Thanks to Clancy Gilpatrick:
Just got back from the Raw at the Arena and thought I would send you the results from Heat and the dark match and my thoughts on the show.
Dark Match:
Chris “The Masterpiece” Masters def. Julio Dinero
Julio was announced from Baltimore and got a big pop. Masters was booed long before he opened his mouth and showed decent charisma.
Heat Matches:
Val Venis def. Viscera
Christian def. Can’t remember and I should
Rhyno/Tajiri def. La Resistance
GENE SNITSKY!! massacred Danny Morrison(Doring)
Shelton Benjamin def. Stevie Richards
Watch Heat if only to watch SNITSKY’s clothesline in the corner on Doring.
After Raw went off the air, Orton gave HHH a 2nd RKO after HHH sold the first one for ever.
Random Thoughts:
I really enjoyed the show live.
As far as crowd reactions, the crowd was not that live tonight. They popped for very little and were quiet through the “Desire” video with really no pops for anyone but Hogan, Rock and Austin and those were not all that loud. They had about 35% of the arena tarped off. I would say the rest of the arena was about 80% full, whatever that would be. Also there was NO heat for the Hassan promo, and that was the most aggressive of them all. No sense trying to be subtle. Why wait and let the audience figure it out on their own when they really just want you to boo them as heels.
Randy Orton is absoulutely the #1 baby face on the show. There were more people wearing Orton shirts than any one else. It seemed like every other person was wearing some kind of Orton merch.
Edge is crazy over with the girls. I mean REALLY over and the dudes really dislike him.
HHH got the 2nd biggest babyface pop of the night when he came out for the triple threat.
The crowd is also begging for Batista to turn on Evolution. I hope they wait to pull the trigger but you know how that goes.
