It has been a dream to watch the WWF, as it was previously called, in STAR Sports. Scary guys coming out of a grave and beating the crap outta everyone...man whoever came up with this concept cannot be a genius but should be streetsmart and knew a thing or two int the entertainment industry.
But it took me 5 more years to figure out that it is fake and 15 more years to get a pass to the great Wrestlemania 27 at Atlanta GA. From the days when we used to bunk our Maths coaching classes and get into our friends home to watch WWF, here we are watching the biggest event in WWE (As it is now called) on stage.
So our plan was to leave Salem and head to Atlanta in the morning, but thanks to the big ticket WC cricket finals (Another event which was worth missing your schedules for) our schedule was delayed by 8 hrs. And after Dhoni cleared the ropes and got us our second world cup in style, deighted and on top of the world, we started off to Wrestlemania 27.
We took an pitstop in Charlotte NC, for the night, and after enjoying some Indian food in Saffron restaurent, staying overnight in Charlotte, and once again with a delayed schedule we did finally start off on a long drive to Atlanta.
And this time is not like any other Wrestling event. First of all it is Wrestlemania, one of the biggest events in WWE. Second it is hosted by the Rock, the most electrifying man in sports and entertainment. Third it had the big ticket game between Triple H and the Undertaker. Yes, the same old awe inspiring Undertaker who used to come out of the grave. And Third, it featured the Texas rattlesnake, the Stone cold Steve Austin. I cannot ask for anything more than this.
Reaching Atlanta late in the evening, we were 10 mins late to the event when it started. After the initial games were over involving unknown names, there came the Edge Vs some Random guy game which Edge won. After that there was Rey Mysterio, Randy Orton, Kane, Trish and the Big Show.
Now came the interesting part with Stone cold steve Austin driving his fancy bikes into the Arena and beating the crap outta Michael Kole. Beer Guzzling and delivering a stunner to whoever came on the ring. This time the stunner was delivered to Booker T and that Sucka was not able to Dig that.
This was followed by the match eveyone was waiting for Triple H and the Undertaker in a no holds barred game. There the Undertaker established his 19th Win in Wrestlemania, which is a record in WWE beating Triple H out.
And the final game was John Cena Vs. the Miz. As we expected there was the Rocky chant in the air, expecting the Rock to intevene. But he was never to be found. We had our SLR ready (Off course Dev was sitting with me and wondering if the Rock will come at all). He was bored with the entire wreslting thing and was concentrating more on his Veggie Cheese pizza from Papa Johns. And voila we hear the music now "If you smell what the Rock is cooking", and here he is the most electrifying man electrifying the arena filled with 71,000 crazy people.
The Rock came, gave his usual electrifying speech and delivered the smacketh down and the Peoples elbow to John Cena and the Miz respectively. They said the Miz won the championship but the true winner was the Rock. There was no difference in watching it on TV vs watching it live since the whole event was very well co-ordinated, it felt as if we were watching it on the TV.
So we missed a nights sleep (driving back), couple of boring calls to offshore where the same stuff gets discussed for days and days and days, half a day of work (Now how do i log my efforts), where days feels like years, and the usual Monday morning Diatribes to get a glimpse of our favorite Superstars and to shout at the top of our lungs "If you Smell what the Rock is cooking".
P.S. - Thanks to Dev, who was driving for most of our Night time at 30+ over the speed limit to get us back to office on time. Otherwise i would not have written this post.
