Legends Of Wrestling at Citi Field

June 18th, 2015 by chocko

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This under the radar professional wrestling event happened in early June at the home of the New York Mets, Citi Field in Queens, NYC and featured old wrestling legends battling it out in the ring after autograph and Q&A sessions. A few thousand were in attendance at the baseball stadium and the wrestling ring was where second base would be, surrounded by VIP seats. If you weren’t sitting in the premium seats, you were most likely watching the action on the jumbotron because the ring was situated so far from the stands. When me and Joey Teacups arrived, we just missed “Hacksaw” Jim Duggan win his match against Robbie E. The other matches we missed included Brian Myers defeating Tyrus and Flex Armstrong and Andrew Anderson (w/ Greg “the Hammer” Valentine) beating Mr. T.A. and Bam Shaw (w/ John Cena Sr.). John Cena Suuucks!

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Tommy Dreamer trampled over Wes Briscoe for the victory. It was good to hear some “ECW” chants throughout the match. The commentary mostly provided by Matt Stryker and later joined by Tyrus, was heard throughout the evening over the PA system. Been to a lot of sporting and wrestling events over the years, and never experienced that.

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Ric Flair walked to the ring and began a pro-NYC promo only to be rudely interrupted by Mr. Anderson and Knux who were representing Aces & Eights. Flair called upon the Nasty Boys to even the odds. Brutality!

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The Nasty Boys took care of Aces & Eights after some sloppy, hardcore brawling. Baking trays and garbage cans to the head made the street trash brawl more buck wild than it already was. Mullets and fists were flying! Wes Briscoe, Doc Gallows and Demolition showed up to the match and joined in on the melee and The Nasty Boys walked away with the win.

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During a brief break from wrestling, we took a walk over Shea Bridge behind Center Field and pounded down some tasty burgers from Shake Shack. Two Boots could have been an option but they weren’t open. The Mets game was briefly shown on the jumbotron while I housed a double shack and checked out the wrestling merchandise which included tables of DVDs, memorabilia and autographed photographs. I also picked up a flyer for Wrestling Universe a one stop shop for all your wrestling needs. They host a lot of autograph signings at their Flushing, Queens shop (34-29 Francis Lewis Blvd). Looks like it good be worth the road trip!

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A bit of a size difference in the match after the break – “Reborn” Matt Sydal squared up against Doc Gallows, representing the Bullet Club. Sydal defeated the 6’8″ Gallows for the upset and goofiest match of the card.

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The best and final match of the day came from the clashing of Scott Steiner aka Big Poppa Pump and Rob Van Dam. Before the match there was a brief promo with RVD followed by Steiner who says something like “Let’s bring this mystery opponent out.” Oy vey. Steiner, accompanied by Doc Gallows gets to the ring and grabs the microphone and calls Hulk Hogan a bitch and starts mouthing off to the hecklers. RVD brings out the legendary Bret Hart for a brief appearance and mic time. After some anti-Mets remarks like “This town belongs to The Yankees,” Steiner sneak attacks RVD and the pummeling begins. Doc was in total heel mode and threw in every cheap shot at RVD that he could get in. RVD got the victory after a chair thrown in the ring by Gallows was used to Van Dam’s advantage and RVD connects with the Van Daminator. After the victory, RVD got jumped by the two jacked up heels and then Goldberg runs in to save the day. He spears Steiner and Doc got the Jackhammer! heat3mia uploaded some great footage of the match. Check it out HERE!

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