ROOK'S LIVE EVENT SYNOPSIS!!!!!!!!!
From Mile One Stadium, St.John's, Newfoundland
Cue "Welcome to the Jungle"
Out comes Howard Finkle to a decent pop. The Fink welcome's us and thanks us for being in attendance and lays the ground rules (no video cameras, lazer pointers, etc.) The Fink asks us to stand for the Canadian Nation Anthem, which is interrupted halfway through by La Resistance. Apperantly, their anti-Canadian as well, as they proceed to badmouth Newfoundlanders. Rene Dupree gets big time laughs when he says in a weird half French/half Newfie accent "Ya can kiss me arse, b'ys!" Then out runs Spike Dudley to another decent pop.
SPIKE DUDLEY DEF. RENE DUPREE - Standard Spike match, in which Spike got the roll-up after knocking Dupree into Conway and pulling the tights. Spike got a small ECW chant at the start of the match, and the crowd cheered for every Dudley Dawg.
VAL VENIS AND LANCE STORM DEF. JOBBERS - I didn't catch the names of their opponents, unfortunatley. Whenever Val was in the ring, the audience gave a non-stop "We want Lance" chant. High points of the match was Lance applying the Maple Leaf. Lance got the pin with a cross-body, and the crowd went nuts. Everyone was 100% behind Storm.
"This is a Test...."
Out comes Test, telling us all about how he and other mainlanders are right to joke and laugh about Newfs. We're all hillbillies, and need to buy toothbrushes. In fact, he's glad he left Canada, because it sucks, but Newfoundland is the worst place of all. However, his tirade is ended when the music hits...
"I'll Show You, You'll See!!!!"
STEVIE RICHARDS DEF. TEST - The crowd gave Stevie a decent sized pop as he ran into the ring and immediately hammered away at Test. The crowd loves Richards, and the highest point of the match was Richards gearing up for a Super Kick ala Shawn Michaels.
WOMEN'S FOURWAY ELIMINATION CHAMPIONSHIP MATCH - Contestants: Jazz, Lita, Molly, Trish. Biggest pop: Trish. Most Heat: Jazz. Jazz eliminates Lita, Trish eliminates Jazz, Molly eliminates Trish. Not a great match, but not bad either.
BATISTA DEF. THE HURRICANE - Huge pop for the Hurricane. Batista got some heat, but Randy Orton got the most when he ran out and interfered (followed up by Batista's sitdown powerbomb), costing Hurricane the match. I must say, Hurricane is a great seller. He took 2-3 minutes to get backstage. You would really believe he was injured.
Jindrak and Cade are out next, to some minor heat, but then Drop the Bombshell hits and the crowd goes wild. ENORMOUS pop, biggest pop of the night for the Dudleys. This is followed by a "We want Tables" chant. Cade says "the only way you idiots will see tables is when we put this guys through one" The tables chant then turns into an "Asshole" chant.
THE DUDLEYS DEF. JINDRAK AND CADE - The crowd really came alive for this one. I guess I was the only Newf who prefered The Mighty, Mighty CadeDraks. Highest point in the match was Spike making the save for his brothers after Jindrak got the table. One Dudley Dawg and a 3D later, Jindrak was through the table, pinned and thats all she wrote. After the match, the Dudleys shook hands with the fans and brought a little kid into the ring to pose with a piece of the table.
INTERMISSION
RANDY ORTON DEF. CHRISTIAN TO RETAIN THE IC TITLE - Christian played a total face. Huge pos for the following lines: "Orton, you're a stupid son of a bitch. But don't worry Batista. You're a stupid son of a bitch, too." and "I'm gonna win for all my St.John's peeps". The crowd really loves Christian. High spots included an early roll-up by Christian as Orton posed and flexed, and an Unprettier reversed into an RKO reversed into a Neckbreaker. The finish saw a belt shot followed by an RKO for Orton to retain.
Out comes Earl Hebner to HUGE heat and a "You screwed Bret" chant, followed by Matt Hardy, who gets cheap heat with a comment about beating Booker T the same way Michaels beat Hart.
BOOKER T DEF. MATT HARDY - Outstanding match. The crowd was really into it, but the only high spots were the Spin-a-Rooni and the Siccors Kick which put Hardy away.
MAIN EVENT: CHRIS JERICHO DEF. KANE - excellent match. The best part of the match was when Kane set up a Tombstone on a steel chair. Before he could execute it, TRISH ran otu to make the save!!! Kane went to chokeslam her, but recieved a lowblow from Jericho. After the pin, they shook hands, after which Trish hugged Jericho. Foreshadow of their on screen relationship?
