Post by greeby on Jul 27, 2008 4:00:27 GMT -5
WNW reader Tom Frank sent in the following report:
Hello I am Tom Frank. I sat front row ringside at the WWE Raw house show tonight in Youngstown, Ohio. Here is the writeup.
Tony Chimmel is the ring announcer tonight. The first match was Paul Burchill and Katie Lea versus Kofi Kingston and Kelly Kelly in a mixed tag team match. Kingston pinned Burchill after a Trouble In Paradise in a surprisingly good match by all 4 wrestlers.
The next match was Matt Striker versus the debuting Johnny Curtis. Curtis pinned Striker with a backslide in a very boring match. Note from Richard: Curtis actually worked ECW TVs earlier this week.
The next match was Lance Cade vs. D'Lo Brown. Cade pinned Brown after Cade gave Brown his trademark sitout spinebuster after Brown missed a Lo Down in a very, very boring match.
The next match was 4 the Women's Title. Mickie James pinned Beth Phoenix after a DDT. After the match, Santino Marella challenged Hacksaw Jim Duggan to a match for Phoenix.
Santino vs. Hacksaw Jim Duggan: Duggan pinned Santino after a 3-Point Stance Clothesline after five seconds. After the match, Phoenix kissed Marella, then Phoenix picked him up and carried him backstage.
Kane pinned Jamie Noble after a chokeslam in 10 seconds. But its not all bad 4 Noble as he got Layla 2 go out with him.
The next match was a six man tag team match: Chris Jericho (who
yelled at the crowd 4 about 5 minutes, a brilliant promo) Cody Rhodes, and Ted DiBiase versus Cryme Tyme and John Cena. CTC(the name 4 the Cryme Tyme-Cena stable) won after Cena made DiBiase submit 2 the STFU.
The main event was 4 the World Heavyweight Title as CM Punk faced Batista in a Fan's Choice match. The match choices were No DQs, Best 2 out of 3 falls, and Falls Count Anywhere. No DQ won as Punk retained the title after pinning Batista after a GTS. But Batista Batista Bombed Punk after the match and walked out among cheers.
Biggest Pop: John Cena
Biggest Heat: Chris Jericho
Best match: Chris Jericho, Cody Rhodes,and Ted DiBiase vs. John Cena and Cryme Tyme
Worst match: Lance Cade vs. D'Lo Brown
www.wrestlingnewsworld.com/wwe-house-show-results/more-reports-wwe-raw-house-show-results-07-25-08.php
Hello I am Tom Frank. I sat front row ringside at the WWE Raw house show tonight in Youngstown, Ohio. Here is the writeup.
Tony Chimmel is the ring announcer tonight. The first match was Paul Burchill and Katie Lea versus Kofi Kingston and Kelly Kelly in a mixed tag team match. Kingston pinned Burchill after a Trouble In Paradise in a surprisingly good match by all 4 wrestlers.
The next match was Matt Striker versus the debuting Johnny Curtis. Curtis pinned Striker with a backslide in a very boring match. Note from Richard: Curtis actually worked ECW TVs earlier this week.
The next match was Lance Cade vs. D'Lo Brown. Cade pinned Brown after Cade gave Brown his trademark sitout spinebuster after Brown missed a Lo Down in a very, very boring match.
The next match was 4 the Women's Title. Mickie James pinned Beth Phoenix after a DDT. After the match, Santino Marella challenged Hacksaw Jim Duggan to a match for Phoenix.
Santino vs. Hacksaw Jim Duggan: Duggan pinned Santino after a 3-Point Stance Clothesline after five seconds. After the match, Phoenix kissed Marella, then Phoenix picked him up and carried him backstage.
Kane pinned Jamie Noble after a chokeslam in 10 seconds. But its not all bad 4 Noble as he got Layla 2 go out with him.
The next match was a six man tag team match: Chris Jericho (who
yelled at the crowd 4 about 5 minutes, a brilliant promo) Cody Rhodes, and Ted DiBiase versus Cryme Tyme and John Cena. CTC(the name 4 the Cryme Tyme-Cena stable) won after Cena made DiBiase submit 2 the STFU.
The main event was 4 the World Heavyweight Title as CM Punk faced Batista in a Fan's Choice match. The match choices were No DQs, Best 2 out of 3 falls, and Falls Count Anywhere. No DQ won as Punk retained the title after pinning Batista after a GTS. But Batista Batista Bombed Punk after the match and walked out among cheers.
Biggest Pop: John Cena
Biggest Heat: Chris Jericho
Best match: Chris Jericho, Cody Rhodes,and Ted DiBiase vs. John Cena and Cryme Tyme
Worst match: Lance Cade vs. D'Lo Brown
www.wrestlingnewsworld.com/wwe-house-show-results/more-reports-wwe-raw-house-show-results-07-25-08.php
Included a spoilers warning as some of this stuff could be a practice run for angles on TV.
If Kelly and Kofi v the Burchills is on a par with the match they had against Santino and Layla Layla, then it better get booked on TV
