Day 5: Your Favorite Memory

Once again, two-a-days. At least I won't drop the ball when it's thrown my way, right Hova?

Anyway, it's hard to pick just one memory to call your favorite. I could easily have done my first Wrestlemania or some stuff from the glorious Mania 25 trip too. Or my first wrestling show I was on or some stand out moments. When I had to decide though I found this picture and decided it was the one to post. Of all the Wrestlemania's my crew has went to, Orlando for Mania 24 was overall the best. The card was great topped off by seeing Ric Flair's last (good) match. It was the first year we all got to sit and stay together. My friends that where like family all crammed into a timeshare house outside of Orlando having great times from the moment we woke up until the last one of us (me, always) went to bed. Perfect temperatures with just enough rain to let you know it's a nice Florida night. Perfection.

This is the best picture to sum up the weekend. As you can see, there is nobody else left in the stadium at that point. We sat around taking pictures, goofin' off, and just taking in the experience we had all had with each other over the past few days until the security folks kicked us out. We didn't want to leave because we knew that was it. We would go home, cook a pizza and crash and those would be our last activities on "Wrestlemania Weekend". Then the next day it was a 20 hour drive home and back to our separate parts of the country. We soaked up every moment we could, that's why I chose this photo for Day 5.

I feel comfortable talking about this even though it sounds like I'm marking out for Mania. Two reasons, one if you don't get excited for Wrestlemania what are you doing anywhere around wrestling? Secondly, it was so much more than a wrestling show. We built a family that weekend that would last for another two or three years. Its gone now, and I miss my three or four times a year, crazy ass, road trippin family.