My Personal Reactions and Reviews to the Event (and the posts)

Some may be irrelevant to the event.

1. Skycable really is the primary cable brand in the Philippines. The other competitors are actually Global Destiny (Jack TV channel 32) ,Cable Link (Jack TV channel 41) and other provincial cables. Starting 2008, Skycable removed channels that were related to Solar Entertainment although they returned Basketball TV later that year. I can watch a lot of wrestling videos in YouTube or in some site with PPV streaming, missing WWE isn't a bog deal for me.

2. There is a new channel called SciFi which have some great shows. The channel is known in US to have ECW on Tuesdays. We have ECW on Jack TV and CS/9.

3. Chris Jericho is a funny guy not only in ing but also outside. If you guys saw his TMZ interview, then you know he can be serious while having fun.

4. The maximum that can be in the coliseum is about 13,000. 60% of 13,000 is 7,800 which is indeed right. There are actually two people who have the same ticket seat. Damn Ticketnet.

5. I saw someone commented on the video about Lilian Garcia. She is actually on Raw and Justin Roberts on ECW/Smackdown. My dad told me Roberts was Matt Striker which is WRONG because commentators are not on live shows and there is no SD/ECW table.

Before WWE.....

The whole Araneta Coliseum Parking is full. We parked on B3F Gateway Mall.

There is a music played in the bacground and everytime it ended, people were cheering.

Match 1 John Morrison vs Shelton Benjamin

No digital cameras allowed but I have my cellphone camera. I have the video of John Morrison winning until he exits backstage. The match was good except that the first 1/4 of the match, Benjamin gets out of the ring and back in. A lot of holds were applied. Morrison hit Starship Pain to finish the match. Benjamin got some boos but even if he lost, we clapped for him. John Morrison have huge pops

Match 2 Evan Bourne vs Mark Henry

Evan Bourne wore a Team Pilipinas Jersey #7. Mark Henry easily finished it with World's Strongest Slam.Both have some huge pops.

Match 3 Gail Kim and Melina vs Michelle McCool and Alicia Fox (w/Maria) as the special guest referee

The first divas match on a Smackdown show. All divas had huge pops. Michelle acted like a coward for not facing Melina so the two exchanged tags with Alicia Fox and Gail Kim respectively. Gail Kim finished the match with an Inverted Stomp Facebreaker finisher on Fox for the pin.

By the way, Melina doesn't have Filipino blood. Her full name Melina Perez which is a Latin name and it really sounds Filipino-like. Melina resides in Los Angeles, CA same with John Morrison.

Match 4 Dolph Ziggler vs The Great Khali (w/o Runjin Singh)

Ziggler had a lot of boos. He was a coward to Khali and Khali received huge pops. Ziggler had some chopblocks but Khali dominated with a Punjabi Plunge.

Match 5 Tommy Dreamer vs Jack Swagger and Christian for the ECW Championship

ECW General Manager Tiffany, whose theme is that of Torrie Wilson's, announced a triple threat match. Christian came out first with huge pops. Swagger with little and Dreamer with mediocre pops. E-C-W chants happened during the match. Either Dreamer or Christian were out cold. The finish came when Swagger countered Killswitch (Unprettier) only to get Dreamer DDT'd and pinned. Dreamer saw a fan with a sign that read "Innovator of Violence" in the front row. He asked the fan to come in, gave him his shirt, let him carry the belt and hugged him. It was one of the coolest things that could ever happen to a fan. We're still chanting ECW until he walked up the ramp and exited.

Match 6 Rey Mysterio vs Chris Jericho to retain the Intercontinental Championship with Ricky Steamboat as the special guest referee

The three had very huge pops. There were a lot of Y2J fans in the arena same with Mysterio. There were signs of HYPOCRITE pointing to themselves, SD! is JERICHO, Y2J ad various Mysterio signs. This is what Jericho told us. "FIRST OF ALL EVERYBODY CHANTING Y2J SHOULD SHUT UP RIGHT NOW! I'VE COME ALL THE WAY TO THIS GOD FORSAKEN COUNTRY AND STILL I'M SURROUNDED BY HYPOCRITES, LIARS, CHEATERS, FAILURES EACH AND EVERYONE OF YOU THAT MADE HERE IN THIS JUNGLE. ALRIGHT CHANT Y2J ALL YOU WANT BE AN IDIOT ALL YOU WANT YOU'RE STILL A FAILURE YOURE STILL A NOTHING YOU STILL NEVER BE AS SUCCESS AS I AM LETS GO THROUGH THE LIST

4 TIME TAG TEAM CHAMPION

5 TIME WORLD CHAMPION

9 TIME INTERCONTINENTAL CHAMPION

THE BEST IN THE WORLD IN WHAT I DO AND MOST IMPORTANT OF ALL I AM BETTER THAN YOU SO YOU SHOULD SIT DOWN AND ENJOY THE FACT THAT YOU GET TO SEE A SUCCESS LIKE MYSELF YOU GET TO SEE CHRIS JERICHO AND YOU GET TO FEEL WHAT IT'S LIKE TO SEE SOMEBODY WITH SOME SUCCESS FOR THE FIRST TIME EVER IN THE PHILIPPINES"

Jericho tried to unmask Rey a couple of times. They hit all their signature spots. Great moments include Rey hitting the senton to the outside, Jericho countering a 619 into the Walls of Jericho, Jericho hitting the spinning torture rack backbreaker counter and a solid Codebreaker which he protected by taking bout half a minute to follow up with a cover.
Jericho goes outside to get a chair only to have Steamboat take it away. While arguing with Steamboat with his head in between the ropes (Steamboat just returned the chair), Rey hit the 619 and Splash combo for the win. After the match, Jericho beat down Steamboat for a minute. As soon as Steamboat made a comeback, Jericho ran up the ramp.


Match 7 CM Punk vs Jeff Hardy for the World Heavyweight Championship

Both men had the huge pops. The HARDY chant's were not synchronized. Someone was chanting GINEBRA out of place. We were chanting WE WANT EDGE!!! They had a good back and forth contest. Punk played a face for the most part but started to use heel tactics like attacking Jeff while opening the ropes or hitting Jeff when the ref would back him up. A lot of counters in the match. They teased both men hitting one of their finishers. Jeff was in the GTS position twice but he countered. Hardy hit the Whisper in the Wind, almost got the Twist of Fate and missed a Swanton. Finish: Punk goes for the GTS once again, Hardy counters into a sunset flip attempt only to have Punk block the attempt and pin him to retain.

Anyway it was fun. EDGE was injured on a Tuesday Taping. No Batista or Triple H like in the ads.