Raw Live Event Results
Memorial Centre, Kingston, Ontario
Sat. November 20, 2004
This was the first live wrestling event I've been too, other than a free
indy battle royale in Toronto a few years ago, and all-in-all it was a
pretty good show. The PA system was horrible, we could barely tell the
entrance themes apart or hear much from the microphones, but it was a
smaller arena (around 2000 fans) which had a great atmosphere. And the ring
sounded twice as loud as on TV.
The show opens with the ring announcer coming to the ring along with Shadoe
and Taz, two local radio DJs. They thank us for coming, blah de blah, then
introduce the guest ring announcer for the first match, Christy Hemme! She
was wearing an RKO t-shirt (cut a little high), and while her strut looked a
bit silly in person, she was fine nonetheless. Christy says it's great to be
a part of WWE, and it's time for to kick off Raw.
Match 1: Tajiri vs. Tyson Tomko
Tajiri looked real fit and ready to go, but started off with some pre-match
comedy, rubbing his head and stroking his chin. Question: why should Tomko
be offended if he's proud of his look? Anyways, Tajiri spits the green mist
at Tomko to begin the match. After some kicks and a headscissors takedown
early on from Tajiri, Tomko came back, countered the handspring elbow into a
big club to the back, and hit an impressive press slam into a fall-away
slam. When Tajiri hit a tornado DDT, there was some feedback from the ring
mics that lasted through the next few bumps, but that was the only technical
glitch of the night. Tajiri won the match by swatting away Tomko's big boot
and a roll-up from behind.
Winner: Tajiri
After the match, Tomko looked pissed and started to have a fit in the ring,
almost like his chum Christian used to do.
Simon Dean comes to the ring carrying a gym bag. He takes the mic, and even
though we know what he's going to do, I can't hear a word he says. That's
because the guy sitting behind me was yelling "ASSHOLE! JACKASS! ASSHOLE!
JACKASS!" a few dozen times. No, not just chanting, actually screaming it
non-stop. From his voice, it sounded like he was missing a few teeth. I had
to do my best to never mind this guy the rest of the night. What I did hear
from Simon Dean though, was that the fattest, ugliest Raw superstar (Rosey
apparently) got in his business last Monday night and it was payback time.
Match 2: Simon Dean vs. Rosey
Not much to say about this, it wasn't bad at all, but nothing great. Near
the beginning, Rosey tried a big slap to Simon's chest, which unfortunately
was a dud. Simon sold really well throughout the match. At one point he went
for a sunset flip over the ropes which was almost botched, Rosey almost
stumbled back into the other ropes before deciding to gently sit down on
Simon's legs. I'm glad the crowd didn't boo this, I guess they realise that
a 350-pounder sitting on you in any manner would hurt. Simon also countered
a vertical suplex by landing on his feet and hitting a neckbreaker - a nice
Nova throwback. The finish came when Rosey set up for a Vader Bomb, and
Simon retreats under the turnbuckle to grab his gym bag. Rosey gets down and
drags him back to the middle, and the ref sees the bag and takes it. With
veteran-like timing, Simon hits a low blow and gets the pinfall.
Winner: Simon Dean
The next match is announced as a Divas match, which the crowd is pleased to
hear. It's an elimination match featuring half of the wrestling divas on the
roster. That's right, it's:
Match 3: Molly Holly vs. Victoria
Victoria wasn't wearing much, after the jacket and baseball cap came off,
and she looks even more fit in person. Not that I payed attention to that,
lol. Molly was pretty too, don't get me wrong, even though the crowd likes
to tell her she sucks. Starts off with the standard chain wrestling,
knockdowns, and almost-armdrags that you'd see from these two. Victoria got
thrown to the outside at one point. It all ended when Molly climbed to the
top rope but Victoria ran into it and made her slip. Victoria picks her up
off the top rope, turns it into the Widow's Peak and gets the pin.
The announcer calls for the next match but he's interrupted by The Coach,
who has a revelation for us, which he tells us once the guy behind me stops
screaming "POPCORN FART!". Even the 10-year-old kids beside me aren't amused
by that. Anyways, when Maven pulled the switcheroo last week and put him in
a match with Randy Orton, the only reason Coach lost is because he wasn't
mentally prepared. But now he is mentally prepared to take on anyone, and
Rhyno answers the call.
Match 4: Coach vs. Rhyno
"Shut up! How about I kick your ass?"
And I seem to recall Rhyno saying he took acting lessons while his neck
healed?
Coach knocks him down with the microphone, gets in some stomps, but Rhyno
comes back with a clothesline and the Gore (which my camera was acting too
retarded to capture), and that's it. Not much at all, but good for what it
was worth.
Winner: Rhyno
Match 5: Christian vs. Shelton Benjamin for the Intercontinental
Championship
Man, Christian is so awesome. But I'm really cursing my camera at this
point, when he poses on the turnbuckle, the viewscreen shows a perfectly
clear picture, but when I use the flash it turns out too dark. When I don't
use the flash, it's too bright and blurry. Meh. After some mind games early
on, he retreats, gets the mic, and says he figured there wouldn't be any
Peeps in Kingston, that's why he packed his bags and moved to the United
States. Then I think he called us the "ashtray of Ontario". Nice stuff.
Shelton responds by saying "You should be glad they aren't calling you a
CLB!", and guess what the dude behind me does, and continues to do in short,
loud bursts throughout the match. Okay, I really shouldn't be mad at this
guy for getting into the show, but it was downright annoying. Then Shelton
says "They could be calling you a Whiney Little Bitch!" and gets a "WLB"
chant from half the crowd. See, some of us Canadians can spell!
They start with a hard lock-up, and when they had a clean break in the
corner, Christian feigned a kick, which I thought was funny. Another lock-up
and Shelton gets heel tripped a few times but keeps bouncing back to his
feet. There were some high-impact moves including a sunset flip from the top
rope by Benjamin, and a reverse tornado DDT by Christian. Overall a great
match, with lots of posing and other antics from Christian. Shelton goes for
his Stinger splash, but Christian dodges and the ref eats it. About time for
that! Tyson Tomko runs in and hits a boot to Shelton's chest, then walks
away smiling. Shelton kicks out, and Christian calls Tomko back. Of course
it backfires, Christian gets whipped into Tomko then staggers back into the
T-bone suplex.
Winner: Shelton Benjamin
Christy Hemme comes back into the ring with the T-shirt bazooka to fire a
dozen shirts into the crowd. Most of them made it without hitting any light
fixtures, lol. I was too busy trying to take her picture to notice that she
fired one that landed right behind my chair, got knocked to me, and it was
mine! I was confused and felt a little selfish taking a "4 Real" t-shirt
that I didn't even catch! Not only that but it was too big. But I wasn't
about to give it to the guy behind me. After that, she pulls off her own
shirt and struts around some more.
It's intermission time, and the announcer shilled the WWE cellphone, but I
just sat and ignored him. Then we're back and the action resumes.
Match 6: La R
