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7 Non WWE Shows to See In New Orleans This Week and One To Avoid Like The Plague

We are on the Road to Wrestlemania and along the way are many pit stops, including those that are non-WWE related! Here are our picks for the must-see independent shows during the big week in New Orleans this week. They are in order by the date and/or time they happen.

 

Matt Riddles Bloodsport – Thursday 3PM:

The description on their ticket site says it all:
“What happens when GCW and Matt Riddle team up to bring you an event where Pro Wrestling and MMA’s baddest and best collide?What happens when you strip away the rules of professional wrestling, take away pinfalls and every match must end with a KNOCKOUT or a SUBMISSION?Join us on Thursday, April 5th at 3 pm for a unique crossover event as GCW presents “Matt Riddle’s Bloodsport”!”
Already announced:

Matt Riddle vs. Low Ki

Timothy Thatcher vs. Nick Gage

WALTER vs. Filthy Tom Lawlor

Dan Severn vs. Chris Dickinson

Eddie Kingston vs. Tracy Williams

Dom Garrinni vs. KTB

Who wouldn’t want to see this? For tickets click here.

 

The Crash – Friday Noon

We love Lucha Libre, and this show has a fantastic lineup!

Lucha Super Estrella
Penta Zero M vs Austin Aries

Lucha Semifinal
L.A. Park, Nicho El Millionario, & Damien 666
vs
Bestia 666, Garza Jr., & Mr 450

Lucha De Luju
Ret Fenix vs Flamita vs Rich Swann

Lucha Especial
Daga vs Brian Cage vs Willie Mack vs Sami Callihan

Lucha De Parejas
Bandito & Black Boy
vs
Dezmond Xavier & Zachary Wentz
vs
Dave & Jack Crist (OVE)

Poder A Poder
Rey Horus vs Flip Gordon vs Laredo Kid

Lucha De Escandalo
Lacey Lane & Black Danger
vs
Christi Jaynes & Oraculo
vs
Barbie Hayden & Joey Ryan
vs
Diamonte & Douglas James

Lucha De Alarido
Aeroboy vs Draztik Boy vs J.Spade vs Amarok vs Matthew Palmer vs Jason Cade vs Angel Fashion vs Kurt Stallion

You can purchase tickets here.

 

Impact vs Lucha Underground – Friday 9PM

This is one of the most anticipated shows of the Week next to Wrestlemania itself. As soon as Lucha Underground was announced as a partner, tickets started selling like hotcakes. Expect a lot of high flying action, blood, and plenty of violence on this show!

The Matches announced so far:

Eddie Edwards vs Jeremiah Crane (I Quit Match)

Dezmond Xavier, Andrew Everett, DJZ vs Drago, Aerostar, King Cuerno

LAX vs Willie Mack & Killshot (IMPACT Tag Team Title Match)

Austin Aries & Fenix vs Alberto El Patron & Pentagon Jr

To purchase tickets click here.

 

SHIMMER – Sat 4PM:

This is SHIMMER’s 100th show!!! They are the longest consecutively running womens promotion in the US right now… and possibly ever? SHIMMER has given many young women from around the world a chance to showcase what they do in the ring. Also, it is important to note many of the women you saw in the Mae Young Classic are from the current SHIMMER roster or are alumni! This is going to be an action-packed show with women’s wrestling like you have never seen before! This is also a pretty family friendly event, so bring the kids!

SHIMMER Championship Match
Nicole Savoy defends vs. Mercedes Martinez

Heart of SHIMMER Championship Match
Shazza McKenzie defends vs. Tessa Blanchard

Nicole Matthews vs. Toni Storm

Madison Eagles vs. Deonna Purrazzo

SHIMMER Tag Team Championship Match
Leva Bates & Delilah Doom defend vs. LuFisto & Hudson Envy

Shotzi Blackheart vs. Cheerleader Melissa

Britt Baker & Chelsea Green vs. Charli Evans & Jessica Troy

Also in action:

Kimber Lee

Rhia O’Reilly

Samantha Heights

Mia Yim

Veda Scott

Kellyanne

Zoe Lucas

Plus more competitors still to be announced!

For tickets click here.

 

Ring Of Honor – Saturday 7:30 PM

Ring of Honor has a lot more going on than just this card, so make sure you check the ticket link below to see what exactly they have in store for the week. As ROH has grown it has managed to keep true to its roots while evolving to meet today’s wrestling audience. This show looks to be another amazing card produced by them!

Matches Announced:
Cody vs Kenny Omega

ROH Championship Match
Dalton Castle vs Marty Scurll

ROH World Tag Team Championship Match
The Briscoes vs Jay Lethal & Hiroshi Tanahashi

ROH World 6 Man Championship Match
SoCal Uncensored vs The Young Bucks & Flip Gordon

ROH TV Championship
Kenny King vs Silas Young

Punishment Martinez vs Tomohiro Ishii

Adam Page vs Kota Ibushi

For tickets click here.

 

House of Hardcore – Saturday 10PM:

HOH is Tommy Dreamer’s branded enterprise featuring not only Legends from ECW but stars of today as well! This show is set to begin one hour after NXT ends!

Headlining:
Rich Swann vs. Austin Aries

Already scheduled for this event include:
Rock N Roll Express

Tommy Dreamer

Carlito

Billy Gunn

Willie Mack

Luchasaurus

Killer Kross

Super Crazy

Lance Hoyt

Davey Boy Smith Jr

and more to be announced soon!

For tickets click here.

 

Kaiju Big Battel – Saturday 11:55PM

Pro wrestling monsters!!! If you have not seen Kaiju Big Battel before, you have been missing out on some of the wildest action and storylines available in sports entertainment. It doesn’t matter if you don’t follow the company or know the storylines, you will be entertained!!!

No Matches announced but expect some sort of trouble from Dr. Cube!
(there always is!)

Tickets to this event are available here.

 

And the show you may want to skip?

 

Joey Janelas Spring Break 2

Why? Because we feel that Joey Janela puts his opponents at risk for his own benefit. He has been wrestling far too long to wrestle this unsafely, and honestly, we are astounded that this mark hasn’t seriously injured any of his opponents yet. He disrespects not only those who came before him, but his callous behavior and recklessness also show disrespect for the entire wrestling industry. Even advertising it as a “Clusterfuck” is disrespectful. We seriously hope he doesn’t do anything to put the promoter’s license being used for this show in jeopardy so he can get his rock off. And besides, who over 25 besides perverts and losers go to “Spring Break”?

Sadly while we do not support nor have any respect for Janela, there is some great talent on this card.

Already announced:

Janela vs. Great Sasuke

Mike Quackenbush vs. David Starr

Matt Riddle vs. James Ellsworth

WALTER vs. PCO

Nick Gage vs. Penta 0M

The CLUSTERF&$k

“and more”

For tickets click here.

 

If you are still looking for tickets to Wrestlemania or aftermarket tickets to any of these shows that may be sold out check out StubHub and Ticket Liquidator.

 

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We Almost Saw the Bully Ray Character in WWE But There’s an Interesting Reason Why it was Nixed

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Bully Ray is on his own again as a singles wrestler since long-time tag team partner Devon Dudley is retired and working behind the scenes in WWE. But this is how Bully Ray prefers things and he revealed that his first WWE stint ended because he wanted to be a single wrestler. He almost got his wish on this recent stint because he was very close to splitting off and becoming Bully Ray in WWE.

In an interview with ESPN.com, he talked about how close WWE was to pulling the trigger on that character. He said;

“We were one day away from becoming Bully Ray in WWE.” He continued, “One of the problems with having Bully Ray in the WWE was the word bully. How could they have a guy named Bully when they had the ‘Be a STAR’ program? It was a little too risky for them.”

Although many WWE heels play bullies, the issue with the Bully Ray character is that the company felt that the entire character was centered around bullying people and that was too risky for Be a STAR.

He left WWE on good terms and eventually joined ROH. He said, “They were actually interested in bringing in both me and D-Von into Ring of Honor, which would’ve been insane. D-Von had made a life decision where he wanted to devote a little more time to his family and physically in the ring wanted to slow it down just a little bit. I still have gas in the tank. I think Ring of Honor was the perfect place for me to continue as Bully Ray.” He added that he had a huge offer to return to Impact Wrestling but he knew that it was not the right decision and he is in love the the passion of the ROH locker room and the fans.

He still has a lot left in the tank so it doesn’t look like retirement is in his immediate future but when the day comes then he could end up taking on a role behind-the-scenes. He added, “I have been asked in the past by the higher-ups in WWE if I’d be interested in being a producer, and when the time is right hopefully that position is still available.”

I’d say that things are going well for him and the move to ROH was a wise one. He hasn’t been with ROH for too long and he is already a 6-man Tag Team Champion alongside The Briscoe Brothers.

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My first trip to Wrestlemania

So as I write this I am sitting at the airport, and my plane has been delayed. But I have to say I am super duper stoked for this trip!

Update:
The delay wasn’t so bad, and despite being miffed they ended up making me check my carry on, it all worked out.

We rented a place by a lake for the week, so its incredibly quiet and perfect for work when we aren’t out and about. Since I live in LA, I got used to hearing helicopters, sirens, car alarms, and other nonsense all night, out here its just us and the crickets.

We officially get started tomorrow, and have events lined up all day. First we will be headed to PromoterCon, then we are headed to WrestleMania Axxess which is like WWE’s version of a wrestling convention, and then I hear we may hit the ROH show up, which would would be great first day out. We plan on hitting quite a few of the independent events up that are happening including “Brian Christopher’s Too Sexy Wrestlemania Party” On Friday night.

The WWE events we will be attending this week are Axxess on Thursday, Hall of Fame on Friday, Wrestlemania on Sunday, RAW on Monday, and Smackdown Live on Tuesday.

To follow all the fun, make sure you follow us on social media @BetWrestling on Facebook, Twitter, Instagram, and Snapchat! Feel free to hit us up to hang out!

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Odds on Daniel Bryan Going to NJPW, ROH, Impact and Wrestling Again in WWE

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Bryan’s Next Move

Much buzz has been created by the Daniel Bryan teasing that he will be wrestling again outside of the WWE next year when his contract runs out. There are actually odds on what promotion Daniel Bryan will return to the ring in. The most favorable odds are on him signing with NJPW by the end of 2018, a promotion in Japan he has expressed interest in. The current odds are 11/10, however yesterday’s odds had been 11/8 meaning many are taking the bet and feel it is a legit possibility. The line moved in a more favorable direction and is very close to an even bet because of this.

Bets may also be made on if he will appear in TNA Impact Wrestling by the end of 2018 at 10/1, which would multiply your money tenfold if he shows up in TNA even once. This would be a great boost for the restructured promotion but the odds say it won’t happen. Not surprisingly Daniel has much better odds to return to ROH, the promotion where he first made a name for himself and caused him to be noticed by the WWE. The odds of this happening before the end of 2018 are 9/4.

There are even odds on Bryan wrestling at least one match in WWE by the end of this year at 7/1. This gives Bryan a 12.5% chance of wresting by the end of the year. The situation is that he wants to wrestle but WWE will not allow him to due to his previous injuries. He is extremely frustrated about not being able to continue his passion of performing in from on live crowds and has teased going elsewhere in the past. There has also been an ongoing rivalry between The Miz and Bryan over different styles of wrestling and Bryan no longer wrestling while Miz is thriving near the top of the card.

One element that is worth mentioning is the fact that not only is Daniel Bryan married to Brie Bella, but also that they are expecting the birth of their daughter who they have already been named “Birdie Joe”. Brie has also expressed wanting more children so Bryan needs to consider that WWE is a more secure way to provide for the family he is building with Brie. His safety is also an issue and he is in such perilous condition that, as mentioned, the WWE will not let him wrestle because of this. If it were to happen, expect Bryan to return to using the name  “American Dragon” Brian Danielson due to intellectual property rights over the Daniel Bryan name.

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