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| WWE house show report 7-5 Honolulu Rey vs. Jericho with Steamboat as referee |
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WWE Smackdown/ECW house show July 5th, 2009 Blaisdell Arena Honolulu, HI The WWE made no announcement regarding Edge's injury, although some fans already knew while others were unaware. 1) John Morrison pinned Shelton Benjamin. -Decent opener that saw Morssion finish Benjamin with Starship Pain. 2) Mark Henry pinned Evan Bourne -I was excited to see Bourne for the first time, only I wish it had been versus an opponent his size. Henry finished Bourne off with the World's Strongest Slam. 3) Great Kahli pinned Dolph Ziggler -A comedy match with Ziggler doing a ton of stalling. Kahli finished it with the two handed choke slam. Hawaii fans be the way, loved the Punjabi Playboy. 4) CM Punk pinned Jeff Hardy to retain the World Heavyweight Championship -Very good action in this one that saw Hardy fight out of the Go to Sleep, slide into a sunset flip attempt, only to be countered into a pin by Punk. Punk received a 50-50 response from the fans early on, that turned to all boos at the finish of the match. 5) Melina/Gail Kim defeated Michelle McCool/Alisha Fox w/ Maria as Guest Referee -The match itself was very fast paced and solid with Melina playing the face in peril before making the hot tag to Kim who got the pin on Alisha Fox. 6) ECW Champion Tommy Dreamer defeated Jack Swagger and Christian. -Decent Triple Threat match, that saw Christian pretty much play the role of punching bag. Finish came after Swagger delivered the gut wrench powerbomb to Christian but walked right into a DDT by Dreamer. 7) Intercontinental Champion Rey Mysterio pinned Chris Jericho w/ Ricky Steamboat as Guest Ref. -I got to say Chris Jericho is awesome to watch live in person. Before the match started Jericho got on the mic and tore into the fans, drawing massive heel heat. Mysterio got a huge pop from the fans, perhaps even bigger than Hardy. Steamboat also got a big pop, since he's billed as being from Hawaii. As for the match, I don't belive its possible for Jericho and Mysterio to have a bad outing as both men put on a great 15-20 minute main event. The finish came after Jericho and Steamboat were involved in a tug of war over a steel chair, allowing Mysterio to nail Y2J with the 619 and splash for the win. After the match, Jericho beat down on Steamboat before the Dragon roared back with a few karate chops to send Jericho running. |
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