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3/16 WWE in Alexandria, La.: Batista misses house show; Michelle, Eve, Kelly bikini contest, Henry in main event Mar 16, 2008 - 1:50:07 PM
WWE Smackdown/ECW house show
March 16, 2008
Alexandria, La.
Report by Tam Batts, PWTorch Subscriber Since 2005
-It was announced at the beginning of the show that Batista would not be there. Don't know the exact reason why.
(1) Chavo Guerrero defeated C.M. Punk in a two out of three falls match for the ECW Title. Chavo spent a good portion of the match berating the fans in the audience. Punk must be really in the dog house.
-Michelle McCool, Eve Torres and Kelly Kelly had a bikini contest where all three won (but in my opinion, Kelly Kelly got the loudest pop).
(2) Festus & Jesse defeated John Morrison & Jaime Noble. Funny moment happened at the beginning of the show when Morrison came out of the wrong curtain where the smoke was coming from and had to run to the smoke before it went out.
(3) Kofi Kingston defeated Matt Striker
(4) Tommy Dreamer defeated Shelton Benjamin.
(5) Matt Hardy defeated MVP via disqualification. MVP messed with the crowd for a while as well but not as long as Chavo did.
(6) Kane & Undertaker defeated Edge & Mark Henry. Undertaker and Kane had a huge pop when the entered the ring.
NOTES: The Rapides Parish Coliseum was filled except for a section that was over the dressing rooms and wrestlers entrance. I finally got to see Ricky Steamboat who has aged and put on some weight.
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