So The Wrestlemania weekend has come and gone (I’ll be home watching the Post-Wrestlemania Raw tonight).  Wrestlemania was incredible.  To see the event of all events here in my hometown was definitely one for the bucket list.  We saw potentially what is the end of an era with the Undertaker’s streak coming to an end,  the little guy ended Mania as the champion, and Hulk Hogan’s slip-up calling the “Superdome” the “Silverdome” .  The HHH – Daniel Bryan match was great as was the Andre the Giant Memorial Battle Royal.  Watching Cesaro deadlift Big Show gave me a whole new respect for the Real Americans.  WE THE PEOPLE!! The Powerbomb-RKO thru a table that they gave Daniel Bryan had the feeling of an ECW match.  Can;t say I was really disappointed with anything from last night.

On Saturday,  I went out to Wrestlecon and got to meet several legends of the Wrestling business including RVD, Virgil, Sunny, Colt Cabana, and Hurricane Helms to name few.  I saw Mickie James jam out for the crowd, even though country music isn’t my forte,  she did a great job and she was beautiful as ever.

I came back home and watched the Hall of Fame ceremony where Jake the Smake, Scott Hall, Lita, Mr, T, Paul Bearer, Jake the Snake, Carlos Colon, and Paul Bearer were inducted.  To wrap that up quickly,  DDP’s introduction speech and Jake the Snake’s speeches stole the entire show in my opinion.  Jake the Snake spoke from the heart and, hot to mark out,  but I actually teared up during Jake’s speech. Congrats to all those folks on their induction and everything they did in their careers to leave their mark on the Wrestling world.

I woke up Wrestlemania Sunday and went back out there  with Cheese and we met Kevin Nash, Mickie James and a few other stars. We stopped for luck at Ugly Dog then headed to Champions Square where we met up with the res tot the NOW show cast and saw the energy of Wrestlmania.  Incredible weekend.  Thanks to everyone who enjoyed it with me.  It’s one of those weekends that I’ll remember and tell stories of so long as I live.

So far my Wrestlemania adventures have been awesome.
Last night, I went with Dusty Bottoms and Mark Bagnetto to see An Evening with Jim Ross. He did 2 hours of talking about his coming up in the Wrestling business then did some Q&A with the audience. Stone Cold Steve Austin joined him on stage for a good part of it. Getting to hear them talk about wild stories in the wrestling territory days and the old days was hilarious. JR told an interesting story about a double date with Nature Boy where they are in a limo with their dates and Flair went direct and to the point and whipped his member out This in turn, frightened off their dates. Another one was about JR having to keep washing the backs of the Guiness Record fat twin guys…
At the beginning of the show, Mark called out a camera guy in the crowd that looked like Booker T which got a good crowd laugh and soon we became good friends with Booker T. After the JR show, we helped “Booker T” find his car. We even paid bike cabbie guys to join the search at one point. He was parked in front of a gallery that was located at 618 something. Turned out it was 618 Conti.
After finding Booker T’s wheels, we headed to Bourbon St for a quick stroll. We spotted a couple of Wrestling stars out and about including RKO, some NXT guys, Mick Foley’s daughter, and Maggio saw his new favorite wrestler, Jinder Mahal. Bagnetto took a picture with RKO’s girlfriend which was priceless.
“Everyone wants to talk to your boyfriend. You need attention too. Smile!”
We somehow lost Booker T at a fried chicken place on Bourbon. But, we had a blast. If you’re reading this “Booker T”, you can dig that, sucka!
Earlier today, Maggio and I went to Axxess. Well, the WWE Superstore. Got some cool posters, a WWE trivia game, a Wrestlemania hat, a Hulk shirt and a WWE history book. We also saw Primetime Sam Roberts, Rosenberg, and the Masked Man.
Had a kick ass lunch at Magazine St Po Boys.
Went back later tonight for the actual Axxess event with Silicon Dave. We got autographs and pictures with Brodus Clay – WWE, Zack Ryder, Tyson Kidd, Hornswoggle – WWE Universe , and David Otunga – WWE Universe. We saw the Hall of Fame memorabilia, the Undertaker’s graveyard, and other random sights. Took a few pictures of random picture spot things.
Tomorrow I’ll be hitting Wrestlecon and probably Axxess again. If you check out some of the recent post pictures on NOW – New Orleans Wrestling, one of my other podcasts, you can see some of the pics I’ve been getting. And probably hitting some random after party things. Then of course, Sunday is Wrestlemania.
If you’re down there for the festivities, message me. Stay tuned for more tales.