inreimwetrust
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Post by inreimwetrust on Jan 30, 2018 12:48:52 GMT -5
Been searching up the retail store that WWE opened in Niagara Falls in 2002. It closed in 2011. I've seen many pictures of the outside/inside, and the Piledriver ride. I'm curious if anybody on here visited the store. I'd love to hear your experience and thoughts on it.
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Sting a Ling
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Post by Sting a Ling on Jan 30, 2018 13:54:54 GMT -5
It was a cool store but with way overpriced items and they had little to no merchandise at points. Ride was barely functional. The wwe figure selection got moved to a tourist store called Gags and Giggles. With the actual WWE store getting turned into a brewery
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inreimwetrust
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Post by inreimwetrust on Jan 30, 2018 17:43:11 GMT -5
It was a cool store but with way overpriced items and they had little to no merchandise at points. Ride was barely functional. The wwe figure selection got moved to a tourist store called Gags and Giggles. With the actual WWE store getting turned into a brewery Interesting. I read that the handprints of the superstars (in cement) are still up there. Not sure if they are now though.
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Post by BoJack Hogan on Jan 30, 2018 18:58:48 GMT -5
I used to live in Buffalo, so I was there quite a few times. They actually had a halfway decent selection of figures from what I can remember, but they were a good 5 to 6 dollars (I think) above retail. I remember one time they just had a ton of classics, and another they had a lot of Mattel series....4 - 6 I think? They had a lot of other cool stuff as well. I was never there when the ride was functional, so I don't know about that, or if it was ever functional. The one thing I kind of always wanted to get there but never did was one of the official referee shirts that they sold.
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Post by HandsomeHollywood on Feb 15, 2018 22:18:23 GMT -5
I was there once before SumerSlam 05. Resisted purchasing a Jericho Sexy Beast shirt that was about $40 and they had RA8 including Test for $25 :X.
Didn't buy anything but it was a cool experience.
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Post by Deleted on Mar 15, 2018 3:48:50 GMT -5
Isnt this the store where the elite 1 Jeff Hardy was found? I may be wrong
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spookytuesday
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Post by spookytuesday on Apr 4, 2018 12:41:02 GMT -5
I used to work there for a little bit. It wasn't all that great.
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iamgalianos
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Post by iamgalianos on Sept 19, 2018 23:09:46 GMT -5
I went a few times. It was always weird to see them carrying some outdated merchandise, some wrestlers not even being on the roster anymore. Anyway, it was still a cool experience as a WWE fan. WWE programming played on the screens while entrance themes played in the store. I rode the Piledriver ride once and it was well, whatever. I remember buying a Randy Orton T-shirt, a CM Punk Top Rope T-shirt (remember those?) and a John Cena T-shirt.
Unfortunately though, I think most people just walked in, walked around, looked at stuff, snapped a touristy picture next the the Batista stand-up and then left without buying anything.
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Post by Deleted on Sept 23, 2018 22:28:31 GMT -5
Met my boyhood hero Roddy Piper and my fave manager of all-time Bobby Heenan at a signing. Hence my Avatar. Mean Gene was there too. Never bought a thing there, tried to but my credit card co. thought it was a suspicious charge because I was out of country. The checkout girl said, 'Looks like someone's been having a little too much fun in Canada.' I wish...
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