Part 1 of my Year-End Review is in the books. January through March were certainly eventful but I’m not sure anything will beat the month of April for one big reason: WrestleMania week! Let’s take a look back at April along with May and June!
April
I thought it would be fun to list all of the names I met from Thursday through Sunday of WrestleMania week. Selecting the day of the week will direct you to that days fully detailed report:
- Shane Strickland (now known as Isiah “Swerve” Scott in NXT)
- Priscilla Kelly
- Kyle O’Reilly
- Angelo Dawkins
- Montez Ford
- Sanshiro Takagi
- Konosuke Takesshita
- Kazusada Higuchi
- Stokley Hathaway (now known as Malcolm Bivens in NXT)
- Mao
- Darby Allin (dual photo op with Prisicilla Kelly)
- Austin Theory
- Cavenario
- Will Ospreay
- Liv Morgan
- Sarah Logan
- Scott Dawson
- Dash Wilder
- Teddy Long
- EC3
- DDP
- MJF
- Essa Rios
- Four Horsemen group photo
- Chase Owens
- Joey Ryan
- Shinjiro Otani
- Atsushi Onita
- Taka Michinoku
- Puma King
- Great Muta
- Flamita
- Brian Pillman, Jr.
- Rich Swann
- Mantaur
- Joey Janela
- Penelope Ford
- Minoru Suzuki
- Scott Norton
- Momo Watanabe
- Kagetsu
- Don Callis
- Eva Marie
- Gerald Briscoe
- Wes Briscoe
- Masato Tanaka
- Shannon Moore
- Madman Fulton
- Celeste Bonin
- Shane Strickland (repeat)
- Kyle O’Reilly
- Bobby Fish
- Jessamyn Duke
- Marina Shafir
- Alexander Wolfe
- Killian Dain
- Sunil Singh
- Samir Singh
- Candice LaRae
- Nigel McGuinness
- Shayna Baszler
- Tommaso Ciampa
- Roderick Strong
- Vanessa Borne
- Hanson
- Raymond Rowe
- Danny Spivey
- Scott Putski
- Johnny Stamboli
- Bob Roop
May
Big ole goose egg. Oh well, April more than made up for it. Onto June!
June
We flip the calendar to the month of June and you know what means! Legends of the Ring, baby!
This was a really fun Legends of the Ring and you can click here to read my full report. List of names I met at this event: Disco Inferno, Princess Victoria, Aiden English, KENTA, Tye Dillinger, Beaver Cleavage, Despina Montagas, Billy Jack Haynes, Brutus Beefcake, Earl Hebner, Ricky Steamboat, Mil Mascaras, Kurt Angle, Antonio Tomas, Funaki, Shun Yamaguchi, Alex Porteau, Candi Devine, Reno Riggins, Shane Douglas, Francine, Mark Henry, Outback Jack, Molly Holly, Lillian Garcia, and The Midnight Express.
The following day, I made my way to the Wrestling Universe to meet a Japanese legend: The Great Sasuke!
I also had the pleasure of meeting Godfather for the 2nd or 3rd time — and had a little bit of an awkward interaction with him! Read the report above to learn more!
Coming up tomorrow:
Part III July-September
Part IV October – December
Squared Circle Conventions 