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G1 Supercard is an easy choice and I don't think anything really needs to be said about except yaknow... Fuck an Enzo. I went to an ICW show that wasn't that solid top to bottom but it had Eddie Kingston vs. Daisuke Sekimoto on it and Orange Cassidy vs. Kikutaro. OC/Kikutaro was 2/3 falls and Kiku kept forgetting how many falls there were. Marko Stunt was on that show too and I think it one of his last dates before being locked into AEW. Not too long after that I went to a House of Glory show that was the Bucks farewell, they wrestled Private Party that night. Santana and Ortiz had this totally bonkers street fight on that show too, I think their opponents were New York Wrecking Crew. Scott Hall did a meet and greet before the show I kind of regret not taking advantage of as I flippin loved Razor when I was a kid and would have been cool to meet one of my heroes. The show itself was pretty good but it was the best crowd I was ever a part of, they were so into everything and had this great energy that I don't think I've ever seen at a wrestling show, at least in person (more on that in a second). Also, the show as in Queens and it was my first time in that neighborhood. I got there before my friends did and I wasn't sure exactly where the venue was from the train station. I saw a dude in Young Bucks shirt and he spotted my Elite shirt. I asked him if he knew where it was and we walked over together. He went to too sweet me but I went for the low version and he just went "yeah I don't do that one." I used to go Ring of Honor shows on the regular when they ran Edison, NJ. I was at Rutgers at the time so it was an easy enough trip too. The two stand out there were Final Battle '05 and Ring of Homicide. Final Battle had KENTA and Marufuji's US debuts with KENTA vs. Low Ki which is one of the best matches I've seen live and Marufuji vs. Danielson. Ring of Homicide had the chair riot after Homicide faced Necro which was pretty dope. A buddy I went with did get to chuck a chair too. I forget what show it was but I dislocated my shoulder a few weeks before and my arm was in a sling. So we're leaving and Rhett Titus is asking people if they want to hang out and help take the ring down and he asks me but he didn't see since I had my jacket covering my arm. I move my jacket and he just starts apologizing his ass off. Compared to the HoG show I mentioned, I usually had fun at RoH but the Edison shows did have some pretty crappy crowds. Speaking of RoH getting to see Misawa was great and Glory By Honor '06 with Nigel/Marufuji and KENTA/Danielson. I think that show had Joe/Homicide vs. The Briscoes and Aries/Strong vs. Kings of Wrestling too. WWE division: The first NXT Brooklyn. Getting to see Liger, and Bayley vs. Sasha is another candidate for best match I've ever seen live.

How can people keep bringing up Dark Side of the Ring without talking about the New Jack episode? "Jack I can't feel my legs..."

There's a really tiny indy in North Jersey I go to once in a while, Pro Wrestling Magic. About a year back, Rave and Nana were tagging on it and it was the first I heard about him years, I was really surprised he was still going and really happy to hear that too. With everything he's been through I hope he's able to stay strong mentally.

If you drove yourself or had a ride you were fine, the problems were for people relying on trains or... god forbid... uber.....