Heading over Oxford way to watch the Japanese luchador sensations of Dragon Gate invade the UK for what I am told is the first time ever. Quite why wrestling promotions always assume that foreign countries will be enthusiastic about being invaded is one of many mysteries that I hope to solve once there. Other lingering questions involve the precise number of unwashed twenty-somethings that I have signed up to share a travel lodge room with, and exactly how many unforeseen expenses can be crowbarred into a 24 hour trip.
The card looks pretty stacked, and more or less all the top names that I'm familiar with have come across for the tour. I won't be meeting any of them because paying £25 for a meet and greet session with a bunch of guys who don't speak much English didn't seem like a prudent investment.
Having never attended a live wrestling show in my life I pretty god-damn pumped up, even if nobody in the promotion is even the slightest bit old school.
Anybody got any words of wisdom?
The card looks pretty stacked, and more or less all the top names that I'm familiar with have come across for the tour. I won't be meeting any of them because paying £25 for a meet and greet session with a bunch of guys who don't speak much English didn't seem like a prudent investment.
Having never attended a live wrestling show in my life I pretty god-damn pumped up, even if nobody in the promotion is even the slightest bit old school.
Anybody got any words of wisdom?