How to start your own Open Streets wrestlemania

'The whole point of it is to be as easily accessible as possible. So anything that is a barrier to that, I'm pretty adamant against.'

How to start your own Open Streets wrestlemania
Wrestler Jem takes a slam from Bryan Bomb at the last wrestling event in open streets. (Screenshot via IG)

Three weekends ago, people walking down 31st Avenue in Astoria found themselves in the middle of a literal smackdown: a wrestling ring in the middle of the block, cars blocked off, complete with walk-on music for each performer and a rack of ribs held up as a championship belt.