RIP Warrior
http://www.wwe.com/inside/ultimate-warrior-passes-away-26223975
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Ah....April. The one month of the year where the entire wrestling world converges on one city, and that city becomes like a wrestling kingdom....or mecca.....or something. Anyway, this year, that city is New Orleans, LA. Home of The Saints. Home of the Muffaletta Sandwich. Let me tell you something, if you go to NOLA for Mania and don't get to Central Grocery and try the Muffaletta sandwich (you have to get it there, trust me), you're going to get bumped down to Superstars next month.
It's Wrestlemania XXX time, and we already have a thread live that explains everything around that big event here:
http://www.neogaf.com/forum/showthread.php?t=794216
Feel free to discuss those events in this thread, or that thread, but this thread lives on long after Mania has died.
Lets talk about what happens after Mania.....Raw After Mania for instance. It is big every year. You can typically expect something major to happen. This year, it has been rumored that Sting will challenge The Undertaker at Wrestlemania 31. While that is completely rumor and you know as well as I do, anything regarding Sting and WWE has to be taken with a grain of salt, now is the perfect time. Impact Wrestling (TNA) is not signing their major stars to new contracts and is scaling back and Sting is getting to the point where he may have one last good match in him and so is Undertaker. It's now or never.
WWE is going to be building to Extreme Rules 2014 which takes place May 4th, so this entire month will be build for the show that is often touted as "Better than Wrestlemania".
Elsewhere in Wrasslin......
Impact Wrestling is building to Sacrifice. They still expect you to pay for PPVs in a world where the WWE Network is a thing. At least cable and satellite doesn't have buffering. As far as I can tell there are no matches set up yet. Tune into Impact for all the details on this show!!!
Ring of Honor is heading into Supercard of Honor on April 4th where Jay Briscoe and Adam Cole will battle in Laddar War 5 to determine the real world champ. Elsewhere, Ring of Honor is building towards their much hyped shows which are being co-promoted with New Japan in May. Supercard of Honor will be available on VOD shortly after the event.
Main Event - Ladder War 5 for the ROH World Championship
Adam Cole vs Jay Brisoce
Winner faces the IWGP Heavyweight Champion @ War of The Worlds
“Mr Wrestling” Kevin Steen vs “Unbreakable” Michael Elgin
2 out of 3 Falls for the ROH World TV Championship
“Sicilian Psychopath” Tommaso Ciampa defends against Jay Lethal
No Disqualification
Mark Briscoe vs Michael Bennett w/Maria Kanellis
3 Way Tag Team Match - Winner Receives A World Tag Team Championship Shot @ War of The Worlds
reDRagon (Bobby Fish & Kyle O’Reilly) vs Hanson & Rowe vs Forever Hooligans (Rocky Romero & Alex Koslov)
Grudge Match
Matt Taven vs. Truth Martini's Mystery Wrestler
The Streak Is On The Line
“Last Real Man” Silas Young vs. RD Evans w/ Veda Scott
One on One!
Roderick Strong vs Cedric Alexander
New Japan's annual Invasion Attack event happens in April, find out all about the festivities here:
NJPW, "WATARU INOUE RETIREMENT MEMORIAL", 2014.04.02
Korakuen Hall, Tokyo
www.ustream.tv/njpw - $15
18:30 Japan | 11:30 EU | 10:30 UK | 05:30 East Coast | 04:30 Central | 02:30 West Coast
1. Sho Tanaka & Yohei Komatsu vs CHAOS (Toru Yano & Takashi Iizuka)
2. Ryusuke Taguchi & El Desperado vs KUSHIDA & BUSHI
3. Jushin 'Thunder' Liger & Tiger Mask vs CHAOS (Jado & Gedo)
4. Yuji Nagata, Super Strong Machine & Captain New Japan vs Suzuki-gun (Minoru Suzuki, TAKA Michinoku & Taichi)
5. Togi Makabe, Tetsuya Naito, TenKoji (Hiroyoshi Tenzan, Satoshi Kojima) & Manabu Nakanishi vs CHAOS (Kazuchika Okada, Shinsuke Nakamura, Tomohiro Ishii, Yujiro Takahashi & YOSHI-HASHI)
6. Hiroshi Tanahashi & Tomoaki Honma vs Hirooki Goto & Katsuyori Shibata
NJPW, "ROAD TO INVASION ATTACK", 2014.04.03
Korakuen Hall, Tokyo
www.ustream.tv/njpw - $15
18:30 Japan | 11:30 EU | 10:30 UK | 05:30 East Coast | 04:30 Central | 02:30 West Coast
1. Sho Tanaka & Yohei Komatsu vs KUSHIDA & BUSHI
2. TenKoji (Hiroyoshi Tenzan, Satoshi Kojima) & Manabu Nakanishi vs CHAOS (Toru Yano, Takashi Iizuka & Jado)
3. Yuji Nagata, Jushin 'Thunder' Liger & Tiger Mask vs Suzuki-gun (Minoru Suzuki, TAKA Michinoku & Taichi)
4. Hirooki Goto, Ryusuke Taguchi, El Desperado & Captain New Japan vs Bullet Club (Prince Devitt, Karl Anderson, Doc Gallows & Matt Jackson)
5. Hiroshi Tanahashi, G.B.H. (Togi Makabe, Tomoaki Honma) & Tetsuya Naito vs CHAOS (Shinsuke Nakamura, Tomohiro Ishii, Yujiro Takahashi & YOSHI-HASHI)
6. CHAOS (Kazuchika Okada & Gedo) vs Bullet Club (Bad Luck Fale & Tama Tonga)
7. IWGP Jr. Heavyweight Title: Kota Ibushi (c) vs Nick Jackson
NJPW, "INVASION ATTACK", 2014.04.06
Ryogoku Kokugikan, Tokyo
www.ustream.tv/njpw - $25
16:00 Japan | 09:00 EU | 08:00 UK | 03:00 East Coast | 02:00 Central | 00:00 West Coast
1. IWGP Jr. Heavyweight Tag Titles: The Young Bucks (Nick & Matt Jackson) (c) vs Kota Ibushi & El Desperado
2. Yuji Nagata, Kazushi Sakuraba & Togi Makabe vs Suzuki-gun (Minoru Suzuki, TAKA Michinoku & Taichi)
3. NWA World Tag Titles: Rob Conway & Jax Dane (c) vs TenKoji (Hiroyoshi Tenzan & Satoshi Kojima)
4. CHAOS (Toru Yano & Takashi Iizuka) vs Daniel & Rolles Gracie
5. Loser Leaves New Japan: Ryusuke Taguchi vs Prince Devitt
6. CHAOS (Kazuchika Okada & YOSHI-HASHI) vs Bullet Club (Bad Luck Fale & Tama Tonga)
7. NEVER Openweight Title: Tomohiro Ishii (c) vs Tetsuya Naito
8. IWGP Heavyweight Tag Titles: Bullet Club (Karl Anderson & Doc Gallows) (c) vs Hirooki Goto & Katsuyori Shibata
9. IWGP Intercontinental Title: Hiroshi Tanahashi (c) vs Shinsuke Nakamura
We had two OTs in the month of March again! Ratings are at an all time high. Can we keep them there
Wall of Shame OT1
Wall of Shame OT2
In the month of March we attempted to collect reviews for all 29 of the previous Wrestlemanias from different members. Well, some of us don't have the stamina to watch old wrasslin that some folks do and it's a mixed bag and a few didn't get done. Browse the gallery at your own risk friends, and find more of the reviews at http://www.legitshook.com
WM1: Part 1: http://www.neogaf.com/forum/showpost.php?p=102783092&postcount=203
Part 2:http://www.neogaf.com/forum/showpost.php?p=102783176&postcount=205
WM2: http://www.neogaf.com/forum/showpost.php?p=102856118&postcount=512
WM3: Part 1: http://www.neogaf.com/forum/showpost.php?p=103089170&postcount=5060
Part 2: http://www.neogaf.com/forum/showpost.php?p=103123907&postcount=5319
WM4: Part 1: https://legitshook.squarespace.com/barthes-unknown/2014/3/1/wrestlemania-review-wmiv
Part 2: https://legitshook.squarespace.com/barthes-unknown/2014/3/4/wrestlemania-review-wmiv-part-two
WM5: Part 1: http://www.neogaf.com/forum/showpost.php?p=103336958&postcount=6630
Part 2: http://www.neogaf.com/forum/showpost.php?p=103349378&postcount=6691
WM6: http://neogaf.com/forum/showpost.php?p=104639016&postcount=14706
WM7: Part 1: http://neogaf.com/forum/showpost.php?p=104212329&postcount=12895
Part 2: http://www.neogaf.com/forum/showpost.php?p=104564103&postcount=14547
WM8: http://neogaf.com/forum/showpost.php?p=103911702&postcount=11238
WM9: http://neogaf.com/forum/showpost.php?p=106393913&postcount=7413
WM10: Part 1: http://www.neogaf.com/forum/showpost.php?p=103763246&postcount=8896
Part 2: http://www.neogaf.com/forum/showpost.php?p=103763357&postcount=8899
WM11: Part 1: http://neogaf.com/forum/showpost.php?p=104043114&postcount=12118
Part 2: http://neogaf.com/forum/showpost.php?p=104052369&postcount=12154
Part 3: http://neogaf.com/forum/showpost.php?p=104063085&postcount=12201
WM12:
WM13: Part 1: http://www.neogaf.com/forum/showpost.php?p=104355465&postcount=13654
Part 2: http://neogaf.com/forum/showpost.php?p=104369925&postcount=13706
WM14: Part 1: http://www.neogaf.com/forum/showpost.php?p=104514042&postcount=14422
Part 2: http://www.neogaf.com/forum/showpost.php?p=104534589&postcount=14452
WM15:
WM16: Part 1: http://neogaf.com/forum/showpost.php?p=104908220&postcount=17995
Part 2: http://neogaf.com/forum/showpost.php?p=104912702&postcount=18002
WM17: Part 1:http://www.neogaf.com/forum/showpost.php?p=106279094&postcount=6818
Part 2: http://www.neogaf.com/forum/showpost.php?p=106279439&postcount=6820
Part 3: http://neogaf.com/forum/showpost.php?p=106388768&postcount=7396
WM18: Part 1: http://www.neogaf.com/forum/showpost.php?p=105057299&postcount=18696
Part 2: http://neogaf.com/forum/showpost.php?p=105074780&postcount=18763
WM19:
WM20: Part 1: http://neogaf.com/forum/showpost.php?p=105369188&postcount=316
Part 2: http://neogaf.com/forum/showpost.php?p=105369230&postcount=317
WM21:
WM22: Part 1: http://neogaf.com/forum/showpost.php?p=105515831&postcount=1016
Part 2: http://neogaf.com/forum/showpost.php?p=105515978&postcount=1018
WM23: http://neogaf.com/forum/showpost.php?p=105425495&postcount=575
WM24:
WM25:
WM26:
WM27:
WM28: Part 1: http://neogaf.com/forum/showpost.php?p=105970100&postcount=4934
Part 2: http://www.neogaf.com/forum/showpost.php?p=106426595&postcount=7596
Part 3:
WM29: https://legitshook.squarespace.com/wrestlemania-review-project/2014/3/18/wrestlemania-29
If you successfully posted a Mania review, give yourself a self high five.
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Man God- 24 (March 25)
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✓ - Nazaaay- 28 (March 29)
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If not, you're on your own Wall of Shame.
