Weekend House show results

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RAW

 

Thanks to James Ikerd for the following report:

 

Match 1: Rodney Mack & Chris Nowinski beat Lance Cade & Jon Heidenreich & Lance Cade-Pretty good match. Nowinski said that while on the outside he was white, on the inside he was black, which got alot of laughs. Heidenreich stole Nowinski's nose guard and headbutted him with it, but Rodney Mack got the win with the Cobra Clutch on Cade.

 

Match 2: Goldust beat Mark Jindrak- Crowd popped for Goldust's entrance. Jindrak does not look the same from his WCW stay. He is huge now. Goldust got the win with a powerslam.

 

Match 3: Lance Storm beat "Dr. Death" Steve Williams-Boring match. Dr. Death got a mild pop coming out. Lots of USA chants. Both men stalled alot during this match. Storm got the win with the Superkick.

 

Chris Jericho then did a special Highlight reel with Stacy. Jericho got lots of heat for insulting the Baton Rouge crowd. Stacy insulted Jericho's manhood and Jericho pushed her down, which bought out Test. Test hit the big boot, and covered Jericho, which Stacy counted the 3 for Test. Afterwards Stacy blew off Test. They had advertised a Streetfight between both of these men, so I guess this was it.

 

Match 4: The Dudley's beat Rico & 3 Minute Warning-Long but good match. Rico came out and said he would give Rosey and Jamal another chance. Dudley's came out to a huge pop. TONS of ECW chants. Once the ECW chants started D-Von threw out a Tommy Dreamer/Raven Pose, and Bubba said the match would now be a Tables Match. which bought alot more ECW chants. Rico accidentally hit Rosey, so they left Rico to take a 3D through the table.

 

Afterwards D-Von brought a kid into the ring and gave him a piece of the table, and then Bubba did what I thought was a very nice and classy thing to do. He climbed over the railing and went into the handicap section of the arena and shok all of the fans hands, which I'm sure made alot of people happy.

 

15-20 minute intermission.

 

Match 5: WWE IC Title- Christian beat Val Venis-Very good match. Christian got alot of heat. Val got a good pop during his entrance. Christian won with the Un-Prettier.

 

Match 6: WWE Womens Title: Jazz beat Molly Holly, Trish, and Victoria in a 4 way Diva elimination match.-Pretty good match. Jazz elimnated Holly;Trish eliminated Victoria with the Stratusfaction; Jazz eliminated Trish due to interference by Victoria. Afterwards Stevie and Victoria tried to attack Trish but Maven ran in and made the save.

 

Match 7: Tag Team Titles: Kane & RVD beat La Resistance-Rene Dupree insulted the BR crowd, which of course got them tons of heel heat. Lots of ECW chants for RVD...I guess the BR crowd remembers ECW as the only organization that made frequent tripes to Baton Rouge coming 4 times in 1 year. RVD & Kane got the win after a Kane Chokeslam and an RVD Frog Splash.

 

Match 8: World Heavyweight Title Triple H beat Scott Steiner: This match sucked, plain and simple. Triple H got the win with a Low Blow followed by The Pedigree. Once this match ended the arena emptied pretty quickly.

 

Overall this show was good. The last scheduled show for Baton Rouge got cancelled because of Poor ticket sales. To me the most over thing on the Show was ECW, which should tell people something.

 

 

 

 

 

Smackdown

 

Thanks to John Keane for the following report:

 

House Show results for WWE Smackdown from TECO Arena, Ft Myers, 5/25/2003.

 

Just got back from the show. Arena seemed about half full, I’ll estimate 2500-3000 in attendance. Lights went down right at 7:30, Tony Chimmel welcomed us in and we got to work…

 

1. Brian ‘Spanky’ Kendrick, Bill Demott and Rikishi defeated Nunzio, Chuck Palumbo and Johnny Stamboli. Great when Nunzio and Spanky were one on one, decent enough otherwise. Rikishi got the win for his team, pinning Nunzio with a BUTT-drop out of a countered sunset flip.

 

2. Crash defeated Orlando Johnson (who looks like a slightly bulkier Shelton Benjamin). Crowd was totally dead for this one. Orlando hit some nice moves but his transitions seemed very tentative. Crash got the win with a roll-up while holding the ropes out of the ref’s line of sight.

 

3. The A-Train and Chris Kanyon defeated Doug Basham and Danny Hollie. Competitive when Kanyon was in the ring with the rookies, squash-like otherwise. A-Train got the 1-2-3 after hitting Danny with the derailer.

 

4. Rhyno defeated Sean O’Haire. Crowd perked up for this one initially, heat died down as Sean continually tried for the submission. Rhyno got the pin after the Gore.

 

5. Next match was to see Matt Hardy putting his Cruiserweight title on the line in a triple threat match with Jamie Noble and Rey Mysterio. Jamie hit the ring first, Matt in second, Rey tried to follow-but was attacked from behind by Mattitude followers Shannon Moore and Crash. Rey got tossed into the ring, Jamie joined Matt and his flunkies for a 4 on 1 beatdown, save was made by Bill DeMott, Spanky and Rikishi. Heel crew took simultaneous stinkfaces from the ‘fan favorite’ group before getting out of Dodge. Obvious ‘no contest’ here. Post-‘match’ Bill, Rey, Rikishi and Spanky demonstrated their dancing skills.

 

Tony announces an intermission.

 

6. Eddy Guerrero and Tajiri got a victory over Charlie Haas and Shelton Benjamin to retain their WWE Tag Team Championships. Near TV-quality match, loads of cheating by both teams, especially faked tags. End saw a ref bump and Charlie going for a belt shot. Eddy ducked it-but quickly fell to the canvas when he saw Tajiri reviving the ref. When he saw Eddy down and Charlie holding the belt he gave the champs the DQ win.

 

7. Chris Benoit defeated John Cena. Match of the night. John teased bailing early on but charged back into the ring before the ref could count 10. Chris was in control until hit by a low blow out of the ref’s line of sight. End saw John going for the F.U.-Chris floated over, slapped on the Crossface and got the submission victory.

 

8. Torrie Wilson defeated Nidia. Funaki was the guest referee for this one. Standard SD brand women’s match (i.e., some definite bowling shoe tendencies). Nidia did manage a nice snap suplex before the inevitable catfight, Torrie got the win with a schoolgirl roll-up. Post-match Nidia went for the beatdown, got hauled off by Funaki and de-pantsed by Torrie. Never though I’d see SpongeBob Squarepants thong panties…

 

Tony gets back on the mic, makes it REAL clear he’d appreciate if we cleared out immediately after our Main Event…

 

9. Brock Lesnar defeated The Big Show to retain his WWE Championship. LOADS of stalling to start, Show continually teased bailing, action finally began when Brock tried to haul him into the ring and was sent shoulder first into a ring post. Show took control, applied a rear chinlock that seemed to go on for days, Brock eventually made the comeback and scored with a powerslam. End saw Brock floating through a chokeslam attempt and hitting Show with the F5 to pick up the win.

 

Notes: Most of the wrestlers cut pre-match promos, but since I couldn’t understand a word they said due to TECO Arena’s crummy P.A. system I didn’t mention them in the above report. Some nut entered the ring with Rikishi and co. during the opening match-no idea what may have become of him (betting he’ll be calling in sick for work tomorrow). Overall a pretty good show, though the Cruiserweight schmozz was a big disappointment.

 

Biggest pops:

1. Brock Lesnar.

2. Rey Mysterio.

3. Chris Benoit.

4. Eddy Guerrero and Tajiri.

5. Rhyno. (Matt Hardy also got a lot of positive response-want to mention he and Brian Kendrick were the only wrestlers I saw signing autographs outside the arena after the show.)

 

Most heat:

1. John Cena.

2. The Big Show.

3. Team Angle.

4. The Full Blooded Italians.

5. Sean O’Haire

[Garth 0]

Thanks for putting the effort and getting a hold of these, much appreciated.

The smackdown side of things there sounds very much like the Smackdown Tour De Force which i saw earlier in the month.

[cawthon777 0]

On paper, both cards look pretty interesting if not entertaining.

 

I'm loving Eddie & Tajiri picking up the DQ wins by swerving the ref. Gold!

[Guest Galactic Gigolo]

Rico is still with 3 Minute Warning? FUCK! Hopefully that won't transcend onto TV.

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5. Next match was to see Matt Hardy putting his Cruiserweight title on the line in a triple threat match with Jamie Noble and Rey Mysterio. Jamie hit the ring first, Matt in second, Rey tried to follow-but was attacked from behind by Mattitude followers Shannon Moore and Crash. Rey got tossed into the ring, Jamie joined Matt and his flunkies for a 4 on 1 beatdown, save was made by Bill DeMott, Spanky and Rikishi. Heel crew took simultaneous stinkfaces from the ‘fan favorite’ group before getting out of Dodge. Obvious ‘no contest’ here. Post-‘match’ Bill, Rey, Rikishi and Spanky demonstrated their dancing skills.

 

What the hell? DeMott, Rikishi and Spanky as the good guys to save Rey? They are seriously in need of some new wrestlers.

[cawthon777 0]

Rico is still with 3 Minute Warning? FUCK! Hopefully that won't transcend onto TV.

It won't. During the 6-man table matches held over the weekend (both the one listed above and the one prior), 3MW walked out of the match after a disagreement - leaving Rico to get killed by the Dudleyz.

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I guess Rey's groin injury must not be too serious if he worked the show (albeit not actually wrestling).

 

And I'd *love* to see a Kanyon/Basham match get some decent time on a SD or Velocity.