I've mentioned before that I am a wrestling fan, I watch Raw and Smackdown weekly and I even try to catch the PPVs, I'm not an expert on the subject though I am a fan.
I watched WWE Heat when I was about 10 years old, and I thought it was brilliant. My Nan would tape it for me on the Sunday night then I'd watch it after school on a Monday. When I say night, I mean the 1AM it'd air over here. That made it even more exciting.
I remember the episode of Heat before Wrestlemania, that was so enthralling! I was so happy that Christmas when my brother had bought me the tape of that Wrestlemaia, which I still have.
I guess I outgrew wrestling for a while, by while I mean years, practically my teenage years when make up, pink, clothes and Reese Witherspoon movies became my obsession.
I started getting back into it in 2009, when I was catching up on dvds with Craig, establishing a new favourite in The Miz and meeting him by the end of the year, not bad huh?
(I can see that I've fallen into the trap of starting each paragraph with 'I', ugh).
So now, I'm wondering why the WWE have a PPV every 2 weeks? Surely this isn't enough time to establish the great feuds that there used to be. They used to feel special, these must see PPV's, must see TV! Why not reduce the price if they're this frequent? pay the full price for the main 4. Hell, even Wrestlemania this year didn't seem like a special PPV in the storyline sense.
Mostly I was pissed off by the fact that The Corre's tag match was over in under 5minutes and that it was heel tactics on the face's side! Pissed me off! They completely booked it wrong too, and don't get me started on the Snooki match, ffs.
The Corre disbanded and Edge retired, Z!TLIS became super popular and now Zack's actually winning on Raw. Cena was champ again, so was Orton, predictable and boring if you ask me. Cena wasted 2 picks in the draft when they could've drafted talented guys, including Zack Ryder, who I was in the live chat with, poor bugger. Other things have happened, like Cody Rhodes's "mutilation" and Azure/Negro Sin Caras. None of the titles have seemed to matter, and Kelly Kelly's title reign is ridiculous, girl can't wrestle.
I will say that things are starting to look up at the present time, even if it's just a brief glimmer, it's there. Rhodes is a great IC champion, I love the Awesome Truth, the Tag Teams Titles seem to be being made more important, hell, the tag division is glimmering at the moment, it looks like they're rebuilding it, let's hope it shines. I can see good things for the lacking Divas Division if they keep the likes of Beth Phoenix/Natalya/Karma in the spotlight, women who can wrestle as opposed to the cookie cutter Barbie doll types. Just think Stupid Girls by Pink and that's the majority of the Divas roster.
At first the whole C.M. Punk angle was really exciting, so fresh and controversial! But now it's getting quite stale, the WWE definitely ran it well at first, but they didn't let it run long enough, his WWE absence I mean. He should've been away longer, made more appearances like ComiCon, more radio rants and youtube videos... like The Miz is currently doing. Even Cena was fired at one point, yet he managed to cause mayhem where he went.
And are we forgetting the Anonymous Raw General Manager? Where have they been for the past few months? Has their absence been explained and I've missed it?
Though there is the case of Randy Orton, who, on a PG show continued to attack and even busted open Rhodes, blood everywhere. To me, a blood thirsty 21 year old who finds Sid Viscious's leg break to be hilarious, that was too much. Yet the crowd loved it, raise the age rating already WWE, stop aiming at a small percentage of your viewing demographic.
This has turned out to be a long post, and I could go on, but for now I wont, perhaps I'll save it for another day. So, for now;
Peace, love and all that jazz. xo
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Monday, 3 October 2011
Sunday, 24 April 2011
Wrestlemania Revenge
As anyone might know, last weekend (Saturday 16th April) my fiance and myself went to the Wrestlemania Revenge tour in Birmingham. For those who don't know, Wrestlemania Revenge is put on by the WWE, meaning; it's wrestling. The show that was in Birmingham (LG Arena) was a Raw show.
So, it starts in the train station, Birmingham New Street to be exact. The platform was packed and when the train came in we ended up in First Class with standard tickets...... but because the train was so packed, the conducter didn't get to us in time to get the £10 off each of us to bump up our tickets before we got off! Yay!
The queue to get into the arena was massive! Also, a sea of red & purple! Those would be the John Cena fans, two of which included two women.... These women *sigh* they had their purple Cena shirts tied to reveal their navels, tiny shorts, black tights, I'd say 40 denier, and stripper shoes, one had a Cena headband as a garter. I couldn't help, as we walked past them saying: "He can't see you" to Craig, but loud enough to hear, which he laughed....rather amused.
I was, of course, wearing my CORRE shirt, despite them not being there.
Our seats were Block 4 Row U 114& 115, we had a rather decent view of the ring. I did take photos but they weren't the best, so I wont post any here, because it's not the easiest to make them out.
I will say, arena sweets are rather over priced. 2 bottles of cola and 2 packs of sweets came to £9! Usually pay £4 max at a shop.
Back to the wrestling, well it hasn't started yet....
As the arena lights dimmed the crowd went wild, and that was the safety instructions, but as soon as the lovely (and potentially related to me, you never know!) Justin Roberts (ring announcer) stepped into the ring, we some-how got louder! Roberts was ring announcer/bell attendant that night.
First match of the night was a 6 man tag match (3 on 3) scheduled for one fall. Crowd favourites were Santino, Kozlov and Evan 'Air' Bourne, they were against The Uzo's and Tyson Kidd. I do feel sorry for The Uzo's and Kidd, because they are decent wrestlers and they've been jobbing alot lately, these guys are pure wrestling blood, the Uzo's being the twin sons of Rikishi, and Kidd being trained in the Hart family dungeon. Though I am always impressed (and want to mother) little Evan Bourne. He is pure cuteness and skill, and his finisher, Air Bourne (shooting star press) leaves me jaw dropped everytime. When he did it, I screamed, I love it. For me it's up there with Justin Gabriel's 450 splash. Santino & Kozlov are such a great comedy duo, such an odd couple.
Winner: Santino, Kozlov & Bourne
Second match, no one really knew who it was, but Percy Watson got attcked by Primo in a run-in. It was a decent mach, and I cheered despite not knowing who they were at first, because they deserve it, they put theirselves out there each night.
Winner: Percy Watson
The 3rd match was a Diva's match, between the new Diva's Champion Brie Bella and Eve Torres. As ever Brie, just like the cheese, I do not like her, was accompanied to the ring by her twin sister Nicki. The Bella's did their usual Twin Magic, but got caught. I happen to like Eve though, she's a smart diva, also had some impressive pyro and I adore her attire.
Winner: Brie Bella
The 4th match was between Alex Riley, affectionately called A-Ri and......wait for it......... Sin Cara! Sin Cara's entrance is a fave of mine, I love how he bounces into the ring. These two worked really well together in the ring. I actually couldn't believe that Sin Cara was on the tour, because he's so shiny and new to the WWE! He also looks like a Power Ranger. Though I adore A-Ri, due to association with The Miz, and his own charms. His attire is rather fashionable at the moment, what with all these varsity jackets all over the high street.
Winner: Sin Cara
5th Match, and personally my favourite of the night, was a Street Fight (fans choice) between CM Punk and Randy Orton. The reception of the crowd to Orton was insane. Most memorable was CM Punk pleading with the referee about the type of match, also taking the microphone out of Justin Roberts's hands to try and get the audience to change their minds, before saying: "It should have been 2 out of 3, Birmingham" and striking Orton over the head with it, creating an amazing "BOOM" sound. The amount of dirty looks Craig & I got for cheering for Punk was insane. We practically were on the recieving end of them all night. It was a beautiful match, with weapons galore. The finish was the same few moves as ever.
Winner: Randy Orton
I have to say, I wasn't a Punk fan at first, infact refering to him as 'Bitch face' at one stage, but as I've grown up I appreciate him so much more, maybe it's how sarcastic I am, or my sense of humour, but there is just something about Punk that I adore. I do believe that society would be alot better if there were more people like CM Punk and less like Jeff Hardy (don't get me started on him). He may come off as preachy but that's his in-ring gimmick, Punk himself would be a guy I'd want to hang out with. Why? Well, the man knows how to appreciate pizza and ice-cream for one reason alone. I did once dream I had a conversation with him regarding the best ice-cream flavours. I never said it was a normal dream, but for me, that is rather mundane.
After the street fight, Melina (whom I've met in the past) and R-Truth appeared to host a dance off. This didn't interest me too much, as I'd preferred it to have been some of the locker room participating instead of the audience, but I'll just have to go and watch the videos that I favourited on youtube instead. But some little local kid won.
Then there was an intermission and the line for the toilets was a long one, but I just went in the disabled one, seeing as no one was queueing there! I'm telling you this because it's integral to the next part, there's an amusing bit coming up. I'd lost Craig to the Men's loo queue so I went back to my seat. He still hadn't come back when it started again.
The 6th match was between Dolph Ziggler and John Morrison. When Ziggler's music hit I screamed and began to cheer, then after a beat it dawned on me, and I said out loud: "I don't like Dolph" to no one in particular. Craig returned for Morrison to enter the ring. Again this was a decent match, I have no clue why they needed that Snooki, Steeki more like, thing at Wrestlemania. And at this point, 2 days before Raw aired, Ziggler still had blond hair, and I'd been saying for a while that he needed his roots doing.
Winner: John Morrison
The next match was Daniel Bryan versus the new United States Champion, Sheamus. For one thing I couldn't believe how many boo's Bryan got! He's such a nice guy! Craig and I were looking forward to chanting "Daniel Bryan *clap clap clap clap clap*". I guess that Sheamus got so many cheers due to him being from Ireland.
Winner: Sheamus
We arrive at the moment I had been waiting for all night. The Miz versus John Cena. I really think that the Miz is to put it simply, awesome. I really adore him, look up to him etc. I met him the same day I met Melina, he is really cute, he also offered me a chocolate that day, that's something to remember! I've cheered for him ever since. Hell, I watch Blue Peter just for him. He really deserves that title, "not belt, you can get a belt from Target." The Miz
Of course the sea of red and purple made so much noise! I seriously thought I'd get hearing damage. Damn children giving me evil eyes everytime I cheered my hero. Though Cena didn't dissapoint. Alex Riley interfered by hitting Cena with the silver brief case. Yet another great match, and to make things even better the Annonymous Raw General Manager deciding that The Miz and A-Ri should be a tag team against John Cena and Sin Cara! This was an amazing match, I don't think I shut up through it and I did lose my voice.
Winner #1: John Cena by disqualification
Winner #2: John Cena and Sin Cara
Once we'd made our way out of the arena we barely made it onto the train it was so packed! Seeing as it was last train too, we were lucky for squeezing in.
I hate walking across Birmingham city center at close-to-Midnight, full of drunks and letches.
So I'll leave you with the only video I captured that night, Sin Cara's entrance.
Peace, love and all that jazz.
So, it starts in the train station, Birmingham New Street to be exact. The platform was packed and when the train came in we ended up in First Class with standard tickets...... but because the train was so packed, the conducter didn't get to us in time to get the £10 off each of us to bump up our tickets before we got off! Yay!
The queue to get into the arena was massive! Also, a sea of red & purple! Those would be the John Cena fans, two of which included two women.... These women *sigh* they had their purple Cena shirts tied to reveal their navels, tiny shorts, black tights, I'd say 40 denier, and stripper shoes, one had a Cena headband as a garter. I couldn't help, as we walked past them saying: "He can't see you" to Craig, but loud enough to hear, which he laughed....rather amused.
I was, of course, wearing my CORRE shirt, despite them not being there.
Our seats were Block 4 Row U 114& 115, we had a rather decent view of the ring. I did take photos but they weren't the best, so I wont post any here, because it's not the easiest to make them out.
I will say, arena sweets are rather over priced. 2 bottles of cola and 2 packs of sweets came to £9! Usually pay £4 max at a shop.
Back to the wrestling, well it hasn't started yet....
As the arena lights dimmed the crowd went wild, and that was the safety instructions, but as soon as the lovely (and potentially related to me, you never know!) Justin Roberts (ring announcer) stepped into the ring, we some-how got louder! Roberts was ring announcer/bell attendant that night.
First match of the night was a 6 man tag match (3 on 3) scheduled for one fall. Crowd favourites were Santino, Kozlov and Evan 'Air' Bourne, they were against The Uzo's and Tyson Kidd. I do feel sorry for The Uzo's and Kidd, because they are decent wrestlers and they've been jobbing alot lately, these guys are pure wrestling blood, the Uzo's being the twin sons of Rikishi, and Kidd being trained in the Hart family dungeon. Though I am always impressed (and want to mother) little Evan Bourne. He is pure cuteness and skill, and his finisher, Air Bourne (shooting star press) leaves me jaw dropped everytime. When he did it, I screamed, I love it. For me it's up there with Justin Gabriel's 450 splash. Santino & Kozlov are such a great comedy duo, such an odd couple.
Winner: Santino, Kozlov & Bourne
Second match, no one really knew who it was, but Percy Watson got attcked by Primo in a run-in. It was a decent mach, and I cheered despite not knowing who they were at first, because they deserve it, they put theirselves out there each night.
Winner: Percy Watson
The 3rd match was a Diva's match, between the new Diva's Champion Brie Bella and Eve Torres. As ever Brie, just like the cheese, I do not like her, was accompanied to the ring by her twin sister Nicki. The Bella's did their usual Twin Magic, but got caught. I happen to like Eve though, she's a smart diva, also had some impressive pyro and I adore her attire.
Winner: Brie Bella
The 4th match was between Alex Riley, affectionately called A-Ri and......wait for it......... Sin Cara! Sin Cara's entrance is a fave of mine, I love how he bounces into the ring. These two worked really well together in the ring. I actually couldn't believe that Sin Cara was on the tour, because he's so shiny and new to the WWE! He also looks like a Power Ranger. Though I adore A-Ri, due to association with The Miz, and his own charms. His attire is rather fashionable at the moment, what with all these varsity jackets all over the high street.
Winner: Sin Cara
5th Match, and personally my favourite of the night, was a Street Fight (fans choice) between CM Punk and Randy Orton. The reception of the crowd to Orton was insane. Most memorable was CM Punk pleading with the referee about the type of match, also taking the microphone out of Justin Roberts's hands to try and get the audience to change their minds, before saying: "It should have been 2 out of 3, Birmingham" and striking Orton over the head with it, creating an amazing "BOOM" sound. The amount of dirty looks Craig & I got for cheering for Punk was insane. We practically were on the recieving end of them all night. It was a beautiful match, with weapons galore. The finish was the same few moves as ever.
Winner: Randy Orton
I have to say, I wasn't a Punk fan at first, infact refering to him as 'Bitch face' at one stage, but as I've grown up I appreciate him so much more, maybe it's how sarcastic I am, or my sense of humour, but there is just something about Punk that I adore. I do believe that society would be alot better if there were more people like CM Punk and less like Jeff Hardy (don't get me started on him). He may come off as preachy but that's his in-ring gimmick, Punk himself would be a guy I'd want to hang out with. Why? Well, the man knows how to appreciate pizza and ice-cream for one reason alone. I did once dream I had a conversation with him regarding the best ice-cream flavours. I never said it was a normal dream, but for me, that is rather mundane.
After the street fight, Melina (whom I've met in the past) and R-Truth appeared to host a dance off. This didn't interest me too much, as I'd preferred it to have been some of the locker room participating instead of the audience, but I'll just have to go and watch the videos that I favourited on youtube instead. But some little local kid won.
Then there was an intermission and the line for the toilets was a long one, but I just went in the disabled one, seeing as no one was queueing there! I'm telling you this because it's integral to the next part, there's an amusing bit coming up. I'd lost Craig to the Men's loo queue so I went back to my seat. He still hadn't come back when it started again.
The 6th match was between Dolph Ziggler and John Morrison. When Ziggler's music hit I screamed and began to cheer, then after a beat it dawned on me, and I said out loud: "I don't like Dolph" to no one in particular. Craig returned for Morrison to enter the ring. Again this was a decent match, I have no clue why they needed that Snooki, Steeki more like, thing at Wrestlemania. And at this point, 2 days before Raw aired, Ziggler still had blond hair, and I'd been saying for a while that he needed his roots doing.
Winner: John Morrison
The next match was Daniel Bryan versus the new United States Champion, Sheamus. For one thing I couldn't believe how many boo's Bryan got! He's such a nice guy! Craig and I were looking forward to chanting "Daniel Bryan *clap clap clap clap clap*". I guess that Sheamus got so many cheers due to him being from Ireland.
Winner: Sheamus
We arrive at the moment I had been waiting for all night. The Miz versus John Cena. I really think that the Miz is to put it simply, awesome. I really adore him, look up to him etc. I met him the same day I met Melina, he is really cute, he also offered me a chocolate that day, that's something to remember! I've cheered for him ever since. Hell, I watch Blue Peter just for him. He really deserves that title, "not belt, you can get a belt from Target." The Miz
Of course the sea of red and purple made so much noise! I seriously thought I'd get hearing damage. Damn children giving me evil eyes everytime I cheered my hero. Though Cena didn't dissapoint. Alex Riley interfered by hitting Cena with the silver brief case. Yet another great match, and to make things even better the Annonymous Raw General Manager deciding that The Miz and A-Ri should be a tag team against John Cena and Sin Cara! This was an amazing match, I don't think I shut up through it and I did lose my voice.
Winner #1: John Cena by disqualification
Winner #2: John Cena and Sin Cara
Once we'd made our way out of the arena we barely made it onto the train it was so packed! Seeing as it was last train too, we were lucky for squeezing in.
I hate walking across Birmingham city center at close-to-Midnight, full of drunks and letches.
So I'll leave you with the only video I captured that night, Sin Cara's entrance.
Peace, love and all that jazz.
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