Dissapearing for a day, ending up at a WWE house show
Now before I go any farther, if you’re gonna post a comment telling me how wrong I was for doing this, how I should have been saving my money and not wasting on a day trip, then just don’t leave me a comment. We NEEDED this for my and Dawn’s mental health…I was on the edge, and although now I’m still stressed, I’m not on that edge…before I was so bad my own father was thinking of having me committed somewhere for me to deal…
So we got up early Sunday morning, got fresh and showered, and were getting ready to leave. We had promised each other that we would not worry about anything, or even think about things today, and if we found out otherwise the other one was to smack it out of you. I was wandering around the house, trying to keep my mind distracted, I couldn’t decide what shirt I wanted to wear. So finally after seeing my sister walk around in her Hardyz shirt, I convinced her into letting me where her old Hardyz shirt and she could wear her new one. She was so proud! The first time I was actually volunteering to wear a Hardyz shirt.
So we were about ready to leave, when Dawn was complaining about her bangs and how long they were, so I grabbed the scissors and cut her bangs. I did a pretty good job on them, so I asked Dawn to do mine…Oh My God! So I hear snip, and when I open my eyes I see that not only are my bangs crooked but they are a half of inch higher than I wanted them to be…the only way to even them out was the cut the other side higher, so now I’m about to go to WWE, with insanely high bangs...but whatever, we laughed it off, and I just tried to forget about it.
We took off, and the trip went by pretty fast, we were talking about anything and everything, of course laughing in between. Traffic wasn’t too bad, a few spot of rain here and there.
So we get to Bakersfield, and our first idea was to find the arena. So we’re driving down the road, trying to read addresses, when suddenly my sister goes “Uh…maybe it’s the place with the huge sign flashing WWE Smackdown TONIGHT!!” Yeah, I felt dumb…Anyways, well by that time my nerves had kicked into full gear, and let me just say…when my nerves kick up…I need to get to a bathroom…I know I know…TMI..So we’re driving around Bakersfield trying to find a bathroom, and of course we have to be like in the one section of the town, with nothing but houses! NO gas stations, NO restaurants, NOTHING! So by this time, I’m driving with my legs crossed practically, when Dawn spots a park, so she’s like “There’s a bathroom at the park!”. So we park and we walk quickly by the basketball court and jungle gym area, we get to the bathroom, and just freeze.
The bathroom had no lights, the toilets were metal, barely had any water, there was no toilet paper to be seen, not to mention the bathroom was pretty much wide open, so in like 40 degree weather, I was supposed to sit my fat ass down and do my business…No matter how bad I had to go, I turned to Dawnie and was like “Fuck this, I WILL find a McDonalds.” So we hurry back to the car, and I’m like speeding around Bakersfield, trying to find some relief, finally I turn a corner and find my solace when I see the golden arches. I pull into the parking lot, and we both run into the restaurant, only to be met with a huge sign saying “Restrooms only for customers”, I usually would just like be whatever, but there was an employee standing right there, watching us...So we got our business done in the restroom, we come walking out and the frickin employee was still standing there, like he was waiting for us to buy something, so finally I was like “Whatever”, so I bought 2 apple pies for a $1…Gotta love the dollar menu…
So we finally go back to the arena, looking for parking… the employees were trying to get us to pull into their parking lot and pay money, but luckily I noticed a side street and pulled over there and parked for free…Hellz yeah! So we get out, throw our Hardy shirts on, and get ready, so we walk up to the area and get in line…This is when things get weird…
For some WEIRD reason WWE wasn’t performing in the Arena…they were performing in the THEATRE right next to the arena. We’re talking theatre, with an orchestra pit, stage and everything. It was the weirdest set up I’ve ever seen for a WWE event. So we walk in, and our seats are in the first row of the orchestra section. So basically, we were seated right in front of the stage, behind the orchestra pit. The pit was covered up, and security guards were sitting on that area, the ring was towards the back of the stage, and there were small seat sections on the stage on the left and right side of the ring only. It was a really weird set-up…Half the wrestlers when they came out, they seemed a bit taken aback of the weird set up also…half of them would come to the railing and try to look out onto the audience, but the way the lights were I’m not sure how far they saw out…I know they saw us in the front row, but I’m not sure how much farther out they saw.
So we sit down, and we start talking to this mother and her son sitting next to us. She’s a huge Hardy fan, and her son is a big Undertaker fan, and as luck would have it, they were from Vegas also and had driving out to the show just like us…So we got along really good with them.
They were really nice, and she was telling us how last time they saw WWE, she had made a sign that said something (I don’t want to say what it said, cause it’s her thing), but it caught the hardy’s attention. Cause after the show when they were leaving, Matt, Jeff, Shane and Beth pulled over and signed her sign for her. So she made a sign saying the same thing, and brought it with her….Remember that…it comes in to play later…
So we were chatting with them, and talking about how our seats could be better…little did we know things would happen in the next hour, that would make us be glad where our seats are.
Well before the show started security came over to all of us in the front and basically scared the hell out of everyone. They threatened us by saying, if anyone in the area even touches the stage, they will be ejected. They even went as far to threatening that if the stage got rushed, they would stop the show and things. Now, I’ve been to a few WWE shows, but this audience behaved better than I’ve ever seen.
So finally the show starts:
Carlito and Primo vs. THE Brian Kendrick & Ezekial Jackson:
Carlito and Primo were loving the crowd, the first thing Carlito did was jump over the railing and walk out on to the Orchestra pit, looking out on all of us. Of course because Security scared the hell out of everyone, we all stayed frozen in our spots. He was loving it! Primo looked so cute! I’m not digging the mariachi moustache on him though…Carlito and Primo won in the end though…
Hurricane Helms vs. Umaga:
This was exciting cause Dawn and I had never seen Hurricane Helms in person before, so once his music started I was all excited I was like “It’s Helms!” as Dawn and I were all excited. BTW, his pictures do not do him justice at all! He’s simply gorgeous in person! The best part of the match, was when Umaga slammed Hurricane and the crowd got quiet and the lady next to us yelled “I’ll kiss and make it better Shane!”…I was gone! I thought that was brilliant!
So by this time, I’ll be honest…I did my best to stop the thoughts and worries running through my mind, but I just couldn’t stop it. It seemed like the more I tried, the more worries ran through my mind. Little did I know an event was about to happen that would catch me so off guard, and so by surprise, that my mind would go completely blank out of shock.
Some new guy El Cortez vs. R-Truth:
The crowd loved R-Truth…the new guy was kind of alright, he definitely was working being a heel…He was mocking R-Truth at every turn, the only thing was the new guy looks like a guy I kind of have a crush on, so that was a bit weird for me…LOL
Jeff Hardy vs. Edge:
So Edge comes out to his normal chorus of Boo’s, Edge seemed to be in a really REALLY great mood, he was playing around with the people in the crowd left and right. Making faces and sticking his tongue out at people, pretending to give people high fives then moving his hands out of the way. The last time I saw Edge live, he was real serious definitely in character, but this time he seemed to have fun just joking around with the crowd and things.
Jeff comes out in his extreme makeup, and the crowd went wild. It was deafening to hear the screams, and those were just the two people sitting next to me…LOL…The crowd was insane, they were loving Jeff!
Jeff and Edge were really playing to the crowd. So at one point, Edge throws Jeff over the railing and he rolls and basically lands on top of the orchestra pit area, like literally 5 feet from me.
By this time, we’re all standing in front of our seats, everyone still behaving and not getting anywhere near the stage. Well, Dawn is like freaking out cause Hardy is so close, so she pushes me in front of her, which pushes me closer to the stage. So at this point, I’m standing directly in front of the stage, my knees are touching the stage, my sister is hiding behind me, holding onto me with a huge death grip, while I’m trying to take some pictures.
Everyone else is still standing away from the stage, and I’m the only idiot up there. So Edge knocks Jeff down, still only 5 feet from me, he looks over right to me and gives me a smile. So I smile back, being polite, and at that point, Jeff gets back to his feet and attacks Edge and pushes Edge back to the railing and throws him over. Jeff sets up one of the folding chairs next to the railing and starts to back up to get a running start.
Now I’m not sure if he knew how big the stage was, cause he was still backing up, and he was heading right towards me. So he starts to get closer, so I put my arm up and yell loudly “Whoa there cowboy!”, trying to warn him he was getting closer to the end of the stage. At that point, Jeff spins around drops to his knees and baseball slides up the end of the stage.
Now originally he did it, to get the crowd riled up, but the thing is, when he baseball slid up to the end of the stage, he ended up sliding right up to where I was standing. So next thing I know, I come face to face with Jeff Hardy in extreme make up and all. My mind panicked, and that was the moment, the moment in the last 2 months, my mind cleared.
All I could do was say “Whoa!” as he stayed there for a few moments, while the crowd cheered. I’m staring at him, he’s staring at me, he smiles at me, I smile (and I’m sure I was deep crimson red at this point). So then I hear my sister start to cough (She’s got a bad cold), so I ask her “You ok kid?”, I start to hear her choke, so I pull my attention away from the man in front of me and remind my sister to breathe, as Jeff gets up, and runs towards the chair, hits the chair, and flies over the railing on top of Edge. I know it sounds like a big thing, but the whole moment happened within like 10 seconds or so…
After that, everyone kind of relaxed, cause they realized they could stand as close as they wanted to the stage, they just couldn’t go on it. So everyone started standing and moving closer to the stage, instead of staying in front of their seats.
So Dawn and I sit back down and Dawn goes “I hate you!”, as I simply shrug, then this kid behinds me taps me on the shoulder, I turn around and he goes “That was so cool! You saw Jeff Hardy close up!”. Dawn doesn’t really hate me, she was the one pushed me up there in the first place.
Edge won it, after hitting Jeff with the belt. Edge goes to hit Jeff with the belt, when I yell out “For the love of god, be like Matt…Use a Chair!” which pretty much got me the laughter of our whole section.
Jeff came back after the match and swantoned Edge, leaving Edge in the middle of the ring. Edge was still totally playing the crowd, as he was pretending he was dead, as the ref was trying to give him his belt. Than Edge proceeded to give himself CPR, bringing himself back to life…he was totally playing the goofy angle…
Maria and Eve vs. Natalya and Michelle McCool:
I’m not really into diva matches, but I’m a big Maria and Natalya fan, so it was cool seeing 2 of my favorite divas live. Maria and Eve won it in the end.
Shelton Benjamin vs. MVP:
I’m not really a fan of these two, so Dawn and I were more entertained laughing over this huge hole that was in the ceiling…yeah the match was that exciting…Shelton won it in the end…
HHH & The Undertaker vs. Vladimir Kozlov & Big Show:
This match was actually entertaining. I mean first off…HHH…be still my ovaries…Every time I see that man live, the lust just grows and grows for him…Damn! I got all excited, cause he did his water thingy right in front of us, that was the first time I actually got to see it live, so that was good for me and my hormones. Having HHH in the arena, definitely kept my mind preoccupied enough, as all I could do was watch him.
HHH and Big Show, had their little funny moments, HHH was mocking Big Show left and right, making fun of the way he boxes, making fun his weight things like that, so then Big Show turns around and starts mocking HHH. Big Show starts doing jumping Jacks in the ring, pretending to be HHH, so HHH responded by pretending to hurl. So not to be outdone, Big show takes off the top of his outfit thingy, and starts flexing his “muscles” in true HHH fashion. It actually was pretty funny, even HHH was trying not to crack a smile at it.
They were really playing up how Big Show was afraid of Taker. For example, HHH had Show in an Arm Lock, he tags in Taker, and Big Show like pushes HHH away from him and he bolts across the ring, grabs the ref by the back of the pants, and holds the ref in front of him between him and Taker.
The match was a lot of fun to watch, they definitely were playing up to the crowd. Of course I got all excited when HHH popped off a crotch chop in the middle of the match in true DX style…Yes please!
At the end of the match, HHH and Taker won it…it was kind of funny cause, Triple H was on the turnbuckle doing his “bowing down” thing to the crowd, trying to get them to repeat it back to him. Well, it seemed like everyone was just kind of clueless or something, so finally he comes out to the railing, so me, Dawn, the lady next to us, and her son, all start “bowing down”, which got a big ol smile out HHH, as he pointed to us and smiled at all of us in the front row.
So after the show, the lady next to us, asked if we were gonna go watch the wrestlers leave. We told her we didn’t know where it was, so she offered to take us with them. So we went with them, her bringing her sign from earlier. So security was all over us, telling us we couldn’t go past this tree area, apparently they weren’t paying much attention to me, cause I was on the other side of the tree area, and they didn’t tell me to move.
So I’m standing there next to the lady, my sister and her son are on the other side of the tree area, when I hear the security guy’s walkie talkie go off and the only thing I hear is “one of the hardy boys”. I turn to Dawn, and me and her both go “did you hear that?”…within minutes here comes this white SUV…I see it coming and soon enough I recognize Shane is driving. I turn to the lady and I go “Shane’s driving it”, so she holds up her sign.
We were a little away from the crowd, so as Shane pulls closer he starts honking his horn, staring at all of us, he pulls by and actually pulls to a slight stop, as he’s smiling in the car and pointing to her sign from the car. I’m like maybe 5 feet from the car, so I bend down to see who he’s talking too, and I see Jeff in the passenger seat, as he’s looking out of the window reading the sign also. The other fans start to move on the car, so Shane takes off.
So we were a little bummed, when Dawn whispers to me “dude, they stopped.” I turn around and Dawnie repeats it and motions to me across the other side of the parking lot, on the small side street, the white SUV was pulled over and stopped. I turn to the lady and her son and I whisper “They stopped” and I show her where they are. So we casually try to move over to the SUV. We were walking casually over towards them, we got pretty far, I’m sure they saw us coming. We got about 75% of the way to the SUV, when I hear the other fans who were still waiting for other superstars start yelling “Hardy’s over there!’ and a bunch of them start running after us, at that point, the white SUV takes off…It was kind of depressing, cause we possibly could of met them, but you know what , whatever…It’s all good…
We hung out with the lady and her son for a while, grabbed a late dinner and Dawn and I made it home, through snow, hail and rain…
How am I mentally now? I’m still stressed…but when my mind panicked and went blank, I felt the tension in my head relax. It was something I needed, something we both needed, so I no longer feel guilty about going. Sure I’m still stressed but at least now, my head doesn’t feel like it’s gonna explode all the time, and now only 24 hours after the event, Dawn’s been hired for a job, and I got a new day job…maybe going to WWE was a good omen?