So the day has come, this is what we were in Philadelphia for. I used to follow WWE years ago and was mad on it for about 3 years, never did I think I’d ever be at the grandest event of their year but here we are. I had to do a bit of research before the trip to follow the storylines so I had some context as to what was happening.
Sam has been massively looking forward to this all trip.
It was another freezing cold day in Philly and we headed for breakfast, which wasn’t great really. Rubber scrambled egg and plastic sausages so we might skip that tomorrow.
After breakfast we chilled out for a bit and watched some football on tv before heading to the Lincoln financial field early in the afternoon which was where Wrestlemania was taking place. The atmosphere was already building at 2.30pm. We found a car park right by the stadium entrance, albeit at a cost.
Despite the gates not opening until 3.45 there were people already queuing. The lines were easily 100 people deep. We got in the accessibility queue which was a lot shorter. Sure enough at 3.45 the gates opened and sea of people flooded into the grounds.
The queue for merchandise was already long, we wanted to get programmes and some other bits. The queue moved fairly quickly and we were able to get what we wanted. We then had to fight our way through the crowds to find the elevators which would take us up to guest services where we would need to exchange our tickets for ones in the accessible seating section.
However the main gates to the concourses didn’t open until 4.45 so it was a bit of a wait. The crowds were building and so was the atmosphere. A bit later than scheduled the gates opened and fans flooded onto the concourse. We got in the elevator and made a beeline for guest services. There was already a queue there, we were about 10th in line but there was only 1 person on duty. One fan was kicking off because he had been placed in a section where his view was completely obstructed by a tarpaulin. No such issues for us however as we were placed in the club suites section and had a very good overall view of everything.
The event started at 7pm and was brilliantly done, everything ran like clockwork and the matches were of the highest quality. The superstars entrances were very impressive. We got to see The Rock in the main event which was pretty cool. He won his tag team match which sets things up nicely for night 2.
Sam was beside himself with excitement, amazement and adrenaline.
It finished about 11:15. Traffic getting out was quite disorganised and I don’t think we moved very far in 1hr.
Once we got going on the open roads however it was a smooth drive back, Sam completely crashed out on the way back. We got back to the hotel about 1:30am and headed straight for bed. I watched a bit of the F1 which was starting and eventually got to sleep at around 2am.
A great day all round and we get to do it all again on Sunday!
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