WWE Smackdown/ECW house show
Stuttgart, Germany at the Porsche Arena
Report by Dot Net reader Michael Walter

1. R-Truth defeated Eric Escobar. R-Truth made his incredible long entrance through the crowd. Escobar got some heat for repeatedly yelling “shut up” to a group of fans at ringside during the match. The crowd popped big for R-Truth who hit his Corkscrew finisher for the pinfall.

2. Goldust and Shelton Benjamin defeated Zack Ryder and Ezekiel Jackson. Zeke and Ryder worked on Shelton for a long part of the match until Goldust got the hot tag and pinned Zack Ryder for the victory.

3. Drew McIntyre defeated Finlay. McIntyre cut a promo in German before the match and received big heat for it. A very good and entertaining match. McIntyre pinned Finlay with his legs on the rope. After the match Finlay thanked the crowd and hit Tony Chimel with his Shillelagh which drew a big laugh.

4. Mickie James and Katie Lea Burchill defeated WWE Women’s Champion Michelle McCool and Beth Phoenix. Katie Lea worked as a face and spoke to the fans in German before the match started. Mickie James pinned Michelle McCool for the win.

5. John Morrison defeated Dolph Ziggler to retain the Intercontinental Championship. Excellent match. Morrison hit all his high flying moves and won with a DDT followed by Starship pain. Multiple Morrison chants throughout the match while Ziggler got good heat even after the match when he kept lying in the ring to sell the finish.

6. Christian defeated William Regal to retain the ECW Championship. Huge pop for Christian who went into the crowd to pick up a sign and show it to the fans in the ring. A real match never happend because Christian played with the crowd for almost 15 minutes. Regal tried to avoid Christian's actions by leaving the ring which earned him a huge "pussy"-chant. The ECW Champion hit Killswitch for the finish.

7. Batista beat Matt Hardy and Rey Mysterio in a Triple Threat Match. Batista was thrown out of the ring early in the match. Rey and Hardy had a couple of near falls in the ring. When Rey hit a 619 against Hardy and went for the pinfall Batista hit him with the ring bell and scored pinfall victory. Good pops for Hardy and Rey, Batista received a mixed reaction.

8. The Undertaker defeated CM Punk in a Casket Match to retain the World Heavyweight Championship. Punk came out to good heat and told the crowd that we all need to use more ... deodorant. Funny. Taker came out to the biggest reaction of the evening. I noticed that he was limping even before the match. About five minutes into the match Taker and Punk left the ring and fought through the crowd. Undertaker hit the Tombstone and put Punk into the casket to retain his gold.

Notes: Overall a very good show. The crowd was hot for every match and except for a couple of seats behind the stage the arena was sold out with approximately 7,000 in attendance.

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