The WWE Experience at the Arnold Sports Festival

[Curt James]

The WWE Experience at the Arnold Sports Festival

By Ryan Clark
January 15, 2015



WWE has sent out a press release detailing their involvement with the Arnold Sports Festival in Columbus, Ohio on March 5-8.

There will be an NXT live event on March 5 at the LC Pavilion, the first time NXT has been in the state. It incldues NXT Champion Sami Zayn, NXT Women’s Champion Charlotte, WWE Superstars Ryback and Big Show, WWE Hall of Famer Ric Flair, Adrian Neville, Kevin Owens, Finn Bálor, Hideo Itami, Sasha Banks and more. Tickets go on sale on January 23 at 10 AM ET at the LC Pavilion Box Office and Ticketmaster.com. There will also be VIP experiences like ringside seats and a meet and greet with Ric Flair, Ryback and Big Show!

There will also be a WWE Experience event on March 7 and 8, which features live matches. There will be autograph signings with Finn Bálor, Hideo Itami, Kevin Owens, Sami Zayn, Tyler Breeze, Sasha Banks, Charlotte, Alexa Bliss and more, as well as Q&A sessions with WWE Legends. Fans can watch a live tryout during the event and even go by the WWE recruiting booth if they are serious about trying to become a wrestler. It will be led at the Columbus Convention Center. It also includes a WWE Shop booth and more.

Here’s the schedule:

Saturday, March 7

9:00 AM – 11:00 AM Autograph Signings
10:00 AM – 10:30 AM Q&A Sessions
10:30 AM – 11:30 AM Live Matches
11:00 AM – 1:00 PM Autograph Signings
11:30 AM – 1:00 PM Live Tryouts
1:00 PM – 1:30 PM Q&A Session
1:00 PM – 3:00 PM Autograph Signings
1:30 PM – 2:30 PM Live Matches
2:30 PM – 3:00 PM Q&A Session
3:00 PM – 4:00 PM Live Matches
3:00 PM – 5:00 PM Autograph Signings
4:00 PM – 4:30 PM Q&A Session
4:30 PM – 5:30 PM Live Tryouts

Sunday, March 8

10:00 AM – 12:00PM Autograph Signings
10:30 AM – 11:00 AM Q&A Session
11:00 AM – 11:30 AM Q&A Session
11:30 AM – 12:30 PM Live Matches
12:00 PM – 2:00 PM Autograph Signings
2:00 PM – 4:00 PM Autograph Signings
2:30 PM – 3:00 PM Q&A Session
3:00 PM – 4:00 PM Live Matches

*Talent and schedule subject to change. A daily expo ticket is required for admission. One autograph per person. Autographs are first come, first served. Admission into the event does not guarantee an autograph. No posed photo opportunities are permitted.

General Admission tickets for the Daily Expo are $10. Tickets will increase at the door.

From http://www.ewrestlingnews.com/news/u...ls-inside-here

[weezer]

.......I know it's going to be a great experience, my grandson and I attended WWE Raw when they were at the smoothie king arena Monday night here in New Orleans and also WrestleMania last year in the dome...BTW, it was epic, Brock ended the streak

[hifrommike65]

This is exciting news. Glad to see WWE at the Arnold Classic!

[weezer]

Publicity and WWE goes hand in hand, Vince McMahon never pass up a chance to bring the circus to town.

[HugeMcAbslover]

Actually most of what will be at the arnold is NXT, NXT while most hard core wrestling fans think is the better product, it is actually considered the triple A ball of WWE. its where wrestlers go to try out all different kinds of characters and wrestling styles to find what works for them and find what syncs up with a WWE audience. Paige, Big E Langston, all the members of the former SHIELD and more have come from NXT. Some have been more successful than others but the point is that NXT is now the starting point for becoming a WWE star.

The other thing to note is that NXT is primarily controlled by Hunter, Vince has almost no hand in it all all. Hunter has complete creative control. So considering Vince has never been at the arnold before, I would also venture a guess that going to the Arnold is all Hunter's idea as well.

[hifrommike65]

This WWE promo finally puts paid to the bad blood between WBF & IFBB. The defections crafted by Vince McMahon destroyed the pro careers of several IFBB pros, such as Vinnie Comerford, & I never quite got over that. I doubt Vinnie did either.

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/World_...ing_Federation