The Reason Behind the Cancelation of the Vancouver WWE Shows

The WWE normally comes to Vancouver at least once or twice a year and was scheduled to return October 16th for a show at the PNE Agrodome. That event was then inexplicably cancelled not long after it was announced, leaving wrestling fans to wonder why. It turns out fans might have a long wait ahead of them as it has come to light that the WWE pulled the show after the City of Vancouver enacted bylaw changes that may keep the WWE out of town for the foreseeable future.

A UFC event was held in June in Vancouver, but not after considerable opposition to it was raised by members of Vancouver City Council. That controversy was over the violence of mixed martial arts, a combat sport that is much different from the entertainment professional wrestling provides. Nonetheless, the City of Vancouver sees no such distinction and have lumped the WWE in with UFC and other fighting promotions and have made it more costly for these events to be held here.

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