DDT Pro Judgment 2018 the 21st Anniversary Show

I was pleasantly surprised when I discovered a couple hours before bell time that DDT Pro Wrestling was live streaming their 21st Anniversary show for free on their DDT Universe streaming service.  I lost my shit when during the match announcements I was reminded that The Great Muta was wrestling his final match on the show.  He had previously wrestled his final match as Keiji Mutoh on Wrestle-1's March 14th.  He is having double knee replacement surgery at the end of the month that will most likely end his in ring career.

I have never watched and entire DDT Pro show before and I can not claim to be familiar with any of the current storylines or even who their main Japanese talents are.  They are known as a promotion that heavily features comedic elements in most all matches, however their roster has featured some of the most athletically gifted wrestlers including Kota Ibushi and Kenny Omega.

Some of their most well known viral clips including:

Kenny Omega wresting an 8 year old little girl

The Iron Man Heavymetalweight Championship that Joey Ryan defended 24/7 around the world

This is where Joey Ryan first flipped someone with his dick

Yoshihiko a blow up doll and 10 time Iron Man Heavymetalweight Champion that even defeated Kota Ibushi for a reign

Kota Ibushi has had so many unique and unbelievable matches in DDT Pro, feuding with Yoshihiko, wrestling a matches in the woods or on the street, and just plain bizarre stuff

Lets get to the matches!

Gauntlet Tag Team Match:
Toru Owashi & Kazuki Hirata defeated Lilico & Makoto Oishi vs. Reika Saiki & Lady Beard vs. Akito & Shunma Katsumata vs. Antonio Honda & Ethan Page vs. Naomi Yoshimura & Keisuke Okuda

This match was tornado style with two teams starting and the next team joining once one was eliminated.  Elimination was by pinfall, submission, or throwing one of your opponents over the top rope and both feet touching the floor. The only person I was familiar with in the match was Ethan Page.  One team was a girl and guy, Reika Saiki & Lady Beard, both dressed as J-Pop singers and they did a song and dance number before entering the ring that was actually pretty entertaining and catchy.

Lady Beard - photo courtesy of @puroresueikaiwa

The match itself varied from over the top comedy at the beginning to serious wrestling at the end.  Nothing really stood out to me in the match and I'd rate it as fair.  Toru Owashi & Kazuki Hirata last eliminated LiLiCo & Makoto Oishi when Hirata pinned LiLiCo

Colt Cabana defeated Joey Ryan

The premise of this match was Joey trying to get Colt to grab his dick or forcing blow pops in Colt's mouth.  In the end Colt forced Joey to grab his own dick with his left hand and using his right forced Joey to flip himself leading to the Billy Goat's Curse submission.

Colt Cabana & Joey Ryan - photo courtesy of @puroresueikaiwa

Tokyo Joshi Pro Six Woman Tag
Saki-sama, Yoshiko-sama, & Azusa Christie defeated Miyu Yamashita, Maki Ito, & Mizuki

The stream cut out at the beginning of the match so I only got to see the last few minutes.  From what I saw although there was some comedic elements that match was more akin to the hard hitting joshi style match where these girls let it all hang out and beat the crap out of each other.  What I saw was excellent.  Saki-sama pinned Mizuki

Iron Man Heavymetalweight Champion: Super Sasadango Machine pinned Jiro Kuroshio

Super Sasadango Machine gave some sort of power point presentation after is introduction that went several minutes that I think outlines his plan for winning his match tonight which included a comically large iron leg trap and handing out fans to the crowd that featured his opponent so when he walked over to their section he would get caught in the trap.

When Jiro came out he spent several minutes dancing around the building narrowly missing the giant trap twice and then landing directly on it when he made his rolling dive into the ring.  After a few minutes of action Jiro had Sasadango pinned and after a count of two music kicked on and everyone seemed to freeze, then the lights dimmed and a video came on the big screen.  I have no friggin clue what is going on.  They then wrestled in slow motion while the music and video continued.  Jiro cut an impassioned promo while someone placed a large golden trap on Sasadango's prone body, the music cut out, Jiro moonsaulted onto the trap and was then promptly pinned with a school boy for Sasadango to retain.  Yup

Kota Umeda, Yuki Ueno, & Koji Takeda defeated KO-D Six Man Tag Team Champions: KUDO, Yukio Sakaguchi, & Masahiro Takanashi to win the championships 

This match was fantastic.  Very serious, hard hitting, fast paced with some hard hitting action.  This match exemplifies the fact that even when the commentary is in another language if the match is good you can follow along, enjoy, and appreciate it.  Yukio Sakaguchi took the fall costing his team the titles.

Your NEW KO-D Six Man Tag Team Champions - photo courtesy of @puroresueikaiwa

Weapon Rumble 5 Way Tag Loser Gets Anal Blast Match
"Speed Ball" Mike Bailey & MAO defeated Sanshiro Takagi & Ippanjin Munenori Sawa vs. Yuko Miyamoto & Soma Takao vs. Isami Kodaka & Fuminori Abe vs. Michael Nakazawa & Chinsuke Nakamura

Chinsuke dresses like, has his hair cut like, and acts like Shinsuke Nakamura complete with violin styled music that a black guy came out pretending to play a violin during his entrance.  So the match starts and we got a 8 man head scissors with a 9th guy putting the first guy in a boston crab that forced everyone to roll over.  We got an eight man overhead suplex.  In between the comedy spots we did get some good high flying wrestling.  The finish came when Mike Bailey dropped the double knees on Michael Nakazawa and MAO landed a 450 splash for the pin.  Nakazawa was supposed to take the Anal Blast but ran to the back.

Then I think everyone and the referee played some elaborate game of not it.  The last guy, Sanshiro Takagi then "took one for the team" I guess, he removed his boots, knee pads, and trunks as he walked down the walkway laying down with his ass exposed near the entrance while a knock off instrumental version of "we can be heroes" played.  At the last moment he couldn't do it, so Munenori Sawa laid on top of him with his ass exposed and lacing their fingers together then pressed the red button setting off an explosion that apparently anal blasted them.

Every minute a new weapon or competitors come to the ring.

Weapons: metal wash tub, surf board, locker style metal cabinet, cardboard and paper mache steamroller, giant barbed wire board, it took up a third of the ring! a ten foot ladder,

Competitors: Cross dressed trio, a trio of monks that brought a dead wrestler back to life, two guys in black body suits with plastic bats that hit everyone in the ass, a guy on a pedal bike that rode around the ring clotheslining people, another guy in a black body suit with a plastic bat and he took struck everyone in the ass because they lined up for him.  Each of these people would leave right after they did their gimmick.

The big take away for me in this match was that Speed Ball and MAO are a great tag team and I would like to see them in some serious matches.

Dramatic Dream Match
The Great Muta, Daisuke Sasaki, & Tetsuya Endo defeated Danshoku Dino, Keisuke Ishii, & Ken Ohka when Great Muta pinned Ishiii

I marked out big time for Muta's entrance and his awesome costume.  Muta always moved oddly in the ring, but you could tell that his knees are giving him trouble.  Whenever Danshoku Dino was in the ring it was all sexual comedy spots, that's his gimmick, but when he wasn't it was a very good match.  We saw green and red mist in this match.  The finish came when Muta gave Ishii his patented fast backbreaker and landed one last moonsault for the three count.

The Great Muta's final entranace - photo courtesy of @puroresueikaiwa

At fifty five I truly believe that this will be his final match and I'm ecstatic that I got to see it.  When he was walking to the back with the classic Muta music playing I couldn't help but get a little emotional.

I later read in post match comments Danshoku Dino challenged Muta to a singles match.

The Great Muta - photo courtesy of @puroresueikaiwa

Daisuke Sekimoto & Kazusada Higuchi defeated KO-D Tag Team Champions: HARASHIMA & Naomichi Marufuji to win the championships 

Work interfered with me paying close attention to this match.  From what I saw it was a strong style heavy striking tag team affair .  From what I could gather the story was watch how hard we can hit each other and he who hits the hardest wins.  I enjoyed the match though.

KO-D Openweight Champion: Konosuke Takeshita pinned Shuji Ishikawa

At 42 Ishikawa is a serious contender even though he is 20 years older than the champion Takeshita. He is a four time KO-D Openweight champion, former AJPW Triple Crown Champion, and his back shows the scars from his wars in Big Japan.

Konosuke Takeshita - photo courtesy of @puroresueikaiwa

This was an excellent match, hard hitting, good story of the veteran putting over the younger guy but making him work hard for it.  Takeshita got the pin with a straight jacket german suplex.

Match of the night for me is a toss up between the The Six Man Tag and Takeshita vs. Ishikawa.

Michelle @puroresueikaiwa on twitter resides in Japan and graciously allowed me to use some of the photos she took at the event.  You can see more photos including a video of Great Muta's final moonsault on her twitter and be sure to check out her blog as well it is in both Japanese and English - http://ameblo.jp/catbearmouse

Again this is my first complete DDT Pro show and even though I was completely confused a couple times I must say overall I was thoroughly entertained.  

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Kamala Speaks - A Review

In May of 1982, a cannibal from Uganda debuted in the CWA in Memphis named Kimala. He was handled by JJ Dillon and was unlike anything anyone had seen in wrestling. He quickly made an impact and so began the career of the one of the greatest villains and big men in wrestling history.

People don’t talk about Kamala much. He’s not featured in many documentaries and he doesn’t have a podcast or huge online presence. There is a reason for this, James Harris, the man behind Kamala, is a quiet man. He’s a guy who never ran his mouth much and didn’t ask for much out of wresting, other than a fair paycheck. The only time his name has been brought up in the last ten years, has been to report on his health problems and the double amputation of his legs. Unless you’ve browsed his website sometime in the past couple of years, you probably wouldn’t even know he has written autobiography. This book has been at the top of my most wanted wrestling books and now that it’s finally found its way onto Kindle at an affordable price, I decided to take the plunge and see what James Harris has to say about life, his career, and Kamala.

We begin the book discussing his amputations and what diabetes has taken away from the man. It’s an intimate look inside the mind of someone who is about to have another body part taken away from him. Having never had any sort of amputation before, I wasn’t familiar with the emotional rollercoaster that one must go through knowing that this time tomorrow, piece of them will no longer be there.

From there we launch into three chapters about Mr. Harris’ childhood which I found riveting. James grew up the son of poor sharecroppers in Mississippi. James describes a world I knew very little about. James isn’t shy about discussing the racism that existed and how that affected him in school, but he never once plays the victim. He acknowledges that racism exists and it made his life more difficult, but he never asks for sympathy. He just describes it as it was and moves on.

I believe the reason why I enjoyed Kamala Speaks is because it feels authentic. It’s not censored or polished. You really feel like you are sitting down next to a man in his sixties or seventies, and he’s telling you his life story. Unlike most wrestlers, James Harris doesn’t come across has having a huge ego. He loves wrestling, but he doesn’t need wrestling. It was just another way to make a living. And once we get into his wrestling days, we get to hear all about all the good (and the bad) that went on.

The chapters are broken down by territory and then within the chapters there are headings that break down ideas and stories even more. I absolutely adore this format and wish more biographies would adopt it. This book doesn’t have sixty page chapters where everything runs together. Instead, the chapters are kept small and tight, and then organized into these subchapters. The continuity suffers occasionally as Mr. Harris is forced to jump back several years when he starts discussing another promotion, but it’s not much of an issue outside of making me double check the timeline inside my head.

Prior to wrestling as Kamala, James Harris wrestled as Sugar Bear Harris throughout the world. He spent most of his time in the Southern United States, but traveled to Europe to develop more. After breaking his ankle in a match, Sugar Bear returned to the United States. He went to a CWA show in Memphis to see if someone could get him some gear (since his gear was on a ship sailing back to the US from Europe) in preparation for his cast to be removed. This is when Jerry Lawler and Jerry Jarrett saw Mr. Harris and within a couple of days, they were putting together the character he is known for Kimala.


James changed the spelling of Kimala to Kamala after leaving Memphis, in order to make the character more of his own. He also changed the way the way he painted himself, since Jerry Lawler did all the painting in Memphis and it was difficult to do by himself. 

Over the next thirty years, Kamala wrestled all over the globe. He had successful runs in the WWF, WCW, WCCW, USWA, and Mid-South. There is always the need for a big monster on every wrestling card, and Kamala played that part well.

His autobiography is well researched and he mentions several times that he reached out to people important in his career to verify facts and get stories from them. The book is brutally honest in some parts and doesn’t shy away from discussing the treatment of black wrestlers in the South as attractions or how poorly the AWA treated black wrestlers. James also mentions the difference in pay for black wrestlers, which led to Kamala leaving several organizations (including the WWF – twice!). You can tell that James never let the success go to his head and he was there to do a job, get paid, and go home. 

With that being said, he isn’t full of bad mistakes and train wreck stories like so many wrestlers biographies have. Instead, James tells a few stories about his friends and some of the dumb things they did or even got him into. There is a fun story about The Brooklyn Brawler and The Wizard peer pressuring him into take a hit off of a joint that was spiked right before he had a match with Hulk Hogan. 

One of the more tragic parts of the book is after several chapters of discussing funny stories about The Brooklyn Brawler and Harvey Wippleman, two of the guys he traveled with a lot, he mentions that he hasn’t spoken to either in well over ten years. He feels blackballed by the WWE and blames Vince McMahon for scaring everyone into silence. He says that several people he reached out to help him with the book wouldn’t return his phone calls, because they are too afraid to say the wrong thing that sets Vince off. It’s a troubling accusation that no doubt has quite a bit of truth in it. 

Kamala discusses what an asshole Andre The Giant was (and what horrible things he did in hotels), but how he also helped him get his first gig in the WWF after earning his respect. He discusses the “ring boys” incidents in the WWF and the rumors behind Steve Lombardi and Pat Patterson. He gives his thoughts on Bill Watts, Vince McMahon, Jerry Jarrett, and more. He discusses his problems with Abdullah The Butcher, Giant Baba, and how Abby manipulated Baba. 

Kamala Speaks was co-written with Kenny Casanova, who managed Kamala on occasion. As I’ve mentioned the book feels authentic, and because of that there are a few minor errors within the text. It’s nothing worth knocking points off and to be honest, it just makes the book feel that much more real. The Kindle edition has additional content in the form of two extra chapters and full color images. Apparently, some errors were also corrected in the eBook edition from the original book printing. 

One of the bonus chapters discusses the various wardrobe malfunctions that Kamala encountered over his career, while the second (and more interesting) chapter discusses how the book came to be. Kenny Casanova discusses winning over Koko B Ware (Kamala's best friend) who gave his blessing for Kenny to work on the book and how Diamond Dallas Page helped opened the floodgate of wrestlers willing to help fill in the gaps of Kamala's career story.

Would I recommend Kamala Speaks? Definitely. It’s one of the more enjoyable wrestling books I’ve read recently and probably one of the most grounded. James Harris made a huge impact on the world of professional wrestling in the 1980’s and early 1990’s, and it’s a shame that he doesn’t get near the recognition or appreciation that he deserves and probably never will. 

After reading Kamala Speaks, my fandom for the character has grown tenfold, and I’m so glad that Kenny Casanova and James Harris sat down and took the time to put all these great stories into a book. Kamala is almost a forgotten name in the wrestling world and sadly, I don’t see that changing. At least his memories and his life will be preserved within this book, and maybe one day, someone will come along and give Kamala the credit he deserves.

My Madison Square Garden Adventure

March 16, 2018 was the day my lifelong dream finally came true.  It was the day that Jay and I attended a show at Madison Square Garden, the world's most famous arena!

Back in December 2017, after the last Garden show, I was talking to Jay and we agreed that after 24 years of talking about going we needed to stop talking and take action, so we did.  We picked up tickets that we thought would be decent, front row of the balcony on an aisle near the entrance.  Jay used his points and booked us a hotel nearby and in February I bought us train tickets, $400 spent ensured we wouldn't be backing out.

Thursday March 15th after dropping my daughter at school I headed south to New Bedford, Mass where Jay has called home for eight years. I got there about noon thirty just as Jay was waking up from working the night shift.  After he gathered himself we headed to a place he'd wanted to try but hadn't for some reason The Dog House.

We had actually tried to go a few years back but it had been closed.  In side they have counter service and a few tables.  The place is very clean and the staff was super friendly.  They have a decent sized menu but all I wanted to try was the hot dog and burgers.  The dogs were all beef and served in the side split roll, they were good.  The burgers there are made daily from fresh never frozen meat.  I got cheese, mayo, tomato, pickles, and red relish on mine and it was excellent.

After grabbing some snacks and sodas we headed back to Jay's to watch night six of the New Japan Cup on NJPW World.  Sanada defeated Toru Yano and Zack Sabre Jr defeated Kota Ibushi to advance.

Once Amy got home we went to dinner at DNB Burgers in New Bedford.  They have been talking about this place since they opened how fantastic it is, they even dine there weekly, and I must say it lived up to the hype.  What was funny to me is that they both commented that it wasn't as good as usual, but I enjoyed it.  The hand cut herb fries and onion rings were fantastic.  The meat used in burger was delicious on it's own.  I'll go again.

Friday morning we got up at 5 am to make the drive to Providence to catch out 6:45 am train to Penn Station.  The train ride was uneventful and took about 3.5 hours, we had some good views along the way through Connecticut.

We arrived in New York we were underground and walking out of Penn Station we found ourselves directly across from Madison Square Garden.  There it was essentially the first thing we saw and it was glorious.

We walked to our hotel and checked out bags and then headed out on the city.  First stop was at the Houdini Museum at 213 West 35th  Street on the fourth floor of the building.  The building is not marked at all and there is no sign designating that the museum is there.  I asked the door man and he confirmed it was on the fourth floor.

The place isn't very big, but it is very awesome!  We were given a tour by Nick Padilla who works there and is a magician himself.  He explained in great detail all the items they have on display, the significance and history of each of them as well as showed us a few magic tricks.  The museum itself is free and I think is a hidden gem of New York City.

Next the stopped at Gray's Papaya for a couple hot dogs.  Jay's plan was to each small portions and graze at a lot of places.  We only got hot dogs they use Sabrett frankfurters grilled with toasted buns and when you ask for mustard apparently it's spicy brown, which is cool, they cost only $1.

Jay wanted to go to Ripley's Believe it or Not he'd been to one before, this was my fifth odditorium.  At $30 though it was the most expensive one I had been too.  It was really nice and quite large it just seemed to keep going.

We took in the sights of Time Square; seeing where the ball drops on the New Years, all the big video displays I've seen on the news, TV, movies, and ect.  It was all really cool for like 20 minutes.  Then you notice the odd people in character suits, the pan handlers, hustlers, and vagrants.  It's just one big giant tourist trap.

I don't really have a reason to go back the Times Square unless Kate and I go to a play.  There is still a lot of New York City that I want to explore; Central Park, Rockefeller Center, the Statue of Liberty, and more.

On the way back to the hotel we stopped at Midtown Comics which was just ok for me.  We also passed a street vendor selling records and he had Piledriver: The Wrestling Album II, which was pretty random and cool.  Sadly he wanted $40 and wouldn't budge or else I would have that in my collection.

We checked into the hotel to relax a spell, I took a shower in their amazing large stall shower.  The water pressure was great and they supply Paul Mitchell Tea Tree shampoo and body wash.

We headed over to the Garden and Penn Station to find some dinner.  After much deliberation and searching we located and settled on Shake Shack.  I got a cheeseburger with bacon and shake sauce, it was tremendous!  They press the burgers so they get caramelized and crispy and the cheese is all gooey and melty and the bacon is thick and cooked perfect.  I don't know what the shake sauce is but it's so good.

We entered the The Garden and headed up the eight floors to our seats.  The venue is round so you can walk all away around the concourse, which we did check out the food options and these displays of historic events at The Garden.  Talking to one of the ushers, he was a fellow wrestling fan, he said on the main concourse on the sixth floor they had a WrestleMania one display.

We headed straight down and sure enough found this awesome display featuring posters of the event, a program, "Rowdy" Roddy Pipers boots, Hulk Hogans trunks, and more.  Around the ceiling was a timeline of sorts, not in order, featuring great moments and a couple were wrestling related.

When I was a kid watching WWF or now watching old footage all the big matches took place at Madison Square Garden.  It's always been sold to me as being the world's most famous arena and that anyone who is anyone wants to have their Madison Square Garden moment.

There is always this iconic shot of the showing the a wide shot of the crowd and the very recognizable circular ceiling, it's the first thing I think of when I think of the garden.  From our seats I was able to take a picture of this scene and it's something that I will always cherish.

Let's get to the matches!  We were treated to a pay-per-view caliber line-up but house show caliber matches.  A few unadvertised names appeared, and matches changed, but no huge surprises.

Shinsuke Nakamura defeated Kevin Owens with Sami Zayn by disqualification

This was supposed to be AJ Styles and Nakamura vs Owens and Zayn but after the faces were in the ring the heels jumped them from behind injuring Styles making it a singles match.  Owens was DQ'd when Zayn ran in attacking Nakamura.  Styles came out with a chair making the save on Nakamura from the double beat down.

Cedric Alexander pinned Drew Gulak with lumbar check

This is a candidate for match of the night.  This was also Drew Gulak's Madison Square Garden debut, which was really cool to see someones Garden debut in person.

Asuka submitted Mandy Rose with Paige with the Asuka Lock

Asuka had been advertised and then her name was pulled from the card after she challenged Charlotte Flair on SmackDown.  So it was a surprise when her music kicked on and she got a huge pop from the crowd.  Match was more competitive than I thought it would be, but in the end Asuka tapped her out with the Asuka Lock.

Bray Wyatt pinned Matt Hardy with Sister Abigail

Fantastic entrances by both, match itself was ho-hum.  Possibly because they have been fighting each other for months in standard one on one matches. Hopefully the match at the Hardy Compound will be better.

Four Way Match: Raw Tag Team Champions: The Bar: Cesaro & Sheamus defeated New Day: Kofi Kingston & Big E with Xavier Woods, The Club: Luke Gallows & Karl Anderson and Titus World Wide: Titus O'Neil & Apollo with Dana Brooke

Originally a three way match they added The Club, I was really hoping to see The Revival in this match.  Match was decent but there was no way the Bar was going to lose the titles.  If they weren't in a program with Braun I thought maybe I'd finally see my house show title change.  I think Kofi was pinned after a Brogue kick.  Post match The Club called New Day nerds and got beat up for it.

Triple Threat Match: Universal Champion: Brock Lesnar with Paul Heyman defeated Braun Strowman and Kane pinning Kane with an F5

Big pop for Strowman, bigger pop for Lesnar.  Not going to lie I got chills when his music hit and he and Paul Heyman walked out.  Since his return in 2012 Lesnar has only wrestled 47 matches, that's only 4.2 matches a year so to actually see one in person is pretty special.  Match lasted longer than I expected, was actually pretty high impact with Lesnar hitting a bunch of suplexes.  Strowman using the stairs on Lesnar and Lesnar taking Strowman out with chair shots to the back before he finished Kane with an F5.

The Bar ran out attacking Braun post match.  They tried to put him through a table but Braun ended up putting Cesaro through it with his powerslam.

Triple Threat Match: Raw Women's Champion: Alexa Bliss with Mickie James defeated Sasha Banks & Bayley

The second contender for match of the night had these three tearing it down like they have in the past.  Bliss got the cheap roll up with a handful of tights to retain.  Post match Nia Jax came out to a big pop.  She confronted Bliss in the ring who tried to blame Mickie for her comments on Raw on Monday.  Jax bear hugged Bliss until Mickie tried to break it up and ate a Samoan Drop for her troubles.

John Cena & Nikki Bella defeated Elias & Sonya Deville after both hit their finishers and a double pin

Elias opened with some singing, it was received well until he insulted the crowd.  Cena and Nikki came out to a big reaction.  This match was completely predictable especially the finish.  There was no doubt that Cena & Bella were going to win.

Finn Balor, Seath Rollins, & Roman Reigns defeated Intercontinental Champion: The Miz and the Miztourage: Curtis Axel & Bo Dallas when Reigns pinned Miz with a spear

This match was better than I thought it would be, once again though the finish was obvious so it took me out of the action.  They should of have Miz get a cheap unexpected pin and then the faces could have hit all their finshers to send the crowd home happy with an unpredictable finish.

Whenever the matches his a lull I would just look up at the ceiling and think I can't believe I'm at Madison Square Garden.  When the show was over they announced that WWE would be returning to The Garden in July with Ronda Rousey and tickets are on sale at the box office now.  I was shocked at the number of people that were lined up to buy tickets after the show and they had 8 - 10 windows open too!

We tried to find a convenience store to buy snacks and drinks but couldn't find out.  We ended up hitting up this late night deli called the 876 Market Deli and I got a sandwich: turkey, provolone cheese, mayo, tomato, pickle, salt & pepper on a bulky roll.  It was fantastic and only $4.75!

Getting back to the room for the night we hooked Jay's laptop to the TV to watch some of night seven of the New Japan Cup tournament.

Saturday morning before heading to Penn Station I grab my wife a couple fresh bagels.  Then Jay wanted to get a breakfast sandwich at Shake Shack because he figured if the burgers were so good so would be their breakfast.  When get there just after 9 am we found out you could get burgers so that's what we did.  I got me a double with cheese, bacon, & shake sauce.  It was flipping amazing!

The train ride back to Providence took 4 hours instead of 3.5 and we made three more stops than we did on the way down.  We spent just 24 hours in the city and I feel we made the most of it.  I got home about 5:30pm even with stopping to grab her a Jimmy Johns in Waltham, Mass.

With that checked off the list I'm not really sure what my new number one is, it's going to take me sometime to figure out.

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