Having just returned home from The Rumble not too long ago, I thought I'd share and get some of my thoughts down about the experience and results while they're fresh on my mind.

Arriving at the Joe: It brought back many memories of attending various WWE events at the Joe the past eight years when I arrived at the steps of the building. But a new memory will forever be etched in my mind and that is all of us fans having to wait outside in the ice cold temperature. Seriously, why do they have to make us wait out there so long? Let us get in, buy whatever merch. we want and get to our seats.

The pre-match: Jimmy Wang Yang Vs. Paul Burchill. Normally I wouldn't have given a cra* for the match, but it was enough to get me pumped for the Rumble which was starting momentarily. Jimmy Wang Wang won the match, but I just don't get how a sold out crowd loves that fool so much.

The Royal Rumble: Congrats to Jack Swagger on retaining the ECW title. Not much to talk about that one really. Also, congrats are in order for Melina too. Not much of a Beth fan myself. John Cena Vs. JBL... man I hate it when Cena retains the title. I knew he would, but I was seriously hoping that even though HBK super-kicked both competitors, that Cena recieving it after JBL would still be feeling the effects of it and JBL would win.

Jeff Hardy Vs. Edge... Excuse Me! HaHa, gotta love Vickie, and especially since she made it a no DQ match. My thoughts are though, why does the ring exist if they spend so much time fighting on the outside all the time? Who knows, anyway. It's always awesome when Jeff gets a ladder out. Jeff Hardy can/will always make a match exciting, and he definately got me into this one. While I anticipated the rumored Christian return, I all of a sudden said out loud as I saw Matt Hardy with the chair, "What if Matt turns on Jeff?!... and sure enough as soon as I said it he did! Next thing you know, Edge is the new champ! 

Next was the Royal Rumble match which will be written about in Vol. Two of my Royal Rumble 2009 blog shortly. So stay tuned!