Wrestling event ‘Salute to Troops’
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Service members and military veterans will be admitted free to the first professional wrestling event held in the California University of Pennsylvania Convocation Center arena.
Renegade Wrestling Alliance, in cooperation with the Pennsylvania Army National Guard and the Cal U. Office of Veterans Affairs, will present “Salute to the Troops” at 7 p.m. April 19. Doors will open at 5:45 p.m.
Tickets will be available at the Convocation Center box office from 2 to 4 p.m. Monday through Friday, beginning March 3. The box office opens at 10 a.m. the day of the event, and tickets will be sold at the door.
Tickets are $15 for assigned floor seating, $12 for general admission and $6 for children 12 and younger and students with proper identification. Veterans and service members who show military identification will be admitted free.
A portion of the proceeds will support the Post-9/11 Scholarship Fund at the Foundation for Cal U. Members of the U.S. armed services will be recognized between matches.
Renegade Wrestling Alliance will present six professional wrestling matches. Featured wrestlers include “Steel City Prodigy” Ryan Mitchell, a U.S. Navy veteran, along with RWA heavyweight champion LODI.
Based in West Newton, RWA is an independent, regional professional wrestling company that has been operating in Southwestern Pennsylvania for more than five years.
For more information about the event, visit www.calu.edu. For group sales, call the Cal U. Office of Veterans Affairs at 724-938-4076 or the Convocation Center box office at 724-938-4600.