Gregory Davis sent along the following:
A couple kids came out to model some T-shirts and throw more in the crowd, which means it was time for intermission.
Mark Henry defeated Jack Swagger with the World’s Strongest Slam. This was sorta slow, but OK. By the way, I haven’t really mentioned this, but in all the Raw live shows I’ve seen of late, Henry has worn his traditional black ring gear, even though he’s been wearing the unflattering red ring gear on Raw. I’m going to buy into the theory that someone is trying to bury him. Anyway, it was the usual "chop down the legs" match. Swagger never really had a chance.
In a complete and total surprise of the decade, Triple H defeated Legacy, Ted DiBiase and Cody Rhodes, with a Pedigree. Legacy did some mic work, noting the DX signs and glow sticks, saying they were going to revenge what happened at SummerSlam. When HHH came out, the lights were shut off, cueing everyone to break out the DX glow sticks, although he still came out to The Game. Hunter did some mic work, noting how they enjoyed performing two on one. In fairness, Legacy did dominate most of the match. But in the end, Cody fell to the Pedigree. Afterward, Legacy took him out and laid him out. At this point, the WWE-constructed ring light starting going on and off, prompting the crew to shine the spotlights on the ring for the rest of that moment. We though it was some how related to the Triple H entrance, but then someone checked under the ring from where the cables were hooked up to, so there was some accident. There were no further incidents.
In the main event, John Cena defeated Randy Orton by DQ; Orton retained the WWE Championship. Orton is slow. By the time he posed with the belt on a corner, his song had played entirely. Chimel did an old-school boxing announcement. It was your standard house show match between the two. Cena was in control early, Orton dominated a lot, and Cena made a couple comebacks. When Cena put on the STF, Legacy hit the ring for a DQ. Triple H made the save, and the two hit stereo Attitude Adjustments and Pedigrees. I left at that point, but I’m sure they played with the crowd for about ten more minutes.
Another note is that for the last few shows, one of the matches has been "sponsored" by the nearest MyNetwork TV station.
As always, I’ll have photos from before and during the show (twas too dark to do anything afterward) on my Flickr account at flickr.com/chicago38.
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