When The Blot announced last week I was going to schedule a trial run of my live blogging through Twitter this weekend at the biggest sports entertainment event of the year, the speculation ran rampant. It seems like I unintentionally threw everyone off with my March Madness post. My buddy Sam (who lives in Detroit) even called and asked why I hadn’t told him I was coming up to Michigan for the Final Four. You see, while the Final Four is definitely the biggest sporting event this weekend, it’s not the biggest “sports entertainment” (a phrase popularly coined by the WWE) event of the year. That title goes to WrestleMania, the be all and end all event of professional wrestling.
Now as you may all remember The Blot doesn’t really follow professional wrestling anymore, but when I heard WrestleMania XXV was taking place in my own backyard I knew I had to go. As a kid I would have killed to go to WrestleMania and the 10 year old lil’ Blot inside me would have never forgiven the adult I’ve become if I didn’t go. Plus, I had the opportunity to go in college during professional wrestling’s resurgence in the late ‘90s and turned it down. Worried that passing up the WWE’s signature event a second time might mean I never end up going to a WrestleMania, I called my buddy Threefron and made plans to attend the 25th anniversary event.
So here I am, on the verge of attending my first WrestleMania and I have no idea what to expect. With this being the 25th anniversary of WrestleMania the WWE should be pulling out all the stops, including bring back more than a few surprises (rumors continue to circulate about the return of Hulk Hogan to the squared circle). Regardless, Houston is abuzz with talk of WrestleMania. Some analysts even predict the week of WrestleMania should bring a significant economic boost to the city in the upwards of $50 million dollars. (link)
As of now I am only planning on attending WrestleMania XXV Sunday night, but I might be convinced to attend a session of the WWE’s four day fanfest WrestleMania Axxess or Saturday night’s marquee event the WWE Hall of Fame Induction Ceremony. If so, you can be sure I’ll be blogging live courtesy of Twitter. Anyone interested in knowing what’s going on at the event without having to pay your hard earned money to purchase the show on PPV should stop by The Blot Says… or Twitter.com/TheBlotSays to follow the action in real time.
WrestleMania XXV takes place this Sunday, April 5, 2009 at 7/6c only on Pay-Per-View (or here at The Blot Says… if you don't mind your news in 140 characters or less)
The Matches Set For WrestleMania XXV
WWE Championship
Triple H (c) vs. Randy Orton
World Heavyweight Championship Triple Threat Match
Edge (c) vs. John Cena vs. Big Show
Intercontinental Championship
JBL (c) vs. Rey Mysterio
Extreme Rules Match
Jeff Hardy vs. Matt Hardy
Unified Tag Team Championship Lumberjack Match
WWE Tag Team Champions Carlito & Primo vs.
World Tag Team Champions The Miz & John Morrison
Shawn Michaels vs. Undertaker
Money in the Bank Ladder Match
Christian vs. CM Punk vs. Kane vs. Mark Henry vs.
Shelton Benjamin vs. Kofi Kingston vs. US Champion MVP
25-Diva Battle Royal
Legends Match
Chris Jericho vs. WWE Legends
(Rowdy Roddy Piper, Ricky The Dragon Steamboat &
Jimmy Superfly Snuka with Ric Flair)
