Dot Net reader "Edgehead27" attended Monday's Raw and sent the following report on the WWE Superstars taping and dark matches.

Dark Match

1. Jamie Noble beat Alex Reilly w/a rollup. Alex Reilly came out in a high school letter varsity jacket and cut an anti-DC promo. He said the only good thing to ever come out of the greater metropolitan area was his mom, who was Ms. Virginia in 1973. The crowd got behind Noble, who guided Reilly through this match. Reilley has a nice look, and he held his own with Jamie in the ring.

WWE Superstars taping

1. John Morrison defeated Tyson Kidd after hitting Starship Pain. Decent reaction for Morrison but unfortunately many fans were still finding their seats. A lot of people were yelling "Canada Sucks!" when the Hart Dynasty came out, they should really play up the Canadian part of their gimmick more. Late into the match, DH Smith started jawing at Morrison outside the ring and the ref kicked out him and Natalya. Morrison took control from there and hit the Starship Pain for the win. This was a fun match which I'm sure Chris Shore will have a blast covering Thursday evening.

2. WWE Champion Randy Orton beat Primo. The crowd (including myself) was shocked to see Orton so early in the evening. He got a very loud reaction, however it was very mixed. The kids don't like this guy at all, while the older fans seem to appreciate him. I assumed this would be a squash, but Primo held his own with Randy in the ring. At one point Randy stepped outside the ring and considered walking to the back. After Primo hit a missile dropkick, Orton got pissed, took control, and eventually hit the RKO for the win.

Dark Match main event

1. John Cena and Triple H beat Randy Orton and Big Show. After the show went off the air, John Cena's music hit. Many of the fans that had started to leave immediately came back to their seats (no surprise there, Cena was the most popular guy in the building). He was followed by Triple H, who was followed by Orton and Big Show. Randy Orton walked out on Big Show just after the match got underway. Cena and Hunter hit a double suplex on Show,Cena hit the Attitude Adjustment, and Hunter finished him off with the pedigree.

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