The Main Events
When Living Color were announced to introduce Punk it was no surprise to us but the pop Punk got was the loudest Ive ever heard (until RAW). The arena was full of love for Punk and to many, this was the main attraction. At this point the two guys who couldnt get enough of the Bud Light bar decided to make yet another trip past us during an entrance we really wanted to see. Needless to say we told them to stop being so inconsiderate (to Paraphrase ;) ). We screamed our heads off for our man regardless but as soon as the first bell tolled, we were awestruck. Takers entrance this year was up there with the best ever and it was a real shame when watching the event back that the camera crew kinda cocked it all up. Punks reaction to Takers entrance was a highlight as he had a genuine mark out moment in the ring. We could see the smile on his face from where we were.
As expected this was the finest match of the night by a considerable margin and the crowd loved it. The Punk chants were slightly louder than the Taker chants and a nice splattering of This is Awesome reverberated around the MetLife. Punks nasty landing on the table was felt by all hence why the Holy Sh*t chant took a while to take a hold. Will Taker ever have a bad / mediocre match at Mania again?
Triple and Brock were up and the crowd were definitely not excited for it. The love was all for Brock but the fact the match didnt really get going until around 5 minutes before the end meant that the crowd was getting slightly bored and the inevitable BOORRING chants were heard. The Pedigree on the steps got a great reaction however and the match ended with a flourish. Perhaps giving this 10 minutes wouldve been more beneficial. Next up, the main event...