WWE Summerslam

This past Friday WWE Raw was at Rupp Arena for their Summerslam event. It was my first wrestling event I had ever been to, so it all seemed a bit new to me. Although I am not the biggest wrestling fan, I actually did enjoy the show quite a bit. Some of the lesser known wrestlers overdid things a bit and mouthed off at the crowd a few times, but as the night went on, and the wrestlers became more interesting, things were more entertaining. It seems as if as wrestlers become more famous they grow into a trully unique identity. The lesser known wrestlers both looked the same: average muscular bodies, a simple personality, and overly bright one-piece costumes. Match after match the wrestlers became more interesting. They each had very different dynamic personalities and often very different body builds. One wrestler was small, skinny and wearing what looked like an Arabian costume. His opponent came out in dress pants, a top hat (looking so much like Slash), and was a HUGE man, both tall and muscular. That is just an example of the variety which allows for the viewers to pick their favorite and get invested in their success instead of picking between to very similar people.

It was cool seeing various people who’s names I recognized. People like Shawn Michaels are known of even by those that don’t watch wrestling, so I had an appreciation for seeing him in person. It amazes me at the amount of moves people can pull off, especially after they have been throwing each other around for 25 minutes. It amazes me that after all of that they can still manage to climb one of the corners and do a backflip and land on someone. It makes me think about how challenging it must be to be a professional wrestler and how much endurance and strength it must take.

I must say that I was a bit surprised at how entertaining the event was and how much it drew you into the show. It was also great seeing Mickie James face off against Beth Phoenix and win her match. Mickie was such a nice person and great to hang out with earlier, so I was really cheering her on.

If you were at the show, we would love to know what you thought of it. Feel free to post any comments (good or bad) about the show. Also, if you have any photos you took then we would love to see them. Please email them to rupparenablog(at)gmail(dot)com.

Day With A Diva: Mickie James

WWE Summerslam was this past Friday, July 11 at Rupp Arena. As with every event, we at the Rupp Arena Blog do our best to get as much behind the scenes coverage as we can available to you. On Friday though, I was able to ride along with WWE Diva Mickie James as she traveled around Lexington to meet up with fans. Read more

Up Against The Ropes

WWE Summerslam was just at Rupp this past Friday and we have all the photos for you to check out. With this new version of the blog, we will no longer have to direct you to Flickr, we are bringing the Flickr to you. Browse through the slideshow below to view photos from the event. (House photographer: Michael Wright; From the Stands: Paul Hooper)

WWE Summerslam Giveaway

*THIS CONTEST HAS ENDED*

That’s right, its time for another giveaway. This time we have some WWE tickets and swag that one lucky person will get their mitts on. This will be similar to our previous giveaways in that we will randomly choose a winner from all those who entered. Now for what we are giving away…

One lucky winner will snag him or herself two tickets to the upcoming WWE Summerslam event on July 11. In addition to that, they will receive two extra-large WWE T-shirts, a Wrestlemania XXIV sack pack and a WWE slinky (everyone loves a slinky right?).

Follow the simple steps below in order to enter yourself into the drawing for the giveaway:

- Leave a comment on this post

- In your comment, tell us your name as a wrestler. It could be something as simple as another person’s name (sort of like a stage name) or could be similar to a title like The Waffler.

- Be sure to leave the comment using the appropriate email address for us to contact you at if you are the winner. Choose one that you use and check frequently

The giveaway will end at 5:00pm EST on Wednesday, July 9. After we lock it down, we will take all the entries and run them through our super-awesome-state of the art-crazy-monkey operated-random-post comment-picker-machine and determine a winner. The catch (if you can call it that) is that we have a smart monkey. If he detects that someone has entered more than once then not only will they be disqualified, but they might open their front door and find a heaping pile of rotten banana peels. No one wants that, trust me, so be sure to enter ONLY ONCE.

Now, one more thing. This one is important… GOOD LUCK!