A Big Goodbye to the iconic Wrestling Universe

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Hello all!

It’s been nearly 3 years since we last chatted. I hope this post finds you well.

I felt the need to address some sad news that broke over the weekend: the Wrestling Universe in Queens, NY, will indefinitely shut its doors within a week:

Some News To Share With Everyone.

The Wrestling Universe will be closing within a week. I will still be in the store this week, we are still selling figures this week, but after that we will be closed for about 6 months. I have to take care of some health issues which wont allow me to be in the store all the time.

We will still be running signings and they will take place at our friends pizzeria shop Marios Pizza which is literally 5 minutes away from the store.

We WILL Re-open later on this year in a new and bigger location still in Queens.

We are also putting all of our figures, autographs and other wrestling merchandise on our Website.

We will still be very active on our social media platforms.

When we do Re-open it will be with a Huge Signing (1st time signing for us).

I thank everyone for there years of support, time to take care of my health and we will see everyone when we re-open later this year.

Thank you.

The Wrestling Universe is largely responsible for igniting my interest in this hobby. It’s where I attended my first official autograph signing (Scott Hall & X-Pac in January ’15), and I would go on to meet dozens of different wrestlers, including Jushin “Thunder” Liger, Masahiro Chono, Hakushi, and others.

I look forward to their new beginnings and wish Jack nothing but luck and well wishes. I might make a post of my Top 10 favorite Wrestling Universe meets in the near future.

This is probably goodbye (for now)

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Hey all,

Just a quick note:

I’m not sure if I’m long for attending any more conventions/autograph signings — or, at the very least, I’ve already significantly cut down on the number of conventions/singings and don’t see that changing.

The hobby has gotten increasingly expensive and I cannot justify to myself the exceedingly high prices that have seemingly become the new norm (wrestlers who were once $25-$30 combos in the pre-pandemic years are now routinely charging between $40-$60). It’s become too much, too fast, and I’m probably moving on to dedicating my money toward other interests.

This doesn’t mean you won’t ever see me around — you will. I’m just going to be a little more selective with where I go and who I choose to meet.

Take care,

Anthony/iseedoubleu

BREAKING: Legends of the Ring announces discontinuation of Superticket

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Major news from one of the biggest wrestling conventions out of the North East:

This is certainly an end to an era.

My take: the Superticket was usually a tremendous bargain, though the oversaturation of names appearing at conventions throughout the country (particularly the U.S.) made the Superticket a little more expendable for me throughout the last couple of years.

All Good Things, I guess…

Attending the Garden City Trading Card Show, Part II

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I decided to make the short trip to the Garden State Trading Card Show in Secaucus, NJ, which was about a 20-minute drive from my Jersey City apartment (Jenna was nice enough to drop me off). I had two main wants for this show: AEW’s “Legit” Leyla Hirsch and the former ROH Women’s Champion Rok-C, who is reportedly headed to NXT 2.0 imminently. There were a few other guests that I had on my radar as well, so let’s get to it:

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