WWE Raw House Show Results - 02/25/05
Madison Square Garden - New York, NY
By: NOv2083, rajah.com reader
Match 1: Intercontinental Championship: Shelton Benjamin V. Christian
As usual Tyson Tomko was in Christian's corner. Great back and forth match like these two are known to have had in the past. In the end Shelton was able to overcome the double team of Christian and Tomko when Benjamin hit the T-bone on Christian for the 1-2-3.
Winner: Shelton Benjamin
Match 2: Chris Masters V. Val Venis
Val got a pretty decent pop but the match went no where fast. Masters basically just muscled Val down every chance he could get, many boring chants for this one. I guess you can say a squash match, poor Val. Anyway, Masters applied the full nelson to Venis for the win.
Winner: Chris Masters
Match 3: World Tag Team Championship: Tajiri & William Regal V. La Resistace
Pretty good match although most of us kinda got the impression that the beginning of the card was somewhat rushed. The ending saw Regal hit the running knee on Conway for the win.
Winners: Tajiri & William Regal
-Im pretty sure (I think) during this time The Coach came out and introduced Superstar Billy Graham. Coach then went on to demean The Superstar until Graham wound up and punched Coach out to a nice pop. Hey who doesn't like to see the Coach get knocked on his ass?
Match 4: Women's Championship: Trish Stratus V. Molly Holly V. Victoria
Really good match here. Victoria was on fire tonight hitting all of her big moves and really impressing the audience. In the end Victoria hit the Widow's Peak on Molly but Trish delivered the Chick Kick to her and then went on to pin Molly for the 3 count.
Winner: Trish Stratus
Match 5: Muhammad Hassan V. Rhyno
Big heat for Hassan and Davari, massive USA and ECW chants for Rhyno. Muhammad worked on Rhyno's leg quite a bit in the match. The ending saw Rhyno setting up Hassan for the Gore but as he was charging his leg gave out under him and he collapsed. Hassan then capitalized and hit him with the face plant for the win. When the match was over Hassan put Rhyno in the camel clutch while Daviri screamed in his face
Winner: Muhammad Hassan
Match 6: Gene Snitsky V. Kane
To start off Kane got a pretty big pop as he walked out. This match was scheduled to be a hardcore match but I guess someone decided to change that. Normal back and forth hard hitting action from the two big men up until Kane hit Snitsky with the chokeslam for the victory. By the way for what its worth Christy Hemme was the guest ring announcer for this match.
Winner: Kane
Match 7: Submissions Match: Chris Jericho V. Chris Benoit
Awesome match. These two are two of the best in the business. Many reversals and counters here. The ending saw Benoit lock in the Crossface with Jericho having no other choice but to tap. Truly amazing match.
Winner: Chris Benoit
Match 8: Edge V. Shawn Michaels
Both men came out to nice pops. Good match that saw both men hit their trademark moves. In the end Edge set up HBK for the spear when out of no where HBK hit Sweet Chin Music for the 3 count.
Winner: Shawn Michaels
Match 9: Steel Cage Match: Ric Flair & Triple H V. Randy Orton & Batista
This match was GREAT, we were really excited to see the first interaction between HHH & Batista leading up to WM21. It started off with HHH & Flair in the ring attacking Orton as he stepped through the cage. Then Batista's music hit and the place went nuts. All four of these guys were so over it was amazing. Batista continually threw the Nature Boy around like a rag doll eventually busting him wide open. Orton worked on The Game for a while until the action spilled outside. Orton hit and RKO on Flair on the floor when out of no where HHH cam from behind and smashed Orton in the head with a steel chair. Orton and Flair were then helped back to the dressing room leaving HHH and Batista alone in the cage 1 on 1. Hunter dominated for a while continually throwing Batista into the cage and hammering him with blows. Batista chants were off the chart!!!! Eventually Batista go his second wind and wound up busting The Game wide open courtesy of the steel cage. Batista then went on to hit the spinebuster followed by the Batistabomb for the win. Batista was sooooooooo over!!
Winners: Batista & Randy Orton
Overall really good show. Very nice turn out with MSG being almost completely full, which is great for a house show. The crowd was hot tonight. Im not going to make a list of the guys with the most pop or the most heat only cause almost everyone one the card was over, no joke. Ive been going to almost every live event the WWE's had at MSG since '98 and I would recommend to anyone going and seeing these guys live. TV cameras or not its a whole lot of fun.
Just attended the House Show in MSG last night, and the crowd was huge. 3/4 was full.
Anyway here are the results
WWE Raw house show
New York, New York
02-25-2005
By:: Chuck Arbachan, rajah.com reader
WWE Intercontinental championship
Shelton Benjamin(c) vs. Christian
Both guys get a good pop, but during the match the crowd was for Benjamin. The match is about 10 minutes long and Benjamin finnaly wins with the T-bone suplex.
Chris Masters vs. Val Venis
Masters is HUGE! Anyway Masters wins with that swinging full nelson. "Boring chants were every 3 minutes"
WWE Raw tag team championship
La Resistance (Robert Conway & Sylvain Grenier) vs. William Regal & Tajiri(c)
La Resistacne gets booed heavily. The crowd kept on chanting "USA! USA! USA!" for most of the match that Regal and Tajiri win.
WWE women's championship
Trish Stratus(c) vs. Molly Holly vs. Victoria
Trish and Victoria receive good pops from the crowd, and the match is the same as on last week's Raw, Victoria nails the "Widow's peak" on Molly, and Trish pins Molly.
Muhammad Hassan vs. Rhyno
Wow Hassan gets on the mike, but I couldnt hear him, cause the crowd kept on chanting "USA!" Anyway Rhyno comes out and the "USA!" chant is replaced with an "ECW!" chant. Hassan wins after Daivari distracts Rhyno.
We take a 10 minute intermision
Snitsky vs. Kane
Snitsky was in control for most of the match, until the end when the ref gets knocked out. Kane destroyed Snitsky with a brutal chokeslam.
Sumbission match
Chris Jericho vs. Chris Benoit
Same exact match as in Japan, Benoit wins after the crossface. Jericho then shaked hands.
Edge vs. Shawn Michaels
I couldn't really see this one, cause a fight broke out in the audience, anyway HBK won after the sweet chin music.
We take our final intermission
Steel cage tag match
Ric Flair & Triple-H vs. Randy Orton & Batista
Teachers vs. students was the greatest match of the night, the cage almost broke like 20 times. Orton and Flair were out of the match in less than 5 minutes, it was basically HHH vs. Batista. The crowd was into Batista, except me. HHH dominated most of the match, however Batista turned it around and took control for about 3 minutes before the Batista bomb and the 3.
Over all an OK show, most of the macthes were boring, it is really weird watching Raw show without King and J.R. commentating.
Biggest Pop:
1. Batista (by far)
2. Ric Flair
3. Triple-H
4. Shawn Michaels
5. Kane
Biggest Heat
1. Muhammad Hassan
2. Sylvain Grenier
3. Robert Conway
4. Snitsky
5. Molly Holly
