WWE RAW HOUSE SHOW REPORT FROM SYRACUSE, NEW YORK
By Jason Ouimette on 2008-01-19 10:16:01
Hey guys just got back from the WWE makeup event at the War Memorial Arena in Syracuse, NY and I must say what a fun night of action made all the better by the live crowd.
Match 1. Hacksaw Jim beat Charlie Haas in the opening match. It was fun seeing a legend like Hacksaw and he didn't disappoint the crowd by pinning Haas. Lots of hooooooooo's through out the match.
William Regal then comes down and runs down the rest of the card, including Michaels vs. Umanga, Mickie James vs. Beth Phoenix and Jeff Hardy vs. RandyOrton for the title. The crowd was out of control, every time Regal said something the crowd chanted "WHAT".
Match 2. Trevor "Porkchop" Murdoch beat D.H.Smith. Not much to match,. D.H. controlled most until falling victim to Porkchop's Destroyer. Crowd was so-so for this one.
Match 3.Snitsky beat Super Crazy. Total squash in like a minute. The crowd crapped all over Zitsky, even telling him to brush his teeth.
Match 4.Vladimir Kozlov beat Brian Kendrick. Another so-so match but the crowd loved Brian, lots of USA chants but nobody cared about Koz
Match 5.Tag Team Championship Match. Hardcore Holly and Cody Rhodes beat Carlito and Santino Marella with Maria. Wicked hard chops by Holly. Good back and forth match but the highlight was Maria. Man, she is smoking, wearing tight jeans and a skimpy leopard top. Every man was very happy and I'll leave it at that, but damn she is hotttttt...
Time for intermission
Match 6. Women's Championship Match. Beth Phoenix beat Mickie James. Prior to start of match Ashley made an appearance and threw t-shirts to the crowd. On her way out she and Beth had a staredown. I have to say this was a damn good match between these two, better then their PPV and TV matches in my opinion
Match 7. Shawn Michaels beat Umaga in a very hard fought match, and boy, can Shawn still go. He was just amazing tonight and sold for Umaga the whole match before hitting Sweet Chin Music for the win. This was just an awesome match and the crowd once again was crazy, booing Umaga and cheering Shawn.
Match 8. WWE Championship Match. Randy Orton beat Jeff Hardy after an RKO. Both guys came to the ring selling their injuries from the crazy swanton on Monday. Orton cut a great promo before match, and they brawled around the outside before the match started. After the match, Orton went to kick Hardy who moved and grabbed a chair and smacked Orton with it several times. The crowd was deafening for this one and I see great potential in continuing to push Hardy and maybe even a short run with the title. He was that over.
Notes: I cant say enough about the crowd they were alive for the whole night and it made it a fun time. My ears are still ringing that was how loud and crazy the crowd was.
Last night (Thursday) Santino was signing autographs at Shoppingtown Mall and was very friendly (from all reports from the people I spoke to who went, as I missed it).
Today (Friday) Jeff Hardy was signing autographs at Kia Legacy in East Syracuse. My friend and I were the 1st there at 9:30 this morning and waited until 4 to meet him but he signed a pic for me and also my autograph book as well and he was very friendly shaking my hand and chatting with me. There was over 800 people but the limit was to the 1st 500 so I left as soon as I got mine and don't know how long he stayed.
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