WrestleMania 34:Day 3-Saturday, April 7th

 

Saturday morning, we attended another Axxess session.  This time we checked out some of the attractions which included the Hall Of Immortals

 

 

 

 

The Women's Evolution Exhibit

 

 

As well as classic memorabilia from this year's Hall of Fame Class

 

 

Drew and myself had the amazing opportunity to call a match alongside the lead play-by-play commentator from SmackDown Live, Tom Phillips.  You can view the clip by clicking the link below.

 

 

http://videos.smartactivator.com/v/view/a8143f78-e9d9-4681-b4c2-70429c9073f0

 

Inside the ring, the Yes Movement was in full force as fans rushed to ringside to see the returning Daniel Bryan conduct a special Q & A.  There was also lots of invitational tournament matches that took place during each Axxess session.

 

 

 

The looney Bob Backlund was once again flipping out, jumping on the guardrail and hollering at fans after his autograph session about lord knows what.

 

 

 

"The A-Lister" Ricky got to make his superstar entrance

 

 

To view Ricky's video, click the link below:

https://www.facebook.com/broricky/videos/10104259012512138/

 

He came to play

 

 

Then it was time for us to square off in the "Cut a Promo" booth.  Check out the video link below:

 

https://www.facebook.com/broricky/videos/10104259012601958/

 

You always see some creative costumes during WrestleMania.  Here's Vader and Repo Man!

 

 

Still managed to meet a few legends during the session

 

 

WWE Hall of Famer "The Million Dollar Man" Ted DiBiase

 

 

The Armstrong Family-"Road Dogg" Jesse James, WWE Hall of Famer "Bullet" Bob Armstrong & Scott Armstrong

 

Following Axxess, we grabbed a bite to eat at Barcadia, where Busted Open Radio was set up live, featuring Mark Henry, Tommy Dreamer, Jonathan Coachman, Bubba Ray and Dave Lagreca.  The place was packed.

 

 

Later that night, we wrapped up our busy Saturday with NXT TakeOver: New Orleans.  First time catching a TakeOver event live and boy did it deliver.  Easily the best show of the weekend as far as in ring performance goes.  NXT seems to always deliver and set the bar so high that it's almost impossible to top or match.  OMG!!!  THIS WAS AWESOME!!! 

 

WrestleMania 34:Day 2-Friday, April 6th

 

On Friday, we did a little sightseeing in The Big Easy.  This included checking out The Original French Market Coffee Stand, Café Du Monde, home of their famous, scrumptious beignets...Mmm!!!

 

 

 

 

Next, it was time to honor the 2018 Hall of Fame Class at the ceremony held inside the Smoothie King Center and hosted by Jerry "The King" Lawler.  The night was filled with some great speeches with Mark Henry and Jeff Jarrett's being very moving and emotional.  I personally enjoyed Jeff Jarrett's the most and of course the impromptu performance of "With My Baby Tonight" with "Road Dogg" Jesse James was awesome!


 

 

Very entertaining stuff from The Dudley Boyz and Mark Henry.  So cool seeing The Dudleys on stage alongside The Hardy Boyz and Edge and Christian.  Molly Holly looks better than ever.  Wooo!!!  Special shout-out to Lord Alfred Hayes and Memphis Wrestling Legend, Sputnik Monroe for being inducted into the Legacy wing.  

 

 

Wish we could have got a Kid Rock performance at some point during WrestleMania weekend, but I liked his speech.  I'm a Kid Rock fan and had the pleasure of seeing him in concert twice. 

 

 

 

 

The Hall of Fame was a fun night as always, but it seemed to drag on and last forever.  By the time Goldberg was inducted there wasn't hardly anyone left in the seats.  Maybe WWE should look into an earlier start time.  Sure don't want them to limit speeches and have inductees on a timer like in the past, but maybe they can come up with something.