I Went to WWE Event and My Sign Became Viral

WWE tour stopped in Odessa on Saturday for house show. I got good floor seats for event as well floating bunch of sign ideas. Why bring signs to house show? It's the interaction the wrestlers have with the fans. It makes you part of the show as they get away with lot of stuff on tour shows than televised shows. In 2004 I had JBL point at my sign as he made his way to the ring that read "JBL For President." In 2006 I had Sharmell pointing at my sign with her mouth happily wide open that read "Booker T = Batista Killer" based on locker room fight they had. Booker even made mention of the fight in his pre-match promo without mention Batista's name. I thought of potential sign ideas weeks before the event. I already settle on "Father of Maria Kanellis Baby" with arrows pointing at me. It took day of the show to come up with sign ideas. This isn't a brand show it was Supershow with wrestlers combined from both RAW and Smackdown roster. They can advertise who's coming but things change. Braun Strowman was advertised for the show but didn't appear.

On day of the show I got there early hanging around the back and getting a picture taken with referee Charles Robinson. Slowly few wrestlers drove up such as Rowan, Baron Corbin, and Viking Raiders. Knowing Viking Raiders going be appearing I immediately created a sign that read, "West TX is War!!! Viking Raiders" with the name original names of Ray "Death" Rowe (now Erik) and Hanson (now Ivar).  War part is a nod to their original name War Raiders and previously in the indies War Machine. Then there was third sign which became a whole different story and will mention later on.

The host went, "Really? Are you sure?" when I held up "Father of Maria Kanellis Baby" sign before it started. Show started with Viking Raiders taking on Karl Anderson and Luke Gallows. Viking Raiders pointed at my sign as I held it up high. They went on to defeat The O.C. Shinsuke Nakamura with Sami Zayn successfully defended U.S. title from Ali. Zayn gave Ali the helluva kick after the match. The New Day and The Revival battled for tag team titles. The New Day got the crowd behind them as they threw out pancakes to the crowd while The Revival get booed out just for hugging each other. The Revival eek out the win successfully defending tag team titles. Roman Reigns duke it out with Erick Rowan which included interference from Luke Harper. Reigns finish Rowan off with third Superman punch, The show head to intermission afterwards.

After the intermission King Baron Corbin demands the ref make him the winner after he attacked out Chad Gable earlier tonight. Gable came out and wants to fight. Remember I mention about fan interaction between the wrestler and the fans at house show? Corbin yelled at me for chanting "GABLE!" during the match which is pretty awesome. Gable picked up the victory over Corbin.

Here's the story of the third sign I had that end up being viral. Next match featured newly crowned Smackdown women champion Bayley who won the belt against Charlotte. She showed up with a changed look, popped the inflatables (and making a kid cry), and went full blown heel telling the fans to screw ourselves. After the show ended I knew I got to make anti-Bayley sign but what should I put? After few thoughts include lame ones like "Bayley Hates Me" I decide call back to her post match promo. Since she told the fans to screw ourselves I hit back with "Screw You Too Bayley" sign. Meaning was since you don't like us then we don't like you too type. Little did I know is how impromptu and interactive the verbal exchange between me and her. She debut to new music as she walked down to the ring when she said saw the sign and yelled, "Why screw me?" I responded back with you told us to screw ourselves and making kids cry. She got the security take my sign, handed it to her and ripped in half. I got fist pumps from fans around me for the sign and interaction. During the match Bayley yelled at me and gave me death stares. I will get back to this later on how it became viral.

Bayley took on Charlotte in a good match til Tamina came in and attacked Charlotte causing a DQ finish. Becky Lynch hit the ring and made it a tag team match between Becky/Charlotte and Bayley/Tamina. Becky and Charlotte got the victory after making both of them tap out.

The main event as Seth Rollins took on Bray Wyatt. The match was short with Rollins winning via DQ after Wyatt put mandible claw on the ref. Rollins continues his onslaught on curb stomp only to get subdue when Wyatt put the mandible claw on him. The show ends and I felt this match should have been suited before the intermission. Put Roman and Rowan match on last to send the fans home happy.

I enjoyed the show and had fun as I cheered and jeered wrestlers, waved signs, and got up and personal with certain ones. I will end this on viral part of my sign.

Once I got back home from the show pictures of Bayley and my "Screw You Too Bayley" sign surfaced on reddit and twitter. Even Bayley media twitter page made mention of it including video of her tearing the sign. I didn't expect to it blow up around wrestling circles. If it gives power of heel Bayley I'm glad to help in that part as a fan.

Here are the reddit links to the sign:
https://www.reddit.com/r/SquaredCircle/comments/dh4zk0/pic_of_bayley_at_a_house_show_tonight/
https://www.reddit.com/r/SquaredCircle/comments/dh5igf/bayley_ripped_the_sign_at_the_house_show

Twitter video of her ripping the sign:
https://twitter.com/BayleyPamBayley/status/1183338841018486784

Roman Reigns

I'm not a fan of Roman Reigns. I booed the living hell out of him even when he was good guy. I did the wave in person at two Wrestlemanias I attended and trying start bunch of random chants such as "We Want Cena!" and "This match sucks!" I pretty much loathe his main event existence because WWE gave me no reason cheer for him other than he's just the big dog and using hundreds of superman punches because its one of two moves he only got. All that change on Monday night of October 22. Something wasn't right when he came to the ring not dressed his gear. Then he addressed the crowd announcing after being 11 years in remission his leukemia came back. Wait did I just hear what he just said? He has leukemia? Is this real or some sick angle? He went up the ramp meeting with Dean Ambrose and Seth Rollins giving him hugs. The look on Seth's face told the story as he was balling with tears. Dean being tough holding back his tears as best as he can. After the break I can hear tears in Corey Graves voice. The news is true as leukemia return back in Roman Reigns body. I was floored and so was every wrestling fan in the universe. The stunning announcement sent waves as news sites such as CBS Sports, Fox News, ESPN, and Yahoo Sports made mention within first hour of RAW. Whether we like or do not like a wrestler we do not wish anything horrible happen from medical to travel. Every wrestler like him risk their lives to entertain us the fans. They have families to feed and look after. It's not a glamorous life but they enjoy it and do it for us, the fans. The year been rocked with shocking wrestling moments with 90% of it been bad. Reigns leukemia announcement shocked the wrestling world because he's the top guy in WWE. The fact he kept on working during his remission showed he got his heart in the business.

It's best to say cancers of any form suck. It's a life threatening disease people fight hard to beat. Some will win the battle against cancer but some will lose. I have lost a friend to cancer. Another friend, Texas woman wrestler, Ruthless Lala battled it as well. There been medical advances but no cure. We hope there be cure for cancer in the future. Watching friends go through it is hard enough and not to mention skyrocketing medical bills to battle it.

Best of luck to Roman Reigns. He beaten leukemia before. He will beat it again in round 2. The fans will wait for his return.

Another note if you want donate to American Cancer Society for cancer research. Also donate bone marrow to see if you are match for leukemia patients.