WWE House Show Report: St. Louis, MO

Results from the WWE Smackdown brand house show in St. Louis, MO last night. Report courtesy of Cody Drennen and PWInsider:

I attended the WWE Smackdown House Show in St. Louis, Missouri and thought I would send along a report.

When we got there, there was no one in line, we were the first at the door and this was with 30 minutes until they opened. I was talking to the guy who scans the tickets and he said that he thinks they sold 4,000 tickets which is about right.

The first match of the night was Christian taking on Dolph Ziggler. Dolph came out with a mic and says that he is looking for all of his fans and he called them “Dolphins” This was actually a great match, which Christian wins after hitting Kill Switch. After the match, Hornswoggle enters the ring and Christian tells him to do the Tadpole Splash on Dolph Ziggler which he did. As Christian was leaving, Luke Gallows, The Masked Man, and Serena came out and started attacking Christian. Ref’s break it up and they send The SES to the ring.

Gallows says that he is here to issue a open challenge for a two on one handicap match. The challenged was answered by Kane. This match was good as well. It was Tornado Rules, I guess, as Luke and the mask guy never did any tags. Kane wins after he does a Double Chokeslam to both men and pins Gallows.

After that, Tony introduces the guest host of the night, Rosa Mendez. She came out and said that she will choose one person to be the “bell ringer” for the Diva’s Match only if they answer the question. The question was, “Who won the Battle Royal on Smackdown”. The kid got it right with Rey Mysterio and he got to ring the bell.

The next match had Layla (by herself, no Michelle McCool) defending the WWE Women’s Championship against Tiffany. There was some blown spots but it was one of the better Diva Matches I seen and it lasted about 9 minutes, so a lot longer than the TV Matches. Layla wins with her neckbreaker. After the match, Layla keeps kicking Tiffany until Kelly Kelly comes out and saves her. Layla runs to the back as Kelly checks on Tiffany.

The next match was Health Slater vs. Finlay. It was a nice surprise to see Finlay since it seems he doesn’t wrestle much these days. The people around me had no idea who Health Slater was and I had to tell him he was on NXT. Anyways, before the match, Slater said that he didn’t need our votes anymore (since when did he need our votes since it was the pros who voted?) and that he will say what he wants now and said that the St. Louis Blues are singing the blues because they are not in the playoffs. Slater was a heel here and a pretty good one at that. Finlay wins with The Celtic Cross.

Next up was Kofi Kingston defending the Intercontinental Championship against Drew McIntyre. Before the match, Drew said that he was screwed last night on Smackdown and the he wouldn’t be in this crappy town if he didn’t have a rematch. He said St. Louis was like a toilet bowl and that we should all bow down because he is in the city. A fan held up a Drew sign with the Scotland Flag on it and Drew said that the fan (which was a kid) had parents that don’t know how to raise kids because it was stupid holding up a sign with the Scotland Flag when the kid was not Scottish. Kofi Kingston wins with the SOS after a pretty good match. After the match, Matt Hardy ran out and gave Drew a Twist of Fate. Matt then left through the fans.

Intermission for about 10 minutes. Rosa came back out and threw t-shirts out.

The next match was Chavo Guerrero taking on Justin Gabriel. Chavo was having a good time arguing with a fan and making fun of the fan’s weight. Justin Gabriel went for the 450 Splash during the match which was great seeing live but Chavo got the knees up. Chavo won the match (yes, Chavo won a match) with The Frog Splash.

The next match was MVP taking on Cody Rhodes. It was a ok match, and there was a scary spot with Cody. Cody whip MVP in to the corner and he ran at MVP and MVP went to jump over Cody but Cody didn’t go under all the way and Cody hit his head on MVP’s knee brace. Cody quickly rolled out of the ring holding his head. The ref went to check on him and he finished the match which MVP wins with The 305(Pay Dirt). After the match, the ref helped Cody to the back.

It was time for the main event and the match of the night. Jack Swagger defending the World Heavyweight Championship against The Big Show, CM Punk, and Rey Mysterio in a Fatal Four Way Match. This match was great from start to finish. Jack Swagger came out first and says that he wants to give us a Jack Fact and that he won his first All American Title in the same arena in 2005. The fans was all over Swagger and Swagger says that the show will not continue until we shut up so he was going to do push ups in the ring until we shut up. He does about 3 before Big Show came out. CM Punk took off his shirt and was acting like Val Venis, gyrating around with the shirt which was funny. Once the match starts, CM Punk goes after Rey while Big Show does his chops on Swagger. Big Show even did a stink face to CM Punk which was funny. Big Show then taught Rey how to do the chops on Swagger. The finish came when Rey Mysterio did the 619 to CM Punk follow by a splash but Swagger enters the ring and grabs Rey and toss him out and pins Punk for the win. After the match, Swagger tries to hit Big Show with the belt but Big Show knocks him out with a hard right hand. Rey then goes to the top and does a splash on Swagger. If this match is anything like there match at the PPV, then the match will be great.

It was a pretty good show.

Pops
Rey Mysterio
The Big Show
Christian
Kofi Kingston

Boos
Jack Swagger
Drew McIntyre
Health Slater (for heeling St. Louis)
CM Punk