More Wrestling Memories
As Krude recently dug deeper into his personal
archives,another batch of excellent photos from a WWE house show in 2008
was unearthed. This show is from Madison Square Garden on August 23,
2008.
This was a post SummerSlam show that saw John Cena team with
Batista (they just fought at SS) and CM Punk defend his title in a cage against
JBL (they fought at SS as well). The rest of the card was typical of 2008 WWE
shows. Mediocre talent and cartoony finishes. Since this was a MSG show,the
wrestlers put forth energetic matches and connected well with the 9,000 or so
in attendance. Here is the card:
- Primo Colon b William Regal
- Lance Cade b D-Lo Brown
- Beth Phoenix b Mickie James
- Jamie Noble b Gene Snitsky
- Cody Rhodes & Ted DiBiase Jr. b Cryme Tyme (Shad
Gaspard & JTG)
- Santino Marella b Kofi Kingston after
interference from Beth Phoenix
-John Cena & Batista b Chris Jericho &
Kane
- C.M. Punk b John Bradshaw Layfield in a
Steel Cage match to retain the World Heavyweight title….
The matches that stood out to me were the Punk/JBL cage
match (no juice) and the Cena/Batista vs Jericho/Kane. Cena was hurting from
something and Jericho played heel to the max. Cryme Tyme stole Rhodes/Dibiase
Jr championship belts prior to their match. Snitsky looked deflated (post
Wellness). Santino played comic heel and left with Beth Phoenix. I took a photo
from my second row ringside seat of Kelly Kelly working the crowd. Overall
it was a good show. Not great,but had its moments.
WWE is still a great night out of pro wrestling fun. The
tickets prices have probably tripled since this 2008 show. That's ok. All
entertainment tickets have had serious price increases as of late. WWE has
changed a bunch in the past 10 years. But it's heart and soul will always remain
in Vinnie Mac's very fertile mind. Cheers!
Daddy Said Sell!
KK
@kapn_krude