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My brother got me a ticket to this tonight. Based on reviews I've read for previous shows, I should prepare to be disappointed. I am hoping those reviews are just from fans who are generally miserable no matter the current situation.
I imagine a lot of people don't know what to expect from these spoken performances by people known for acting or performing in some kind of character or music production and get sad if it isn't what they expected. But who knows. There's so much retired wrestler content out there you might be wanting Stone Cold's podcast and getting something completely different. Something tells me Mark Calaway still keeps more than a small amount of kayfabe.
Sooo....
This was a complete 180 (and then some) from what I had originally expected going into the show last night. It was actually pretty freaking good, to be honest with you. I was under the impression, from reading reviews of previous shows, that some random dude (aka "The Hype Man") would come out at around 10p, hype the crowd up for about 30 minutes, and then bring
THE Undertaker out. Boy, was I waaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaay off. "The Hype Man" came out for maybe a minute or two, before stepping aside for
THE Undertaker. And then,
THE Deadman
OWNED that stage for a pretty good chunk of the next 2.5ish (+/-) hours. And then brings out one of his good friends...And boy, was the crowd pumped to see this guy...
And then, it was basically a bunch of storytelling with both going back and forth about stuff. Oh, and shots. No, not shots at each other, but these shots...
And they took shots of this...
Well, I use the word "they"
VERY loosely here...Because
THE Undertaker wanted no part of the shots after a while, but
THE Godfather decided to be super obnoxious (and kind of annoying, to be honest with you), and kept on pouring shots every 5 minutes. So much so that the dude could barely walk off of the stage. It was pretty sad, actually.
Oh, and there was some random annoying chick (I'd use a different word here to describe her, but I won't) who decided to hijack one of the "Mini-Q&A Sessions" that
THE Undertaker had throughout the night, walk up towards the stage, and straight up tried to call him out because she wasn't able to get her, some other gal (who I believe was her sister), and her two kids into the VIP Meet and Greet before the show because of some issue with her tickets. Apparently, they were fake tickets. I don't really know enough to pass final judgment, so I am not 100% certain if she got jacked out of an opportunity to meet
THE Deadman. But I do know that she could have handled it much better than to walk up towards the stage and try to start a war of words with
THE Deadman.
Overall, very pleased with the show, and I'd definitely go to something like this again, as long as a few things are cut out (i.e.
THE Godfather wanting to take a shot every 5 minutes, and the annoying fan). Maybe some other retired wrestler will find inspiration, and spin up something like this at some point.
