WrestleSlam

Most of you know I went to Monday Night Raw on November 16, 2009. I have my live report below and pictures under the "WWE Live Gallery" on the nav. bar. 

They opened the show with a dark match, Ted DiBiase vs. Primo, which DiBiase won.  The crowd was actually pretty into this, I have to say, I was surprised how into the match everyone was.  DiBiase must have gotten half cheers and half boos and even Primo got a good amount of cheers.  The match itself was a pretty good match, one of the best drak matches I can remember, not just a throw-away match.

Then the announcer were brought out, Cole was booed half to hell and Jerry Lawler was got a massive pop like he always does.

Lilian Garcia (yes, she was there), came out to sing the Star Spangled Banner.  She was there as a one time thing, becuase she is from New York.  The pop she got was crazy, one  of the loudest of the night.

Next they taped Cody Rhodes vs. Mark Henry for WWE Superstars.  Cody was booed with some cheers, but not as many as Ted.  Henry is crazy over, he was always over as a heel, but as a face, it's insane, when he lifts his arms and the section of the arena stnads up, its one of the craziest things you've ever seen.  I was in the 100 sections, so not in the nosebleeds at all (pretty good, actually), but still looking downwards at the ring and floor seats, it was crazy to see the sections stand when Henry lifted his arms.

There was a break before they went to Raw and during those 10 minutes the entire arena filled up.

Raw opened with the backstage segment with Piper and becuase they didn't have the big tron, the arena was watching it on the smaller screens on the ceiling, the crowd was so loud, I'd be lying if I said I hard 50% of what Piper said.

The Miz comes out and gets his usual boos, one of the few heels who really gets no cheers, but when he starts talking, the place just explodes, that was the loudest the crowd got all night.  The match againt MVP was very good, the crowd behind MVP, but more so against the Miz.

Next Chavo comes out to somewhat of a reaction, nothing big at all, then Santino comes out and gets a massive pop.  Then he starts taking off the jerseys and gets even more a pop.  The match OK, the crowd very behind Santino and Hornswoggle actually got a nice pop, he always does, but it was pretty big for him this time.  Santino wins and the crowd goes nuts, huge pop, then DX comes out to a massive pop.  The place wouldn't settle down for them, it was insane.  they do there merch plugs and stuff, then call Hornswoggle out, he comes out to a nice pop again, and they go into their line.  When Triple H pedigreed Hornswoggle he got a decent pop, but not huge.  They go under the ring and the crowd blows back up again, then they carry Hornswoggle out to a nice pop, but it did die down, I guess poeple didn't know what to make of it.

The Divas match seemed like it got a nice pop, but I was out on the concourse on a food line and missed the match, and got back just as the Divas were leaving the ring.

Sheamus comes out to all heat, not a HUGE amount of heat, but all heat, no cheers.  He attacks the time keeper, which seems to kind of loose the crowd.  But when he kicks Lawler, that got the crowd back up.  The biggest pop of the segment, though, was for Lawler when he was being taken back after he got up from being kicked.

Bourne comes out to an OK reaction, but not much.  Swagger is booed, but again not too much.  The crowd was into the match, but not very much.

Roddy Piper comes out to a huge pop, but the crowd settles down before he starts the talk.  He calls out Vince which gets a pretty big pop itself.  When Vince comes out he got a loud mix of boos and cheers, really was 50-50.  When Piper said he wanted a match, the crowd went crazy and when Vince announced he retired from in ring action, the crowd went crazier.  Later on when Piper comes back out, he gets the same huge pop.  Orton got cheers and boos, but mostly boos.  When he kicks Piper the crowd goes nuts, then Kofi comes out and gets a very nice pop.  They fight and the crowd is very into it, then when Kofi put Orton through the table, the crowd went nuts, massive pop.

The Triple Threat Tag Team match main event.  JeriShow come out to a ton of heat and when Jericho starts talking the heat just gets louder and louder.  DX comes out to a massive pop, really huge.  Then Cena come out to a mixed reaction, mostly boos, but also cheers.  when the Undertaker's gong sounds the place got so loud.  it always gets loud with Undertaker, but this was something else, crazy loud.  the corwd settled down about when the bell rung.  Everyone was very into the match, which really was a great match.  Cena getting the win got a huge pop, then when Taker tombstoned Cena the place went absolutly nuts.

The crowd at MSG is always loud, so I out below who I thought got the biggest pops.

Most Heat
the Miz
JeriShow
Vince McMahon

Best Pop
the Undertaker
Lilian Garcia
Kofi Kingston (putting Orton through a table)
DX
Roddy Piper

You can see the pictures of the event at this link.