DECC Arena
Duluth, MN
May 24, 2002
The stars of Raw made their way to Duluth, Minnesota for this special Friday night house show. We've been running the same matches on the circuit as last week so it doesn't look like there will be any change this week. Let's get to the action.
Match 1
Jacqueline vs Crash Holly
The same inter-gender match as last week with the same exact result. Jacqueline wins.
Winner: Jacqueline
Match 2
Tommy Dreamer vs WWE Hardcore Champion Steven Richards
The ECW alumni do battle again for the Hardcore championship. I always said they should have just changed the name of the "Hardcore" title to just the "ECW" title since Vince bought the rights to it from Paul Heyman. Richards takes it with the Stevie Kick.
Winner: Richards by pinfall (still Hardcore champion)
Match 3
Bubba Ray Dudley vs Brock Lesnar
They were building toward a TV match so they put these two together to get some chemistry. Lesnar got the duke.
Winner: Lesnar
Match 4
Matt Hardy vs X-Pac
Ironically Pac and the Hardy's were around 7 years earlier so to see them in 2002 is a bit surreal. Pac gets the win here.
Winner: X-Pac
Match 5
Bradshaw vs Booker T
The nWo's newest member takes on the big rough Bradshaw here. Bradshaw got the victory.
Winner: Bradshaw
Match 6
Justin Credible and Goldust vs Shawn Stasiak and D-Lo Brown
What the hell is this hodge podge? This is the kind of match to open the show with, not this far into it. Either way, D-Lo and Stasiak win.
Winners: D-Lo Brown & Shawn Stasiak
Match 7
Molly Holly vs Trish Stratus for the WWE Women's Championship
Molly vs Trish again since Jackie was busy in the opening match. Trish gets the victory to retain the title.
Winner: Trish Stratus (still Women's Champion)
Match 8
Spike Dudley vs William Regal for the WWE European Championship
This has been a feud for a while and once again Regal wins it to retain.
Winner: Regal (still European champion)
Match 9
Rob Van Dam vs Eddie Guerrero for the WWE Intercontinental Championship
The big feud going on at the time and delivered in the ring almost every single time. Guerrero takes the match to retain.
Winner: Guerrero (still IC Champion)
Another standard house show as we build past Judgment Day and on to King of The Ring. The lack of star power on Raw is a bit of an issue considering its the flag ship show and no Stone Cold on this one, at least in a match anyway. The next show after this is tomorrow's double shot in Canada. The stars of Raw will venture to Winnipeg, Manitoba while Smackdown heads to Saskatchewan. We'll be doing the Raw show first up in Winnipeg, I'll see you there.
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