{"id":55380,"date":"2018-02-13T15:43:25","date_gmt":"2018-02-13T21:43:25","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.pwtorch.com\/site\/?p=55380"},"modified":"2018-02-13T16:17:33","modified_gmt":"2018-02-13T22:17:33","slug":"2-12-wwe-raw-holt-report-san-jose-happenings-off-live-tv-including-pre-raw-matches-asuka-vs-bliss-raw-crowd-chants","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.pwtorch.com\/site\/2018\/02\/13\/2-12-wwe-raw-holt-report-san-jose-happenings-off-live-tv-including-pre-raw-matches-asuka-vs-bliss-raw-crowd-chants\/","title":{"rendered":"2\/12 WWE Raw HOLT Report from San Jose: Happenings Off Live TV including pre-Raw matches, Asuka vs. Bliss after Raw, crowd chants, more"},"content":{"rendered":"<div id=\"pwtor-2815314877\" class=\"pwtor-before-content pwtor-entity-placement\"><hr \/><b>SPOTLIGHTED PODCAST ALERT (YOUR ARTICLE BEGINS A FEW INCHES DOWN)... <\/b>\r\n\r\n<iframe src=\"https:\/\/widget.spreaker.com\/player?show_id=3076978&theme=light&playlist=false&playlist-continuous=false&autoplay=false&live-autoplay=false&chapters-image=true&episode_image_position=right&hide-logo=false&hide-likes=false&hide-comments=false&hide-sharing=false&hide-download=true\" width=\"100%\" height=\"140px\" frameborder=\"0\"><\/iframe>\r\n<hr \/><\/div><h3>WWE RAW HOLT REPORT<br \/>\nFEBRUARY 12, 2018<br \/>\nSAN JOSE, CALIF.<br \/>\nREPORT BY M.B. FROM CALIFORNIA, PWTORCH CORRESPONDENT<\/h3>\n<p><strong>PRE-RAW MAIN EVENT TAPING<\/strong><\/p>\n<p>(1) Cedric Alexander beat Ariya Daivari.<\/p>\n<p>(2) Curt Hawkins beat Heath Slater.<\/p>\n<p><strong>RAW NOTES&#8230;<\/strong><\/p>\n<p>-The venue was about 70 percentfull. All of the upper deck outside of 7 sections were blocked off.<\/p>\n<p>-The crowd was dead for a lot of the show. I\u2019ve been there for Raw after Mania (Levi Stadium Mania) and the crowd was insane. I was here for Payback as well in 2017 and the crowd was insane for Roman Reigns vs. \u00a0Braun Strowman, and NXT where only the opener with Velveteen Dream received any real reaction outside of the main with Shinsuke Nakamura and Samoa Joe in it. Kind of par for a \u201cpurely San Jose\u201d crowd.<\/p>\n<p>&#8211; Biggest pops of the night we\u2019re Braun, Elias, and Finn Balor in that order. Crowd was entirely dead for the John Cena-Miz, the tag match, the women\u2019s match with Bayley, the Absolution match, etc. The crowd heated up for Reigns vs. Sheamus (people were standing) and again for the Fatal Five-way.<\/p>\n<p>-Lots of women and children. A surprising number of people cheering babyfaces and booing heels (Reigns was 80 percent cheers).<\/p><div id=\"pwtor-55348397\" class=\"pwtor-content pwtor-entity-placement\"><div align=\"center\" data-freestar-ad=\"__336x280 __336x280\" id=\"pwtorchcom_test_300x250\">\r\n  <script data-cfasync=\"false\" type=\"text\/javascript\">\r\n    freestar.config.enabled_slots.push({ placementName: \"pwtorchcom_test_300x250\", slotId: \"pwtorchcom_test_300x250\" });\r\n  <\/script>\r\n<\/div><\/div>\n<p>-Also standard, there were some annoying cheers. &#8220;C.M. Punk&#8221; during the main event, constant \u201cBiscuit Butt\u201d towards Bliss even if she was playing the half babyface, and some lewd chants at Paige around Albert Del Rio and Xavier (\u201cGo make a porn\u201d comments).<\/p>\n<p>-One note with Paige: When she got in the ring to kick things off (on the apron during entrance) she did a sort of \u201cback arch\u201d and looked really stiff.<\/p>\n<p>-Kurt Angle flubbed a lot of lines, and looked a bit awkward in the ring. Not sure he should be wrestling again with those knees.<\/p>\n<p>-WWE lost the crowd during commercial breaks where it was obvious the work rate went down a bit. Nothing specific, but it happened consistently.<\/p>\n<p>-Bonus points should go to Reigns and Miz tonight. Reigns clearly is working hard, and Miz was giving it his all against Cena, who was showing a bit of light and seemed a bit low energy.<\/p>\n<p>-No advertised matches to make good on.<\/p>\n<p>-Sounds like merch was in line with what was brought up by other Raw-goers. Taker shirt was there, about 40 percent Reigns stuff, a bit of Bailey, Balor, and Rollins.<\/p>\n<p>-Tons of Bullet Club\/Alpha Club\/Omega shirts and the like. That, and kids wearing a mix of Cena\/Reigns\/Rollins merch.<\/p><div id=\"pwtor-3352263512\" class=\"pwtor-content-1 pwtor-entity-placement\"><!-- Tag ID: pwtorchcom_test_300x600 -->\r\n<div align=\"center\" data-freestar-ad=\"__336x280 __300x600\" id=\"pwtorchcom_test_300x600\">\r\n  <script data-cfasync=\"false\" type=\"text\/javascript\">\r\n    freestar.config.enabled_slots.push({ placementName: \"pwtorchcom_test_300x600\", slotId: \"pwtorchcom_test_300x600\" });\r\n  <\/script>\r\n<\/div><\/div>\n<p><strong>AFTER RAW<\/strong><\/p>\n<p>(1) Asuka beat Alexa Bliss via DQ so Bliss retained the WWE Smackdown Women&#8217;s Title. The crowd seemed genuinely surprised when Jax ran out at the end and attacked Asuka. Bailey and Banks came out for the save, babyface play-off with Asuka\u2019s music.<\/p>\n<p>Then Miz and Miztourage came back out. Miz did some mic work with the crowd, mocked the \u201cYes\u201d chants, and said \u201cThat was cool five years ago and that guy doesn\u2019t perform anymore.\u201d He demanded a rematch against Cena three-on-one for the elimination stakes again, but Braun came out, accepted instead, and powerslammed all three of them. Total comedy spots and \u201cone more time\u201d from the crowd until Braun stacked all three of them on top of each other mid-ring and went for the pin on all three.<\/p>\n<hr \/>\n<p><em>Send results and newstips to pwtorch@pwtorch.com.<\/em><\/p>\n<hr \/>\n<p><strong>NOW CHECK OUT THE FULL RAW REPORT:<\/strong>\u00a0<a href=\"https:\/\/www.pwtorch.com\/site\/2018\/02\/12\/kellers-wwe-raw-report-2-12-cena-addresses-elimination-chamber-match-sasha-vs-bayley-second-change-match-determine-final-ec-competitor\/\">KELLER\u2019S WWE RAW REPORT 2\/12: Cena addresses the Elimination Chamber match, Sasha vs. Bayley, Second Change Match to Determine Final EC competitor<\/a><\/p>\n<div class=\"pwtor-end-article-groups pwtor-entity-placement\" id=\"pwtor-1747645662\"><div id=\"pwtor-376618901\"><div align=\"center\" data-freestar-ad=\"__336x280\" id=\"pwtorchcom_medrec_3\">\r\n  <script data-cfasync=\"false\" type=\"text\/javascript\">\r\n    freestar.config.enabled_slots.push({ placementName: \"pwtorchcom_medrec_3\", slotId: \"pwtorchcom_medrec_3\" });\r\n  <\/script>\r\n<\/div>\r\n\r\nTHANK YOU FOR VISITING<\/div><\/div>","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<div class=\"mh-excerpt\"><p>WWE RAW HOLT REPORT FEBRUARY 12, 2018 SAN JOSE, CALIF. REPORT BY M.B. FROM CALIFORNIA, PWTORCH CORRESPONDENT PRE-RAW MAIN EVENT TAPING (1) Cedric Alexander beat Ariya Daivari. (2) Curt Hawkins beat Heath Slater. 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