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8/31 WWE in St. Louis, Mo.: Full Raw and Smackdown taping results including final Unforgiven hype Sep 1, 2008 - 2:13:51 PM
WWE Raw House Show
August 31, 2008
St. Louis, Mo.
Report by Darrin Lilly - PWTorch subscriber since 1993
I have been a Torch subscriber since 1993. I attended last night's WWE Supershow here in St. Louis. Here are the basic results for this week's Raw and Smackdown tapings. First the Raw results:
RAW TAPING
Randy Orton came out (wearing a sling) for a promo and said how Raw has gone down since he left. He ran down all of the champions. C.M. Punk came out and they had a verbal exchange. Orton left, but JBL, Kane and Batista came out. Batista speared everyone.
(1) Kofi Kingston beat Charlie Haas (who was dressed as John Cena)
Backstage, Randy Orton slapped Cody Rhodes because he and Ted DiBiase allowed their belts to be taken
(2) Mark Henry won an ECW battle royal over Fit Finaly, The Miz, Chavo Guerrero, and Matt Hardy
(3) Jamie Noble (with Layla) beat William Regal
(4) Candice Michelle & Kelly Kelly & Mickie James beat Beth Phoenix & Jillian Hall & Katie Lea when Candice pinned Beth. Lots of botched moves from Candice, which will likely be edited.
(5) Santino beat D-Lo Brown
(6) Miz/Morrizon wrestled Cryme Tyme to a no contest when DiBiase and Cody immediately jumped Cryme Tyme and took their belts back
(7) Kane won a Battle Royal over Punk, JBL and Batista. Orton was at ringside. Punk spit water in Orton's face. Rey Mysterio returned and took the fight to Kane.
Chris Jericho and Shawn Michaels came out for a contract signing. Another great segment from these two. Michaels beat up Lance Cade afterwards. It's not obvious where Michaels got hurt.
SMACKDOWN TAPING
Triple H started the show with a promo. He was eventually attacked by MVP, Shelton Benjamin and THE Brian Kendrick. Jeff Hardy made the save.
(1) R-Truth beat Bam Neely
Undertaker promo. He vowed to send Vickie Guerrero to hell.
(2) Shelton Benjamin beat MVP
(3) Maryse beat Maria. Michelle McCool and Maryse had a staredown afterwards.
(4) THE Brian Kendrick pinned Jeff Hardy
(5) Super Crazy beat Ryan Braddock. Kozloff came out and threw out Super Crazy. He asked for bigger competition and Big Show came out. Vickie Guerrero stopped them and demanded that they both leave. Super heat for Vickie. She said that she would not be intimidated by The Undertaker and demanded an apology from him on Sunday.
(6) Brie Bella beat Victoria
(7) Triple H beat The Great Khali in a lumberjack match with the scramble participants at ringside. Jeff Hardy kept saving Triple H from a beating at the hands of the other lumberjacks. After the match, Hardy gave Triple H the twist of fate.
(For more detailed information, you can check out my blog at www.hollywoodnation.blogspot.com. I also have pictures from last month's NWA Fanfest posted. Please let me know if there are any questions).
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