Bryce Jordan Center
State College, PA
November 8, 2002
The stars of Raw invade State College, Pennsylvania for a Friday night house show 9 days before Survivor Series. The house show circuit this weekend should stem from last week's Raw so let's see if there's anything new & exciting or the same old, same old.
Match 1
Rico vs Raven
Kind of an odd match to start the show since these two really have no beef, not to mention Raven hadn't been seen on Raw in a while. Raven still gets the win though.
Winner: Raven
Match 2
D-Lo Brown and Johnny Stamboli vs 3 Minute Warning (Rosey and Jamal)
Kind of a hodge podge with D-Lo and Stamboli taking on the Samoan hit squad. 3 Minute Warning win this one.
Winners: Rosey & Jamal
Match 3
Justin Credible vs Batista
Once again they're feeding Justin Credible to Batista just like this week's Raw. Only this time he's made his Raw debut so the fans should start getting into him down. Batista wins it with the sit-down powerbomb.
Winner: Batista by pinfall
Match 4
Christian vs Bubba Ray Dudley in a Tables Match
Two weeks ago Bubba Ray Dudley and Jeff Hardy had a hell of a tag match with Christian and Chris Jericho on Raw so here we have half of that match against each other in a Dudley special tables match. Bubba won it.
Winner: Bubba Ray Dudley
Match 5
Test vs Booker T
Another random match with Test not having beefed with Booker T since the dissolution of the Unamericans. Still, Booker wins it with the scissors kick.
Winner: Booker by pinfall
Match 6
Steven Richards vs Tommy Dreamer in a Singapore Cane Match
The ECW alumni go at it for old times sake in a half-ass weapons match. Dreamer got the win here.
Winner: Dreamer by pinfall
Match 7
Christopher Nowinski vs Al Snow
Teacher vs pupil as Tough Enough graduate Nowinski takes on Al Snow. Snow wins it with a snowplow.
Winner: Snow by pinfall
Match 8
Spike Dudley and Rob Van Dam vs William Regal and Lance Storm
ECW vs the old Unamericans....actually its 3/4 ECW with Storm there. RVD pinned Regal following the five star frog splash.
Winners: Van Dam & Dudley by pinfall
Match 9
Victoria (with Molly Holly) vs Trish Stratus (with Jacqueline) for the WWE Women's Championship
A Survivor Series preview with Stratus taking on the demented Victoria, only both women have backup. Trish takes it with Stratusfaction.
Winner: Trish by pinfall (still Women's Champion)
Match 10
Kane vs Triple H for the World Heavyweight Championship
Now that Kane has lost the unification match, nobody cares about him anymore with Shawn Michaels returning to active duty. Triple H wins when Kane goes apeshit on the referee, other referees and security. That's one way to end the night.
Winner: HHH by disqualification
I'd say this show was more or less what we had been getting on the houses give or take a few changes. No Chris Jericho on this card, maybe he or Jeff Hardy was nursing an injury so a tag match was changed to a single between Bubba & Christian. Either way it might have been an entertaining card to see live. Shawn still wasn't wrestling on the houses yet so they were running with Kane vs HHH which was probably stale by this point. Tomorrow is a double shot as both Raw and Smackdown are running Saturday house shows. Smackdown would be in Champaign, Illinois at the Assembly Hall. I'll see you there.
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