Wrestlemania 32 held in Dallas, TX for the first time set the all-time Wrestlemania attendance record with over 102,000 fans packing ATT Stadium.
Myself along with my guest & co-host this week, underground Hip-Hop artist J. Skinner took in the spectacle as guests of sponsor Cricket Wireless from their suite in the stadium. Join us as we discuss all the action & surprises that took place + so many of the accompanying events that make Wrestlemania a week long celebration.
Wrestlemania had finally come to Dallas. The 32nd installment of the annual spectacle, that has become a week-long celebration that includes community outreach events, a Fan Fest, a Hall of Fame induction ceremony & much more.
Orbiting that is the entire wrestling community – having the global wrestling audience literally all in one place, it’s the perfect destination for anyone currently or ever associated with wrestling to book appearances or their own events, creating a packed schedule that hemmorages the host city for fans to gorge on for almost an entire week.
You can catch up on Parts:
I – NWA/IHWE Parade of Champions
II – Wrestlecon & Shimmer Women’s Wrestling events
III – WWE Hall of Fame Induction Ceremony & Ringside: w/ Jim Ross
Now today was the big day – Wrestlemania Sunday had finally arrived & we had ALOT planned today even before the event started.
First, since I had pretty much kidnapped my nephew Jake since his arrival, we made an appearance at my (much younger) nephews’ birthday party before heading to the spectacle in Arlington.
We stopped at my old friend Steve’s house just a few miles from Cowboys Stadium where the event was being held today to park and just take an Uber over as close as we could get. Steve’s wife Felicia generously offered to wisk us over there and given the congestion, it was an offer we couldn’t refuse.
We started the big day off with what we thought was gonna be something a bit more than what it was (or turned out for us) but who are we to complain?
It’s Wrestlemania Sunday!
Ric Flair’s Wrestlemania Pre-Party – Fishbone Bar & Grill – Arlington, TX
We were invited to this event that promised to be (or at least from the invite-ers) a truly memorable afternoon, a pre-party with the man Nature Boy Ric Flair, right across the street from the stadium.
We were told that this was a gonna be a private event with Flair for some industry insiders and a few fans. Food and drinks, fun & intimate.
When we got there it turned out to be anything but – just another signing appearance that anybody willing to pay for his autograph could get into and when we arrived the line was practically to the freeway.
We are not snobs and I’m not above it but we were told something that we planned on and arrived to discover we weren’t even on the list and the elitist gals at Will Call were completely unsympathetic to our situation or even aware of who o...
