Smackdown house show in Evansville, IN

[ToyfareMark]

Just got home from the Smackdown/ECW house show tonight. It was a pretty good show.

Edge def. Jeff Hardy to retain the world title.

Rey Mysterio def. Chris Jericho to retain the IC title

Christian/Dreamer def. Swagger/Henry

CM Punk def. Umaga by DQ

John Morrison def. Shelton Benjamin

I went to the consession stand during the diva match so I cant remember who was involved besides Victoria...yes you read that right, Victoria.

Vladimir Kozlov def. Finlay

Evan Bourne def. Tyson Kidd

All in all I had a good time, and the matches were all pretty good. If anyone else on the boards was there tonight, I'd like to hear your thoughts. Anyway I just wanted to let everyone know about the show.

My match of the night would go to Shelton/Morrison BTW.

[parder]

Probably better than tonight's Raw. Victoria lives in Louisville KY, so I guess it's not that far from Evansville (2 hour drive?). Was she guest referee or something?

[ToyfareMark]

May 11, 2009 23:11:34 GMT -5 parder said:

Probably better than tonight's Raw. Victoria lives in Louisville KY, so I guess it's not that far from Evansville (2 hour drive?). Was she guest referee or something?

Yeah its 2 hours from Evansville, and no she wrestled. She tagged with Natalya I think. I dont know who they faced though lol.

[Deleted]

well this just sucks...I am about 20 mins from Vincennes IN and about an hour and 15 from Evansville and didn't even know their was a show coming up or id have totally been there...guess thats what I get for being lazy about the WWE product

[dimera]

Shelton Benjamin vs. John Morrison
Good heat for Shelton, but the crowd was merely split on Morrison to start. Shelton took care of that, using some classic heel tactics early to make everyone aware that Morrison is to be cheered and stuff. Best spot saw Morrison go for a springboard rana, only to have Shelton catch him, turn toward the opposite corner, and launch him into the turnbuckle with a stiff powerbomb. Several other nice spots amidst a very solid match. Only disappointment is that Morrison didn't hit the split-legged corkscrew moonsault for the win.
• Morrison wins via Tornado DDT (mid-ring a la Rock) at 11:44 - ***½

Well, well, well...ONCE AGAIN, Shelton Benjamin gets a crowd that is undecided on John Morrison to cheer him throughout the match and gets the best match rating of the night on a show that included Chris Jericho(the best in the business), Rey Mysterio, Edge, CM Punk, Umaga, Evan Bourne, and Christian all in action. Of course..somehow it will get flipped as John Morrison being the greatest wrestler alive again.

[ToyfareMark]

Natalya & Layla vs. Gail Kim & Eve
Natalya got the biggest pop of the bunch, which isn't saying much since Gail and Eve were received by a bunch of crickets. In a pathetic sequence, Layla celebrated hitting an elementary move by dancing like a stripper, then turned around and ate a dropkick from Eve - who then exacted revenge by sticking her ass in Layla's face and dancing like a stripper as well. Later, Layla attempted to tag out while on the ring apron, and Natalya smartly told her that she has to be in the ring when tagging out. Finally, Layla badly botched a spinning heel kick to complete the embarassment hat trick. Horrible showing for her. Match was okayish when Natalya and Gail were in the ring, but it was way too long and the crowd was completely uninterested.
Gail & Eve win via Jawbreaker (Gail on Natalya) at 10:41

I'm sorry guys. It really sounded like they said Victoria, I was on my way to the concession stand so I misheard it lol.

[willywonka666]

I almost went, but both friends backed out, it was more about going and hanging out than anything, shoulda known some crappers woulda been there, were they pretty lenient on the seating situation? I often move closer at house shows since they're not really packed.

[ToyfareMark]

May 12, 2009 6:37:51 GMT -5 willywonka666 said:

I almost went, but both friends backed out, it was more about going and hanging out than anything, shoulda known some crappers woulda been there, were they pretty lenient on the seating situation? I often move closer at house shows since they're not really packed.

Well they are lenient as long as you dont try to go down on the floor. The arena was about 70% full, and the crowd was really hot, they popped for everything. I would say that if hadnt of been for Raw being on, there would have been more people there. Evansville is traditionally a pretty big wrestling town, we were apart of the Memphis loop for decades.

[nt86]

LOL they need to keep Eve and Layla from matches.

They need to trial run some Gail/Natalya matches at house shows. I bet they'd look good.