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WWE House Show Report Glasgow, Scotland 17th April 2009

I attended the above event at the sold out Braehead Arena. Will also attend the Smackdown/ECW Tour at the same arena on Thursday the 23rd. We are very lucky in Glasgow that we get to see the stars of WWE at least twice a year at this venue - but it always sells out so good business for the WWE I suppose. Capacity is around 5,500. Huge support for Rey and John Cena amongst the youngsters in the crowd.

Tony Chimmel came out and welcomed the crowd.

Kofi Kingston b. The Miz - Back and forth match with huge support for Kofi and a lot of heat for the Miz

William Regal w/Layla b. Charlie Haas - Huge heat from Regal (as he was an Englishman in Scotland) even before he got on the mic. He then said his piece on how much better England was than Scotland. Layal interfered a few times in the match which I haven’t seen from a valet in the WWE for ages! Regal dominated most of the match and won with the running knee. He left to even more heat.

Santino Marella b. Goldust in and open challenge match - Short match but Santino’s promo before it was comedy gold. The guy has his character to a tee and had the place in stitches. Huge support for both guys and Goldust was applauded to the back as he left the arena.

WWE Women’s Championship, Melina b. Beth Phoenix w/Rosa Mendez. Special Referee Kelly Kelly - Good match from these two and I thought Melina’s in-ring work was particularly impressive. Rosa was sent to the back after interfering and Melina got the win with a roll-up. Kelly Kelly and Melina pose at the end.
There was then an intermission where Tony Chimmel mentioned they will be returning in November. DX’s music then hit and the place got very excited but it turns out the November Raw Tour will be called the DX REVENGE TOUR.

WWE Unified Tag Team Championship, Carlito & Primo b. Mike Knox & Kane - Why is Kane teaming with this guy? Huge pop for Kane, his heel turn just hasn’t worked out. Lot of punishment for the Colon’s but they got the win after a backstabber on Knox.
CM Punk b. Chris Jericho - Best match of the night easily. HUUUGE pop for Punk and huge heat for Y2J. Jericho cut a promo on how he has been successful at everything he has ever done and how everyone in the arena were all failures. He is a fantastic heel. Punk then came out and posed on the turnbuckle with the Scottish flag and MITB briefcase which got a large cheer. Back and forth match where Punk hit Y2J with the GTS and he rolled out the ring. Punk got him back in and he kicked out then hit the Codebreaker from nowhere which CM kicked out of! Ref was knocked out and Jericho hit him with the briefcase but Punk again kicked out then managed to hit the GTS for the win. Great match.

Main Event, Rey Mysterio & John Cena b. The Big Show & Edge - Delighted The Rated R Superstar was here. Constant bickering between the two heels as the faces came to the ring. Massive pop for Rey and even bigger pop for Cena. Typical back-and-forth tag match with Big Show giving Rey a real going over before Cena made the save. Rey hit the 619 on Edge and Cena the Attitude Adjustment on Big Show at the same time. Rey pins Edge for the win and they pose as the show closes.

Good, solid show with the Main Event and the Y2J/CM punk matches being the stand outs. A bit disappointed that The Legacy weren’t there however they will hopefully be working the SD! show next week.

RAW Brand House Show for the first time in the O2 Dublin April 15th 2009

Tony Chimel comes out to ring announce and gets a nice pop. He is being wasted on ECW and is better than Justin Roberts. Chimel has been in the company since the early 90s and the Irish fans respect this.

Match 1: Kofi Kingston v The Miz.

Irish crowd loved Kofi and The Miz received tons of heat for being a egomaniac and he really plays up to it

Winner: Kofi Kingston

Beth Phoenix & Layla v WWE Women’s Champion Melina & Kelly Kelly

Pretty average Divas tag match here. Layla and Kelly Kelly were beautiful in person but they couldn’t wrestle. This match exposed Layla’s weaknesses and she is a long way from being the finished article. Kelly Kelly scored the pinfall

Winners: WWE Women’s Champion Melina & Kelly Kelly

Tony Chimel plugs Backlash on April 26th and John Cena’s latest crap movie 12 Rounds. Cena’s movie was booed by the anti-Cena Irish fans

Match 3: Santina Marella v Goldust

Santina gets a HUGE pop and loads of chants and he enjoys playing to the crowd. Goldust also received a nice pop from the old school Irish fans in attendance. Marella gets the pin in a very quick match and challenges anyone else to a match. Austin’s music hits and the place erupts, Marella sells it excellently but sadly it isn’t the WWE Hall of Famer, its Charlie Haas! Charlie Haastin gets the pinfall!

Match 4: William Regal v CM Punk

William Regal gets booed out of the building. Irish fans aren’t fond of the Brit on this particular evening. Regal enjoys the boos. Money in the Bank winner CM Punk got an AMAZING reception. It was an ok match nothing special

Winner: CM Punk

Regal got great heat for blindsliding Punk, Kofi Kingston made the save for Punk.

Intermission

Match 5: Carlito & Primo Colon v Mike Knox & Kane for the Unified Tag Belts

Crowd didn’t know who Mike Knox was, they were chanting “Who are ya” repeatedly. The Irish crowd still really like Kane even if most long time wrestling fans think he has gone off the boil since he lost his mask in 2003. They are still using the RAW and Smackdown tag team belts, no signing of them being merged at the moment which they should be. The match wasn’t bad and Carlito and Primo win by DQ

Winners & STILL WWE Unified Tag Team Champions: Carlito & Primo Colon

Match 6: Rey Mysterio v Chris Jericho for the WWE Intercontinental Championship

What an honour and surprise it was to see Chris Jericho in Dublin! Didn’t think he would be on this show because of his move to Smackdown. He gets a lot of heat from the Irish apart from myself and the rest of the Jericholics in the O2. Very funny promo from Y2J, he is the best microphone worker in the business. The crowd absolutely loves Rey Mysterio, loads of Irish kids wearing the Rey masks. 619 chants throughout the match. Jericho really plays up to the crowd which he is excellent at doing. Mysterio wins after a great match with plenty of near falls and the crowd goes wild! This will make for a great feud on the Smackdown brand.

Winner & STILL WWE Intercontinental Champion: Rey Mysterio

Tony Chimel announces that is now time for the main event of the evening

Match 7: John Cena v Edge for the World Heavyweight Championship

Crowd reaction to John Cena in Dublin is 50/50. No Vickie Guerrero thank God. The anti Cena lobby is alive and well in Dublin. Hilarious seeing kids and grown adults disagreeing over Cena during the match. Edge is an awesome heel to experience in person, knows how to draw the heat. Lets go Cena Lets go Edge chants throughout the match. No surprise in the end as Cena retains

Winner & STILL World Heavyweight Champion: John Cena

Very disappointed that Randy Orton & Legacy weren’t able to make this house show but they may appear tomorrow night at the O2 in Dublin

Match of the night has to go to Rey Mysterio v Chris Jericho, reminded me of WCW’s glory days seeing those lock it up in the ring.

Best Pops:
1. Rey Mysterio 2 Santina Marella 3 Kane

Best Heat
1. Chris Jericho 3 William Regal
2. Edge

Hope everyone enjoyed themselves in Dublin tonight and tune into WWR this Friday where we will discuss the house show live on 103.2 Dublin City FM at 7.30pm

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The 2009 Draft saw the entire WWE roster shaken up, and even after a special three-hour Raw, the changes are still coming with the Supplemental Draft, live on WWE.com all day Wednesday. While the WWE Universe certainly won, with such high-profile Superstars as Rey Mysterio, Matt Hardy, CM Punk and Big Show changing brands and WWE Champion Triple H bringing Raw its second World Title, the night was a rough one for Randy Orton.

Not only did the Draft bring Orton’s nemesis Triple H to Monday nights, but his protégés in The Legacy failed to defeat The Game, Batista & Shane McMahon, meaning that The Legend Killer will have to face The King of Kings on the next Raw.

-Intercontinental Champion Rey Mysterio (Raw) def. Evan Bourne (ECW); United States Champion MVP drafted to Raw

-Kane (Raw) def. The Brian Kendrick (SmackDown); Big Show drafted to Raw

-Divas Champion Maryse, Michelle McCool & Natalya (SmackDown) def. Women’s Champion Melina, Mickie James & Kelly Kelly (Raw); Melina drafted to SmackDown

-World Heavyweight Champion John Cena (Raw) def. ECW Champion Jack Swagger (ECW); Matt Hardy and WWE Champion Triple H drafted to Raw

-The Great Khali (SmackDown) def. Santino Marella (Raw); Mr. Money in the Bank CM Punk drafted to SmackDown

-Kofi Kingston (Raw) def. The Miz (ECW); The Miz drafted to Raw

-Edge (SmackDown) won the Tri-Branded Battle Royal; Kane & Chris Jericho drafted to SmackDown

-Christian (ECW) def. Shelton Benjamin (SmackDown); Vladimir Kozlov drafted to ECW

-Matt Hardy (Raw) def. CM Punk (SmackDown); Divas Champion Maryse drafted to Raw

-Chris Jericho (SmackDown) def. Tommy Dreamer (ECW); Intercontinental Champion Rey Mysterio drafted to SmackDown

-WWE Champion Triple H, Batista & Shane McMahon def. The Legacy; The Game earned an opportunity to go one-on-one with Randy Orton on the next Raw

The twelfth and final WWE draft pick on Raw is based on an match between NOW Smackdown’s Chris Jericho vs ECW’s Tommy Dreamer.

Smackdown’s Chris jericho hits the code braker as Tommy Dreamer leaps off the top rope for the win. The participants going to Smackdown is:

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The eleventh WWE draft on Raw will be based on an match between NOW Smackdown’s CM Punk vs. NOW Raw’s Matt Hardy.

Jeff Hardy charges the ring and attacks his brother Matt. Lilian Garcia announces that as an results of an disqualification the winner is Matt Hardy, Go figure!! The participants going to Raw is:

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The tenth WWE draft pick on Raw is based on an match between Smackdown’s Shelton Benjamn vs ECW’s Christian.

The winner is ECW’s Christian. The superstar going to ECW:

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15 man Tri-Branded Tag Team Match Batte Royal. The winners will get two picks to their respective rosters.

Raw:
Big Show, MVP, Mike Knox, Shad, JTG

ECW:
Finlay,Paul Burchill, Mark Henry, Ricky Ortiz, Tyson Kidd

Smackdown:
Carlito, Primo, R-Truth, Chavo Guererro, Edge

The Last three were, ECW’s Mark henry, Raw’s Big Show and Smackdown’s Edge. Big Show eliminated Mark Henry…Edge eliminated Big Show. The participants going to Smackdown are:

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The seventh WWE draft pick is based upon this match between Raw’s Kofi Kingston vs. ECW’s The Miz, with John Morisson.

Raw’s Kofi Kingston won by disqualification hit by John Morisson, the superstar going to Raw is:

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The sixth WWE draft on Raw is based on an match between Raw’s Santino marella vs Smackdown’s The Great Khali.

The Great Khali prevailed over Santino Marella, the WWE Draft going to Smackdown is:

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This forth and fifth draft pick are based on this match . An Champion vs Champion Match. WWE Champion John Cena vs ECW Champion Jack Swagger. The winner of this bout will get two drafts to their representative roster.

WWE Champion John Cena wins over ECW Champion Jack Swagger as Cena applys the STF on Swagger for the win. Raw gets two draft picks:

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Tonight’s third match is an 6 diva tag match. Raw Divas: Mickie James, WWE’s Womans’s Champion Melina and Kelly kelly vs Smackdown Divas: Michelle McCool, Natalya and WWE’s Diva Champion Maryse.

Smacdown Diva Michelle McCool pinned Raw Diva Mickie James.

The pick for this match is going to Smackdown:

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The second match set for the WWE Draft was between Raw’s Kane and Smackdown’s Brian Kendrick Kane won the match within 30 seconds.

The second person Drafted to Raw is:

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The Match between Raw’s Rey Mysterio and ECW’s Evan Bourne was the very first match for the WWE Draft.

Rey Mysterio won the match and the very first person to be drafted to RAW is:

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WWE is starting to shaken things up again on Raw. Monday Night Raw will start their three hour special at 8 PM ET. WWE is scheduled to draft 12 WWE Superstars on raw to their respective brands.

Here is WWE.com preview for Monday Night Raw:

SHAKE THINGS UP

Twelve Superstars will be drafted live on Raw. For the first time ever, WWE.com will conduct video interviews following each pick. Prepare for the big day with WWE.com’s Fantasy Draft game then show off your drafts picks on WWE Universe.