12/28 WWE in Wilkes Barre, Pa.: Report on John Cena's injury during his match against Wade Barrett, Alex Riley wins a battle royal, The Miz vs. Randy Orton for the WWE Championship


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12/28 WWE in Wilkes Barre, Pa.: Report on John Cena's injury during his match against Wade Barrett, Alex Riley wins a battle royal, The Miz vs. Randy Orton for the WWE Championship
Dec 29, 2010 - 09:55 AM


WWE Raw live event
Wilkes Barre, Pa.
Report by Dot Net reader Daniel Smeriglio


Very loud crowd! If I were to guess I'd say there was about 6,000 to 7,000 people attending, which is a high number considering the arena holds about 10,000. It is also important to note that there were more here for tonight's show than the Smackdown taping a few months ago! Go figure!
 
The show started at 7 p.m. with Justin Roberts welcoming us and the national anthem playing after he announced the 15-man battle royal with the winner facing Daniel Bryan later in the night.
 
1. Alex Riley won a battle royal to earn a U.S. Title match. The participants were Mark Henry, Husky Harris, Heath Slater, David Otunga, Michael Mcguilicuty, Justin Gabriel, zack Ryder, Primo, David Hart Smith, Tyson Kid, Alex riley, Yoshi Tatsu, William Regal, Kozlov, and one other person (the last Participant escapes me. I do apologize and even sitting ringside it was hard to see.)
 
A quick match. The definite crowd favorite was Mark Henry, about eight minutes in and the only remaining wrestlers were Alex Riley, Mark Henry and the Nexus. Mark Henry eliminated Riley (or so we thought) then took out all of Nexus and while attempting to eliminate Husky Harris, Riley, who managed to roll back in after being hung over the top and then hid outside, ran in and eliminated both Henry and Harris.
  
2. Vladimir Kozlov and Santino Marella defeated Justin Gabriel and Heath Slater to retain the WWE Tag Titles. Good back and forth action. Heath Slater did an amazing job of generating heat much to his credit. He was one of the biggest heat draws of the night! Santino had the crowd going nonstop and actually put on a great wrestling performance. Kozlov took a beating for awhile and Santino got the crowd firmly behind Kozlov. Santino came in and hit a combo of moves including the Santino Stunner. He hit Gabriel with the Cobra for the win. A good match that ran about 12 minutes long.
 
The GM sent a message to Justin Roberts via his cell announcing that Randy Orton will get his rematch with the Miz tonight. Roberts introduced Gail Kim, who did her WWE trivia to select a special guest time keeper for the upcoming match. So damn stupid and played out by now, but Gail is quite nice to see in person at least! Anyway, the mind numbing question was "What is the name of the next Pay Per View'!?! and of course some little kid got it right blah blah blah
 
3. Tyson Kidd (w/Jackson Andrews) defeated David Hart Smith. Oh and the kid rang the bell. Yay! Anyway, decent match but a piss poor reaction from the crowd. It seemed like neither one could generate any decent pop. Solid back and forth action and Tyson performed well. While on the outside of the ring, Jackson Andrews delivered the oh so devastating clothesline on Smith, who was then rolled in the ring and pinned by Kidd. Afterwards Smith beat up Kidd and Andrews and ended with a decent pop finally while his music played.
 
Justin Roberts announced the next divas match special guest ref Eve Torres (who looks much better in person).
 
4. The Bella Twins defeated Melina and Alicia Fox. Before the match got underway, the GM crap hit (Roberts must have one loud ass cellphone!) and called for...............drum roll please A DANCE OFF! Ugh it never ends! The Bellas, who like Alicia Fox, were yet again dressed up like "Santas Helpers" did a decent display including a double reverse worm! But before they could finish, Melina and Fox attacked them. Actually a damn good wrestling match which was a welcomed change, and Melina didn't scream like a moron, thank God! Brie Bella rolled up Melina for the victory - such a weak ending to what was actually a good match!
 
Obviously people haven't gotten the "Melina is a heel now" memo because she got one of the loudest pops of the night believe it or not!
 
5. The Miz (w/Alex Riley) beat Randy Orton to retain the WWE Championship. A little early to have this match! Anyway, Miz came out to good heat and continued his ongoing bashing of Wilkes Barre and claiming like on Raw that he is a legend and better than the rest. It was really hard to hear anyone on the mic the PA was too damn loud! Anyway, Orton came out and the two had a solid match mostly dominated by the Miz who actually looked strong finally! Of course, it ended with Riley interfering and distracting Orton, who walked right into the Skull Crushing Finale. At the end, they both were beating Orton down and then Randy got up and threw Riley out and RKO'd Miz.
 
Gail Kim reappeared and, along with Roberts, threw out merchandise bundles to the crowd followed by intermission! During this time, referee Charles Robinson was doing the Ric Flair strut in the ring and playing it up for the crowd! Obviously not important but entertaining!
 
6. Daniel Bryan defeated Alex Riley to retain the United States Championship. Alex Riley is back again!! Still generating awesome heat. Sadly, a fairly quick match but Bryan was at least able to perform this time! He took Riley to school before making him tap to the LeBell Lock.
 
7. John Morrison defeated King Sheamus. By far the best match of the night Sheamus took to the mic before the match and told everyone he is the king and we all should bow down, etc. etc. He generated great heat and got everyone going!
 
The match was solid with lots of back and forth action. At one point, Morrison went for Starship Pain, and Sheamus blocked it. Morrison rolled outside where Sheamus pulled out a kendo stick from under the ring and started beating the hell out of Morrison with it.
Eventually, Morrison got the stick and beat down Sheamus, who then got a chair and took that to Morrison. Like I wrote, a solid back and forth match and the crowd was hot from open to close. Sheamus went for the High Cross on Morrison, and there was a chair set up by The King in the middle of the ring. Morrison escaped the High Cross and kicked Sheamus, who fell on the chair, and Morrison hit him with the knee to the head for the pin.
 
Intermission and the announcement that the main event was next. Then the cage music hit as they set it up.
 
8. John Cena defeated Wade Barrett via crossface in the cage match main event. Cena got the absolute loudest pop of the night hands down. There was not one Cena sucks chant to be heard! Before the match, the GM sent a message stating if any member of nexus interfered, Barret would be suspended.
 
The match its self was pretty damn boring to be honest, but a lot of solid spots with Barret trying to escape and Cena blocking him on top of the cage. After awhile, Barret hit Cena with Wasteland, and Cena kicked out followed by Cena going for the Attitude Adjustment, which Wade blocked and tried to escape yet again, causing Cena to catch Barrett on top of the cage.

Cena came down with him in a bulldog. After that move, Cena wasn't the same. Barret kicked Cena and went to escape and spent about three minutes with one leg over the cage (which happened right in front of me). Even though he did a damn good job selling being beatdown, after awhile you could tell something was off. Finally, Cena slowly hobbled up and climbed the turnbuckles and only made it to the second rope. He began throwing weak punches on Barrett. As clear as day, I heard Barrett say to Cena, "I got this." Barrett flipped off the cage and Cena basically fell on him and applied the Crossface for about ten seconds before Barrett tapped.
 
Cena applied the STF with no problems earlier, but Barrett escaped. This time, Cena basically couldn't move his right leg and it was obvious that it was an on the spot ending. I also heard Just Roberts say, "That's not good." He then motioned to the ref to get the trainers from the back. While lying in the ring, everyone including Roberts was around Cena, who then finally stood up on his own. He could barely stand and then motioned for a mic.

Cena told the crowd: "I think I hurt myself pretty bad and might be out for awhile, hope not, but that happens I guess." He thanked us all and said that he loves and respects us all and goodnight. It was apparent that Cena was sincerely struggling to not only stand but to talk as well. He left the ring on his own slowly, but the trainers and the refs were right there in case he fell.
 
 
BIGGEST POPS:
 
Cena
Orton
Santino
Mark Henry
Melina
 
MOST HEAT
Miz
Riley
Slater
Barrett
 
Like I said, all in all it was a solid show and sadly much better than the Smackdown taping. The show ended around 9:30, so two and a half hours, but they did well. Excellent crowd and it was about damn time we had a lively crowd in WIlkes Barre!

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