WWE Raw brandhouse show results
September 12, 2010
Peterborough, Ont., Canada
Report by Michelle Radic, PWTorch reader

(1) Evan Bourne beat Ted DiBiase (w/Maryse) in the first match. Justin Roberts announced that, by order of the GM, there would be a dance contest decided by the fans. DiBiase cut a quick promo about how he’s the best at everything and then did a terrible dance routine, which was mostly Maryse slithering against him. Evan Bourne did a few moves and then dipped Maryse, much to her horror. Bourne won the contest. It was pretty bad. This was followed by a really quick match. DiBiase got in some quick offense, but Bourne quickly turned the tables and hit the Shooting Star Press for the win. The whole thing took less than five minutes. Bourne got an okay pop and DiBiase got decent heat.

After the match, Nexus (Wade Barrett, David Ortunga, Michael Tarver, and Heath Slater) showed up and beat down Bourne, while DiBiase managed to escape to the back with Maryse. Wade Barrett then did a quick promo insulting Canada.

(2) Primo beat Zack Ryder. Ryder started wailing on Primo, but Primo quickly turned it around and was able to get the win. The crowd was pretty indifferent. I thought Primo looked really good in the ring, better than he has in the past. He also looked like he was in better shape.

(3) Randy Orton beat WWE champion Sheamus via DQ; Sheamus retained the WWE Title. Huge pop for Orton. It was actually ridiculous how into him the crowd was. Sheamus got pretty amazing heat as well. People were booing him like crazy. The match was about 20 minutes and there was lots of back and forth between Orton and Sheamus. Orton went on the offensive and dominated the last five minutes, then Sheamus hit the ref and got himself disqualified. After the match, Orton hit the RKO on Sheamus and then left. Sheamus held the belt and taunted the crowd for a minute or so, getting huge heat.

The Bella Twins came out and announced a special bell ringer for the mixed tag match. A kid from the audience was chosen.

(4) Goldust & Gail Kim beat Uso #1 & Tamina (w/Uso #2). Gail Kim got a big pop, but she’s a Toronto girl. Goldust and the Uso brother started the match, but the women quickly tagged in and wrestled for about five minutes, with lots of back and forth. The men were back in the ring with lots of interference from the other Uso. Goldust was fantastic in the ring. He really is a great worker. After a couple minutes of defense, he gained the upper hand and got the pin. There was some creepy celebrating in the ring.

The Bellas came back out and threw some t-shirts and then Justin Roberts announced intermission.

(5) Divas champion Melina beat Alicia Fox to retain the Divas Title with Santino as special referee. Neither woman got much of a reaction at all from the crowd, but Santino got a huge pop. Again, though, he’s a Toronto boy. The match was quick and Alicia Fox looked really sloppy. Melina got the pin. Santino stuck around for a moment to pose for the crowd. Huge pop for Santino.

(6) U.S. champion The Miz beat John Morrison to retain the U.S. Title. The Miz came out first and cut a long promo on how awesome he was. He got a lot of heat, but had a few cheers mixed in there, including from me. He interacted with the audience a bit as well. Morrison came out, bantered with The Miz for a while, and called him a jackass. Decent pop for Morrison. The Miz took the cover off the turnbuckle and there were a lot of great spots with both The Miz and Morrison trying to avoid the exposed turnbuckle. After about 15 minutes, The Miz won. Morrison hung around to mug for the crowd, although he was selling a leg injury.

The main event was Nexus vs. The Hart Dynasty (accompanied by Natalya), Chris Jericho, and Edge. Huge, huge pop for Team Raw. They spent a few minutes cutting a promo about how awesome Canada was and how Nexus was about to get their asses kicked by four Canadians. Jericho and Edge were totally playing the face role and the crowd loved them. Good pop for the Hart Dynasty too and the crowd took turns screaming “Edge,” “Y2J,” “Dynasty,” and “Canada.” It was announced that it was an elimination tag and if any member of Nexus interfered once they were eliminated, then Wade Barrett would lose his title shot at Night of Champions.

(7) Team Raw/Canada (Edge & Chris Jericho & WWE tag champions Tyson Kidd & D.H. Smith) beat Nexus (Wade Barrett & David Otunga & Michael Tarver & Heath Slater) in an elimination tag match. Long match, about 25 minutes. Tyson Kidd started it off for Team Raw against Heath Slater. Huge heat for Nexus and lots of “Wendy's” chants for Slater, after Edge remarked that he looked like the girl from the logo. Nexus dominated the first 15 minutes, working well as a team. Nexus eliminated both D.H. Smith and Tyson Kidd after delivering brutal beat downs, but Jericho was able to turn the tables on Nexus and eliminate David Ortunga and Heath Slater. Then, Edge took over and eliminated Michael Tarver and Wade Barrett. Huge cheer from the crowd.

After the match, Jericho and the Hart Dynasty headed back and Edge stayed and talked to the crowd for a few minutes. He talked about how awesome Canada is, how he’s only an hour from home, and threw in a cheer for the Peterborough OHL team, then he did a lap around the ring shaking hands. He was definitely acting like a face and crowd was so into him, it was sick. Edge definitely got the biggest reaction of the night, as the crowd loved him.

All around, a really good show. The crowd was really into it and it seemed to move very quickly (the show lasted a little over two hours). We were fifth row back and got a great view of the action, so that was an added bonus. The sound system sucked, but that wasn’t the WWE's fault.

[Torch art credit Grant Gould (c) PWTorch.com]

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