1 -- RIC FLAIR vs. CARLITO COOL -- Intercontinental Title match
Carlito shoulder blocked Flair tot he mat at 2:00 and then did a Flair Strut. Flair fired back with a hammer lock and a shove in the corner followed by a "Whooo!" Flair kept firing chops at Carlito in the corner. Carlito showed some aggression with a flurry of punches on the mat at 8:00. Ross said they'd like to see more of that from Carlito since he's usually so laid back. At 10:00 Flair climbed to the top rope and rather than get caught, he leaped off and clotheslined Carlito. Flair celebrated and the crowd popped. Flair went back to the top, "whoood!", and then leaped. This time Carlito caught him mid-flight with a dropkick and then scored a two count. Flair got up and popped Carlito with a punch to the face, then showed great fire as he applied the figure-four. The crowd popped big for him. Carlito submitted 20 seconds later. Flair celebrated the win like an NHL player scoring a goal. Ross said Flair "damn sure still has it!" Flair took the mic after the match and said: "I cannot begin to tell you what an honor it is at this stage of my career to win this most prestigious of all Intercontinental Champion. My first one. Baby, let me tell you this. Tonight, this is as sweet to the Nature Boy as any, as any of those 16 World Titles. This means that much." He then kissed the belt over and over. "My only regret is that my best friend and the greatest wrestler alive today, Triple H, is not here to share this moment with me." The crowd booed. Flair added that there'd be a huge party tonight in Oklahoma City. Flair recruited a few women in the crowd to celebrate with him at ringside. They returned to the back with Flair.
WINNER: Flair at 11:53 to capture the IC Title.
STAR RATING: ** -- Nice match. Flair did a great job making it seem like a monumental moment in his career. It's great to see what Flair can do in terms of projecting his character without Triple H around to hold him back.
-Todd Grisham tried to interview Carlito backstage, but he shoved Grisham and walked right past him.
-Lita told Edge backstage to remember how when he was out with his injury that he'd call her, then call Edge, and he had no idea they were with each other. "Poor guy, he never had a clue," said Edge. Lita said she was sure to give Edge all the attention Hardy was missing at home. Lita said she was about to make him happy, then began making out with him.
-Lawler said he wanted to get happy, then the women began coming out, so Lawler said, "It looks like I'm gonna."
2 -- TRISH & ASHLEY vs. VICTORIA TORRIE WILSON
Trish began the match and got in some offense. When Ashley tagged in, she took a nasty spill that could have hurt her seriously when she went head-first to ringside. They really should reevaluate whether untrained women should be thrown into the ring like this. It's very disrespectful to what it takes to be safe in the ring executing this craft to assume barely trained women can be safe in there. Ross did note early in the match that Ashley isn't fully trained yet. Victoria isolated Ashley for several minutes. Trish hot tagged in at 5:30 and went to work on Victoria. Torrie grabbed her by the hair to give Victoria a chance to gain control. Trish flipped out of it, then did the Matrix move and clotheslined both opponents. Trish gave Victoria a spinebuster, but Candice Michelle distracted the ref. Trish yanked Candice into the ring. Ashley took a shot at her, also. Trish took both Torrie and Victoria down with a headscissors/headlock flip combo and then finished off Victoria with her Chick Kick.
WINNER: Ashley & Trish at 6:53.
STAR RATING: 3/4* -- High-energy, but Ashley shouldn't be in there yet. She's not ready yet. Trish looked amped up to be back and had really good energy, charisma, and timing.
-They showed Flair showing the women into his limo, then he popped several Viagra pills and washed it down with wine. He then took a few more pills. The crowd popped as Flair counted how many pills he'd need based on counting the women inside the limo.
-They introduced ZZ Top at ringside.
3 -- BIG SHOW vs. GENE SNITSKY
Big Show greeted ZZ Top when he got to the ring. Show took early control, jump-starting the match. After some action at ringside, Snitsky blocked a Big Show chokeslam attempt and ended up taking control at 3:00. Snitsky hit a back suplex at 4:00 for a two count. Snitsky followed up with a boot to the face of Show for another two count. The crowd chanted "Big Show, Big Show." Show came back with a spinebuster at 5:15, but fell to the mat himself. Snow, with the help of the top rope, nipped up. Impressive. He shoulder-tackled Snitsky and went for another chokeslam. This time he exceuted it for the pin. After the match Show got some revenge for being attacked by Snitsky with the ring bell on Raw; he grabbed the bell from ringside and took Snitsky to the mat with a blow to the head. He then began to leave the ring, but realized he owed him one more. As Snitsky began to get up, Show bashed him from behind across the skull with the bell one more time.
WINNER: Show at 6:10.
STAR RATING: *1/4 --Solid effort and non-stop action.
From: PWTorch.com
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