WWE House Show Results from Terre Haute, Indiana 8-17-02
Submitted by Calvin Martin on Sunday, August 18, 2002 at 2:38 AM EST





Report by Travis Gilmour

I just got back from the WWE house show in Terre Haute, IN and here are the results.

First up the Fink welcomes everyone and plays up how WWE hasn't been to Terre Haute in 10 years and that they've got a great show. Then he introduces Spike Dudley who comes in for a decent pop. Then he introduces Sean O'Haire who comes in to an ok heel-pop. They wrestle for about 10 min. total with some solid action when Spike finally hits his Dudley Dog and pins O'Haire for the win.

Dreamer and Stasiak then hook up for the Hardcore title. Lots of GREAT spots here, we had some awsome ECW chants going. Very creative use of cookie sheets, trash cans, brooms and the weirdest thing...like a 20 pound turkey!! Dreamer pulls it out, rips off the bag, takes a bite out of it and procedes to beat Stasiak with it for a few minutes. Eventually Raven sneaks in with his own ref and wins the title by pinning Dreamer. Stasiak then rolls up Raven to win the title and finally Dreamer rolls up Stasiak to get it back.

Up next was Jamal v. Shelton Benjamin with Rosie and D'Lo at ringside. We didn't know who Shelton was, but we sure knew who Jamal and Rosie were! They got HUGE heel-pops and really worked the crowd up well. Good match, a few blown spots by Shelton but still fine overall. We all kinda wished it was a tag match, but oh well. Eventually Jamal rolls up Shelton for the win.

Up next Chris Nowinski comes out to a big heel-pop. We got a wicked "Harvard Sucks!" chant going and he looked kinda mad. This was being held at Indiana State's basketball arena so we were all hoping he'd get on the mc and trash ISU, but he didn't. Bradshaw gets on the mic and says "Hey Chris, maybe you can't hear so well, but it sounds like these Hoosiers don't like Harvard. They're chanting "Harvard Sucks!"" Great match. Chris hit all of his spots VERY WELL and it seems like he's progressing greatly. Eventually Bradshaw hits the Clothesline From Hell and ends the match with the win.

Booker comes out to a HUGE pop to take on Steven Richards. A nice solid mid-card match here, with a quality scissors-kick and a great spinarooni to give Booker the win over Richards.

The Fink tells us we'll take a short break while the cage is set up. After a while Benoit and Guerrero come out to big heat and get in the cage. Then RVD comes out to quite possibly the bigest pop of the night. Taker comes out, they survey the ring and cage and get in to start the match. Taker seemed really slow tonight, like he was ill or something, but he tried his hardest and it looked ok. Lots of pops with guys trying to climb the cage and other guys pulling them down..etc, etc. Finally RVD hits a frog splash on Gurrero and Taker chokeslams Benoit for the double pin and the resounding victory for the Raw team!

Another intermission is taken for dismantling the cage. After that, the Fink introduces the Bisch's choice for guest ref, Victoria. Molly and Trish come out, have a little pose-off at the beginning (with Trish winning...duh) and they get down to business. This was one of the best women's matches I've ever seen. I wish they'd book them this good on TV. Molly had Trish in what looked like the Lion Tamer (kinda) and Trish got to the ropes, but Victoria kicked her hand off of the ropes, to a series of boos. After some Stratisfaction, Trish goes for the win, but Victoria seems to come down with a crippling rotator cuff injury between 2 and 3. Lots of boos, and even more for Molly's rollup and Victoria's count to make Molly the winner.

Next, Raven and Justin come out to some boos and then a HUGE POP for the Hardy Boyz. Matt (with two t's) gets on the mic and want's to explain why he hit Jeff (with two f's) with the Twist of Fate last week. He blabs about how he's got to be him and Jeff has to be Jeff. How Matt is on top of his game and how he needs to go to Smackdown and how Jeff will be fine on Raw. He tells Jeff that he can count on him tonight, though because hey, they're brothers, right? The match gets underway. Matt doesn't last very long and tags a reluctant Jeff in. Jeff gets the tar beat out of him and tries for a tag several times but can't beat the double team of Raven/Justin. Finally Matt just hops down and leaves the ring because he figures the match is lost. Jeff tries to fight back but gets held by Justin for a big kick by Raven. Alas, Jeff ducks and the superkick goes straight to Justin's chin. Justin gets up, pushes Raven around, and gets rolled up by Jeff for the win (Raven wouldn't tag back in or interefere to break the count). Jeff leaves to a big pop, then Raven and Justin hug in the ring and walk out together.

Finally the Big Show lumbers to the ring. The fans went totally psycho on him and he returned the favor. He REALLY worked the crowd, flipping us off, spitting at us, telling us to F*** Off! and the like. Bubba comes out to a grande-pop and gets on the mic and tells Show that we here in Terre Haute have seen great wrestlers in this ring tonight. We've seen a hardcore match, a women's match, and even a cage match. But, this will be the most special. Bubba announces that the match would be a special "Terre Haute Street Fight Table Match" where not only do falls count anywhere in the building, but anywhere in the city! After many big spots and almost breaking the ring 3 or 4 times with sidewalk slams and suplexes, Bubba yells for himself and the crowd told him to get the tables. He sets one up only to get ambushed. He fights out of it and slams Show through the table for the win. Trish had come out to try to help and ends up helping Bubba up so he can work the crowd.

The Fink gets on the mic and thanks us for coming.

Biggest Heat:
1) Big Show
2) Jamal/Rosie
3) Matt (when he walked)
4) Benoit/Guerrero
5) Nowinski

Biggest Pops:
1) Bubba winning
2) RVD/Taker
3) Booker T
4) Jeff
5) Trish

Worst blown spot:
Molly's first attempted suplex of Trish. Lucky no one pulled a muscle there.








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