WWE House Show Results from Little Rock, Arkansas 9/13/08

Report sent in by Mike

Jamie Noble and William Regal started the show off. They had a rather back in forth match. Noble scored the victory after a crossbody from the top rope.

Hacksaw came out to a huge pop like always. Snitsky blindsided him and then the match started. Hacksaw kicked his ass pretty good, even hitting the three point stance, surprisingly. But Snitsky got a measly boot (his only move of the match) on Hacksaw and the match was over.

Santino Marella retained his title against Charlie (Haas) Marella. Santino actually showed a tad bit of wrestling skill, much to my surprise. Santino won with a basic pin.

Then I got to see the “All American American” Jack Swagger. And I have to say, the kid sucks pretty bad. But he has a hell of a personality. He was doing some breakdancing after giving D’Lo a hiptoss or an arm drag. However, our undefeated Rookie, LOST to D’Lo Brown after the Low Down.

Then, we got the Women’s Title match. Mickie’s ass was looking luscious. Yeah, I said it. These two had probably the match of the night. Seriously. Well…actual wrestling wise. Beth would use the Steamboat Chickenwing and convert it into a facebuster for the win.

After intermission, we got Kane vs Mysterio. It was announced earlier that fans could vote with their phones for the stipulation. No Disqualification won 78% of the vote. Upon Mysterio’s arrival, he was doing his interaction with the crowd and some guy decided to pour his beer all over Mysterio. And four security guys proceeded to launching the guy from his seat to the entrance area. After he was reprimanded, we had the match. Kane basically dominated Rey for all of the match. Rey pulled the cheesiest finish ever. He won with the 6-1-9, followed by the splash from the top rope. Meh.

Then we got a rematch from RAW, as Priceless and Manu took on Kingston and Cryme Tyme. This match had the biggest crowd reaction, interaction, pops, all of that. Nothing special in the ring. Cryme Tyme had the momentum, then Manu hit JTG with a superkick and Cody scored the win after his botched DDT. Just poorly executed, as usual.

For the main event, we got Jericho vs Batista vs JBL. JBL and Jericho did the whole 2 on 1 scenario for most of the match until Jericho hit JBL with an enzugiri. Jericho would get Batista in the Walls of the Jericho, but JBL delivered the boot to break the hold. Batista would regain control of the match, hitting a powerslam on Jericho and a spinebuster on JBL. JBL would then get a Batista Bomb. Batista went to give one to Jericho, but Lance Cade distracted him. Jericho pinned JBL to retain the title.

WWE House Show Results from Monroe, Louisiana 9/13/08

Report sent in by Trae Wisecarver

I went to the Smackdown/ECW house show in Monroe last night. All in all it
was a fun show. While we were waiting for the doors to open, my friend
spotted former TNA wrestler and WWE developmental talent Cassidy Riley at
the box office (he’s from Monroe and lives nearby). After we argued for a
few minutes over whether or not it was him and whether or not to approach
him, my wife went over to him and confirmed it was indeed Cassidy Riley, and
he came over and signed autographs and took pictures with us. Nice guy.

Justin Roberts opened the show and did the whole “text your vote for the
stipulation” thing for the ECW Title match later on. The “choices” were 2/3
Falls, Falls Count Anywhere, and No DQ.

1. Evan Bourne beat Chavo Guerrero Jr. (w/ Bam Neely) (9:48) with a cradle.
Chavo attacked Bourne after the match and then yelled at Neely for not
helping him. Neely got in the ring and held Bourne up for Chavo to hit him,
but at the last second Neely clotheslined Chavo and left, then Bourne hit
the Shooting Star Press on Chavo.

Eve Torres was up in the cheap seats with some fans. She told a family they
would get front row seats if the kid could answer a trivia question. The
question was “Which superstar is the current United States Champion?” The
kid correctly answered “Shelton Benjamin.”

2. Jeff Hardy beat Vladimir Kozlov (5:57) with the Swanton bomb. Kozlov cut
a promo before the match about wanting competition. The crowd gave him the
“WHAT?!” treatment. Jeff was over huge.

Eve had made her way to ringside and brought some kid in to be the guest
bell ringer for the next match.

3. WWE Divas Champion Michelle McCool beat Maryse (w/ Victoria) (8:37) with
a double-underhook face plant that Wikipedia says is called the Wings of
Love. The match was what you’d expect. Towards the end Victoria tried to
interfere, but Eve took her down to even the score. Maryse took down Eve,
then Michelle hit her with the finish.

4. WWE United States Champion Shelton Benjamin beat Jimmy Wang Yang (15:02)
with the Pay Dirt. They had a pretty good match and worked the crowd into
it, which is the important thing. At one point late in the match, the
referee caught Shelton trying to take off the turnbuckle pad. While the ref
was fixing it, Yang caught him with an inside cradle for a phantom three
count. Of course, by the time the ref turned around and counted, Shelton
kicked out at 2. Finish was Yang missing the moonsault and Shelton hitting
him with the Paydirt.

5. Finlay (w/ Hornswoggle) beat Mike Knox (12:25) with a shillelagh (thank
God for spell check) shot. They had the usual antics with Hornswoggle. After
the match, they brought about 5 kids and a soldier in the ring to play Chase
the Midget… or something. Intermission followed.

6. WWE Tag Team Champions Curt Hawkins & Zach Ryder defeated Jesse & Festus,
John Morrison & The Miz, and Carlito & Primo Colon (15:54) when Hawkins
pinned Festus with a school boy. When the bell rang at the start, Festus
went crazy and chased the heels all around the ring and up the aisle and
back. It was a fun match. Mizorrison are the best thing to happen to tag
team wrestling in WWE in ages, and they were pretty popular with the women
in the crowd. Primo Colon was very impressive.

Teddy Long came out to announce the “winner” of the text message “vote.” It
was a No DQ Match.

7. ECW Champion Matt Hardy beat Mark Henry (w/ Tony Atlas) (11:34) with the
Twist of Fate. As is the case every time they come to Monroe, Matt got the
biggest pop of the night (and this was a show that included Triple H and The
Undertaker). Before the match got started, Teddy told Tony Atlas that if he
touched Matt, Henry would automatically lose. The match was what you’d
expect. They used a trash can, a chair, and the ring steps. Matt won with
the Twist of Fate.

MVP came out for the main event. He cut a promo on Karl Malone, who was in
the front row.

8. Triple H & The Undertaker defeated Great Khali & MVP (22:00) when Triple
H pinned Khali with the Pedigree. This was my first time seeing Triple H
and Undertaker live, and it was a very cool experience. The match was
pretty long, but actually wasn’t bad (then again, everything seems better
live). The bad guys got heat on Taker forever, but he finally made the hot
tag to Triple H. The end came when Undertaker chokeslammed MVP at the same
time Triple H hit the Pedigree on Khali and got the pin.

The show ended up going about 3 hours, 10 minutes total. It was the best
WWE show I’ve been to, but it wasn’t as good as the TNA show in the same
building 2 months ago.

WWE House Show Results from Evansville, Indiana 8/2/08

Matt Prater’s August 2nd RAW House Show from Evansville, IN Review

Howard Finkle was the ring announcer and Jillian Hall was the hostess (she
was in the crowd and gave a couple of people in the nosebleeds some
ringside seats and allowed a kid to be Mickie James’ manager).

* Kofi Kingston vs. Paul Burchall (w/ Katie Lea)*
-This was a good, fast paced match. Kofi won with his finisher.

* Snitsky vs. DLo Brown*
-At the end of the match, Dlo went for the Low Down and Snitsky rolled out
of the way. When they returned to their feet, Snitsky hit the running big
boot and got the win. That was surprising, considering that Snitsky never
wins anymore and DLo just made his return.
*
Lance Cade vs. Paul London*
-This match was pretty fast paced. At one point during the match, Cade got
his nose busted open and was bleeding pretty bad. Cade won the match with
his finisher. After the match, refs came into the ring to disinfect the
ring.
*
Mickie James & Kelly Kelly vs. Burchall & Beth Phoenix*
-This was a good match. They allowed a fan to be Mickie James’ manager for
the evening. In the end, Mickie James got the win with her jumping DDT.

Santino came to the ring and got the microphone and Beth was still in the
ring. He told her she has lost her focus because she has been distracted
since they kissed a week ago. He then said that he was going to retire his
opponent after the match.

* Hacksaw Jim Duggan vs. Santino Marella*
-This match lasted about 10 seconds as Hacksaw hit the 3 point stance and
got the win. After the match, Beth Phoenix put Santino on her shoulder and
carried him out.

* Intermission* – During the intermission, my friend went to the concession
stand. There was a long line, so he didn’t get back in time for the next
match, but he met Ricky “The Dragon” Steamboat walking around and that made
his day. My friend said that when Kane’s music hit all the little kids
came running back into the arena and then when Batista’s music hit, every
little kid that was left ran back in as soon as they could.

Jillian came out to the ring and said she was going to give the crowd a
gift. She then started singing, but was cut off by Kane’s music.

* Kane vs. Batista*
-This match got off to a REALLY slow start. They literally walked around in
circles with no action for a few minutes. When my friend got back to his
seat, he asked if he missed anything and I was like, “what you’re seeing
right now is all that has happened.” When the match finally got going, it
was actually decent. They made their way outside and used the steel steps
a couple of times. At the end of the match, Kane hit the chokeslam, but
Batista kicked out after a 2 count. Kane went to get his bag and the ref
tried to take it away and Batista speared Kane to pick up the victory.

* John Cena vs. Ted Dibiase Jr. & Cody Rhodes in a Handicap Match*
-Finkle said that RAW GM Mike Adamle ruled this to be a Handicap match. In
the end, Cena won with the STFU. I personally thought it was a bad idea to
have Cena squash the tag champs, but oh well. After the match, Cryme Tyme
entered the ring to help Cena and Cena FUed Dibiase Jr.

* CM Punk vs. Chris Jericho in a No DQ Match for the Title*
-They had been urging the fans to send in a text message to vote on the
match stipulations throughout the night. The choices were something I
can’t remember, 2 out of 3 Falls, and a No DQ match. I have been to enough
House Shows to know that the “fans” always choose the third option, so it
was a No DQ match.

Even though it was supposed to be a No DQ Match, the ref prevented Cade from
getting involved. When it spilled to the outside, the ref urged them to get
back into the ring. It was a good match, but the No DQ stupidity killed it
for me. Personally, I would have prefered a 2 out of 3 Falls match.
Anyway, during the match, Punk went for the GTS, but Y2J raked his eyes
and put him in the Walls of Jericho. Punk reached the ropes. In the end,
Jericho grabbed a chair (and the ref tried to stop him) and Punk kicked the
chair in his face and hit the GTS for the win. Punk celebrated by holding
the title up in the corner and bowing to the fans.

* Biggest Pops:*
John Cena (even though it was mixed, he still got the loudest reaction,
mostly positive)
Batista
CM Punk
Kane

*Biggest Heat:*
Jericho (for ranting on HBK)
Santino

---

Report sent in by Derek

I attended tonights RAW house show at the beautiful but slightly ran down Roberts Stadium in Evansville, Indiana. It was my son’s first WWE live event and he had a great time watching the action from our second row seats. Anyway. here are the results to best of my memory.

Opening match was Intercontinental Champion Kofi Kingston against Paul Burchill. It was back and forth but Kofi hit his finisher for the win. We all won since Katie Lee Burchill was at ringside.

The next match was D-Lo Brown against Snitsky. It warmed my heart to see D-Lo, minus his protective vest, facing ol’ yellow teeth. Too bad for D-Lo that Snits had his a-game on tonight and beat the crap out of D-Lo after mising a frogsplash. Snitsky was nice enough to pose post victory with a grin to show us his yellow teeth.

Lance Cade came out and reminded us that we were all crap and the only person he could trust besides himself was Chris Jericho. Good luck with that Lance. Anyway, Paul London made his way down to the ring and put up a decent fight for a guy who has been moved to jobber role. He was even kind enough to break open Cade’s nose bridge and give us a fair amount of blood flow. Cade hit his finisher and promptly left the ring while the refs scrubbed his blood out of the mat.

Next up was a Divas tag team match, Mickie James and Kelly Kelly (along with some random kid as guest manager) against Katie Burchill and Beth Phoenix. How it ended exactly I can’t remember, but I think James pinned Burchill. Lots of hooting and hollaring during this match.

Then of course we have Santino come out and face off with Beth Phoenix, telling her she was distracted and that he would retire an old man that night with his new hold the Santino clutch. Anyway, the old man was Hacksaw Jim Duggan who came out with US flag and chanting USA. To make a short story shorter, he pinned Santino in about twelve seconds. Hacksaw left and Beth Phoenix carried out Santino like a sack of potatoes.

Intermission

Kane vs. Batsista. A back and forth macth with Kane getting most of the offense. Until Kane goes for his bag that he is keeping his mask in (come on, you know it is his mask) and Batista hits the spear for the pin.

The next match is a handicap match between Cena and the tag champs Cody Rhodes and Ted DiBiase Jr. I have never wanted to jump the rail more than now at a wrestling match. I hate Cody Rhodes. Rhodes and DiBiase dominate Cena for awhile and then Cena fights back, puts Rhodes in the STF and wins. Then Crime Time hits the ring to even things up. Cena and the Crime Time pose and leave. What no witty John Cena promo????

Finally the main event. CM Punk defends his title against Chris Jericho in a No DQ match. Supposedly we fans texted in our votes and chose this match. Jericho started out with grabbing the mic and telling us we were all garbage and he would do to all the men , women and children (and maybe your pet dog) what he did to HBK . He then called down Lance Cade and the match was on. It was back and forth with everything from Jerich baring a turnbuckle to Punk throwing Jericho into the crowd but the end came as already before. Jericho grabs a chhair, Punk dropkciks it into Jericho’s head and then hits the GTS for the win. Punk is my kids’ new favorite wrestler. And Katie Le Burchill is mine.

Fun show, lots of stuff going on with Jillian Hall running around in a short black dress. She even sang for us, and I like her singing. Maybe not but I do like her. Anyway that was the Raw house show for Evansville, Indiana on 8/02/08

---

Report sent in by Tony Clutter

I went to the Evansville, Indiana WWE RAW house show and here’s what happened:

Jillian Hall was acting like a hostess throughout the evening.

Kofi Kingston beat Paul Burchill
(Katie Lea was at Paul Burchill’s side)

Snitsky beat DLO Brown

Lance Cade beat Paul London

Mickie James and Kelly Kelly beat Katie Lea and Beth Phoenix

Hacksaw Jim Duggan beat Santino in like a 5 second match
then Beth Phoenix picked up Santino and carried him out.

Batista beat Kane.

By order of new GM Mike Adamle it is a Handicap match
as John Cena beat Cody Rhodes and Ted DiBiase Jr

In a world title match CM Punk beat Y2J

Howard Finkle and Arn Anderson was seen also.
It was a lot of fun it was my 2nd WWE event ever!

Click here to go back to Shop WWE for WWE Merchandise, WWE Action Figures, WWE Memorabilia, WWE Tickets, WWE T Shirts & More!

WWE House Show Results from Springfield, Illinois 8/1/08

Report sent in by Shane Pastrovich

WWE Raw house show results
Springfield, IL Prairie Capital Convention Center
August 1, 2008

I thought this show was much better than the Smackdown show I saw last September. Here are the results.

Intercontinental Champion Kofi Kingston beat Paul Burchill with the Trouble in Paradise spin kick to retain the title. A good, albeit, somewhat short match.

Snitsky beat Hacksaw Jim Duggan with a big boot. This was basically a squash. Duggan got very little offense in but the crowd loved him like always.

Lance Cade beat Paul London with his Rock Bottom/powerbomb finisher. Cade did some mic work before the match.

Women’s Champion Mickie James beat Beth Phoenix with her DDT to retain the title in a typical match between the two. A kid was selected earlier in the night to be the guest manager for Mickie James. Afterwards, Santino Marella did some mic work which lead to the next match.

D-Lo Brown beat Santino Marella with the frog splash

Intermission

Batista beat Kane with a spear after Kane was preoccupied with that bag he’s been carrying around. A slow match in the beginning that got better late with both hitting their signature moves along with several near falls. Another kid was picked to be the bell ringer for this match.

John Cena beat World Tag Team Champions Cody Rhodes & Ted Dibiase in a handicapped match when he made Dibiase tap out to the STFU. Cena hit all his signature moves and hit an FU after the match and celebrated with Cryme Tyme. No mic work by any of them.

World Champion CM Punk beat Chris Jericho in a no disqualification match with the GTS after hitting Jericho with a chair that Jericho had intended to use on Punk. Fans got to vote on the stipulation for the match. Either Falls Count Anywhere, Best 2 out of 3 Falls, or no DQ. I think they knew which one it was going to be without the so-called voting. Text messaging sucks and is overrated. Both Lance Cade and Jericho did some mic work before Punk came out. Jericho kept stalling and Punk got on the mic and said he’d let the fans in Springfield beat up Jericho after he’s done beating him up. After the match, Punk told the crowd he’s a 200 plus pounder from Chicago but the Springfield crowd made him feel right at home and he thanked the crowd.

Show started right at 7:30 and with the intermission it ended at around 10:15 or so. Howard Finkel was the announcer. He came out to Guns N Roses “Welcome to the Jungle” to signal the start of the show. Jillian Hall was there and she picked out the kids who got to participate and she started to “sing” before Kane’s entrance music cut her off. All in all a good show.

Click here to go back to Shop WWE for WWE Merchandise, WWE Action Figures, WWE Memorabilia, WWE Tickets, WWE T Shirts & More!