'It's my dream': Why did this father and son travel over 1,000 miles to Fresno?

FRESNO, Calif. (KSEE/KGPE) - Wrestling fans successful the Central Valley showed up successful droves to Fresno's Savemart Center connected Wednesday, but a father-son duo whitethorn person traveled further than anyone other to marque a young boy's imagination travel true.

Miguel Perez says helium and his lad Isaiah flew from El Paso, Texas, to Fresno, connected 2 abstracted flights conscionable to ticker the All Elite Wrestling (AEW) amusement unrecorded successful the beforehand row.

"It's my dream," Isaiah said. "I've been seeing videos of however brainsick it is!"

Miguel says helium hadn't been backmost to Fresno since helium was 4 oregon 5 years old. But helium was much than blessed to marque the implicit 1,000 mile travel with his lad to they could beryllium adjacent capable to the wrestlers to get an autograph ringside.

"We're truthful excited to beryllium here," Miguel said. "I was a precocious schoolhouse wrestler, my son's a wrestler and helium wants to travel successful the footsteps of possibly Eddie Guerrero."

The erstwhile WWE Undisputed Champion Eddie Guerrero, who passed distant successful 2005, was besides calved and raised successful El Paso, Texas - conscionable similar Isaiah.

Miguel Perez says helium and his lad Isaiah extracurricular the Save Mart Center successful Fresno connected Wednesday.

With Kenny Omega, Darby Allen and John Moxley posters successful hand, the Perez boys made their mode wrong to bask the show.

Other fans whitethorn not person traveled arsenic far, but they were anticipating the amusement conscionable arsenic much.

Rogelio Mayoral and Roberto Gutierrez accidental they similar AEW implicit immoderate different nonrecreational wrestling promotion due to the fact that AEW is consenting to propulsion boundaries.

"I've ne'er seen thing other similar it, but conscionable the mode [Kenny Omega] moves in-ring - conscionable similar it captivates me," Gutierrez said.

Mayoral says AEW's "a batch edgier - they also, like, aren't acrophobic to clasp back. And I conscionable deliberation it's a batch much absorbing erstwhile it comes to promos."

AEW instrumentality Michael Gomez says helium turned his lad Leo and his spouse Ashley into fans arsenic good and to him, he's conscionable blessed helium excessively tin bask the amusement with his family.

"I retrieve my dada ever bringing maine to the events here," Gomez said. "I've been a large WWE fan, but AEW was conscionable thing antithetic - I conscionable fell successful emotion with it and present I get to bring my lad to the shows, which is truthful cool."

Gomez says helium and his spouse Ashley drove to Los Angeles to ticker their archetypal unrecorded show. Though they some accidental the amusement was worthy it, they're blessed to spot AEW bring their edgy storylines and over-the-top athletic, blood-and-guts benignant of wrestling to the Central Valley.