In an interview with Louis Dangoor of givemesport.com, Samoa Joe discussed the rain delay at WWE Wrestlemania 37. Joe was part of the commentary team at the time and here is what he had to say about the situation:
“We knew about the rain delay. Something people don’t know about the Tampa Bay area, the hockey team is called the Lightning for a reason. There are more lightning strikes in Tampa than pretty much anywhere in the world. Whenever there is thunder and lightning, you have to get the fans underneath cover and get them off the floor of the stadium. We were more concerned about the safety, but at the same time you have to fill time and go back and forth, just doing live shots.”
“For us, it’s just amusing to hear the chaos going on. Right before we go on air, it’s just me and Michael Cole. Before that, this shrilling electronic screech comes through our ear pices, I pulled mine out. Byron is like standing in the corner, his headset completely shorted out and he’s pulling stuff off of him and trying to listen. His IFB and it’s just sitting in a puddle of water that appeared in two seconds because it rains like the amazon forest here in Florida when it does get going. There is a lot of chaos and the whole time I’m just laughing. When we went to back, the rain starts going sideways and we’re underneath the canopy, but at that point I’m just like, give us the ponchos, otherwise we’ll be out here soaking wet and looking like a Monty Python skit. I’d rather look like the Gorton’s fisherman than a dude in a wet suit, so give me the poncho.”
You can check out the full interview below:
