WWE House Show Results from St. John's, Newfoundland 5-12-07
Submitted by Calvin Martin on Sunday, May 13, 2007 at 10:45 AM EST
Report sent in by Russell White
The show opened with the ring announcer telling us everyone was really
excited to be here. Edge has moved to Smackdown so he won’t be here. Neither
will Ric Flair. No mention of Umaga who was originally booked for the main
event. In particular two guys had come up to him and said that they wanted
to get one of the fans to be their manager for the night. With that a kid in
the front row named William was helped over the guard rail and sent to the
back.
Match #1: Cryme Tyme (w/ William) versus The World’s Greatest Tag Team
The crowd was fairly hot for the opening match. Sheldon got a lot of heat
with a bunch of “Sheldon Sucks” chants throughout the match. Cryme Tyme win
with their finisher by pinfall and dance in the ring with the kid for a bit
before heading to the back.
Match #2: Kenny Dykstra versus Chuck Pulombo
Kenny comes out and cuts a promo about how he should be announced to the
crowd. Plays up his age and whatnot. Calls himself the “Italian stallion” as
apparently he’s ¼ Italian…
Chuck Pulombo comes out to no reaction. I don’t think anyone knew why he was
there or if they should be cheering him. The only reason why he got any pop
during the match was because he wasn’t Kenny. Either way he pulls out the
pinfall win with some type of finisher. Wasn’t impressive enough to take
notice.
Match #3: Val Venis versus Daniel Rodimer
Val Venis comes out to a surprisingly big pop. Not much reaction for Rodimer
initially but I think that may have been due to a lack of recognition. Match
started out okay but a lot of rest hold near the middle led to a few boring
chants. Rodimer hit some nice suplexes throughout the match and seemed to be
working fairly well. Venis wins by pinfall with the money shot.
Match #4: Mickie James versus Melina for the Women’s Championship
Good reaction for both ladies here both before and throughout the match.
This was actually a really great match with a lot of interesting submission
holds and near falls throughout. Interesting spot near the middle where
Mickie gets thrown out of the ring only to crawl under it while Melina show
boats. When Melina finally looks over to see where she is, Mickie pops up
from the other side of the ring and delivers a drop kick. Melina wins by
pinfall with her hands on the rope in what seemed like a botched rollup in
the corner. Mickie had her legs up and first so I assume Melina was supposed
to be on them but she ended up just sitting on her shoulders making the pin
a little less believable.
Match #5: Chris Masters versus Santino Marella for the IC Championship.
Masters out first and cuts a good promo about the fluke win Santino
“Mozzarella” got on him this past Raw. He says it won’t happen again and
that he is going to go ahead and announce himself as the new IC Champion.
Marella comes out to a bit of a reaction. Still a new face so I think the
younger crowd which probably only catches the weekend recap shows were a bit
confused. Nice match all in all though with most of the work being done by
Masters. Marella gets the pinfall by rollup after slipping out of Masters
arms before he could put on the Masterlock.
Intermission.
I went to get some food here but from what I could here there was a T-Shirt
toss hosted by Maria which eventually saw Eugene come to the ring. Nitro
cuts him off and makes his way down to the ring. He cuts a promo about
“freeloading” Canadians for some cheap heat. This eventually leads us into
our next match.
Match #6: Johnny Nitro versus Eugene
I was still at the concessions for this one. Didn’t hear much of a reaction
from the crowd though. From what I could gather, Nitro wins cleanly by
pinfall.
Match #7: The Hardys versus. Cade and Murdoch for the Tag Team Championship
Cade and Murdoch out first to decent heat. Hardys come out to a crazy huge
pop. A lot of energy through the crowd as this one was getting started.
Hardy chants go on for a few minutes with Matt and Jeff trying to pump up
the crowd. This upsets Cade and Murdoch who start to walk out. They come
back eventually though and after a few more minutes of chants the match gets
under way. Great work by everyone involved here. Hardys hit the usual spots.
Murdoch got some great heat too by playing off the crowd throughout the
match. At one point, after one of the Hardy’s went under the refs 5 count,
Murdoch gets on the mic and says that he’s here to play by the rules and
that the next time the ref tells the Hardys to break a hold they better do
it. The Hardy’s eventually pick up the pinfall win after a Twist of Fate
and Swanton Bomb combo.
Match #8: John Cena versus Randy Orton for the WWE Championship
Orton out first to a surprisingly positive reaction. He cuts a promo on how
he got screwed this past week on Raw by Khali. He says regardless of whether
Cena has the title with him tonight he will be champion. Cena comes out to a
big pop and we get under way. Good back and forth work from both men with
most of the match being dominated by Orton. A lot of work outside the ring
with Cena getting thrown into the guard rail twice and through the steps as
well. Orton manages to avoid the FU once but does end up with a Five Knuckle
Shuffle. The ref gets bumped and Cena locks in the STFU. Orton taps but
there’s nobody there to see it. Khali comes out with the title, gives Cena a
double handed choke slam and leaves. Everybody is down now, with the ref
getting up first. Orton rolls over on Cena and gets the two count. The match
ends as Orton goes for the RKO but gets pushed away by Cena who sets him up
for the FU. Cena hits it and gets the pinfall win.
Cena stays around for a bit and the lights come back on once he eventually
leaves.
All and all an entertaining show that was hindered by a lack of recognizable
talent. A good portion of the matches had at least one person that nobody
cared about (i.e. Pulombo). The matches were still entertaining though and
this minor gripe may simply be due to a weakening Raw brand.
Biggest Pops:
1) Cena
2) The Hardys (though very close to, and maybe even, #1)
3) Cryme Tyme (honestly, probably because they were the first people
out. Excitement for the show starting etc.)
Biggest Heat:
1) Cade and Murdoch (once the match got started)
2) Shelton Benjamin
3) Kenny Dykstra
Though heel heat was fairly consistent throughout the night. Mixed reaction
for Orton who actually had a fairly decent cheering secion. He actually got
a great reaction from the crown but it was so mixed that I don’t think he
could fall under either category.
Match of the night was probably Cena versus Orton, although the Hardy’s
versus Cade and Murdoch match probably had the most crowd reaction. Mickie
versus Melina probably saw the most effort put into their match. That is to
say that they put on as good of a match as they would for a pay-per-view
while Cena and Orton managed to put off a great match that was maybe a
little bit predictable without anything too special other then Khali coming
out.
Great time all and all and hopefully we’ll get Smackdown out this way soon.
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