Live Wrestling BlogLive Wrestling BlogEven better than last year! The ring was better and they did three nights of shows instead of two. A lot of the same wrestlers came back but there were also a couple new faces. I heard through the grapevine that the non-wastelander wrestlers were causing issues and starting fights, though. Yikes!
There were no signs this year but the crowd was way more into it. It helped that there was a "plotline" going on this year and the wrestlers seemed to have improved their wrestling psychology.
I ended up missing the final show due to a prior engagement which was sad but homemade fry bread was worth it!
This show was a lot of fun and really cemented my love for professional wrestling. The other shows I'd been to prior to this were AEW shows that were not well attended for the size of the building but still had the glitz and glam of TV wrestling.
This GCW show, on the other hand, was in a cute little venue down near the Avenues that I primarily know for hosting wedding receptions. Despite having only a fraction of the space an AEW or WWE show might have the vibes were so much better even though the card was changed last minute.
It was super cool to see indie stars like Masha Slamovich and EFFY as well as weird little local guys like Tombstone Jesus and Manny Lemons.
Decently good for being the first year of wrestling at Wasteland. They did two shows over the event and they were both enjoyable. I'm always late for things, though, so I ended up missing the opening matches both nights :(.
It was weird being at a wrestling show where the spectators aren't wrestling fans. Wastelanders definitely don't understand wrestling crowd ettiquite. They were really quiet and were slow to pick up on chants. Rebel Storm was one of the only wrestlers on the card who could really get people up and going. Almost no one was yelling at the heels. A couple people did bring signs, though. The "WTF > AEW" one was really funny!
I went to this with a childhood friend who hadn't watched wrestling in years. We had a ton of fun! Now that I watch the shows week to week it was fun seeing the characters I like IRL.
As an FTR hater it was incredible watching Ricky Starks and Big Bill win the tag titles off them. I was totally expecting them to just be fed to FTR! Big Bill obliterating the announce desk by slamming one of the FTR guys through it ruled. The Bullet Club Gold vs the luchadors match was also a lot of fun. Angelico twisting The Gunns into pretzles was great. It was also pretty cool seeing Luchasaurus as a heel after seeing him as a face back in 2020.
We didn't end up staying for most of the RoH taping just because it was so late but the couple matches I did see were good. Lady Frost is mega underrated!
My first live professional wrestling show! At the time I knew barely anything about professional wrestling and was just there because it was a thing to do with my friends. It was one of the things that really got me into wrestling. Private Party and Nyla Rose really stood out to me at the time and I've been fans of them since!
Maybe my favorite memory of the night was when a group of girls sitting in front of us turned around and asked us to help them start a Wardlow chant. At the time, I wasn't watching the TV show so I didn't really understand who he was or why they were obsessed with him but it's very funny in hindsight.