Fresh off of going to the Knicks'
home opener at Madison Square Garden, my son and I went to Nassau Coliseum to
see last night's live Raw show.
Months ago,
I bought tickets for this show, and then entered a contest for tickets to the
show. Lo and behold, to my surprise, I won the tickets. We sat all the way
down, probably about 20 yards away from the ring, and these seats were by far
the best we have ever had.
(I gave the
tickets I had to a co-worker.)
My son and I
have been to numerous WWE shows before, including a few Smackdowns, pay per
views and one house show.
Say what you
will about them, but the WWE knows how to put on a good show.
Right now,
the big storyline is the NEXUS, a gnarly bunch of brow beaters who are trying
to rule the WWE. John Cena, the all-American boy of wrestling (sorry Jack
Swagger), has been pulled into the plot, because due to various circumstances,
if he does not do what the NEXUS demands that he do, he will be gone from WWE.
He keeps on
getting involved with matches revolving around various NEXUS members, so what's
a poor boy to do?
Last night,
Cena was a referee in a tag team match between NEXUS leader Wade Barrett, and
fellow NEXUS member David Otunga versus popular wrestler R. Truth and the
champion, Randy Orton.
Cena had to
balance being a referee and leaning toward the NEXUS to win the match. And in
true WWE style, Cena went for the "right" thing, and Truth and Orton
won the match, to the consternation of the NEXUS bunch.
Yes, as you
can see, wrestling hasn't changed, and it will never change.
It's still a
soap opera for boys, although there were plenty of females in attendance.
I have been
watching wrestling for probably about 45 years, and you still have the element
of good vs. evil, and right now John Cena is somewhere in the middle.
He is the
good guy, but because he has been dealt a bad hand, he now has to delve into
being a heel.
But that's
the way things are in professional wrestling. Things are never as they seem.
It's like
they operate in an alternate universe ... and they do.
The WWE has
come under additional scrutiny as we vote today on Election Day as Linda
McMahon, the wife of WWE Chairman and Chief Executive Officer Vince McMahon, is
running for a Senate seat in Connecticut. By all indications, she has spent
about $50 million of her own money on the election, and she is supposedly
trailing badly, if you want to believe the polls.
This point
was brought up last night by a video showing Vince M. waking up from a coma to
hear that Linda M. was running a political campaign and was spending all of
this money. Vince M. almost went into cardiac arrest when he heard about this,
but had to go to the bathroom first.
Yes, this is
an alternate universe, and if you buy into it, as millions around the world do,
you buy into the craziness, both real and written, that surrounds the WWE and
professional wrestling in general.
Last night,
the matches were good, pretty crisply orchestrated, and continued all the
storylines that are in place now.
And Pee Wee
Herman was the show's guest, promoting his Broadway show.
I mean, is
this a circus or what?
But it was a
fun evening, and I know my son and I will definitely do it again sometime soon.
(P.S.:
First, congratulations to the San Francisco Giants for their World Series win,
the team's first in 56 years and its first in California. Also, don't forget to
vote today; it doesn't matter who you vote for, in my book, as long as you go
to your polling place and vote.)
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