Mitchell Fels poses with The Jukebox Hero after $2,175 was raised in auctions at Impact Pro Wrestling New Zealand Time Crisis tonight for the cause!!
Thank you IPW fans!!
Mitchell got some WWE Hall of Fame level support recently! Check it out!
The Honourable Phil Twyford sent Mitchell Fels some words of encouragement in his Givealittle cause after reading the recent Stuff article!
Check out this excellent piece from Newshub on our Givealittle cause for Mitchell!
Newshub spoke with Mitchell, Mitchell's mum Jan, Vinny Dunn and Reuben de Jong at an IPW live event in Auckland last night!
Head to our Facebook page for updates on when the piece will air on Newshub!
We've been collecting quotes from travel agencies for flights to the U.S. for the Fels family and they're coming in at around $9,500 - $14,000 PER PERSON.
This was not unexpected!
Do you, or does anyone you know, have some key contacts within the travel industry who may be able to help secure a discount or sponsor travel?
We're hoping Air New Zealand may even come to the party once they hear Mitchell's story!
Please head to our Facebook page (https://www.facebook.com/getmitchelltowrestlemania/) and DM us if you can help!
Thanks!!
Follow the official "Get Mitchell to WrestleMania" Facebook page below:
Former IPW New Zealand Heavyweight Champion and now supplements king, Roger Ventura has gotten behind the cause!
From Roger's Facebook page:
Mitchell Fels has supported NZ Wrestling for 14 years including attending almost every show I've ever competed on; Mitchell sat ringside when I won my 2nd Commonwealth Wrestling Championship back in 2014. It meant the world to me having him there.
Mitchell has a degenerative muscular disorder called Duchenne Muscular Dystrophy (DMD) and wasn't expected to live past 20 years of age - he is now 24 years old.
His mum Jan Fels told me Mitchell lives for wrestling & it has been a huge motivating factor for him to keep fighting every day past what doctors predicted.
Mitchell's dream is to attend Wrestlemania 35 in New Jersey & given his health & medical limitations it's not going to be cheap. There's a good group of people from Impact Pro Wrestling New Zealand being lead by my former wrestling club-mate Vinny Dunn to raise the money needed to give Mitchell the Wrestlemania trip he deserves.
Myself, my wife Kylie Ventura, my business partner Moe ElMoussawi & our entire Xtreme Nutrition team are proud to be sponsoring this effort & it’s a real honor to be a part of this journey for Mitchell & his family.
Below is the Givealittle link where donations can be made as well as a recent Stuff.co.nz article outlining the awesome effort made pushing to get this great guy to Wrestlemania 35.
Thank you Mitchell for inspiring all of us & thank you for what you have done for New Zealand Wrestling brother 👊🏽💪🏽💙
Check out this great stuff.co.nz article covering our mission to get Mitch to WrestleMania 35!
https://www.stuff.co.nz/national/106653733/nzs-biggest-wrestling-fan-hopes-to-bodyslam-life-goal
Dave "Brown Buttabean" Letele has thrown his support behind the cause!
From his Facebook page:
"I’ve known Mitchel for 4 years and he has been my number 1 supporter from Day 1
I always draw a lot of inspiration from him because through everything he always has a smile and never has excuses.
He is a MASSIVE wrestling fan and is on a mission to get to wrestlemania in America.
If you are able to support please click on the link -
https://givealittle.co.nz/cause/getmitchelltowrestlemania
#wrestlemania #BBMmotivation"
Mitchell, Jan and Vinny had a video interview with stuff.co.nz today.
Stuff.co.nz interviewed Mitch about his Muscular Dystrophy, the give a little page and asked him some very moving questions. Very inspiring words from a genuine Kiwi kid!
The interview will be live tomorrow.
Impact Pro Wrestling New Zealand, The Fels family and Vinny want to thank stuff.co.nz for the quality interview!
