(1) Zack Ryder beat Santino Marella. Santino came out to a good pop first, then Ryder came out to a decent amount of heat. Back and forth five minute match, then Santino hit the Cobra. Ryder rolled to the ropes, then got up and hit the Zack Attack for the win.
(2) MVP & Christian beat Carlito & Chavo Guerrero. Forgettabl, back and forth match. Chavo tried a frog splash after Three Amigos on Christian, but MVP knocked Carlito out of the picture. The distraction allowed Christian to move and hit the Killswitch for the win. MVP had the loudest pop.
RAW Notes
After Raw went off the air, Batista remained standing/straddling John Cena. Sheamus's music then hit and he came running down to the ring. Dave pointed to Cena, who rolled to the ropes and Sheamus began attacking him. They double-teamed him and the crowd started chanting "Triple H" until his music hit to the loudest pop of the night. He cleared house and asked John if he had one more fight in him. Of course, he did.
Post-Raw Dark match: John Cena & Triple H beat WWE champion Batista & Sheamus. They did a great job not giving away either WrestleMania singles match and pairing up the opposite WrestleMania opponent. (Triple H was still in street clothes.) The technical guys then accidently cued up Hunter's music while he was standing on the apron. The crowd was confused and Hunter played it off by pointing to his chest and acting with it. I actually can say for the first time in ages I got behind Hunter after that.
Cena made the hot tag, Hunter cleared house on Sheamus doing his routine, and he had him set up for a Pedigree, but Batista made the save with a forearm to the back. Cena then came in and gave Batista an Attitude Adjustment followed by Hunter hitting a Pedigree for the win. Batista and Sheamus rolled out as Hunter and Cena then celebrated. Cena made a quick escape as Hunter took his shirt off and high-fived everyone who had a ringside seat all the way up the entranceramp and to the back. He posed and walked back to the locker room to close the show.
Great show live. It seemed like on TV there would have been a lot of dead spots in second hour.
Biggest Pops
-- Triple H for the save post-Raw
-- John Cena
-- Undertaker
-- Randy Orton in the Legacy match
-- Jerry Lawler
-- MVP
-- Kofi run-in
Biggest Heat
-- Miz Show
-- Vince McMahon
-- Legacy
-- Sheamus
"They did a great job not giving away either WrestleMania singles match"
It's called a dark match. That means only a few thousand people will most likely ever see it. Thus, IT IS IMPOSSIBLE TO "GIVE AWAY" A 'MANIA MATCH.
Posted By: Tom Talker (Guest) on March 09, 2010 at 01:58 AM
Batista remained standing/straddling John Cena
Wat?
Posted By: Guest#8198 (Guest) on March 09, 2010 at 02:51 AM
No shit, Sherlock. A lot of times in those post-TV show dark matches, they will run the next PPV's main event, as a treat to the fans and sometimes as a run-through for the wrestlers involved. He's just saying that by keeping Cena in the ring with Sheamus and Batista in there with HHH, they weren't even giving the Mania matches away to the crowd who was there. Just shut the fuck up, idiot.
Posted By: Rob (Guest) on March 09, 2010 at 07:01 AM
HHH will beat Sheamus at WM. Sheamus will put HHH out of commission on the post WM Raw. The feud will continue at Summerslam when HHH returns from his sabbatical.
Posted By: Propagandhi (Guest) on March 09, 2010 at 07:18 AM
I still give Sheamus a small chance of beating HHH at WM. Either way the feud has to continue. There is worse ways of doing things than giving Sheamus the WM rub and HHH getting his comeback revenge. Personally I'd like HHH to turn heel and feud with HBK but I don't know how they would make that happen.
Posted By: Propagandhi (Guest) on March 09, 2010 at 07:20 AM
why must someone always have to act like a rotten little shit??...tom please just go in the corner & play with your erector set & let the rest of us enjoy the build up to wrestlemania..people like you need to get a life & quit bitching about every little thing
Posted By: stxdude (Guest) on March 09, 2010 at 08:27 AM
"I actually can say for the first time in ages I got behind Hunter after that."
Well I bet he is so relieved.
Posted By: VINTAGE JAY (Guest) on March 09, 2010 at 09:40 AM
Batista remained standing/straddling John Cena
Wat?
Posted By: Guest#8198 (Guest) on March 09, 2010 at 02:51 AM
When the show closed on TV, Batista was standing over Cena, with a foot on either side of him, thus straddling. It does not mean he was sitting on him or performing any sexual actions your pea brain may come up with.
And for the "giving away" the Mania match... dark matches are just that, which have no weight on anything televised. Plus, creating the tag match is a great way to keep them working to give the live crowd a treat without having to do any "special" spots that are saved for Mania.
Posted By: MPMoore (Guest) on March 09, 2010 at 11:20 AM
Triple H - "You still got a little fight left in you?"
*Cena nods*
Triple H - How about you and me against Batista and the pasty-face tea-bag?"
(Yes, this dialogue actually occured.)
Posted By: A-Ron (Guest) on March 09, 2010 at 02:01 PM
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