I was at Reliant Stadium that night... wow.
I've been to dozens of live events, Raw/SD tapings, PPVs, and local indy shows, and no match I've seen live even comes close to what HBK and The Undertaker did that night. I literally had goosebumps. I was in the club level seats, which had great line of sight and was close enough to where I could make out everything and everyone without the need for binos or staring at the tron the whole show. Thank the stars above that was the case. My eyes were glued to the ring. I felt like I was 6 again-- a total mark, buying into everything, holding my breath with every near fall, cheering "UN-DER-TA-KER!" until I was hoarse.
And the electricity of the crowd as a whole was something that you'd have to be there to understand. I'm sure others who've been to WrestleMania or maybe a Super Bowl or a big concert know what I'm talking about. You could seriously feel the energy of 70,000 people. Everyone in my section was going nuts. One guy was cursing his ass off, calling Shawn Michaels all kinds of slurs, while his wife/girlfriend tried to shut him up because there were kids around. We were exhausted when it was over, and to a man, everyone I talked to on the way out said that that should have been the main event. Cena, Edge, Big Show, Orton, and Triple H did their best, but nothing was going to top that or really get us all reinvested.
Like I said at the beginning-- wow.
