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Wrestling News World reader Hywel Davies sent the following report:

* Cryme Tyme b Charlie Hass and Mike Knox
- The crowd in Cardiff tonight are hot from the start and this tag match is a great opener. Hass and Knox go to work on Shad’s left knee but some quick work from JTG takes Knox to the outside while Shad picks up the pin over Hass.

* The Miz b Kofi Kingston
- Before the match The Miz cuts a great promo about his move to Raw and how in life there are winners an losers, he goes on to compare the Cardiff City football team with their local rivals Swansea City drawing a great deal of heat in the process. Kofi comes out to a big pop. The match is as fast-paced as you’d imagine with Kofi hitting some great moves from the top rope. He comes close with a two count after a high angle leg drop but the Miz hits the Reality Check for the pin.

* John Morrison b Goldust
- Aside from Morrison’s ever-impressive entrance this match is slow to get started, a lot of holds and submission attempts from both men leave the crowd pretty flat. Only when Goldust lets out a “Wooo” after a knife edge chop in the corner do the crowd start to warm up. Goldust continues to evoke the spirit of hall of famer Ric Flair with a jumping knee drop off the ropes leading into a figure four leg lock. Morrison struggles to reverse it and rolls up into a small package to get the three count.

* Kelly Kelly and Melina b Layla and Beth Phoenix with Rosa Mendes
- A better than average diva match with the most impressive spot from the flexible Melina who performs an impressive series of strikes from the crab position. After knocking Mendes from the apron with a big forearm Kelly Kelly got the win with the K2 legdrop on Layla.

* Intercontinental Championship Match - Rey Mysterio b William Regal
- Rey comes out in his half mask and goes to all of the kids in the front row. However there is one kid in a mask that he leaves out, once he has finished posing with the belt in the ring he goes over to the fan and gives him his shirt.
Regal gets a lot of heat, the loudest chant of the night so far is ‘Regal Sucks’. Before the match starts he gets on the mic and says that he can’t suck because he’s not Welsh. Huge heat from the Cardiff crowd and it’s safe to say that the relationship between the Welsh and the English is sometimes frosty at best.
An even match with Regal providing the technical mat work while Mysterio hits some nice high-flying moves. Mysterio missed the 619 twice and Regal comes close to a 3 count with a nasty looking European uppercut. Rey manages to regain control after a spell outside the ring and dials up the 619 to retain the strap.

A casket is brought out and the Cardiff dates for the Undertaker’s ‘Rest in Peace’ Tour and the DX Reunion Tour are announced (November 9th and 10th respectively) This was handled a lot better tonight - last night because of the way the ring was set up and how the music hit there was a genuine feeling that DX were about to come out, leading to a lot of disappointed young fans.

* World Heavyweight Championship Match - John Cena b Chris Jericho
- A PPV quality match that was given the time it deserved. Before the match Jericho cut a promo about the crowd, saying they were failures, hypocrites and could never hope to reach the same level of success as Jericho. Cena’s music hits and the crowd go absolutely wild.

Jericho gets early control of the match after Cena misses with a flying shoulder block. Jericho sends Cena to the outside with a springboard dropkick. Cena is tossed into the steel ring steps as Jericho steps up his offence.

Back in the ring Cena finally connects with a flying shoulder block giving him time to hit the 5 Knuckle Shuffle. He sets Jericho up for the Attitude Adjustment but Jericho is able to counter with a DDT for a 2 count on Cena. Lots of near falls from both men, Cena kicks out of the Codebreaker and Jericho escapes from the STF. Jericho goes for a diving cross body on Cena but gets caught, Cena rolls him up from the mat on to his chest, then lifts him up on to his shoulders (this guy’s strength has to be seen in person to be believed) once Jericho is up there then there’s only one way that he’s coming down, Cena hits the Attitude Adjustment to win the match.