Last night I was at RAW in Edmonton (our seats were awesome), and the first two matches were for Superstars (Sheamus vs Heath Slater and Daniel Bryan vs. Drew McIntyre). Both of these matches were too good to have been on Superstars. Slater got owned (which made my Sheamus-obsessed best friend VERY happy), and Drew and Bryan put on a fabulous match. I honestly don't remember who won, but I remember that it was awesome and that's all that matters. It doesn't matter who wins or loses as long as it's good, and this match in particular reminded me of that.
RAW itself was definitely entertaining. Very Punk-heavy, which made the fans happy. I was sad that Morrison lost to Del Rio (I was hoping a win for him would put him back in the Title picture, but to no avail), but that was soon out of my mind, thanks to The Miz and R-Truth. I know you guys would have seen what happened on TV, but there's no way you'll be able to know how LOUD those "WHAT?!" chants were. I was in hysterics when The Miz went "What, what, what, you sound like a bunch of ducks!" That whole segment had me in stitches.
The main event too was AWESOME. When they announced that my first thought was "Dude, we get a PPV quality match LIVE? That's never happened to me before!" And it didn't disappoint. The match itself, anyway. I was in hysterics again when Cena tossed his shirt to the same guy TWICE and had it thrown back to him! When I saw the show later I was laughing again because Del Rio was laughing at it too. When Cena threw it to another guy (In a CM Punk shirt), he shouted "Through it back!" The guy gave it to a John Cena fan a few seats away. I totally called Nash costing Punk that match though. *Also thought you guys would appreciate this, but when Laurinitis got in the ring to pull Del Rio off Cena, I started a chant in my section. "Knock him out, knock him out!"* After Del Rio left, Punk and Cena had a bit of fun with the scarf he left behind (Punk decided to wear it and pose, and he totally looked weeeeeeird), and they played with Ricardo when he was trying to get it back. Ricardo then took both finishers. However, both Punk and Cena came out smelling like roses to the live fans, and after the match (I'm not sure if it was on or off the air), Cena raised Punk's hand because of how loudly we were cheering for him. Cena then left and Punk was in the ring for a bit getting us to cheer, and he pointed at a girl with a suggestive sign reading "I JUST MIZZED IN MY PANTS." She flashed him. Really.
There was also a guy that was dressed up kind of weirdly, with facepaint that looked like a Halloween costume. Punk asked for the guy's hat, and then put it on (It looked really odd), then elbow dropped it and tossed it back. Too funny.
After that he walked around the ring shaking hands and taking pictures, and when he got to that girl he took a picture with her and she tried to get him to kiss her on the cheek (on camera in front of the whole arena), and he said no.
On his way back up the ramp he grabbed a sign and held it to the camera saying "I'm a marketing genius", because the sign read "We want a CM Punk ice cream bar."Before he left he got down on his knees and kissed the stage. I have so much more respect for the man after what he showed the fans and the business.
On top of that, the guy sitting next to me was dressed as Shawn Michaels, and the guy three or four seats down from him was dressed as Bret Hart.
But that wasn't even the best part. After the show we were walking across the street to our hotel, and next to the equipment trucks there was an ambulance leaving, so we looked across the street to see what's happening and lo and behold, Sheamus is in street clothes walking to his car. We bolted across the street in time to see Vickie, Natalya and JTG walk to their cars, and to see Sheamus drive out with Daniel Bryan in the backseat, Jack Swagger leaving with R-Truth, William Regal leaving with Titus O'Neal, and Natalya drive out with the one of the Bellas. I shouted at Natalya and JTG who both waved at me, and when Vickie was leaving a "Vickie" chant started and she waved at us all.
And that's just RAW.
Smackdown was good too, though the crowd wasn't as hot and the matches weren't as good. Tyson Kidd and Trent Baretta, as well as AJ Lee vs some chick called Maxine were the NXT matches (that's right, BRM, I saw AJ LIVE.
)Then the Superstars match. JUSTIN GABRIEL. Highlight of my night, I had no idea he was going to be there. *gush* I love him. And the 450 Splash just looks AMAZING live.
The last noteworthy thing really was the dark main event. Hunter came out and said "To be totally honest, I love it here in Calgary." And then he made a World Title match, Randy and Christian, in a "Calgary Street Fight". Yeah right. But it was still fun. Christian said he didn't need to compete, and Triple H grabbed him and threw him in the ring (But not after Christian insulted our hockey team).
Interestingly, there was a guy dressed as Mean Gene, a guy dressed as Captain America and a guy dressed as Batman.
And they redid the finish for Mark Henry and Sheamus.
And they redid the finish for Sin Cara vs. Heath Slater. TWICE.
Also, you'll probably see my sign on Smackdown when it airs. I'll point it out.
And I would have gotten to see Starship Pain and a 3 count for John.