The Road To Wrestlemania Tour
House Show Report
Pullman, Washington
3/6/10
Floor - Row 2
Last night I went to the Road to Wrestlemania house show in Pullman, Washington. It is 8 miles away from where I live. The event was held at the Beasley Coliseum, home to Washington State University's basketball team.
The first thing to note is that the building was less than 1/2 empty! The WWE could not even draw 1/2 the building. The whole upper deck was empty, there were plenty of mid-level seats, floor seats, and seats available all over. This was the emptiest arena I've ever seen WWE at.
I've been to ppv, house shows, and special events in Los Angeles, Seattle, and Arizona, and NEVER seen an empty house like this. Not even when WCW ran house shows. This was just embarrassing.
The matches and results are a little fuzzy but this is how I remember it this morning:
R Truth defeated Dolph Ziggler
Not a terrible match, but not exactly a ppv quality one. Truth in person is way over and he is really a class act entertainer. Ziggler is amazing in person, he gets heat just by looking at someone. Not half bad. The match wasn't great, but hey, it was the opener.
The Great Khali defeated Mike Knox
Mike Knox was supposed to be a huge monster, right? He got punked out by Khali at every turn. He played the "scared" jobbber here, and Khali just buried him with ease. Khali in person is amazing, he's huge, literally huge. Although, he looks sluggish and injured, I'm not sure if he can handle the wrestling world much longer, that's for sure.
Goldust defeated Tyler Reks (or Luke Gallows, i don't remember)
I can't remember who Goldust faced, but it was either Tyler Reks or Gallows. The match was forgettable, and Goldust seems great overall. I hope he gets a push soon, he looks to be in shape and ready to run one more time.
note: Serena in person is beautiful. I don't know what it is, but she's hot in person. At least when second row, and an arms reach away from her...wow...she just looks nice.
The Hart Dynasty defeated Jimmy Wang Yang & Jesse
This match brought out Natalya. She's hot and interactive in person. I kid you not. The match was ok, and the Hart Dynsaty got the win. They got a lot of crowd reaction but it was Natalya working us that had the crowd going. It's a shame that the Hart Dynasty can't get a rub thanks to Bret being back, but whatever.
At the end of the match, DH Smith said "SORRY ABOUT YOUR DAMN LUCK" just like Beer Money!
Tiffany & Beth Phoenix defeated Natalya & Layla
I don't know what it is but Layla is hot to me in person. She kept playing with the front row and us and wasn't as "heel" as she should've been. The Glamazon in person is amazing. She can really wrestle. Tiffany got beat up good in this match and she had a lot of bruises because of it.
Kane vs Drew McIntyre double count out
No one in the building liked McIntyre, and perhaps that's why he's the champion. He was getting heckled, booed, and yelled at all throughout this match. Kane and him wrestled a mediocre match which saw Kane legit hurt his arm.
Ezekiel Jackson defeated Matt Hardy
Matt Hardy is hit or miss. He's fat. Face it. In person he has a major belly and he doesn't seem that into his role. Jackson was great, he can really react well to the live crowd and he actually wrestled a decent match. Hardy on the other hand was just going through the motions and really looked tired out there. Jackson won with relative ease, but it wasn't a complete squash.
After the match Hardy came up to the front where I was and was getting heckled like crazy, he then told some kid to shut up and that it was fans like them that made him a million dollar man. He then kissed a baby in the front row and went backstage.
The Main even was great overall.
Chris Jericho defeated Cm Punk, Rey Mysterio, and Edge in a Fatal Fourway Match
This was a great match. Each wrestler got different reactions, but none worst than Punk. He got the crap heckled out of him and people were nearly punching him. I threw up my straightedge sign and he acknowledged me as a true believer! The rest though, were practically throwing drinks on him.
Jericho got the worst reaction. People were screaming at the top of their lungs in hatred of Jericho. Jericho got on the mic and called Pullman PILLMAN and that got people really mad.
Mysterio and Edge got good pops, but not nearly as loud as people heckling Punk and Jericho.
This match saw Jericho & Punk teaming up to battle the faces, even though it was a fatal fourway. Mysterio nearly had this won with a sick 619, but when he went for the West Coast Pop he got caught by a waiting Punk who hit a nasty GTS and nearly broke Mysterio's nose, but then was speared by Edge, who then got hit by Jericho for the win.
Jericho's win got the crowd nearly throwing trash in the ring. Afterwards Edge and Mysterio attacked and shook hands.
Tony Chimmel got heckled and he said thanks, and that was that.
Overall the night was fun. Second row seats are amazing! The house show was great for me. Even though there was less than 1/3 of the building filled. It's a sad state when the WWE can't draw.
I didn't hate anything on the show, and had to drool a little for the divas. They aren't as ugly as on tv, and boy, when given time they can really wrestle...I never thought I'd say that.
Sunday, March 7, 2010
Friday, March 5, 2010
WWE Friday Night Smackdown 3/6/10 Results and Review
WWE Friday Night Smackdown 3/6/10 Results
Matt Hardy defeated Drew McIntyre
Shelton Benjamin defeated Dolph Ziggler
Ezekiel defeated Jimmy Wang Yang
Rey Mysterio defeated Luke Gallows
John Morrison & R Truth defeated The Hart Dynasty, and Cryme Tyme
Edge defeated Big Show
WWE Friday Night Smackdown 3/6/10 Review
The show opened up with Edge and the Big show trading verbal blows, before Edge threw the Big Show over the top rope.
Backstage Drew McIntyre got his loss expunged from the record. So he never lost. He’ll face Matt Hardy in a money in the bank qualifying match later tonight.
Matt Hardy defeated Drew McIntyre
Matt Hardy has this match going completely his way, he had Drew down and out for the most part. Hardy kept pushing and looking for ways to win, but couldn’t put away the champ until a few pin reversals got him the win! Drew McIntyre loses to Matt Hardy clean, without the twist of fate or anything. He’ll go to Money in the Bank.
Shelton Benjamin defeated Dolph Ziggler
Ziggler wrestled his normal match up, and he wasn’t getting Benjamin off his game. Shelton really muscled through and hit Paydirt, winning this match up. Dolph went for his finisher, but just didn’t have enough to land it.
Ezekiel defeated Jimmy Wang Yang
I’m not sure why Yang is still employed. Ezekiel completely buries Yang, it wasn’t even close.
Rey Mysterio defeated Luke Gallows
Gallows had this match in the bag, hitting Rey with major hits left and right. Hitting him with the lumber, but Mysterio was bound for a comeback. Gallows went for a powerbomb but couldn’t get it, and Mysterio got the win with a nice pin.
Post match Punk couldn’t hit the GTS.
John Morrison & R Truth defeated The Hart Dynasty, and Cryme Tyme
This match could’ve been amazing, instead it was slow, boring and boring. I got tired, I didn’t pay as much attention, and saw that Truth got the pin. I saw on his twitter before the match up that this was going to happen. Lame.
Edge defeated Big Show
Edge has been wrestling quite a lot lately. Interesting to see him wrestle the Big Show. Not a bad match, but Show losing seemed odd to me. Afterward Edge hit Chris Jericho with a spear.
Matt Hardy defeated Drew McIntyre
Shelton Benjamin defeated Dolph Ziggler
Ezekiel defeated Jimmy Wang Yang
Rey Mysterio defeated Luke Gallows
John Morrison & R Truth defeated The Hart Dynasty, and Cryme Tyme
Edge defeated Big Show
WWE Friday Night Smackdown 3/6/10 Review
The show opened up with Edge and the Big show trading verbal blows, before Edge threw the Big Show over the top rope.
Backstage Drew McIntyre got his loss expunged from the record. So he never lost. He’ll face Matt Hardy in a money in the bank qualifying match later tonight.
Matt Hardy defeated Drew McIntyre
Matt Hardy has this match going completely his way, he had Drew down and out for the most part. Hardy kept pushing and looking for ways to win, but couldn’t put away the champ until a few pin reversals got him the win! Drew McIntyre loses to Matt Hardy clean, without the twist of fate or anything. He’ll go to Money in the Bank.
Shelton Benjamin defeated Dolph Ziggler
Ziggler wrestled his normal match up, and he wasn’t getting Benjamin off his game. Shelton really muscled through and hit Paydirt, winning this match up. Dolph went for his finisher, but just didn’t have enough to land it.
Ezekiel defeated Jimmy Wang Yang
I’m not sure why Yang is still employed. Ezekiel completely buries Yang, it wasn’t even close.
Rey Mysterio defeated Luke Gallows
Gallows had this match in the bag, hitting Rey with major hits left and right. Hitting him with the lumber, but Mysterio was bound for a comeback. Gallows went for a powerbomb but couldn’t get it, and Mysterio got the win with a nice pin.
Post match Punk couldn’t hit the GTS.
John Morrison & R Truth defeated The Hart Dynasty, and Cryme Tyme
This match could’ve been amazing, instead it was slow, boring and boring. I got tired, I didn’t pay as much attention, and saw that Truth got the pin. I saw on his twitter before the match up that this was going to happen. Lame.
Edge defeated Big Show
Edge has been wrestling quite a lot lately. Interesting to see him wrestle the Big Show. Not a bad match, but Show losing seemed odd to me. Afterward Edge hit Chris Jericho with a spear.
Thursday, March 4, 2010
TNA Impact 4/4/10 Results and Review
TNA Impact 4/4/10 Results
Beer Money defeated The Motor City Machine Guns, Generation Me, and Hernandez & Matt Morgan
Sean Morley defeated Jeff Jarrett in a falls count anywhere match
Big Rob defeated Doug Williams
Jeff Jarrett defeated Tomko
Aj Styles defeated Abyss, The Pope, Desmond Wolfe
TNA Impact 4/410 Review
Ric Flair and Aj is out and wants to talk to Hogan and Abyss. It was all calm and just normal, I guess.
Backstage Desmond Wolfe was interviewed and his girl Chelsea was there. I think they are trying to link Soccer to TNA, just sayin.
Jeff Jarrett is now the bathroom clean up guy.
Beer Money defeated The Motor City Machine Guns, Generation Me, and Hernandez & Matt Morgan
This match had a bunch of good spots early on, however this thing broke down with the champions getting messed up, and losing with a roll up of sorts. I didn’t like it. Three minutes of wrestling..seriously? This match sucked.
Backstage Double J was mopping the men’s room.
Sean Morley defeated Jeff Jarrett in a falls count anywhere match
Morley immediately attacked double J in the bathroom while he was mopping. This match never left the bathroom, and it sucked. Morley wins…boring.
The pope cut a promo worse than any Warrior promo…meaning I had no idea what he was saying.
Big Rob defeated Doug Williams
This match was fast and easy, Big Rob easily handled Doug Williams. It was terrible.
More with Mick Foley and etiquette, it was terrible.
Mr. Anderson came down dressed as Kurt Angle came down to the ring and made fun of him ala WWF attitude era.
Backstage the Beautiful People were fighting in the weakest street fight I’ve ever seen. It was dumb.
Angelina Love called out Velvet Sky to the ring, and the two started to brawl overall. It was boring to me. The Beautiful People came out for the save. Funny that there was no security stopping this.
Jeff Jarrett defeated Tomko
A terrible match with Jarrett winning with a sunset flip; I’m sick of Double J.
Aj Styles defeated Abyss, The Pope, Desmond Wolfe
This match was lame. It was short and it didn’t feature much of a fight between the four men. The Pope was targeted and with help from Flair and a chair, the Pope was knocked out. He was in the figure four for a long time and the ref called the match. This sucked.
Post match, Desmond Wolfe and Styles beat up the Pope. Ric Flair got the Barbed Wire Baseball bat from under the ring and hit Abyss with it. This was kind of cool…I guess.
Hogan came out to drop all the heels…and Flair got busted wide open…man this is stupid.
Beer Money defeated The Motor City Machine Guns, Generation Me, and Hernandez & Matt Morgan
Sean Morley defeated Jeff Jarrett in a falls count anywhere match
Big Rob defeated Doug Williams
Jeff Jarrett defeated Tomko
Aj Styles defeated Abyss, The Pope, Desmond Wolfe
TNA Impact 4/410 Review
Ric Flair and Aj is out and wants to talk to Hogan and Abyss. It was all calm and just normal, I guess.
Backstage Desmond Wolfe was interviewed and his girl Chelsea was there. I think they are trying to link Soccer to TNA, just sayin.
Jeff Jarrett is now the bathroom clean up guy.
Beer Money defeated The Motor City Machine Guns, Generation Me, and Hernandez & Matt Morgan
This match had a bunch of good spots early on, however this thing broke down with the champions getting messed up, and losing with a roll up of sorts. I didn’t like it. Three minutes of wrestling..seriously? This match sucked.
Backstage Double J was mopping the men’s room.
Sean Morley defeated Jeff Jarrett in a falls count anywhere match
Morley immediately attacked double J in the bathroom while he was mopping. This match never left the bathroom, and it sucked. Morley wins…boring.
The pope cut a promo worse than any Warrior promo…meaning I had no idea what he was saying.
Big Rob defeated Doug Williams
This match was fast and easy, Big Rob easily handled Doug Williams. It was terrible.
More with Mick Foley and etiquette, it was terrible.
Mr. Anderson came down dressed as Kurt Angle came down to the ring and made fun of him ala WWF attitude era.
Backstage the Beautiful People were fighting in the weakest street fight I’ve ever seen. It was dumb.
Angelina Love called out Velvet Sky to the ring, and the two started to brawl overall. It was boring to me. The Beautiful People came out for the save. Funny that there was no security stopping this.
Jeff Jarrett defeated Tomko
A terrible match with Jarrett winning with a sunset flip; I’m sick of Double J.
Aj Styles defeated Abyss, The Pope, Desmond Wolfe
This match was lame. It was short and it didn’t feature much of a fight between the four men. The Pope was targeted and with help from Flair and a chair, the Pope was knocked out. He was in the figure four for a long time and the ref called the match. This sucked.
Post match, Desmond Wolfe and Styles beat up the Pope. Ric Flair got the Barbed Wire Baseball bat from under the ring and hit Abyss with it. This was kind of cool…I guess.
Hogan came out to drop all the heels…and Flair got busted wide open…man this is stupid.
Tuesday, March 2, 2010
WWE NXT on SYFY 3/2/10 Results and Review
WWE NXT on SYFY 3/2/10 Results
Darren Young defeated David Otunga
Matt Hardy & Justin Gabriel defeated Skip Sheffield & William Regal
Wade Barrett defeated Daniel Bryan
WWE NXT on SYFY 3/2/10 Review
Here we go again, another WWE Show, I’m tired.
Darren Young defeated David Otunga
This match was starting to bore me. Black John Cena doesn’t do it for me, I’m sorry. This match was longer than their first meeting and Darren Young won this thing. He had some decent offense, but nothing good overall.
CM Punk helped Young win, which was rad. I liked that. Punk doesn’t like Young yet he helped out…or did he?
Post match, Otunga pushed R Truth and it looked like he was upset. I didn’t like the match at all. I thought it was forced and slow.
Backstage The Miz and Daniel Bryan were talking. The Miz was demanding respect. Wade Barrett will wrestle Daniel Bryan next.
Otunga got in a fight with R Truth backstage, but R Truth was getting pwned! I liked that segment.
Wade Barrett defeated Daniel Bryan
Bryan was impressive here, but slipped on the top rope and got beat up by Barrett. Barrett rolled through bryan
Post match Jericho hit Bryan with the Walls of Jericho.
Bryan is getting hazed like crazy, most likely for his extensive experience. They are really putting him through the ringer. I truly believe they are doing this cause he can handle it.
Matt Hardy & Justin Gabriel defeated Skip Sheffield & William Regal
Skip Sheffield is just odd, he’s kind of entertaining, but he needs different tights and a more controlled gimmick, ala Stone Cold. Regal really hit Gabriel hard, and this match wasn’t half bad. Regal was definitely in there looking the best of the four in my book. Matt Hardy is still fat, but he did alright for himself too. Gabriel hit a huge high flying move and won this match up for his team. Not a half bad move, to say the least.
This night’s NXT had some good stuff, nothing too crazy, but enough to check out some good wrestling. Gabriels 450 was better than Juvi’s.
Darren Young defeated David Otunga
Matt Hardy & Justin Gabriel defeated Skip Sheffield & William Regal
Wade Barrett defeated Daniel Bryan
WWE NXT on SYFY 3/2/10 Review
Here we go again, another WWE Show, I’m tired.
Darren Young defeated David Otunga
This match was starting to bore me. Black John Cena doesn’t do it for me, I’m sorry. This match was longer than their first meeting and Darren Young won this thing. He had some decent offense, but nothing good overall.
CM Punk helped Young win, which was rad. I liked that. Punk doesn’t like Young yet he helped out…or did he?
Post match, Otunga pushed R Truth and it looked like he was upset. I didn’t like the match at all. I thought it was forced and slow.
Backstage The Miz and Daniel Bryan were talking. The Miz was demanding respect. Wade Barrett will wrestle Daniel Bryan next.
Otunga got in a fight with R Truth backstage, but R Truth was getting pwned! I liked that segment.
Wade Barrett defeated Daniel Bryan
Bryan was impressive here, but slipped on the top rope and got beat up by Barrett. Barrett rolled through bryan
Post match Jericho hit Bryan with the Walls of Jericho.
Bryan is getting hazed like crazy, most likely for his extensive experience. They are really putting him through the ringer. I truly believe they are doing this cause he can handle it.
Matt Hardy & Justin Gabriel defeated Skip Sheffield & William Regal
Skip Sheffield is just odd, he’s kind of entertaining, but he needs different tights and a more controlled gimmick, ala Stone Cold. Regal really hit Gabriel hard, and this match wasn’t half bad. Regal was definitely in there looking the best of the four in my book. Matt Hardy is still fat, but he did alright for himself too. Gabriel hit a huge high flying move and won this match up for his team. Not a half bad move, to say the least.
This night’s NXT had some good stuff, nothing too crazy, but enough to check out some good wrestling. Gabriels 450 was better than Juvi’s.
Monday, March 1, 2010
WWE Monday Night Raw 3/1/10 Results and Review
WWE Monday Night Raw 3/1/10 Results
Randy Orton defeated Ted Dibiase via disqualification
Jack Swagger defeated Santino
MVP defeated Zack Ryder
Eve beat Maryse, Alicia Fox ,Jillian,Gail Kim, and Kelly Kelly
Big Show & The Miz defeated Dx
WWE Monday Night Raw 3/1/10 Review
Shawn Michaels opened up the show, in street clothes coming down to ringside. HBK cut a promo asking for someone to come out and say he couldn’t beat the undertaker, and that’s when Triple H’s music hit. HBK and Triple H talk about random crap including Dx getting their rematch for the Tag Team Titles tonight on Raw.
Triple H goes on to say that Undertaker’s streak is going to end and that HBK will do it.
Cheech and Chong did a sketch, more like Chong did a sketch with Hornswoggle…it was dumb.
Randy Orton defeated Ted Dibiase via disqualification
Randy Orton was struggling throughout this match up. Ted Dibiase was fighting like he was on ppv, and Orton was taking every hit, until he got really excited and was ready to hit the RKO. Cody Rhodes came down and interfered in the match up, leaving Rhodes and Dibiase to fight off Orton. The two teamed up leaving Orton to fight off both men at the same time. Orton got the better of the exchange getting both men to leave the ring.
Jack Swagger defeated Santino
Santino has the best shirt in the WWE right now. I wish I had money.
This was a squash match. Santino went from being Intercontinental Champion at one point…I think….to now what? Nothing.
John Cena cut a promo, and the crowd was insane. I didn’t care for it, but he called out Batista. Mind you, this is the top of the first hour and only two matches have occurred. Batista’s music hit and man did he get a nice reception too. Batista rolled out with a ton of security guards for what seems like no apparent reason.
MVP defeated Zack Ryder
MVP squashes Zack Ryder completely. Not even a fair match. Ryder buried, and fired if You ask me.
Eve beat Maryse, Alicia Fox ,Jillian,Gail Kim, and Kelly Kelly
This was stupid. A pillow fight. I don’t know what else to say about it. Eve wins and that was that.
At this point in the night I got tired of this but kept pegging along.
Bret Hart and Vince had a nice little promo of random crap. They did their thing, I was bored, looking forward to getting some grub.
Big Show & The Miz defeated Dx
Show started by trying to manhandle HBK and he was doing it well as Michaels was bumping like a champ. This match was going well and wasn’t half bad, but then Undertaker showed up on the big screen, Miz rolled up HBK and wins the match. So lame. What a load of suck.
Post match, Sheamus ran out and beat up Triple H as HBK ran back to the backstage area crying like a little idiot.
Final thoughts:
This night of wrestling was very forgettable to me.
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Randy Orton defeated Ted Dibiase via disqualification
Jack Swagger defeated Santino
MVP defeated Zack Ryder
Eve beat Maryse, Alicia Fox ,Jillian,Gail Kim, and Kelly Kelly
Big Show & The Miz defeated Dx
WWE Monday Night Raw 3/1/10 Review
Shawn Michaels opened up the show, in street clothes coming down to ringside. HBK cut a promo asking for someone to come out and say he couldn’t beat the undertaker, and that’s when Triple H’s music hit. HBK and Triple H talk about random crap including Dx getting their rematch for the Tag Team Titles tonight on Raw.
Triple H goes on to say that Undertaker’s streak is going to end and that HBK will do it.
Cheech and Chong did a sketch, more like Chong did a sketch with Hornswoggle…it was dumb.
Randy Orton defeated Ted Dibiase via disqualification
Randy Orton was struggling throughout this match up. Ted Dibiase was fighting like he was on ppv, and Orton was taking every hit, until he got really excited and was ready to hit the RKO. Cody Rhodes came down and interfered in the match up, leaving Rhodes and Dibiase to fight off Orton. The two teamed up leaving Orton to fight off both men at the same time. Orton got the better of the exchange getting both men to leave the ring.
Jack Swagger defeated Santino
Santino has the best shirt in the WWE right now. I wish I had money.
This was a squash match. Santino went from being Intercontinental Champion at one point…I think….to now what? Nothing.
John Cena cut a promo, and the crowd was insane. I didn’t care for it, but he called out Batista. Mind you, this is the top of the first hour and only two matches have occurred. Batista’s music hit and man did he get a nice reception too. Batista rolled out with a ton of security guards for what seems like no apparent reason.
MVP defeated Zack Ryder
MVP squashes Zack Ryder completely. Not even a fair match. Ryder buried, and fired if You ask me.
Eve beat Maryse, Alicia Fox ,Jillian,Gail Kim, and Kelly Kelly
This was stupid. A pillow fight. I don’t know what else to say about it. Eve wins and that was that.
At this point in the night I got tired of this but kept pegging along.
Bret Hart and Vince had a nice little promo of random crap. They did their thing, I was bored, looking forward to getting some grub.
Big Show & The Miz defeated Dx
Show started by trying to manhandle HBK and he was doing it well as Michaels was bumping like a champ. This match was going well and wasn’t half bad, but then Undertaker showed up on the big screen, Miz rolled up HBK and wins the match. So lame. What a load of suck.
Post match, Sheamus ran out and beat up Triple H as HBK ran back to the backstage area crying like a little idiot.
Final thoughts:
This night of wrestling was very forgettable to me.
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