Go2Sleep Posted February 4, 2016 Share Posted February 4, 2016 (I fear Uber would be worse than the parking fees thanks to surge pricing, etc...) I think there's a good chance they end up being about the same price depending on where your hotel is. The ride could easily end up being $30+ one way if you get a cheap hotel outside the city, and you're almost certainly getting surged on the way back. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
ben. Posted February 4, 2016 Share Posted February 4, 2016 I've got all my plans for Mania pretty much set in stone other than Thursday. Originally we were thinking of doing the NWA show but it is a long distance outside of Dallas and everybody I've talked to didn't rent a car since everything is so close and nothing about the show screams "rent a car just to go to this" so unless Lucha Underground decides to run, my group is probably doing Axxess and then Walemania. And that is true, an Uber each way is about $25 before surge prices. Me and my friend plan on waiting out surge prices after the show and are leaving early enough that it shouldn't be an issue Mania morning. It'd only make sense to do an Uber if you could carpool or to have the freedom to choose when you want to come and go, otherwise one of the shuttles would probably be a good idea. Our Uber is full on the way down there but have some room on the way back as one guy is taking the WrestleCon bus back. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Virtualpros Posted February 4, 2016 Share Posted February 4, 2016 Could any Dallas natives/those that are familiar with DFW give me any BBQ recommendations, or places to check out eating wise? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
The Great ML Posted February 4, 2016 Share Posted February 4, 2016 Yes, but you would require going to the hood in the Oak Cliff sector. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Virtualpros Posted February 4, 2016 Share Posted February 4, 2016 I live in Oakland so going to shaky spots for meat kinda comes w/ the territory. Fire away! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
The Great ML Posted February 4, 2016 Share Posted February 4, 2016 Not sure where you are staying in town... If you are in the Oak Cliff area, CT's Real Deal BBQ, Soul Food and Catfish is actually good. Great smoke rings on the brisket, great flavor...and as an added bonus, most of the menu is misspelled! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Virtualpros Posted February 4, 2016 Share Posted February 4, 2016 Not sure where you are staying in town... If you are in the Oak Cliff area, CT's Real Deal BBQ, Soul Food and Catfish is actually good. Great smoke rings on the brisket, great flavor...and as an added bonus, most of the menu is misspelled! We're right by the Dallas World Trade Center (and the AA Center apparently). Someone recommended Lockhart's which also seems to be in this Oak Cliff area, but the places you suggested look pretty legit too. Appreciated! 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
odessasteps Posted February 5, 2016 Share Posted February 5, 2016 Staying closer to Arlington and not in Dallas proper could be cheaper. We stayed downtown and took the hotel shuttle to Jerry World. IIRC, it was 45-60 minutes out and maybe 2 hours back in stadium traffic. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
The Great ML Posted February 5, 2016 Share Posted February 5, 2016 Not sure where you are staying in town... If you are in the Oak Cliff area, CT's Real Deal BBQ, Soul Food and Catfish is actually good. Great smoke rings on the brisket, great flavor...and as an added bonus, most of the menu is misspelled! We're right by the Dallas World Trade Center (and the AA Center apparently). Someone recommended Lockhart's which also seems to be in this Oak Cliff area, but the places you suggested look pretty legit too. Appreciated! Lockharts is good too! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Go2Sleep Posted March 2, 2016 Share Posted March 2, 2016 Looks like a ton of Lucha Underground guys will be at Wrestlecon Saturday (including Pentagon Jr!) which prompted me to buy tickets to the convention. I would've bought tickets to their supershow also if I didn't have WWN tickets already. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Ligerbusa Posted March 3, 2016 Share Posted March 3, 2016 I got my WrestleMania travel package today. Mania seats look quite good, I wish we weren't in the balcony for NXT but it's a smaller arena and I'm sure it will be a fun atmosphere. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
DreamBroken Posted March 3, 2016 Share Posted March 3, 2016 Local fed VIP Wrestling has announced they will be running a show on April 3 - after WrestleMania - at midnight. They're calling it the WrestleMania after party at the Knights of Columbus hall in Arlington. The show will be called "TexasMania" and will be hosted by guest GM Jake the Snake Roberts, who they are now saying will actually be wrestling. Announced for the show so far are Sami Callihan, The Killer Elite Squad defending the NOAH GHC Tag Titles, Johnny Gargano, Candice LeRae & Joey Ryan, and more. Edit: Card so far: VIP Championship: Ray Rowe vs. Sami Callihan vs. Andy Dalton NOAH GHC Tag Team Championships: The Killer Elite Squad (Lance Hoyt & Davey Boy Smith Jr.)© vs. The Pretty Boy Killers (Keith Lee & Shane Taylor) VIP Tag Team Championships: The Vet Club (Apocalypse & Tim Storm)© vs. Unholy Complex (Gregory James & Jason Silver) Barrett Brown, Danny Ramons, & Jessica James vs. Candice LeRae, Joey Ryan, & Johnny Gargano Brian Cage vs. AR Fox 15 Man Battle Royal - Winner faces Jake the Snake Roberts ----- As I posted about earlier, the NWA Parade of Champions will take place the Thursday before Mania, March 31, at the Ridglea Theatre in Fort Worth with this updated lineup: NWA Worlds Heavyweight Championship: Jax Dane© vs. Charlie Haas (w/ Black Bart) NWA World Women's Championship: Amber Gallows© vs. Jessica James (Special Guest Referee: Veda Scott) NWA World Tag Team Championships: The Iron Empire (Rob Conway & Matt Riviera)© vs. Andy Dalton & Barrett Brown NWA National Championship: Greg Anthony© vs. Battle Royal Winner NWA North American Championship: Tim Storm© vs. Devin Driscoll NWA World Junior Championship: Steve Anthony© vs. Gregory James Rodney Mack vs. Ray Rowe vs. Lance Hoyt Chase Owens vs. Jason Kincaid Battle Royal for a shot at the NWA National Championship 6 Man Tag Team Match Preshow: IHWE DFW Championship: Ashton Jacobs© vs. Americos Rod Price will be inducted into the Southern Hall of Fame Jim Cornette will be the host of the event. Sonjay Dutt and April Hunter will be signing autographs as well as former WWF ring announcer Mike McGuirk and Bill Apter. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
rzombie1988 Posted March 3, 2016 Share Posted March 3, 2016 Local fed VIP Wrestling has announced they will be running a show on April 3 - after WrestleMania - at midnight. They're calling it the WrestleMania after party at the Knights of Columbus hall in Arlington. The show will be called "This is Texas Wrestling" and will be hosted by guest GM Jake the Snake Roberts. Announced for the show so far are Sami Callihan, The Killer Elite Squad defending the NOAH GHC Tag Titles, Johnny Gargano, Candice LeRae & Joey Ryan, and more. ----- As I posted about earlier, the NWA Parade of Champions will take place the Thursday before Mania, March 31, at the Ridglea Theatre in Fort Worth with this updated lineup: NWA Worlds Heavyweight Championship: Jax Dane© vs. Charlie Haas NWA World Women's Championship: Amber Gallows© vs. Jessica James (Special Guest Referee: Veda Scott) NWA World Tag Team Championships: The Iron Empire (Rob Conway & Matt Riviera)© vs. Andy Dalton & Barrett Brown NWA National Championship: Greg Anthony© vs. Battle Royal Winner NWA North American Championship: Tim Storm© vs. Devin Driscoll Rodney Mack vs. Ray Rowe vs. Lance Hoyt Houston Carson vs. Steve Anthony Chase Owens vs. Jason Kincaid Battle Royal for a shot at the NWA National Championship Preshow: IHWE DFW Championship: Ashton Jacobs© vs. Americos Jim Cornette will be the host of the event. Sonjay Dutt will be signing autographs as well as former WWF ring announcer Mike McGuirk. Sounds like a really dumb idea. It's taken me up to 2 hours just to get out of Wrestlemania. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
ivpvideos Posted March 6, 2016 Share Posted March 6, 2016 Yeah the last thing I'm going to want to do after sitting thru a five hour wrestling show is stay up until 3:00 am watching more wrestling. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest Edwin Posted March 8, 2016 Share Posted March 8, 2016 I was going to fly in from Orlando for this, but hearing WrestleMania 33 will be at the Citrus Bowl next year pretty much settles it for me. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Web Conn Posted March 9, 2016 Share Posted March 9, 2016 Going to Wrestlecon Saturday morning. Super excited for Mania I have never been to Texas and it should be fun. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
hammerva Posted March 10, 2016 Share Posted March 10, 2016 Was bummed that Wrestlemania 33 was going to be Orlando next year because I just remember the area around the Citrus Bowl in 2008 being a complete dump. Only thing you could do (besides the Axcess event near by) was look at the tire places and see what family was selling food from their front porch and how much their parking was. Hopefully that area has been upgraded Still don't know what else to do in the dallas area beside stuff myself in barbecue. I hear the aquarium/zoo is really nice. 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
The Green Meanie Posted March 10, 2016 Share Posted March 10, 2016 Going to Wrestlecon Saturday morning. Super excited for Mania I have never been to Texas and it should be fun. It's the best place on Earth. ....Unfortunately you're going to one of the worst places in it. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Web Conn Posted March 10, 2016 Share Posted March 10, 2016 Dallas? I wanna go to Six Flags but if its too terribly expensive I might just go to the zoo.I wanted to go to the ROH show on Friday night but i'm going with my brother and he didnt really wanna go so theres that. 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Go2Sleep Posted March 10, 2016 Share Posted March 10, 2016 If you're looking for fun things to do in Dallas... Um, I hear there's a lot of wrestling shows in town that weekend. Seriously, the 6 flags there was pretty cool when I went. That was like 13 years ago so I can't vouch for it now, but it is in Arlington so there's that if you're staying near the stadium. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Web Conn Posted March 10, 2016 Share Posted March 10, 2016 Yeah we are staying like half a mile from the stadium. We are renting a car to go to Wrestlecon and drive around but we didnt want to pay for parking or get stuck in traffic after the show. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Dewar Posted March 14, 2016 Share Posted March 14, 2016 Getting stuck after the show is the best part. There's a Wal-Mart that sells beer and McDonald's right across the street. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Hoarr Posted March 14, 2016 Share Posted March 14, 2016 Looking forward to my first Mania as well, driving in from Austin. the girlfriend will be coming along with me so I think I'm most likely going to play it rather simple than try to hit up all of these events every night. Question -- it the Hall of Fame ceremony worth it? I enjoy watching them but not thrilled about being there live for it. Kinda feel obligated due to Sting going in and the fact that I run a WCW site. But that WrestleCon event that night might convince me otherwise... Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Go2Sleep Posted March 15, 2016 Share Posted March 15, 2016 Go to the indy shows. When else are they coming through Texas? 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
rzombie1988 Posted March 15, 2016 Share Posted March 15, 2016 Looking forward to my first Mania as well, driving in from Austin. the girlfriend will be coming along with me so I think I'm most likely going to play it rather simple than try to hit up all of these events every night. Question -- it the Hall of Fame ceremony worth it? I enjoy watching them but not thrilled about being there live for it. Kinda feel obligated due to Sting going in and the fact that I run a WCW site. But that WrestleCon event that night might convince me otherwise... Go to the wrestling shows otherwise. HoF ain't nothing but speeches. 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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