1. Roman Reigns And Bray Wyatt Really Are WWE's Stars Of The Future
John CantonPrior to the main event starting, ring announcer Brandi asked the fans to vote by cheers what the stipulation should be: No Holds Barred or Street Fight. Really? They're pretty much the same thing. It's not exactly the same, but close enough. Basically, we knew weapons were going to be used in this one. Anyway, Street Fight won by applause. Wyatt entered along with Erick Rowan and Luke Harper. Then he told them to leave the ring before the match started. Reigns entered the arena through the crowd near where we were sitting. It's cool that he still does his entrance like that although if he stopped doing it then it wouldnt really hurt him either. It's not like he plays to the crowd a lot during it. The one thing that was really noticeable about Reigns up close is that his moveset is still pretty limited. He relies on the power game a lot, which means he throws a lot of uppercuts and clotheslines. If I had to guess how many uppercut punches he did I'd say around 20-30. It was that many. Every time he had to make a comeback that's what he went with. They look impressive, but there were so many of them. His other big moves like the dropkick on the apron, the Superman Punch and of course Spear are very popular with the fans. My one interaction with Reigns during the match was pretty funny. When they were right in front of us I said "be careful because Wyatt has the whole world in his hands." Reigns goes "it's okay because I've got Wyatt in my hands right now." Then he tossed him back into the ring. Good retort! There were some fans near us that were chanting "Husky Harris" at Wyatt. That's pretty lame. The man has moved on from it, has turned into this awesome character and you want to chant something from a few years ago that didn't work? It was done in a taunting way. Those kinds of fans are annoying, but thankfully there wasn't that kind of thing too often. Wyatt was tremendous all night. There were times during the match where he spent time trash talking fans in the crowd. After he grabbed the microphone he even led us in singing "he's got the whole world in his hands" which is one of the most unique things you can ever do at a wrestling show. It was not as loud as the night after WrestleMania Raw crowd that I was a part of, but it was still a lot of fun. Towards the end of the match, Harper & Rowan came back out to go after Reigns. The Usos ran out to take care of them with some dives over the top. The Usos are cousins of Reigns, so it's nice to see them working together like that. They used all kinds of weapons in the match including chairs, the ring steps, kendo stick and a table. One thing about the kendo stick up close is you can see how light it is. It sounds loud, but it's really flimsy. When you watch it on TV you can't tell how light it really is. There were two table spots. The first one was when Wyatt drove Reigns through a table with a one armed slam. Reigns was able to come back by hitting a low blow (a retaliation for when Wyatt did that to him) and then he gave Wyatt a Spear through a table that was stacked against the turnbuckle. That led to the Reigns win. It was a 20 minute match that was very good. Once the show was done Reigns really didn't hang around too long. He greeted a few fans at ringside, but then he left. It was about 10:30pm by that point. There were some kids near us that really wanted to see him. Perhaps they had him leave because it was late and they had a two hour drive to Toronto that night, but I feel bad for those kids at ringside. I've seen top babyfaces stick around for 20 minutes after shows. I'm not blaming Reigns. Just saying I've seen it done differently in the past. Overall it was a tremendous show. If I didn't sit ringside maybe I'd have enjoyed it less. When you're that close you tend to appreciate the talent even more for putting their body on the line the way they do. This was one of the better live events I've been to. Not all of them are great, but if WWE is in your town you should go whether it's TV or a live event. It's worth your time.