WWE House Show Results from Youngstown, Ohio 8-26-06
Submitted by Calvin Martin on Sunday, August 27, 2006 at 2:21 AM EST







LOP reader Brian Fette sent in the following report:


Just got back from the Raw house show in Youngstown, Ohio.
I would say there were probably around three thousand in attendance.





Match One – Hacksaw vs. Sylvan.
Horrible match, Hacksaw went through his normal shtick playing to the crowd
and in all honesty the crowd ate it up. It felt like forever before Sylvan
finally got in the ring. Normal back and forth action with plenty of rest
holds. Hacksaw won after about ten minutes. He then got on the stick and
thanked America's troops.
*Rating: ¼ star.*
*Winner: Hacksaw.*





Match Two – Lita vs. Trish Stratus for the women's championship.
Classic match between the two. Lita was hated by the Youngstown crowd.
Plenty of cocky poses by the women's champ. The end came when Trish went for
the Stratusfaction and Lita reversed it into the pin. As a note it looked
like they may have botched the end a slightly.
*Rating: 1 and ½ stars.*
*Winner: Lita*





Match Three – Highlanders vs. Trevor Murdoch and Lance Cade.
Decent tag match. The match used the classic face in peril psychology.
Trevor Murdoch was a genius playing to the crowd. Completely stayed in
character the entire time even down to the tiniest details. In the end the
Highlanders won.
*Rating: 1 and ½ stars.*
*Winner: Highlanders.*





Match Four – Jeff Hardy vs. Carlito vs. Johnny Nitro.
Match of the night. Nitro was again fiercely hated by the crowd and Hardy
was way over. The start saw Carlito and Hardy give Nitro the beat down.
Plenty of awesome spots between the three in the middle, very creative. A
lot of things they haven't done on television. Hardy looked great, certainly
better than the end of his WWE run and TNA time. The end saw plenty of quick
pin attempts that led to Nitro getting the win after about fifteen minutes.
I certainly think this was honestly better than anything I've seen on
television in the last few months.
*Rating: 3 and ½ stars.*
*Winner: Johnny Nitro.*





Match Five – Eugene vs. "Some Russian Guy"
Another waste of time. The crowd was into Eugene. I didn't get the Russian
guys name, possibly Oleg?. He had a good physique but looked sloppy. The end saw Mr. Russian
destroy a Hogan doll (good for him.) that Eugene had brought to the ring and
then pin Eugene as he sat crying over it.
*Rating: ¼ star.*
*Winner: Mr. Russian Guy.*





Match Six – DX vs. Viscera and Haas.
DX was forced to wrestle against three different opponents, the first was
Haas and Visc. Good match with Michaels doing most of the work. Good chain
wrestling between Haas and Michaels and points. End saw Trips hit the
pedigree on Haas and Michaels hit sweet chin music on Visc.
*Rating: 2 stars.*
*Winner: DX.*





Match Seven – DX vs. Spirit Squad.
The classic match we have seen for months now. Trips did most of the work in
this one. End saw sweet chin music and an elbow drop by Michaels for the
win.
*Rating: 1 star.*
*Winner: DX.*





Match Eight – DX vs. Umaga.
SS stuck around to give DX the beat down with Umaga. Short match with the
angry Samoan giving Michaels a lot of punishment. End saw Trips pedigree the
Armando for the win.
*Rating: ½ star.*
*Winner: DX.*

*After the match DX celebrated going through probably a third of the crowd
shaking hands. Trips tried to get some ringside women to flash him. Not sure
if he was successful or not. For the record Michaels had his elbow taped up
and he looked like he was catering it much of the match. None of the
opponents targeted it so it leads to believe he wasn't just overly selling.
The end celebration was what really made the night, and they certainly were
why people were there.*





Match Nine – Edge vs. John Cena.
Good Match between the two. Youngstown loved Cena, and hated Edge. The start
saw lots of interference from Lita who the ref kicked out much to the
delight of the crowd. The middle saw good back forth we have seen before
with two different refs being taken out. Lots of false finishes in the end.
Edge picked up the win after hitting Cena with the belt.
*Rating: 2 and ¼ stars.*
*Winner: Edge.*

*After the match Cena laid out Edge, and then as DX did, walked through the
crowd celebrating.*





(In Order from loudest to least)

Most Heat:
1. Edge
2. Lita
3. Spirit Squad
4. Sylvan
5. Johnny Nitro.



Biggest Pops.
1. Cena
2. DX
3. Jeff Hardy
4. Carlito
5. Hacksaw








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