WWE House Show Results from Asheville, North Carolina 1-22-06
Submitted by Calvin Martin on Sunday, January 22, 2006 at 10:25 PM EST






Report sent in by and credited to Graham Cawthon - http://www.TheHistoryofWWE.com



Asheville Civic Center
January 22, 2006 (matinee)

The arena was about 60% full. The ringside and lower riser sections were
packed; lots of open areas up top.



1) Chavo Guerrero Jr. pinned Rob Conway with the Frog Splash at 6:56 after
reversing an attempt at the Ego Trip into a DDT

- Lots of Eddie chants; the crowd was very receptive to both men.



2) Viscera pinned Trevor Murdoch with the Embalmer at 4:55

- The crowd popped big for Viscera; Murdoch cut a promo before the match to
the effect of the crowd was jealous of him because he made something of
himself despite looking like them. The rear end humping thing Viscera does
was very over with the crowd.



3) Lita & Victoria defeated WWE Women's Champion Trish Stratus & Mickie
James at 10:09 when Lita pinned Trish with a roll up as Trish argued with
Mickie for spearing Victoria just as Trish prepared to hit her with the
Chick Kick; after the bout, Trish left Mickie alone in the ring; Maria was
the guest ring announcer and Val Venis was the guest referee; Maria put over
the local team by saying she was going to be watching the Carolina Panthers
beat the Seattle Seahawks later in the evening

- Lots of heat; Mickie played the face in peril for most of the contest but
pulled out some good offense; after the bout Trish actually left to some
boos because of her treatment of Mickie for costing the team the match.



- Jonathan Coachman, who assured everyone the Panthers would be losing,
introduced Ricky Steamboat, who came out to a very strong reaction. Coachman
insulted Steamboat almost immediately, saying Steamboat wasn't a real legend
and was comparable to Iron Mike Sharpe, Doink the Clown, and even Val Venis.
Within moments Ricky removed his glasses, watch, and jacket. He then laid
Coach out with several chops, played to the fans, and left without having
said one word in the 'interview'.



At this point, Carlito's music played. As the spotlight shone on the
entrance, Arn Anderson came out instead and went to what I can only assume
is the production table to tell them they messed up and Carlito wasn't on
until later in the show. Arn received a big applause and on his way back he
paused . looked at the crowd . to which they popped . he took a bow, and
went backstage.



4) Brent Albright defeated Aaron Stevens (w/ Beth & Shelly) via submission
with an armbar at 7:28 after avoiding a clothesline, moments after ramming
Beth and Shelly's heads together

- I felt so bad for these guys (and girls) because they seriously put on the
best match to that point in time and the crowd crapped all over it. All
involved put on a strong showing but the chants of "boring" started before
they even had a chance to do anything. Most of the crowd used this as a food
/ bathroom break but, thankfully, by the end of the contest at least some in
the audience were receptive to their hard work.



5) WWE Raw Tag Team Champion Kane pinned Carlito Caribbean Cool with the
tombstone at 7:33 after causing Carlito to choke on his own apple;
surprisingly, Kane actually came out with the title belt

- Carlito had quite a bit of offense in this, much more than I expected.



Intermission



6) WWE IC Champion Ric Flair defeated Shelton Benjamin via submission with
the figure-4 at 15:12 after avoiding a reverse crossbody off the ropes

- Flair was treated like a God. Benjamin attempted to cut a promo before the
match about his momma and how he was on the "Momma Said Knock You Out" tour
but the crowd would have none of it and kept chanting "We Want Flair." Good
match, lots of heat, but Benjamin didn't bust out any strong offense such as
his spin kicks or the Exploder suplex.



7) Shawn Michaels & WWE Raw Tag Team Champion the Big Show defeated Triple H
& Chris Masters at 14:39 when Show pinned Masters with the chokeslam as
Masters had Michaels caught in the full nelson

- All involved worked this one well. At one point Michaels attempted a
sunset flip on HHH and ended up pulling his tights down. They stayed down
for a good 2-3 minutes as Trips was beaten down by both members of the
opposition. Another spot had Triple H jump face-first into a boot from
Michaels . stand there for a good 15 seconds as though he was going to take
the face-first drop . then shake it off, walk toward Masters to make the
tag, and drop hard face-first to the mat. Important to note is Show wore the
cast on his right hand to sell the sledgehammer injury.



8) John Cena defeated WWE World Champion Edge (w/ Lita) via disqualification
at 13:42 when Edge hit a low blow on the challenger as Cena prepared to hit
the FU on an interfering Lita; after the bout, Cena avoided being hit with a
chair and dropped Edge with the FU

- Cena's applause was deafening. Within 5 minutes, they were fighting in the
crowd, with Edge dumping the challenger between the ringside section and the
lower risers. A dazed Cena barely made it back in the ring to break the
referee's 10-count. Cena could do no wrong here and Lita received many harsh
words from the fans for interfering.




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