At the Majlis Al Dama, a Dama competition will take place daily from 4 to 9pm. Also known as draug

The latter, dubbed the Souq Waqif Storm, will see former World Wrestling Entertainment (WWE) superstars and other regional champions compete for the title of victor, during celebrations that run from April 10 to 17.
At the Majlis Al Dama, a Dama competition will take place daily from 4 to 9pm. Also known as draughts or checkers, the game is a popular local strategy board game, where participants compete on a checkered board with moves similar to that of chess.
Meanwhile, a variety of magic shows and street performers, including famous illusionist Alfonso Rios, will entertain audiences alongside stilt walkers and mirror men from 4 to 9pm daily in the Souq Alley, which spans the length of the market.
That includes 50-year-old, 6 3 heavyweight Booker T, who will headline the opening match on Friday, April 10, at 6:30 pm, while fellow WWE ex-superstars Rey Mysterio and Alberto Del Rio will take to the ring on the last day of the championship.
According to organizers Qatar Pro Wrestling (QPW), a local wrestling event management company that opened in 2011, the two-hour long daily event will feature between five to six scripted and choreographed matches in different formats and for different titles from April 10 to 14.
Tickets to the matches are available online and cost QR50, QR100 and QR300/person for each day. All wrestling will take place at a specially constructed arena at the Al-Ahmed Square facing Fanar. Growing audience
We were part of the WWE event that happened here in 2011, which was an enormous success. The show was entirely sold out, people were lining up at the door. It was crazy. When we had our first event in October 2013 at Hyatt Plaza, we saw a similar response.
We didn t expect the positive feedback and reaction that we got. It was because of that itself that Souq Waqif called opensubtitles us for this event. It s not just in Qatar, but there s an interest for wrestling in the entire GCC.
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