WWE Raw house show
June 8, 2008
Stockton, Calif. at the Stockton Arena
Report by Brian of Modesto, Calif, PWTorch.com reader
(1) Cody Rhodes & Hardcore Holly defeated Carlito & Santino Marella when Cody pinned Santino with the DDT.
(2) Ted DiBiase Jr. pinned Hacksaw Jim Duggan with a roll of the tights and feet on the ropes.
(3) Brian Kendrick beat Snitsky with the Sliced Bread #2. Snitsky laid him out afterwards with the pump handle slam.
(4) Paul Burchill & Katie Lea defeated Super Crazy after a Burchill neckbreaker and Katie pinning.
(5) Chris Jericho pinned Jeff Hardy with the Codebreaker to retain the Intercontinental Title. Crowd was split between the two, Jeff Hardy got a good reaction. Pretty good match, seemed to be on the short end. A kid had been picked from the crowd to be special timekeeper and was given $200.
(6) Mickie James defeated Beth Phoenix after the jumping tornado DDT to retain the Women's Title. Beth Phoenix is extremely impressive in person, what a physique! A young lady was picked from the crowd to be James' manager and was given $200. Notice a trend here?
(7) John Cena pinned JBL after the FU. JBL was ultra-hated by the crowd, his schtick was extremely entertaining for me though. Cena got a massive pop and reaction, of course. Mostly love for him in these parts I guess. Match was OK, redeemed by JBL's antics.
(8) Triple H pinned Umaga in a no-DQ match to retain the World Title after Umaga missed the Samoan Spike and Triple H hit him with a sledgehammer shot followed by the Pedigree. Fans voted for this by text messaging, other options were a two out of three falls and falls count anywhere. Triple H got the huge superstar reaction, the crowd was crazy for him, far over more then anyone else. Very good match.
Other notes: Pretty good show from top to bottom. Maria had been in and out in the crowd various points of the night, pushing the McMahon money give away. She stayed away from the floor section, though, much to my dismay. Definitely more Cena merchandise then anyone else I saw sold, his autographed pictures and DVDs were on fire!
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