Dark Matches / Heat Spoilers

[cawthon777 0]

Before the taping began, I saw Beth and Shelly from OVW take front row seats. This would be explained later.

 

Dark Match: Domino & Deuce (w/ Cherry) defeated Chris Hamrick & Brad Allen at 4:25 following a kick to the face

- Domino, Deuce, and Cherry had gimmicks circa 1955. The two males were dressed as John Travolta in ‘Grease’ and Cherry chewed gum and came to the ring on roller skates as if she worked at a drive-in fast food restaurant. If you thought the Spirit Squad was funny, you would have died laughing at this. Not much to the match. To their credit, those involved pulled off the gimmicks well, if not annoyingly.

 

Sunday Night Heat

 

Trevor Murdoch pinned Romeo (w/ Antonio) with the bulldog off the top at 2:48

- Prior to the bout, the Heart Throbs talked about all the hot girls in Charlotte and wanted to dance with two of them. But to narrow the field down to two, they would have to use the “Throb-o-Meter” and then proceeded to gyrate their hips in the direction of the nearest attractive female. I guess the most gyrations won. And of course Beth and Shelly received the most. The girls were brought in the ring and started dancing with each other until Murdoch came out for the match. After the bout, the two women were shown with disgusted looks on their faces as Murdoch put his chewing tobacco back in his mouth.

 

Matt Striker had a classroom segment during which he talked about the Royal Rumble and whether or not he would be a participant. He eventually said he would not be competing, citing that he was above it and if he got hurt in the match all the fans would be without a suitable teacher.

 

Chavo Guerrero Jr. pinned Jason Jones with a DDT and the Frog Splash at 2:55

- A very strong response for Chavo and lots of “Eddie” chants

 

Val Venis & Viscera defeated Gene Snitsky & Tyson Tomko at 4:53 when Viscera pinned Tomko with a splash after Snitsky accidentally kicked his partner in the face

 

After the show: Cena put over Flair huge, saying he was truly the man and it was an honor to be in the same ring with Flair in Charlotte. Cena eventually left and Flair embraced his several female relatives in attendance before taking the mic and giving a heartfelt thanks for all the support. His voice cracked a little; he was getting choked up. Flair left and Lilian thanked us for coming.

 

Cena, and I think this came across on TV, got a thunderous applause. There were boos but it wasn’t overwhelming. And I’m sure teaming him with Flair in Charlotte did much to kill off whatever Cena hate there was.

[Downhome 0]

I was at this show also. I had tickets up in the nosebleeds, but seriously, they weren't that bad of seats. I could see and hear everything just fine...everything was just a little small.

 

I believe I was in the most pro-Cena section of the crowd. There were a few of us who booed him, but it was more for him than not, at least where I was sitting. He was over in the main event by default though, just becase Flair was with him.

 

I loved Domino & Deuce (w/ Cherry), but mainly just for the gimmick. Call me a sucker for cheese like that, but I really thought it was cool. I guess I just miss well defined gimmicks. The wrestling on the other hand was the normal WWE style of match, where almost nothing of note happened, if anything.

 

cawthon777, did you go out to where the wrestlers were leaving after the show? Me and my cousin did, and we were in the first row right at the rail. We saw just about everyone leave except for a few like Shelton and Edge. I do believe that HHH left last, and was in that fucking HUGE bus that we have pictures of on here in another thread. Right before him was Vince in a limo, I do believe.

 

Almost none of the wrestlers even responded to all of us standing out there, and not a single one said a word to any of us, much less sign any autographs at all. Just about the only ones to even so much as give a wave was the divas. Maria, Trish, Lilian all smiled really big and gave a huge wave to us all. I've never been to a show where not a single one of the workers said a single word to anyone. After a while many of the fans standing around started getting pissed big time.

 

All in all it was a decent show, but nothing that I'll really remember. Nothing much of note happened, and it wasn't the best show before a PPV that I've ever seen. I'm glad I went though, because it was just cool to be there. It was my first actual live RAW that I've ever been to.

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cawthon777, did you go out to where the wrestlers were leaving after the show? Me and my cousin did, and we were in the first row right at the rail. We saw just about everyone leave except for a few like Shelton and Edge. I do believe that HHH left last, and was in that fucking HUGE bus that we have pictures of on here in another thread. Right before him was Vince in a limo, I do believe.

 

Almost none of the wrestlers even responded to all of us standing out there, and not a single one said a word to any of us, much less sign any autographs at all. Just about the only ones to even so much as give a wave was the divas. Maria, Trish, Lilian all smiled really big and gave a huge wave to us all. I've never been to a show where not a single one of the workers said a single word to anyone. After a while many of the fans standing around started getting pissed big time.

 

I figured that was going to be the case so I skipped out on waiting to meet anyone. I'm just going to assume right now that meeting talent before and after tapings is a near impossibility - especially when the talent parking lot is inside the arena.

 

If Trips was on the bus, I'm wondering if it's the same bus I saw Sunday in Asheville. It came in about an hour and a half - 2 hours before the show and they had to clear the entire driveway of fans so it could fit. I figured Trips would be the first one there so I didn't think it was him on board.

 

I was about halfway up, northeast corner from the ramp.

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Almost none of the wrestlers even responded to all of us standing out there, and not a single one said a word to any of us, much less sign any autographs at all. Just about the only ones to even so much as give a wave was the divas. Maria, Trish, Lilian all smiled really big and gave a huge wave to us all. I've never been to a show where not a single one of the workers said a single word to anyone. After a while many of the fans standing around started getting pissed big time.

 

Alvarez made a note that the reason the workers looked so "worn" and out of it last night was because of their tour in Mexico last weekend. A few people had issues with the lucha ring they were working in, as well as the drinking water.

[cawthon777 0]

But Smackdown had the tour of Mexico, not Raw.