Source: Pwinsider.com
Eric Sturrock sent this one in:
The
Times Union Center is Albany, NY was about 90% packed. Only the side opposite
camera side had the very upper decks taped off, the rest of the upper decks were
full.
Before the show started fans were chanting for Daniel Bryan, and
singing Adam Rose’s theme.
On Superstars, Usos beat 3MB w/ Hornswoggle,
and Paige beat Alicia Fox.
Before Kofi Kingston came out during the
commercial break Rusev’s graphic popped up on the screen.
During the
Daniel Bryan, Alberto Del Rio match, one of the cameramen filming Brie Bella
would make eye glasses while looking at her. Brie would then look nervous and
look around. They must have gone to commercial at this point, but the same
cameraman came over to Brie and was talking to her as Bryan/Alberto wrestled in
the ring. You could even see them talking on the Titantron. Alberto & Bryan
fought towards the stage. At that time a half dozen guys ran to the ring and set
up Kane’s pyro on the ring posts. Referee John Cone kept looking back at the
ring to see if they were done yet to let Bryan & Alberto known they could
return to the ring.
They played a video showing WWE Smackdown would be
taped in Albany on November 4th and said tickets will go on sale after the
show.
After the show went off the air. Evolution left the building, and
the trainer walked Shield out. John Cena then ran down to the ring. Cena said
they were going to end the show because the crowd was so quiet. Cena asked if it
was past everyone’s bedtime and if they wanted to go home. Fans chant “No!” Cena
called out Bray Wyatt which led to a match. I left to go buy tickets for
Smackdown on 11/4. There was already a small line of people waiting to get
tickets when I arrived and even more when I left.
Fans were really loud
for Bryan, Cena, Rose, Ziggler, & Shield.
Eric Jones sent this one in:
I wanted to
give my live thoughts on Raw tonight in Albany, as I was live at the
show.
1. The Usos were in the opening match against 3MB. This was fine,
Jimmy (or was it Jey?) seemed to badly miss his plancha to the outside which
will likely be edited.
2. Paige beat Alicia Fox in the other Superstars
match. She won with the Figure Four Cross Lock….she also botched her
headscissor move (but I think it was mostly Alicia’s fault)
3. The
opening Battle Royal was a lot of fun live. Sheamus’s brogue kick on Ambrose was
absolutely sick. Overall it was a good way to get the title off of Ambrose and
give Sheamus something to do at the same time.
4. RVD vs. Cesaro was a
huge disappointment. These two are much better than this and just couldn’t get
anything going. The crowd was pretty disappointed we didn’t get to see the swing
or the 5 star.
5. Wyatt’s promo was awesome live…he is super over. Fans
were clapping to the music, singing along to “Whole World in his Hands”…just
amazing stuff.
6. Cody vs. Ryback was just a match, and the Cinco de Mayo
celebration by the Matadores was absolutely pointless.
7. As has been
reported, it looks like Alexander Rusev is the latest casualty of part of his
name, as Lana and his Titantron only called him Rusev. He was annnouced by his
full name by Justin Roberts at the end, however.
8. Del Rio vs. Bryan was
a good match the crowd was surprisingly not that into. Lots of fun though, as I
always love Bryan’s La Mistica-esque counter into the Yes Lock. The backstage
segment was goofy live as well, but there was a small “Run him over!” chant
after Bryan had knocked Kane off the car.
9. Big E vs. Barrett was fine,
Barrett did his best to play heel but he is still over as a babyface.
10.
Adam Rose’s debut was way better live. The crowd started singing his song in the
commercial breaks, and many were singing it after the show got out. I’ve got a
good feeling he’s going to be a big star.
11. Shield/Wyatts was a bit of
a letdown compared to their other matches, but was still a blast to
watch.
12. After the show was over, fans started to leave…and then Cena
came out. Surprisingly he wasn’t part of the show, but whatever. He basically
said the crowd sucked (he’s right, we kinda did), and he wasn’t sure we deserved
a main event match. Of course, we talked him into it, and he got Wyatt to come
down for a quick match that ended when Cena had him in the STF only for the
Family to interfere for the DQ. Cena fought back with an AA for Rowan and Harper
as well as a chairshot for both while Bray got away.
Overall, not the
best WWE show I’ve been to (Considering I’ve been to both Royal Rumble 92 and
the Raw before Mania XV, AKA the Austin Beer Truck Incident) but it was worth
the $30 I paid.
