Over 80,000 fans descended onto New Jersey’s MetLife stadium, marking the climax of a hectic weekend of wrestling. Although WrestleMania has been an annual tradition since 1984, it’s only been in the last decade that other wrestling companies have sought to piggyback on the gathering of wrestling fans.
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Just days away now from WrestleMania, and things look set for WWE to have one of their most successful Manias in history. With several good matches on paper, this is also the first Mania in years that I’m looking forward to watching on TV.
The grand-daddy of them all, as it used to be called before it produced such offspring as Breaking Point and Bragging Rights, should easily live up to it’s brand name… and here are some of my picks. (more…)
As you’ll have noticed from the two WrestleMania memories columns I’ve penned so far, there are two omissions in the line-up. I was lucky enough to get to both WrestleMania 20 and 24, and here’s my brief memories from those shows live. Having experienced both shows by way of a WWE-made travel package, the experiences here aren’t probably the average fan’s views, but watching these shows live were definitely better than sitting at home and watching it on TV. (more…)
With WrestleMania a little under two weeks away… and my plans well and truly set for the big show, it’s time for the predictable set of brief ‘Mania articles. This one will be the first of two posts about my general memories, followed by a piece on my live WrestleMania experiences, and finally my predictions.
This year will be the first time since 2008 that I’ve not done a preview “show” for WrestleMania, following the live 2008 show from Florida, and last year’s preview with Colin Vassallo live from Houston. Of course I miss doing those shows, but I know that Adam will have the best seat in the house come March 28. (more…)
