Thanks to reader Jarrod Schrunk for sending along the following report:
WWE Raw House Show Results – 3/01/08
Louisville, Kentucky
I went to the Raw house show in Louisville, Ky at the Broadbent Arena. Pretty good crowd. The arena holds about 7,000 and I would say there was at least 5,000.
Show starts off with William Regal coming out and plugging WrestleMania 24 and proceeds to share some of the matches for the night. The crowd absolutely hated Regal for mispronouncing the name of their town 1st match: DH Smith and
Super Crazy & D.H. Smith def. Charlie Haas & Trevor Murdoch
Pretty good opening match. Midway through the match, Haas did his costume change under the ring. DH Smith picks up the win with his back supplex. Give him a few more years and he is going to be a big time player.
Paul Burchill def. Hacksaw Jim Duggan
Katie Lea was with Paul. They come out and rip a promo on the U.S. saying tonight Paul was going to destroy an American hero. Hacksaws music hits and he comes out to a big pop. USA Chants throughout the match. There was interference by Katie during a few spots. Burchill wins with a roll up.
Brian Kendrick def. Snitsky
Lots of ‘Brush your teeth’ chants. Typical squash match. Aside from the chants the crowd wasn’t really into this one.
Cody Rhodes & Hardcore Holly def. Carlito & Santino to retain the WWE World Tag Team Titles
Santino and Carlito come out and cut a promo about Louisville. Santino talks about Maria being in Playboy (big pop) and how all the guys pry want to see their mothers in Playboy. Rhodes and Holly come out to a good pop. Typical tag match. Rhodes picks up the win with a DDT. The crowd loved Holly.
Mickie James & Maria Pretty def. Beth Phoenix & Jillian Hall
Pretty boring match. Big pop for Mickie and Maria. Candace Michelle comes out to distract Beth and Mickie wins with a roll up. A waste of a match.
Chris Jericho def. Mr. Kennedy
Kennedy came out to A LOT of boos and makes fun of the crowd. Man, they really hated him. Jericho came out to a huge pop. Pretty good match. Jericho wins with the Walls Of Jericho. After the match Jericho posed with the fans.
Randy Orton def. Jeff Hardy to retain the WWE Championship
Hardy came out first and the place went nuts (they really should put the title on him). Orton came out and you would have thought he was the antichrist. Easily the best match of the night. Orton wins with the RKO. After the match he tries to kick Hardy in the head but instead, Hardy hits the Twist Of Fate and the Swanton Bomb. He stayed and posed win fans for a good 10 minutes.
All in all it was an okay show. Crowd was pretty pissed about no Cena, HHH, HBK, or Rick Flair (people were Wooooing all night). I thought they would be there with it being close to WrestleMania
Biggest Pops
Jeff Hardy
Chris Jericho(almost as big as Hardy)
Hardcore Holly- this guy is WAY underrated
Hacksaw Jim Duggan
Biggest Heat
Randy Orton
Mr. Kennedy
Santino Marella
William Regal
Tony Chimmel (I think the crowd was hoping for Howard Finkel)
Thanks to reader Tyler Brown for sending along the following report:
WWE Raw House Show Results – 3/01/08
Louisville, Kentucky
(In no particular order)
Harry Smith & Super Crazy def. Trevor Murdoch & Charlie Haas
Paul Burchill w/ Katie def. Hacksaw Jim Duggan
WWE Tag Title Match
Cody Rhodes & Hardcore Holly (c) def. Carlito & Santino Marella
Snitzky def. Brian Kendrick
Chris Jericho def. Ken Kennedy via Walls of Jericho
Maria & Mickie James def. Jillian Hall & Beth Phoenix
WWE Title Match
Randy Orton (c) def. Jeff Hardy via RKO
After the match Hardy ends the show by hitting Orton with a Twist of Fate, then a Swanton Bomb
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