Results from RAW Live
Sunday, January 24, 2010
Assembly Hall - Champaign, IL
1. Chris Masters d. ??? with the Master Lock. We arrived as this match was ending and I couldn't quite see who Masters was wrestling.
2. Mark Henry & Evan Bourne d. Legacy after a slam from Henry. I thought Legacy did a lot of good classic (ie, "vintage") heel moves (a sore knee from Ted and them yelling at the crowd) that made people want to see Henry and Bourne win even more.
The Miz came out to talk about being a fighting champion and how much better he is than MVP.
3. The Miz d. MVP, Carlito and Primo to retain the United States title after MVP hit the Playmaker on Carlito and the Miz shoved him out of the ring to get the pin. Lots of throwing one or two guys out of the ring for some one-on-one action. But, to their credit, they all did a pretty sweet Tower of Doom suplex on the Miz. I've never seen WWE do that in all the events I've been to.
4. Gail Kim & The Bella Twins d. Alicia Fox, Jillian Hall and Maryse (I think). Santino Marella was the guest referee and got involved.
5. Jack Swagger issued an over-the-top-rope challenge to hype the Royal Rumble. He was quickly disposed of by the Big Show.
6. Randy Orton d. Kofi Kingston after two RKOs. Lots of near-falls and finishes and was probably the match of the night. I noticed there were definitely a lot more boos for Orton than there were cheers for Kofi. Not a lot of people seemed to rally for Kofi, and Orton had a very mixed reaction (with more boos than cheers, though).
7. John Cena d. Sheamus by DQ in a WWE title match. The match itself was pretty boring and repetitious. Sheamus would perform a hold for awhile or a series of moves only for Cena to fire back and get trapped by Sheamus again. The ending saw Sheamus shove the referee, and as Cena tripped him into the STF, Sheamus tapped and the ref got up to call for the bell. People were going nuts thinking Cena won, only to really boo Sheamus hard when he retained the belt.
Afterwards, John Cena gave Sheamus the Attitude Adjustment, did some posing and gave high-fives around ringside.
Other notes:
-Kelly Kelly was the guest hostess. All she did was let a kid be the guest bellkeeper for the Legacy match.
-Hornswoggle and Kelly threw out merchandise before intermission.
-Triple H was advertised to wrestle the Big Show, so I thought he might've been reshuffled to the main event. I bet a lot of kids were disappointed because there were DX glowsticks everywhere.
