Report by: Jbailey84, rajah.com reader
Jbailey84 here for the Waco, TX Raw Brand House Show Saturday September 18,
2004. Sorry for the late results, couldn't get a quick access to a computer!
Live from the Heart of Texas Complex Center which holds 5,600 people but it
looked to have only 2,100 people. LOTS of empty seats. The crowd was hot
like crazy!! Gotta love Texas crowds
*Intercontinental Title Match*
1. Christian Vs Chris Jericho(C)
Huge cheers for Y2J. Extreme heat for Christian. Tons of "Y2J" chants and
"Christian Sucks!" chants. Took them about 5-10 minutes to start the match.
Christian pretty much domniated the match with Jericho finally gets the
Walls of Jericho on Christian for the tap out.
Winner: Jericho
2. Tyson Tomko Vs Hurrican Helms
This is the first time I have seen what Tyson looks like and whoa! Lots of
hard slams to Hurricane. Few "Boring" chants...
Winner: Tyson
3. Rodney Mack w/Jazz Vs William Regal
Surprisingly a pretty good match. Both men worked well together.
Winner: Regal
Coach comes out to the ring recieving huge heat. He then calls out Trish,
she talks on the mic some dissing Waco saying that everybody in the building
are ugly. She handed out paperbags to some fans and asked them to put it on
and one of them actually did it. Trish laughed cause I guess she thought
that no one actually would. Anways, Nidia ends up coming out and Coach
announces a Special Ref would be involved, non other than Val Venis.
*Women's Title Match w/ Special Guest Ref Val Venis*
4. Nidia Vs Trish Stratus(C)
Ok match. Lots of back and forth action. Trish ends up with the
Stratusfaction to keep the title.
Winner: Trish
5. Batista & Ric Flair Vs Shelton Benjamin & Chris Benoit
Pretty good match. Shelton mocked the Flair Strut a few times to recieve
some laughs as well as some heat. Batista dominated the match with Shelton.
Benoit maybe fought about 5 minutes total of the 10-15 minute match. Benoit
locks in the Crossface on Flair to get the victory.
Winners: Benoit & Shelton
10 Minute Intermission
*World Tag Titles Match*
6. La Resistance(C) Vs Rhyno & Tajiri
Too short of a match. Was hoping to see the Tarantula but nope. Rhyno ends
up goring one of the french guys but the other french guy gets the roll up
holding Rhyno's tights for the pin.
Winners: La Resistance
*Texas Street Fight*
7. Kane Vs Shawn Michaels
Good match. Lots of action inside and outside of the ring. Steel chair &
steel steps were involved. HBK gets the win after Kane attemps to hit HBK
with the chair, HBK moves which the chair bounces off the turnbuckle hitting
Kane in the head only to turn around to some Sweet Chin Music.
Winner: Shawn Michaels
*World Title Match*
8. Randy Orton Vs Triple H(C)
Great match. Huge cheers for Orton, and mixed reaction for HHH. To be
honest, HHH looked great with the gold wrapped around his waist. The ref
ends up getting "knocked out" which caused Batista to run out with another
ref. Batista ends up beating up the ref he brought out, beats up on Orton
only to recieve the RKO in which Orton turned around into the Pedigree.
Winner: HHH
Overall I'd rate this House Show 7 Stars out of 10. Wasn't as great when the
Raw Brand went to Abilene back in April 2002 to a sold out crowd!
Cheers
1. HBk
2. Jericho
3. Orton
4. Val Venis (weird I know)
Heat
1. Coach
2. Christian
3. La Resistance
4. Trish for dissing Waco
