WWE House Show Results from MSG, New York City 8/23/08
    Submitted by PainLord on Sunday, August 24, 2008 at 1:21 AM EST



    Report sent in by Ron Stevens

    Announcer was Tony Chimel. Special host for the evening was Kelly Kelly. Should've been a sell out and the crowd was hot throughout.

    Primo Colon d.. William Regal
    - Big time heat on Regal. Match had a slow pace but was good. Colon won with a roll-up.

    Lance Cade d. D-Lo Brown
    - D-Lo made a surprise appearance last year in a dark match before RAW at MSG, so he didn't get the same big reaction this time around. This match was solid and picked up the win with a sit-down spine buster.

    Beth Phoenix d. Mickie James to retain the Women's championship.
    - One of the better women's matches I've seen. Beth wins with her finisher.

    Jaime Noble d. Snitzky.
    - This match killed the crowd.. Noble came out with a little boy as his special manager for the night. Noble won with some sort of choke submission. He raised the boy's hands in the air after his victory and as soon as boy left, Snitzky attacks Noble from behind.

    Priceless (Rhodes/Dibiase) d. Cryme Tyme to retain the tag belts.
    - Rhodes and Dibiase cut a nice promo before the match in which they demanded to be given back their tag belts, which Cryme Tyme reluctantly did.. The crowd was pumped for this one, as Cryme Tyme were in their hometown. The finish was weird. Rhodes dropped a double-ax hammer on Shad when he had a pin attempt on Dibiase, then Dibiase made the cover for the win. I don't know if Rhodes used some weapon or not, I couldn't tell. After the match, CT attacked Priceless from behind and stole the belts back.

    INTERMISSION

    Santino Marella d. Kofi Kingston
    - Santino cut a promo before the match which I missed most of. I did catch the final part when he claimed that he had a new finisher that nobody will be able to get up from. Decent, what you would expect from these two. Santino won with a rollup which looked sort of botched. It seemed as though Santino wanted to put his feet on the ropes but was too far off but still got the 3-count.

    Batista and John Cena d. Kane and Chris Jericho.
    - Big ovations for both Cena and Batista. Jericho came out a nice pop but then cut a promo on HBK before the match that turned the fans against him. Cena hit the FU on Kane for the victory..

    CM Punk d. JBL to retain the World Heavyweight championship in a steel cage match.
    - It took the crew about less than 10 minutes to set up the cage. There was a big spot where Punk jumped off the top of the cage to hit a leg-drop but missed. Finish came when both guys were near the door, and JBL gave a big right-hand that made Punk fly out through the door to get the win. JBL tried to attack Punk after the match but was given the GTS for his efforts.

    Overall a solid show in a front of a very hot Garden crowd. Chimel announced that the WWE will be coming back to MSG soon but I couldn't hear him clearly.

    BIGGEST POPS:
    1. CENA
    2. BATISTA
    3. CRYME TYME
    4. CM PUNK

    BIGGEST HEAT
    1. REGAL
    2. JERICHO
    3. PRICELESS
    4. JBL




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