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Triple H and Chris Benoit Remembers Eddie Guerrero after there match
This photo is not mine it belongs to The WWE
In Memory of Eddie Guerrero.
Eddie Guerrero died Sunday morning November 13, 2005
why he died and what he died from
NOLA 2018 - WWE Wrestlemania 34 - Charlotte Flair Vs Asuka
Charlotte Flair (c) def. (sub) Asuka (in 13:04)
For : WWE Smackdown Women's Title
Rating : ****
( Deux semaines a Nola pour la ville et pour WWE Wrestlemania XXXIV
Two weeks Nola for the city and for WWE Wrestlemania XXXIV )
NOLA 2018 - WWE Smackdown Live - Naomi Vs Natalya
Naomi def. (pin) Natalya (in 07:30)
( Deux semaines a Nola pour la ville et pour WWE Wrestlemania XXXIV
Two weeks Nola for the city and for WWE Wrestlemania XXXIV )
Actually, more than a smackdown. They were fighting in the air and chasing each other through the trees, but I think they preferred the concrete best. I tried to lighten this up a bit to show the claw on the top mockingbird's beak and a claw on the bottom bird's wing. This is NOT a B&W shot. There were no winners and if there was, we couldn't hang around long enough for it to end. After watching the action for 20 minutes, we left.
"The Animal" David Michael Bautista celebrating the victory with his countrymen. Ang sarap ng 12x zoom ng S3is kahit nasa upper box parang nasa ringside
The O2 Arena, commonly known as The O2, is a multi-purpose indoor arena in the centre of The O2 entertainment district on the Greenwich Peninsula in southeast London. It opened in its present form in 2007. It has the second-highest seating capacity of any indoor venue in the United Kingdom, behind the Manchester Arena, and in 2008 was the world's busiest music arena. As of 2022, it is the ninth-largest building in the world by volume with a diameter of 365 metres (399 yards) and a height of 52 metres (57 yards).
The arena was built under the Millennium Dome (renamed The O2), a large dome-shaped building built to house an exhibition celebrating the turn of the third millennium; as the structure still stands over the arena, The Dome remains a name in common usage for the venue. The arena, as well as the overall The O2 complex, is named after its primary sponsor, the telecommunications company O2, a subsidiary of Virgin Media O2.
History
Following the closure of the Millennium Experience at the end of 2000, the Millennium Dome was leased to Meridian Delta Ltd. in December 2001, for redevelopment as an entertainment complex. This included plans for an indoor arena.
Construction of the arena started in 2003, and finished in 2007. In December 2004, after the interior of the dome had been largely cleared and before building work inside began, the dome was used as the main venue for the annual Crisis Open Christmas organised by the London-based homelessness charity Crisis.
Owing to the impossibility of using cranes inside the dome structure, the arena's roof was constructed on the ground within the dome and then lifted; the arena building's structure was then built around the roof. The arena building, which houses the arena and the arena concourse, is independent from all other buildings in the O2 and houses all the arena's facilities. The arena building itself takes up 40% of the total dome structure.
The seating arrangement throughout the whole arena can be modified, similar to the AO Arena in Manchester. The ground surface can also be changed between ice rink, basketball court, exhibition space, conference venue, private hire venue and concert venue.
The arena was designed to reduce echoing, a problem common among older arenas used for concerts]
On 18 February 2022 during Storm Eunice, large sections of the arena's fabric roof were shredded, causing the evacuation of 1,000 people, and the venue to close. It was later announced that repair works would take place and that the arena was likely to reopen on 25 February 2022, for a UB40 concert. The repairs took place as planned, with the O2 Arena reopened as scheduled.
Events
Main articles: List of events at the O2 Arena and List of entertainment events at the O2 Arena
Prince's stage for his sold-out performance of 2007
In August 2007, rock star Prince began a series of 21 sold-out nights at the O2 Arena. The record-breaking run featured many of his hits while the set list changed every night so no two shows would be the same.
Beginning in July 2009, Michael Jackson was scheduled to hold a 50-show residency at the arena, titled This Is It.[15][16] However, he died on 25 June, eighteen days before the first scheduled show.
The arena hosted the ATP World Tour Finals between 2009 and 2020.
During the 2012 Summer Olympics and Paralympics, the venue was referred as the North Greenwich Arena due to Olympics regulations regarding corporate sponsorship of event sites.
Since March 2013, the arena has hosted C2C: Country to Country, Europe's largest country music festival, which annually attracts over 20,000 fans. UK and Irish acts, as well as up-and-coming American acts, perform sets several times across various pop-up stages in and around the arena, with the main stage accessible only to ticket-holders. The seventh C2C was held on 8–10 March 2019.
The arena has hosted the 2013 EuroLeague Final Four between 10-12 May 2013.
Ariana Grande was scheduled to perform on 25 and 26 May 2017 as part of her Dangerous Woman Tour, but the event was cancelled after the Manchester Arena bombing on 22 May. The event was not rescheduled. Grande, however, held five concerts at the arena for her Sweetener World Tour on 17, 19, and 20 August 2019 as well as 15 and 16 October 2019.
On 30 November 2019, JoJo Siwa became the youngest person to perform in the O2 Arena at the age of 16, as part of her D.R.E.A.M. The Tour.
On 14 May 2022, Little Mix held their The Last Show (For Now) in the O2, which was their last show before their indefinite hiatus. Along with performing there live to 20,000 they also livestreamed the show live to millions for those who could not attend The Confetti Tour.
On 15 October 2022, the O2 hosted a boxing match between Claressa Shields and Savannah Marshall that was the first time two female boxers headlined at a major venue in the United Kingdom. Shields won, and the fight headlined the first all-female boxing card in the United Kingdom.
On 1 July 2023, the O2 Arena hosted WWE Money In The Bank,[27] as well as the 30 June 2023 go-home episode of Friday Night SmackDown beforehand, which was the first time the show aired live on BT Sport (Now known as TNT Sports).
The O2 Arena will host the final of the 2024 League of Legends World Championship on 2 November 2024.
Ticket sales records
Despite being open for only 200 days per year (the equivalent of seven months), the venue sold over 1.2 million tickets in 2007, making it the third most popular venue in the world for concerts and family shows, narrowly behind the Manchester Arena (1.25 million) and Madison Square Garden in New York City (1.23 million).
As of 2021, the O2 Arena was still the busiest music arena in the world in terms of ticket sales.
World's busiest arenas, 2017
VenueNumber of tickets sold
The O2 Arena, London, England, UK1,443,232
Madison Square Garden, New York City, New York, US1,167,544
Manchester Arena, England, UK1,072,079
OVO Hydro, Glasgow, Scotland, UK1,028,934
Barclays Center, Brooklyn, New York, US936,794
Lanxess Arena, Cologne, Germany931,394
Arena Monterrey, Mexico906,290
Mexico City Arena881,665
The Forum, Inglewood, California, US790,728
WiZink Center, Madrid, Spain784,699
Prizes and awards
2016 Pollstar International Venue of the Year
2016 Billboard Touring Awards: Top Arena
2016 The London Venue Awards: Best Music Venue
2016 The Drum UK Event Awards: Large Venue of the Year
2017 Pollstar International Venue of the Year
This little girl was running around the life-size statues in Seven Hills Park. I just happened to catch her when it looked like she'd taken a swing at the figure on its knees. At the Honk! festival (of activist street bands) in Davis Square, Somerville.
Knock down any three, and win a prize!
Curb Your Enthusiasm fans will recognise these clowns from the cover of the Season 4 DVD -- in fact, Larry David's office is in Santa Monica, and this was take at Santa Monica pier. Perhaps they used this actual set.
Rolleiflex 2.8C | Schneider-Kreuznach Xenotar 2,8/80 | Ilford FP4+ 125 @ 200, +1 dev
Digitized with GFX 50S with 120mm f/4 Pentax Macro | Kaiser Slimlite Plano | Digitaliza 120mm Holder
Home developed in Ilfotec DD-X 1:4 | 13 minutes @ 20ºC
Negative Lab Pro v2.2.0 | Color Model: B+W | Pre-Sat: 3 | Tone Profile: LAB - Shadow Hard | WB: None | LUT: Frontier
The Big Show entering the ring for a match with The Big Bossman for WWF's Heat. The match was then actually shown on Smackdown after the scheduled match of Droz vs. D-Lo Brown left Droz a quadriplegic and the WWF did not air it (good move). October 7, 1999 Nassau Coliseum - Long Island, NY.
Looks like Mum isn't taking any prisoners! Found this humerous painted rock beside a walking track that zig zags up the face of Mount Archer behind where we live. It's a 16km round trip to the summit so I haven't got anywhere near that yet. This find is about 2 km up the trail. Go Mum, give em the business!
NOLA 2018 - WWE Smackdown Live - Arrival of The Iconic Duo
The Iconic Duo makes her debut to Smackdown by beating up Charlotte Flair
( Deux semaines a Nola pour la ville et pour WWE Wrestlemania XXXIV
Two weeks Nola for the city and for WWE Wrestlemania XXXIV )
The Big Boss Man entering the ring for a match with The Big Show for WWF's Heat. The match was then actually shown on Smackdown after a scheduled match of Droz vs. D-Lo Brown left Droz a quadriplegic and the WWF chose not to air it. (good move)
October 7, 1999 Nassau Coliseum - Long Island, NY.
In the grey corner we have Misty at 8 pounds and in the ruddy corner we have Simba at 13 pounds. Misty's ninja skills seem to have won this round.
(They were grooming one another shortly before this)
Rikishi vs. Chris Benoit at the WWF King of the Ring at the Fleet Center in Boston, MA in 2000 - WWE.