Post by fuhgz on Jan 29, 2007 19:01:23 GMT -5
Man, last night was really fun and the crowd was pretty hot all night. I'm not sure how things came off on TV, but I'm sure several things will be edited out of the DVD (namely in the Lashley vs Test match). So lets begin. Also, I was in almost every shot. I'm the bearded guy next to the dude with the huge afro (my roommate) in the 3rd row. Easy to see during the Cena match as my roommate was holding up a sign that said "Cena as champ is the reason my hair is failling out".
Dark match was pretty cool. We got to see JTG vs. Lance Cade. Lance is huge up close and so is Shad. Got the crowd going and Cryme Tyme was way over. After the match, Cade and Murdoch talked to the dude in the red hat that seems to be at every event.
Next came the pyro and the tag match. Hardys were way way over with the crowd, but there were a few MNM marks out there. Nothing spectacular, but it was good enough. Plus I got a great shot of Melina's ample posterior. After the Hardy's won, I remarked that MNM got squashed Spirt Squad style in this series of matches.
Next was Lashley vs Test. Lashley is really short...I thought that was odd. Anyway, the match was pretty terrible with lots of Boring and TNA chants. I tried to get the OVW chant going, but no luck. Crowd hated the count out finish, but I guess that's the only way it could have gone since they already proved Test didn't stand a chance on last Tuesday's ECW. Crowd was kinda behind Lashley, but mostly nobody cared. Why couldn't we get a Londrick match instead?
Now onto Kennedy vs. Botch-tista...errr, Batista. Kennedy gets some good heat, but also a lot of cheers. Batista was way over for reasons that escape me. Kennedy clearly carried this match. Batista looked like the was fragile or something out there. During the match, a lot of Kennedy chants started up. And true to his name, Botch-tista was horrible. The end was predictable, but oh well. The match was good enough to keep the fans going. Kennedy needs to be pushed hard for carrying the WWE's heaviest piece of luggage.
Next is Cena vs Umaga. Lot's of boo's for Cena. Crowd seemed split about 40 % anti and 60 % pro- Cena. Now, I hate Cena as much as the next guy, but I have to admit that he put on a good show. Of course this wasn't a wrestling match, so it really fit his style. Plenty of Umaga chants got started but didn't really go anywhere. Lots of Holy S*** chants for the stairs being tossed at Umaga. Umaga looked unstoppable for a while, but everyone bows down to Super Cena eventually. Very entertaining match.
Finally, the Rumble. Now, this match seemed to fly by. It seemed like it was a lot shorter than 90 seconds before another entrant. The crowd popped for almost everyone except may the Miz. The roof almost tore off when HBK came out. I know it's his hometown and all, but I have never heard a reaction like that. Undertaker was also way over with the crowd. The end had everybody on their feet. I knew HBK wasn't gonna make it, but oh well. UT wins and lots of Taker chants get started (but also plenty of boos) followed by a spontaneous fireworks display that scared the ba-jeesus out of our section. Excellent rumble match.
After the show we wait to get our stubs checked so we can take our chairs with us. Everyone tried to offer $50 for the chairs but they were SOL on that one. All in all, it was a great show to be at live and WWE really needs to do more PPV in San Antonio. Once every 10 years just doesn't seem fair for a market that is pretty strong.
My question is how did it come off on TV?
Dark match was pretty cool. We got to see JTG vs. Lance Cade. Lance is huge up close and so is Shad. Got the crowd going and Cryme Tyme was way over. After the match, Cade and Murdoch talked to the dude in the red hat that seems to be at every event.
Next came the pyro and the tag match. Hardys were way way over with the crowd, but there were a few MNM marks out there. Nothing spectacular, but it was good enough. Plus I got a great shot of Melina's ample posterior. After the Hardy's won, I remarked that MNM got squashed Spirt Squad style in this series of matches.
Next was Lashley vs Test. Lashley is really short...I thought that was odd. Anyway, the match was pretty terrible with lots of Boring and TNA chants. I tried to get the OVW chant going, but no luck. Crowd hated the count out finish, but I guess that's the only way it could have gone since they already proved Test didn't stand a chance on last Tuesday's ECW. Crowd was kinda behind Lashley, but mostly nobody cared. Why couldn't we get a Londrick match instead?
Now onto Kennedy vs. Botch-tista...errr, Batista. Kennedy gets some good heat, but also a lot of cheers. Batista was way over for reasons that escape me. Kennedy clearly carried this match. Batista looked like the was fragile or something out there. During the match, a lot of Kennedy chants started up. And true to his name, Botch-tista was horrible. The end was predictable, but oh well. The match was good enough to keep the fans going. Kennedy needs to be pushed hard for carrying the WWE's heaviest piece of luggage.
Next is Cena vs Umaga. Lot's of boo's for Cena. Crowd seemed split about 40 % anti and 60 % pro- Cena. Now, I hate Cena as much as the next guy, but I have to admit that he put on a good show. Of course this wasn't a wrestling match, so it really fit his style. Plenty of Umaga chants got started but didn't really go anywhere. Lots of Holy S*** chants for the stairs being tossed at Umaga. Umaga looked unstoppable for a while, but everyone bows down to Super Cena eventually. Very entertaining match.
Finally, the Rumble. Now, this match seemed to fly by. It seemed like it was a lot shorter than 90 seconds before another entrant. The crowd popped for almost everyone except may the Miz. The roof almost tore off when HBK came out. I know it's his hometown and all, but I have never heard a reaction like that. Undertaker was also way over with the crowd. The end had everybody on their feet. I knew HBK wasn't gonna make it, but oh well. UT wins and lots of Taker chants get started (but also plenty of boos) followed by a spontaneous fireworks display that scared the ba-jeesus out of our section. Excellent rumble match.
After the show we wait to get our stubs checked so we can take our chairs with us. Everyone tried to offer $50 for the chairs but they were SOL on that one. All in all, it was a great show to be at live and WWE really needs to do more PPV in San Antonio. Once every 10 years just doesn't seem fair for a market that is pretty strong.
My question is how did it come off on TV?