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9/7 WWE Unforgiven PPV HOLT report: What fans in the arena saw that PPV viewers might have missed Sep 8, 2008 - 12:33:43 PM
WWE Unforgiven HOLT report
Cleveland, Ohio
September 7, 2008
Report by Paul Greer of Elyria, Ohio, PWTorch VIP Subscriber
There was a dark match before the PPV that featured Evan Borne defeating John Morrison.
I saw this PPV live and at times this was a tough crowd. They were brutal towards the women's match which didn't come off as smooth as the same match-up at a recent house show, but not anywhere as poor as the crowd treated it.
The crowd was on their feet almost the entire time of the Chris Jericho vs. Shawn Michaels match.
While the Jericho win was nice in the final Scramble, eliminating C.M. Punk from the main event gave us 15 minutes of bad big man wrestling and it killed the audience.
The ECW Scramble was my favorite of the three. It was inventive and very realistic at the end with Hardy stopping anyone from gaining another pinfall.
The WWE Title scramble was typical Triple H and made everyone but Jeff Hardy look weak, but the crowd ate it up.
Cryme Tyme got a nice pop when they came out, but the pacing of the match was too dull to keep the crowd's interest.
When the cameras stopped rolling at the end of the PPV, Batista threw around the ring steps in anger of losing the main event.
I'd give the event a 6.5 score live. Best Match:Jericho vs. Michaels. Worst Match: World Title Scramble.
BIGGEST BABYFACE POPS:
Undertaker
HBK
Triple H
Jeff Hardy
MOST HEEL HEAT:
Chris Jericho
Divas title match
Big Show (after five mintues of quiet, the crowd finally showered him with jeers).
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