pochorenella 0 Report post Posted February 2, 2005 Just got back not too long ago. What a loaded show. I can't believe I paid $25 for a live show with a better card than most $35 PPVs they had this last year. Edge vs Shelton Benjaman for the IC title great opener. Edge got good heat. Shelton wins with the T-bone. Victoria vs Trish for the Women's title. Trish came out in a neckbrace and sold it for the begining of the match. She eventually ripped it off and pinned Victoria after she missed a top rope moonsault. Coach comes out and welcomes Hawaii's own Don Muraco. Coach informs us that he is a winner and Muraco is a loser. Muraco punches Coach. Eddie Guerrero and Rey Misterio vs Bashams for the WWE titles. real good match. Eddie was especially great. He untied the tag rope and moved it to the middle. Crowd ate it up. Bashams got DQed after one of them hit Rey's knee with a chair to block the 619. Maven vs Batista Maven came out and complained he wasn't in the Rumble. He called Batista a gorilla which brought out batista to a superstar reaction. Maven jumped Batista while posing. One spinebuster and one powerbomb by Batista and thats all she wrote. JBL and Orlando Jordan vs big Show JBL was the only guy on the card to have little to no heat. He even had a limo.People were excited about Big Show's chops. Match was pretty much what you would expect. Big Show with a chokeslam on Jordon. Battle Royal Jindrak, Reigns, Bob Holly, Renee Dupree, Chavo Guerrero, Big Show, Benoit, Jericho, Regal, Akio, Funaki, Charlie Hoss, Paul London, Kenzo,Orlando Jordon, Spike Dudley, Conway, Grenier, Christian, Tomko, Hassan, Rhyno, Taijiri, and Venis were all in the battle Royal. It came down to four RAW guys and four Smackdown guys. Final four was Y2J, Benoit, Big Show, and Bob holly (three of these things they go together...). final two was Benoit and Show. Same over the top rope guillitine finish from the 2004 Rumble. biggest pop of the night for Benoit winning. Ric Flair vs HBK People were going for HBK. This was a great match as would be expected. They pulled out practically all their stuff. HBK went for a sunset flip and pulled down Flair's tights for the crowd. HBK escaped the figure four and hit an elbow drop and a superkick for the win. John Cena vs Kurt Angle for the US title The heat was wierd. People were booing Cena but not really popping for Angle. Kurt was on offense most of the match. Cena was suplexed all over the place. Match dragged a bit. Cena escaped the ankle lock and hit the FU for the win. After the match Cena acknowledged Angle's reception from the crowd. Brothers of Destruction vs Brothers of Ineptitude Sniskey and Heidenreich come out first. Kane comes in with a huge pop. Undertakers entrance is the biggest pop of the night. Match was not as bad as I thought it would be. Pretty bad though. After seeing Heidenreich and Sniskey in the same ring it becomes clear that Heidenreich is the worse of the two. Finish had Sniskey and Heidenreich lay out Taker and Kane and turn to the crowd, leaving Kane and Taker to do a double sit up, double chokeslam and double tombstone for the win. Kane celebrates like an 80s babyface after the match. HHH vs Randy Orton for the world title This match was a streetfight. HHH worked hard in this match. he took two bumps on the floor, a bump over the turnbuckle, and juiced after a stair shot. Match was back and forth. Orton ended up losing after a chairshot to the head. Good match. All in all it was a great show from top to bottom. Big ups to the WWE. If this show is any indication Anchorage is in for a treat. Credit- Matt Mazany & The Wrestling Observer OMG, this looks like a terrific show. Doesn't seem to shed any light on the upcoming card for Mania, though. It would be great if WWE considered releasing these special cards on DVD. Maybe they will for their upcoming Japan shows. Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
iliketurtles 0 Report post Posted February 2, 2005 Benoit/Show Rumble 2004 repeat sounds freaking great. Sounds awesome. Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
Art Sandusky 0 Report post Posted February 2, 2005 Man, what a show. Anyone got any attendance figures? My guess is it was sold out. I'd love to find a tape of it, should one exist. Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
humongous2002 0 Report post Posted February 2, 2005 JBL was the only guy on the card to have little to no heat. I still can't believe this joke of a champion is going to Wrestlemania for the SD main event. Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
res37618 0 Report post Posted February 2, 2005 Yep, sounds like a hella good show, no doubt. Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
Lil' Bitch 0 Report post Posted February 2, 2005 A double Tombstone? Holy shit! Can't wait to see that! Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
Mecha Mummy 0 Report post Posted February 2, 2005 Coach comes out and welcomes Hawaii's own Don Muraco. Coach informs us that he is a winner and Muraco is a loser. Muraco punches Coach. Something about the phrasing of this really cracks me up. Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
cawthon777 0 Report post Posted February 2, 2005 I wonder if Anchorage will get the same exact show or if they'll change it up a bit, at the very least by giving someone else the battle royal win. Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
Guest wrestling365 Report post Posted February 2, 2005 I wonder if Anchorage will get the same exact show or if they'll change it up a bit, at the very least by giving someone else the battle royal win. According to the wwe.com line-up it's more or less the same show (minus Batista vs. Maven) and the advance for that show is around 3,500 tickets already sold. Not many football fans in AK.... Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
Fökai 0 Report post Posted February 2, 2005 Man, what a show. Anyone got any attendance figures? My guess is it was sold out. With the boxing/wrestling configuration, Blaisdell can hold about 9,000 at capacity - I'd say it was a sell-out too, based on how hot the Hawaii scene is for the WWE, but the advertising for a "RAW/Smackdown Super Show" was piss-poor by the WWE. I'd love to find a tape of it, should one exist. I'd hope so too, because the Blaisdell usually pulls this off with good lighting. With that, you'd be in for a treat, because the acoustics in the arena does a great job with the theme music. Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
Enigma 0 Report post Posted February 3, 2005 Don't worry. The SD! "main event" will probably be mid-show like HHH vs. Booker was at 19. Share this post Link to post Share on other sites