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| Edge uses hockey to turn Canadian fans against him | |
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| Tweet Topic Started: Feb 8 2009, 05:15 PM (33 Views) | |
| Warren | Feb 8 2009, 05:15 PM Post #1 |
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Edge uses hockey to turn Canadian fans against him Some master showmen and women dropped by the Aitken Centre Sunday afternoon and did what they do best. An estimated crowd of 3,000, many of them walk-up sales, were on hand for the first visit by World Wrestling Entertainment. And entertainment was the key word. The occasion was a house show featuring many of the top names of the Smackdown and ECW brands who compete under the WWE banner. Included in the group, and working the main event match, was Toronto's Adam Copeland, known to wrestling fans simply as Edge. Playing the role of villain to perfection, Edge teamed with equally evil MVP against United States champion Matt Hardy and Dave "The Animal" Batista. To diffuse any support for being the lone Canadian in the match, Edge came out in a Montreal Canadians' jersey carrying two hockey sticks. He proceeded to imitate Habs goalie Cary Price by letting an imaginary puck shot by his partner to go between his legs. While the other three in the match are all big names in the industry and fan favourites Hardy and Batista received thunderous ovations, it was Edge who carried the show, at times even tricking his own partner into taking punishment meant for him. The Canadian grappler often dug into his back of tricks infuriating many fans and bringing chuckles from others. In the end, however, good prevailed over evil as Batista's power proved too much for the villains who were left lying after the winning three count. The match capped off a slick three hour event, and while the match results were likely predetermined, it didn't detract from the athleticism of the performers, or their impressive ability to take punishment, choreographed or not. One of the other highlights of the afternoon, judging by crowd reaction, also was in the tag team format as bad guys Zack Ryder and Curt Hawkins faced, and lost to the duo of Irishman Dave Finley and the imposing Paul Wight. Wight is known in the ring as The Big Show, a man listed as somewhere between 7'1" and 7'5" and weighing between four and five hundred pounds depending on who is doing the listing. Whatever the statistics, the 27-year-old giant with size 22.5E shoes was an attention grabber and easily finished off the two villains to win the match. That match also featured an appearance by Finley's stage son, Dave Postl, a 4'4" performer known as Hornswoggle. The tiny wrestler, dressed as a leprechaun, interfered in the action on his "father's" behalf a couple of times much to the delight of the audience. The card was opened by a battle between Phil Brooks, better known these days as C.M. Punk, and ring veteran Chuck Palumbo. Punk, an up and comer in the business knocked off the much larger Palumbo in about 10 minutes. In other action the seven foot tall Kane (Glen Jacobs) defeated Chavo Guerrero in a battle for Kane's ECW championship belt. Guerrero's bodyguard, the 6'6" Justin LaRouche, who goes by the stage name "Bam" Neely, was on hand but to no avail for the bad guys. In a third tag team match, the WWE Tag Team champions John Morrison and Mike "The Miz" Mizanin defeated the acrobatic high flying team of Jimmy Wang Yang and Shannon Moore. Rounding out the action on the card third generation wrestler Ted DiBase Jr. lost his match to Kenny Dykstra. Jamaican wrestler Kofi Kingston beat Mike Knox and Jamie Noble beat the evil schoolteacher Matt Striker. The card also featured a four women best body contest judged by the fans with ECW General Manager Armando Alejandro Estrada as master of ceremonies. The winner of the pose down was Kelly Kelly over fellow "WWE Divas" Marie, Lena Yada and Natalya Neidhart. A member of the wrestling Hart family of Calgary, and niece of the legendary Bret "Hitman" Hart, Neidhart refused to disrobe for the event although it was more to taunt the fans then make any statement. |
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