WWE House Show Results (3/23) Lakeland, Florida

[Big Hoss Rambler]

WWE returned to Lakeland Florida for its first Raw show in five years and here are the results:

1. US Title: Santino Marella d. Jack Swagger
Lot of push ups and sit ups in this match. The end came after Santino hulked up and hit the Cobra on Swagger to score the win and retain the title.

2. Zack Ryder d. Leo Kruger
Kruger came out to familiar FCW territory heat and dominated most of the match until Ryder countered a military press into the Rough Ryder to pick up the win.

3. Eve d. Kelly Kelly
Eve cut the same promo she's been delivering at all the house shows which was in audible over chants of "Hoeski" basically saying she supports Ryder and was only jokimg about setting him up. Longer than usual diva match and better than expected from these two.

4. Ryback d. Alex Riley
A squash match dominated bybRyback who looked somewhat like Batista. The crowd was fairly quiet until they made the connection thatbitbwas Skip Sheffield. Then chants of "Skip! Skip! Skip!" broke out.

5. Kofi Kingston & R-Truth d. Primo & Epico
This match was scheduled to be for the tag team titles however John Laurinaitis came out and said due to Truth and Kingston's actions last week, this match would be a non-title. Good long form tag match with Truth scoring the pin with his reverse STO.

6. Brodus Clay d. Miz
Miz cut a promo complaining about not having a match at Wrestlemania. A more competitive match than expected with Miz dominating Clay until Brodus bounced off the ropes and hit his running body block.

7. John Cena d. Kane - Last Man Standing
10 minute match. 2 minutes in, Kane nailed Cena with the ring bell and mic. Cena blocked a chair shot. Kane hit a chokeslam for a near ten count. Cena got thrown through a table for a nine count. Kane brought a second table in and tried for a chokeslam but Cena countered into the AA for a full ten count.

8. WWE Title: CM Punk d. Dolph Ziggler
Excellent 20 minute match with Punk hitting a GTS on Ziggler. Ref bump as Ziggler pushes Punk into the official. Punk held Ziggler down for a six count but got up to revive the referee. Punk then hit a second GTS on Ziggler to score the win.

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What's up with putting Cena on these kind of matches just 1 week before Wrestlemania?

 

[Crayo]

Ugh, Miz & Riley jobbing. Good to see Ryback though.

 

[seabs]

Riley needs to be on Raw, why they don't see how he could improve the mid card I'll never know.

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[CM Punk]

Cena's been doing these matches for months.

 

[Crayo]

Riley needs to be on Raw, why they don't see how he could improve the mid card I'll never know.

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Completely agree. Just give him a mic segment weekly and midcard becomes instantly interesting.