TAFKA Jonny Vegas

Thanks mate, it was so long ago I always remembered it as having that classic spot of running clothesline etc without being able to get the bigger man off his feet before Sting finally did. I think CTXRussomark may have told me what match it was over a decade ago but sadly I cannot remember for sure.

Tickets for most things at the Hydro generally sell out within minutes Keith. I dont think there will be much chances of picking ones up for bargains later on. My wife recently wanted tickets for Stevie Nicks which were absolute carnage and I know lots of people who couldn't get them but luckily I managed to get them on pre sale. The cheapest tickets for her now are £250 odds each, more than double what they were originally. Seen a lot of people on twitter pissed off at the prices but they'll likely still sell out. Its absolute greed too as the cost of WWE Live show tickets the last time they were here were between 1/4 and 1/6 of the prices for CATC.

Hulk Hogan vs Ultimate Warrior - Wrestlemania 6 As a kid we didn't have Sky and little to none of my mates watched it either. When I was maybe 7 years old the local video rental shop shut down not long after a Blockbuster opener across the road and they sold all their ex rental VHS for 50p each. My Mum let me get a WWF Colisseum Home Video with that match on it. I was never into comic books but that match must have been what fans of those imagine Batman vs Superman to be. It was such an unbelievable spectacle and I was hooked. Sting vs Big Van Vader - WCW unknown Still without Sky my wrestling fandom was restricted to magazines, figures and the occasional VHS picked up at car boot sales. However WCW Worldwide was on ITV Saturday afternoons and it was must watch for me every week. I have vivid memories of a Sting vs Vader match across two rings - to this day I don't know what the event was but the two rings, Sting's colourful attire and Vader with his mask and power were absolutely mesmerising. HHH vs Cactus Jack - Royal Rumble 2000 I fell away from wrestling around 10/11 and football took over. As I went into secondary school I missed the peak years of the monday night wars. I still didn't have Sky and again none of my friends were wrestling fans. Then by chance I sat infront of two lads in maths who were talking about wrestling and the Royal Rumble being shown live on Channel 4 that weekend. I stayed up and it blew my mind. It was worlds apart from how I remembered wrestling to be. The entire show was fantastic with that topping it off for me. I'm still to this day best mates with one of those two lads from maths. Many a fantastic memory of watching wrestling together, going to shows together ranging from FWA to Wrestlemania, our backyard days and he went onto flirt with a real career in wrestling having matches against the now Finn Balor and Jake Roberts amongst others. ECW Living Dangerously 1998 I can't narrow it down to one match but after RR on Channel 4 my interest was sky high again. I was back at the car boots hoovering up every bit of wrestling stuff I could find. I don't remember having ever heard of ECW and when I saw the VHS on a table with barbed wire and New Jack then the names of Al Snow, Taz and The Dudley Boyz on the match listing who I was now familar with from RR and Sunday Night Heat, I gave it a go. I watched the entire PPV absolutely glued to it and ECW immediately became my favourite promotion. Nick Mondo vs Wifebeater - CZW TOD My peaked interest in wrestling coincided with the explosion of the internets availability and popularity. I became aware of the UKFF and an entire new world of wrestling. I checked out CZW which was popular at the time and this show and match in particular blew my mind.

Fair play if any of you managed to get pre sale tickets today. I joined the lobby as soon as it opened to join the pre queue, queue. There were 5000 people ahead of me as soon as I hit the actual queue. The cheapest tickets available once I got in were £610 EACH. I did then check restricted view tickets and whether the gamble of how restricted they may be was worth it...£802 each. Stayed up an extra 4 hours after finishing a night shift for that shite. The pricing tiers are pretty fucking brutal. I've listed them below for anyone interested. At least all the footballers and drug dealers will be able to take their kids. £175, £232, £289, £345, £390, £500, £610, £802, £940, £1160, £1583, £2945. Sorry for the spoiler tags. I'm shattered, hit it by mistake and couldn't get rid of it. 😆

I don't know if its the general consensus or just an apparent majority on twitter this morning but either way it was a nice to see a lot of people sharing my opinion of being totally uninterested in Becky Lynch. I think a lot of people, most notably herself had forgotten that what actually got her over to the next level was an accidental bloody nose during a pre Survivor Series brawl. Not anything she had specifically done, just pure happenstance. I saw someone on twitter refer to her as Becky Hogan and I couldn't have agreed more. By far the worst of the four horsewomen across the board apart from in her own mind. The women's roster at the moment has so many fresh and exciting newer talents on it. A baffling decision backwards in my opinion.

Quick Dave Busst story...after his injury and rehab he began doing coaching at schools in and around Coventry. My brother who was maybe 8 or 9 years old at the time nutmegged him during a session and Busst kicked his legs from underneath him "for his cheek".

Watched and thoroughly enjoyed the Cov game and very proud of my original home town today. My year old son who is born and raised in Glasgow lost a little interest at 0-3 but got increasingly into it for the comeback. The rollercoaster of emotions from the premature ecstasy of that last minute of extra time "winner" to the agony of a penalty shootout loss was enough to leave him in tears. Spoiled wee shite has been too used to watching Celtic win practically everything domestically his entire life and isn't yet used to the true misery of football.

£145 for the both shows it appears, which in itself isn't *too bad* though I'm sure the cheapest house show tickets for WWE Live there were £35 each...so its over double the price for each night. How many £145 combo's will be available is a concern too. The cheapest tickets for Stevie Nicks recently were £90 and my wife ended up fortunate to get two at £125 each as when she joined the queue 1 second past sale time there were 20k people ahead of her...

Talk is the cheapest combo tickets are £145 each and going up to £3500 a ticket. Will be trying my best to get two so I can take my son but not holding my breath between prices and limited availability...