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For many people, April 1st is a day of fun and pranks. For me, its Rhiannons birthday. I rang her at 8am this morning and after being told that she appeared to have forgotten about it, was handed to Rhiannon while she was being told "Its your dad. He's heard you were naughty." So as soon as she said Hello, I burst into a croaky rendition of Happy Birthday. Hehe
Saturday afternoon, Rhiannon will be coming to get her presents and then we will be going for a meal and maybe to the cinema. Just the 2 of us - it should be awesome! Then Sunday afternoon is her party.
Sunday night saw me at Jams watching Wrestlemania XXIV live on Sky Sports Box Office (or whatever it is called). It started at midnight and finished at 4am and wow! Sarah called from the Rose Bowl as her, Andy, Mandy and Howard were there, so I was watching out for them.
First up, JBL beat Finlay in the Belfast Brawl Grudge match. Amazing use of bins, tables, kendo sticks, etc. Nice and violent and a great start to the show.
CM Punk won the "Money In The Bank" Ladder Match meaning he can challenge for any title belt on any of the 3 brands at anytime in the next year.
Batista beat Umaga in the Brand Supremacy match.
Kane (who had won the Battle Royal earlier) then impressively defeated Chavo Guerro to take the ECW Championship in 6 seconds. Great result (mostly cos I cant stand Chavo and love Kane).
Ric Flair lost to HBK in a career threatening match (HBK said to Ric before he Sweet Chin Music'd him "I'm sorry. I love you") and that was it. 30 odd years of The Nature Boy over. I was almost in tears. Evan Jam was almost in tears and she has never watched the wrestling! Really emotional.
Beth Phoenix and Melina beat Maria and Ashley Massaro in a pretty tame match. Snoop Dog got in the ring and punched Santino Morella out. That was cool...
Randy Orton retained his title by defeating HHH and John Cena in a Triple Threat Match. This was an exciting match full of power plays, thrills and spills. Am a bit gutted HHH didnt win it - but I'm sure there is more to come.
Floyd "Money" Mayweather vs Big Show. Terrible match IMO. Nice ending though when Mayweather took out Big Show with some knuckle dusters on.
The main event - Edge vs The Undertaker. What a match! It was frickin awesome and I was on the edge of my seat. Undertaker was 15-0 on Wrestlemania but has never been able to defeat Edge and I honestly thought - several times - that his run was over. But no, he took it impressively and walked away with a 16-0. When he got the pinfall, I was out of my seat quietly whooping (loud noise at 4am would have annoyed the neighbours upstairs) and jumping.
Then yesterday, while I'm working, I get a text from Andy. Here is how the conversation goes:
Andy: Fancy wrestlemania in say texas next year? Gonna get package tickets at end of the week if you would like to come along? x
Me: Yes please but will have to pay in installments x
Andy: You will only have to save for spending money x
Me: I'm crying now x
Then I get a text from Sarah:
Sarah: How excited are you right now? :) S x
Me: Like you wouldn't believe :) x
So it looks like I am off to Houston, Texas for Wrestlemania XXV - FUCKING HELL!
So this year, its London with the kids next week, Berlin with Jam in May, Frightfest in London in August, Gran Canaria with various in September. Next year its Texas in March plus anything else I do! My life is pretty good and man - do I have some awesome friends!
And a quick aside to someone (they know who they are!): If you could bottle that talent and sell it, you'd be a billionaire...
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