Black Widow
03-26-2008, 09:08 PM
The NYC Press conference got out about half an hour ago and it was pretty tame. They let all us press and photogs in first, followed by military and VIPs, and then allowed a few fans onto the floor. About another 50 or so fans were allowed to stand around the railing, but there were hundreds of people outside that I can't believe got in.
Vince McMahon gave a short speech thanking everyone. Shane followed that with an even bigger pep talk. The crowd spent most of the time heckling Floyd Mayweather and John Cena. Triple H spoke and the place went wild. He did the Degeneration X "Are you Ready Chant and gave a speech about how glad he is to be able to wrestle at Mania. Orton followed him and spoke for a few minutes and kissed the belt.
Maria, Ashley, and Edge all paraded out to cheers. Most just gave canned promos and everything was kept moving nice and brisk. When Floyd Mayweather came out he just got railed by the fans. That was, until he pulled out a wad of cash and hurled $100 bills to both sides of the stage. Fans trampled each other grabbing the money, but it was broken up pretty quickly. Floyd then went back to get "The Little Show," and out came Big Show. Both gave the usual promotional speeches and the whole thing ended with a photo op featuring Big Show and Mayweather. Mayweather at one point pulled out his big golden glove and posed for more photos.
After the event was over, HHH and Big Show signed some autographs and HHH pulled a kid out of the crowd and signed his figure and posed for photos. The guy was pretty magnanimous. All the other wrestlers pretty much bolted.
Once everyone cleared out, press was allowed to do one on one interviews with the wrestlers.
All in all, the event was fun but not too wild. I'm sure it was crazier in the back where the fans were, but the floor was kept secure and everyone stayed in their seats.
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Vince McMahon gave a short speech thanking everyone. Shane followed that with an even bigger pep talk. The crowd spent most of the time heckling Floyd Mayweather and John Cena. Triple H spoke and the place went wild. He did the Degeneration X "Are you Ready Chant and gave a speech about how glad he is to be able to wrestle at Mania. Orton followed him and spoke for a few minutes and kissed the belt.
Maria, Ashley, and Edge all paraded out to cheers. Most just gave canned promos and everything was kept moving nice and brisk. When Floyd Mayweather came out he just got railed by the fans. That was, until he pulled out a wad of cash and hurled $100 bills to both sides of the stage. Fans trampled each other grabbing the money, but it was broken up pretty quickly. Floyd then went back to get "The Little Show," and out came Big Show. Both gave the usual promotional speeches and the whole thing ended with a photo op featuring Big Show and Mayweather. Mayweather at one point pulled out his big golden glove and posed for more photos.
After the event was over, HHH and Big Show signed some autographs and HHH pulled a kid out of the crowd and signed his figure and posed for photos. The guy was pretty magnanimous. All the other wrestlers pretty much bolted.
Once everyone cleared out, press was allowed to do one on one interviews with the wrestlers.
All in all, the event was fun but not too wild. I'm sure it was crazier in the back where the fans were, but the floor was kept secure and everyone stayed in their seats.
PWInsider.com