the dates are officially confirmed by WWE. Will you be attending or watching these shows?
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