If you’ve never been to a live wrestling PPV (or PLE as they’re known these days in WWE), you are missing out.
I’ve attended hundreds of sporting events over the years (playoff games included) and wrestling shows are still some of the most fun I’ve had.
Back in 2016, I was lucky enough to buy tickets to Survivor Series and sit right on the railing of the aisle. I had sat close before, but never THAT close.
It was a completely different experience. Getting to interact with the wrestlers as they came out. Seeing the athleticism up close. Hearing the wrestlers trash talk each other during a match.
The main event of the match was Goldberg vs. Brock Lesnar. A match that a lot of people were hyped for because Goldberg hadn’t wrestled in almost 12 years!
It ended up being a squash match that saw Goldberg win in a ridiculous 1 minute and 26 seconds, but that’s not why it was memorable for me. It was memorable because Goldberg came over to our section right after he won and celebrated his first victory since 2004.
I was considering picking up a Goldberg auto or some sort of numbered card for my PC, until I came across the perfect card: A 2017 Topps Heritage WWE Mat Relic card with a piece of the ring mat used that night in November 2016 at the Air Canada Centre.
Card: 2017 Topps Heritage WWE Mat Relic Bill Goldberg #117/199