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They also announced shows in Calgary and Dayton.

Calgary Lineup:

Grave Digger driven by Randy Brown, Northern Nightmare driven by Cam McQueen, Zombie driven by Linsey Weenk, Monster Mutt Dalmatian driven by Cynthia Gauthier, Double Trouble driven by Tyler Groth, Trouble Maker driven by Travis Groth, Additional trucks/drivers to be announced, Trucks/drivers subject to change.

Dayton Lineup:

Additional trucks/drivers to be announced, Grave Digger driven by Pablo Huffaker, Monster Mutt driven by Kevin Crocker, Stinger driven by Zane Rettew, Master of Disaster driven by Paul Strong, Hooked driven by Bryan Wright, Stone Crusher driven by Steve Sims, Trucks/drivers subject to change.

With the former, I really like how Trouble Maker is coming back, and Linsey Weenk in Zombie again is nice, overall really good. As for the ladder...let's just say it's OK so far.

A minor update was made to the Santa Clara lineup; Rod Wood will be making his Levi's Stadium debut in McGruff. 13 of the 14 trucks have been announced, and something tells me Mark Schroeder is going to grab that last spot.

Very interesting news regarding Australia:

• Scott Liddycoat makes his grand return behind the wheel of Dragon.
• Grave Digger driver and Arena Tour 4 Champion Randy Brown will be driving Blue Thunder.
• Dragon driver Jon Zimmer will be driving Earth Shaker.

Other competitors for Australia:

• Grave Digger - Adam Anderson
• Max-D - Neil Elliott
• El Toro Loco - Marc McDonald
• Monster Mutt Dalmatian - Candice Jolly
• Monster Energy -Todd LeDuc
• Megalodon - Alex Blackwell

Additional trucks/drivers to be announced. To Skyliner849, Argentina's lineup has yet to be announced, and there is no news regarding Chile yet.

5 hours ago, litl_e_fan said:

Is it really though when they can't even come close to selling out?

They had more than 55,000 people last year out of a total of 82,500 seats. That is less than 30,000 seats open. Drivers who had experience in MetLife Stadium before, such as Candice Jolly, Todd LeDuc and Lee O'Donnell to name a few, even stated themselves that this has gotta be the biggest next to Vegas. 

5 hours ago, Edy said:

Is that what your mom says about B.B.Cs?

Sorry had to.

 

No news on Mexico show for this year yet?

 

I got the current lineup for Mexico City:

• Grave Digger - Driver TBD
• Max-D - Colton Eichelberger
• El Toro Loco - Mark List
• Scooby-Doo - Myranda Cozad
• Monster Mutt Dalmatian - Cynthia Gauthier

Additional trucks/drivers TBA.

Also, let me get my point straight here; MetLife Stadium is deemed the biggest Monster Jam event next to the World Finals. With such an honor, and seeing as how they've done it before, shouldn't they have a lineup larger than most other stadiums?

I'm really hoping there will be more than 14 at MetLife. At least 16 would be fine, but 20 would be even better.

The hypetrain for MetLife Stadium has now left the station, here is the current lineup for Monster Jam Path of Destruction in East Rutherford, NJ at MetLife Stadium on June 17!:

One thing to note, I bolded one familiar name because guess who's back.

• Grave Digger - Adam Anderson
• Max-D - Tom Meents
• El Toro Loco - Chuck Werner
• Great Clips Mohawk Warrior - Bryce Kenny
• Team Hot Wheels Firestorm - Scott Buetow
• Gas Monkey Garage - BJ Johnson
• Lucas Oil Crusader - Linsey Weenk
• Son-Uva Digger - Ryan Anderson
• Monster Mutt Dalmatian - Candice Jolly
• VP Racing Fuel's Mad Scientist - Lee O'Donnell
• Razin' Kane - Buddy Tompkins
• Jester - Matt Pagliarulo

Additional trucks and drivers to be announced. Really hoping for Brianna Mahon, Jon Zimmer, and Todd LeDuc (You're telling me MetLife is happening this year without this guy? Seriously?).

Things that I found surprising last weekend:

Syracuse - Ryan Anderson dominated fresh out of his World Racing Championship, which isn't very common for new world champions. Not only that, but he had a moonwalk that lasted just about 10 seconds.

Baton Rouge - El Toro Loco driver Kayla Blood took an Overall Event Championship on the last show of the weekend.

Cincinnati - Already mentioned it, but I'll say it again; Monster Mutt Rottweiler driver JR Seasock took his first Overall Event Championship.

Huntsville - Hotsy driver Dale Benear took his first Overall Event Championship (Felt relieving since Randy Brown and Gary Porter were destroying the entire weekend).

I didn't mention the other cities because I didn't find anything that truly surprised me from them.

As much as I like the scoring system, I'm afraid there's a good chance that it won't last long. Out of the 7 destinations this weekend, it was used in only 2; Syracuse and Chattanooga.

In other news, Monster Mutt Rottweiler driver JR Seasock got his first Overall Event Championship last night. Good for him!

As for the trucks in the game, I would say the following:

• Grave Digger
• Max-D
• El Toro Loco
• Monster Mutt
• Monster Mutt Dalmatian
• Monster Mutt Rottweiler
• Great Clips Mohawk Warrior
• Avenger
• Brutus
• Scooby-Doo
• Megalodon
• Earth Shaker
• Zombie
• New Earth Authority
• Monster Energy (CRD)
• Son-Uva Digger
• Lucas Oil Crusader
• Stone Crusher
• Pirate's Curse
• Bounty Hunter
• Metal Mulisha
• Dragon
• VP Racing Fuel's Mad Scientist
• Alien Invasion

And as DLC:

• Big Kahuna
• Northern Nightmare
• Team Hot Wheels Firestorm
• RAGE
• Jester
• Carolina Crusher

According to the results page for Syracuse, they used the same scoring system that they had for the World Finals.

Ryan Anderson won with a 9.900.

Here's what I know about Syracuse so far:

Scott Buetow almost crashed into the stands in Qualifying; Ryan Disharoon rolled in the same race. 

Neil Elliott, surprisingly, did not qualify for Racing, but had a great save in Wheelies.

In Freestyle, nearly half of the field crashed not even a minute into their runs.

Ryan Anderson won Freestyle, despite close runs from Neil Elliott and Adam Anderson.

23 minutes ago, Pink Guy said:

I mean it's exploded on social media, but I imagine this is a double edged sword because now that's gonna be his thing much like how the McTwist is Cam's move and people will want to see it recreated

Not to mention Ramer and Mahon tried a McTwist, as did Cam for the 2nd year in a row. That shows you how viral that move got.

23 minutes ago, barry the bee said:

Don't get all excited yes they might start a new era which means new tracks maybe but then when they have the new tracks that means we're going to see he same track over and over and we'll be back to square 1 after the 1st year but if they manage to change the style then I'll be happy 

As long as that "style" is nothing like the insanity that was 2014's track, we're all good.

As someone who has watched a lot of every World Finals thanks to YouTube, I can confirm that this was, in my opinion, the 2nd best World Finals of all time. It falls short of 2008, but these are why I think it's the second best.

1. Ryan Anderson finally won. His victory in Racing recorded some of the loudest cheers of the decade.
2. Judging was fair in Freestyle. We all gave it crap at first, but it actually made for, as Scott Douglass says, "a no doubt champion".
3. The right person won Freestyle. Neil Elliott may have landed the first ever reverse backflip, but Lee O'Donnell had more momentum, as well as a frontflip. How could he NOT have won?
4. Almost every single newcomer did very well in Freestyle, which cannot be said about 2010. Rosalee Ramer placed the highest out of all of them, finishing 7th out of the field of 32.
5. This track could've started a whole new era...

He misses the lead.....

.....NOOOOOOOOO!!!!!!!!!

HOT WHEELS HERE WE GO LET'S GO SCOTT!!!

ONE!

TWO!

THREE!

FOUR!

Done...PLEASE BE THE LEAD!!

My pick is up next; LET'S GET IT ON!!!

DOUBLE DOWN TIME, BOYS!!!

He rolled No double down, boys...

Get ready boys, our pick is up next:

HOT WHEELS!!!

Wait -- that's my pick;

SON-UVA DIGGER!!!

Crusader dies -- scratch that, back on.

OOF - SO CLOSE AND HE CRASHES

Beautiful backflip from Marc, he's been shut down.

HE'S DONE! DAMMIT!

Reason: Broken Wheel

Crusader is coming up!

Something tells me Marc McDonald may want a shot at that corkscrew, but I dunno...

...here we comes and the crowd goes wild!

2 minutes ago, KiwiKing said:

Rhymed.

Is that not allowed?

Morgan Kane may be about to do something huge...

...other than that JAW DROPPING BACKFLIP, I guess not.

And the crowd goes INSANE for Morgan Kane!!!