Post by Kody on Apr 21, 2010 13:12:13 GMT -5
So yeah, my friend John and I went to the show last night at Mohegan Sun, and we had a ton of fun. To be honest, the shows weren't very good, but being there live makes it so much more enjoyable. We had great seats, too. 5 rows back from the announcers' table.
Dark match was Joey Mercury vs. Shelton Benjamin, which was nothing special. Mercury played a real generic heel. Shelton won. I tried to get an 'MNM!' chant going. Didn't work. I don't think anyone in the crowd remembered him. lol
Joey looks a lot different now, too. Here's a pic I took;
Yeah, not the best pic, I know. My camera sucks for taking in-door event pictures. He also had two tattoos, one on each forearm.
Then came NXT, with the AWFUL 'stick fighting thing'. Ugh.
but, then came out David Otunga, with R-TRUTH! I thought he had died!? I even brought a sign for him, which you might have seen on TV;
When R-Truth was making his way to the ring, too, he looked right at it, and gave me a 'huh?' kind of look. lol.
Then came, I believe, the Tarver challenge. Skip accepts, and then Punk's music hit. Me, with my newly purchased Punk t-shirt on, marked like crazy. The triple threat was decent, nothing great.
More gladiator crap...
Video packages galore...
And finally, the main event. Me, my friend, and a few other guys in our section were going nuts for Jericho. We tried to get a "GO JERICHO GO!" chant going, but it didn't work too well.
Then ing Heath Slater pins him! WTF!? Seriously. WHY are they pushing this guy. He is so ing awful. I was mad.
Ring, change, and it's time for Superstars. Striker and Grisham come out, and as they sitting down, I yell to Striker and my friend yelled something like "you're the man!" and he gave us a point and wink. My friend marked.
Superstars match was Shad vs. Goldust. Crowd was hot for Goldust, surprisingly. I like Shad's new music.
One more ring change, and it was time for Smackdown! It opened with Swagger coming out. I had my 'Thwagger Thucks' sign with me, as my friend proceeded to mark for him. Decent promo by him, then out came Morrison.
They had a great match. MOTN, for sure. Buuuut. The outcome. What the ? Why are they having Swagger loose, again right before the PPV!? Swagger has lost WAY too many matches since becoming champ. If he doesn't win at Extreme Rules....ugh.
Somewhere around here we got a backstage segment with Teddy and Punk. Talking about how Punk'll be bald after this Sunday or whatever. So Teddy books a tag match for the main event. Punk/Gallows vs. Rey and his partner 'a handsome bald man' (which at this point I yelled 'Kurt Angle!?') Turns out it was Kane.
Then came Matt Hardy/R-Truth (like seriously...no explanation for him blowing up? We're just gonna move on...?) vs. Ziggler/McIntyre. I marked for Ziggler, as my friend did for McIntyre. Match was whatever. But, funny story. When Matt got in the match, I yelled out "LET'S GO FAT HARDY!". Everyone in my section proceeded to turn around and give me a dirty look, with a couple of them kind of laughing, but trying not to.
Then came a promo from Jericho (with Wade Barrett alongside), inside the steel cage. A good amount of boos from the crowd for him, and of course that awful 'Spear' chant. Ugh. Well, Edge comes out and they argue, blah blah blah, and Edge goes to attack them, but Jericho leaves, and lets Barrett take the fall. Crowd went NUTS when Edge did his spear on Barrett. Biggest pop of the night, no doubt.
Oh, and when they were face to face in the ring, some chick a few rows in front of us yelled "BEAT HIS ASS JERICHO!", to which Striker turned around, looked at her, and gave a frightened face. It was pretty hilarious.
JTG beat Mike Knox. Shad, who was on commentary, beats up JTG after. JTG need to go back to his dreads. Just sayin'
Diva tag match. We went to get food. But, when we came back, the heels were beating down Beth, and Layla went to get something from under the ring. It took her WAY too long to finally find it. It was an ironing board. I'm sure that will be edited down for TV.
Punk comes out and cuts a short promo before the match. I'm marking out, and he says he's gonna save someone tonight. He has a barber's chair set up and everything. But, before he can he's cut off by Mysterio. Kane then comes out and the match begins. Match was decent. Punk and Gallows won, but Rey attacks Punk after (Kane had chased Gallows off) and Rey tries to shave Punk again, but he escapes.
And that's it for TV. Jericho comes out, followed by Swagger for a dark match main-event. Good match. Swaggers win, but him and Jericho get hit with the 619 after, to send the crowd home happy.
Overall, my friend and I had a great time. I've totally lost my voice from all the yelling, but it was worth it. Great time.
Dark match was Joey Mercury vs. Shelton Benjamin, which was nothing special. Mercury played a real generic heel. Shelton won. I tried to get an 'MNM!' chant going. Didn't work. I don't think anyone in the crowd remembered him. lol
Joey looks a lot different now, too. Here's a pic I took;
Yeah, not the best pic, I know. My camera sucks for taking in-door event pictures. He also had two tattoos, one on each forearm.
Then came NXT, with the AWFUL 'stick fighting thing'. Ugh.
but, then came out David Otunga, with R-TRUTH! I thought he had died!? I even brought a sign for him, which you might have seen on TV;
When R-Truth was making his way to the ring, too, he looked right at it, and gave me a 'huh?' kind of look. lol.
Then came, I believe, the Tarver challenge. Skip accepts, and then Punk's music hit. Me, with my newly purchased Punk t-shirt on, marked like crazy. The triple threat was decent, nothing great.
More gladiator crap...
Video packages galore...
And finally, the main event. Me, my friend, and a few other guys in our section were going nuts for Jericho. We tried to get a "GO JERICHO GO!" chant going, but it didn't work too well.
Then ing Heath Slater pins him! WTF!? Seriously. WHY are they pushing this guy. He is so ing awful. I was mad.
Ring, change, and it's time for Superstars. Striker and Grisham come out, and as they sitting down, I yell to Striker and my friend yelled something like "you're the man!" and he gave us a point and wink. My friend marked.
Superstars match was Shad vs. Goldust. Crowd was hot for Goldust, surprisingly. I like Shad's new music.
One more ring change, and it was time for Smackdown! It opened with Swagger coming out. I had my 'Thwagger Thucks' sign with me, as my friend proceeded to mark for him. Decent promo by him, then out came Morrison.
They had a great match. MOTN, for sure. Buuuut. The outcome. What the ? Why are they having Swagger loose, again right before the PPV!? Swagger has lost WAY too many matches since becoming champ. If he doesn't win at Extreme Rules....ugh.
Somewhere around here we got a backstage segment with Teddy and Punk. Talking about how Punk'll be bald after this Sunday or whatever. So Teddy books a tag match for the main event. Punk/Gallows vs. Rey and his partner 'a handsome bald man' (which at this point I yelled 'Kurt Angle!?') Turns out it was Kane.
Then came Matt Hardy/R-Truth (like seriously...no explanation for him blowing up? We're just gonna move on...?) vs. Ziggler/McIntyre. I marked for Ziggler, as my friend did for McIntyre. Match was whatever. But, funny story. When Matt got in the match, I yelled out "LET'S GO FAT HARDY!". Everyone in my section proceeded to turn around and give me a dirty look, with a couple of them kind of laughing, but trying not to.
Then came a promo from Jericho (with Wade Barrett alongside), inside the steel cage. A good amount of boos from the crowd for him, and of course that awful 'Spear' chant. Ugh. Well, Edge comes out and they argue, blah blah blah, and Edge goes to attack them, but Jericho leaves, and lets Barrett take the fall. Crowd went NUTS when Edge did his spear on Barrett. Biggest pop of the night, no doubt.
Oh, and when they were face to face in the ring, some chick a few rows in front of us yelled "BEAT HIS ASS JERICHO!", to which Striker turned around, looked at her, and gave a frightened face. It was pretty hilarious.
JTG beat Mike Knox. Shad, who was on commentary, beats up JTG after. JTG need to go back to his dreads. Just sayin'
Diva tag match. We went to get food. But, when we came back, the heels were beating down Beth, and Layla went to get something from under the ring. It took her WAY too long to finally find it. It was an ironing board. I'm sure that will be edited down for TV.
Punk comes out and cuts a short promo before the match. I'm marking out, and he says he's gonna save someone tonight. He has a barber's chair set up and everything. But, before he can he's cut off by Mysterio. Kane then comes out and the match begins. Match was decent. Punk and Gallows won, but Rey attacks Punk after (Kane had chased Gallows off) and Rey tries to shave Punk again, but he escapes.
And that's it for TV. Jericho comes out, followed by Swagger for a dark match main-event. Good match. Swaggers win, but him and Jericho get hit with the 619 after, to send the crowd home happy.
Overall, my friend and I had a great time. I've totally lost my voice from all the yelling, but it was worth it. Great time.