WRESTLECON 24/Mark Hitchcock Memorial!!

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4/4/24! 2300arena.com 2300 south swanson & ritner sts, philadelphia,pa, 19148 [wrestlecon.com or highspots.tv] [e-mail] 2677582173 Doors 530 & show 7pm!


Masato Tanaka vs Josh Alexander!
Hall Of Famer Rob Van Dam vs "Speedball" Mike Bailey!
IWGP Global Champion Nic Nemeth vs Joey "Spring Break" Janela!

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Team CMLL!!(Mistico/Barbaro Cavernario/Star Jr/Averno/Villano III Jr) vs Team Dragon Gate!!(Dragon Kid/Ben K/Shun Skywalker/Kota Minoura/Yamato)

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Sami Callihan vs Paul Walter Hauser in a STREET FGHT!?(the better question is: WHY would a 37 year-old family man, known for acting and ONLY having a year trained as a wrestler by paul london, would risk early career retirement AND his health challenging the DEATH MACHINE??)

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[Turk War Tag]FBI V.I AND II(Maritato/Mamaluke/Tommy Rich vs Los Boricuas(Huracan Castillo Jr/Jose Estrada/Miguel Perez/Savio Vega)

For anyone going last minute even though regular tickets sold out monday they've already began offering SRO tickets!
Also Yours Truly will be outside building(with my own taxi driver)between 1-5 offering medical samples from mybodyasdoctor.com and showing free videos!!
(look for me in nwa shirt & gold sapphire strip club belt)

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Card results friday & full review next week!!
(68-year young oscar winning franchise has spoken)

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Nic Nemeth o Joey Janela(7/10 amy schumer bad boys) FBI o Los Boriquas(5/10 big sal virtuosas) Rob Van Dam o Mike Bailey(7/10 new f'n alfonsos) [Revolution Pro Title]Michael Oku o Titan(7/10 international incidents) Matt Riddle/Mustafa Ali o Rascalz(7/10 multi brand magnetics) Josh Alexander o Masato Tanaka(6/10 walking icons) Team CMLL o Team Dragon Gate(7/10 mystical sky walkers) [Street Fight]Paul Walter Hauser o Sami Callihan(6/10 thumbs up and sami's down)

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[MISSION:MEMORIAL MERRY-GO-ROUND] Iconic(future?)hall of famer Stephen Di Angelis(looking like moses at a business convention)handled ring announcing. Ex castoff/iwgp global champ nemeth had very good chance to steal the show with infamously creative janela yet it didn't happen. 1X nwa champ(also complimented well in iron claw film)tommy rich repped italian team well like a cross between jt smith & tracy smothers. Although it was sad seeing mamaluke on sidelines adding deonna purrazzo was show's first large surprise!(for one night she was an F.B.I: Flirty Body Instigator) Rican icon savio vega got very strong pop. Super 8 champ/comeback award winner jerry lynn and bill alfonso added double surprise element to van dam-bailey sleeper hit!(katie forbes was fashionista bombshell standout between tri-color outfit & little doggie) Oku deserves semi regular usa bookings(and a future wrestler nomination)while LIJ'S titan proved singles star potential wearing all around best male outfit. The other bonus bout of miguel/wentz vs ali/riddle was surprisingly strong since mustafa & matt never worked before.(between matt's tag versatility mustafa's inspiring reinvention they should team part time more often) I predicted tanaka-alexander as a international stiffest standout so this ended up being largest show failure. HOW does a story with one most reinvented tna star and a 30+ year ecw icon lack SO much in emotion AND stiff striking?? Considering the cmll/dg star power I was somewhat surprised story didn't have MORE high spots than it did.(mistico was technical standout and shun skywalker was standout heel) Actor paul walter hauser earned respect for SURVIVING much less beating ultraviolent superstar/pwr booker callihan in a dark comedy story that played better than you would expect with a non-wrestler.(give 1/2 credit to coach paul london) Shoutout to referee jim molineau. Dedicate this recap to superfan paul roes, new hall of famer paul heyman and graphic artist/superfan mark hitchcock! Grade B+