Why Pirate Ship Spot At WrestleMania 37 Never Happened

Raymond James Stadium hosted WrestleMania 37, but their signature pirate ship was only used as a piece of the set. Kevin Owens made no secret about how he wanted to jump off of it, but that sadly didn’t happen.

According to Fightful Select, “there was discussions between talent and creative throughout the week, but the match not being no-DQ proved a big hurdle.” The match was a regular contest without any No DQ set-up. That made jumping off the pirate ship a much harder feat to pull off in that match.

In the end, the weather was said to be the “final nail in the coffin” when it came to doing a spot off that ship. The pirate ship was also a lot larger than many expected it to be.

The spot was never planned in the final stages of Kevin Owens and Sam Zayn’s WrestleMania match. It would have still been very interesting to see happen, but there’s always next year for KO to jump off of something high.