As is our now yearly tradition, Daniel and I traveled up north for the one time a year WWE comes anywhere close to our state. They seem to be sticking with the Santa Ana Star Center in Rio Rancho now, whereas the first one or two I attended were in Albuquerque proper. Which, now that I (and the GPSes) know where it is, is fine by me. It's close enough to Cottonwood Mall, that getting a hotel nearby is not problematic and free parking! It's just taken us a few years to figure out exactly which seats we should be seeking, though next year, I really hope I can get in on time to get near the entrance line and actually have a hope of a high-five or t-shirt toss. Calling in to ask for side-facing bleachers was actually a better view than the floor seats which are exceedingly problematic for a few reasons, but mostly because I'm short. Meaning I'm level with everyone else and most of the guys are taller than me, the kids stand on the chairs, people hold up their cell phones/ipads to record the match and I'm about eye-level with the ring itself so I end up missing about 85% of what's happening. This year I was unfortunately next to the most obnoxious child in the entire arena, but my library-training made it so I could kiiiind of tune him out. Seriously, kids should not be internet trolls at the age of 8.
So, we decided to get our commerative cups first just in case they sold out and since I saw a hole in the merch line I decided to get that out of the way, as well. There was however, no actual order to the proceedings so we missed out on half of the first match. Which was Fandango vs Dolph Ziggler, so....yeah. But I got a Shield shirt, a program, a CM Punk Bleacher Creature which is probably about the last WWE Punk merch we're ever going to see so: collector's item! and a Cena hat for my brother. I know, I know...his choice.
Welp, I still have my ganky point-and-shoot from a million years ago and the lighting in there sucks, so my pictures are not-so-hot, but I did get a few shots and at least it helps me remember what actually happened.
