WWE

Achieved a long–term ambition this evening and went to see WWE Smackdown live at London ExCeL. It was a good show — more pantomime and humour comes across than on TV and the athleticism is very impressive. Particular highlights were seeing the tag team of Rey Mysterio and Eddie Guerrero and the final match of the night between Kurt Angle and The Undertaker.

However, I can’t help feeling that ExCeL (I presume the seating is down to ExCeL?) screwed us on where we were seated. In an attempt to ensure the best view, we had bought the top–price seats, at £50 per ticket, but it is hard to see how we could have been sitting any further away from the ring without actually being outside. I took this picture with my camera phone. I cannot see on what basis these could possibly be considered to be the top price seats, unless the entire arena was in fact £50/ticket bar a couple of super–restricted view seats for the £20 and £30 tickets. I must say I was a little disappointed.

Update: report on the night’s action.