Report sent in by Chris Buonacquisto

I just got back from the RAW house show in Bridgeport, CT and it was a very
good show all around.

The show started promptly at 7:30 pm and the arena was mostly full with no
areas tarped off.

The merchandise stand was very typical and predictable with nothing
noteworthy at all. Cena, Batista, Punk, HBK, Jericho, Hardy's...all you
would expect because it sells well to children.

Before the show starts, Tony Chimel announces that GM Adamle wanted us to be
involved so he said we can decide the stipulation for the World Title Match
by texting a letter to the particular number. The choices were: Falls Count
Anywhere, 2-out of-3 Falls, or No DQ.

Match #1 - Snitsky v. Primeau Colon
- Thought it was going to be a snoozefest but turned out to be quite a nice
little match. Colon was impressive and seems very athletic. Snitsky went
for the big boot in the corner, Colon rolled him up for the win.
Winner : Primeau Colon

Kelly Kelly went into the crowd to ask a fan a trivia question for a
"special prize". The question was "Where was WrestleMania held this year?"
The guy got it right and he won 4 front row tickets.

Match #2 - Lance Cade v. D-Lo Brown
- Gotta love having D-Lo back. Good back and forth match. Brown hit his
spots but missed a Frog Splash at the end. Cade hit him with his sit-down
spinebuster for the pin.
Winner : Lance Cade

Match #3 - Jaime Noble v. William Regal
- Very technical match with Regal dominating throughout. Regal tried to go
for the Regal Stretch, Noble turns it into a backslide for the W.
Winner : Jaime Noble

Match #4 for the World Tag Team Championships - Priceless v. Cryme Tyme
- Priceless cuts a promo saying that C.T. should apologize for stealing the
belts and that we are all thieves too for cheering for it. This prompts
them to come out and the match begins. Pretty standard heel v. face tag
match. Shad has DiBiase pinned but Cody comes off the top behind the ref's
back to allow DiBiase to roll over for the pin. Priceless celebrates with
the belts again in their possession until C.T. attacks them and steals the
belts once again.
Winners and still Champs : Priceless

Match #5 for the Women's Championship - Beth Phoenix v. Mickie James
- Very good women's bout, these two work very well together. Mickie once
again falls to Beth after her front face slam.
Winner and still Champion : Beth Phoenix

Intermission

Match #6 for the Intercontinental Championship - Santino Marella v. Kofi
Kingston
- Santino cuts a great promo about Glamarella's big win at SummerSlam and
even though partner's have to have each other's back, every once in a while,
they have a rough day. He then proceeds to comfort Beth and saying its ok
she was a little off at Slam, and that he had her back and thats why they
won the belts. Beth leaves the ring and Santino yells, "you did good! you
did good!" Very good match with your typical high spots. Kofi goes for a
monkey flip in the corner, Beth holds Santino's leg so he doesnt budge,
Santino capitalizes for the duke.
Winner and still Champ : Santino Marella

Match #7 for the World Championship - CM Punk v. JBL in a No DQ Match
-Typical brawl with lots of cookie sheets, trash can lids, the MIC and the
steps. Punk nails the GTS for the W in a very good match. Crowd was behind
Punk the whole night.
Winner and still Champ : CM Punk

Match #8 - John Cena and Batista v. Chris Jericho and Kane
- Y2J cuts an awesome promo which garners him loads of heat. Cena and
Batista were insanely over with the crowd! Classic heel v. face main
event. Cena played the face in peril for a long while. John Cena's dad was
in the front row and Jericho made it a point to drop Cena on the rail right
in front of him. Batista gets the hot tag and goes rabid. Doubleteam on
Kane, Jericho attempts to save but just walks out on Kane. Cena hits the
FU, Batista hits the spinebuster for the win in a very good main event.

Biggest Pops:
1. Cena/Batista - no question
2. CM Punk - insanely over too
3. Kofi Kingston
4. Cryme Tyme

Biggest Heat:
1. JBL
2. Jericho
3. Lance Cade
4. Priceless

Overall, it was a very solid show put on the stars of RAW. CM Punk is
really getting a great following which is good. Cena and Batista are always
over in Connecticut so its no surprise they were the biggest pops of the
night. Very enjoyable night of wrestling. No mention of a return.