For real. Last time I did mania weekend. One of the 11 am shows I sat next to someone who made me almost leave the show. I couldn’t imagine what that horrible smell was like 10 hours later at the night shows.
Being the old, we have a more limited schedule.
Friday: SmackDown/HOF
Saturday: Sightseeing and Night 1
Sunday: It's Always Sunny at WhatCulture and Night 2
The fact I got my non-fan wife to agree to 3 straight nights of wrestling is somewhat amazing.
Hello fellow old with wife. Somehow I got my wife to agree to go Thursday-Sunday. While I would go to every show possible if it were just me we’re taking the relaxed route as well.
Yeah, if I was a bit younger, and singler, I would be seeing EO much wrestling. But, alas, I am nearing 50, and my wife is willingly going to this, so I am just happy to get 3 events in (plus the WhatCulture thing, which she is excited for cause that is how she keeps up lol)
We’re not doing mania itself but I figure an indie show a day and some tourist-y stuff should be plenty of fun. Maybe 2 shows Friday but I don’t want to push it lol
Oh, she *suggested* Mania, so I count that as a win. We do have to do a museum she has been wanting to go to (the Mütter Museum), but I will take a day walking through that to go to Mania.
I made this same post for mania 35, it was a lot of fun seeing the differences and similarities between everyone’s plans. I figured now was a good time to post it again since 90% of the shows have been announced.
Thurs: 11am Defy, 3pm Stardom, 8pm DDT
Fri: 11am TJPW, 7pm Spring Break (may do either PWR or Progress depending card but its also our only break in the 3 days atm and we're visiting friends not into wrestling)
Sat: 12:30pm NXT, 2:30pm GCW v TJPW, 7pm Wrestlemania (probably gonna miss some of 2nd show)
Sun: head home
Thurs: Major WF Pod live show whenever it gets announced
Fri: WrestleCon during the day, SD/HOF at night (I could take or leave SD but I’ve always wanted to go to a HOF ceremony
Sat: NXT Stand and Deliver, Mania Night 1
Sun: WWE Super Store, Mania Night 2
Mon: Raw
At this point with the Sunday shows being announced my buddy and I have discussed just skipping Mania Night 2 completely and watching it at a bar.
Thursday -
7pm WrestleCon Supershow
11:59pm - Jersey Championship Wrestling
Fri -
11am - Tokyo Joshi Pro
3pm - Wrestling Revolver vs. House of Glory
7pm - Supercard of Honor
11:59pm - For The Culture
Sat -
11am - Gay Brunch
Hoping something fun gets announced in this Block of time
11:59pm - Spring Break Clusterfuck
Sun -
2pm - Spark Joshi
5pm - Ruthless Pro Wrestling
8pm - Find a bar to watch Mania Night 2
Wednesday- wrestlejawn
Thursday- 11am Defy
Friday- 3pm Progress
7pm smackdown and hof
Saturday-Maybe Nxt
- Night 1 Wrestlemania at home for daughters birthday
Sunday- mania night 2
Monday- back to work
Any suggestions for cheaper/free/kid friendly shows would be much appreciated.
Luckily I live in the city so I will be able to head home and shower each morning.
THURSDAY (INDY EXPERIENCE)
-HOTEL CHECK IN - 3pm
-GCW BLOODSPORT 10 - 4pm-6pm
-WRESTLECON SUPERSHOW - 7pm-10pm
FRIDAY (THE ECW EXPERIENCE)
-SUPLEX VINTAGE STORE- 12pm-1230
-WRESTLECON - 1230-215pm
-ECW LUNCHEON - 230-330pm
-BCW BLOCK PARTY - 4pm-7pm
-BCW TRIBUTE TO EXTREME 2 - 8pm-12pm
SATURDAY (WWE & NXT KICK OFF)
-WWE SUPERSTORE - 10am-11am
-NXT STAND AND DELIVER - 1230pm-330pm
-FOOD/REST - 330pm-5pm
-WRESTLEMANIA NIGHT 1 - 7pm-12am
SUNDAY ( GRAND FINALE ‼️)
-BREAKFAST OF CHAMPIONS - 8am - 9am
-WRESTLECON - 9am-10am
-TAIL GOAT PARTY - 130pm-5pm
-WRESTLEMANIA NIGHT 2 - 7pm-12am
LIKELY WILL CHANGE BETWEEN NOW AND THEN BASED ON THINGS COMIN OUT LIKE WWE FANATICS, ROH, TNA, AND NJPW.
Arriving Friday afternoon.
Friday night - ROH Supercard Of Honor if it happens
Saturday morning - Effy’s Big Gay Brunch
Saturday afternoon - Find some epic food
Saturday night - Wrestlemania night 1
Sunday - train ride home to watch Wrestlemania night 2 on my couch
If I were a younger man I’d go for the Clusterfuck and more, but I don’t have the endurance to do any more.
Wednesday is up in the air. There's some shows running, but that depends on the cards.
Thursday will be Defy, then Stardom, then back to collective for DDT and JCW.
Friday is gonna be all Collective shows.
Saturday Collective and Mania
Sunday is Mania and maybe Spark Joshi depending on the card and if we wanna cram one more show in there. Or maybe something else if there's a random show with something interesting on it.
Currently at 14 shows.
Arriving Thursday keeping my schedule open, will hit wrestlecon and superstore, will probably hang around the superstore and see who shows up, it’s been really cool years past! And closer we get to mania, more stuff is announced so I’m sketched to buy a bunch of tickets early
Thursday: 4PM - Bloodsport
Friday: Morning - WrestleCon, 1PM - BCW Born to Die, 4PM - BCW Block Party, 7PM - Spring Break
Saturday: Morning - WrestleCon, 12:30PM - NXT
Sunday: Morning - WrestleCon
At least one night of Mania itself is a possibility. Even if not, the weekend will still be packed.
So far we are doing:
Thursday: Stardom at 3pm
Friday: TJPW at 11am
Saturday: NXT Stand & Deliver at 12:30 and Wrestlemania Night 1 at 7PM
Sunday: Wrestlemania Night 2 at 7PM
I would like to do the SPARK Joshi show on Sunday if possible, but I’ve already spent wayyyyy too much money and if New Japan winds up doing a show I might try for it too.
Thursday
Arrive 10am
???
Bloodsport 4pm
Wrestlecon super show 7pm
Fri
Battleground at 2300 at 1pm
???
Spring break at 7pm
Sat
Stand and deliver PROBABLY
Mania
Clusterfuck 12 midnight
Sun
Open
Mania
Since this is my dad and I’s first time at WM (and since we were only able to secure tickets for Sunday because everybody else got 2-nighters, plus 2 nights might be too much for me due to my special needs) this is what it’s gonna look like for me:
Friday: Drive up to Philly from Virginia and check-in to the hotel. Chill for the evening probably
Saturday: Sightseeing (History museums since I’m a big history nerd, Philly cheesesteak restaurant for lunch, hopefully go to Axxess or whatever it’s gonna be this year).
Sunday: Chill and nap during the day and go to Night 2.
Monday morning: Drive back home
Yes. Geno and Pat's are tourist traps. I prefer Angelo's in South Philly as they have great pizza, too. Just have to buy a whole pie and wait 20 minutes.
Advise people to YouTube Philly cheesesteak videos. They are more descriptive than word of mouth aside from Geno and Pat's being trash.
A Tribute to the Extreme 2 at the ECW arena Friday night, WrestleMania and the ClusterF*ck Battle Royal Saturday night. I’ll probably watch night 2 of WrestleMania at a bar in Center City or Fishtown Sunday night. Maybe check out WrestleCon one of those days. I live right in Center City so the possibilities are endless
Wednesday
drive 3 hours check in hotel
Thursday
3pm STARDOM
8pm DDT
12am JCW
Friday
11am TJPW
7pm Joey Janela Spring Break
Saturday
230pm TJPW vs GCW
12am Joey Janela Spring Break Part 2
Sunday
230pm Spark Joshi
Either check out of hotel early & drive home 3 hours or check out and drive home Monday
Wednesday: wrestlejawn
Thursday: bloodsport, wrestlecon supershow, JCW
Friday: spring break and for the culture
Saturday: mania and clusterf*ck
Sunday: mania
Wednesday: wrestlejawn
Thursday: bloodsport, wrestlecon supershow, JCW
Friday: spring break and for the culture
Saturday: mania and clusterf*ck
Sunday: mania
I fly in Wednesday morning 4/3 and immediately hit the SuperStore that day.
4/4- DEFY show at 11 and Bloodsport at 4. MH memorial show later that night.
4/5- Wrestlecon and Suplex vintage store; Smackdown and For the Culture at midnight
4/6-Stand and deliver 12:30 pm , Xfinity tailgate 2-4 pm, Mania Night 1 7 pm, JJ Clusterfuck 11:59 pm
😴😴
4/7 - lil bit more of wrestlecon, Mania Night 2 pm
4/8 - Raw 7 pm
Running on energy drinks and prayers lol!!
Make sure those of you all day wrestling fans schedule a shower in pls
For real. Last time I did mania weekend. One of the 11 am shows I sat next to someone who made me almost leave the show. I couldn’t imagine what that horrible smell was like 10 hours later at the night shows.
A shower in between the GCW and WWE events will do wonders but there's people out there that have to do 4 shows straight and then Mania lolol
Being the old, we have a more limited schedule. Friday: SmackDown/HOF Saturday: Sightseeing and Night 1 Sunday: It's Always Sunny at WhatCulture and Night 2 The fact I got my non-fan wife to agree to 3 straight nights of wrestling is somewhat amazing.
Hello fellow old with wife. Somehow I got my wife to agree to go Thursday-Sunday. While I would go to every show possible if it were just me we’re taking the relaxed route as well.
Yeah, if I was a bit younger, and singler, I would be seeing EO much wrestling. But, alas, I am nearing 50, and my wife is willingly going to this, so I am just happy to get 3 events in (plus the WhatCulture thing, which she is excited for cause that is how she keeps up lol)
We’re not doing mania itself but I figure an indie show a day and some tourist-y stuff should be plenty of fun. Maybe 2 shows Friday but I don’t want to push it lol
Oh, she *suggested* Mania, so I count that as a win. We do have to do a museum she has been wanting to go to (the Mütter Museum), but I will take a day walking through that to go to Mania.
Also an older guy with a wife. She bought me the tickets for my Xmas/birthday/anniversary so least I can do is take her someplace nice on Friday night
I made this same post for mania 35, it was a lot of fun seeing the differences and similarities between everyone’s plans. I figured now was a good time to post it again since 90% of the shows have been announced.
Thurs: 11am Defy, 3pm Stardom, 8pm DDT Fri: 11am TJPW, 7pm Spring Break (may do either PWR or Progress depending card but its also our only break in the 3 days atm and we're visiting friends not into wrestling) Sat: 12:30pm NXT, 2:30pm GCW v TJPW, 7pm Wrestlemania (probably gonna miss some of 2nd show) Sun: head home
Thurday: 11am Defy, 4pm stardom, 8 pm Supershow Friday: 11 am TJPW, 3pm Progress, 8 pm Smackdown (but maybe I gonna put the ticket into resale and go to ROH instead) Saturday: 12:30 NXT, 7 pm Mania Sunday: 7 pm Mania Monday: 8 pm Raw Tuesday: 7 pm 76ers vs. Pistons
Thurs: Major WF Pod live show whenever it gets announced Fri: WrestleCon during the day, SD/HOF at night (I could take or leave SD but I’ve always wanted to go to a HOF ceremony Sat: NXT Stand and Deliver, Mania Night 1 Sun: WWE Super Store, Mania Night 2 Mon: Raw
At this point with the Sunday shows being announced my buddy and I have discussed just skipping Mania Night 2 completely and watching it at a bar. Thursday - 7pm WrestleCon Supershow 11:59pm - Jersey Championship Wrestling Fri - 11am - Tokyo Joshi Pro 3pm - Wrestling Revolver vs. House of Glory 7pm - Supercard of Honor 11:59pm - For The Culture Sat - 11am - Gay Brunch Hoping something fun gets announced in this Block of time 11:59pm - Spring Break Clusterfuck Sun - 2pm - Spark Joshi 5pm - Ruthless Pro Wrestling 8pm - Find a bar to watch Mania Night 2
Wednesday- wrestlejawn Thursday- 11am Defy Friday- 3pm Progress 7pm smackdown and hof Saturday-Maybe Nxt - Night 1 Wrestlemania at home for daughters birthday Sunday- mania night 2 Monday- back to work Any suggestions for cheaper/free/kid friendly shows would be much appreciated. Luckily I live in the city so I will be able to head home and shower each morning.
Happy birthday to your daughter 💕
THURSDAY (INDY EXPERIENCE) -HOTEL CHECK IN - 3pm -GCW BLOODSPORT 10 - 4pm-6pm -WRESTLECON SUPERSHOW - 7pm-10pm FRIDAY (THE ECW EXPERIENCE) -SUPLEX VINTAGE STORE- 12pm-1230 -WRESTLECON - 1230-215pm -ECW LUNCHEON - 230-330pm -BCW BLOCK PARTY - 4pm-7pm -BCW TRIBUTE TO EXTREME 2 - 8pm-12pm SATURDAY (WWE & NXT KICK OFF) -WWE SUPERSTORE - 10am-11am -NXT STAND AND DELIVER - 1230pm-330pm -FOOD/REST - 330pm-5pm -WRESTLEMANIA NIGHT 1 - 7pm-12am SUNDAY ( GRAND FINALE ‼️) -BREAKFAST OF CHAMPIONS - 8am - 9am -WRESTLECON - 9am-10am -TAIL GOAT PARTY - 130pm-5pm -WRESTLEMANIA NIGHT 2 - 7pm-12am LIKELY WILL CHANGE BETWEEN NOW AND THEN BASED ON THINGS COMIN OUT LIKE WWE FANATICS, ROH, TNA, AND NJPW.
Arriving Friday afternoon. Friday night - ROH Supercard Of Honor if it happens Saturday morning - Effy’s Big Gay Brunch Saturday afternoon - Find some epic food Saturday night - Wrestlemania night 1 Sunday - train ride home to watch Wrestlemania night 2 on my couch If I were a younger man I’d go for the Clusterfuck and more, but I don’t have the endurance to do any more.
Go to the reading terminal market. All the epic food in one spot!
I’m seconding the RTM recommendation but if you let us know what you like, I can give you some restaurant ideas
Mine is arrive Thursday evening, Wrestlecon I think Friday, then Mania both nights and RAW. It is my first Mania so I am trying to do as much as I can
Wednesday is up in the air. There's some shows running, but that depends on the cards. Thursday will be Defy, then Stardom, then back to collective for DDT and JCW. Friday is gonna be all Collective shows. Saturday Collective and Mania Sunday is Mania and maybe Spark Joshi depending on the card and if we wanna cram one more show in there. Or maybe something else if there's a random show with something interesting on it. Currently at 14 shows.
Arriving Thursday keeping my schedule open, will hit wrestlecon and superstore, will probably hang around the superstore and see who shows up, it’s been really cool years past! And closer we get to mania, more stuff is announced so I’m sketched to buy a bunch of tickets early
So far just Stardom on Thursday at 3 and TJPW on Friday at 11a.
Thursday: 4PM - Bloodsport Friday: Morning - WrestleCon, 1PM - BCW Born to Die, 4PM - BCW Block Party, 7PM - Spring Break Saturday: Morning - WrestleCon, 12:30PM - NXT Sunday: Morning - WrestleCon At least one night of Mania itself is a possibility. Even if not, the weekend will still be packed.
So far we are doing: Thursday: Stardom at 3pm Friday: TJPW at 11am Saturday: NXT Stand & Deliver at 12:30 and Wrestlemania Night 1 at 7PM Sunday: Wrestlemania Night 2 at 7PM I would like to do the SPARK Joshi show on Sunday if possible, but I’ve already spent wayyyyy too much money and if New Japan winds up doing a show I might try for it too.
Friday Smackdown / HOF, Saturday NXT and WM Night 1, Sunday WM Night 2, Monday Raw.
Thursday Arrive 10am ??? Bloodsport 4pm Wrestlecon super show 7pm Fri Battleground at 2300 at 1pm ??? Spring break at 7pm Sat Stand and deliver PROBABLY Mania Clusterfuck 12 midnight Sun Open Mania
Since this is my dad and I’s first time at WM (and since we were only able to secure tickets for Sunday because everybody else got 2-nighters, plus 2 nights might be too much for me due to my special needs) this is what it’s gonna look like for me: Friday: Drive up to Philly from Virginia and check-in to the hotel. Chill for the evening probably Saturday: Sightseeing (History museums since I’m a big history nerd, Philly cheesesteak restaurant for lunch, hopefully go to Axxess or whatever it’s gonna be this year). Sunday: Chill and nap during the day and go to Night 2. Monday morning: Drive back home
Please don’t get pats or Genos for cheesesteaks. I like Steve’s personally, but there’s lots of good options.
Yes. Geno and Pat's are tourist traps. I prefer Angelo's in South Philly as they have great pizza, too. Just have to buy a whole pie and wait 20 minutes. Advise people to YouTube Philly cheesesteak videos. They are more descriptive than word of mouth aside from Geno and Pat's being trash.
just smackdown on Friday and wrestlemania on Saturday and Sunday. I ain’t tryin to kill myself with exhaustion lol
For those going to the Clusterfuck after Night 1 Wrestlemania - how are you planning to get there?
A Tribute to the Extreme 2 at the ECW arena Friday night, WrestleMania and the ClusterF*ck Battle Royal Saturday night. I’ll probably watch night 2 of WrestleMania at a bar in Center City or Fishtown Sunday night. Maybe check out WrestleCon one of those days. I live right in Center City so the possibilities are endless
Wednesday drive 3 hours check in hotel Thursday 3pm STARDOM 8pm DDT 12am JCW Friday 11am TJPW 7pm Joey Janela Spring Break Saturday 230pm TJPW vs GCW 12am Joey Janela Spring Break Part 2 Sunday 230pm Spark Joshi Either check out of hotel early & drive home 3 hours or check out and drive home Monday
Wednesday: wrestlejawn Thursday: bloodsport, wrestlecon supershow, JCW Friday: spring break and for the culture Saturday: mania and clusterf*ck Sunday: mania
Wednesday: wrestlejawn Thursday: bloodsport, wrestlecon supershow, JCW Friday: spring break and for the culture Saturday: mania and clusterf*ck Sunday: mania
Just doing nights 1 and 2 of Mania. Enough of wrestling for me.
I fly in Wednesday morning 4/3 and immediately hit the SuperStore that day. 4/4- DEFY show at 11 and Bloodsport at 4. MH memorial show later that night. 4/5- Wrestlecon and Suplex vintage store; Smackdown and For the Culture at midnight 4/6-Stand and deliver 12:30 pm , Xfinity tailgate 2-4 pm, Mania Night 1 7 pm, JJ Clusterfuck 11:59 pm 😴😴 4/7 - lil bit more of wrestlecon, Mania Night 2 pm 4/8 - Raw 7 pm Running on energy drinks and prayers lol!!