Black Widow
06-29-2008, 05:53 PM
Here are the results:
- Kofi Kingston defeated Shelton Benjamin with Trouble in Paradise in a good back and forth match.
- Ted DiBiase defeated Super Crazy (with a local kid as his special manager)…it doesn’t look like DiBiase has a definite finishing move yet.
- Lance Cade defeated Trevor Murdoch in a quick match after the ring ropes busted.
- Big Show and Matt Hardy defeated MVP and Mark Henry when Show got the pin on MVP…lots of cowardly heel stuff done by MVP and Mark Henry during the match.
- Kane defeated Chavo Guerrero (w/ Bam Neely) to retain the ECW Title after Bam interfered and Kane laid both of them out, then hit his second attempt at a chokeslam.
- Maria brought a special guest bell ringer to ringside.
- Mickie James defeated Katie Lea Burchill to retain the Women’s Championship (Katie Lea has the best looking Camel Clutch since the Iron Sheik in my opinion).
- Chris Jericho defeated Jeff Hardy to retain the Intercontinental Championship. Hardy almost won several times. Lance Cade provided a distraction as Jeff was going to hit the Swanton and Jericho rolled up Hardy from behind.
- JBL cut a promo about how Bob Knight couldn’t win a championship with a Texas Tech team and other stuff about how he was embarrassed to be from the area to get the crowd revved up. Then proceeded to chase the ring announcer during the rest of the intros.
- HHH & Batista defeated Edge and JBL…Edge really played up the fear factor here against the former Evolution members.
Biggest Pops:
Jeff Hardy
HHH
Batista
Kofi Kingston
Maria (and her skimpy clothes)
Super Crazy
Biggest Heat:
JBL
Chavo
Edge
Shelton
Mark Henry
Note from the show:
The house show was a retread of old storylines. I guess they didn’t want to rebook the shows?
Lance Cade vs. Trevor Murdoch went short because the top rope busted when Cade was shot off the ropes early on. The refs (who I guess are also ring crew for the house shows) set to beginning to fix the ring before the match was over. Looked over and saw Sign Guy with a look on his face saying “who the hell” when Trevor Murdoch came out. So, when you see Trevor on Smackdown, you’ll be hearing something that sounds like a horrendously bad version of Garth Brooks.
Ted DiBiase is good on the stick, but still seems a bit green in the ring to me. Super Crazy carried him to a decently good match
When Big Show was out for his match, at one point he went to rebound off the ropes and someone from behind me yelled “watch the ropes!” Got everyone laughing.
Crowd was inconsiderate. The more the show went on, the more everyone on the floor just wanted to be at the rails. I even nearly got run over a few times towards the end of the show by people making a mad dash from 4-10 rows back.
Towards the end of the Jericho/Hardy match, all the crowd was VERY pro-Hardy, and many of them tried to run to the rails three different times for false finishes which would have seen Jeff win. Most of the crowd obviously didn’t think that since they announced it as a title match, Hardy was only going to win if a mistake was made. Also, Hardy was channeling Sabu with a little one-man Poetry in Motion.
http://image60.webshots.com/660/8/33/62/2647833620102324858oUAQuG_fs.jpg
I enjoy the house shows because even if the match goes shorter, they still play it up more in the ring. To me that’s a bit missing from TV.
Standing outside, I saw who I thought was the WWE Sign Guy. By the time I got inside, I saw him sitting opposite side of the ring from me. He had his sign case. So I’ve included some pictures of his antics. I guess he’ll show up at house shows, too, in his home state of Texas. Wouldn’t be surprised if he was in Abilene tonight for that show. Many of the superstars (both face and heel) would go up and exchange a few niceties with him. However, there were “super heels” like Mark Henry that did otherwise. Sign guy could also be seen calling for the house mic to be cut when a heel would get on the mic.
Sign Guy welcome Katie Lea to Texas…
http://image50.webshots.com/650/3/12/31/2929312310102324858NFsMoQ_fs.jpg
Sign Guy taunts Katie Lea after she looses with some fake tears…
http://image68.webshots.com/168/6/69/16/2720669160102324858HrGcWM_fs.jpg
Sign Guy’s opinion about JBL’s physical shape…
http://image69.webshots.com/169/8/50/91/2100850910102324858EOiTdV_fs.jpg
Sign Guy further issues opinions on the main event heel tag team…
http://image68.webshots.com/168/2/92/40/2779292400102324858MVPNQI_fs.jpg
Sign Guy wants the house mic cut while DiBiase is talking…
http://image24.webshots.com/665/3/80/83/2235380830102324858ggPiWr_fs.jpg
Sign Guy gets Mark Henry’s attention (that’s a Honey Bun he’s waiving on that string)…
http://image24.webshots.com/665/3/64/85/2539364850102324858nVUJLs_fs.jpg
Mark Henry decides to rip up the sign…
http://image24.webshots.com/665/2/35/12/2927235120102324858YxgfSq_fs.jpg
Sign Guy has a toll box…
http://image50.webshots.com/650/3/67/25/2542367250102324858FDvOrD_fs.jpg
…and inside is a tool.
http://image68.webshots.com/168/0/30/5/2428030050102324858deYrfi_fs.jpg
Sign Guy makes light of a new relationship…
http://image50.webshots.com/650/1/88/71/2240188710102324858RGnfBW_fs.jpg
Sign Guy stole Bam Neely’s to-do list…
http://image68.webshots.com/168/1/24/70/2857124700102324858QViTca_fs.jpg
- Kofi Kingston defeated Shelton Benjamin with Trouble in Paradise in a good back and forth match.
- Ted DiBiase defeated Super Crazy (with a local kid as his special manager)…it doesn’t look like DiBiase has a definite finishing move yet.
- Lance Cade defeated Trevor Murdoch in a quick match after the ring ropes busted.
- Big Show and Matt Hardy defeated MVP and Mark Henry when Show got the pin on MVP…lots of cowardly heel stuff done by MVP and Mark Henry during the match.
- Kane defeated Chavo Guerrero (w/ Bam Neely) to retain the ECW Title after Bam interfered and Kane laid both of them out, then hit his second attempt at a chokeslam.
- Maria brought a special guest bell ringer to ringside.
- Mickie James defeated Katie Lea Burchill to retain the Women’s Championship (Katie Lea has the best looking Camel Clutch since the Iron Sheik in my opinion).
- Chris Jericho defeated Jeff Hardy to retain the Intercontinental Championship. Hardy almost won several times. Lance Cade provided a distraction as Jeff was going to hit the Swanton and Jericho rolled up Hardy from behind.
- JBL cut a promo about how Bob Knight couldn’t win a championship with a Texas Tech team and other stuff about how he was embarrassed to be from the area to get the crowd revved up. Then proceeded to chase the ring announcer during the rest of the intros.
- HHH & Batista defeated Edge and JBL…Edge really played up the fear factor here against the former Evolution members.
Biggest Pops:
Jeff Hardy
HHH
Batista
Kofi Kingston
Maria (and her skimpy clothes)
Super Crazy
Biggest Heat:
JBL
Chavo
Edge
Shelton
Mark Henry
Note from the show:
The house show was a retread of old storylines. I guess they didn’t want to rebook the shows?
Lance Cade vs. Trevor Murdoch went short because the top rope busted when Cade was shot off the ropes early on. The refs (who I guess are also ring crew for the house shows) set to beginning to fix the ring before the match was over. Looked over and saw Sign Guy with a look on his face saying “who the hell” when Trevor Murdoch came out. So, when you see Trevor on Smackdown, you’ll be hearing something that sounds like a horrendously bad version of Garth Brooks.
Ted DiBiase is good on the stick, but still seems a bit green in the ring to me. Super Crazy carried him to a decently good match
When Big Show was out for his match, at one point he went to rebound off the ropes and someone from behind me yelled “watch the ropes!” Got everyone laughing.
Crowd was inconsiderate. The more the show went on, the more everyone on the floor just wanted to be at the rails. I even nearly got run over a few times towards the end of the show by people making a mad dash from 4-10 rows back.
Towards the end of the Jericho/Hardy match, all the crowd was VERY pro-Hardy, and many of them tried to run to the rails three different times for false finishes which would have seen Jeff win. Most of the crowd obviously didn’t think that since they announced it as a title match, Hardy was only going to win if a mistake was made. Also, Hardy was channeling Sabu with a little one-man Poetry in Motion.
http://image60.webshots.com/660/8/33/62/2647833620102324858oUAQuG_fs.jpg
I enjoy the house shows because even if the match goes shorter, they still play it up more in the ring. To me that’s a bit missing from TV.
Standing outside, I saw who I thought was the WWE Sign Guy. By the time I got inside, I saw him sitting opposite side of the ring from me. He had his sign case. So I’ve included some pictures of his antics. I guess he’ll show up at house shows, too, in his home state of Texas. Wouldn’t be surprised if he was in Abilene tonight for that show. Many of the superstars (both face and heel) would go up and exchange a few niceties with him. However, there were “super heels” like Mark Henry that did otherwise. Sign guy could also be seen calling for the house mic to be cut when a heel would get on the mic.
Sign Guy welcome Katie Lea to Texas…
http://image50.webshots.com/650/3/12/31/2929312310102324858NFsMoQ_fs.jpg
Sign Guy taunts Katie Lea after she looses with some fake tears…
http://image68.webshots.com/168/6/69/16/2720669160102324858HrGcWM_fs.jpg
Sign Guy’s opinion about JBL’s physical shape…
http://image69.webshots.com/169/8/50/91/2100850910102324858EOiTdV_fs.jpg
Sign Guy further issues opinions on the main event heel tag team…
http://image68.webshots.com/168/2/92/40/2779292400102324858MVPNQI_fs.jpg
Sign Guy wants the house mic cut while DiBiase is talking…
http://image24.webshots.com/665/3/80/83/2235380830102324858ggPiWr_fs.jpg
Sign Guy gets Mark Henry’s attention (that’s a Honey Bun he’s waiving on that string)…
http://image24.webshots.com/665/3/64/85/2539364850102324858nVUJLs_fs.jpg
Mark Henry decides to rip up the sign…
http://image24.webshots.com/665/2/35/12/2927235120102324858YxgfSq_fs.jpg
Sign Guy has a toll box…
http://image50.webshots.com/650/3/67/25/2542367250102324858FDvOrD_fs.jpg
…and inside is a tool.
http://image68.webshots.com/168/0/30/5/2428030050102324858deYrfi_fs.jpg
Sign Guy makes light of a new relationship…
http://image50.webshots.com/650/1/88/71/2240188710102324858RGnfBW_fs.jpg
Sign Guy stole Bam Neely’s to-do list…
http://image68.webshots.com/168/1/24/70/2857124700102324858QViTca_fs.jpg