9/3 WWE Raw in Trenton: Alberto Del Rio defends the WWE Championship twice in one night with matches against John Cena and C.M. Punk, Air Boom vs. The Miz and R-Truth for the WWE Tag Titles

WWE Raw live event
Trenton, N.J.
Report by Dot Net reader Nick Aiello (thanks also to Agahzi for sending the results).

1. Air Boom defeated The Miz and R-Truth to retain the WWE Tag Titles. Bourne pinned Truth to end a great tag opener. Air Bourne looks amazing in person.

2. Showtime Percy Watson defeated Primo. Watson won with a flapjack. Boring. Nobody cared. Jack Swagger beat down Watson and cut a promo regarding himself, Alex Riley, and New Jersey.

3. Alex Riley pinned Jack Swagger after a roll up. Riley countered from the ankle lock into the roll up. There was also a good near fall after an impaler DDT. Sloppy at times. Riley needs a new finisher.

4. Mason Ryan pinned Zack Ryder. Ryan won with a Rock Bottom side slam. Basically, a squash. Ryder was not as over as I expected. Quick, and the crowd was surprised to see Ryan. I think everyone kinda forgot about him until now.

5 Alberto Del Rio pinned CM Punk to retain WWE championship. Del Rio knocked CM Punk off the top rope and pinned him. "I'm not too sure if I still have testicles" - CM Punk. An okay match with lots of stalling. There was a funny moment when Del Rio was stalling in crowd. He grabbed and held up a "I hate Punk" sign and then held up the kid who made it and was holding the sign (who was a John Cena fan). Del Rio wrestled in t-shirt. Weird.

Intermission

6. Kelly Kelly defeated Beth Phoenix. Kelly won via roll up. A typical Divas match.

There was a dance contest. A little kid won. Big f---ing surprise.

7. Dolph Ziggler beat John Morrison to retain the U.S. Championship. Dolph used the Zig Zag after a Starship Pain counter. Good match. Ziggler cut a really good promo before the match. Dolph appeared to hit a super kick on Morrison at one point. Morrison botched a flip bottom and landed right on top of Ziggler.

8. John Cena defeated Alberto Del Rio by DQ in a WWE Championship match. Ricardo Rodriguez hit Cena with a chair for the DQ. CM Punk made the save after what was a good match. Ricardo was banned from ringside early. Apparently, Trenton has a lot of kids... Del Rio has a lot of variety in his move set, which makes Cena look like he has even less. There was a funny moment when Del Rio stole a Cena foam finger from a fan and threw it on a downed John Cena (what a waste of 10 bucks...). Cena wore the foam finder during the 5 Knuckle Shuffle. The kids got mad at the finish, but popped huge after the AA/GTS combo.

Biggest Pops:
John Cena
CM Punk
Air Boom (Kofi a little more than Bourne during the match)

Most Heat
The Miz
R-Truth
Del Rio
Honorable Mention: Jack Swagger

Overall thoughts: This was the first non TV/PPV event I've gone to. While I enjoyed it, it just seems too predictable during title matches. But overall a good show, not the best I've seen but it was better than the time I paid to see Raw and all that volcanic ash stranded the superstars overseas. Also, hearing Ricardo Rodriguez twice was awesome. And it's good to see Del Rio back.