results from Raw house show in MSG

[Kurt Angle Mark 0]

Raw "Unleashed" house show from MSG, 12/12

By Bill Laboska, New York

 

Biggest Pops:

1. Shawn Michaels and Ric Flair

2. The Dudleys

3. Goldberg

4. Rob Van Dam

5. Booker T

 

Most Heat:

1. Jericho

2. Christian

3. Coach

4. Test

5. Cade and Jindrak

 

World Heavyweight Championship:

Goldberg pinned Kane after a spear. Goldberg got a big pop, as did Kane. The

match was

decent, save a botched-spear spot that the majority of the crowd groaned at.

Goldberg

shook hands with the fans after the match.

 

RVD & Booker T defeated. Randy Orton & Batista. Crowd was quiet for the

beginning of

the match, since it followed Flair-Shawn and there was no intermission.

Orton and Batista

double-teamed on Booker and RVD got the hot tag. RVD hit his signature

moves, and hit

the Five-Star Frogsplash for the win after a Booker T axe-kick. Booker T did

a

spinaroonie after the match.

 

Legend vs. Legend:

Shawn Michaels beat Ric Flair in a close to 30 minute match. The match was

scheduled

for 20 minutes, and the Coach made announcements every 5 minutes as to how

much time

was remaining (like in old-school WCW). Flair used heelish tactics, but both

wrestlers

were cheered wildly. Both men mainly did mat wrestling and exchanged chops

for the first

10 minutes, and then did their trademark moves later in the match. Shawn

pulled down Flair's trunks for about a 15 second photo-op. Flair snapped

Shawn in the figure-four, and the time limit expired making the match a

draw. Flair grabbed the mic and argued that Shawn gave up, and requested

five more minutes. Earl rang the bell, and Shawn won with the superkick

before the limit expired, although it was actually about 8 more minutes

after the match was restarted. Flair bladed, wearing a crimson mask (with

hair full of blood), and these two put on a classic, and no doubt the best

match of the night. The crowd knew they were seeing something special, and

both men recieved a standing ovation.

 

World Tag Team Championship--Tables Match: Dudley Boyz beat Chris Jericho &

Christian. This was a great tag match, as the Dudleys, and for that matter,

the C-men,

never disappoint on house shows. All four men were cheered during entrances.

Trish and

Lita (who made it out later in the show), did the “wassup” spot on Jericho

and Christian.

The Dudleys put Christian through a table with the 3D to win the match. As

usual, the

Dudleys called two young kids into the ring and gave them a piece of table.

They let the

kids touch the belts, and carried them around the ring for a standing

ovation. Everyone in

the Garden seemed genuinely touched.

 

Garrison Cade & Mark Jindrak beat Val Venis & Lance Storm. This was a decent

match,

but the crowd wasn’t into it very much.

 

Special Guest Referee Victoria:

Molly Holly defeated Trish, Lita, and Jazz. Lita legitamately was injured in

the opening

minutes of the match. It looked like she hurt her knee, and the women broke

character and

stopped the match as Fit Finley and the referees attended to Lita. She was

helped to the

back, and the match continued. Jazz, Molly, and Trish did a good job

improvising, and the

heels double-teamed Trish. Trish scored a pinfall on Jazz, and Victoria

helped Molly

defeated Trish.

 

Hurricane beat Test (w/ Stacy Keibler). Stacy helped Hurricane in getting

the win. This

was a good, fast paced opener, with several near falls.

Mark Henry (w/ Theodore Long) beat Tommy Dreamer. It was nice to see

Dreamer, but

he was treated like a jobber, getting little offense in. Long came out with

Henry and cut a

promo.

 

Matt Hardy beat Maven with the Twist of Fate. The crowd was dead for most of

the

match, but got into Hardy towards the end. Maven played the face, but the

crowd was

clearly in favor of Matt.

[haVoc 0]

Lita did not really suffer any sort of injury last night at the WWE RAW brand show in Madison Square Garden. WWE used that angle as a way to get her out of the match without being pinned or having to submit.

 

Credit: 1wrestling.com

 

Gotta protect Lita at house shows.

[TheOriginalOrangeGoblin 0]

Flair/Michaels sounds awesome. Why couldn't they do that match at Bad Blood instead of what we saw.

[Guest deadbeater]

Who was the source of the 1wrestling story? I have to highly doubt that.

 

If anything, Jazz was gently put in for the match, as this was one of her first matches back; she only took a stomach throw and a scissors from Lita, both of which all Jazz had to do was flip right. Molly just about took all the offense from both Jazz and Trish after J and M beat Trish up.

[Lil' Bitch 0]

I hate it when they fake injuries, its like the story of the Boy Who Cried Wolf.

 

House shows are so awesome, why can't they record it themselves or at least have the fans do it so we can remember?

[Eclipse 0]

I will tell you one thing: The crowd fully bought that injury. I thought it was real. All the women in the ring broke character and had concern for Lita. Eventually, the ref even went to The Coach, and told him to get help. He went running to the back. Fit Finlay, along with trainers and other refs, came out to help her.

[Lightning Flik 0]

I'm kinda betting that something was sorta right, but turned out to be nothing spectacularly wrong, so now the WWE is making it "it was an angle all along" to just cover their asses.

 

...then again, that would mean logic... Nevermind.

[tpww7 0]

I'm glad people still sneak in cameras...this show will be avaliable next week likely.

[Mole 0]

I wouldn't know where to get it.

[Tawren 0]

http://www.crazymax.org/viewtopic.php?t=17723

 

This guy has it...he isn't releasing it til later this month though.