Halifax Forum
Halifax, Nova Scotia
November 2, 2002
The stars of Raw travel from Springfield, Massachusetts all the way to friggin Halifax, Nova Scotia for a Saturday night spot show. The stars of Smackdown were in Wilkes-Barre that night but the Raw crew went over the border to Canada. Most of the card was from the same run they had been doing with a few matches carried over from last night in Springfield. Let's get to it then.
Match 1
3 Minute Warning (Rosey & Jamal) vs Tommy Dreamer and Johnny Stamboli
No Mark Jindrak advertised this time, guess they liked what they saw out of Stamboli to keep him with Dreamer for this house show run. Rosey takes out Stamboli with the Samoan drop again.
Winners: 3 Minute Warning by pinfall
Match 2
Justin Credible vs Batista
Credible only had a few months left on his contract while Batista was being groomed for a run on television as a repackaged monster heel. Gee, I wonder who was going to win. Batista takes it with a sit-down powerbomb.
Winner: Batista by pinfall
Match 3
Christopher Nowinski vs Goldust
Same match from yesterday in Springfield with the same result. Goldust wins it with the Curtain Call.
Winner: Goldust by pinfall
Match 4
Test (with Stacy Keibler) vs Kane
Now that the god awful Katie Vick storyline is over with, Kane gets to move on from Triple H. Also Test gets to move on from Rob Van Dam as well on the house show circuit. Unfortunately for Test, Kane wins it with the tombstone.
Winner: Kane by pinfall
Match 5
Spike Dudley & The Hurricane vs William Regal & Lance Storm
The same match that had been on the house show circuit only this time the heels got the duke. Storm pinned Spike after a superkick. Guess Spike and Helms thought Storm deserved to win in his native Canada.
Winners: Lance Storm and William Regal by pinfall
Match 6
Raven vs D-Lo Brown
Once again Raven faces D-Lo on the house show circuit and once again D-Lo wins it with Sky High. Nothing new here.
Winner: D-Lo by pinfall
Match 7
Victoria and Molly Holly vs WWE Women's Champion Trish Stratus and Jacqueline
Funny how they threw Lance Storm a bone by having him win in his home country after jobbing on every house show in the States.....and Jackie takes the pin rather than give Trish the win. Oh well, Molly and Victoria get the duke.
Winners: Victoria and Molly Holly by pinfall
Match 8
Rob Van Dam vs Rico in a Martial Arts Match
No idea what they were going for by having Rico fight Rob Van Dam in a worked shoot but at least it was something new. RVD takes it with the 5 Star Frog Splash....just like in a real fight right?
Winner: Van Dam by pinfall
Match 9
Bubba Ray Dudley and Jeff Hardy vs Christian and Chris Jericho for the World Tag Team Championship
As mentioned yesterday, this match had been on the house show circuit and they found a way to put it on Raw this past Monday. If their match on Monday was any indication, this was a hell of a pairing. Brass threw Jericho and Christian a bone by making this the main event since they were both from Canada. Once again Jericho pinned Jeff after waffling him with a title belt.
Winners: Christian and Chris Jericho by pinfall (still World Tag Team Champions)
All in all the Canadians got their due with Storm picking up a victory and the tag title match put on last. Too bad Trish didn't win either but oh well. They were incorporating new matches even if some from the previous run were carrying over. Still, the problem with Raw was their god awful storylines were like a plague. I don't know what attendance was for Raw and Smackdown at the time but I wouldn't be surprised if Smackdown was drawing more. Still, without the storylines, this looks like a good card. Now while this was going on in Halifax, Smackdown had their own show in Wilkes-Barre going on plus an episode of Velocity was set to air. I'll see you in Wilkes-Barre.
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