WWE House Show Results 5/16/09

WWE Supershow Report: May 16, 2009
Bloomington, IL; US Cellular Coliseum

The arena was about 80% full. Lots of WWE fans chatting at the local
bars and pubs. Lots and lots of kids in attendance! Tony Chimmel was on
announcing duty. This was the first show WWE has run in Bloomington, as
the arena was constructed like 2 or 3 years ago.

CM Punk def. Shelton Benjamin

This was a solid opener. The crowd was
strongly behind Punk, an Illinois native. Punk started out strong, but
Shelton dominated most of the match. There were a lot of
holds/counterholds balanced with hard-hitting wrestling. Lots and lots
of CM Punk chants during the match. Punk won by hitting the GTS and
getting the pinfall.

Before the second match, ECW Interim General Manager Tiffany appeared
in the crowd to hype ECW and ask a child a trivia question. Since he
got the question right, he and his family got to move to ringside
seating.

Tyson Kidd w/Natalya def. Evan Bourne

This was a pretty good match.
The crowd definitely died down for this one a little bit. Tyson Kidd
hit his finisher after David Hart Smith came out to ringside and
distracted Bourne. Then, the New Hart Foundation posed for the crowd.

Sheamus def. Jimmy Wang Yang

Sheamus (no longer being billed as
Sheamus O’Shaunessy) came out and introduced himself to draw heat.
Overall, a lackluster match. Sheamus got the pinfall after hitting his
finisher.

Undisputed WWE World Tag Team Championship Match – The Colons def. Priceless via DQ

Great match. Legacy beat down on Carlito for a greater part of the
match, but eventually he got the hot tag to Primo who started kicking
ass in the ring. The finish came when Dibiase was thrown out of the
ring, grabbed a chair, and hit Primo in the back against the ropes to
get Legacy DQ’d. The match was really starting to gain momentum, so the
DQ finish really drew Legacy a ton of heat.

R-Truth def. Dolph Ziggler

R-Truth’s entrance is extremely
entertaining live. Dolph came out and got on the mic. He tried to
introduce himself a bunch of times, but the crowd was so all over him
that he couldn’t talk. At one point, R-Truth grabbed the mic and made
fun of him: “Dolph’s soles are so thin that he stepped on a piece of
gum and knew what flavor it was!” Great, hard-hitting, back-and-forth
match between these two. It was a good match at this spot in the card,
as most of the other matches were heel dominated for the majority of
the time. R-Truth got the pinfall after hitting his flying corkscrew
elbow move. Seriously, Dolph had so much heat; way more than Orton,
Edge, or Show.

***Intermission***

The Bella Twins w/Hornswaggle def. Beth Phoenix & Rosa Mendez

Beth was cheered
about as much as she was booed, though the most surprising part of this
match was that the Bellas can both work pretty well. Average match that
ended with Hornswoggle coming out to distract Beth, who ran after him,
leaving Rosa to get pinned. Then, the Bellas and Hornswoggle celebrated
in the ring. Good pop for the leprechaun actually.

ECW World Heavyweight Championship Match – Christian def. Jack Swagger

Swagger came
out first and tried to cut a promo. He got a bit more out that Ziggler,
but not much. Basically, he was demanding the crowd respect him because he’s an “American hero.” Christian came out to a decent pop. Great back and forth match, complete with some aerial work by Christian, lots of reversals, and a bear hug by Swagger than he turned into a pin attempt by locking the hold and putting Christian’s shoulders to the mat. The match ended with Christian hitting the Killswitch after being blocked a
few times throughout the course of the match. Christian’s reception was
a little lackluster, given most of the youngsters in the crowd are
probably too young to have joined the rest of us in the Peepulation.

John Cena, Jeff Hardy, and
Batista def. Big Show & Rated-RKO

I think Orton’s entrance took about 5 minutes. He really does
walk slowly, but I guess he is a “viper” after all. The crowd was
clearly on the side of the faces in this match. Basically, your
standard 6-man tag match, but really fun for everyone. Each superstar
got their chance to shine. The heels beat down on Cena for a while,
then worked over Jeff. Batista came in and cleaned house. The match
ended with Batista and Cena double suplexing Big Show. Then, Batista
double-clotheslined Edge and Orton. Jeff hit the Swanton on Show, then
Cena picked him up for the Attitude Adjustment. Overall, this was a
really fun match that was definitely the match of the night. The heels
high-tailed it to the back while the babyfaces celebrated with the
crowd.

Overall, this was a really fun show that lasted 3 hours. I sat 5th row
in a lower bowl section and only had to pay $17.50 for my ticket, so I
got my money’s worth and then some. I’ve been to many WWE TV tapings, house shows, and pay-per-views (Wrestlemania 22, No Mercy 2007, Summerslam 2008), and this was one of the better wrestling events I’ve attended live. I’ll be in attendance at Judgment Day tomorrow, and this was definitely a great preview show for that. I’m pumped, and being an Illinois native, I know a lot of us here are pulling for Punk to cash
in MITB in Chi-town (his hometown) tomorrow night!

Biggest Pops:
1. John Cena
2. Jeff Hardy
3. Batista
4. CM Punk
5. R-Truth

Biggest Heat:
1. Dolph Ziggler (not even a contest for this one)
2. Jack Swagger
3. Legacy (especially for the DQ finish)
4. Main event heel team
5. New Hart Foundation

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17.50$ for that kind of seat?

Man, tix prices seemed to have dropped quite a bit since the last time I went to a WWE event.