SD! House Show Report - Cincinnati, OH.

[Guest bravesfan]

Did a bit of editing (reader didn't know most of the "finisher's" names), but here are the results...

 

Thanks to 411 reader Shawn for sending in this report.

 

It kicked off with Tony Chimel and in the middle of his speech Heyman walked out and interrupted him and started talking trash. Eventually, he said he had a handicap match against Brock Lesnar. So, there we have the first match.

 

Rating scale-

*****- must see.

****- damn good.

***- decent, fun match to watch.

**- Too short/slow/squash match.

*- more story line than match to get a rise out of the crowd.

 

1) Brock Lesnar def. Big Show & Paul Heyman. Heyman got the most heat out of anybody. Match was your usual Brock/Show match with a nice, slow pace and belly to belly's to show. Finish came when Heyman slid in a chair, distracted the ref, and and Brock took the chair from Show and pinned him after a chair shot. Afterwards he F5'd Heyman with got a huge pop.(***)

 

2) Sean O'Haire & Brian Kendrick def. Chuck Palumbo & Kanyon. Great to see Kanyon, sporting Lance Storm-like tights (circa-WCW) but instead of red and white, they're black and white and said "Who Betta" on the back. O'Haire's chiseled, Kendrick looked somewhat jobber-ish. Palumbo connects way too much with his punches, ask Kendrick. Finish came when Kendrick hit Sliced Bread #2 (!!!) to Kanyon. (***)

 

3) WWE Tag Title Match - Team Angle def. Los Guerreros. Match had WAY too much stalling and they didn't really seem like they talked at all before the match, decent none the less. I'm pretty sure the finish came when Charlie Haas rolled up Eddie, not sure though. (**3/4*)

 

4) Rey Mysterio def. Matt Hardy V.1. Really fun match to watch and Rey got a huge pop. Rey is so little compared to the rest of them. There was a lot of good cruiserweight stuff. Finish came with the 6-1-9 followed up by a West Coast Pop. (***1/2*)....Matt wore his old black hardy boy jeans....

 

5) Nathan Jones(!!) & Undertaker def. A-Train & Bill Demott. Nathan Jones needs to shave the back of his head and get new ring attire, it was SUPER CHEAP. He's huge though, as is UT and Albert. Highlight was when UT and Jones chokeslammed Albert and Demott simultaneously followed up by a Tombstone by UT to Demott. (**3/4*)....it was pretty slow and stuff, but just seeing them was orgasmic.

 

INTERMISSION

 

6) Fatal 4 Way Cruiserweight Championship Match- Billy Kidman def. Funaki, Jamie Noble (w/ Nidia), and Nunzio. Nice, fun, fast paced cruiserweight match. End was when Nunzio and Funaki were sent out of the ring and Kidman did a huge Sky High off the second rope. (***)

 

7) Kiss My Ass Match. Rikishi vs. John Cena. Cena came out in a neck brace limpind selling his Brock match. He really trashed cincinnati which got him a lot of heat. Superkick to Cena. Rikishi is about to "back his ass up" when Mysterio and Funaki come out and deliver stink faces to Cena. Rikishi then does it also.(*)

 

8) Nidia d. Torrie Wilson (Guest Referee - Dawn Marie) Default women's match won with a roll up. (-*) Kidman and Noble both made appearances, but briefly.

 

9) WWE Title Match- Kurt Angle def. Chris Benoit. Completely whoop ass match which I think I used 10-15 photos for. Really good paced with some nice heel work by Angle and Benoit and a huge pop. My god, it does not get any better than the WWE Live. Finish came when Benoit had crossface, Angle tapping, but Team Angle was distracting the ref and then a missed roll up by Benoit due to more distraction. Shelton ran in and superkicked Benoit in the face to enable Angle to reverse the roll up and get the pin. (*****...added * for the whole live feel of it and just seeing these two).

 

After the match Team Angle was beating down Benoit when Lesnar came out, F5'd Haas and Benjamin and had a stare down with Angle. Wow.

 

Top 5 Biggest Pops

1) Rikishi, Mysterio and Funaki when the were trying to get the crowd to decide which side they'd start dancing towards.

2) F5 to Heyman / Undertaker

3) Chris Benoit

4) Rey Myserio

 

Top 5 Biggest Heat

1) Paul Heyman by a landslide.

2) Kurt Angle

3) Big Show

4) Team Angle

5) Kanyon

[Guest HartFan86]

Taker/Jones TAG TEAM? The hell?

 

Brian/SOH have potential. I like it.

[Guest Mik at Cornell]

Undertaker busted out a tombstone at a houseshow? I doubt that highly.

[Guest tpww7]

I wish House Shows would be televised again.