Raw House Show results 2-27-05

[Guest TheBigCalbowski]

WWE Road to Wrestlemania

Raw Roster

February 27, 2005

Boston, MA

Agganis Arena

 

This was the WWE's debut show in the new Agganis Arena on the campus of Boston University. Normally they're at the FleetCenter, but I guess they just wanna look at other options when coming to Boston.

 

WWE Intercontinental Championship Match

Shelton Benjamin© vs. Christian w/Tyson Tomko

 

Tomko gets sent to the back early in the match. Christian throws a couple temper tantrums in the ring. In the closing moments, Benjamin hits Christian with the Dragon Whip, but only got a 2 count. Benjamin goes for the T-Bone suplex, but Christian got out of it and positioned him for the Unprettier. Benjamin pushed Christian into the ropes and caught him with the T-Bone suplex for the pinfall to retain the IC title.

 

Winner and still Intercontinental champion: Shelton Benjamin

 

Pretty good match by Raw standards.

 

Val Venis vs. "The Masterpiece" Chris Masters

 

Not much of a match here. Masters actually took a few bumps unlike this past Monday night. Venis dished out some nice offense. The end saw Masters locking in the full nelson for the submission victory.

 

Winner: "The Masterpiece" Chris Masters

 

The Fink introduced Jonathan Coachman. Coach comes out talking about how he was considering not coming to Boston at all. He talked about how there were many legends in Boston leading him to introduce Hall Of Famer "Superstar" Billy Graham. Billy Graham came out and circled the ring. Coach told him to get in the ring and then he would go to the outside instead. Graham said it was great to be honored here in Boston. He said he was honored on Friday night in New York City to a chorus of boos, but said New York fans suck and Boston fans were better. Coach then talked about how Graham's health hasn't been all that great in the last couple of years and said that his induction into the Hall Of Fame last year could have been a sympathy vote. He went on to say that upon doing research, he came to the conclusion that Graham is a joke and ordered him to leave. Graham took the mic and said that he would go to the back to sit on the commode, but would need someone to wipe his ass. He proceeded to knock out the Coach with the mic to a loud pop. He then said Coach was probably gonna need a stretcher.

 

World Tag Team Championship Match

William Regal and Tajiri© vs. La Resistance

 

Decent match. La Resistance entered first demanding the crowd stand up for the Canadian national anthem. Grenier started to sing when Tajiri and Regal entered the ring. Didn't really get that many stiff kicks out of Tajiri. Tajiri played the face in peril until getting the hot tag to Regal who unloaded on both members of La Resistance. The end saw Regal hitting Grenier with a knee lift and getting the pinfall to retain the tag titles.

 

Winners and still World Tag Team champions: William Regal and Tajiri

 

Rhyno vs. Tyson Tomko

 

This match wasn't as bad as many people would expect. Lots of brawling in this match. The closing moments had Rhyno ducking Tomko's big boot followed up by The Gore. Rhyno gets the cover and the victory.

 

Winner: Rhyno

 

WWE Women's Championship Match

Trish Stratus© vs. Molly Holly vs. Victoria

 

Same type of match as this past week on Raw. Victoria actually hit her jiggle standing moonsault on both Trish and Molly at the same time. Trish and Molly were working together at first. Trish puts Victoria in a half crab while Molly grabs the other leg for a half crab. Trish then turns on Molly and the two start battling. Trish attempted the Stratusfaction on Molly who turned it into a side suplex. Victoria makes a comeback on both. The closing moments had Trish attempting a Stratusphere, but was pushed off. Victoria hits Molly with the Widow's Peak. Trish recovers and rolls up Victoria holding the tights to retain the Women's championship.

 

Winner and still WWE Women's Champion: Trish Stratus

 

Trish decides to get back in the ring to dish out more punishment. Christy Hemme runs down to ring side. Trish runs the ropes and is tripped by Christy. Victoria delivers the Widow's Peak to Trish. Christy starts walking to the back when Gene Snitsky's music starts up. Snitsky walks down the aisle chasing Christy to ringside. Kane runs out to attack Snitsky starting up our next match.

 

Hardcore Match

Kane vs. Gene Snitsky

 

Horrible match. Not really that hardcore either. Trash cans, trash can lids, the ring bell, and a hockey stick were used. One spot had Snitsky's upper half laying outside on the ring apron. Kane put a trash can on him and then smashed it with the ring bell. Back in the ring, Kane hits Snitsky with the flying clothesline. Snitsky grabs a trash can lid while Kane grabs him by the throat for the chokeslam. Snitsky smashes Kane with the lid until he goes down. Kane sits up. Snitsky smashes him again on the head. Kane sits up again. Snitsky smashes him again. A few moments later, Kane regains the momentum and goes outside for a trash can. He puts it down and chokeslams Snitsky onto it. Kane makes the cover and gets the victory.

 

Winner: Kane

 

Chris Benoit vs. Muhammed Hassan w/Khasrow Daivari

 

Ok match here. Hassan and Daivari enter first running down the crowd to great heat. The closing moments had Daivari being knocked off the ring apron. Benoit locks the Sharpshooter on Hassan who makes it to the ropes. Benoit then locks in the Crippler Crossface prompting Daivari to get in the ring to interfere causing a disqualification.

 

Winner by disqualification: Chris Benoit

 

Hassan rolls to the outside while Daivari continues to beat on Benoit. Benoit then gets Daivari in the Crippler Crossface who taps out frantically.

 

Shawn Michaels vs. Edge

 

Perfectly acceptable for a Raw main event match. Michaels misses the super kick allowing Edge to hit the Edge-O-Matic. Edge mocks Michaels' tuning the band. Edge charges Michaels for the spear, but gets a super kick. Michaels covers for the three count and the victory.

 

Winner: Shawn Michaels

 

The referees and ring crew starting bringing out the pieces of the cage. The Fink says they're going to give away 10 boxes of Snicker's Cruncher. Following the announcement of the winning seats, we go to brief intermission while the cage is set up.

 

There was no upper part of the cage that looks like a cat walk. The Fink said that the only way to win was by pinfall or submission.

 

Tag Team Cage Match

Batista and Randy Orton vs. Triple H and Ric Flair

 

This amtch was pretty decent when it came down to one on one. Triple H and Flair made their entrances first. Orton entered and started the match right away with Flair and Triple H. Batista finally made his entrance to a massive pop. This match was texas tornado rules so everyone was in. There were a few funny spots between Flair and Batista. Flair actually bladed during this match and I have to give him credit for blading at a house show. There was also the traditional spot where Flair tries to climb out of the cage and his tights get pulled so we got Flair's ass for about minutes. The battle spilled to the outside of the cage with all four combatants. Flair and Orton were going at it on one side with Triple H and Batista on the other. Triple H got the advantage on Batista while Orton beat down Flair. Triple H grabbed a chair and cracked Orton over the head with the chair. Flair was helped to the back by officials followed by Orton. Now the match is just one on one between Batista and Triple H. The two had a great exchange back inside the cage. The crowd was quite hot during this battle. Triple H even bladed during this match after being thrown face first into the cage. The end saw Batista hitting his spinebuster followed up by the Batista Bomb to score the victory over Triple H.

 

Winners: Randy Orton and Batista

 

Two referees had to help Triple H up. He shoved them aside when he got up. He did his pose with the World Heavyweight title and fell back down. The referees had to help a rubber legged Triple H out of the cage. He even fell onto one of the refs when he was going through the cage door. After the refs helped him to the back, The Fink thanked everyone for coming and said they hope to be back in the near future.

 

Crowd was hot for most of the afternoon, but died down during the Kane/Snitsky match. Crowd was also pretty quiet for the Michaels/Edge match.

[Guest Arnold_OldSchool]

The Fink introduced Jonathan Coachman. Coach comes out talking about how he was considering not coming to Boston at all. He talked about how there were many legends in Boston leading him to introduce Hall Of Famer "Superstar" Billy Graham. Billy Graham came out and circled the ring. Coach told him to get in the ring and then he would go to the outside instead. Graham said it was great to be honored here in Boston. He said he was honored on Friday night in New York City to a chorus of boos, but said New York fans suck and Boston fans were better. Coach then talked about how Graham's health hasn't been all that great in the last couple of years and said that his induction into the Hall Of Fame last year could have been a sympathy vote. He went on to say that upon doing research, he came to the conclusion that Graham is a joke and ordered him to leave. Graham took the mic and said that he would go to the back to sit on the commode, but would need someone to wipe his ass. He proceeded to knock out the Coach with the mic to a loud pop. He then said Coach was probably gonna need a stretcher.

 

WTF?

[Guest Arnold_OldSchool]

The injuries to Vince are pretty damn serious. He's going to be wheelchair bound for months, and we've heard it is most likely going to be for more than six months. He can't even get out of his wheelchair on his own at this point even to get to bed. He's not about to let anyone outside of his family see him in this condition, so he won't be at TV for probably months, and people are wondering if he'll even come to Mania this year. ...He hasn't been seen by the wrestlers (aside from HHH) since the surgery.

[USC Wuz Robbed! 0]

The injuries to Vince are pretty damn serious. He's going to be wheelchair bound for months, and we've heard it is most likely going to be for more than six months.

He tears two quads and he'd be out for a shorter time than HHH who only tore one?

[NYU 0]

The injuries to Vince are pretty damn serious.  He's going to be wheelchair bound for months, and we've heard it is most likely going to be for more than six months.

He tears two quads and he'd be out for a shorter time than HHH who only tore one?

There's a difference between walking and having to go through the physical stress of wrestling.

[Guest MikeSC]

The injuries to Vince are pretty damn serious.  He's going to be wheelchair bound for months, and we've heard it is most likely going to be for more than six months.

He tears two quads and he'd be out for a shorter time than HHH who only tore one?

Umm, Hunter is a pussy?

-=Mike

[Enigma 0]

The injuries to Vince are pretty damn serious.  He's going to be wheelchair bound for months, and we've heard it is most likely going to be for more than six months.

He tears two quads and he'd be out for a shorter time than HHH who only tore one?

There's a difference between walking and having to go through the physical stress of wrestling.

What the hell are you talking about?

 

Vince McMahon is a former WWE Champion, damn it.

[USC Wuz Robbed! 0]

Vince prides himself on being in good condition. He won't come back til he is back at normal strength/size. So if that's in roughly over 6 months, then goddamn, no wonder he was a WWF champ.