Well, it's that time of year again, time for the WWE house show. My family & I attend every year, we start preparing months before show date by making plans & camping out for the best tickets we can get. Started this out a few years ago & each year we've learned earlier & earlier times are best to get the tickets we want :) This year, we started out the evening of April 30th around 8 pm, gathering blankets & warm clothes, MP3 players, magazines & books, game systems & writing material, cell phones & extra socks, stuffing as much as we can into backpacks so we don't have to haul a ton. Then we loaded into the van with my best friend Zuess & her kids R & G, then heading to the downtown area. Finding parking was difficult, only because we were camping out at the same time a carnival was in town. We head to get drinks & snacks, then pizza & finally by 9 pm we are at the campout site, spreading our blankets & getting settled in. After eating & gossiping & letting the kids checkout the carnival, we get settled in for the hard part. One thing is for sure, you can never have enough socks when you are sleeping on the ground in front of the civic center a block from the Ohio River lol. This particular night was the night for drama & fighting, my brother J who went with me til the husband was off work was a hero that night :) He actually chased off a group of young guys who were beating another guy with rocks. The guy had a busted head & was taken to the hospital. After the drama ceased, we got away with making another quick snack/drink run then back to get settled in for the night. Thankfully Zuess took all kids with her when she went home to get settled in for word that the night was over & tickets were in hand. Got little sleep, a man in a motor scooter was snoring, then had the nerve to say I was the one keeping everyone up!! Ugh!! The nerve!!! He irritated me ALOT tho!! He was one of those poeple who always know everything!! He tried to tell me that previous years he had to wait til AFTER the time to get tickets when the years he mentioned were years I was first in line & he wasn't even there!! After spending 9 hours sleeping on the ground, waiting for the place to open, we had our great seats in hand at 12:03. We had ringside, facing the steps and aisleway!!
Fast forward: June 26, 2010 ~ night before preparations, charging phones & cameras ~ I didn't remember to do!! However, got settled in on what to wear & what time to go. Official start time for us for the 2010 WWE event ~ 2:30 pm. We agree to leave to be there by 230. At 145 pm, we realize that I forgot to charge camera & we need to make a stop at the dollar store for markers & a notepad. Charge the camera for about 20 minutes & in between charge phones again & get my monster's hair spiked up, plus get myself dressed ~ Legacy shirt YEAH!!! :)
Arrive in parking destination, approx 2:20 after stopping to get autograph materials. Within moments of arriving, WWE Superstar R-Truth arrives does photos & autographs with fans ~ we got both :) Then we decided to make our way to the back side of arena to see wrestlers arrive without the equipment trailer in our way. We got to see many superstars arrive from this angle ~ The Miz, John Morrison, Maryse, Eve Torres, Ted Dibiase Jr, IRS, Edge, Alicia Fox, AJ Lee, William Regal & then the only other WWE Superstar who signed auto graphs: Evan Bourne ~ who knew he wore glasses? He did a great job with interacting with fans, he actually made faces trying to get Zuess's son Lil JC to smile ~ which didn't work lol. One bus pulled to the door & allowed none other than John Cena to quickly enter the arena without causing mass mayhem!! Approx 4 pm, another bus arrived, we assume holding the NXT rookies because no one got out. We waited in line about 15 minutes to get inside, all the while sweating to death but thankfully the arena had AC on!! Upon entering we hit the souvenier stand where my princess got a new John Cena shirt & my monster got 2 chains (John Cena & Bret Hart) & a Rey Mysterio figure. The hubby got himself a hat & shirt & bought me some John Morrison sunglasses. Zuess bought Lil JC a John Cena shirt, which he HATES by the way, the smallest they had was Youth M & he's clearly a Youth S & a John Cena necklace to match my monster. After spending tons on souveniers, we headed to our seats, got situated then I made a bathroom break while everyone else his concessions for some drinks. Upon returning, they showed off WWE cups ~ Just what Lil JC had wanted for months!!
The card for the night was:
Evan Bourne vs Zack Ryder (Bourne wins by pinfall)
William Regal vs Goldust (Goldust wins by pinfall)
AJ Lee arrives to pick a guest bell announcer.
Vladimir Kozlov vs Yoshi Tatsu (Kozlov wins by pinfall)
Ted Dibiase w/ Maryse vs John Morrison (Morrison wins by pinfall)
Edge arrives for a promo, takes over the ring & calls out Randy Orton saying he'll spear him tonight, prompting Orton to show up. After a showdown, Edge runs away like always!! Orton walks around, posing & showing off for the crowd.
AJ Lee returns to throw out shirts with Justin Roberts.
Upon returning, a United States Championship triple threat match begins & R-Truth begins his entrance, but is attacked by the Miz before making it to the ring. Mark Henry chases Miz to the ring & then tells him it's a one on one match for the title. (Miz wins via pinfall)
AJ Lee returns to deliver an e-mail from the secretive Raw GM ~ the main event has been changes due to Orton/Edge's actions. Now instead of Orton & Cena vs Sheamus & Edge, it's now John Cena vs Sheamus in a steel cage match for the WWE championship.
Divas Championship Match: Alicia Fox defends her title against Eve Torres w/ Santino Marella as the special guest referee (Alicia wins by pinfall)
Following the Divas match, it is announced that the crew will need patience waiting while they assemble the steel cage for the main event. During this time, Justin Roberts signed autographs & took photos with the kids in the area we were in. Both kids again got both an autograph & a photo.
Upon completion, the main event began:
WWE Championship Match: Sheamus vs John Cena ~ Most of the time, John Cena was being beat by Sheamus. He was able to stop Sheamus from escaping the cage via the cage door & over the top of the cage. Lil JC was too cute with his pouting because Cena was loosing & trying to catch Cena everytime he thought he was coming over the cage. Eventually, the NXT rookies arrived on scene & Sheamus ran while they attacked John Cena, locking the cage. Soon tho, Yoshi Tatsu arrived & climbed straight over the cage & in to help, followed by Evan Bourne who did an amazing jump off the top of the cage, soon after the entire Raw roster who wrestled & were still there (minus the Divas) arrived to help. They quickly took control. William Regal actually threw a rookie into the railing we were standing at, knocking us backward!! Once they cleared the place of the rookies, John Cena returned to the ROAR of his fans, making his way around the ring & hitting the hands of many fans!! Lil JC is the biggest John Cena fan & he enjoyed the show thouroughly, although he didn't like Cena's sweat on his hand!! He quickly wiped it on his mom lol
Inconclusion ~ Even though we ran a camera & 3 cell phones dead takin pics, Billy ALMOST had John Cena's hat & my camera died about 2 seconds before Orton came out, we had a blast! Can't wait til next year!!
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