So, signs of the night?
I saw, "If Cena wins we complain about it online."
And, "Cena wins LOL."
My faves.
I was the "Cena Wins LOL" guy. Made it last minute just in case. Glad it paid off. lol
As soon as cena won I knew GAF was going to flood with "worst mania ever". I mean come on dudes. As much as i hate cena wins LOL bullshit the entire undercard delivered. Where it DID fall flat was HHH/Lesnar and Rock/Cena. No one really gave a shit. I expected constant booing throughout the whole match. Instead, they got no reaction at all. Pretty bad. And believer it or not there were a good amount of male cena marks. Hence a decent pop when he won. They booed the entire "passing the torch moment". Can't get any worse than that. They'll never be able to capture that WM20/18 magic. No matter how much Vince tries.
They also need to stop over booking Mania. You can't have a triple main event (35+min a piece) and a bunch of video packages with a big card. They even cut out the national anthem for crying out loud. I haven't watched the TV version yet, but the crowd was VERY loud here and there. Mainly the YES chants and the Punk/Taker match. The sports center pre/post show was an awesome idea. Props for that.
A big FUCK YOU to the stupid roof set up. The palm trees last year was disgusting and got a lot of complaints. How can they make the same fucking mistake again? Paid $850 to have zero view of the stage. On a positive note I didn't have any tall dudes in front or any sign abusers.
The 80k is legit. The stage blocked off a few sections, but floor should make up for that. Plus the stadium has a shit load of suits. The only empty seats i noticed were next to the cameras.
Being there live I'll give it a solid 8. The crowd was hot and fun. Had the Mania NY crowd atmosphere. They just dropped the ball with the booking. Punk/Taker was the main event and would have been a great way to the end the show. Once you give the audience what they want, they don't give a shit for the rest of the show. This has been proven a million damn times.
Going to RAW tonight. Doubt the post Mania magic will be there like last year. Especially since it's at the god awful Izod center.