A few thoughts:
1. Punk, of course, was mega over.
2. Cena out-popped Punk
2a. Of course, Punk's pop was all cheers, Cena's was not.
3. I was incredibly surprised at how many people cheered Cena. I'd say it was probably 60/40 in favor of Cena fans. More Cena fans than haters.
4. I saw only four types of wrestler related merchandise all night long. A LOT of Punk shirts, a LOT of Cena shirts, several Broski headbands, and one Miz shirt. That was it.
5. When Truth was beating down Miz while talking about Christmas, the entire crowd was waiting for Truth to say "don't 'what' me". Kind of disappointed he didn't.
6. Punk was incredibly cheezy (like always) in the opening promo, but John Laurinaitis was fucking amazing in that promo. Loved the "you can't wrestle" chant at Laurinaitis.
7. It took the crowd a while to figure out they were supposed to chant "Let's go Cena, Cena sucks" in unison at the end of the show when Kane kept prompting them. I'm sure Kane felt like an idiot standing there while waiting for the crowd to do what they were supposed to do.
8. The dark match was a steel cage match between Punk and Miz for the WWE Championship. I'll give you three guesses who won the match...in Chicago....
9. Skip Sheffield is fucking huge. He destroyed Mr. Perfect's son in the pre-show dark match.
10. People were far more interested in doing Ryder's catchprase than they were in his match. Also, what I believe to have happened during commercial, Ryder asked Eve to be his date for New Year's, and Eve said she'd think about it. Ouch.
If I think of more, I'll post it here if I want.
EDIT:
11. Cena proved once again how silly the people are who boo him, as the same people who were booing him also turned into cheering when he talked about how great Chicago was, and then again after Raw went off the air when he talked about how he respected CM Punk.
12. The seats I was in were ridiculously horrible to sit in. I was incredibly cramped all night long, people couldn't walk through to the aisle without everyone having to stand up, they were incredibly narror, etc. I'm 6'2" 195 pounds, with an athletic body type, and I could barely fit my ass in the seat. People who are a little overweight, I don't know how they managed. I will say, though, the seats were great in terms of being able to see the ring.
1. Punk, of course, was mega over.
2. Cena out-popped Punk
2a. Of course, Punk's pop was all cheers, Cena's was not.
3. I was incredibly surprised at how many people cheered Cena. I'd say it was probably 60/40 in favor of Cena fans. More Cena fans than haters.
4. I saw only four types of wrestler related merchandise all night long. A LOT of Punk shirts, a LOT of Cena shirts, several Broski headbands, and one Miz shirt. That was it.
5. When Truth was beating down Miz while talking about Christmas, the entire crowd was waiting for Truth to say "don't 'what' me". Kind of disappointed he didn't.
6. Punk was incredibly cheezy (like always) in the opening promo, but John Laurinaitis was fucking amazing in that promo. Loved the "you can't wrestle" chant at Laurinaitis.
7. It took the crowd a while to figure out they were supposed to chant "Let's go Cena, Cena sucks" in unison at the end of the show when Kane kept prompting them. I'm sure Kane felt like an idiot standing there while waiting for the crowd to do what they were supposed to do.
8. The dark match was a steel cage match between Punk and Miz for the WWE Championship. I'll give you three guesses who won the match...in Chicago....
9. Skip Sheffield is fucking huge. He destroyed Mr. Perfect's son in the pre-show dark match.
10. People were far more interested in doing Ryder's catchprase than they were in his match. Also, what I believe to have happened during commercial, Ryder asked Eve to be his date for New Year's, and Eve said she'd think about it. Ouch.
If I think of more, I'll post it here if I want.
EDIT:
11. Cena proved once again how silly the people are who boo him, as the same people who were booing him also turned into cheering when he talked about how great Chicago was, and then again after Raw went off the air when he talked about how he respected CM Punk.
12. The seats I was in were ridiculously horrible to sit in. I was incredibly cramped all night long, people couldn't walk through to the aisle without everyone having to stand up, they were incredibly narror, etc. I'm 6'2" 195 pounds, with an athletic body type, and I could barely fit my ass in the seat. People who are a little overweight, I don't know how they managed. I will say, though, the seats were great in terms of being able to see the ring.
