Time Lapse Conversion from WWE Monday Night Raw to NHL Ice

Watch as the Tampa Bay Times Forum converts from hosting a WWE Monday Night Raw event to laying down the ice for the Tampa Bay Lightning of the National Hockey League.

[@pjabrony8280]

"Guys...I got the schedule wrong. Wrestling is here for *two* nights, then hockey."

[@candyman329]

pjabrony “heard the boss asking for you”

[@AnthonyClauser]

Joking aside, the WWE sets up and takes down their own equipment.

[@clone_commandernayo5435]

OOOOF

[@ron_a16]

ight imma head out

[@pumpkin79]

Youre fired!

[@adams8585]

So you’re telling me that the ice rink isn’t just a frozen lake surrounded by a stadium

[@zzz7zzz9]

Only the ones up here in canada

[@cynicaladapter2009]

Nope. Just sprayed the color white all over the floor after putting the water or whatever the substance was to I would guess somewhere around freezing

[@coolerbot6603]

Cynical Adapter LMAO this is in Tampa, Florida There is a huge cooling process under the concrete that freezes the ice above it.

[@cynicaladapter2009]

@@coolerbot6603 I'm sorry I didn't know. I've never worked at a stadium for that type of stuff. I just went off what the video showed

[@coolerbot6603]

@@cynicaladapter2009 Well you know now and that's all that matters

[@AliMakaveli]

*WWE on Ice would be better*

[@yomolwaspran1527]

WOAH! A BESTI SQUAT INTO A POPUP POWERBOMB! I CAN'T BELIEVE IT COLE!

[@SonicspeedLuke]

GOAL! GOAL! BAH GAWD ALMIGHTY HE HAS SCORED A GOAL!

[@yomolwaspran1527]

I SWEAH THAT STICK IS BROKEN IN HALF

[@gmont28]

He had a family dammit.

[@coolerbot6603]

What is he... oh no no no no OHHHHHHH A HUGE COLLISION AT CENTER ICE CAN YOU BELIEVE IT COLE!!!

[@retrokid562]

We should all thank the men and women putting the hard work to make things like this happen for us to enjoy the product we come to see.

[@BigBoss1228]

Martin Villanueva dude stop asking for subscribers, and earn them.

[@wwecenahater2012]

Kev Ngoun nah they get thanked with a fat paycheck every month so no need

[@jcam302]

Kev Ngoun I know and they don't get the respect they deserve

[@Lost_n_Found_1]

Chuck Norris Imposter: What a miserable life you must have. Seek help.

[@danielr7900]

it is their fucking job to do it, do you think they do this from their own will?

[@rockerseven]

1:20 the guy who painted the right blue line did it in half the time as the guy who did the left one lol

[@bjaminstaples]

***** Why were they late? Didn't think so lol the guy simply wasn't a try hard and knew he could get the job done in time. Why you hating??.............. The guy who goes as fast as he can to impress or the guy who is calm and knows he has his shit done on time with NO stress? LOL

[@rockerseven]

***** exactly. the guy on the right didn't start until the guy on the left was done with the outlines, but still managed to basically finish at the same time.

[@lightningstorm2249]

Wizdigo Yes. He started earlier and finished later. The guy on the right started after the left one was already half way done and yet he finished before the left one.

[@michaellambrecht8336]

rockerseven I

[@eyelesscrown7346]

Lol

[@GrumpyPete78]

In 97, I went to a WWF house show at the Fleet Center in Boston and we decided to hit up a Bruins game 3 hours later. It's really quite incredible to see the turnaround. Crews like this don't get enough credit!

[@KingdaToro]

In that case, the ice would've been present but covered up for WWF. Building it up like this takes a few days.

[@billymatthews7346]

Agree, these people are amazing and the ice is there, remember being at the Omni in Atlanta, watching Hawk/Laker game, and could feel the cool coming up through our pants leg, we had a portal floor seat behind Laker radio back to Los Angeles, the next night the Flames host the NY Islanders, the ice is there. Thank you Billy

[@rgkong8783]

In 3 hours? Damn they’re badass!

[@scottcostello1786]

@@rgkong8783 could see it for a house show. As all they need to do is remove the ring, maybe lighting above the ring and chairs. There would be floor boards covering the ice which is typically done. Following the removal of the floor, a couple scrapes and floods and it would be good to go. I’m assuming either in this situation in Tampa that it was going in for the first time for the season or the Lightning were away on an extended road trip and they had multiple events at the rink which required a floor.

[@Daymond42]

@@scottcostello1786 As a former overnight conversion guy at the Amalie Arena (former TBTForum), the only time the ice is gotten rid of is at the end of the season, so this definitely would have been a late September or early October WWE show, because the ice only gets put in anew once, due to the amount of water and paint involved. Even if there's multiple floor show events on an extended away trip for the Lightning, the black floor planks help insulate the ice to a degree.

[@3oclockthoughts468]

Why did this suddenly pop in to my recommendations after 7 years

[@sand6601]

Rohit Behera because thanks to this information you will invent a new streaming platform called Quibi in 2020 and you'll be a millionaire, I come from the future, I now what I'm talking about, good luck with that 👍😁

[@3oclockthoughts468]

@@sand6601 yeah sure buddy

[@elgavgav]

Nobody: KZbin: wanna see time lapse?

[@MrLeslieb123]

KZbin algorithm for ya

[@ADMProduction]

Fuck now I noticed that it was 7 yrs old

[@captainswag9324]

It's literally impossible for me to not hear the 'King of the Hill' theme every time I watch a timelapse.

[@drpepperismydad1592]

Bikechanic me too man

[@gibnichtauf]

The Benny Hill theme would be more appropriate 😂

[@SiegePerilousEsauMaltomite]

Oh, wow

[@KBlade1]

I didn't think a comment like this existed here. But I had the volume down and the King Of The Hill theme was automatically playing in my head. Only thing missing was Hanks head spinning into the logo lol.

[@alex7107]

did anyone else not know that the ice was painted white and not naturally white from all the layers?

[@eLiFILMSinc]

Mind blown

[@Lost_n_Found_1]

Alex Hess No, because I know how ice works, lol. Glad you learned something, though!

[@Felamine]

They paint the ice white so that it better hides all the marks made from skating. Clear ice would start to look like crap after a few minutes of hockey.

[@davezanko9051]

It also is for contrast with the puck.

[@erikscott4791]

They dont paint the ice they paint the floor then the ice goes on top

[@AJs_Username]

that insane, i didn't realize they actually play on the floor of the arena...i thought they had put a temp ground under the ice.

[@TheConfusedCitizen2]

yeah me too

[@HockeyDude]

+AJ Brandonisio They usually do put a floor down, at least during the hockey season. I work at a smaller arena that had Monday Night Raw a few months ago and we had put flooring down because of the hockey team that plays here as well.

[@danger170388]

After the ice is laid, they cover it during the season

[@AlkalineGamingHD]

+AJ Brandonisio Most rinks do. they have pipes under that concrete floor. The solution in the pipes drops to sub zero temps. and that makes the concrete and the ice just under 25-ish

[@Mr.O-Town]

they just cover it, this video shows them converting from WWE right into ice in a the beginning of the season. in the summer the ice plant is shut down and the ice is removed.

[@kingwacky184]

I would have loved a time clock that show how long this takes.

[@danger170388]

It takes about a week to lay down the ice

[@danger170388]

Tim Wolfe to make the ice? I've done it and it takes multiple layers

[@danger170388]

Tim Wolfe "It's a living, breathing apparatus," Nick Kryshak, the Devils' official ice technician at the Prudential Center, said of the flawless polycrystal plane he's created. "It's not too hard, it's not too chippy, it's not too soft. Every little thing matters. You want that perfect consistency. Achieving that perfect consistency is an arduous task. Building a sheet from scratch takes four days, with veneer-thin layers of water successively frozen and leveled in a carefully controlled climate."

[@danger170388]

Tim Wolfe most arenas aren't "state of the art"

[@tommytimp]

The Rock isn't even 10 years old.

[@SimilakChild]

All this time I thought they had permanent stadiums for specific sports.

[@skeetsmcgrew3282]

Some they do. Hockey though, almost never. For this exact reason. You might have a few dozen games a year, and the transition between them takes only a couple days. Most sports are outside and suck for acoustics, plus aren't available year-round thanks to weather.

[@gidzmobug2323]

As far as I know, all the NHL venues are multipurpose. Staples Center (where the Kings skate) also houses the Lakers and Clippers (NBA), as well as concerts and other events.

[@SiegePerilousEsauMaltomite]

They are for a team, but make money renting to other folks. City builds with primary purpose of housing one or more local teams with the benefit of renting to whatever works in there.

[@bfoz]

Most stadiums have concerts and things at them

[@prappomubasshir9735]

Me too dude

[@TheMadSparrow]

It’s amazing how it only takes 2 minutes and 50 seconds to transform a WWE stadium into an NHL one

[@Learn-from-me-you-shits]

Done by Speedsters

[@davidmurphy8364]

These people deserve so much more credit then they receive.

[@envychan]

I appreciate it

[@davidmurphy8364]

@@envychan Done similar work myself for 10 years, nothing on that scale now but was always nice to get a simple thank you. Alot of people don't understand the amount of effort that goes into.

[@envychan]

@@davidmurphy8364 Yeah we always get thanked by the folks putting on the show, but every now and then it just feels good getting a thanks from anyone for spending all those hours building the show for others to enjoy.

[@davidmurphy8364]

@@envychan I know the feeling bro it's thankless work mostly but glad I can let you know that there are people out there who honestly appreciate the hard work :)

[@TheRybread8]

As a stagehand for an arena and a venue it’s nice to receive thanks I don’t think people realize how many hours go into putting on a show

[@jquint321]

Imagine the game being cancelled then you have to switch it back to a basketball court

[@maxwellh.4471]

All they would have to do is put the basketball flooring over the ice

[@wowbruh2511]

Why would the game be canceled? This isnt baseball lmao. Hockey and basketball is an indoor sport

[@EldubeG25]

Wow Pow roads and airports closures due to extreme wheater

[@wowbruh2511]

@@EldubeG25 I dont think theres been a canceled NBA or nhl game in a long time

[@wowbruh2511]

@@EldubeG25 most likely the teams would just play in an empty arena. I think an nhl game back in 80s or some shit was in an empty arena because nobody could make it to the game

[@rayanghazanfar]

Props to the camera man for holding the camera still for so long

[@pottsie_era]

props to the camera man

[@noodlefire64]

@@pottsie_era 😒

[@SpiderManMCUniverse]

@@pottsie_era good job ruining the joke by explaining

[@seannolen3445]

I think the most amazing thing is how fast those people move around. They’re superhuman.

[@wamspray7397]

😂😂😂😂

[@lasagnaannihilator8952]

Literally freaking ants bro it's incredible

[@seannolen3445]

It was sarcasm.

[@TwistedHigh]

LOL!! ROFLCOPTER

[@burakwaldo9198]

It's sped up, but maybe they're just really fast idk

[@IzakPhineasAbney]

As a fan of wrestling and hockey. Seeing this transition is absolutely insane. Excellent work.

[@Luke63517]

The fact that they do this every week is nothing short of incredible!

[@joncurtis199]

They dont do it every week. They don't take the ice up everytime they have an event, it would be too costly and they would loose to much time when the arena can host things. The ice is laid at the start of the season and covered when not needed.

[@Call_Me_Rio]

They better pay me 100k a year

[@brandonjc13]

"So what do you do?" "Oh I make one giant ice cube and make it stay that way for a while."

[@mattkagel9774]

People don’t realize how much time putting in the glass and flooding the rink and paint song all the lines and logos takes this is actually a work of art I think

[@beakedmonk3981]

To everyone who constantly works hard day and night to convert, clean, manage and even run concession stands/vend at the arenas where we love to watch our favorite forms of live entertainment... Here's to you. 🥂

[@envychan]

Thanks

[@muted8403]

these guys are amazing at there job and i cant thank them enough for the ice i get to play on

[@S550STANG]

Can we all take a moment to appreciate the amount of work that actually goes into pulling something like this off?!

[@S550STANG]

@Roy Sunshine Not saying that they are. Just learn to appreciate the work that goes into their job. No need to be a dick about it.

[@tahsintasnim9440]

@Roy Sunshine I guess you were never appreciated by someone while doing your own job bud.

[@envychan]

@Roy Sunshine I can only assume your job is hella easy if you don't have any respect for hard work. Building a wwe show takes like 14-16 hours then the teardown takes like another 5-6 same day. The glass and ice process takes 7. Not saving lives but building show's that size and making sure everything is right is more stressful and tiring than you think.

[@BRollOffroad]

i don't know what the hell i expected but never would've guessed a bunch of people go out there and hand paint everything with brushes. i guess i assumed they were vinyl or something they laid down and went over. also thought there was like a tub layer of some sort and not built up straight from the concrete, great video. a piece of art really.

[@j.k.dhillon2801]

damn I feel bad that I’ve never actually thought of these things before. The clean up, preparations, final product - wow just everything is done so perfectly by these people. Really wanna thank them!!❤️

[@6ANUR34DT81S]

You feel bad over a foundation level thing that no one thinks about aside from the people doing it? That's like saying you feel bad because you didn't know that spiders help kill the bugs in the house 🤦

[@romeo2604]

@@6ANUR34DT81S you sounds miserable

[@Red-Eagle]

Damn. Guess you don't realize how much work, time, and effort that goes into the entertainment industry. Hats off to those men and women.

[@ceruleanskylinemusic]

I thought something like this would take hours to complete, crazy it only takes about 2 and half minutes

[@Equa11ysurl]

I know right?!

[@max-zr9nf]

all this effort just to get swept in the first round

[@Captornite]

If you play the video backwards, you can see it go from an NHL stadium to a WWE stadium

[@BriansArtforAnimals]

shame they have to ruin the white boards with all those ads...

[@jonstefanik9400]

I know what you mean. They started that in the late 80's. Fucking sponsors.

[@Ocelot429]

+Jon Stefanik Just be glad this is NHL and not the Swedish Hockey League. They have to plaster sponsors all over the uniforms of their players.

[@lanand9397]

Brians Art for Animals There would be no NHL without those ads

[@BriansArtforAnimals]

well, no big salaries without them..The NHL makes a ton of money from other deals. I wish for one game (winter classic) they could keep them just off the boards.

[@kaseyedwin5416]

Ikr. It is so pretty without ads

[@epicmannxx2205]

bro the work that goes into this I have major respect for these guys.

[@nhproductions1895]

0:40 teleporting guy on top right.

[@DarthRevan7235]

Endermen be like:

[@nhproductions1895]

@@DarthRevan7235 lol

[@kiwikiwi2483]

@@DarthRevan7235 Was about to say that lol

[@drecross8704]

how do they take down the titantron, it's bigger than my future

[@akillercat64]

they don't. we raise it up.

[@indraneeljadhav919]

Martin Villanueva but do you know the answer?

[@stevesavage4296]

Carefully lol that shits expensive

[@dawsonmatthys5162]

@@stevesavage4296 Calgary lost their Jumbotron in a flood once... Can't even imagine how much it would cost to replace it.

[@cammandorkeyes]

The screen in the middle is usually attached to motors of some kind so it can be lowered to the floor for maintenance

[@salmon1290]

I'd like to point out arenas that are used for basketball and hockey usually have a cooling element in the floor so the ice stays there season round until it needs to be redone. They put boarding and wood on top for basketball

[@jodie.9622]

Being a wrestler you appreciate the work put into it more and more making it look perfect for it to all be taken away the next day same with every sport

[@SLBFan]

I used to work for the Blues. During the hockey season they would lay down insulated flooring over the ice. The only time usually during the season that they would melt the ice would be for the circus.

[@FantasKanal]

I guess its diffrent for every stadium and its use. Maybe WWE just doesnt like ice and pays extra not to have any.

[@rhythmblackheart917]

What about monster trucks?

[@iliketohelppplz]

Normal speed version please.

[@iliketohelppplz]

***** I'd watch it when I was bored.

[@joshuajenkins7337]

***** no it wouldn't they are professionals so they do it faster than anyone else

[@joshuajenkins7337]

thats also true

[@rockerseven]

***** actually, because they spray such a thin layer of water on at a time, it doesn't take too long to freeze. if you ever notice after the ice is resurfaced between periods, there's still little puddles of water on the ice with a couple minutes left in the intermission, but by the time the players come out, it's all frozen.

[@akillercat64]

iliketohelppplz takes about 2 days.

[@patrickstar6458]

That's badass all that time and effort compiled up so fast

[@wayneb9375]

The good ole days at the forum 💯 I had to do many of these conversations from pushing the seats back on both ends to laying black boards over the ice and then building stages to arena football field etc.. etc...

[@sharadshrestha4126]

I paused the video few times so that they can take some rest

[@JoshuaHosking_MarcCaliber17]

These workers are absolutely amazing

[@zanealfra7774]

great effort nice work and fun to watch

[@6ANUR34DT81S]

I'm glad these people know their roles and are great at them! If everyone is a star, then we'd have no one to build the stage 💯

[@sulppez]

After 7 years this just randomly pops to my recommendations

[@twomonths9485]

People making this possible deserve immense respect👏👏👏👏

[@AwlrightProductions]

Very cool. Thanks for making this video!

[@AdilAli-qx9gk]

Hard work and good team work always pays off

[@one7decimal2eight]

I have been to events at the Xcel Energy Center that are not hockey related. they lay flooring down over the ice. you can feel the coolness of the ice beneath you. I agree this is most likely before the season started hence no adverts on the boards and only 3 sponsors on the ice.

[@EM-sz4hk]

Do you understand how long this must of taken if it was 2:50min in a time lapse! Lol got to appreciate these guys

[@javierpatag3609]

That was… satisfying. To the poster: I applaud your choice of BGM. Nice.

[@dChad014]

I think the coolest part is when they put down the white paint over the first couple layers of ice at 1:00 it goes from looking like a roller rink in a warehouse to "oh hey, this is hockey" in a snap

[@edwardfoster7414]

It would be interesting to see the transformation from hockey to wrestling as well. Plus other sports 🏈🏀⚾⚽🎾

[@mkrny111]

So true. From wrestling to rodeo to concert to basketball to monster trucks 😂👍

[@WKMasterGamer]

TRICK: Watch the video in reverse and you will watch NHL Ice transformation to WWE Raw Monday stadium

[@etxkevin7452]

Crazy...so much work!

[@mikesterling688]

I always wondered how they did that. Fascinating! A lot of work.

[@Phantomversestudio]

Wwe Arena: you fool you didn’t see my final form

[@armanclark]

You appreciate this more if you ever had to set up for any type of event. This is beyond impressive

[@Snyper1188]

I have many good memories here, I will always love my Tampa Bay Lightning.

[@miniontm69]

I saw TooL back in the fall of 2019 in Boston. I could see the ice through a crack in the floor mats. I was sitting on the blue line. So cool.

[@williamdelamare2541]

Looks just like an ant colony.

[@elgavgav]

Nobody: KZbin: wanna see time lapse?

[@markanthonycgranados]

Amazing work.❤️

[@mustardpuddle]

this tickled my brain in a way i really didnt think it would and i love it

[@bee5120]

Back when I was in elementary, my school used to go on ice-skating field trips to our local arena. I've seen the arena both iced and thawed out. When there was no ice, there were still line markings on the cement floor. I've always thought they just iced the arena and the line markings on concrete would still show somehow through the ice on top of it. I never knew they actually painted it on.

[@ramza675]

still more interesting than watching raw

[@CumLordGary]

ramza675 .

[@queerchaserandbeater3206]

ramza675 fuck you

[@villerepo7639]

Big Boss Meme what? you can't have an opinion?

[@kaseyedwin5416]

Big Boss Meme gay

[@codenamepelon]

WWE Raw is boring as fuck

[@Ahmed-og2jm]

Respect to these guy's the unsung heroes of live entertainment

[@johnkennedy3867]

I thoroughly enjoyed watching that

[@hazzajamesb]

I forget how bing the rink actually is, when on the ice or watching a game it always feels smaller

[@infinitepatriot6384]

I’m surprised they don’t lose the puck in all of that advertising.....

[@ianp1986]

I remember once I spent a week in Dallas for WrestleMania (I’m from the UK) and the American Airlines Centre hosted Monday Night Raw, a basketball game and an ice hockey game all in the same week

[@C0LPAN1C]

Love the QA in the end.

[@VallesView]

Tell me why I was expecting the old Smackdown theme when that guitar note slowly faded in at the 0:06 second mark

[@wamspray7397]

As a person whose dad does this stuff for a living there is no better feeling than working so hard all night to build and create this

[@antonioarmenta8159]

yeah i bet its tough! especially in staples centers when you get laker game one night and the next its clippers! gotta change the entire floor!

[@jco_83]

Wow incredible video 👍

[@Yzmajhar]

this videos works a lot better with "king of the hill" song

[@ncmariofan3605]

That's a nice time lapse i tell ya hwat

[@ggm888]

God Damn It i love Pro Wrestling

[@apimpnamedslickback9533]

ggm888 Bum

[@Spaxecowboy]

Fred- AKA MY LEG GUY why

[@apimpnamedslickback9533]

Johnny Gat It's basically a soap opera for kids and grown men that have never been in bed with a woman

[@Spaxecowboy]

Fred- AKA MY LEG GUY "how to gameshare on ps3" yeah, I can already tell you haven't been with a woman.

[@apimpnamedslickback9533]

Johnny Gat Before we get into that I actually have a 4 year old son that I had when I was 16 I work at a family dollar and my budget is extremely tight and I wanted to get my child Minecraft but ok I havnt been with a woman 😂😂😂keep stalking me sir

[@Eman-wj8gq]

Awesome video k would have like to see more of the wrestling ring thought..

[@MrJayElite]

That’s a lot of hard work

[@ENTERTAINMENT35]

I guess this was midway through the NHL season where the Bolts were on a road trip for a week or so and after they left they melted the ice for the events scheduled during that time then you see them putting fresh ice in here. MSG did it this way back in the day but I don't think they do it anymore like this. I know when wrestling comes etc they just cover the ice they don't melt it till seasons end

[@ajk]

Yeah they were on the road from December 3, through the 12th of 2011, and the Raw that year there was on the 5th. Not quite midway but not early early either.

[@Guenter34]

Watching them spray the ice down was hilarious. 😂

[@sethbender2863]

That’s my home team. So cool to be able to see the progress

[@keithwandrei2667]

I've done this before working WWE shows in my 20s in Detroit so much fun

[@StoneCold448]

I don't get why they turn on the LED screens [with the Dex logo] while they are working on the ice? Is it to remind the workers who helps keep them employed? lol

[@FriendlyRivals]

Their making sure everything works.

[@IAmNeomic]

It's because often times, they have music playing over the PA system, and in most venues, the video boards, scoreboard, and PA/sound system are usually linked together in the production chain.

[@akillercat64]

and it helps to see what we are doing

[@karter3313]

Anyone else thought they pressed a button and the stage flipped

[@18idlesuggest]

im amazed as all hell

[@Posark]

Interior decorator voice: Oh I just love what you’ve done with this space!

[@TheSauceIsMine]

"You have 2:50 to change this to a NHL rink" Employees:

[@TheJociman]

I thought some guy just pressed "freeze" button and spray painted the lines

[@jamesorlando8143]

Wow. I'm a hockey fan and I always thought the prepared ice was always there under the concrete flooring for all the other events. I'm surprised to see the concrete flooring isn't simply placed in sections on top of the ice. I learn something new every day!

[@disgruntledgrunt241]

Alot of arenas do have floors that go over the ice during other events but I've seen those destroy the sheet of ice underneath so some facilities just build a new sheet everytime.

[@waynemiller6070]

Decades ago, now I think the Seattle Coliseum now climate, pledge arena, built the basketball floors on top of the ice. And when some ice melted and came through the floor, Seattle Supersonics, Spencer, Haywood, slipped and got hurt, and ended up suing the arena.

[@RSpudieD]

Pretty impressive!!

[@danielleroberts1118]

1:52 that looks like nhl ice all ready

[@venturaramirez6021]

Is there a video of them doing the opposite? Interested if they just let it melt or what?

[@skeetsmcgrew3282]

Same. It's gotta be a mess

[@jahmimi2973]

Skeets McGrew they’ve probably got drains and water vacuums ready to catch the water afterwards 🤷🏾‍♀️

[@swaffle7979]

Watch the video in reverse

[@johnathanlewis2049]

Simply amazing

[@CarlosMartinez-tp3zl]

I done this work at the Allen event center and it is hard cold work , but I will say ice painting was the best part

[@TheFuronda]

Mind=Blown

[@King-xx6vz]

The white ice surface is paint OMG

[@yugiohwarduelist999]

Incredible!

[@dezroman-3d178]

I took an Arena job just for this in Tampa and it’s awesome