SmackDown!

Tuesday evening Andrew , David , David's brother, Andrew's father, and I went to a taping of WWE SmackDown! at Gund Arena. Although I've been a WWE fan for years, this was the first live event I'd ever attended.

Signs are a big part of WWE event, and I took two. My first was a Vince for America sign (a photoshopped Dean for America sign). Just for kicks, I put "www.vinceforamerica.com" on the bottom of the sign, which turned out to be a mistake. The security guard said that no URLs could appear on signs, and I had to rip off the URL. My second sign was Case Department of Thuganomics . This sign was on the back of the Vince for America sign, and the security guard didn't notice it. That's probably a good thing, since I doubt he would have been pleased with my use of the Case logo.

After making it past security, we entered the arena and found our seats. Our seats weren't bad, but the arena was less than half full, which put us near the top of the open seating. Everyone was sitting on one side of the arena, so that WWE cameras could make it look like the place was packed.

There were some good matches, but I didn't think that any of them were spectacular. It was fun to stand up and cheer when the entrance music of my favorite wrestlers hit. You haven't really lived until you've chanted "You Suck!" in unison with 10,000 other people.

I don't know if I'll attend another WWE live event, at least not for a long time. I just didn't think it was worth the $28 it cost. I'd rather watch wrestling via my ReplayTV, so I can fast forward through boring matches.