5 WWE Vacations the Ultimate Wrestling Fan Should Take This Year

No doubt you've been pining for a vacation since you got back from your last one.  You owe it to yourself to center the next one around a WWE event.

There is nothing like seeing a live wrestling show. 

Hear the audience pop as your favorite superstars pose under a fountain of pyrotechnics.  Chant, scream, marvel and gasp. 

With WrestleMania 28 in the rear view, there is still plenty of WWE action to see in 2012. 

If you live in Shosoni, Wyo., you may be waiting your entire lifetime for WWE to come to you.  Consider one of these five proposed trips to satiate your travel bug and feed your wrestling and sports obsession. 

Best Sports Town in America Package

WWE Highlight: Extreme Rules pay-per-view

If you watched Money in the Bank 2011 or WrestleMania 13, you know how educated and engaged a Chicago wrestling audience is. 

Be part of the excitement with this long sports-filled weekend. 

Arrive in Chicago on Thursday, April 26.  Catch the last game of the regular season for the Chicago Bulls.

They’ll likely be resting players and will be playing the lowly Cavaliers, but it should still be fun.

Helpful tip: If you're driving, don't park at the United Center.  It will run you a ghastly $27. 

On Friday the 27th, the White Sox play the Red Sox.

For Saturday you have two wrestling shows in one day, Ring of Honor's "Unity" and Chikara's "Hot off the Griddle."

Both events are at the Frontier Fieldhouse. The Chikara show starts at 2 p.m. and the Ring of Honor show kicks off at 7:30. 

Chikara tickets are $25; Ring of Honor tickets are only $20. 

Shelton Benjamin, Kevin Steen, Jay Lethal and smark favorite Davey Richards are all scheduled to appear for Ring of Honor. 

Sunday the 29th, your last night, has you at the Allstate Arena watching the Extreme Rules pay-per-view. 

Gimmick matches and post-WrestleMania feuds should dominant the capper of a great trip.  

If You Can’t Make It to Chicago Package

WWE Highlight: Raw Supershow

On the same weekend as the Chicago sports binge, Dayton, Ohio, offers a less robust option. 

This trip may be closer to you and is certainly less expensive. 

Start with a Ring of Honor house show on Sunday April 29. 

Tickets range from $10 to $35.  You can't beat that value for seeing some of the best wrestlers on the independent scene today. 

On Monday the 30th, head to Wright State University's Nutter Center to be a part of the Raw Supershow. 

For sign ideas, check out this blog.  

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WWE Highlight: Two House Shows

A much bigger investment than a trip to the Midwest for sure, but this has the potential to be an unforgettable experience. 

Plus, don't you have some frequent flyer miles just sitting there?

I suggest you arrive in Madrid early, maybe even as early as Saturday, June 2.  Hang out, eat some paella, watch some flamenco.

On Thursday the 7th, catch a WWE show at the Palacio Vistalegre.

The next night, see another show in Seville.

The train to Seville should run you about $100 and take about two hours and forty-five minutes.  The view will no doubt be gorgeous.   

There are also few Spanish-based promotions including Eventos de Wrestling Europeo and Corporación Internacional de Catch, which is based out of Madrid. 

Neither has a working website, so you may or may not be able to tack on a homegrown Spanish show.  

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WWE Highlight: Raw House Show

For those of us who don't live near a beach, it doesn't take much convincing to travel to a place like Daytona Beach.

Check out how awesome it is at anytime with this beach cam. 

Head first to Tampa early Thursday, Sept. 13. 

WWE's developmental promotion, Florida Championship Wrestling hosts shows at the FCW Arena in Tampa every Thursday at 7.

The doors open at 6 and you can get autographs at 6:30.

This is your chance to see the future of wrestling.  Watch the NXT and FCW wrestlers and try to guess who will never make it and who will change the course of wrestling history. 

Head to Daytona on Friday morning.

It's a two and a half hour drive through Orlando. 

That night, you'll see WWE wrestling at the Ocean Center. 

Tickets are not on sale yet, but typically you get cheap seats for around $30 and pay into the low hundreds for "close enough to smell the superstars" seats. 

Stay for the weekend and enjoy the beach, some spas or golf.  

Hotlanta Package

WWE Highlight: Hell in a Cell pay-per-view

Atlanta boasts a ton of wrestling history.  The now-demolished Omni hosted some of the greatest wrestling events ever. 

You'll see Phillips Arena, which replaced the Omni, when you see Hell in a Cell.

Head into Atlanta on Friday, Oct. 26. 

Platinum Championship Wrestling puts on shows every Friday. Tickets are only $8. 

The promotion takes a light-hearted approach to wrestling with goofy characters and old vets like Johnny Valiant performing stand-up to open the show. 

Saturday, you're free.

If you have your kids with you, perhaps head to The World of Coca-Cola. 

Sunday is Hell in a Cell.  Buy your ticket, get yourself a WWE shirt and enjoy.