RAW January 17th 2005

[John la Rock]

Who's more over up there - Jericho or Benoit?

Jericho by a mile

[Marc the Smark]

Jericho by a mile

Any particular reason?

[John la Rock]

I'd say due to his excellent mic work and charisma

If you ever went to a WWE show in Canada you would notice that half the crowd has Y2J memorbillia

[Marc the Smark]

I wanna move to Canada. I'm so serious right now. :y:

[John la Rock]

Ya man we rule. About to watch Rock/Hogan form WM X8 :cool:

[Marc the Smark]

Ya man we rule. About to watch Rock/Hogan form WM X8 :cool:

I always noticed the fans were into the product more, which makes the shows better. But tonight it finally hit me.... it's not the product, it's the fans (hence my new thread). GOD BLESS CANADA!

[The Answer]

I just got back from the show and what a show it was.

Match results that you didn't see

Dark match
"The Masterpiece"Chris Masters squashed a local Toronto guy with a torture rack turned into a neck breaker

Randy Orton,Benoit,Jericho defeated HHH,Batista,Edge when Randy Orton reversed a HHH pedigree into an R-K-O.

Atmosphere was great

Biggest pops
Jericho/Benoit
Christian
HHH
Trish
Batista

Biggest jeers
HBK
Hussan
Snitsky
Coach

[John la Rock]

Hasan really got that big of heat? eh? I bet it's only because he interrupted Jericho

[Corkscrewed]

Man, just watched Kane killing Trish and I must say... Trish has better mic skills than 75% of the roster.

[John la Rock]

^ yes she does. She is BY far the best Women talent they have ever had :y:

[Mayo]

Splaya, I didn't lead the Wave but I did take part in it, that was hilarious. Some funny chants included "Lets go Chris" (when Benoit and Jericho wrestled) and "Who are you?" to some jobber Indian guy on heat.

One guy had a sign in the front row that said "HHH Fears Divorce" LMAO. Security came and took it away like 5 mins later :mad: They actually took away quite a few signs, those bastards. Lots of the crowd cheered Hassan like crazy at first but then we started booing him after he made fun of Canada. Christian had a huge pop, as well as Batista and HHH. Orton was getting lots of boos, although the teenage girls cheering him probably balanced it out. Trish looked hot as hell :drool:

Overall it was an okay show I guess, but the crowd in Toronto always makes it fun and I will continue to go every time :D

[John la Rock]

Gotta love my T-dot homies. Too bad I'm stuck here in Waterloo :(

[Wolverine]

Hey during the la res match, or the highlight reel, I forget, but anyone see the Steph fears Heyman sign? :lol:

[mike627]

Yeah, that sign is the truth.

[Lara Emily]

Jericho by a mile


:wtf:

I would say both are amazingly over, almost equally so. No way is it Jericho by a mile.

[Savio]

Yeah I was there for hogan and Rock it was great.

[SuperSlim]

I loved that "HHH fears divorce" poster. I figured they would take it away. :( And the wave was cool. :D

But overall I would say Raw was decent.

[Gouda]

One guy had a sign in the front row that said "HHH Fears Divorce" LMAO. Security came and took it away like 5 mins later :mad:

That same guy then had a "Security took my sign" sign.

[mitch_h]

I had a pretty good time. Should have seen Kanes head after the chokeslam spot...pretty bloody. The "secret match" was pretty fun as well. It was fun doing the wave as well.

[Heyman]

:wtf:

I would say both are amazingly over, almost equally so. No way is it Jericho by a mile.


To be honest, I do agree with this.

During the Benoit/Jericho match, the fans CLEARLY did not want to side with one or the other.


However - Jericho got a MUCH bigger face pop when his music hit (both times). Surprisingly, Benoit's reaction wasn't all that big (atleast that's how it came across on TV).

[John la Rock]

:wtf:

I would say both are amazingly over, almost equally so. No way is it Jericho by a mile.

Benoit is more over than Jericho in Edmonton (because he's the hometown hero)

But as far as everywhere else in Canada is concerned, Jericho is WAY more over. Just look at the crowd? the Y2J chants out number the BENOIT chants

[The Answer]

Im just glad I was able to grab that Evolution's Gentleman's club shirt along with that RKO/Destiny shirt

[Gouda]

Benoit is more over than Jericho in Edmonton (because he's the hometown hero)

But as far as everywhere else in Canada is concerned, Jericho is WAY more over. Just look at the crowd? the Y2J chants out number the BENOIT chants

They were both getting some decent pops.

And the fans were even chanting "Let's go Chris" for awhile.

[Team Sheep]

I don't see all the fuss about being chokeslammed through a bunch of tables like that. It wasn't exactly high, and I bet it was a pretty soft landing. I bet half the guys in the arena could have done that... :-\