WWE House Show Results from Roanoke, Virginia 7-25-04
Submitted by Calvin Martin on Sunday, July 25, 2004 at 11:30 PM EST





Report by Graham Cawthon
The History of WWE - http://www.angelfire.com/wrestling/cawthon777

I arrived early enough to see almost all the talent show up to the building
and, while most at least acknowledged the small group of fans from afar, the
only one to come over and shake hands, sign autographs, and take pictures
was Rob Van Dam. A class act.

Attendance was dismal, even for a small arena. 90% of the floor seats were
taken but only 20%, if that, of the rest of the arena was full. I was able
to move down 10 rows to a better seat if that's a better indication of the
turn out.

Johnny Stamboli pinned Mark Jindrak at 7:11 when Nunzio, who came ringside
mid-way through the bout, prevented Jindrak from holding onto the ropes to
break a sunset flip attempt and Stamboli continued the move for the pin

Kenzo Suzuki (w/ Hiroku) pinned Billy Gunn with the claw / leg sweep at 5:17

Hardcore Holly pinned Rene Dupree at 7:06 when, after Dupree avoided the
Alabama Slam with a roll up, Holly reversed the cover and grabbed the ropes
to score the pin; Dupree received the most amount of heat up until that
point in the card; mid-way through the bout, he grabbed the microphone in a
showing of desperation and said he didn't have to put up with this and that
he was leaving; as he approached the curtain, Billy Gunn came out and forced
Dupree back inside the ring to continue the match

John Heidenreich (w/ Paul Heyman) pinned Scotty 2 Hotty at 1:18 with a
urinagi / sidewalk slam type move. Heyman came out first and ran down the
crowd, which resulted in Scotty coming to the ring and stating that he came
for a fight, not to hear Heyman talk. Moments later, Heidenreich ran to the
ring and jumped Scotty from behind. Save for an opening burst of offense
from Scotty, it was a complete squash.

Luther Reigns pinned Charlie Haas at 6:06 by blocking a monkey flip and
putting his feet on the ropes for leverage

WWE Cruiserweight Champion Rey Mysterio Jr. defeated Spike Dudley and Chavo
Guerrero Jr. in an elimination match; Chavo pinned Spike at 6:03 when, as
Spike went for the Dudley Dog, he accidentally hit Rey in the corner and
Chavo was able to reverse the move into a back suplex for the pin; Rey
pinned Chavo with the 619 and springboard splash at 9:02

Torrie Wilson and Dawn Marie then came out. After explaining that both,
along with ring announcer Tony Chimmel, had been rehired following Kurt
Angle's firing, the two agreed to a "friendly" lingerie contest and did
their poses to equally big pops. No winner was announced.

Intermission

Rob Van Dam pinned WWE United States Champion Booker T in a non-title match
at 12:27 with a split legged moonsault after hitting the Van Daminator as
Booker attempted to hit RVD with the title belt; Booker was not originally
announced as champion but wore the belt to the ring; after RVD's entrance,
Booker had Chimmel remind everyone that this was a non-title contest and
that Booker was the reigning champion

WWE Smackdown! Tag Team Champions Billy Kidman & Paul London defeated the
Dudley Boyz at 13:56 when London pinned D-Von after countering a suplex in
the ring and hitting a superkick. The best match of the card, in my
opinion. Kidman played the face in peril for much of the contest and even
hit a sommersault plancha off the apron onto Bubba Ray during the closing
moments. During the champions' entrance, one person behind me asked, "Who's
the guy with Kidman?" While I didn't hear any booing for the title holders,
the Dudley Boyz were cheered by at least 70% of the crowd.

WWE Smackdown! World Champion John Bradshaw Layfield pinned John Cena in a
No DQ match at 12:05 with the Clothesline from Hell after Cena fought off an
interfering Luther Reigns. Reigns could be seen standing in the shadows
near the curtain for the first several minutes of the match before he
actually involved himself. JBL cut a quality promo before the contest,
commenting on Virginia's lack of education, inbreeding, and the like. Cena
was without a doubt the most over person on the card. After the bout, a
giant brawl occurred involving London, Kidman, Cena, JBL, the Dudley Boyz,
Rey, Scotty, RVD, and Booker. After the rest of the heels were sent
backstage, JBL was on the receiving end of the FU, Worm, 619, and Five Star
Frog Splash. Moments later, Cena cut a promo to send the crowd home happy.


Graham Cawthon
The History of WWE - http://www.angelfire.com/wrestling/cawthon777








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