WWE Raw house show
Dubuque, Ia. at Five Flags Center
Report by Dot Net reader Steve Ortman

1. Santino Marella pinned The Brian Kendrick by reversing a sunset flip. Usual Santino comedy match to get the crowd going.

2. The Miz pinned Goldust after a DDT. Hornswoggle was around and attacked Miz at one point to pop the crowd. Miz drew ton of heat on the mike before the match. This is where I first realized the WWE's "sign guy" was in the front row. I'm sure he attends plenty of live events, I was just surprised to see him there I guess.

3. Carlito and Primo defeated Cody Rhodes and Ted DiBiase via disqualification to retain the Unified Tag Titles. The Bash preview ended when Teddy brought in a steel chair and used it. Pretty good stuff but awfully formulaic. Here's hoping they spice it up for the pay-per-view.

4. Kofi Kingston defeated Matt Hardy and Sheamus in a triple threat match to retain the U.S. title. I obviously don't follow new guys coming up but I never heard or seen this Sheamus dude before. Big and pale with red hair. He was okay but nothing great. Kofi is great live as expected, but seeing as I'm a big fan of Matt, I was bummed to see him eat the pin here. They sure aren't doing much with him on Raw so far.

5. Mickie James pinned Maryse with her DDT in a non-title match. While Maryse was super hot, she was super sloppy, too. Lots of slip ups on her end.

6. Big Show pinned MVP with a chokeslam. Crowd was 50-50 on this one, lots of Big Show fans. I was happy to see the chokeslam. Pretty short match.

7. John Cena defeated Randy Orton via disqualification when Legacy interfered. Cena had him in the STF when they ran in. A three-on-one attack went down until Carlito and Primo made the save. It was cool seeing Cena, Carlito and Primo all celebrate to close the show. I've always liked Carlito.

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