WWE at Rushmore Plaza Civic Center (9/7/02)

Rushmore Plaza Civic Center

Rapid City, SD

September 7, 2002

The stars of Raw were in Sioux Falls, South Dakota last night and now they're in Rapid City for Saturday night's house show. We have a new World Heavyweight Champion in Triple H but Intercontinental Champion Rob Van Dam is hot on his trail. Let's get to the matches.

Match 1

Johnny Stamboli vs Spike Dudley

Same match as yesterday with the same result. 

Winner: Dudley

Match 2

Shelton Benjamin vs Justin Credible

Same match as yesterday but Shelton wins this one.

Winner: Benjamin

Match 3

Goldust and Bradshaw vs William Regal and Christopher Nowinski vs Christian and Lance Storm in a triple threat elimination tag match

Bradshaw was subbing for Booker T who was either sick, hurt or on assignment in this match. The faces eliminated Regal and Nowinski but Storm and Christian beat Goldust and Bradshaw to retain.

Winners: Storm and Christian (still tag team champions)

Match 4

Steven Richards (with Raven) vs D-Lo Brown

A mini Raven's Flock reunion has Raven in the corner of Steven against D-Lo Brown. Raven hit the Evenflow on Brown so Richards got the pin.

Winner: Richards by pinfall

Match 5

Chris Jericho vs Rob Van Dam for the WWE Intercontinental Championship

Finally a new match as RVD takes on Y2J for the IC strap. Van Dam wins it to retain.

Winner: Van Dam (Still IC Champ)

Match 6

Trish Stratus and Jacqueline vs Victoria and Molly Holly

Stacy Keibler is the special guest referee and she fast counts Trish and Jackie to give the win to Victoria and Molly.

Winners: Victoria and Molly Holly

Match 7

Tommy Dreamer vs Big Show in a Street Fight

Rematch from Raw only with ECW rules. Big Show still got the win.

Winner: Big Show

Match 8

Bubba Ray Dudley vs Triple H for the World Heavyweight Championship

Usually house show matches are practice for a TV match coming up or a rematch from the prior week. In this case, we may be seeing Bubba vs HHH on TV. HHH wins this one.

Winner: HHH (Still World Heavyweight Champion)

Seems like a solid show even if Booker T was out. HHH as the champion at least gives the rest of the roster something to fight for. Jericho vs RVD should be on TV soon, same with Bubba vs HHH. All in all it doesn't seem like a bad show. Next up on the list is tonight's episode of Velocity. I'll see you there.