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As a kid of the 70’s my Pop Culture included Wrestling.  My favorites were 

Tony Atlas,

Mil Mascaras 

Superstar Billy Graham

Chief Jay Strongbow

and the Grand Wizard of Wrestling

I’ve lost touch with “WRASTLIN” but Trenton 365 Contributors Will Foskey and Dan Regan are connected. 

Will Foskey is a Content Provider of various disciplines, for Trenton 365 “Deshair” has handled the Artistic Direction for a fashion event, captured images and leads the MLK Day Social Clean Up.  Have a listen to some of our chats.

https://soundcloud.com/trenton365/sets/will-foskey

            By Will Foskey

On the “Road to Wrestlemania”, the WWE brought their top tier Professional Wrestling Company to the

Sun Center in Trenton, NJ, to entertain an electrifying crowd. 8 Days away from the biggest event of the

year, WWE Superstars, Stardust, Sin Cara, Kalisto, Bray Wyatt, The Social Outcasts, Ryback, and more,

took this opportunity to strike fear in their opponents, while giving it to the crowd.

I’d like to take a moment to explain the difference between a WWE Televised Show and a WWE House

Show, and why fans should experience both.

On March 21st, I had the pleasure of attending WWE Monday Night Raw at the Wells Fargo Center in

Philadelphia. The show was televised, meaning you’ll see the most popular wrestlers they have to offer.

Televised shows have storylines to follow and directly affect their monthly PPV events.

On March 26th at the Sun Center in Trenton, NJ, this is what you’d call a House Show. House Shows

aren’t televised. Being entertained by the most popular wrestlers isn’t guaranteed. However, there’s an

advantage House Shows have over Televised Shows: Talent to Crowd Interactions. If you’re loud enough

to gain the attention of the wrestler you love or hate the most, chances are, they’ll stop wrestling and

address you. As WWE Superstar who wants to be fed more, Ryback, displayed.

Ryback has been plagued with being a doppelganger of WCW Legend, Goldberg. So Trenton let him have

it. “GOLD-BERG, GOLD-BERG,” they screamed. Please remember, when the WWE Universe makes this

chant at a televised show, Ryback ignores the chant, focusing on the match at hand. But on Saturday

night, not only did Ryback let the crowd know how he felt about their chants, he went on to perform at

least 4 moves from Goldberg’s move list, before winning the match and giving an audience member in

the front row, “The Bird.”

Did we receive top tier talent? No. But were we entertained? YES! Stardust versus Sin Cara opened up

the show with an excited match full of old-school grapples and high flying artistry. “The Bulgarian Brute”

Rusev versus Kalisto captured the crowd with its “David vs. Goliath” approach, cashing in on numerous

near falls (kicking out of a pin) and emotional reactions. And the headliner, The Wyatt Family (Bray and

Rowan) vs. The Big Show and Kane closed the show on a good note, playing towards the crowd, even

tagging in who the crowd wanted to see in the ring.

Overall, it was a good show that the WWE Universe in Trenton, made a great experience.

Dan Regan is a Comedian who shares his “Rants” with the Trenton 365 Audience.  You can expect to here him covering all segments of current events through his Twitter handle Social Mime.

Have a listen to some of our chats.

https://soundcloud.com/trenton365/sets/dan-regan

This past Saturday March 26th I attended the WWE "Road to Wresltemania" event at the Sun National Bank Center in Trenton. The 2 tickets were courtesy of Jacque Howard and WIMG 1300AM radio station. I took my wife who has never been to a wrestling match before but she endures my weekly wrestling shows of RAW & Smackdown and my commentary on it. The one thing that persuaded her to go was the chance of seeing her favorite wrestler Roman Reigns <see attached photo> (no idea why she likes such a puny, homely looking guy) but as you can see in the photos her face when she found out Roman wasn't there. I have to say the seats were fantastic and the show was entertaining, so much so that my wife agreed to go to a live taping of RAW when it comes around again, although I think she wants to go just to see Roman but hey I will take it. Thanks again Jacque & WIMG for a night of fun!

Trenton365

A Social, Cypher or a Meet and Greet?

Social-

An informal social gathering, esp. one organized by the members of a particular club or group.

Cypher-

The process of tapping into your subconscious.  A state of mind where thoughts and actions flow from your mind rather than being instrumented. Clearly shown in freestyle/beatbox circles and breakdancing.

Meet and Greet

An organized event during which a celebrity, politician, or other well-known figure meets and talks to the public.

This post is about all of the above.  Trenton has long been know for it’s slogan ‘Trenton Makes The World Takes," shortened if you ask some folks and like many other post-industrial cities many will ask, what do we/they make now?

Many people will reply the usual negative items, drugs, gangs, corruption, a class of poor people and so on.  Well the Trenton365 will continue to work counter to the naysayers and general print media to showcase the positives.

Event #1

The Mill Hill section of Trenton held a "meet and greet" to introduce the new and “less new” neighbors to each other.  The event was held at the Trenton Social 

Peter Hobday & Councilwoman Marge Caldwell-Wilson

Since it's opening "Social" has become a thriving bar, restaurant, venue, art gallery and meeting place. Being just a short stroll fromTrenton Mill Hill it only makes sense that Peter Hobday would choose this as the location.

 

Jacque Howard,

The Mill Hill Meet & Greet your neighbors was a huge success. It proves, people need a mid-week relaxing break in their hectic lives. Living in Mill Hill since 1985 and then purchasing my home in 1987 I have seen many changes in the neighborhood. Once vacant lots are now rows of grand multi level townhomes. Mill Hill has always prided itself on many levels but one of it's special traits is it's neighbor friendly reputation.

Neighbors talk and look out for one another in this neighborhood. The Mill Hill Meet & Greet is just another occasion to bring people together, a time to meet and greet your new neighbors.

Joe Fyz and I (Pete Hobday) would love to thank the neighbors who participated in this event and also a special thank you to TC Nelson the owner of Trenton Social for accommodating our group and providing a delicious assortment of food.  

Pete Hobday 

 
                             





Event #2

I was having a conversation with a friend "LTC" who asked what I knew about Cyphers. During the brief conversation we brainstormed several versions that would make her event EPIC!  A few weeks later at the Pretty Business Tuesdays networking event by founder Ericka Pressley, I was introduced to Neisha Kelly writer of the blog, Loverzquarrel   Many thanks to Will "Deshair" Foskey for the introduction.

At a later brainstorming session we organized a starter event where the subject would be relationships. During this cypher several topics were discussed, one of the attendees sent me this note.

TRENTON-- So, it's a Thursday night and I'm on Facebook running through the news feed that never seems to stop and I stumble across a relationship blog cipher happening at the Trenton Social in just 30 minutes. I hop in the car and head right over because I recognize that despite feeling like I have a firm grasp of what it is to be in a quality relationship, I understand that sometimes feeling like you know something doesn't necessarily mean you really do. Indeed, relationships at times can be hard work. I don't have to tell you this, we hear it all the time at the barber shop or at the hair salon, around the water cooler at work, at the church, in school, in the news, you name it, the issues surrounding relationships are all around us. But being a African American male, the issues in Black Relationships trouble me in particular. New York Daily News Columnist Ralph Richard Banks reported in 2011 that roughly 7 in 10 black children are born to unmarried partners. Conditions like this almost always lead to children being raised by one parent, which believe you me, can be a struggle and a strain on families. So, I said all that to say that the more we talk about these relationship issues, the more we can begin to address to them and not deny their existence. Indeed, that's a big reason I went to the Relationship Blog Cipher hosted by Neisha Kelly, a relationship blogger. I wanted to hear some thoughts and feedback on what's happening in our relationships. I wanted to receive some insight on some of the dysfunction plaguing our partnerships. And after going, I can definitely say my expectations were met. During the Cipher, we talked about a whole host of issues and topics. The subject matter ranged anywhere from whether it was necessary to have a 'checklist' of things you want from a relationship to whether relationships should be liberating or restrictive.  

The discussion was on the one hand refreshing because it truly felt like a sigh of relief to get some things out in the open and clear the air about relationship concerns yet at the same time our exchange was somewhat challenging to the extent it got me to give careful to my ways in relationships. The Relationship Blog Cipher is a conversation that needs to be continued and from speaking to the show's host Neisha Kelly, there is more yet to come...  

Event #3 

The First Friday Flamingo Social took place in the Hiltonia Association section.  Community Activist, Artist-Elise Mannella invited me to the event and shared the below image, more are available on the link for the Hiltonia Association.