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1. William Regal def. Dolph Ziggler
Regal pinned Ziggler following the running kneelift, Ziggler said before the match that afterwards everyone would remember his name and Regal said that Ziggler would remember, that he just had ‘a bloody good hiding from William Regal’ and that Regal was British. Regal thanks the fans on behalf of himself and the WWE post-match and said that we were the best fans in the world.

2. The Miz def. Goldust
Miz took a lot of abuse from the crowd and the pair worked a decent match especially considering the relative limitations of both. Miz worked very nicely as a heel and certainly looks to have come into his own as a singles wrestler.

3. Santina Marella and Beth Phoenix w/ Rosa Mendes def. Melina and Kelly Kelly
Santina very over with the crowd and Beth got annoyed that every time she was in the ring the fans chanted for Santina. Beth hit the glam slam on Melina before Santina blind tagged ‘herself’ in and took the pin ‘herself’

4. John Morrison def. Jamie Noble
Noble got a few respectful chants from myself and a few others but wasn’t really over as a face or a heel, especially compared to Morrison who had strong face and heel heat throughout and looked every bit the star I believe he will become. As mentioned Noble worked with a shaved head and after an entertaining back and forth match Morrison anticlimatically hit the the moonlight drive for the win.

5. Primo and Carlito def. The Haas-Knox Connection to retain the WWE Undisputed Tag Titles.
The team was named as such by announcer Tony Chimel, and Haas worked as a very aggressive arrogant heel, frequently flexing and telling the crowd to shut up and that he was the best wrestler in the world. Knox looked way better than I have ever seen him on TV hitting a dropkick I wouldn’t have said he was capable of. Primo and Carlito did their usual face-in-peril stuff with athletics and as the match began to break down Carlito spat apple in Haas’ face and hit the backstabber for the win.

6. Kane def. Kofi Kingston
Both guys very over with the crowd and they worked a competitive match. Kofi escaped the chokeslam several times, missed his own trouble in paradise, but did hit the boom boom legdrop. There were a lot of nearfalls from both men, but Kofi eventually got chokeslammed for Kane to take the victory.Intermission.

7. Big Show def. CM Punk
The kids went wild for CM Punk as did a lot of the more ‘emo’ teenagers. I and some of the other adult fans were a little disappointed to see Punk have to be against Big Show rather than the Jericho match we had heard about from other shows, and while Punk occasionally got some kicks in, signaled for the GTS, couldn’t lift Show and after some more back and forth Punk walked into the right hand for the win.8. Rey Mysterio def Chris Jericho to retain the Intercontinental title.Both men very over with Jericho getting heat from the younger fans and respect cheers from the older ones. Jericho got on the mic pre-match and worked his usual ‘hypocrites’ speech and when the crowd started chanting for the 619 he said, that they could chant for the 619 but they wouldn’t see one. When they chanted Jericho Sucks he responded by saying of course the crowd would say that when he was in the ring and they were only in the crowd, proceeding to call us failures. They worked a fast paced technical, athletic match and it was definitely match of the night. My only mark out moment of the entire show was a Ricky Steamboat run in, completely unexpected, he stopped Jericho from using a steel chair and Jericho turned round into a drop toe hold, 619 and splash combo for the win.

9. John Cena def. Edge to retain the World Heavyweight Championship
Both men massively over again with Edge drawing a similar reaction I described for Jericho. Before the match Edge said that he had been informed it was Cena’s birthday and that he would make it one of the worst days of his life by beating him for the title on his birthday. Decent match definitely enhanced by the live factor as it was great seeing kids enjoying themselves so much and the shock on their faces (and mine!) when Edge kicked out of the Attitude Adjustment. Not to be outdone Cena kicked out of a spear and the edgecution before locking in the STF (by name only) for the tap out win. Afterwards Cena thanked everyone for coming and for the Birthday wishes and said that only the fans can make all the guys in the back do this constantly through the year.

Enjoyable night, and the highlight was the unexpected Steamboat run in, and the lowlight was seeing CM Punk in an extended squash vs Big Show. Otherwise standard house show fare, but a good night, and I will hopefully be getting tickets for the Smackdown TV taping in Sheffield in November.

Pops:
1. John Cena
2. Rey Mysterio
3. CM Punk
4. William Regal
5. Santina Marella

Heat:
1. Chris Jericho
2. Edge
3. Big Show
4. The Miz