WWE RAW Live Event Results
November 4th, 2009 – Dublin, Ireland
Report by Jamie O’Doherty, F4Wonline.com
Raw’s house show in the O2 Arena, Dublin had a good attendence, but it was not sold out. At the very top of the seating there were two or three noticable groups of empty chairs. But it’s still a good turnout and WWE brought in many, many, many more fans than TNA did when they held their show here recently.
1. Jack Swagger won a No. 1 Contender Battle Royal, last eliminating Mark Henry. Other participants included Randy Orton, Ted DiBiasie, Cody Rhodes, Kofi Kingston, MVP, Santino Marella, The Miz, Sheamus, Evan Bourne, Chris Masters & Chavo Guerrero.
2. Hornswoggle defeated Chavo Guerrero with the Tadpole Splash. It was announced that Vince McMahon ordered Chavo to wrestle on his knees for the entire match to make it more fair for Hornswoggle. Chavo stood up whenever the ref was distracted. Hornswoggle was able to suplex Chavo when he was kneeling.
3. Sheamus defeated Evan Bourne with a Bicycle Kick. Sheamus got a lot of cheers with some boos during his entrance. He criticised the fans for not having faith in him when he signed with the WWE and was going to show why he is on a higher level than everyone else.
4. The Miz defeated MVP with the Skullcrushing Finale to defend the United States title.
5. Melina defeated Alicia Fox with the Primal Scream to defend the Divas Title. Jillian was the guest ring announcer and tried to sing a Sinéad O’Conner song for the fans.
6. Mark Henry defeated Chris Masters with the World’s Strongest Slam.
7. Randy Orton defeated Kofi Kingston with the RKO.
8. DX defeated Legacy when Triple H pinned Ted DiBiasie with the Pedigree while Shawn Michaels pinned Cody Rhodes with the Sweet Chin Music. When Triple H was going through DX’s introduction he joked that there couldn’t be millions of people around the world watching because it was not a televised show. He then teased about WWE possibly taping Raw in Ireland in the future.
9. John Cena defeated Jack Swagger with the Attitude Adjustment to defend the WWE title.
One more thing about next Saturday’s Smackdown house show in Dublin. The event is happening the same day as a crucial international football game between Ireland and France in Croke Park nearby. I doubt it will have a horrible effect on the attendence for Smackdown but should there be a poor turnout, that will be the reason.
