WWE Love Our Wrestling, 2006, Mitchell Grubb
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Who: Mitch Grubb What: WWE Love Our Wrestlng When: March 23, 2006 Where: Spencer, Iowa
Off we went, our destination five hours, thirty-four minutes, and many bathroom breaks away. For my sixteenth birthday present I convinced my dad to drive me and a couple of friends to the other side of Iowa to watch a live WWE Wrestling event.
Aaron, Derrick and I were beyond excited, we were ecstatic. This was Derrick and Aaron’s first live WWE event, and it was my third. I had always gone with my dad and brother whenever the WWE came to Cedar Rapids, but this time was different because I could enjoy it with my friends.
The first thing I did on our drive to Spencer, Iowa was fall asleep. I woke up a few hours later. We were going through Waterloo, and I had slept through the first pit stop so I had to go pretty badly. So we stopped at a restaurant that none of us had ever heard of. I went to the bathroom and returned to find Derrick ordering food. I got in line behind him, but my stomach was churning for Burger King. I could tell that it was craving and wanted to devour a Texas Double Whopper. I ended up ordering some over salted fries and a Dr. Pepper.
Once we left I took another nap. When I awoke we were ten minutes outside Spencer. We quickly found a hotel, checked in and dropped off our bags. We weren’t exactly the first people at the hotel that were going to the event. We also weren’t the first people to get into the events center. We found our seats and waited with baited breath. All of us except for my dad, who wasn’t as big of a fan as we were.
I looked around the arena. I saw fans of every variety. Old people, young people, fat people, crazy people...they were all there. I smelled the food, the fans, and the fabulous scent of a good looking girl who tended to walk by quite a lot.
Finally it started. It was such a rush of excitement that I can never remember exactly what happened in the ring. What I do remember vividly is the guy two seats from me (next to my dad) winning the prize of going backstage and meeting John Cena. John Cena was one of my three favorite wrestlers, and he happened to be the WWE Champion also. I was beyond pissed because the guy didn’t even care and wasn’t excited at all. So we left the arena and went to Pizza Hut. Pizza Hut doesn’t sit to well in Derrick’s stomach, so he was in the bathroom for about an hour once we got back to our hotel.
We left the following morning, and as usual I fell asleep on the way back. I pretty much slept the entire way back, so it was a pretty uneventful return trip for me. Apparently Aaron also slept the whole way back. Derrick received a call from his mother saying that his grandpa got really sick, so he was thinking to himself.
We got home and my dad left. We all talked about the highlights of our trip, and we admired all of Derrick’s souvenirs. The next day was exactly the same as it always was at schools, but now we had more to talk about. We definitely love our WWE Wrestling.
