ORLANDO: I'm blogging from the patio of my hotel room, from where I'll be heading out in a few minutes to catch a TNA iMPACT! taping at Universal Studios. From there ,hopefully I'll have a few hours before heading to the Hall of Fame ceremony tonight.
I dodn't get too see too much of Orlando last night, but from the little that I have seen, you could definitely tell WrestleMania is in town. The interstates have plenty of billboards advertising as much, and some building facades even have giant 'Mania promotional slideshows being projected onto them. WWE stars are also all over the local news. I'm hoping to get to the area near the Citrus Bowl sometime today to get a better look at ground zero for the big show. I'll try to be by with some pictures.
Last night, I attended the first of Ring of Honor's two-night swing through Orlando. Despite this being ROH's first time playing in the city, the place was pretty much packed, and the crowd was very much into the action all night. The card featured an international flavor with the stars of ROH taking on those of Japanese promotion Dragongate. With ROH cards often going very long, I was a bit burned out by the night's main event, but I thoroughly enjoyed all the action. A match pitting Kevin Steen & El Generico vs. Naruki Doi & Masato Yoshino was among the best I've seen in this or any year.
Before and after the show I got to talk to some of ROH's wrestlers as well as owner Cary Silkin, and I hope to put some video up here soon. I'm glad that such an innovative wrestling promotion as ROH was able to be part of a historic weekend.
