Post by ________ has left the building on Jan 8, 2012 7:53:27 GMT -5
Of course it happened at a house show.
Last night, I got to experience my 3rd live WWE show and here are some observations from it:
The new live event set looks the same setup as the Impact Zone albeit at a much smaller level. Mainly 2 huge HD tv screens and one mini tron complete with a ramp. Much[/size] better setup than the last one. They spent the time after they opened the gates playing AC/DC, Zeppelin, and some argo rock. 15 minutes before start time, they played the WWE Corporate video. The lights dimmed and out came Tony Chimmel, who in person doesn't look really fat. Just slight husky.
Chimmel cannot say "Superstar". It was "Soooopah..Star!!" I laughed and people around me thought I was crazy. He introduced Hornswoggle to the actual delight of the crowd. Hornswoggle talks for a while before getting interrupted by Cody Rhodes. Cody piefaces Horny and heels it up on Montgomery to damn good heat. Declares that Smackdown is his show and tonight he's running the show. Ted Dibiase (in his new trunks from last Friday) interrupts Cody and cuts a Dirty South promo. Still over in Montgomery like last time. Out comes Jinder Mahal in all his Aladdin glory in moderate heat. Ted cuts a rah rah USA promo and of course the crowds went nuts. Match itself was one of their typical matches just with actual heat from a crowd that loves their pro wrestling and not afraid to show it. Ted wins with Dream Street and slaps hands with fans to his way backstage and is sneaked attacked by Cody. Seems like it is going to be the Cody Rhodes Show tonight.
Second match was Drew McIntyre and FCW wrestler Calvin Raines vs Ezekiel Jackson and Trent? Barreta. Got the full Drew intro. The crowd loved Drew and he still receive mixed heat after calling the city a dump. Drew promised this year things are going great starting tonight. Raines needs something to standout. Of course the fans didn't know he was. Zeke is monstrous. Trent took most of the beatings in the match and breaking out some hightspots. Zeke's forearm smashes made a loud thud. Like "Damn that had to hurt" loud. Zeke and Trent get the win after Jackson torture rack Drew.
Third match was Tyson Kidd vs Hunico w/ Camacho sans Bicycle. Kidd worked as a face. They busted out the highflying moves to the delight of the crowd. Hunico worked Tyson's arm for a majority of the match. Kidd makes his comeback. Camacho interferes. Hunico wins with a Swanton. Los Vatos are mean looking in person.
Fourth match was AJ vs Natalya with Aksana as guest referee. Aksana is tremendously hot in person and was wearing some skintight leather pants. Nattie is very busom. AJ is very tiny and hot. She looks slightly older in person. More like 17. Nice little match with Nattie winning with a Sharpshooter while holding ropes. AJ complains about the tainted loss to Aksana and got double teamed. Alicia Fox and Tamina with the save. Tamina hits a Superfly Splash. They pose for the crowd.
Cody is back out to keep stirring the s***. Dares anyone to stop him. Justin "Capetown Werewolf" Gabriel answers the challenge and we got a Intercontinental match. A strong showing from both with Justin busting out highflying moves and Cody super heeling on the crowd. At one point, Cody went into the crowd and took a seat. Cody get the win with CrossRhodes. Continues to beat up Justin after the match until Ted and Hornswoggle made the save. Ted hits Dream Street. Horny hit a Tadpole Splash. Justin recovered and hit the 450. Everyone poses. Cody lurks to backstage.
Next match was the No DQ match between Sheamus and Wade Barrett. Wade comes out to great heat and brags about nearly crippling Orton and depriving us of him. His accent is dreamy. Sheamus with a Rock Star reception. They start to brawl and take it into the crowd. Fans are either running into their directions or running for their lives. Sheamus slams Wade's head into the stand's gate. Back and forth affair with lots of plunder. Winds of Change for a convincing 2 count. Sheamus wins with the Brogue Kick. Sheamus shakes hands with fans. Also he's very sweating. The first minute in he was Mark Henry drenched.
Short intermission to set up the steel cage for the main event. Little Naitch is the ring crew leader. Takes them about 20 minutes to get it up and ready. They play the "Lowering the Steel Cage" music.
Main event time. Out comes Daniel Bryan to a majority of boos and some cheers. Guess the crowd got the memo. Bryan with his over the top celebrating. Next is Big Show. Another rockstar reception. An absolute whale of man. The crowd is firmly in his corner. Bryan shakes hands with Show. Bryan tries to get the upper hand before Show just throttled him. Thunderous chops a-go go. Daniel is trying to escape every chance he can get. Bryan lands a shot to Show's leg and works on it. Eventually Bryan get Show in the Lebell Lock. Show breaks free. Bryan makes one last dash to escape over the top. Show follows him and grabs him by the torso with Bryan swinging on the outside. Bryan starts tossing haymakers. Show falls to the mat. Bryan hits the floor to win to the anger of the crowd. Jinder and Wade enter the cage to beat up Show. Sheamus with the save. Double Chokeslam on Wade and Jinder to send the crowd home happy.
Overall, even with the lack of big names, the crowd was happy and excited. Personally a much better show than my last 2 times. It was structured like an episode of Smackdown then the usual house show.
Last night, I got to experience my 3rd live WWE show and here are some observations from it:
The new live event set looks the same setup as the Impact Zone albeit at a much smaller level. Mainly 2 huge HD tv screens and one mini tron complete with a ramp. Much[/size] better setup than the last one. They spent the time after they opened the gates playing AC/DC, Zeppelin, and some argo rock. 15 minutes before start time, they played the WWE Corporate video. The lights dimmed and out came Tony Chimmel, who in person doesn't look really fat. Just slight husky.
Chimmel cannot say "Superstar". It was "Soooopah..Star!!" I laughed and people around me thought I was crazy. He introduced Hornswoggle to the actual delight of the crowd. Hornswoggle talks for a while before getting interrupted by Cody Rhodes. Cody piefaces Horny and heels it up on Montgomery to damn good heat. Declares that Smackdown is his show and tonight he's running the show. Ted Dibiase (in his new trunks from last Friday) interrupts Cody and cuts a Dirty South promo. Still over in Montgomery like last time. Out comes Jinder Mahal in all his Aladdin glory in moderate heat. Ted cuts a rah rah USA promo and of course the crowds went nuts. Match itself was one of their typical matches just with actual heat from a crowd that loves their pro wrestling and not afraid to show it. Ted wins with Dream Street and slaps hands with fans to his way backstage and is sneaked attacked by Cody. Seems like it is going to be the Cody Rhodes Show tonight.
Second match was Drew McIntyre and FCW wrestler Calvin Raines vs Ezekiel Jackson and Trent? Barreta. Got the full Drew intro. The crowd loved Drew and he still receive mixed heat after calling the city a dump. Drew promised this year things are going great starting tonight. Raines needs something to standout. Of course the fans didn't know he was. Zeke is monstrous. Trent took most of the beatings in the match and breaking out some hightspots. Zeke's forearm smashes made a loud thud. Like "Damn that had to hurt" loud. Zeke and Trent get the win after Jackson torture rack Drew.
Third match was Tyson Kidd vs Hunico w/ Camacho sans Bicycle. Kidd worked as a face. They busted out the highflying moves to the delight of the crowd. Hunico worked Tyson's arm for a majority of the match. Kidd makes his comeback. Camacho interferes. Hunico wins with a Swanton. Los Vatos are mean looking in person.
Fourth match was AJ vs Natalya with Aksana as guest referee. Aksana is tremendously hot in person and was wearing some skintight leather pants. Nattie is very busom. AJ is very tiny and hot. She looks slightly older in person. More like 17. Nice little match with Nattie winning with a Sharpshooter while holding ropes. AJ complains about the tainted loss to Aksana and got double teamed. Alicia Fox and Tamina with the save. Tamina hits a Superfly Splash. They pose for the crowd.
Cody is back out to keep stirring the s***. Dares anyone to stop him. Justin "Capetown Werewolf" Gabriel answers the challenge and we got a Intercontinental match. A strong showing from both with Justin busting out highflying moves and Cody super heeling on the crowd. At one point, Cody went into the crowd and took a seat. Cody get the win with CrossRhodes. Continues to beat up Justin after the match until Ted and Hornswoggle made the save. Ted hits Dream Street. Horny hit a Tadpole Splash. Justin recovered and hit the 450. Everyone poses. Cody lurks to backstage.
Next match was the No DQ match between Sheamus and Wade Barrett. Wade comes out to great heat and brags about nearly crippling Orton and depriving us of him. His accent is dreamy. Sheamus with a Rock Star reception. They start to brawl and take it into the crowd. Fans are either running into their directions or running for their lives. Sheamus slams Wade's head into the stand's gate. Back and forth affair with lots of plunder. Winds of Change for a convincing 2 count. Sheamus wins with the Brogue Kick. Sheamus shakes hands with fans. Also he's very sweating. The first minute in he was Mark Henry drenched.
Short intermission to set up the steel cage for the main event. Little Naitch is the ring crew leader. Takes them about 20 minutes to get it up and ready. They play the "Lowering the Steel Cage" music.
Main event time. Out comes Daniel Bryan to a majority of boos and some cheers. Guess the crowd got the memo. Bryan with his over the top celebrating. Next is Big Show. Another rockstar reception. An absolute whale of man. The crowd is firmly in his corner. Bryan shakes hands with Show. Bryan tries to get the upper hand before Show just throttled him. Thunderous chops a-go go. Daniel is trying to escape every chance he can get. Bryan lands a shot to Show's leg and works on it. Eventually Bryan get Show in the Lebell Lock. Show breaks free. Bryan makes one last dash to escape over the top. Show follows him and grabs him by the torso with Bryan swinging on the outside. Bryan starts tossing haymakers. Show falls to the mat. Bryan hits the floor to win to the anger of the crowd. Jinder and Wade enter the cage to beat up Show. Sheamus with the save. Double Chokeslam on Wade and Jinder to send the crowd home happy.
Overall, even with the lack of big names, the crowd was happy and excited. Personally a much better show than my last 2 times. It was structured like an episode of Smackdown then the usual house show.
