Road To Wrestlemania Made A Stop In Ontario, California 1/19/2013

Normally on a Saturday, I don't do much of anything, and last night was an exception. The WWE made a stop in Ontario, California at the Citizens Business Bank Arena (which is a nice mid-size arena) last night, and like the other house shows that have been held at the arena, this one was just as fun, if not more fun. The reason being is that John Cena was there as well (even though he is not my favorite wrestler), you still can't beat the chant of "Lets Go Cena, Cena Sucks."

As for the matches themselves, they were entertaining, and about what you would expect for a house show. The opening match featured Brodus Clay taking on Jack Swagger. The last time I saw Jack Swagger in competition, was the night he won the US Championship on Raw down in Anaheim, or at least I think it was Anaheim. The winner of the match was Brodus Clay.

The second match had myself, my brothers and a friend of one of my brothers going who? We saw Tensai (formerly known as Albert) take on a guy from NXT (hence the who) Bo Dallas. The match featured a few bright spots (mostly delivered from Bo Dallas), and he went on to beat Tensai.

The third match featured Alex Riley against Damien Sandow. I'm going to go out on a limb (probably not that big of a limb actually) and predict Sandow will have a big 2013. The reason being he is good on the microphone, and gets heat from the crowd rather easily, which are big. Sandow came out and delivered his normal three questions, which a crowd member must answer, but he saw the crowd as being rather unfit, and answered the questions himself. The end result was no surprise either, as Sandow defeated Riley.

Past Few Weeks (Contests Wise)

It's been a while since I've last posted about contests (one's I've been lucky to win). I thought I would go ahead and make this entry about that.

Perhaps one of the most unique contest wins I've won, came from Wholly Guacamole. I was sent 9 different Guacamole/Avocado (mostly single serving packs), and three salsas. It was quite fun to unpack (to say the least). The package came in a disposable ice chest, with four ice packs. So far, I've gone through two packs (Avocado, and Spicy Guacamole), and most of the mild salsa. All three have been good, and I'm looking forward to trying the rest.  As for what it looks like:

Another of my wins was a $50 itunes giftcard. I won it through twitter. A third prize is a Phorus Speaker I won through twitter (DTS, the sound company). I haven't had a chance to use it, because I don't have an android phone or tablet, nor do I own any type of Kindle. As for what that looks like:

2013 Academy Award Nominations and Best Picture Showcase

Well, it's now official. The Academy Award nominations were read off this morning by Emma Stone and this year's Oscars host Seth Macfarlane. If this morning was any indication, then this year's show will be entertaining, as Seth as usual was hilarious. The category I was most interested in was the Best Picture category for obvious reasons (AMC's Best Picture Showcase).

This year's field had one surprise. Here's the list:
Beasts of the Southern Wild
Silver Linings Playbook
Amour (the surprise)
Lincoln
Les Miserables
Life of Pi
Django Unchained
Argo
Zero Dark Thirty

As for AMC's Best Picture Showcase, no details are announced yet, but based on the previous year's I've gone, I'm guessing the dates for this year's are February 16th and the 23rd (day before the Academy Awards).

Road To Wrestlemania (2013) Unofficially Kicks Off Tonight...And More

Usually this time of the year, I get pretty excited, and this week in particular is a good one. Why's that you ask? Well the Royal Rumble is in a few weeks (no I'm not going, unfortunately), but I will probably order it on ppv. Tonight, Dwayne "The Rock" Johnson makes his return to Raw, in which will no doubt be the unofficial kickoff to the road to Wrestlemania. As for when the real road kicks off, it's at the conclusion of the Royal Rumble ppv (hence why I'll be ordering). This year's Rumble should be better than last, as The Rock will be in a title match against CM Punk (unless he can't go, as he's been injured for the past month).

As for what else has my attention this week, we've got the BCS National Title Game tonight (Notre Dame takes on Alabama), CES is underway in Vegas (Consumer Electronic Show). That's the the big show/convention where every major and minor consumer manufacturer (or just about) unveils their new products for 2013. Lastly, this Thursday the Academy Award nominations will be revealed, which means AMC's Best Picture Showcase details (pricing and dates) will be revealed shortly after, of which I've attended the last four.

4 Movies To Start Off 2013, Six In The Past Week

Seems impressive (I think), but then again it's I normally rack up that many movies. The first two movies I saw came on the 29th of December, and those were Les Miserables and Django Unchained. This past Wednesday, I saw This Is 40 and The Hobbit (High Frame Rate 3D, second time seeing the movie, first in the way it's meant to be seen), and today I saw The Impossible and Promised Land.

Out of all those movies, I would rank This Is 40 last, and the other ones, are tough. Les Miserables was excellent, and everything I expected. Django Unchained was in it's right good and was a lot like Inglorious Bastards. The Hobbit in High Frame Rate 3D, was rather impressive. My only complaint with it, is it looked like some of the motions of the characters were sped up, and it brought back the days when your VHS would play and they would move a bit too fast, and you'd have to eject the tape to get it working right again. There were only a few instances where I noticed it, but it was noticeable.