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#2 A delay in various other feuds

Everything was put on halt

Now we can only speculate why, but there seems to be a rather unfortunate reason why WWE made the show just one-hour if you discount the replay of The Boneyard match. Unfortunately, that meant a delay in multiple other feuds.

The two most notable names absent were AJ Styles and Daniel Bryan. The former should have ideally played an important part of the show, but we're not sure why he was absent. All we can hope is that he wasn't one among the reported 30+ names that tested positive for COVID-19 in WWE.

Either way, things were put on hold this week and it seems as though the nature of the tapings was limited. On a side note, we're glad to see people in the audience wearing masks.

The timing worked out well for WWE since The Undertaker's retirement meant they could center the show around him and delay other storylines for the time being. We hope that this doesn't affect the Extreme Rules 2020 card too drastically.