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Live Notes From ClubWWI.com's WrestleMania Ticket Winner: Fake Money Mayweather, Pyrotechnics Accident, 90 Minute Flair Speech, $6 Beer, Edge or Taker, and More

By Joseph "ThinkSoJoE" Kent
Mar 31, 2008 - 10:48 AM


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(JG Note: Joseph Kent won three tickets to WrestleMania 24 care of ClubWWI.com.  He sent along notes from event...)


Hey guys, ThinkSoJoE here, reporting from Kissimmee, FL, back at my hotel after 'Mania and hoping my laptop battery lasts. This is a quick report here about the HOF and 'Mania, and I'm considering writing a more in-depth review of the events when I get back home to Western New York.

- The rain held off pretty well, it was sprinkling here and there throughout the night but didn't have an effect on the show at all.

- What did have an effect is every light on the structure built over the ring going out during the Bunnymania match. The ring lights finally came back on during the entrances for the triple threat, and the rest of the lights on the structure came back on during the match. However, throughout most of the match, the video screens on the structure were out.

- If you're wondering what happened to Rev Theory performing at 'Mania, they were there. Outside the venue, performing sets throughout the day at the Fan Axxess event. Apparently they don't know the WWE product very well, as my girlfriend told one of them he looked like Jeff Hardy, and another one that he looked like Santino, and they had no clue who those two are.

- Yes, Ric Flair's HOF speech went on for 90 minutes. Yes he mentioned Chris Benoit, and yes, the crowd popped HUGE.

- Speaking of Benoit, there was a Benoit chant tonigh when Triple H slapped the Crossface on John Cena. I must say this about Cena, love him or hate him, you care about him. Hunter and Randy were the only two in the ring at one point, and the dueling crowd chants of "Let's Go Cena/Cena Sucks" were still as strong as ever.

- The pyro was awesome, probably much better than it came across on TV.

- My digital camera crapped out on me at the HOF, but we brought three disposable cameras to 'Mania. Hopefully the pics we took will come out ok, I got mostly shots of the ring entrances, but a couple cool shots otherwise as well.

- Traffic in Orlando sucks! I've been here two days and been in three traffic jams.

- The crowd was actually torn between Edge and Undertaker, mostly in 'Taker's favor. But there wasn't a single person sitting down or not applauding when he won.

- Speaking of people not sitting down, there was literally not a person in their seat when Flair walked back up the aisle after his loss.

- MITB was AWESOME!

- Speaking of, as a fan allow me to present this alternate scenario to you for the main event. Suppose, for a moment, that Edge defeated the Undertaker. It would have been a perfect opportunity for CM Punk to cash in the MITB briefcase, citing that Edge cost him the ECW title, and that he stole world titles twice with the MITB contract, and that it was time for revenge. CM Punk wins the World Heavyweight Championship, sending the crowd home happy and both Edge and the Undertaker home with their first 'Mania loss.

- The canvas was changed after nearly every match by the referees - not sure why the referees and not the ring crew, but that's not my decision.

- I missed the first 30 minutes of the HOF ceremony - which consisted entirely of The Rock talking. I did catch the last half of his speech though. Yes, that means he talked for an hour.

- I didn't catch the USA airing of the HOF ceremony, so I'm not quite sure what you guys missed. It was a cool event to be a part of, and I think if I make it out to Houston next year I'll be attending it again.

- The money that was floating around during Mayweather's entrance, unlike when Trump came out last year, was not real money. It was fake $10,000 bills with Mayweather's face on it.

- I never want to see a sign that says "BEER: $6.00" again. If I'm drinking, I don't expect my shots to cost 6 bucks, much less my beer. I've seen worse than $3 for water though.

- If you've seen reports of a pyrotechnics incident at the end of 'Mania, I can assure you that it's 100% true. In the section I was sitting, the lines that the pyro in question were travelling was right above us. While the pyro was going across, the line did indeed snap. In fact, as we got up to leave, the line was still down across our section. I don't believe it was anybody in our section that was hurt, reports I've read tonight say it was somebody in the upper deck. I'm not an expert by a long shot but I think it was just a freak accident.

That's all I can think of right now, guys. I'm exhausted and hungry, and I think my battery is about to die. If you have any questions for me, feel free to hit me up on the message boards, where I go by the name of, yep, you guessed it! ThinkSoJoE!


Alphabetical Listing of Guests You Can Hear on ClubWWI.com :

A

Aaron Aguliera
Skandar Akbar
Brent Albright
Ole Anderson
Road Warrior Animal

B

Buff Bagwell
Doug Basham
Paul Bearer
Giant Bernard
Big Daddy V
Eric Bischoff
Steve Blackman
Nick Bockwinkel
Bad News Brown
D-Lo Brown
"Jumping" Jim Brunzell
Mike "Simon Dean" Bucci
Bull Buchanan

C

Christian Cage
Bryan "Adam Bomb" Clark
Rob Conway

D

Scott D'Amore
Christopher Daniels
Shawn Daivari
Dawn Marie
Damian Demento
Brother Devon
Demolition Ax
Demolition Smash
Bill DeMott
Ted DiBiase
J.J. Dillon
Nick "Eugene" Dinsmore
Disco Inferno
Spike Dudley

E

Bobby Eaton
Paul Ellering

F

Dory Funk Jr.
Terry Funk

G

Jackie Gayda
Sylvain Grenier
Tod Gordon
Zach Gowen
Juventud Guerrera

H

Chalie Haas
Jimmy Hart
Diva Search's Jessica Hatch
Dave Hebner
Earl Hebner
Bobby "The Brain" Heenan
Jon Heidenreich
Christy Hemme
Molly Holly
The Honky Tonk Man
Tim Horner
Scotty 2 Hotty

Mr. Hughes


I

The Iron Sheik
Ivory

J

B.G. James
Jazz
Ahmed Johnson
Orlando Jordan

K


Kamala
Kid Kash
Kevin Kelly
Pat "Simon Diamond" Kenney
Ron Killings
Cpl. Kirschner
Kevin Kleinrock
Brian Knobbs
Ivan Koloff


L

Bruno "Harvey Wippleman" Lauer
Jerry "The King" Lawler
Buschwhacker Luke

M

Rodney Mack
Balls Mahoney
Rick Martel
"Masterpiece" Chris Masters
Matt Morgan
Ernest Miller
Missing Link
Sean Mooney
Ricky Morton

N

Kevin Nash
Nidia

O

One Man Gang
Fred "Typhoon/Tugboat/Shockmaster" Ottman

P

Diamond Dallas Page
Tom Prichard

R

Harley Race
Baron Von Raschke
Rhino
Dustin Rhodes
Rikishi Fatu
Paul Roma
"Super Hero in Training" Rosie
Jacques Rougeau
Terri Runnels


S

Samoa Joe
Bruno Sammartino
Samu
Tito Santana
Dan "The Beast" Severn
Elix Skipper
Slick
Tracey Smothers
Al Snow
Dennis Stamp
George "The Animal" Steele
Rick Steiner
Scott Steiner
Idol Stevens
The Stro
AJ Styles
Kevin Sullivan

T

Sylvester Terkay
ECW's Tiffany
Too Cold Scorpio

V

Greg "The Hammer" Valentine
Jimmy Valiant
Johnny Valiant
Jesse "The Body" Ventura
Sid Vicious
Vito
Nikolai Volkoff


W

 

Y

David Young
Mae Young


Z

Larry Zybszko

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