I thought it was fun, just too d--- long. The crowd was pretty calm during the pre-show but came alive once the main show started. Jinder winning s----d the energy out of the building for a brief moment but HHH/Steph vs Kurt/Ronda being up next quickly livened things back up. I don't think anyone gave a f--- about the Smackdown Tag Title match. The Undertaker's return was cool as h---, but it sucks that his match wasn't even 3 minutes long. After DB/Shane vs KO and Sami the crowd kind of died, and we tried to come alive for AJ/Nakamura but overall it was just a really disappointing match and didn't get much reaction until Shinsuke's heel turn. The crowd LOVED the Nicholas s---. Once Brock/Roman started no one gave a s---. There was people leaving while they were making their entrances. Beach balls were running wild everywhere and no one was really watching the match at all until Roman got busted open. Brock winning came as a surprise but still no one gave a s--- and everyone in our section started leaving immediately after the bell rang. Idk how long they kept the cameras rolling after the match but it felt like it took at least 10 minutes to get out of our section and outside of the Superdome and the outside pyro had just started going off when we got outside.
I definitely want to experience Mania again, this time being better prepared financial wise so I can have some better seats at the events. I wish they would break the even into two days or make it shorter though. I hit Bourbon Street and got a little s-----y before the event, but I didn't drink at all once we got there, so by the time the 8 hours were up I was just exhausted and wanted to sleep.
Now that some adrenaline has wore off (and I finally slept after being awake for 41 hours)...I still say that Takeover NOLA is easily the best show I've ever attended and Gargano vs Ciampa is the greatest match of all time. Shout out to section 330 for making it the most fun experience I've ever had besides the person who needed deodorant. Time to get some breakfast and head to Axxess!
Btw if anyone is looking for a way to watch the ROH PPV for free (or Evolve, Bloodsport, or WWN Supershow) you can do it through the Fite app by signing up for a new acct
Create your new acct and enter the promo code vwz95mz which will give you $15 in free credit. (Full disclosure its my promo code and gives me $5 but more importantly gives you $15) This will be enough for any of the shows I mentioned except ROH where you need $25... so once you are in the Fite app if you like them through the app on Twitter ($3), FB ($2), and then a video ($5) you’ll have the full $25 in free credit to watch Kenny vs Cody for free!
It sounds complicated but once your in the app all of those are listed in a row on the menu so its really easy
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