{"id":13714,"date":"2018-02-04T17:14:32","date_gmt":"2018-02-04T22:14:32","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/lwosonprowrestling.ms.lastwordonsports.com\/?p=13714"},"modified":"2018-02-04T17:19:23","modified_gmt":"2018-02-04T22:19:23","slug":"wrestlemania-week-guide-thursday-april-5-2018","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/lastwordonsports.com\/prowrestling\/2018\/02\/04\/wrestlemania-week-guide-thursday-april-5-2018\/","title":{"rendered":"WrestleMania Week Guide: Thursday April 5, 2018"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><em>We&#8217;re back with our annual guide to all the wrestling events scheduled for WrestleMania week, from the official WWE events down to the all the indie events, in what is the busiest and largest congregation of pro wrestling in the world for a week long celebration of the sport. Part one looks at the opening night of the week, Thursday April 5, 2018 in and around New Orleans, Louisiana.<\/em><\/p>\n<h3><strong>Game Changer Wrestling (GCW) and WWN Presents&#8230;Matt Riddle&#8217;s Bloodsport<\/strong><br \/>\n<em>3pm, Pontchartrain Civic Center,\u00a04545 Williams Blvd, Kenner, LA 70065, USA<\/em><\/h3>\n<figure id=\"attachment_13716\" aria-describedby=\"caption-attachment-13716\" style=\"width: 500px\" class=\"wp-caption alignnone\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"size-full wp-image-13716\" src=\"https:\/\/lwosonprowrestling.ms.lastwordonsports.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/15\/2018\/02\/80-og-1.png\" alt=\"\" width=\"500\" height=\"500\" srcset=\"https:\/\/lastwordonsports.com\/prowrestling\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/15\/2018\/02\/80-og-1.png 500w, https:\/\/lastwordonsports.com\/prowrestling\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/15\/2018\/02\/80-og-1-150x150.png 150w, https:\/\/lastwordonsports.com\/prowrestling\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/15\/2018\/02\/80-og-1-300x300.png 300w, https:\/\/lastwordonsports.com\/prowrestling\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/15\/2018\/02\/80-og-1-420x420.png 420w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 500px) 100vw, 500px\" \/><figcaption id=\"caption-attachment-13716\" class=\"wp-caption-text\">Photo: GCW<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<p><strong>&#8220;The King of Bros&#8221; Matt Riddle<\/strong> hosts a special night of wrestling, presented by WWN as part of their <strong>MoreThanMania<\/strong> week of events, and hosted by GCW. The event&#8217;s matches can only be won by knockout or submission.<\/p>\n<blockquote class=\"twitter-tweet\" data-width=\"550\" data-dnt=\"true\">\n<p lang=\"en\" dir=\"ltr\">GCW presents &quot;Matt Riddle&#39;s Bloodsport&quot; on Thursday 4\/5 at 3pm! <\/p>\n<p>WWNLive Experience 2018 VIP Package Holders will get first opportunity at tickets! Tix for public go on sale at Noon on 1\/15<a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/SuperKingofBros?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\" target=\"_blank\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">@SuperKingofBros<\/a> <a href=\"https:\/\/t.co\/ofym4Tza5v\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">pic.twitter.com\/ofym4Tza5v<\/a><\/p>\n<p>&mdash; GameChangerWrestling (@GCWrestling_) <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/GCWrestling_\/status\/950566344377987072?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\" target=\"_blank\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">January 9, 2018<\/a><\/p><\/blockquote>\n<p><script async src=\"https:\/\/platform.twitter.com\/widgets.js\" charset=\"utf-8\"><\/script><\/p>\n<h3><strong>WWE Presents&#8230;WWE WrestleMania AXXESS<\/strong><br \/>\n<em>6pm, Ernest N. Morial Convention Center, 900 Convention Center Blvd, New Orleans, LA 70130, USA<\/em><\/h3>\n<figure id=\"attachment_13720\" aria-describedby=\"caption-attachment-13720\" style=\"width: 640px\" class=\"wp-caption alignnone\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"size-large wp-image-13720\" src=\"https:\/\/lwosonprowrestling.ms.lastwordonsports.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/15\/2018\/02\/220180118_WM34_Axxess-996ac1fd04f41d2225151a298312d938-1024x576.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"640\" height=\"360\"><figcaption id=\"caption-attachment-13720\" class=\"wp-caption-text\">Photo: WWE<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<p>The opening night of WWE&#8217;s AXXESS features Premium VIP signings with 2018 Hall of Fame headliner <strong>Goldberg<\/strong> at 8pm and VIP signings with <strong>Sasha Banks<\/strong> at 6pm.<\/p>\n<h3><strong>WrestleCon Presents&#8230;WildKat Sports<\/strong><br \/>\n<em>6pm, Sugar Mill,\u00a01021\u00a0Convention\u00a0Center\u00a0Blvd, New Orleans, LA\u00a070130<\/em><\/h3>\n<figure id=\"attachment_13715\" aria-describedby=\"caption-attachment-13715\" style=\"width: 497px\" class=\"wp-caption alignnone\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\" wp-image-13715\" src=\"https:\/\/lwosonprowrestling.ms.lastwordonsports.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/15\/2018\/02\/wrestlecon2-662x1024.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"497\" height=\"769\"><figcaption id=\"caption-attachment-13715\" class=\"wp-caption-text\">Photo: Wildkat Wrestlng<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<p><strong>WildKat Sports &amp; Entertainment<\/strong> is a local indie promotion based out of New Orleans itself, so a great avenue for promotion for this company. Featuring their stable of local performers plus <strong>&#8220;Bad Ass&#8221; Billy Gunn, Jeff Cobb, Hardcore Holly, Rachael Ellering, Stevie Richards, Roy Knight, Luke Hawx<\/strong> and much more.<\/p>\n<h3><strong>MLW Presents&#8230;WaleMania IV<\/strong><br \/>\n7pm, Republic NOLA,\u00a0<span class=\"street-address\">828 S. Peters Street,\u00a0<\/span><span class=\"locality\">New Orleans<\/span>, <span class=\"region\">LA<\/span>, <span class=\"postal-code\">70130<\/span><\/h3>\n<figure id=\"attachment_13722\" aria-describedby=\"caption-attachment-13722\" style=\"width: 640px\" class=\"wp-caption alignnone\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"size-large wp-image-13722\" src=\"https:\/\/lwosonprowrestling.ms.lastwordonsports.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/15\/2018\/02\/5dd8d9deb8fa4441abaefb7e3beabd89-1024x484.png\" alt=\"\" width=\"640\" height=\"303\"><figcaption id=\"caption-attachment-13722\" class=\"wp-caption-text\">Photo: MLW<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<p>Major League Wrestling (MLW) hosts this annual event that&#8217;s become the biggest podcasting party of the week. This year&#8217;s guest panel is hosted by POST Wrestling&#8217;s John Pollock and Wai Ting (formerly of Live Audio Wrestling), along with rapper\/wrestling fan Wale. Special guests yet to be announced, but it&#8217;s always a fun party with lots of wrestling stars, past, present and future stopping by.<\/p>\n<figure id=\"attachment_13721\" aria-describedby=\"caption-attachment-13721\" style=\"width: 640px\" class=\"wp-caption alignnone\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"size-large wp-image-13721\" src=\"https:\/\/lwosonprowrestling.ms.lastwordonsports.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/15\/2018\/02\/bf63af8e31c3d1223371595e58d9d673-1024x484.png\" alt=\"\" width=\"640\" height=\"303\"><figcaption id=\"caption-attachment-13721\" class=\"wp-caption-text\">Photo: MLW<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<h3><strong>WWN Presents&#8230;EVOLVE 102<\/strong><br \/>\n<em>8pm, Pontchartrain Civic Center,\u00a04545 Williams Blvd, Kenner, LA 70065, USA<\/em><\/h3>\n<figure id=\"attachment_13723\" aria-describedby=\"caption-attachment-13723\" style=\"width: 600px\" class=\"wp-caption alignnone\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"size-full wp-image-13723\" src=\"https:\/\/lwosonprowrestling.ms.lastwordonsports.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/15\/2018\/02\/banner-960x295-mtm18_def_dream-crop-u10927-e1517780933287.png\" alt=\"\" width=\"600\" height=\"192\"><figcaption id=\"caption-attachment-13723\" class=\"wp-caption-text\">Photo: WWN<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<p><em><strong>EVOLVE 102<\/strong><\/em> goes down live at 8pm and will feature EVOLVE Champion <strong>Zack Sabre Jr.<\/strong> defending his title against an as yet unnamed opponent &#8211; but some other matches are quick to steal the Champ&#8217;s spotlight for this show. The <a href=\"http:\/\/lastwordonprowrestling.com\/2018\/01\/14\/puroresu-legend-munenori-sawa-coming-evolve-new-orleans\/\" target=\"_blank\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">announcement of Japanese legends\u00a0<strong>Daisuke Sekimoto<\/strong> and <strong>Munenori Sawa<\/strong> returning to the US<\/a> for the first time in years was a huge announcement, but it&#8217;s since been revealed they&#8217;re facing the hard hitting duo of <strong>wXw<\/strong>&#8216;s <strong>RINGKAMPF<\/strong> (<strong>WALTER<\/strong> and <strong>Timothy Thatcher<\/strong>). <em>EVOLVE 102<\/em> also marks the EVOLVE return of <strong>Will Ospreay<\/strong>, who will be facing <strong>AR Fox<\/strong>. WWN Champion <strong>Keith Lee<\/strong> is also scheduled to fight, as well as EVOLVE Tag Team Champs <strong>Doom Patrol<\/strong> (Dickinson &amp; Jaka), <strong>Fred Yehi<\/strong>, Matt Riddle, <strong>Tracey Williams<\/strong> (w\/ <strong>Stokely Hathaway<\/strong>), <strong>Austin Theory<\/strong> (w\/ Priscilla Kelly) and <strong>Darby Allin<\/strong>.<\/p>\n<figure id=\"attachment_13724\" aria-describedby=\"caption-attachment-13724\" style=\"width: 600px\" class=\"wp-caption alignnone\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"wp-image-13724 size-full\" src=\"https:\/\/lwosonprowrestling.ms.lastwordonsports.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/15\/2018\/02\/Screen-Shot-2018-02-04-at-4.54.15-PM-e1517781294875.png\" alt=\"\" width=\"600\" height=\"191\"><figcaption id=\"caption-attachment-13724\" class=\"wp-caption-text\">Photo: WWN<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<h3><strong>Inside the Ropes Presents&#8230;An Evening With Paul Heyman<\/strong><br \/>\n<em>8:30pm, The Joy Theater,\u00a01200 Canal St, New Orleans, LA 70112, USA<\/em><\/h3>\n<figure id=\"attachment_13718\" aria-describedby=\"caption-attachment-13718\" style=\"width: 392px\" class=\"wp-caption alignnone\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\" wp-image-13718\" src=\"https:\/\/lwosonprowrestling.ms.lastwordonsports.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/15\/2018\/02\/DU7tpzCWsAElTG3-724x1024.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"392\" height=\"555\"><figcaption id=\"caption-attachment-13718\" class=\"wp-caption-text\">Photo: Inside the Ropes \/ Joy Theater<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<p><strong>Brock Lesnar<\/strong>&#8216;s advocate, ECW founder, legendary mouthpiece. <strong>Paul Heyman<\/strong> will be at the Joy Theater for a spoken word &#8220;evening with&#8230;&#8221; event.<\/p>\n<h3><strong>WrestleCon Presents&#8230;WrestleCon Supershow<\/strong><br \/>\n<em>9:30pm, Sugar Mill,\u00a01021\u00a0Convention\u00a0Center\u00a0Blvd, New Orleans, LA\u00a070130<\/em><\/h3>\n<figure id=\"attachment_13725\" aria-describedby=\"caption-attachment-13725\" style=\"width: 640px\" class=\"wp-caption alignnone\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"size-large wp-image-13725\" src=\"https:\/\/lwosonprowrestling.ms.lastwordonsports.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/15\/2018\/02\/wc_new18_wrestling_pic-1024x439.png\" alt=\"\" width=\"640\" height=\"274\"><figcaption id=\"caption-attachment-13725\" class=\"wp-caption-text\">Photo: WrestleCon<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<p>Always a veritable who&#8217;s who of pro wrestling, featuring Legends and new stars alike, the WrestleCon also throws a super indie show to kick off the week. So far confirmed names include <strong>Joey Janela, Flamita, Best Friends<\/strong> (Trent Beretta and Chuck Taylor) and <strong>Flip Gordon<\/strong>.<\/p>\n<h3><strong>WWN Presents&#8230;Beyond Wrestling: Lit Up<\/strong><br \/>\n<em>11:55pm<\/em>,\u00a0<em>Pontchartrain Civic Center,\u00a04545 Williams Blvd, Kenner, LA 70065, USA<\/em><\/h3>\n<figure id=\"attachment_13726\" aria-describedby=\"caption-attachment-13726\" style=\"width: 500px\" class=\"wp-caption alignnone\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"size-full wp-image-13726\" src=\"https:\/\/lwosonprowrestling.ms.lastwordonsports.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/15\/2018\/02\/14-og.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"500\" height=\"500\" srcset=\"https:\/\/lastwordonsports.com\/prowrestling\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/15\/2018\/02\/14-og.jpg 500w, https:\/\/lastwordonsports.com\/prowrestling\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/15\/2018\/02\/14-og-150x150.jpg 150w, https:\/\/lastwordonsports.com\/prowrestling\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/15\/2018\/02\/14-og-300x300.jpg 300w, https:\/\/lastwordonsports.com\/prowrestling\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/15\/2018\/02\/14-og-420x420.jpg 420w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 500px) 100vw, 500px\" \/><figcaption id=\"caption-attachment-13726\" class=\"wp-caption-text\">Photo: Beyond<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<p><strong>Beyond Wrestling<\/strong> has been one of the premier indie promotions since they started in 2009 and the Massachusetts promotion is bringing their A-game with an intergender card for the night&#8217;s midnight show &#8211; so far the only match announced is Matt Riddle (doing triple duty this day with GCW&#8217;s <em>Bloodsport<\/em> and <em>EVOLVE 102<\/em>) vs. <strong>Deonna Purrazzo<\/strong>.<\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<h3><\/h3>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>We&#8217;re back with our annual guide to all the wrestling events scheduled for WrestleMania week, from the official WWE events down to the all the indie events, in what is the busiest and largest congregation of pro wrestling in the world for a week long celebration of the sport. 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