Let's talk about my experience today at wreslecade,
First, I got a free autograph from John morrison because he stared down my shirt
Second, adam page called me beautiful and stared down my shirt while also telling me to get my little ass behind the table and while taking the picture he held me as close as he could and imma put this in a appropriate yet inappropriate way he got excited if you know what I mean and he tried to spell my name but got it wrong, also pink looks hot on him
Third, preston vance kept flirting with me and winked at me
Fourth, ec3 kissed my hand and told me I inspire him. Edit I now realize he was flirting with me when I was talking to him
I'm trying to map out all the minor-league shows that will be running in Dallas over Wrestlemania weekend. There's a lot! This post will just cover Thursday, so check back later for the rest.
Since I won't be in Dallas, I'm just focusing on the ones that I know will be streaming live. I'll call out some of the matches that catch my eye, but for the full card I recommend googling each show or checking the promotion's Twitter feed.
Glory Pro Wrestling: Cemetery Gates [The Collective]
12pm EDT (11am CDT) - $12.99 on Fite or part of The Collective bundle (12 shows for $139.99)
Glory Pro is an indy promotion that mainly runs in the St. Louis/East St. Louis area. I mainly hear about them because of Davey Richards and WARHORSE, but they're also turning out a lot of up-and-coming Black wrestlers like Tootie Lynn and Mike Outlaw. I believe this is their first Mania weekend show so I hope they do well.
Josh Alexander vs. WARHORSE
Davey Richards & Rocky Romero vs. Davey Vega & Mat Fitchett
Jake Something vs. Max the Impaler
Tootie Lynn vs. Janai Kai
Mike Outlaw vs. Bryan Keith
and more!
GCW: Josh Barnett's Bloodsport 8
4pm EDT (3pm CDT) - $19.99 on Fite or part of The Collective bundle (12 shows for $139.99)
I've never actually checked out Bloodsport before. As I understand it, it's meant to be a hybrid of MMA and pro wrestling that emphasizes grappling and strikes without all the flips and dives. If you dig Jon Moxley and Minoru Suzuki matches, you'll probably love this shit.
Jon Moxley vs. Biff Busick (Oney Lorcan)
Minoru Suzuki vs. Chris Dickinson
Josh Barnett vs. JONAH (Bronson Reed)
Marina Shafir vs. Zeda Zhang
John Hennigan (John Morrison) vs. Simon Grimm (Simon Gotch)
Masha Slamovich vs. Janai Kai
and more!
AAA Invades WrestleCon
6pm EDT (5pm CDT) - $14.99 on Fite or part of the WrestleCon bundle ($74.99 for 5 shows)
The top promotions in Mexico are CMLL, which is entrenched in traditional lucha, and AAA, which goes all out with ridiculous overbooked clusterfucks. Do you enjoy heel referees, fucky finishes, scary dives, endless run-ins, false advertising, and unprofessional conduct? Well, even if you don't, AAA has a certain car-crash appeal.
Psycho Clown vs. Black Taurus
AAA cruiserweight title: Laredo Kid vs. Flamita vs. Bandido
NWA tag title: Bestia 666 & Mecha Wolf vs. Aero Star & Drago
and more!
GCW: Joey Janela's Spring Break 6, Part 1
9pm EDT (8pm CDT) - $19.99 on Fite or part of The Collective bundle (12 shows for $139.99)
This is the centerpiece of GCW's sprawling empire of Mania weekend shows. I've never watched a JJSB but I've always spent Mania weekend hearing all about it. I expect at least one deathmatch on this show, but for the most part this looks like it'll be more about big names than blood 'n' guts.
GCW world title: Jon Moxley vs. AJ Gray
Joey Janela vs. X-Pac
Mickie James vs. Allie Katch
GCW tag title: Nick Gage & Matt Tremont vs. Mark Briscoe & Jay Briscoe vs. Mance Warner & Matthew Justice
GCW ultraviolent title: Alex Colon vs. John Wayne Murdoch
and more!
WrestleCon: Mark Hitchcock Memorial Supershow
9pm EDT (8pm EDT) - $14.99 on Fite or part of the WrestleCon bundle ($74.99 for 5 shows)
WrestleCon has been a fan convention over Mania weekend since 2013, and the Supershow since 2014. The show was renamed in 2018 to honor Mark Hitchcock, a member of the con's team. This show is running head-to-head with JJSB, which should get more buzz, but this one's arguably got the biggest star power of the night. Incredibly, the Briscoes are booked for both events, which are three miles apart, so I guess somebody's going to give them a ride.
Tomohiro Ishii vs. Timothy Thatcher
Minoru Suzuki vs. Biff Busick (Oney Lorcan)
Athena (Ember Moon) vs. Mia Yim
Johnny WrestleCon (John Morrison) vs. Taya Valkyrie (Frankie Monet)
Jay Briscoe & Mark Briscoe vs. Homicide & Low Ki
Bandido vs. Mike Bailey
and more!
Control Your Narrative: The Awakening
9pm EDT (8pm CDT) - Free (with ads) on Pro Wrestling TV
After EC3 was released from WWE he turned "Control your narrative" into a catchphrase, a mantra, and now a wrestling promotion. This isn't CYN's first show, but it's gotten a lot of negative buzz, due to its weird rules and the booking of problematic wrestlers like Austin Aries. (There was also a crazy Reddit post claiming the whole thing is a right-wing operation backed by Donald Trump, which is absurd, but the upshot is that a lot of people are rooting for EC3 to fail.)
I've read this will be exclusive to a new streaming venture called Pro Wrestling TV, which tweeted that the show will be free. But PWTV's site is very short on details, which isn't very promising. We'll see what happens.
EC3 & Adam Scherr (Braun Strowman) vs. Damo (Killian Dain) & Erick Redbeard (Erick Rowan)
Westin Blake (Wesley Blake) vs. Austin Aries
Dirty Dango (Fandango) vs. Flip Gordon
Killer Kross (Karrion Kross) vs. Vincent Marseglia
and more (maybe?)
GCW: Planet Death
12:59am EDT (11:59 CDT) - $12.99 on Fite or part of The Collective bundle (12 shows for $139.99)
GCW loves doing these midnight shows. This looks to be the real deathmatch show, for anybody who thinks there isn't enough broken glass on the rest of the lineup. I'm not familiar with anybody announced for the card, so I take that to mean they're deathmatch specialists that make Nick Gage look tame.
