Holy cow! I was way too wired to sleep last night, stayed up until midnight...and then I only slept until 5 because I woke up jazzed again.
I know that Raw probably turned out to be boring for a lot of people...but my priorities would have dictated that *I* enjoyed it whether I was there live or not...and I have to say that being there live just made it all that much better....I ENJOYED EVERY MATCH EVEN THE BORING ONES!!! So without further ado....
I didn't end up leaving the house until about 10 minutes to four because we were trying to figure out how to make the VCR in the bedroom work with the digital cable. AND YAHOO IT WORKED!!!! So huge thanks to the people who taped it for me....my tape seems to have worked...
Ok...so it took me an hour to get there, which I expected with the traffic and all. Parked, walked all the way down to the gate...and was turned away! Aiyee!!!! Turns out my "lens was too long" (and I was just happy to see them! LOL!) So, I had to go all the way back to the car and switch to the regular lens. Got in, shelled out $10 for a Batista-less program (only to find a smaller copy of it in the mail today inside my Raw magazine), and got to my seats.
Dude....KILLER seats!....sitting up that high was lots better than sitting on the floor. I had a dead-on view of the ring...directly across from the cameras! Of course, as I told Dave, I was in the "unwashed teenage boy row" which made me feel right at home. The first time these guys raised up their arms I nearly passed out.
So...this was my first Raw....and of course I was fascinated by the whole thing. Watching Finkel in the ring, watching the people around the ring, etc. I really gained an insight into what it must be like for these guys just starting out, because the crowd was so DEAD for the dark match, and most of the Heat matches. It's really frustrating when people like Heidenrich get TV time, and people like Nick Dinsmore are booed for their superior technical ability. Yeah, I'm biased toward Dinsmore...I admit it. He was in the dark match, btw...and he's let his hair grow really long....and get this....HE'S FROM ANAHEIM! That made me actually laugh out loud. Apparently he's the one who is from every home town because he goes over in the matches. Heh. I even allowed myself to get into the match enough that I cheered a killer move he made....which made the boys look at me like I'd grown a 2nd head.
It's really too bad we don't get to see the Heat matches they taped. I can't remember the order, but there were 4 matches after Dinsmore. Matt Hardy... He's awesome. He was against Maven (and of course I can't stand Maven). There was a Stevie Richards match with some guy who actually used a magic carpet as a prop [Sean Diavari]. It was a good match, I like Stevie. Heidenrich was against some guy that looked like Kidman, but of course it wasn't Kidman. The best match of the group though was definitely Rico vs Dreamer. My god....that had me rolling. (again drawing the pained looks from the guys) Dreamer pranced around, smacked Rico's ass....mimicked him and it was so fucking funny. Rico is an awesome technician. It's really too bad they have him in that stupid gimmick.
Then Lillian Garcia came out. Christ...she's beautiful. Her hair made me weep....she has pink streaks in it now..so beautiful. And here is where I admit to being a complete DORK....I cried when she sang the National Anthem. It was such a heart warming...BEAUTIFUL rendition I wiped a tear away when she was done. Man...she can really sing.
Ok...so part of Raw is a blur to me....although I'm happy to say it totally ROCKED seeing the parts that weren't televised. Jericho/Christan vs Dudleys for example. And the furious sweeping of the explosion of rose petals out of the ring.
*WARNING* This is where I turn into a giant Jericho mark...
Chris Jericho is so beautiful he made me weak. Wow. Of course, I've seen him live before, and I was closer to him the last time, but this was totally different. Him in the ring with the pink/purple tights, his hair down...and so shiny literally killed me. But add in the voice....the wheedling "I'm sorry" voice and I was breathless. And when Trish slapped him I think I shrieked. The match was beautiful too...and him laying on the apron all pink and sweaty just was overwhelming. I snapped a picture of the Lionsault, but he did it so fast I didn't get it just right...but still. God...it was just beautiful. Trish really hit him with her face too...I heard the thump *dead* He is such a beautiful man....*swoon* While I was snapping an endless string of pictures of him the guy next to me said, "He's bleeding"....o.O I saw on the replay...he was!
/gushing part one.
Of course, my boys (students) derided me for saying Chris Jericho is beautiful.
Match two....let's kill Carol early so she'll be worthless for the rest of the show. *____*
I love Batista....not a secret is it? I totally marked for this match on a number of different levels. I won't bore you with all my private gushing, I'll save that for later...suffice to say that I got great pictures of the Demon Bomb....which I think I heard JR call the Batista Bomb....The crowd wasn't into Batista, especially the boys in my row. They called him a Brock Lesnar wannabe ("He even has Lesnar's tattoo") and some other stupid things.
At this point, the boy sitting next to me tried to read my sign...it was really amusing. First he leaned all the way forward to try to see it, then he leaned back to try to read it from behind...then he gave up and asked me if I had a pen. LOL! I was like Dude...do I look like I have a pen? But of course, I did have a Sharpie stuffed in my back pocket, so I gave it to him, and his friend proceeded to use it to draw a Mr. Socko....on one of the socks he had been wearing no less. *gag* Like an idiot I took the pen back when they were done. LOL!
So...the biggest things live were....BOOKER'S PYRO KICKS ASS MAN! Kane's promo gave me the shivers...that was so well done! Victoria was so shiny and beautiful! Jericho and Christian on the ramp for that match had me totally distracted...the match with Steiner in it was GREAT! I'm serious...you should have heard the crowd heckling him...and he was all hot about it too. It was fun to watch. The King pointing up...I couldn't hear what he was saying because the audio wasn't working at that point, but I was like...what on earth is he pointing at the corner of the building for? Literally...where he was pointing, there was nothing there. When I found out what he was pointing at....LOL!
Obviously...The Rock showing up brought down the house. I was really in to Conway and Dupre dissing Foley, that was very cool...but when that "If you smell...." hit the place literally erupted. I swear....it was a far bigger pop than the last time when I went to the house show and he showed up unexpectedly. Christ on a crutch. Not only did we pop like mad...but we were on our feet for the entire segment. Wow....totally amazing. The strudel thing killed me....and the "Wait....what did you just say? You meant the ROCK AND SOCK connection"....LOL!
Bishy saying Evolution are Lumberjacks....*SWOON*
Might as well skip the rest of this, because here's where the major marking comes in.
When Batista came out the first time, in my mind was a litany...."Look up here David, come on, look up here....look up here David..." etc. He didn't look of course. So..when he and Randy and Ric appeared at the top of the ramp...and he came out and raised his arms up I started shaking with ...I don't know what, I was having my normal Batista reaction I guess. They began to amble down the ramp, and I was sending him the message again. They got to the foot of the ramp, and he turned toward us. At this point, my eyes are locked on him. There was a chick in front of me with a sign that said "Evolution members" with an arrow pointing down...and then there was my sign a few rows behind. My sign had BATISTA in about 9-inch high hot pink letters (I didn't have a red marker, pink was the closest I could get)...under that it said in much smaller letters that I don't think he could see..."The Demon That Drives The King of The World"....which is a reference to the Raw-Jericho article from earlier this year that had the title "What Demons Drive the King of the World?"
Well...Batista looks our direction....looks up.....I swear to god he saw the sign....and he raised his arm and pointed....I literally froze at that moment. I didn't even breathe. Immediately I thought "He's pointing at the other sign"....but then I thought no wait.....HE'S POINTING AT ME!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!! *___* So...that's my story and I'm sticking to it. And...he smiled when he looked away. My own Demon smile....*dead*
So..for the whole match I stared at his back....or his front when he came back around the ring.
/gushing part two.
After the cameras stopped...things got really WILD in the ring! Dude....it was a melee. Someone threw Batista out, and he laid on the floor....no...sprawled on the floor for the longest time. I could only see part of him, but it was a very suggestive pose. Then, HBK leaped out of the ring toward him and he stood. After that things went wild in the ring with the "faces" prevailing....HBK started yanking on Ric Flair's shirt...tore it to shreds. THEN...he tore Flair's pants clean off! He was wearing red panties underneath. Dude...he was bloodied, his hair was a wreck, pants-less, shirt ripped to shreds...and god help me he looked HOT! What was even better was by that time Batista had fallen out of the ring, and he was now lolling about on the ramp. SPRAWLED again....Randy tried and TRIED to get Batista to stand up...he was literally yanking on his hand...pulling on him, but Batista would not get up. Ric came to stand next to the two of them....
All in all it was a great show!
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