Well, as if you already didn't know, the Halloween Special of RAW was my first EVER, and I mean EVER wrestling show that I ever went to live. I simply was quite excited to go. I went with two of my brothers and I originally wasn't supposed to go but, due to last minute plans, I was in!  We left out around 3:30, got there around 5 o'Clock to the Philips Center; never actually been there before but I really like the food court they had there, very convenient. Everyone was just about to file in at this time, but little did I know there was a tailgate party on the other side. Oh well, I was happy with Chinese, but anyway, fans were filing in with their Cena shirts and Championship belt replicas, which made me wonder why would you carry a championship belt in public? I haven't seen so much red in one building since going to Five Points Station on a Sunday when the Falcons were playing at home. I don't know.

Anyway, while everyone was filing in, Zack Ryder, Ted DiBiase, Sheamus, Drew McIntyre and Bryan Danielson were walking around the building and fans were just clamoring around them as if The Beatles came to town. Sheamus, McIntyre & Bryan were walking around together and Sheamus was walking around like he needed to find the nearest bathroom or else he'd shit his pants. I found that quite funny. One guy came up to Sheamus and did his pose in front of him. Sheamus looked at him blankly and walked away, also hilarious. I have NEVER seen a bunch of grown ass men act like teenage girls in my life. I didn't see Zack Ryder though, but I did see so many Broskis dressed like him. He showed up with a ton of security and when I came back from outside from my smoke break with my brother Jesse (no I don’t smoke but he does), there was tons of “WOO WOO WOO” chants. After tons of waiting, like 3 hours full of waiting by the door to let us in, many "WOO" chants, "Cena Sucks" chants and the like, finally got into the atrium, into the arena and took our seats and here to enjoy the show. 

Around 8 pm, we are finally in there and I still can't believe it's $4 for a damn bottle of water in the Concessions area. Luckily the Food Court in the Philips Center is a lot less expensive. We finally get our seats, and we are in the back row on the floor level. Well, near the exit in the back, good enough to see the ring, the Tron, everything. I just wished we didn't sit in front of the most OBNOXIOUS kids ever! My God, they NEVER SHUT THE HELL UP FOR THE ENTIRE 3 plus hours.

Wow, I was amazed at how the set of RAW is surprisingly small in person. I thought it was huge. Wrong, I was. At first, while the crew setting up, they were pushing the hell out of the WrestleMania 27 DVD/Blu-Ray. WWE was really pushing The Muppets that came out in theaters as well, and WWE ’12. Felt like I was at the movie theaters way too early before the movie started. 

Around 8:15 PM, we had our first match, a dark match. I thought it was going to be on Superstars. Man, the Usos entrance looks awesome live. The Usos defeated the Colons (Tito and Primo) in a decent tag team match. One of the Usos finished Tito off with a Superfly Splash. They should show these two teams on TV more often to heighten their tag division. 

After that, Josh Matthews & Scott Stanford came out for Superstars and then we had the first match. Yoshi Tatsu def. Tyson Kidd in a REALLY GOOD wrestling match. This was back & forth, a great match between two that have obviously great chemistry in the ring. It's too bad they are only subjected to non-televised action, but if they gave them TV time or even on PPV, they would wow us. Oh, a Cruiserweight Championship would be needed right about now. Everyone was in applause after a match that was PPV worthy. The sad part is that no one (unless you were paying attention to the never-ending NXT5) knew why they were feuding in the first place, though. Drew McIntyre def. John Morrison in a decent match. Drew got a HUGE POP from the crowd, as if he was a face, but he is stil a heel. This was a good wrestling match as well, but Morrison loses with the Future Shock. After the McIntyre/Morrison match, the crowd starts filing in, RAW is starting and the crowd is going apeshit 

We don't get pyro because Rock is addressing the "Universe", big pop for him. Seeing him say “Hell no” to Cena asking him to be his partner was really funny, but him saying 'yes' (which we all saw coming from a mile away) was cool. Always nice seeing Rock…but I wish I saw him live instead of via satellite in the arena. Cena vs. The Miz is announced for tonight. I guess they need to make up for that shitty match earlier in the year on their biggest show. Crowd popped huge for that announcement. 

CM Punk def. Mark Henry via DQ or vice versa. Match didn’t matter to me, it made no sense. Why would he face the World Champion for a WWE Championship shot? Well, seeing Ricardo get a beat down was fun though. Jeez, Mark Henry is HUGE in person. 

Eve wins the Divas Halloween Battle Royal. My favorite costumes were the Bellas dressed up as Mario & Luigi and AJ as Kitana. I screamed out "MORTAL KOMBAT!!!" Yes, I marked out for that. I didn’t care for the battle royal really; I wanted to see a wardrobe malfunction during the Divas Battle Royal but didn't. Is anyone surprised Rosa Mendes still has a damn job? Typical Divas battle royal no one cared about.  

Wade Barrett & Cody Rhodes def. WWE Tag Team Champions Air Boom - This was an ok match to me. I just don’t understand why Air Boom isn’t taking on actual tag teams instead of this makeshift one. Well, at least the Tag Champions didn’t look weak and my god, Air Boom’s pyro is loud as hell. Wade got the jobber treatment by coming out on commercial break but I’m glad they are pushing him again now. Christian comes in and the heels beat down the Tag Champions until Sheamus comes out and makes the save.  

Big Show def. Alberto Del Rio – Seeing my older brother Derrell completely mark the hell out for Del Rio was hilariously sad. Del Rio’s entrance looks so cool in person, as opposed to Drew McIntyre and John Morrison’s entrances which are mainly screen effects that look good on TV. Show’s chops are LOUD as hell live. I didn’t think so….but that is no exaggeration. This match was 'meh'. 

Santino Marella def. Jack Swagger – Well, this was your Santino comedy match. Santino wins and Swagger gets buried even more. Even live, I didn’t see where Beaker came from.  

Zack Ryder def. US Champion Dolph Ziggler in a much better match than the night before. Now, why couldn’t they do this on the PPV? Whatever. Anyway, Zack got a HUGE POP, I say the 3^rd biggest pop of the night, next to Punk and Cena. Throughout the match, there was a HUGE “Let’s go Ryder, Woo woo woo” chant. If this guy isn’t over, than who is? 

The whole Michael Cole segment with the Depends diaper and poking fun of JR’s Irritable Bowel disease was distasteful but all of The Muppets skits with the wrestlers were quite entertaining. My favorites were Sheamus with Beaker & Kermit and Ms. Piggy with Vickie & Swagger. I really found Cody Rhodes putting a bag over Kermit’s head fuckin’ hilarious! Unlike other guest hosts where WWE tries so hard to be funny and it fails, The Muppets really provided the entertainment for the night because the matches on RAW sure as hell didn’t. 

John Cena def. Miz – Cena gets a HUGE pop from all the Lil' Jimmies & ladies, and heat from the guys. Seeing the reaction he gets live is astounding at how many people love to hate this guy and how many love him too. Miz actually got a good reaction from the crowd and cuts a promo to make us boo him again like a heel should. Cena vs. Miz was a decent main event though on TV. Much better than WrestleMania 27. Not as good as the Raw after the last Great American Bash PPV match, but hey, they needed to build up Survivor Series, didn't they? I wish they didn’t have the DQ finish, but as I just said, needed to build the PPV up. R-Truth coming out in the Scream costume was kinda random though. Cena ends the night with the F-U on The Miz and Truth. I refuse to call it the AA or Attitude Adjustment. Cena stops the crowd and says, “We deserve a treat” and here comes CM Punk in a Dracula mask. We get our post-show dark match with Punk and Cena vs. Awesome Truth. The faces win in 30 seconds with their respective finish. Then we get another dark match between Punk and Truth. Punk puts on the Dracula mask, hits the GTS again and makes Justin Roberts say, “And your winner, Dracula!”, which I found kinda funny. Punk & Cena high-five and shake hands with everyone in the front row to close the show as their respective songs play out. Overall, an ok night.

Biggest Pops of the Night: Rock, Cena, CM Punk and Zack Ryder. Biggest Heat: Johnny Ace, Vickie Guerrero, Michael Cole and Mark Henry. Sad how the three biggest heels don't even wrestle. During the segment with Johnny Ace in it, the crowd (including myself) booed the holy Hell out of him. If anyone deserves X-Pac heat it’s Johnny Ace, not Vickie. At least Vickie is earning her keep.  

What I enjoyed out of the show: the Divas, The Muppets, Ryder/Ziggler, The Rock's speech, Rhodes/Barrett vs. Air Boom, Cena/Miz and the Superstars tapings. The rest of the show, if I was at home, I would have turned the channel from but my older brother Jesse and I were just cracking jokes the entire time to keep each other amused because the show was ok, not bad, not good, but ok. Show was rather disappointing for a night after a PPV but the experience of seeing it live for the first time was pretty cool. Saw some of the guys I like wrestling up close & personal and appreciated this experience; not as much as some others, but I did.

It is crazy, really crazy how fans are when you go to a live show. “It’s still real to me dammit!” Just thought I’d throw that out there. I guess I’m a little jaded and realistic. Would I go to another live show? Damn right I would....just don't seat me next to Lil' Jimmies...or else Corporal Punishment would be in order. It was such a cool experience; I took the ticket home as a souvenir and pinned it on my wall. This was the best Halloween ever. Some first times can be bad, some can be awkward but this first time was pretty good and I wouldn’t mind going to another show when WWE comes back to Atlanta real soon.