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6/11 WWE in Prague, C.R.: Triple H vs. Randy Orton, John Cena vs. Miz, Big Show vs. MVP Jun 13, 2009 - 3:30:25 PM
WWE Raw brand house show report
June 11, 2009
Prague, Czech Republic
Report by Michal Petrgal, Torch reader
This was the first time ever that WWE brought its product to the Czech Republic. Some people waited their whole lives for this opportunity because not everybody has options going to Germany or Austria for a house show. Lilian Garcia welcomed us in Czech language, which was pretty from her.
(1) Goldust beat William Regal. Goldust successfully tried to interact with fans and Regal's response was "How about that?" and the crowd laughed. Opener was sort of comedy match. Hornswoggle came down the aisle and bit Regal's ass and Goldust rolled him up for the win. Good short match with amazing atmosphere.
(2) Divas champion Maryse beat Kelly Kelly. Arrogant Divas champion Maryse kissed the referee before the start. Kelly was wonderful in person, great athletic performance. Maryse put Kelly in the Camel Clutch, but it was French Kiss that ended this another good match.
(3) Unified tag team champions Primo & Carlito Colon beat Cody Rhodes & Ted DiBiase, Jr. via DQ. This was great match. Legacy was absolute heels of the night. Rhodes has perfect body. The Colons tried to throw a t-shirt to the crowd, but they couldn't decide which one was going to do that. In result, they gave a t-shirt to the referee, but DiBiase stole it and ripped it apart. Legacy was furious, threw some chairs, and kicked to the steel steps. Primo was great, Carlito seemed bored. Ending came with DiBiase using steel chair as foreign object and attacking the champions which resulted in disqualification. Best match in a card so far.
(4) U.S. champion Kofi Kingston beat Matt Hardy. This "match" sucked. It last only few seconds until Kingston ended it all with Trouble in Paradise. Matt already had not cast but obviously he favored this hand so WWE decided to shorten this one. Little disappointing but fantastic atmosphere continued.
[10-minute intermission]
(5) Big Show beat MVP. Interesting confrontation. Big Show stopped in his entrance to the ring a heelishly stared at small kid for some time and then as true babyface he smiled at him and continued to the ring. MVP was surprised that a lot of fans cheered for Big Show. MVP delivered a beautiful Yakuza Kick in a corner. Then fans interaction was much bigger. As you can see sometimes on PPVs in big matches, fans boo for a heel's blow and cheer for a face' blow, so this was like a "booo-yeeeah" concert. Big Show tried to be heel but he was so cool and good person. Funny moment came when Show superkicked MVP but he missed it by about 30 centimeters. Crowd laughed a lot, but it was a great moment that fans didn't care about one botch. Big Show chokeslammed MVP and won.
(6) John Cena beat The Miz. Miz was the first and last wrestler with a promo. He said: "I want everybody to look at center of the ring and see how true winner looks like." He insulted fans's intelligence and then said "I am The Miz and I AM AWESOME!!!" John Cena had without a doubt the best pop of the night. A lot of fans wore Cena's t-shirts. I think Cena is number one in the Czech Republic. The Miz had great heat and argued with fans. It was very good serious/comedy match. Miz pulled out a nice suplex and neckbreaker, but then Cena hulked up and delivered Triple Death Combo (Protoplex, Five Knuckle Shuffle, and Attitude Adjustment) and arena the blew up. Cena won via pinfall.
(7) Triple H beat Randy Orton. Legend Killer had great heat as well as the rest of Legacy. Triple had the longest and most impressive entrance. Match was slow-paced with headlocks and collar and elbow tie-ups. Orton was furious and followed Legacy with heel practices. He kicked steps and threw chairs as well. Great response. The match had also strong "booo-yeeeah" moments. Orton twice tried RKO but was unsuccessful. On the other side, Hunter used Harley Race knee and great live Spinebuster. The first try of Pedigree didn't go well, but following this, Orton hit the exposed turnbuckle and then took a Pedigree for the loss. Triple H and Lilian Garcia were the only ones celebrating with fans aftermath.
Show was unbelievably short - 90 minutes. Crowd was superb, hot for whole time and very interactive. WWE superstars seemed satisfied with our response. Card did not have a WWE Championship match, Batista, or Jeff Hardy (he should have performed here as a surprise from Smackdown). I think WWE would return to the Czech Republic soon. Fantastic experience.
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