August has been pretty busy month of fun activities that I've gotten to do. Not last week but the week before I went to the Missouri State Fair. Main reason was to see Jason Jones perform and secondly it was two dollar Thursday. Saw your usual State Fair type stuff. Got my favorite mesquite chicken to eat and lots of free goodies. The interesting thing I found was a like this matted David Cook college that was selling for 15 bucks. I didn't have any cash so I didn't buy it.
Well as we walked around and it started to get closer to time for Jason Jones to perform on the Bud Stage it started to get clouded and it looked like it was going to rain. So my mom and I decided to head over and sit down where he was going to peform. I went to the restroom and came back and they were still doing their sound check then about a minute or so later. It started to down pour big time. Here we are sitting under a tent in the front row in metal folding chairs, which weren't to comfortable, right next to a huge metal pole that was holding the tent up.
Jason came on and he was awesome. I really enjoyed this show better than the last time, maybe because this time I was close and I could sit down. Hopefully I got some good pictures. He only played for an hour, which sucks but I couldn't come for the nights he was playing for longer. After he performed I went and had him sign a picture I took of him from the American Royal Rib America Festival I went and I got a picture with him and a hug. To say the least I was very happy. Top that off with the fact that it had stopped raining so when we went to leave and headed back to the car we didn't get wet. It was awesome it rained and I didn't even get remotely wet.
Now this past weekend I went out to Topeka, KS to see TNA Wrestling. This was the first time I've ever went to a live event of their's and I was pleasantly surprised by how much I enjoyed it. Normally I do not watch TNA. I tried when we use to have access to satellite channels to watch it on Spike, but I just never could get into it. So you are probably wondering why they heck would I pay to go see something I don't really care for. Well I had recieved an email about a presale to this event from the Kansas Expocentre, probably because I've gone their three times for WWE events in the past. Well on the day of the presale I went to see what kind of ticket I could get. Well to my amazement, and this was like 30 minutes or so after the presale had started, I got a first row ticket. When I saw that I was like well at least people won't be standing up in front of me or having some huge ridiculous sign up so I can't see, So I purchased the ticket.
The next day after I bought the ticket I found out one of my favorite bands were going to be in town the Mighty Mighty Bosstones and I got mad at myself. However,after attending the TNA event this past Saturday I can say I'm not as mad. I haven't enjoyed a wrestling show like this since a year ago When RAW was in Topeka before Survivor Series and we got one of the best RAW shows in a long time with a line up of the Hardys, HHH, Rey Mysterio, Batista, and the Undertaker all on the same card. Anyhow the show itself was great, it consisted of actual wrestling matches and not some 6 minute matched that really served no purpose.
I was very impressed with that fact the women's match was an actual match and no some little short little bit and that fact that crowded really seemed it. In fact it seemed like everyone in attendance were really into all of the matches. The thing that impressed me the most was after the show was over a lot of babyfaces came out and signed autographs and took pictures with fans. I've never been to any wrestling show where they come back out and do this. Also if you had $20 you could get your picture taken with Samoa Joe and AJ Styles in the ring. If I had just had some cash on me I so would have done it, especially since these were the two wrestlers I was really interested in watching besides Taylor Wilde. Overall TNA has won me over when it comes to live events. Next time they come nearby I'm so there.
WWE should probably take a lesson from TNA when it comes to house shows. Maybe fans would enjoy them more if some of the wrestlers actually signed autographs and acted like they cared about the fans instead of just showing up going through the motions and leaving and ignoring fans when they leave the arena. The TNA wrestlers I saw this past Saturday seemed to care about what they were doing and the support of the fans who paid the money to see them. Maybe one day WWE wrestlers will be like that, but I won't hold my breathe.
Well that's it for now. This week is the big American Idol Live weekend. I got a ticket for Friday's show and I'm going to try to snag one for Saturday. I'm going to be volunteering for the David-Cook.org foundraiser for the American Cancer Society at the Power and Light District that after from 3-5pm you should come down, there will be some live music and some raffles and etc. And if you wish to donate to the American Cancer Society and help me reach my foundraising goal click here
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