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Road To WrestleMania update

BY JIM VARSALLONE
jvarsallone{at}herald.com

A special Road To WrestleMania Tour started in California promoting
the 20th anniversary of World Wrestling Entertainment's biggest
pay-per-view event with stops in 46 cities across the United States
including some in South Florida in February.

A custom-designed and branded Chevrolet Suburban complete with a
12-foot trailer, a 42-inch flat screen television with surround sound,
is taking the WrestleMania XX team across the country in three months.

Event venues will include more than 20 Wal-Marts and five House of
Blues entertainment complexes. At each event location, the
WrestleMania promo team, which includes former WWE superstar Hillbilly
Jim, will meet and greet fans with WrestleMania trivia contests, video
game competitions, temporary tattoos and more.

Through Momentum's innovative E-Photo system, fans can receive
customized, full-color photos of themselves at the local events via
e-mail. They can vote online for their favorite WrestleMania moments
of all time and be entered to win weekly prizes, including customized
WrestleMania XX Gibson guitars.

WrestleMania 20 is Sunday, March 14 at Madison Square Garden in New
York City. Current WWE superstars may join the tour at specific stops
for special autograph and photo sessions.

Remaining Florida stops in February:

Friday, Feb. 6: 5-9 p.m., Wal-Mart, 19910 Bruce Downs Blvd., Tampa.

Saturday, Feb. 7: 11 a.m.-4 p.m., Publix (Gasparilla Fest), 243
Bayshore Blvd., Tampa.

Monday, Feb. 9: 5-9 p.m., Wal-Mart, 9300 NW 77th Ave., Hialeah.

Tuesday, Feb. 10: The Beat 103.5 FM WMIB Street Team Convoy. Noon-2
p.m., The Coffee House, Miami Dade South Community College in Kendall.
Chester 305-273-2777.

5-7 p.m., Finnegan's Way, 1344 Ocean Dr., Miami Beach. Ian
305-672-7747.

Wednesday, Feb. 11: The Beat 103.5 FM WMIB Street Team Convoy. Noon-2
p.m., Miami Dade North Community College, 1380 NW 27th Ave., Miami.
Tere Martinez 305-237-1252.

7-9 p.m., GameWorks at Sunset Place, 5701 Sunset Dr., Suite 330,
Kendall. Kim 954-845-8740.

Friday, Feb. 13: 5-9 p.m., Wal-Mart, 11250 E. Colonial Dr., Orlando.

Saturday, Feb. 14: 3-7 p.m., (4-6 p.m. with D-Von Dudley), House of
Blues, 1490 E. Buena Vista Dr., Orlando.

Sunday, Feb. 15: 6-10 p.m., PPV Party, Hooter's, 8938 San Jose Blvd.,
Jacksonville.


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