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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.

Thoughts on WWE Re-Signing Dolph Ziggler

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Dolph Ziggler remains with WWE

Hey now.

Some pretty big news broke earlier today: the WWE has come to terms on a multi-year deal with Dolph Ziggler according to Mike Johnson of PW Insider.

It appeared that Ziggler would depart for the WWE and rumors of his next destination took the internet by storm. Ring of Honor, New Japan Pro-Wrestling, Lucha Underground, and even Total Non-Stop Action Wrestling reportedly had interesting in in the former WWE World Heavyweight Champion.

My take: I really like Ziggler and I think there’s still time to turn him into a major, major superstar but it needs to happen sooner rather than later. He’s tremendous in the ring, has a great look, and the support of the fans (although that seems to be waning with the internet crowd).

Fans desperately want a new face of the company and many believe Ziggler could be that guy. It’ll be interesting to see what the WWE has in store for him. Did they re-sign him with the intention of giving him a monster push? Or did they sign him out of pure desperation for not wanting to lose another ring general? Hopefully it’s the former option.

Ziggler could be money and the WWE needs to capitalize on him. Frankly, apart of me is a little disappointed that he’s staying because his tour of the Indy’s would’ve been off the charts awesome. A disgruntled Dolph Ziggler with zero restrictions in the ring? Yeah, that would’ve been phenomenal.

Either way, the WWE is still King of the Land in Sports Entertainment (by default more so than actual merit) and Dolph can be a mega star if the company fully backs him. Here’s hoping we’ll see The Reign of Dolph within the next few years.