Well, who will be the "hometown" guy getting into the Hall Of Fame that year? JYD is in. DiBiase is in. Freebirds are in. Is Duggan in? He had a memorable stint with DiBiase and Matt Borne as a heel group.
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If he doesn't go in this year, The Undertaker would be my guess. He's not the hometown guy, but New Orleans is where the Streak ended, so there's a local significance to him going in there.
Other names still on the table: - Daniel Bryan (again, New Orleans is where he won the main event of WM30, so he'd be another strong candidate) - The Rock - Goldberg - Batista
But yeah, at least one of those names is likely headlining this year's HOF.
Originally posted by lotjxAnother Southern location. Shocker.
Please, tell us about all the great places to visit in the north at the end of winter.
This is an event where they depend on people traveling into a town, booking hotels, using public transportation, and normally, hosting an OUTDOORS event, where the participants are generally nearly naked. Being in a warmer climate makes perfect sense.
Its in April. Our snow is gone by then. Besides they had it at Met Life 5 years ago. I was there. It was nice. New York, Boston, Pittsburgh...shit Cleveland is nice after Lebron came back. Chicago and Indy have great venues. A wasted WWE crowd is not my idea of fun.
I'm American. I think it's time for Canada to have one again. Vancouver or Toronto. I heard it makes too much money for the city hosting it that Vince doesn't want to take it out of the USA. If it has to stay why not somewhere new like San Diego, Memphis or Charlotte?
They ran New York because it was a WM with a 0 in it. Every other year, they're going to the place who offers them the best deal to come there. It's not about the atmosphere or liking one city or another, it's which city is going to give them the most breaks and incentives. A warm weather city is going to offer more money because they're hoping to make more money, and a city that saw success in hosting a recent WM is likely to be want to pay for another one.
With Wrestle Kingdom 11 soon, we are still in agreement that it's a good thing that they change sites every year? I know Japan is much smaller than the usa, but having your biggest show every year in the same building would be bland.
Originally posted by thecubsfanThey ran New York because it was a WM with a 0 in it. Every other year, they're going to the place who offers them the best deal to come there. It's not about the atmosphere or liking one city or another, it's which city is going to give them the most breaks and incentives. A warm weather city is going to offer more money because they're hoping to make more money, and a city that saw success in hosting a recent WM is likely to be want to pay for another one.
New York was 29, not 30, because of WWE's other constant motivating factor, "be there before the Super Bowl".
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Originally posted by texasranger9With Wrestle Kingdom 11 soon, we are still in agreement that it's a good thing that they change sites every year? I know Japan is much smaller than the usa, but having your biggest show every year in the same building would be bland.
Depends on context, mostly what tradition dictates. If it's the "Home" arena, like the Tokyo Dome or MSG, I think it's cool that there's almost a sacred holy site, a wrestling Valhalla, filled with history.
But, with WrestleMania, outside of the MSG ones they used to do, repeat arenas are kind of lame since they tour with the show traditionally.
Isn't there also a ticket minimum WWE is looking for, outside extenuating circumstances? I'd be surprised if they go anywhere below 50-60K not named MSG.
Not a fan of this if this pans out to be true, mostly because I'm skipping Orlando as it's not an appealing destination for me right now, and I feel like we just did New Orleans. Because we basically did.
I'd much rather see this: 34 - Minneapolis 35 - Philadelphia 36 - Toronto 37 - Columbus, Ohio at the Horseshoe 38 - Mexico City
New Orleans is fine. Huge venue, lots to do for travelers. I say this as someone in the DC metro, and we generally get a ppv every 1-2 years and a few TV shows if we count Baltimore and Richmond. What's the last show from New Orleans?
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Originally posted by hansen9j New York was 29, not 30, because of WWE's other constant motivating factor, "be there before the Super Bowl".
Looking ahead at the next few Super Bowl locations...
2017 WM33: Orlando SB: Houston's NRG Stadium, WWE already held WM25 there
2018 WM34: New Orleans SB: Minnesota's U.S. Bank Stadium, and I guess despite all the rumours, a Minnesota Mania doesn't appear to be in the card
2019 WM35: ??? SB: Atlanta's new stadium, which opens this July but doesn't get the Super Bowl for a couple more years yet. Given the gap between opening and their hosting gig, I'm surprised WWE didn't target Atlanta for this year's Mania or for WM34.
2020 WM36: ??? SB: Miami's Hard Rock Stadium, WWE already held WM28 there (though the stadium has been heavily refurbished since)
2021 WM37: ??? SB: Los Angeles' new football stadium, expected to open in August 2019. There's a 100% chance WWE is shooting to beat the Super Bowl in here, so I'd pencil in WM36 for L.A. right now.
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Originally posted by Big Bad2019 WM35: ??? SB: Atlanta's new stadium, which opens this July but doesn't get the Super Bowl for a couple more years yet. Given the gap between opening and their hosting gig, I'm surprised WWE didn't target Atlanta for this year's Mania or for WM34.
What's even more interesting is that because the NCAAs are in Atlanta the year after the Super Bowl, Atlanta isn't open to the E until 2021. Kinda shocking, and makes it pretty obvious that Goldberg will headline the HOF this year since it doesn't make sense to wait THAT long to do a hometown induction with him.
I still think a Minneapolis WM will happen. There's too much history there for them to ignore it and the stadium is just gorgeous. Maybe in 2019, with LA being the obvious bet for 2020 and Atlanta going in 2021.
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