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SECOND LIVE REPORT FROM RAW IN CHARLOTTESVILLE,

First off, the building was no where near full but still a good 2,000 or so. Hacksaw Jim Duggan was the Special Guest Host. I'll get to him later.

1st match was Dolph Ziggler vs. Kofi Kingston for the US title in which Kofi won. Good match to kick things off.

Then out comes Hacksaw doing his same old same old, complete with 2 x 4 and USA chants. Nexus comes out and surrounds the ring and Hacksaw looks worried. Out come Santino Marella, Evan Bourne and.....Vladimir Kozlov to make the save! Nexus takes the powder. Hacksaw says his in control and makes a six man tag match right on the spot.

2nd match.....Marella, Bourne and Kozlov beat Mason Ryan Michael McGillicutty and David Otunga. Before the match, the crowd chanted Batista at Mason.

3rd match....and it was a short one....Jack Swagger made Percy Watson tap out for the win. Isn't he the guy from NXT? Thought so. Anyway, unimpressive match.

4th match....DIVA time....The Bella Twins were defeated by Beth Phoenix and Eve Torres. Some nice spots here and the Bellas looked good in the ring...they might be shaping up.

Next out....The Miz gets mic time. Tells the audience that Alex Riley turned his back on him and attacked him for no good reason. It was classic Miz stuff. The Alex runs out and the fight is on. Refs break up the action, but apparently the anonymous Raw GM attends house shows too because the lights flicker and the GM jingle plays and the announcer says he received a message on his phone from the GM and that Miz and Alex have a match that starts NOW.

5th match....Miz and Alex battle but ends in a double countout. Miz gets a BAD bloody nose though and it came off really looking brutal.

INTERMISSION....Hacksaw holds some dance contest between people he pulled from the audience earlier in the evening.

6th match.....Alberto Del Rio vs. Chris Masters....of course Masters lost. Decent bout though. Believe it or not....there were Chris Master chants. Must have paid them off or something!

7th match....CM Punk vs. Rey Mysterio in which Rey pulled off the victory. REALLY good match and a lot of fun spots, like Punk grabbing the mic and was going to talk trash to the audience DURING the match and Rey attacking him and all you could hear was the sounds of him getting beat down. 8th and last match......R Truth vs. John Cena for the WWE championship...John gets the win in a fairly short match. R Truth gets some major mic time before things kicked off though, calling people fat and how it makes him sick the people love Cena so much....stuff like that.

Of course the roof went off the hinges when Cena came out. 2nd biggest pop would be for Rey. 3rd would have to go Santino and company.

Overall, a real good and tightly run show. I'm heading to the Richmond show tomorrow as well and if I have the time may send along a report of the all of the dark stuff and what not.

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