Additional Notes from RAW in Philly: Tag team ripping off team in TNA?

»Reported by Adam Martin of WrestleView.com

On Tuesday, July 19, 2005 at 3:18 PM EST

XtremeFalls43 sent in the following notes from RAW last night in Philadelphia, PA:

Garrison Cade and Trevor Rhodes were called TNT, they came down to the ring in Cowboy Hats and Jackets a lot like TNA’s America’s Most Wanted.

They played a Wrestlemania 21 DVD commercial before starting the show, after that Jim Ross came out got a huge Cheer, then Jerry Lawler came out to the same cheer as Jim Ross, and Coach came out to huge heat.

During two commercial breaks Garcia and the T-shirt guy shot shirts to the crowd. Also during one they promoted John Cena’s concert. Another commercial they played the Bad Man Video by John Cena but cut it off half way through.

Kurt Angle got a lot of laughs during his promo with Matt Striker, Also got major heat with the Eagles not winning the Superbowl remark. After the matt it looked like Striker may have actually been hurt I’m not sure if it was to sell, or he was hurt the Trainer and the referees carried him to the back.

After the Matt Hardy Run in the fans chanted Matt Hardy he was really over with the crowd. Also after the cage match the fans gave Kane a standing ovation and they played him off with his music

The Diva Search was booed out of the building, 3 huge boring chants started up don’t know how much of that you heard on TV but trust me it was load. You got to feel sorry for them girls.

Something that I’m sure you guys saw, Bam Maragera and Nick Hogan were there as well as Hugh Douglas of the Philadelphia Eagles. Bam and Nick did chase after Matt Hardy with there video Camera which I thought was kind of funny.

A viscus got a great pop from the crowd and is really over, and the Hurricane and Rosey both got great reactions they pop big time for both men and Stacy. Another small note Rosey was wearing a different costume than the first time he showed up, for Heat he was wearing his old one then on Raw he wore his new one.

Hogan was major over, all I can say is you got to see this guy in person it was so much more different than on TV. I’m not even a Hogan fan and I was having a great time with him.

Very few ECW chants which is weird considering there in Philly, AXL and Balls got them though.

Big Show got a great pop and had many fans laughing when he showed up to do the Master Lock Challenge, fans hated Masters though.

This was a great show in my opinion; the main event had the fans going the whole time. The Crowd was hot from the beginning to the end and most of the matches were great.

Top 6 Over---
1. Hogan
2. Batista
3. Cena
4. Big Viscera (Not Kidding)
5. Hardy
6. Kane

Most Heat---
1. Kurt Angle
2. Carlito
3. Diva Search
4. Edge
5. Lita
6. Chris Masters (Wasn't good Heat either)