This week's edition of Monday Night RAW at the XL Center in Hartford, Conn. is canceled due to a travel ban in the state of Connecticut with the upcoming winter storms set to hit the Northeast. The WWE reportedly still plans to broadcast something tonight at 8 p.m. ET.
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According to Wrestlingheadlines.com, Monday Night RAW will not emanate in Connecticut tonight and the WWE production crews are currently at the XL Center packing up their things into production trucks.
Despite the cancelation, there is still set to be RAW broadcast on the USA Network tonight, but it's unknown at this time what it will consist of.
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This announcement comes on the heels of Connecticut governor Dannel P. Malloy initiating a travel ban on the entire state of Connecticut in a big news conference Monday morning.
The Northeast is set to be hit with a huge blizzard and the travel ban means that only emergency and state vehicles are allowed on the road starting at 9 p.m. ET. Public transportation will be shut down at 8 p.m.
The WWE SmackDown tapings are set for Boston on Tuesday night and the weather could affect those as well. There are talks of possibly taping SmackDown live on Thursday if it's possible.
According to the report, Malloy was asked at another press conference if the weather and travel ban would affect Monday Night RAW.
"As important to the world economy as wrestling is, public safety tops it," the governor said.
This was set to be a huge edition of Monday Night RAW as it is the first episode of the WWE's flagship show on the road to WrestleMania 31 and was set to hash through the fallout of the Royal Rumble on Sunday night.
It's unknown at this time what the WWE plans to do, but check back here for the latest details as they come out.
Update; The WWE released the following statement about tonight's RAW:
XL CENTER POSTPONES RAW UNTIL THURSDAY
STAMFORD, Conn., January 26, 2015 - Due to the impending blizzard in the Northeast and statewide travel bans, WWE has postponed tonight's live event in Hartford and cancelled tomorrow night's live event in Boston; however, WWE will emanate live tonight at 8 p.m. ET from its studios in the Stamford world headquarters.
Ticket Information
Hartford, Conn., XL Center: Tickets for tonight's show in Hartford will be honored for a SmackDown event this Thursday, January 29 that will air live on Syfy.
Boston, MA, TD Garden: Fans with tickets to tomorrow's event in Boston will have the option of either exchanging tickets for an upcoming WWE event on Saturday, June 27 or obtaining a refund at point of purchase
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