Black Widow
07-14-2008, 06:22 PM
Sorry about the delay, but here's the Roanoke House Show summary.
Roanoke,VA House Show Summary submitted by Ms Moe
Match 1: Jamie Noble(mild pop) v. Charlie Haas (lots of heat). Winner - Noble. Good match, well executed, lots of hard hits and kick. Tons of heat for Haas.
Match 2 -Santino Marella (guarantees win with new move 'mazarati clutch') v D.Lo Brown. Winner - D.Lo Brown with a big frog splash. Mediocre match (as expected). Crowd chants 'welcome back' for D.Lo
Intercontinental Championship Match: Kofi Kingston (w/ kid guest mngr from audience) v. Paul Birchem Winner - Kofi. Tricked Birchem into knockin sis off ropes. Okay match.
Match 4: Chuck Palumbo v. Paul London Winner - London. Quick match.
Women's Championship Match: Mickie James (huge pop for home state girl) v Glamazon Winner - Mickie James with a roll up. One of the more decent women's matches I've seen.
Match 6: Lance Cade (you suck chants) v. HBK (HUGE POP!) Winner - HBK w/ sweet chin music. Good match, really fed off crowd, tons of big hits, chops, & slaps
World Heavyweight Championship Match :Batista (huge pop) v. CM Punk (good pop). Per crowd texts, this was a no DQ match. Winner - CM Punk as Batista went for spear but Punk had a chair.
Main Event: Cryme Tyme (decent pop) & Cena (HUGE POP!) v. Cody Rhodes, Ted Dibiase, & Kane (good pop). Winner - Cena & CrymeTyme. Well executed, JTG was his usual m.o. (meaning her was beat up on for most of the match), Cena attempted a 2 person FU, Kane chokeslammed everyone in the ring including his own partners and left before the match ended, Cena and Shad go for the save and win the match.
Overall
Biggest pop: HBK, Cena, Cryme Tyme, & Kane (guess the crowd hasn't caught on to his heel turn yet; even after he chokeslammed everyone in the ring the crowd was kind of just quiet and confused---no heat though)
Most Heat: Haas & Palumbo
Best Matches: HBK v. Cade & 6-man tag
Best to the crowd: Batista, HBK, Cryme Tyme & Cena. They all shook hands and spent good amount of time signing autographs and shaking hands with the fans.
Summary: Good as far as house shows go and decent overall. No extra ordinary performances or new news given.
For what it's worth, I was also interested in the CM Punk/Batista battle that's forming. However, the match was anti-climatic if you ask me (and judging by the crowd, we all agreed). If the house show match is any predictor of what the match at the Great American Bash will look like, I'm worried. The match kind of idled at "decent" and never really gave much more.
Roanoke,VA House Show Summary submitted by Ms Moe
Match 1: Jamie Noble(mild pop) v. Charlie Haas (lots of heat). Winner - Noble. Good match, well executed, lots of hard hits and kick. Tons of heat for Haas.
Match 2 -Santino Marella (guarantees win with new move 'mazarati clutch') v D.Lo Brown. Winner - D.Lo Brown with a big frog splash. Mediocre match (as expected). Crowd chants 'welcome back' for D.Lo
Intercontinental Championship Match: Kofi Kingston (w/ kid guest mngr from audience) v. Paul Birchem Winner - Kofi. Tricked Birchem into knockin sis off ropes. Okay match.
Match 4: Chuck Palumbo v. Paul London Winner - London. Quick match.
Women's Championship Match: Mickie James (huge pop for home state girl) v Glamazon Winner - Mickie James with a roll up. One of the more decent women's matches I've seen.
Match 6: Lance Cade (you suck chants) v. HBK (HUGE POP!) Winner - HBK w/ sweet chin music. Good match, really fed off crowd, tons of big hits, chops, & slaps
World Heavyweight Championship Match :Batista (huge pop) v. CM Punk (good pop). Per crowd texts, this was a no DQ match. Winner - CM Punk as Batista went for spear but Punk had a chair.
Main Event: Cryme Tyme (decent pop) & Cena (HUGE POP!) v. Cody Rhodes, Ted Dibiase, & Kane (good pop). Winner - Cena & CrymeTyme. Well executed, JTG was his usual m.o. (meaning her was beat up on for most of the match), Cena attempted a 2 person FU, Kane chokeslammed everyone in the ring including his own partners and left before the match ended, Cena and Shad go for the save and win the match.
Overall
Biggest pop: HBK, Cena, Cryme Tyme, & Kane (guess the crowd hasn't caught on to his heel turn yet; even after he chokeslammed everyone in the ring the crowd was kind of just quiet and confused---no heat though)
Most Heat: Haas & Palumbo
Best Matches: HBK v. Cade & 6-man tag
Best to the crowd: Batista, HBK, Cryme Tyme & Cena. They all shook hands and spent good amount of time signing autographs and shaking hands with the fans.
Summary: Good as far as house shows go and decent overall. No extra ordinary performances or new news given.
For what it's worth, I was also interested in the CM Punk/Batista battle that's forming. However, the match was anti-climatic if you ask me (and judging by the crowd, we all agreed). If the house show match is any predictor of what the match at the Great American Bash will look like, I'm worried. The match kind of idled at "decent" and never really gave much more.