Low Blows Wrestling Parties: WrestleMania at Buskers On The Ball!

Beefy78 · 31-07-2012 9:13am

I had a few friends fly over from the UK for the Wrestlemania one but don't see that happening this time so I may need someone here to adopt me for the evening...

sockmo · 31-07-2012 1:05pm

Ill be in the same boat dude...none of my mates like wrestling so will be going on my lonesome.Real wrestling fans are a bit of a minority so im sure there will be plenty of folks to have a pint and chat away to.

Angron · 31-07-2012 1:08pm

grames_bond wrote: »

Guys could I have a hand with something - I'm working on something for this night at the moment (leggo I'll pm you!) i Just need to know one or 2 things:
The mania Party - How many people were there (approx)

Are we expecting similar numbers this time?

Could you link the pictures from the night itself (I know they were here before but I can't find them)

https://www.facebook.com/media/set/?set=a.271605439590425.65827.100002229144483&type=3 pics are here, I don't really remember how many went for it but as you can see in the pics it was pretty full.

leggo · 31-07-2012 2:57pm

Hi grames, interested to hear what you've got in mind! PM me and, if I can help in any way, I will.

We lost count last time tbh. Initially the plan was to run it in the Captain's Live area and hopefully fill that, but when tickets sold out we made the decision to open the whole restaurant to it. Then we had a massive walk-up on the night. There was a few hundred there but, apologies, any attempt at an exact figure would be pure guesswork on my part.

Since it's SummerSlam, not Mania, realistically I don't expect it to be as full as there just won't be the same demand to see it. Having said that, though, we're much more prepared this time around, have been promoting it for longer and reaction to this one is very, very similar to the Mania party (the way it kept popping up everywhere on my Facebook feed the night we announced it etc). So you never know.

All I want, being completely honest with you, is for a good enough turnout that there's a great atmosphere for everyone to have a great night (and I'm already very confident that that'll be the case), for Captain's to be happy with the night (so we can run more) and to cover costs involved in running it, in that order.

chopperbyrne · 31-07-2012 5:17pm

Which Captain's is this in?

Omackeral · 31-07-2012 5:30pm

chopperbyrne wrote: »

Which Captain's is this in?

Grafton St. in Dublin pal.

Super-Rush · 02-08-2012 12:44am

I went to the Mania party and it was great crack.

We got there at 6,got something to eat and grabbed a seat at the bar with a tv two feet away from us, perfect. If we'd left it until 8 to arrive, we might not have gotten a seat though, it filled up really quickly. Its not the biggest place in the world but the crowd that was there was comfortable, 200-230. You could walk around, go to the bar, q for the toilet(worst time was during the divas match, which was after Taker v HHH, lot of people hopping on one foot after that) with relative ease all night.

The bar did run out of a lot of stuff with about 45 minutes to go which was a pain. The warm beer hit me the next day fairly hard. I doubt they ever imagined that they were going to get so many people in the door for such a long period of time. Even though we drank the place almost dry, i don't think there was any trouble. We all just had a laugh.

We're thinking of going again and i hope its not a flop because it was the crowd that made the night an all round success for mania. With Lesnar and HHH fighting, its an ok card, but if The Rock has any part of the Cena, Big Show, Punk angle, then it might coax a few more people to come out to watch it.

Charisteas · 02-08-2012 4:22am

Super-Rush wrote: »

If we'd left it until 8 to arrive, we might not have gotten a seat though, it filled up really quickly.

Wow no idea it was already full with 4 hours to go, I arrived at about 11:55!

I noticed there were about 30 wrestlers at the very front of the big-screen, they must have been there all day.

leggo · 02-08-2012 10:40am

Tickets on sale NOW for the WWE SummerSlam Party via the link below. You'll receive a confirmation email within 48 hours of purchasing that will also serve as your ticket for the night. If you don't, just send an email to Rick@AMTLive.ie with your name and email address.

https://www.paypal.com/cgi-bin/webscr?cmd=_s-xclick&hosted_button_id=TVMHHPT75CLSG

grames_bond · 02-08-2012 12:19pm

WWE have graciously offered to provide merchandise to be used as raffle prizes/giveaways on the night itself.

They are really impressed that this has been set up and are only too happy to help make the night that little bit more fun!

Nice of them!

mtjm · 02-08-2012 12:47pm

Was it a late bar? what time did the drinks stop selling at?

Beefy78 · 02-08-2012 1:42pm

mtjm wrote: »

Was it a late bar? what time did the drinks stop selling at?

Drinks stopped being sold at some point during the main event, I think. A LOT of lager and jager had been consumed by then though.

I had a top ten hangover the next day.

leggo · 02-08-2012 6:26pm

Yep, as Super Rush said the bar was nearly drank dry by the end of the night but it went on pretty much until the end of the PPV and will do so again this time.

And major thanks to Grames Bond for organising that! Now to think of fun ways to give it away. Hmm...

montyrebel · 02-08-2012 6:36pm

best fancy dress (obviously as a wrestler) has to get 1 prize imo

Charisteas · 02-08-2012 6:46pm

Hopefully nobody goes as Mideon :pac:

Shadooby · 02-08-2012 7:46pm

Tickets sorted, thanks Leggo!

Yeah myself and my mates were ordering 2 pitchers each every time we went up so that we didnt have to keep going back too often.
One of the greatest nights I have ever had, I just cant stop talking about the Mania event, this one should be just as good!

Angron · 02-08-2012 7:48pm

Charisteas wrote: »

Hopefully nobody goes as Mideon

Or Big Daddy V >_>

Stereomaniac · 02-08-2012 10:14pm

Billy & Chuck.

Reganio 2 · 04-08-2012 8:08pm

I am dying to go to this again... But with no Cody Rhodes match announced I will have to bite my tongue and wait

Pingi · 11-08-2012 11:14am

Hoping to get the Monday off work so I can attended. I'll even apologise to Leggo and buy him a pint if I do get to go haha

Just got one of these http://www.livingsocial.com/deals/418590

Dya think they will accept these on the night? Be pretty sweet if they did

leggo · 13-08-2012 2:46pm

In case anyone hasn't seen the announcement on the Facebook event, we'll be hosting a 'Pose-Down Contest' to give away the t-shirts Grames has kindly organised for us. So anyone who wants one, dress up as a WWE star (past or present), and we'll have you do an entrance on stage then cut a short promo. The best pose-downs win, simple as!

Oh and it'll all be filmed too.

grames_bond · 13-08-2012 2:54pm

That is a brilliant idea!!

Also the more people have had to drink the more fun the promos will be!!

ciano316 · 17-08-2012 6:36pm

Loos like ill be joining you's for the party on sunday. I'll be in around 8.30 or so do you reckon I should be ok to get 2 or 3 tickets at the door?

leggo · 17-08-2012 6:46pm

Oh yeah, sure we won't be opening up the live area until around 9ish so you'll defo be grand if you arrive then!

We finished the classic matches DVD today, but we're keeping it a surprise what matches are on the playlist you'll have to find out Sunday. Couple of interesting one's I wouldn't have expected in the top 10 though.

Angron · 18-08-2012 9:49pm

I'll probably be there early enough, I'm heading with a friend from Longford. Should be a good time

leggo · 18-08-2012 10:06pm

We're running a SummerSlam prediction game tonight on the Facebook page with prizes for the 5 top predictors if anyone wants to enter!

THIS TIME TOMORROW LADS!

montyrebel · 18-08-2012 11:26pm

do you have to be at the show in Captain Americas to enter this or can anyone do it

leggo · 19-08-2012 12:04am

montyrebel wrote: »

do you have to be at the show in Captain Americas to enter this or can anyone do it

Good question, nope it's open to everyone!

sockmo · 19-08-2012 10:33am

Have you decided what classic summerslam matches you will be showing? please say Razor and Shawn! Best match ever!

montyrebel · 19-08-2012 11:15am

leggo wrote: »

Good question, nope it's open to everyone!

entered it there now, hope it goes well for you

Angron · 19-08-2012 11:29am

Spectacular. Can't get my f*cking printer to work. Hopefully I can get to a net cafe at some point or I'm kinda screwed.

leggo · 19-08-2012 11:43am

We'll have a list of those who purchased tickets (and how many they bought) at the door, so worse comes to worst you should be alright either way. But best to have the ticket anyway as proof of purchase.

Angron · 19-08-2012 7:46pm

Managed to get it printed, so all is good. Up in Captain's now!

D.Q · 19-08-2012 8:00pm

cant make it myself tonight unfortunately, the trip and subsequent drinking in town proved too much for my wallet.Hope its a big success!

sockmo · 19-08-2012 8:24pm

grames_bond · 20-08-2012 4:57pm

Brilliant night!! Fair play - looking forward to the next one already whenever that may be!!

D.Q · 20-08-2012 5:20pm

how did it compare to WM?

ciano316 · 20-08-2012 5:51pm

Good fun last night. Well done.

Charisteas · 20-08-2012 8:09pm

D.Q wrote: »

how did it compare to WM?

Didn't make it to grafton myself this time due to having work this morning at 8am but I really hope it was a success. But the Wrestlemania meet-up thread had 706 posts compared to this thread with 90.

Anybody have any photos?

leggo · 20-08-2012 8:23pm

To be fair, the WrestleMania thread is an unfair comparison as that charts the whole thing from start to finish, before we even had a venue and it was just an idea...with everyone chipping in additional tips and ideas. There was also much more questions since it was the first event of its kind so there was a lot more for people to get to grips with. This time around it was a lot more straightforward, both from us organising and from people knowing the score.

Turnout was good. Haven't had a chance to check the final tally yet (just in from work so trying to play catch-up now) but I reckon about 75-80% of the Mania party, which is pretty much exactly what we hoped for since realistically it would (and will never) out-draw Mania. The Live bar was pretty much full by 9.30pm and we only officially opened at 9pm, so that was great.

Liked I said after Mania, everyone who went made it a great night. I actually think the atmosphere was better than at Mania, everyone there was completely up for the craic and it made the night such a joy to host. So thanks to everyone who came, I hope you had as much fun as we did!

We wanted this to stand-out from the party aspect of it, so we wouldn't be reliant on WWE putting on a great card to make it worthwhile, and that seems to be how people have reacted despite an average PPV, imo. Again, that's down to everyone there making it what it is. We can only put on matches, play music and have the banter, it's how you all react to it that makes it special.

I'll have the photos and some vids up soon, and I'll link to em from here when I do.

Thanks again guys. There's 100% going to be another party for the Rumble, as for Survivor Series or any other events we'll play it by ear and keep you posted both here and on the Facebook page as soon as we know.

jaykhunter · 20-08-2012 8:24pm

I'm gutted I couldn't make last night either and I hope it was a rousing success so it'll be done in the future. I immensely enjoyed wrestlemania and short of being at the show, festival atmos w/ wrestling fans is the way to go!

Charisteas · 20-08-2012 8:28pm

leggo wrote: »

I'll have the photos and some vids up soon, and I'll link to em from here when I do.

Looking forward to seeing the fancy dress pics!

Shadooby · 20-08-2012 10:56pm

Had an awesome time, not as many at it like there was for Mania which was kind of a good thing, meant it was easier to get to the bar or the loo when needed

I think the atmosphere for this was a little better than Mania since it seemed like in a way we knew others from Mania and felt less awkward. What also helped was the guys who cut a promo or tried to do a spinarooni or whatever else just for a t-shirt. It was great craic.
Again thank you Leggo for putting this together.

leggo · 21-08-2012 10:28am

Pics are online!

http://www.facebook.com/media/set/?set=a.162969740507279.39572.114162802054640&type=1

montyrebel · 22-08-2012 11:32am

asked on the facebook page wall, but did i seriously win tickets to the MSW over 18's show?
Names Mark Montgomery, hence montyrebel.

If so can i get the tickets transferred to a friend as I wont be able to make it

leggo · 22-08-2012 5:00pm

Yeah sure they're your tickets you can do whatever you want with them, your name won't be on them or anything. So send me on details and I'll get them out to you ASAP.

montyrebel · 22-08-2012 5:05pm

thanks will get it sent asap

Furious-Red · 23-10-2012 11:05pm

Seen this on the WWE Parties FB

grames_bond · 24-10-2012 8:32am

I posted this on the FB page too but I really think it's something that Leggo and Captains should look into. As a few of us know - Captains are famed for their cocktails so they should make wrestling related cocktails - and the best bit is they wouldn't even need to do anything fancy - just change the names:

Woo Woo becomes a WOO WOO WOO
Long island Iced Tea Becomes Long island Iced Z
Sex on the beach becomes Trouble in Paradice
Alabama Slammer becomes a Sidewalk Slam
Passion Fruit Punch becomes the Knockout Punch
Pina Colada becomes a Santina Colada
White Russian becomes "the Great White" (or a valadamir Koslov)

And the Non Acoholic Cocktails become "Striaght Edge" Cocktails!!

Put them on a poster and BAM - instant sales!!

leggo · 24-10-2012 12:52pm

grames_bond wrote: »

I posted this on the FB page too but I really think it's something that Leggo and Captains should look into. As a few of us know - Captains are famed for their cocktails so they should make wrestling related cocktails - and the best bit is they wouldn't even need to do anything fancy - just change the names:

Woo Woo becomes a WOO WOO WOO
Long island Iced Tea Becomes Long island Iced Z
Sex on the beach becomes Trouble in Paradice
Alabama Slammer becomes a Sidewalk Slam
Passion Fruit Punch becomes the Knockout Punch
Pina Colada becomes a Santina Colada
White Russian becomes "the Great White" (or a valadamir Koslov)

And the Non Acoholic Cocktails become "Striaght Edge" Cocktails!!

Put them on a poster and BAM - instant sales!!

I love it but it's actually been done already. Captain's Tallaght did something like that for their WrestleMania party (about the only original thing they did

). Some of the responses from the people were quite funny to be fair.

Will post event info here today when it's done up!

Low Blows Wrestling Parties: WrestleMania at Buskers On The Ball!

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