Here's a wee report i sent into
www.lordsofpain.netArrived at the arena around 7pm into some decent seats for the 1st Scottish date for Raw since 2002
Lilian Garcia came out first and led the crowd into a chorus of "Flower Of Scotland" which was interrupted by the music of La Resistance who upon trying to sing "O Canada" were interrupted by the music of Tajiri.
Match 1: World Tag Team Title Match
William Regal and Tajiri(C) Vs La Resistance
Regal was over huge with the Scottish crowd. A fairly basic match which ended with a Buzzsaw Kick from Tajiri onto Sylvain. WINNERS Regal and Tajiri
Match 2: Val Venis Vs Chris Masters
I've never heard a boring chant at a house show but the mighty Masters managed it. An actually decent match which ended to silence and The Masterlock. WINNER Chris Masters
Lilian at this point asked Aberdeen to welcome The Coach. Aberdeen HATES The Coach but i was cheering for him! He kicked Jack Doan out of the ring and took over as Special Ref for the following woman's contest.
Match 3: Christy Hemme Vs Victoria
Victoria kinda turned heel for the evening in place of Hemme's original opponent Trish. Her and Coach tried to screw over Hemme but Christy wan with an inside cradle. WINNER Christy Hemme
Match 4: Viscera Vs The Hurricane
Vis is HUGE in person. Basic big man/small man match. Vis scored the three count with The Embalmer WINNER Viscera
Match 5: Tyson Tomko Vs Chris Jericho
The opening chord of Christian's old theme got some cheers with turned to jeers at the very sight of ol' goatbeard himself Tomko. Jericho was the 1st real star to come out so obviously he was over huge as the arena erupted for him. Great match in person, Jericho made Tyson submit to the Walls Of Jericho WINNER Chris Jericho
After the match someone threw an Aberdeen football strip at Chris who put it on for a nice picture!
Match 6: Kane Vs Muhammed Hassan
Very short match which ended with a chairshot to Kane from Daivari. Hassan got some very strong heat from the crowd as did Daivari as he spoke his home language. Kane got huge pops for a double chokeslam following the DQ WINNER Kane by DQ
INTERMISSION(Lillian cant throw t-shirts for sh*t so i had'nt a chance of getting one)
Match 7: WWE Intercontinental Title Match
Shelton Benjamin(C) Vs Christian
Christian was hugely over for a heel. Loud cheers all round which were equalled by Benjamin. Took ages to start but was well worth the wait. Another fantastic match from these two. Which ended with a perfect T-Bone WINNER Shelton Benjamin
Match 8: Chris Benoit Vs Edge
"YOU SCREWED MATT!" Edge got the screwjob win with a briefcase shot. Benoit got a standing ovation after the match just for being Benoit i feel. WINNER Edge
Match 9: Triple H and Ric Flair Vs Shawn Michaels and Batista
Unreal. 3 Legends in the same ring and a mega popular Heavyweight Champion. Good match between these 4 filled with some humourous moments including HBK pulling HHH and Flair's tights down to expose their arses for a while lol. Batista got the duke over Flair with a spinebuster WINNERS Shawn Michaels and Batista
After the match HBK and Dave did the usual hand slapping.
Outside the arena i had ran to beside the buses where i was lucky enough to get autographs and a wee chat with Val Venis,Shelton Benjamin,Dave Hebner and Victoria
All in all a fantastic show from the Raw Brand
Biggest Pops
1. Shawn Michaels
2. Triple H
3. Ric Flair
4. Batista
5. Chris Jericho
Biggest Heat
1. Muhammed Hassan
2. Edge
3. Jonathan Coachman
4. La Resistance
5. Tyson Tomko(after the event did'nt want to sign one autograph hehe)
I cant f'n wait for SD in aberdeen in june as Steve Austin is gonna ref JBL vs Cena Vs Angle for the WWE Title! As far as im concerned Stone Cold is the one man everyone knows/remembers so im excited already!
Anyone attending the Raw/SD tapings?
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