ROH/NJPW G1 Supercard @ MSG - Saturday 4/6/2019 (WM35 Weekend Info on Post 2)

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Those of you who have yet to book a room, create an account with Extended Stay America. Your first booking will be eligible to use a hotel-issued PERKS promo code to receive 20% off the reservation. This could be a terrific bargain as Extended Stay America provides full kitchen service, perfect to cut down on dining expenses and allow for late-night cooking. (Note: this hotel chain is 2-3 weeks away from accepting bookings for the weeks surrounding WrestleMania 35.)

Personal suggestion: whether you are a AAA member or not, check to see if your location of choice is AAA-approved. This isn't a suggestion to price compare and purchase a AAA membership, but to allow you the piece of mind that the location satisfies AAA's high standards.

[dhads7161]

Good thing for me about next year is losging is covered as I have a friend who lives in the NYC area (Jersey side) that I'll be staying with next year. So that's a good thing more money to spend on merch, tickets, and getting around.

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MetLife Stadium Bag Policy

Get familiar with this so you don’t have to toss away your bags (which would needlessly cause you to buy replacements and increase your consumerism), and so you don’t waste the time of those in line behind you that are actually prepared to gain entry.

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Hotels are now taking bookings through Wednesday, April 10, 2019.

My room has been booked for Candlewood Suites Secaucus - Meadowlands. After a VERY satisfying experience with this hotel chain in the NOLA area, this hotel brand was the first choice. It became all the more appealing once the other nearby hotels started price gouging, including the closest competition in terms of amenities even (Exteneded Stay America, and that's with that particular chain's 20% first-timer discount.)

While staying in Newark would've cost even loss financially, doing so would've added another 45 minutes to an hour getting to the Barclays Center. With AAA discount and various taxes/fees included, I'm paying about $156.25 nightly rate, roughly a $13 daily savings as compared to the nearby Hyatt that had been previously booked.

This hotel location offers free regular-sized vehicle parking, WiFi, 24/7 laundry service, mini-kitchen, and dishes for cooking. Speaking from experience, this turned out to be a huge convenience this past month to avoid dining out in the middle of night, saving money by just purchasing and cooking groceries in the hotel room.

The hotel offers a shuttle service to Secaucus Station, which will get residents in the right direction for NYC. Shuttle hours are Monday to Friday 7am to 10am and 4pm to 9pm.

The downside would seem to be for those who won't have a rental vehicle, as Google Maps doesn't show any restaurants and grocery stores within a reasonable walking distance (as is the case with other nearby hotels.)

https://www.ihg.com/candlewood/hotels/u ... oteldetail

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Full quote from Joe Lanza on this week's Voices of Wrestling Flagship Podcast. Time stamp 1:11:28

I have nothing to back this up. There's no validity to this. I don't want threads started on Reddit after this show. Word on the street, Rich - and this is just unverified bullshit - word on the street is next year with WrestleMania in New York City (NY/NJ) - of course that's where Game Changer [Wrestling] is located - Game Changer may just attempt to do their own thing and run Bloodsport one night, Spring Break another night, and then just a regular Game Changer show the other night. Now again, listen, it is totally [audio difficulty]... The problem is how far from New York City would they run?

Lanza made it clear he did NOT get this potential scoop from GCW promoter Brett Lauderdale.

http://www.voicesofwrestling.com/2018/0 ... e-in-nola/

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After conversing, these are the venues I'd have in mind for Supercard. Some of them would eliminate the desire to set another attendance record.

Madison Square Garden - New York
Capacity - 20,789

Prudential Center - Newark
Capacity - 17.000 to 19.500

Louis Brown Athletic Center - Rutgers
Capacity - 8.000

Carnesecca Arena - Queens
Used by St. John's basketball
Capacity - 5,602 for basketball

The Rutgers venue does not appear to have public transportation from every town, so in this case I'd suggest ROH arrange a bus travel just like for Supercard of Honor II. Once again, the event would have to be arranged to be an all-day affair for the majority of those who'd attend due to how far out it is.

[TYFDK]

MSG won’t have any wrestling other than WWE.

What about Basketball City? Is that still a thing?

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Prudential Center is also highly doubtful. Another building under the thumb of WWE.

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A well written piece by Luis Perez on PWPonderings on various promotions/venue permutations:

http://www.pwponderings.com/2018/05/08/ ... 5-weekend/

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Prudential Center is also highly doubtful. Another building under the thumb of WWE.

In fact, my guess is that WWE will be using the building for Takeover that very night.

[dhads7161]

WWE is using the Barclays center for everything but Axxess and WM. This has already been established.

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WrestleCon hotel and event days - http://www.wrestlecon.com/hotels-2/

[Laviemarg]

Glad to see Wrestlecon is in Manhattan. Was too lazy to shlep out to the New Jersey shows last time.

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POP-UP/SPYWARE WARNNG - https://www.pwinsider.com/article/11791 ... y.html?p=1

Johnson:

The September date AAA has a hold for on New York City's Madison Square Garden is indeed for the historic 20,789-seat arena.

PWInsider.com is told that while WWE would technically have the right of first refusal on the date based on their agreement with the venue, the larger story at play here is that MSG management isn't happy that WWE has been running the majority of their events in the New York City market at the nearby Barclay Center in Brooklyn, NY.

The tipping point appears to have been WWE making the decision to run all of their Wrestlemania 35 week events in 2019 at Barclays, leaving MSG out in the cold. Wrestlemania 1, 10 and 20 were held at MSG as was the WWE Hall of Fame ceremony in 2013, the last time Wrestlemania was held in the NYC market.

With WWE electing not to run Wrestlemania week at the legendary venue, MSG management has been more open than ever before to allowing other pro wrestling groups into the venue. We are told they have sent feelers out to different groups and are more open to booking non-WWE events than ever before. That may or may not have been why Ring of Honor teased "All In 2" potentially coming to the Garden over the weekend.

Of course, MSG and the Barclays have been competing for the same touring acts since the Barclays officially opened in 2012, so all of these moves may be the Garden's way of trying to leverage WWE into running their facility more often. The Garden historically was WWE's most important venue for many, many, many decades.

No other wrestling promotion has ever run MSG since the advent of the McMahon family's relationship with the legendary venue. From time to time, the adjacent Theater in Madison Square Garden has hosted pro wrestling events, including WCW, AAA and the original Gorgeous Ladies of Wrestling, but those events have been very rare.

As all of this comes out, it's interesting to note that this week, WWE announced the first appearance of The Undertaker in MSG since September 2010 will be on 7/7 when the company returns there for a Raw live event. That event will also feature the WWE MSG debut of former UFC Bantamweight Champ Ronda Rousey.

[Laviemarg]

Sounds like MSG may be more viable than thought!

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https://www.bizjournals.com/baltimore/n ... dison.html

[kovs27]

The picture they used had Elgin and Davey Richards. Running MSG is huge news.

[dhads7161]

If they do run MSG for SCOH they better bulk up the card.