UPDATE: The WrestleMania 38 sign caught on fire for a second time following Brock Lesnar winning the 2022 Men’s WWE Royal Rumble match.
You can check out a video of that below:
The sign is on fire again!!! pic.twitter.com/dNYuIzUJVR
— Sean Ross Sapp of Fightful.com (@SeanRossSapp) January 30, 2022
ORIGINAL: According to multiple fans in attendance at the 2022 WWE Royal Rumble pay-per-view event, the WrestleMania 38 sign briefly caught fire and was lowered to the ground. The fans who were sitting in the section under the sign were evacuated.
According to a report from Sean Ross Sapp, WWE quickly got things under control and eventually the sign was raised back up after the fire was put out.
You can check out some photos and videos of the incident below:
Pyro is MELTING the WrestleMania sign. They evacuated the section pic.twitter.com/fKcLW5vjuu
— Sean Ross Sapp of Fightful.com (@SeanRossSapp) January 30, 2022
Fans had to be evacuated after the WrestleMania sign melted during Ronda Rousey’s pyro.#RoyalRumble
(via @SeanRossSapp)pic.twitter.com/0ESbuJ8B53
— B/R Wrestling (@BRWrestling) January 30, 2022
The WrestleMania sign caught fire and they had to lower it to put it out and evacuate the section completely. Wild. #RoyalRumble pic.twitter.com/98MU6euuRx
— Tyler Roney (@TylerJRoney) January 30, 2022
The #wrestlemania sign is on fire at the #RoyalRumble @WRESTLEZONEcom @EITMonline pic.twitter.com/bAgAP9DPm1
— JoshMRadio (@JoshMRadio) January 30, 2022
Not the wrestlemania sign got more heat than this Becky and Doudrop match #RoyalRumble pic.twitter.com/H5yc0jU92r
— …and then there’s maude (@cxrodge3) January 30, 2022
It's fixed and raised. They were on that QUICK
— Sean Ross Sapp of Fightful.com (@SeanRossSapp) January 30, 2022
They got that sign lowered, extinguished, repaired and raised in one match.
— Sean Ross Sapp of Fightful.com (@SeanRossSapp) January 30, 2022
They did a good ass job of getting everyone out, fixing the sign and getting it back up quick
— Sean Ross Sapp of Fightful.com (@SeanRossSapp) January 30, 2022
They did a good ass job of getting everyone out, fixing the sign and getting it back up quick
— Sean Ross Sapp of Fightful.com (@SeanRossSapp) January 30, 2022
The put out the fire!!! pic.twitter.com/iEsgPkcljd
— Sean Ross Sapp of Fightful.com (@SeanRossSapp) January 30, 2022
