By now the entire hip hop community knows that Wale is an avid professional wrestling fan and his inaugural ‘Wale-Mania’ event was a huge success in the bay area. There’s plans for Wale to bring the event to Dallas for this year’s Wrestle Mania but there may also be a spin on the event.
The Wrestling Observer Newsletter is reporting that Wale may want to take things a step further than just performing concerts during Wrestle Mania.
I saw rap star Wale this past week, who is a huge pro wrestling fan (and a long-time reader of this publication), and he is considering starting a wrestling company. There had been rumors months ago over WrestleMania week about that, and Jim Ross even referenced them in a speech he did in Santa Clara over Mania week. Wale did a concert over Mania week, Wale-Mania, that was a big success, including tons of top talent, past and present, being there. There may have been a WWE directive because nobody from that promotion was there. His people indicated they were looking at doing another concert over Mania week this coming year. Court Bauer, who worked with Wale in promoting the event and is close with him, said they were looking at Thursday or Friday before Mania.
If Wale can put together a card of former WWE superstars and indy wrestlers and then perform in between matches it’d take his event to new heights. Rey Mysterio was one of the athletes in attendance at the 1st Wale-Mania and a match between him and Ricochet would be an amazing main event. *hint, hint*