Results from Dublin, Ireland, Finlay wrestles

[Guest wildpegasus]

WWE RAW BRAND RESULTS FROM DUBLIN, IRELAND INCLUDING ERIC BISCHOFF'S BIRTHDAY BASH & FIT FINLEY SEEING ACTION

by Ed Murphy @ 8:11:00 PM on 5/27/2004

 

 

The Opening saw Stephanie McMahon come out, although I missed what she said.

 

Some of these might be slightly out of order but here goes:

 

Matt Hardy and Lita vs Tyson Tomko and Trish:

Big pops for Matt and Lita, not a lot for Tomko, and loads of 'sl*t' chants for Trish. Good opener, Lita and Matt get the win.

 

Rhyno vs Sylvain Grenier (w/ Rob Conway):

Good match, big pop for Rhyno, and lots of ECW chants. Rhyno gets the win after Eugene makes his way to ringside to a great reaction to play with La Resistance's flags, distracting Grenier.

 

Rob Conway vs Eugene (w/ William Regal):

Conway challenges Eugene on the spot after Grenier's loss. Eugene obliges and takes a beating for the first few minutes before getting in some offense. Regal helps out by keeping Grenier out of the ring and flooring him. Eugene gets the win after the double axehandle from the top.

 

Six Man Tag match: HBK, Jericho and Edge vs. Evolution (minus HHH)

Huge pop for Edge who comes out first, another good reaction for Jericho, then probably the biggest pop of the night for HBK. Flair gets a great reaction, with lots of 'Woooos'. Started with Flair and HBK, boos for HBK when he put Flair in the figure 4. Cheers for all 3 members of Evolution being put in figure fours after a run in. Really good, strong match with Flair and Jericho doing the lion's share of the work. Batista spent little time in the ring, but everyone held up their end really well. Win came with Sweet Chin Music on Flair.

 

Women's title: Victoria vs Molly:

Short, but pretty good match, though the crowd wasn't into it. Victoria retains with the Widow's Peak.

 

Intermission

 

Stacy Keibler comes out to a good reaction, and offers to dance. Eric Bischoff interrupts. Johnny Nitro shows up with a cake to sing Happy Birthday to Bischoff. The cake goes on Bischoff's face at the hands of Stacy. Nitro goes to throw her out of the ring, but the Hurricane makes the save. Garrison Cade runs in to help out Nitro. Bischoff sets up a handicap match.

 

Hurricane vs Cade and Nitro

Good match. Cade and Nitro mostly in control. Nitro hit a fantastic looking legdrop that started out as a swinging one handed handstand. Hurricane gets the win after Rosie interferes while the ref was busy trying to stop Cade from coming in with a chair.

 

Nitro brings out 'Fit' Finley and praises him until Finley turns his back and is then on the recieving end of a short attack. Finley makes a comeback with a few power moves and finishes nitro off with a piledriver.

 

Kane vs Shelton Benjamin:

Good match, with both getting in their trademark moves. Kane wins with a chokeslam.

 

HHH vs WWE champion Chris Benoit:

Both men got a huge reaction from the crowd. The first ten minutes consisted of a great back and forth battle of words between the two, that also featured a run-in from a member of the audience, which no one took kindly to. He didn't try to get at either wrestler, but had time to do so if he had wanted. The match itself was great, somewhere between 20 and 25 minutes of the calibre of wrestling you'd expect from these two. Benoit got the win with the crossface. Only really notable moment was when HHH sent Benoit into the barrier outside the ring. Benoit took the barrier with him into the first row. No one got hurt as far as I could see.

 

Overall a fantastic night, the crowd was very, very enthusiastic and all the wrestlers worked hard and put in a good show.

[iliketurtles 0]

HBK, Edge, Jericho vs. Evolution sounds fucking awesome. Hope they do it on Raw soon.

[CanadianChick 0]

I wish they did this on a Raw. That would be a pretty freaking sweet show.

 

Have the six man tag as the first-hour main event with HHH/Benoit the main event....oh man.

[Guest Choken One]

why blow the big program on Raw?

 

I'd say Have

 

Benoit/Orton.

 

With Edge, HBK, Jericho Vs Batistia, Flair and HHH.

[Dark Age 0]

They could have Benoit/H on Raw with Shawn costing H the match. Means both guys have actually cost each other a title match, gives a kick ass 25 minute match on Raw, and sets up the big blowoff between Benoit/Trips nicely. I'm not sure if they are gonna do this, or the card from the previous night at the Manchester show tonight (which I'm going to) or a different card all together. Either way Benoit/H or Benoit/Kane and the 6man tag or Shawn/H is goodness in my book. Plus some Eugene antics will keep me entertained. No Christian, Tajiri, Val, Stevie or Palumbo makes me sad, but the cards seem good enough.