US Cellular Arena
Cedar Rapids, IA
September 8, 2002
The stars of Raw head to Cedar Rapids, Iowa for a house show on this Sunday evening. Raw's main event for the upcoming Unforgiven pay-pew-view might be Intercontinental Champion Rob Van Dam vs World Heavyweight Champion Triple H. Let's see what else Raw has to offer on the house show circuit.
Match 1
Spike Dudley vs Johnny Stamboli
Same match from last week with the same result. Spike wins with the Acid Drop.
Winner: Dudley by pinfall
Match 2
Justin Credible vs Shelton Benjamin
Same match from last week and Benjamin wins it with the dragon whip.
Winner: Benjamin by pinfall
Match 3
D-Lo Brown vs Raven
Same match as all week and this time D-Lo wins it with the Lo Down.
Winner: D-Lo by pinfall
Match 4
Steven Richards vs Bradshaw
The ECW alumni gets his head taken off by the clothesline from hell. Bradshaw wins.
Winner: Bradshaw by pinfall
Match 5
Trish Stratus and Jacqueline vs Victoria and WWE Women's Champion Molly Holly
Stacy Keibler was the special guest referee and Molly wins it with the Flair pin on Trish.
Winners: Victoria and Molly by pinfall
Match 6
Bubba Ray Dudley vs Chris Jericho
Same match as last week with the same result. Jericho wins it with the Walls of Jericho.
Winner: Jericho by pinfall
Match 7
Test vs Jeff Hardy
This was an interesting match as Test got physical with referee Charles Robinson. Test pushed Charles and Charles pushed back....right into a Hardy roll up for the win.
Winner: Hardy by pinfall
Match 8
William Regal and Christopher Nowinski vs Booker T & Goldust vs Lance Storm & Christian for the WWE Tag Team Championship in an elimination match
Elimination match meaning one team survives. Booker T took out Nowinski with the scissors kick but Test interfered to hit Goldust with the big boot, aiding Storm & Christian to victory.
Winners: Storm and Christian by pinfall (still tag team champions)
Match 9
Tommy Dreamer vs Big Show in a No Disqualification Match
Years later this would be an "extreme rules" match but for now its simply No-DQ. Show wins it with a chokeslam on a garbage can.
Winner: Big Show by pinfall
Match 10
Rob Van Dam vs Triple H for the World Heavyweight Championship
As was the standard, the main event of a ppv would be on the house show circuit to build chemistry for the two involved. Rob's IC title was not on the line in this match. Triple H hit a low blow then the pedigree for the victory.
Winner: HHH by pinfall (still World Heavyweight Champion)
If you're wondering why this was the same card as last week, the internet was in its infancy and camera phones didn't exist. Facebook and Myspace didn't exist so unless you had a Geocities or Angelfire page, nobody knew these matches existed. They could run the same card on each house show and nobody would be the wiser. Still, a 10 match card featuring almost the whole roster is nothing to sneeze at. The stars of Smackdown were in the Gund Arena in Cleveland on this night for their own house show. I'll see you there.
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