Submitted by Rajah on January 27, 2004 at 4:12 PM

Report by: Frankie, rajah.com reader

I was at Raw, 3rd row floor and I must say it was an exciting show. No Dark matches
but the Heat Matches were of high quality.

Val defeated Test
Christian defeated Lance Storm in a fast paced match
Cade and Jindrak beat Hurricane and Rosey in a quick match
Booker T beat Matt Hardy in a really good match

After the first promo with Jericho and Bischoff cut to commercial, Bischoff's music
hit and played for like 2 minutes until RVD came out and that's when I think the
show came back.

The crowd was really into the opening match for RAW. The crowd was really warming
up to Jericho playing the face.

A small "You F'd up" chant went for Orton when he messed up the RKO.

Crowd was really behind Victoria's during the women's match. Lita really gets no
pop anymore.

After the promo with HHH, HBK, Austin and Benoit, Benoit exited without incident.
HBK followed giving 5 to fans up the ramp. HHH then walked out giving Austin a
dirty look, teasing an attack, but ulitmately left. Austin then posed for the crowd
sans beer toast.

Crowd poped huge for Undertaker, and cheered too throughout the video package.

I was on the opposite side of the ring when Jackie's boob came out the first time,
but you couldn't really see anything. The second time when she flashed, there was
some protective tape or something over her nipples so you really couldn't see her
t*ts. Crowd still poped HUGE though. I guess it's her new trademark.

Crowd cheered big during the stills from the Rumble showing Lesner F5ing Goldberg.

When Goldberg was yelling into the camera after his match, nobody could tell what he
was saying. I had to watch the tape at home to find out.

After the main event promo with Foley and Orton, Goldberg, Benoit and Austin were
called out by Foley. They gave a shout out to some of the handicaped kids at
ringside which was really cool because the crowd was chanting their names. Then
they had the usual Austin beer toast and they even got Lilian and the time keeper
involved. Then Austin congratulated Goldberg on his recent engagement. They
toasted some more even getting Lilian to drink. Fun show all in all. Ended at
about 11:35.

Seeing WWE live is always great especially when on the floor. I went to the Rumble
and had first row in the uppers, and I couldn't really get into it. But being 3rd
row I was jacked.

Biggest POP
1. Foley
2. Austin
3. Jackie's T*t
4. HBK
5. Undertaker Gong/Video

Biggest Heat
1. HHH
2. Evolution
3. Kane
4. Coach
5. Test in Heat (prob because he was the first heel out.

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- Reader Soxx sent this in:

I was at last nights Raw in Hershey Pa and I must say it was one of the best
shows I was ever at. Im more for watching it on TV and listening to JR and King
but to see the superstars interact with the fans was absolutely great. It had
to be an unbelievable feeling for these young kids. Here are a few of the
things that I witnessed at the show last night.

Just before they were about to go live and the Fink was trying to get everyone up
and cheering, his mic went dead and he looked pissed. So he ran back and forth
outside the ring waving his arms in the air to get the crowd going. He did applaud
us then

Liillian Garcia sang an unbelievable National Antham. She hit a few notes and youd
got goose bumps. After she exited the ring and sat in her chair outside the ring a
few little kids that were sitting right there asked her for her autographed and she
wouldnt sign it. But it looked liek she was gesturing to sit there and she'll sign
them later. Well about an hour or so into the show there was another commercial and
she called the kids over and signed their programs. She even picked the one young
kid probably no more the 5 years old and sat him on the safety rail and took a
picture with him. Of course then, everyone and their mom ran over for autographs
and to say the least, she signed as many as possible before they went back on air.

Miss Jackie's chest was exposed twice during the match. By the way Rico is
hystercial and received a pretty big pop when they came out. She was bounding on
the ring to get Rico going and out came the twins. She also flashed them at the end
of the match but it was hard to see if she was wearing pasties or not. Pasties or
not, very nice. When Stacy came down after the match I was waiting for them to get
into it but it never happened.

Goldberg - After Goldberg's match he walked around the outside of the ring and shook
hands with alot of fans. He came across someone, I dont know if he knew him or not
but he talked and laughed to him for what seemed to be about a minute. On his way
up the ramp he took a little kid out of the stands and carried him on his shoulder
half way up the ramp before handing him back to his parents. (this is the stuff
that I as a fan like to see, that made that kid's night). Now I never saw Goldberg
wrestle before but he stood ontop of the ramp, bowed and waved like it was the last
time you'll ever see him. I was very impresed with him. I never thought he was
like that.

After the show went off the air Foley stayed in the ring and talked about a kid that
was in the first row. Mick said he spent the whole day with him and his family.
His name was Marco and I believe he was a Make a Wish child. (Im not 100% sure) But
Mick called out Goldberg and Benoit. Mick talked about Marco and how he wanted to
get in the ring (which Mick did during the day). He then talked about a kid named
Alexander who Goldberg spent time with. Next thing the glass breaks and Austin
comes out on the 4 wheeler. They are all in the ring and are chanting Marco, Marco,
Marco. Then they get everyone to chant Alex, Alex, Alex. next thing you know
Goldberg jumps the safety rail and runs up the stairs to what I believe was the
clubhouse where Alex was sitting. He spent a few miuntes up there with him until
Austin called him back for to start drinking beer. Another funny thing wa a guy
there dressed just like Austin. Austin inished a beer and just threw the empty can
into the stands and this guy cauth it. Goldberg, Austin, Foley, and Benoit stayed
in the ring and drank beer for and played to the crowd for about 15 minutes after
the show. I left because the weather was bad and they were still in there. So who
knows how ling they were there.

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- Reader genx sent this in:

Hey Raj, just got back from RAW in Hershey and i have to say it was a great show or
maybe I just feel that way because it was my first RAW live ever.

Anywho heres some stuff that went on last night.

We had great seats but we were camera side and the dude with the t shirt cannon
kept ignoring our side, wich brought a lot of boos his way.

Fink came out a laid down the rules then told us they would be filming sunday night
heat and that brought out
"hello ladies" val venis came to the ring to face test. Not a bad match Test
worked the arm and Val sold nicely for him. lots of near falls end came when Val
hit a half nelson rock bottom for the three.

Hurricane and the pile of Super Hero In Training known as Rosey then came out to
take on the team of jindrak and Cade.Crowd cares about Hurriane but was otherwise
quiet. End came when Jindrak brushed up against roseys leg( seriously he barely
touched him) allowing Cade to fall on him and get the win.
Mattitude is out to take on the bookman Booker T. Booker is using his WWE originals
music and it hits me and my friend that its the first new music hes had in ike 10
years. Hes been using that harlem heat music forever. Had my head down fooling with
my camera when the end came but I was told that booker got the win with the kick he
does. Who did Matt piss off to earn this treatment.

Lillian came out to a good ovation. She sang the national anthem and I got to tell
she has a beautifull voice, Tv doesn't do it justice.
some notes from Raw. Jericho was over with the live crowd. Several Jericho chants
started up. Alot of us thought that Jericho was actually hurt on the outside.

Everyone laughed their ass off when Orton botched the RKO but nooone chanted"YOU
FUCKED UP" wich was good as I've always hated that chant.

During commercial break the undertakers gong hit once and everyone stood up. Dont
know if it was a mistake or what.

Kanes pyro is loud and you can feel the heat right on your face. Noone cared about
his beating of the spudley boyz but everyone got exited about the taker video that
rolled.

When Triple H came out alot of people showed him respect (for the rumble) but it
all turned to boos when he started talking. Austin got the most cheers even though
Benoit, Micheals, Goldberg, and Foley was close.

People were dead for the Goldberg match untill he poerslammed Henry after thta
everyonr got into it.

After RAW went off the air Foley asked everyone to wait a moment and introduced the
crowd to a kid named Marcos who was at ringside. They had cancer and Foley said
that some of his friends wanted to hi to him so Benoit and goldberg and Stone Cold
hit the ring and everyone to chant "MARCOS'' and we chanted for another kid named
Alex who apparently couldn't be there. During the commercial breaks Lillian was all
over ringside talking to the fans and Goldberg spent alot of time talking to the
fans at ringside as did Austin. It just shows you how cool these people really and
seeing things like that make me proud to be a fan of the WWE.

Later Raj keep up the good work.