WWE Raw at 02 Arena
London, England
Wednesday 11th November
1) Chris Jericho won a battle royal to receive a WWE Title match with Cena in the main event. The match also involved - Big Show, Chavo, Chris Masters, Cody Rhodes, Jack Swagger, Kofi Kingston, Mark Henry, MVP, Randy Orton, Santino, Sheamus, Ted Dibiase and Miz (plus anyone else I may have forgotten).
2) Paul Burchill beat Hurricane.
3) Miz beat MVP to retain the US title.
4) Melina & Gail Kim beat Jillian & Alicia Fox.
5) Evan Bourne beat Chavo Guerrero.
6) Randy Orton beat Kofi Kingston.
7) DX beat Legacy.
8) John Cena beat Chris Jericho to retain in an excellent match.
Posted By: Guest#8193 (Guest) on November 12, 2009 at 12:48 AM
plus anyone else I may have forgotten
jay briscoe, neighbor kennedy, parmedic roy burns, nigel mansall, david boon, hilary clinton, ricardo carvalho..
Posted By: bhris cenoit (Guest) on November 12, 2009 at 01:18 AM
Sounds like a great night of action. The last three matches in particular sound excellent, and I wouldn't mind going out on a limb either by saying that MVP and the Miz probably had a great match.
Posted By: Dwayne (Guest) on November 12, 2009 at 02:06 AM
I was there too and it was a great show! Chris Jericho was giving a promo before his title match with Cena. Then a fan threw a DX glowstick which hit him in the face! Jericho got pissed and started yelling
'Who the hell did that, come on! Give me what you got!'
At that point hundreds of glowsticks showered Jericho from all angles!
Posted By: Jimmy (Guest) on November 12, 2009 at 04:16 AM
Duh it is a house show. Stooooooooopid!! Raw is at MSG next Monday with Hot Rod as the guest host.
Posted By: Guest#2861 (Guest) on November 12, 2009 at 04:27 AM
so MVP was both in a single match AND a royal rumble?
Posted By: Guest#4925 (Guest) on November 12, 2009 at 05:00 AM
It was a good event, I was there in attendance. Jericho dared the crowd to throw their DX glowsticks at him after sumone threw one and it hit Jericho! Then a few hundred glowsticks were thrown, was crazy.
Main event was PPV worthy
Posted By: Woz8005 (Registered) on November 12, 2009 at 09:00 AM
Yes it was a house show and a great one at that.
The opening battle royal came down to Y2J, Henry, Santino and Big Show (Orton and Kofi were eliminated at the same time by Show). Santino got a huge chant when it came down to those four and he tried his hilarious Cobra attack on Big Show.... it didn't work again. Chris dumped out both the big men and was thrown over the ropes by the Italian, but like Shawn/Bulldog 95 Jericho held on and eliminated Sanatana for the win.
Burchill beat the Hurricane. It was rather sad how not over Burchill was in his home city. He won clean with the Jackhammer however.
MVP on the other hand was hugely over while Miz got a good reaction for his catchphrase. Miz won with the Stroke.
The women's match was surprisingly good. Fox really impressed me and her and Kim seem to have good chemistry. Jillian sang Oops I Did It Again before the match if you wanted to know that.... Melina won with her finisher.
Bourne beat Chavo in a good match with the Air Bourne. Some people around me were amazed at how competitive Chavo was.
After an intermission we got Orton and Kofi. Very mixed reaction to Orton, he got a big pop on his entrance music and whenever he did his arm pose on the turnbuckles. Kofi missed the Trouble in Paradise after Orton ducked and then got RKO'd to a huge pop.
DX are amazingly super over!! I hate HHH, but even I marked out to their DX shtick. Some people around me started a "You screwed Bret" chant, but sadly it didn't catch on... The match ended when Hornswoggle entered and gave Cody the Sweet Shin Music before DX hit both their finishers for the victory. After the match Hornswoggle imitated HBK's pose and HHH' water spit. Again I don't overly like Horny, but it's very funny when you're there.
Cena again was very over, but Jericho had his own supporters too and we got to have duel chants, which are always fun. Funny moment prior to the match as Y2J was doing a promo and someone threw a DX glow stick at him. Chris challenged whoever did it to a fight and then everyone started throwing them at him! After escaping about five FU attempts and kicking out of one Cena hit the RKO off the turnbuckles for the win. Great match, MOTN for sure.
After the match Cena put over the 50 minute Raw match two years ago in London and said he heard chants for both men. Then he said "tonight I heard chants for both myself and Jericho and said that was cool and that's what makes London special" or something to that extent.
Good night.
Posted By: Tim (Guest) on November 12, 2009 at 09:12 AM
Wait......what? Is this a house show?
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Effectively, yes. The WWE advertise these shows as brand-specific events over here in the UK; so you have a RAW show and an ECW/Smackdown show. The RAW show has been advertised as a DX 'invasion', whereas the SD! one has advertised the 'homecoming' of the decrepit phenom himself.
Saying that, the Burchill match seems an odd inclusion.
Posted By: Chungles (Guest) on November 12, 2009 at 10:06 AM
Wait,Cena hit an RKO off the top????
Posted By: Gary (Guest) on November 12, 2009 at 11:18 AM
Nice, the battle royal came down to Jericho and Santino...with a near-victory by Santino...wish I could've seen it.
Posted By: Guest#6719 (Guest) on November 12, 2009 at 11:25 AM
"so MVP was both in a single match AND a royal rumble? "
OMG, so was Chris Jericho!!! LOLZ
Posted By: Citizen Payne (Guest) on November 12, 2009 at 11:54 AM
Im glad I sold my front row ringside tickets for this show on ebay. It has become so crap I cant take it anymore. I grew up with great the attitude era so trying to watch todays crap is like torture for me. Just simply unbearable!
Posted By: Guest#2629 (Guest) on November 12, 2009 at 07:05 PM
"Wait,Cena hit an RKO off the top???? "
Whoops, sorry my bad! He hit an FU obviously!
Posted By: Tim (Guest) on November 12, 2009 at 07:17 PM
Im glad I sold my front row ringside tickets for this show on ebay. It has become so crap I cant take it anymore. I grew up with great the attitude era so trying to watch todays crap is like torture for me. Just simply unbearable!
Posted By: Guest#2629 (Guest) on November 12, 2009 at 07:05 PM
Thats a shame, you missed out on 1 of the best shows I have ever been to with an absolutely stellar main event! And I even got to go to shows during the attitude era!
Posted By: Jimmy (Guest) on November 13, 2009 at 11:45 AM
