WNW reader Grégory Schmitt reporting...
I was able to attend Raw yesterday in Toronto and I thought I'd like to bring more news:
- Crowd was hot all the night, from the first Heat match to the dark match main event.
- It was a legit sell-out; the arena was filled up to capacity.
- Santino Marella and Randy Orton got "mixed" reaction: some fans were booing them, but I'd say that the crowd was quite divided, with 50% booing and 50% cheering, which quite surprised me.
- The crowd was *insane* for our Canadian heroes, i.e. Chris Jericho (who got a huge pop for his dark match with Orton) and Trish Stratus.
- Lilian got booed at the very beginning for saying the "Air
American Centre" instead of the "Air Canada Centre". But her song of the Canadian anthem was great, so we still love you, Lilian!
- Hacksaw Jim Duggan, in his Heat match, started waiving an American flag, which got him some boos, until he exchanged for a Canadian flag, which got the crowd cheering for him.
- Cena got booed every time he was on the Titantron.
- Fans still remember and some chanted "You screwed Bret" when Shawn Michaels appeared.
- If I were Paul Burchill, I'd be worried. He didn't draw any reaction from the audience, even less than a Heat match. Only Katie Lea got some cheers, but that was certainly more regarding her gorgeous body than her wrestling abilities...
Pre-matches:
- Kofi Kingston d. The Natural Nic Nemeth
- Hacksaw Jim Duggan & SuperCrazy d. Charlie Haas & Robbie McAllister
- Paul London & Brian Kendrick d. Lance Cade & Trevor Murdoch; the latter got in an argument at the end and crowd chanted "Fight! Fight !".
- Snitsky d. local jobber advertised as being from Ontario, Toronto.
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