Tuesday, Dec 5, 2006
I attended Raw/ECW last night. Had some good seats as I was 7 rows back from the ring right behind JR & the King. It was cool being at a live event as always, but the shows seemed thrown together this week. There wasn't anything special that happened (dark matches) everything I saw will be televised aside from a few promo's during commercials. Like last year WWE used Charleston AFB to get on there way for this years USO tour. I work in the aerial port (we do everything you would see in an airport terminal - moving passengers & cargo) so WWE came to us early in the day to help get there equipment & ring packed up for the tour as they would be taking one of our C-17's (cargo jet). Maria & Jeff Hardy came by our offices early in the day & met with a bunch of the troops. I wasn't there as I usually work graves and was getting some rest before the show. After Raw ended I headed to work & WWE showed up around 1am on a few bus's. This years USO tour included Mr. McMahon, Undertaker, JBL, John Cena, Umaga, Edge, Randy Orton, Jeff Hardy, Carlito, CM Punk, Bobby Lashley, Chris Masters, Shelton Benjamin, Johhny Nitro, Melina, Maria, Torrie, Kristal & Lilian. It was a relaxed setting as the only people there where those working that night and a few others who came in like myself. It was kind of weird to be walking around and having all these wrestlers just chillin around you, but enjoyable to experience. I talked & joked with a bunch of them so didn't take to many pictures this year. I didn't get the chance to speak with all of them as some where pretty tired and passed out in there chairs after getting there, & others called there families before heading to Iraq so I didn't want to be an @$$ and interrupt them. Everyone I met this year was really nice, just like last. I know people get caught up in the heel/face thing, but in real life these guys/gals are all easy to talk to. WWE's PR had me and a few others take pictures/shake hands with the roster, & wave to the camera's. They said it would be on WWE.com along with the USO promo video's they cut so that will be cool to see when they are released. I didn't recognise Umaga at first, he wasn't wearing any face paint and spoke perfect english...which was weird since he doesn't really talk on tv. Didn't recognise Carlito either at first since he had his har pulled back instead of the sideshow bob look, lol. As most probably already know Melina & Johhny Nitro are a real life couple, and one that surprised me was CM Punk & Maria where together as well. Undertaker & JBL where pretty talkative asking where we where from (I'm originally from Ohio) & UT was a Cleveland Cav's fan as he was wearing one of there sweatshirts. Him and JBL also joked about me buying some shirts (was wearing the DX Christmas shirt) they said thats good continue shopping they need to put food in there kids mouths, lol. They all had sleeping bags and as Melina was picking hers up CM punk smacked it out of her hands causing her to chase him around the room trying to slap him...pretty funny to see. We talked with Vince McMahon again this year, he was friendly & joked with us a bit. Other than that nothing really outstanding to tell. Like I said it was just a laid back time, but something I'll definitely remember.
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Posted Dec 5, 2006 2:36 pm PT
Good Gawd, Undertaker looks like my dad used to..... *gmphhh*
Posted Dec 5, 2006 6:42 pm PT
Damn i'm not even a wrestling fan and i would be in my element there, how did you not wet your pants? lol....you must have had a blast!!
Posted Dec 6, 2006 12:03 am PT
"Just to give an idea of size I'm 6'1". lol it's like you read my mind.
Posted Dec 6, 2006 2:14 am PT
Damn dude, you got to meet Jeff Hardy.... He is my hero....
Posted Dec 17, 2006 7:39 am PT
dont like WWE
Posted Feb 8, 2007 3:14 pm PT
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