WWE Raw Live Event
London, Ontario
Report by Dot Net reader Spencer Loeb

The crowd was hot for RAW. I think about 5000 people if not more were in attendance.

1. Santino Marella defeated Jack Swagger to retain the U.S. Title. The crowd popped huge for Santino! Swagger did get some heat. Comedy filled match that got the crowd pumped up for the night. About eight minutes in, Santino reversed the Ankle Lock and hit the Cobra for the win.

2. Ryback beat JTG. The crowd was confused on either to cheer or to boo JTG. Ryback got some good heat. Man, is he ever big in person. Ryback dominated and hit a nasty looking slam for the victory. Complete squash.

3. Eve over Kelly Kelly. Eve got some major heat from the crowd, which is surprising for a diva. Kelly was really over in London. Back and forth match filled with Hoeski chants. Eve got the win when she reversed Kelly's but wash move in the corner and rolled her up for the win.

4. R-Truth pinned The Miz. Miz cut a promo before the match, saying that he deserved a match at WM28. Truth's music hit and was rapping his way to the ring. Very fast paced match and London loved it. Lots of near falls closer to the end, Miz went for the Skull Crushing Finale but Truth countered and soon after that hit the Little Jimmy to win.

5. Chris Jericho beat Kofi Kingston. After Truth and Miz left, the arena went dark and that could only mean one thing! I was super excited! I have only seen Y2J once before, and that was at Summerslam in L.A in 2010, and he wasn't in the ring for long so it was cool to see him in a singles match. He also cut a promo, demanding everyone wearing CM Punk shirts to take them off and throw them out. Great stuff from Jericho. There were a lot of cool spots that got the crowd going wild. Kofi missed Trouble in Paradise and Jericho hit the Codebreaker in a really well done 15 minute or so match.

I bought the new Dolph Ziggler pink "Show Off" shirt and I was one of the first people to buy it so I got a wristband to go to a meet and greet with him during intermission! I got him to sign my shirt and we talked for a minute and a bit and got my picture with him. Great night for me.

6. Primo and Epico beat Mason Ryan and Alex Riley for the WWE Tag Titles. I missed the match because of the meet and great but saw Rosa dancing in celebration so I was happy.

7. John Cena over Kane in a Last Man Standing match. Half boos and half cheers for Cena. The men in the crowd popped big for Kane. Kane dominated the match hitting Cena with a chair, ring bell and pushing him through a table in the corner. They fought around the ring for a while, when they got back in the ring, Kane went for a chokeslam through another table but Cena countered with the AA through the table for the 10 count. Cena shook hands with fans afterwards.

8. CM Punk defeated Dolph Ziggler by DQ to retain the WWE Championship. The crowd popped huge for Punk, mostly because he wasn't here last time Raw came to London. Anyway, Ziggler got a great amount of heat and wrestled with a broomstick during Punks entrance. Funny stuff from Ziggler! After Punk threw his shirt in the crowd, Ziggler went to the top rope and teased throwing his shirt. Punk then put the referee up on the top rope and took off his shirt and teased throwing it. Never a dull moment with Punk.

When the match finally started, about three minutes in Punk had Ziggler in the Sharpshooter, which got the crowd going wild. Jericho came out and got Ziggler DQ'd. They double teamed Punk until Kofi made the save. Jericho and Ziggler were leaving when Punk pulled out his phone and said he has received an email from the Board of Directors and said that the match would now be a tag match, and it was a Loser Leaves London match and if Ziggler and Jericho didn't compete, they would lose their spots at WrestleMania.

9. C.M. Punk and Kofi Kingston defeated Chris Jericho and Dolph Ziggler. Ziggler and Kingston started the match. Lots of double teaming Kingston, which led to Kingston getting his ass kicked for 10 minutes. Kingston finally got the hot tag and Punk and Jericho went at it. After Ziggler tagged back in, Jericho came out of nowhere and hit Punk with a Codebreaker but got a two count. Jericho and Ziggler went for a double clothesline on Punk, but Punk ducked and the heels turned around to get the faces' finishers. Punk and Kingston shook hands with fans at ringside. After they left, Jericho and Ziggler laid in the exact same spot for 15 minutes after the show! Eventually, trainers came out and then just left after they wouldn't get up!

Overall, it was a fun night to be a wrestling fan in London.

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