For the first time in three years, Empire State Wrestling (ESW) returns to the Kenan Center, 195 Beattie Avenue, Lockport, N.Y. for its biggest event of the year, “Wrestlebash” on Saturday, November 23rd.

Front and second row tickets are sold out. General admission tickets are $15 pre-sale and $20 on event day. Tickets can be purchased at ESWwrestling.com. Doors are at 4:30 p.m. with bell time set for 6:00 p.m.

Wrestlebash will feature a video game tournament prior to bell time. Participants can enter the tournament for $50. Attendees will also be able to visit a variety of vendor tables from local businesses.

The following wrestlers will appear at Wrestlebash:

•World Wrestling Entertainment (WWE) Hall of Famer D-Von Dudley will make his ESW debut
•The seventh annual Ilio DiPaolo Memorial Cup match will be held and feature: current Evolve tag team champion A.R. Fox, previous DiPaolo Cup winner “Big Time” Bill Collier, last year’s DiPaolo Cup winner “The Patron Saint of Professional Wrestling” Brandon Thurston, Cleveland, Ohio-based Atticus Cogar, Puf, a member of the “Buffalo Brothers” group and the winner of the “Last Chance” battle royal
•ESW Heavyweight Champion “Red Death” Daniel Garcia will defend the title against Evolve star Josh Briggs
•A “War Games” match will be held between The Empire (Jonny Puma, Will Calrissian, Chris Cooper and Kevin Grace) against the team of viral star Anthony Gaines, James Sayga, Vince Valor and “The Remix” Kevin Bennett
•Ex-Impact Wrestling stars Homicide and Eddie Kingston will team to face “The Butcher & The Blade” (Pepper Parks and Every Time I Die guitarist Andy Williams)
•ESW Interstate Champion Frankie Feathers will defend the title versus Medina, N.Y. native Gavin Glass
•ESW Tag Team Champions Handcraft (RJ City & Gregory Iron) will put the belts on the line against High Seas (ex-Ring of Honor star Cloudy & Nick Ando)
•Participants in the Last Chance battle royal will include: ex-WWE star Colin Delany, ex-ROH star Cheech, “Unkillable” Kevin Blackwood, “The Big Bang” Jerk Cockins, Dakota Orion, Vinnie Moon, Jeremiah Richter and Matt Rattcliff