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RAW Results - 15th March 2010
Location -
Announcers - Michael Cole & Jerry "The King" Lawler
We open with a video package taking us back to last week's Gauntlet Match which saw John Cena kill the finishers of half the Raw roster before Batista finally came out and destroyed Cena, allowing Mr McMahon to pin him. It's funny how Vince McMahon, at 62 or whatever he is, looks to be in ten times as good of shape as Ric Flair is at roughly the same age.
Monday Night Raw is on the air! Our hosts are Michael Cole and Jerry "The King" Lawler.
On tonight's show, three rematches of previous Wrestlemania matches as Shawn Michaels faced World Champion Chris Jericho, Triple H battles Randy Orton, and John Cena takes on the Big Show!
Tonight's Guest Host, Stone Cold Steve Austin makes his way to the ring looking all of 180 lbs. It's seriously shocking how skinny the guy looks. Austin gets a huge ovation from the crowd. Cena wishes he could get a reaction like this. So does Hogan for that matter. Austin says it's good to be back as the crowd does the "WHAT" gimmick. He says that walking down the rampway made him thirsty and had his guy at ringside toss him a couple of beers and then tells the crowd if they're ready for Raw and Wrestlemania, to give him a Hell Yeah. The crowd obliges. He says that nobody knows the importance of Wrestlemania like Steve Austin, and says his match at Wrestlemania 13 against Bret Hart was one of the defining moments of his career. He says you put it all on the line at Wrestlemania, and having faced Bret on many occasions, he says Bret is one of the best he's ever been in the ring with, which he never would have said on TV ten years ago. He also knows Vince McMahon very well and appreciates what Vince brings to the ring, which isn't scientific wrestling skills but that he's one of the most cutthroat people he's ever been in the ring with. Tonight, we're here to sign the contract for the Bret-Vince match at Wrestlemania, and he's here to oversee the signing of that contract, and he wants to make sure this match goes into Wrestlemania without any hitches. He pauses for another sip of beer, then goes back to Vince and Bret. Vince is dealing with Stone Cold Steve Austin, and then Austin says ass and gets bleeped, and tonight we're going to settle things in this very ring because Stone Cold said so!
Suddenly, John Cena's music hits and I wish it was ten years ago so Austin would crush Cena like a bug. Instead of talking to Cena, Austin just grabs a beer and walks away...but suddenly the Big Show's music hits and out comes the big man. Austin waves at him and continues to the back as Show gets in the ring and it looks like our first Wrestlemania Rewind match is on!
John Cena vs Big Show
Cena ducks several punches and comes back with some of his own, but Show clocks him and goes for a powerbomb, but instead of dropping him forward like a traditional powerbomb, Show drops straight back and drops Cena on his face, and we're off to commercial.
We're back and Cena's in trouble, as he's stuck in a big, vicious Big Show crossface. Cena escapes and goes for the STF, but Show kicks him off to the floor. Show yanks him back up to the apron by the head, but Cena drops down and clotheslines Show on the top rope, then pops back in and goes for a slam, but Show does the Andre block on Cena for 2. Show rams Cena hard into the corner and goes up for the Vader Bomb but Cena moves and Show crashes hard. Show gets up and charges Cena in the corner, but Cena gets the boot up, dropkicks the knee, then goes up and hits a Fameasser off the top rope. Show can't see Cena, but before we get the Five Knuckle Shuffle, Batista's music hits and according to WWE rules, that means Cena has to stop what he's doing immediately and gape at him. Cena recovers more quickly than usual and hits the Five Knuckle Shuffle, but gets distracted again and walks right into a chokeslam...for 2. John Cena, the Finisher Killer. Show cocks up for the big right, but Cena ducks it and goes for the Attitude Adjustment, but Batista jumps up on the apron and distracts Cena enough that he drops the Big Show and then eats the big right, and that's enough to put Superman down for the count.
Winner: Big Show
After the match
Batista crawls into the ring and talks trash to Cena, then slides back out of the ring and walks off.
After a brief commercial break, we're going right back to the ring for...
Evan Bourne vs Sheamus
This ought to be quick. Sheamus takes the mic and says that before he starts his match...then changes his mind and cracks Bourne over the head with the mic, then kills him with a bicycle kick followed by the Celtic Cross. Bourne rolls to the floor so Sheamus takes the mic back and as he was saying, when he was growing up in Ireland he was always fascinated by WWE and its superstars, and one man stood out to him, a man who would sell his mother to get ahead, who would use a sledgehammer to get ahead, and that man is Triple H. Triple H beat them all, and over the years has won countless World Championships. But within one year, Sheamus has ended careers, dominated Raw, and become WWE Champion. He was supposed to defend the WWE Title at Wrestlemania and Triple H ruined that, but he can thank Triple H now because Triple H was the man he wanted at Wrestlemania, and in two weeks he's going to get his chance. Triple H said Wrestlemania can be a turning point in his career, but it will actually be a turning point in Triple H's career because after the beating Sheamus is going to give him, he'll never be the same again. Triple H may be the King of Kings, but at Wrestlemania, Sheamus is going to take his throne. Then he points at the Wrestlemania banner. As for the match, let's call it...
No Contest
Backstage
Steve Austin is hanging out backstage, and Shawn Michaels stops by to ask him if he thinks Shawn can beat the Undertaker. Austin says he thinks he can, but doesn't think he's going to. Shawn says he knew at the very least he'd get the truth out of him, then says that after Austin beat him at Wrestlemania 14, everyone thought Shawn's career was over, but he proved them wrong, and at Wrestlemania he's going to prove them wrong again by beating the Undertaker. Chris Jericho interrupts to thank Austin for the match with Shawn Michaels tonight, because it gives Jericho one last chance to embarass Shawn before Undertaker retires him once and for all. Shawn says he's going to destroy Chris Jericho to send a message to the Undertaker, then leaves. Jericho suggests calling the match off and going for a couple of Steveweisers and they share a big laugh...but then Austin stops laughing and tells Jericho to get out of his office. Austin looks really old up close. I think those hopes of one last match are becoming more and more of a pipe dream with every passing day.
Kelly Kelly vs Maryse
HELLOHELLOHELLO. Maryse nails Kelly while she's jutting for the crowd, but Kelly comes back with a kick, a backflip, and another kick. Kelly jumps on Maryse and they catfight, then Kelly...kicks her again! Kelly does a Rocker Dropper for 2, but Maryse Tullys her into the middle turnbuckle and then hits her spike DDT for the win. At least it was quick.
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Winner: Maryse
After the match
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Maryse Goes after Kelly again after the match, tosses her to the floor, then rams her into the barricade. Maryse tosses her back in the ring, but before she can do more damage, Gail Kim and Eve Torres come out to make the save. They lay out Maryse and go to check on Kelly, but Layla and Michelle McCool come out and jump Eve and Gail! Wait, what are they doing here?? They're Smackdown Divas! McCool does a weak Panic Attack in the corner, but Eve recovers and nails Layla. Before she can nail McCool though, Layla grabs her leg, McCool misses her kick, then does it again and connects this time. McCool and Layla head for the back as Vickie Guerrero stands at the top of the ramp applauding.
Still to come tonight, Steve Austin presides over the Bret Hart-Vince McMahon contract signing!
Commercial, then we're back for a video package of various WWE superstars talking about the Undertaker's Wrestlemania streak and scenes of the Undertaker's victories over the years.
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Then the stars talk about how Shawn is the one man who can probably end the Undertaker's streak. The build for this match is epic, and they can probably do an entire DVD set just of the two Wrestlemania matches and the build to them. Seriously, if this doesn't close Wrestlemania then there is no justice.
Back to the ring for main event #2!
Shawn Michaels vs World Champion Chris Jericho
Both men make their entrance, and then we go to commercial. We come back and the bell rings. Shawn goes right after Jericho and pounds away, whipping him into the ropes and catches him coming off with an elbow. Shawn with a pair of chops, a flying mare, and a stomp to the head. Shawn whips Jericho into the corner and follows him into, but Jericho moves and Shawn hits the ringpost. Jericho goes for a backdrop, but Shawn gets the boot up and follows that up with a Thesz Press, which Cole said is in tribute to Steve Austin. Moron. Jericho backdrops Shawn over the top to the floor, then goes out after him and rams him facefirst into the apron then tosses him back in the ring. Jericho slingshots Shawn into the bottom rope, then stands over him and rains punches down on Shawn's prone body. Jericho gets a sloppy Tazmission, but Shawn fights his way out. Jericho reverses an Irish Whip and Shawn goes hard into the corner and goes down and Jericho starts laying in the boots to him. Jericho HITS THE CHINLOCK, but Shawn fights his way out and hits the flying forearm. He kips up, hits the inverted atomic drop and then goes for another, but Jericho rolls through and goes for the Walls of Jericho. Shawn reverses that to an inside cradle for 2, but Jericho comes back with a bulldog and the Lionsault, but Shawn gets the knees up. Shawn goes up top and hits the top rope elbow and goes for the superkick, but Jericho bails to the floor and takes a hike and gets counted out.
Winner: Shawn Michaels by countout
After the match
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As soon as the bell rings, Edge's music hits and he runs out and goes after Jericho, beating him all through the crowd and back into the ring and kills him with the spear. Edge grabs the mic, crawls back in right on top of Jericho, and says "Spear" then walks off.
Still to come, Triple H takes on Randy Orton, and Steve Austin oversees the Bret Hart-Vince McMahon contract signing!
Commercial break, then we come back to Cole and Lawler bringing us back to clips of last week as Legacy finally got one up (sort of) on Randy Orton, and then announce Randy Orton vs Cody Rhodes vs Ted Dibiase in a Triple Threat Match at Wrestlemania. Josh Matthews catches Orton backstage and asks if this announcement affects his mindset going into his match with Triple H tonight.
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Orton says he hates Triple H, but respects him and takes him seriously. He then says that he doesn't take Rhodes and Dibiase seriously. Neither do we, Randy. Neither do we. At Wrestlemania, it's every man for himself and Legacy is going to discover that they're absolutely nothing without Orton.
Triple H is backstage, and he's...WALKING WITH A PURPOSE! We're off to commercial
We're back, and it's time for the Raw Rewind, as we go back to Triple H's conversation with Sheamus from last week and the subsequent brawl.
Cole and Lawler bring us up to speed on the events of earlier tonight, and then send us back to the ring for the third of our three main events!
Triple H vs Randy Orton
I find it interesting how Triple H can flip back and forth from DX Triple H to The Game Triple H and back with little to no effort. I wonder if he could flip back to Hunter Hearst Helmsley as easily. No matter which character he's portraying though, you can't help but admire the Evian Spew Of Doom. It's not as easy as it looks. Bell rings and we're off with a repeat of the main event of last year's Wrestlemania! WWE is smart not to charge for it this time. Orton goes right to work with right hands and boots in the corner, but Hunter comes back with some haymakers of his own. Orton reverses an Irish Whip into the corner but Hunter comes out with a clothesline and follows that up with a big vertical suplex and the kneedrop for 2. Orton comes back with a few shots and goes for a dropkick, but Hunter HHHolds onto the ropes and Orton comes crashing down. Orton turns it around and dumps Hunter to the floor and he crashes down hard. Hunter climbs back into the ring and Orton goes for the second rope DDT, but Hunter climbs through and backdrops Orton to the floor then follows him out. Hunter goes to whip Orton into the stairs but Orton reverses then does the second rope DDT off the the stairs onto the floor and Orton ducks back into the ring as we go to commercial.
We're back and Randy Orton has HIT THE CHINLOCK! Hunter tries to fight out but Orton with the NeckBackBreaker and gets pumped up for the RKO. Triple H gets to his feet and Orton goes for it, but Hunter pushes him off and hits a clothesline and both men are down. They both get up and start going toe to toe but Triple H takes the advantage with a high knee. Hunter with the knee smash and comes off the ropes right into a powerslam by Orton, which gets 2. Triple H comes back with a spinebuster for 2 then goes for the Pedigree, but Orton backdrops out. Double clothesline and both men are down again. Orton clotheslines Hunter over the top rope, but Hunter catches him coming back into the ring and hits the Pedigree. Before he can make the cover, Legacy runs in and attacks Triple H and toss him to the floor, then start attacking Orton 2-on-1. Triple H comes back in to try and make the save, but Sheamus comes in out of nowhere and hits the bicycle kick on Triple H. Sheamus has a staredown with Legacy, and Legacy backs off to the floor. They pull Orton out to the floor and Rhodes hits CrossRhodes in the floor as Sheamus plants his foot on Hunter's chest and raises his arms in victory. As for the match we just saw...
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Winner: Triple H by DQ
Backstage
Batista is backstage, he faces Kofi Kingston next!
The Hall Of Fame is the night before Wrestlemania as always, and this year's inductees include the Million Dollar Man, Antonio Inoki, Mad Dog Vachon, and Wendi Richter, plus the latest inductee, Gorgeous George. We are treated to a video package of George's career, and I couldn't help but get a chuckle out of the Destroyer, Dick Beyer, making his comments while wearing the mask even though he's like 100 years old.
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But of course the night after the Hall Of Fame is Wrestlemania, and we run down the entire card. Just out of curiosity, why doesn't everybody reading this write me and let me know which match they think will close the show out of Michaels-Undertaker, Batista-Cena, Jericho-Edge, and Hart-McMahon? While we're at it, why don't we actually do which match WILL close the show, and which match SHOULD close the show. I'd be interested to hear what everyone thinks.
But for right now, let's head back to the ring!
WWE Champion Batista vs Kofi Kingston
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The events of last week's show closing angle would lead one to believe that Kofi won't fare very well here. Batista rams Kingston into the corner to start and rams shoulders into his solar plexus, then whips Kingston hard across the ring into the opposite corner. Batista continues brutalizing Kingston, choking him in the corner with his boot. Batista goes for a powerslam but Kingston wriggles free and takes a couple of kicks at Batista's leg, ducks a wild clothesline, and lays in some shots to Batista before nailing him with a dropkick and a flying clothesline. Batista bails to the floor and Kingston tries a baseball slide to the floor, but Batista moves out of the way and rams Kingston into the barricade. Batista tosses Kingston back in the ring and tries a corner charge, but Kingston ducks out of the way and out to the apron. He tries a springboard something, but Batista clotheslines him out of the air, and as I notice that Batista seems to have been busted open hardway, Batista hits a spinebuster and finishes Kofi with the Batista Bomb.
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Winner: Batista
Coming up next, Steve Austin supervises the contract signing for Bret Hart vs Vince McMahon!
Our Wrestlemania Recall brings us back to Wrestlemania 14 with the infamous Kane-Pete Rose Incident. All time classic, and Pete Rose is back next week for the final Raw before Wrestlemania. Already signed for next week...that's right, a HANDICAP MATCH! Triple H & Randy Orton take on Sheamus, Ted Dibiase, and Cody Rhodes.
It's contract signing time! Bret Hart comes hobbling out to the ring and god bless Bret, he's selling the fake leg injury like a champ. There are none better. He is soon joined by Mr McMahon, who comes hobbling out because that's just the way he walks, then ruins my joke by hobbling more than usual to mock Bret. Finally, out comes the Master of Ceremonies himself, Stone Cold Steve Austin. The amount of history in that ring right now is just staggering to anyone who lived through it. Austin has some business to take care of before we get down to business with the contract signing. Austin was inducted into the Hall Of Fame last year and that's something he's very proud of, and this year Stu Hart was supposed to go into the Hall Of Fame. Vince stands up to interrupt, but Austin tells him to sit down, and then says that just because he's Vince McMahon, he said Stu isn't going into the Hall Of Fame. Austin says that if anyone deserves to go in, it's Stu Hart, so he's officially announcing that Stu Hart is going into the Hall Of Fame. Vince says he's okay with Stu going in because that means the entire Hart family will be in Phoenix, and while they're a bunch of dysfunctional derelicts, but Bret is different because he's a handicapped dysfunctional derelict. He then says that Bret can be a man and sign the contract for Wrestlemania, but once he does it's ironclad, and if Bret doesn't show up then Vince will sue him for everything he's got. Bret says that he'd show up even if both his legs were broken, and then he says that neither of them want this to be a wrestling match, they want it to be a fight, then challenges Vince to make it a No Holds Barred match. Does that mean Zeus will show up too? Vince says, in the words of Steve Austin, oh hell yeah! Vince said that after Montreal, Vince said that Bret screwed Bret. For the last few weeks it's been Vince screwing Bret, but with this stipulation, once again it's Bret who has screwed Bret, then tells Bret to sign it. Bret signs the contract, then passes it to Vince. Vince hesitates, then signs the contract as well. Austin says it's official: Bret Hart will face Vince McMahon in a No Holds Barred match at Wrestlemania, and tells the crowd that if they're ready for it, to give him a hell yeah! Austin says he's looking forward to seeing Vince taking as ass whipping, which again gets bleeped out. Austin starts to head to the back, but gets to the top of the ramp and stops and says there's one thing he forgot to tell Vince, and he'll let Bret tell him himself. Vince turns around and sees...Bret's cast laying on the table. Bret says he doesn't need the crutch or the cast, what he needed was for Vince to think Bret was hurt, then reveals that it was all a ruse and that Bret is 100%, and if Vince tries to back out of this match, Bret is going to sue him for everything he's worth. For 13 years, Vince has said that Bret screwed Bret, but tonight, Vince screwed Vince. Bret turns to the crowd with the cast in hand and asks if anyone wants a souvenir, and as Vince slowly rises to suckerpunch Bret from behind, Bret turns around and cracks Vince in the face with the cast, tosses him over the table, then nails him again.
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RAW Results - 15th March 2010
Location -
Announcers - Michael Cole & Jerry "The King" Lawler
We open with a video package taking us back to last week's Gauntlet Match which saw John Cena kill the finishers of half the Raw roster before Batista finally came out and destroyed Cena, allowing Mr McMahon to pin him. It's funny how Vince McMahon, at 62 or whatever he is, looks to be in ten times as good of shape as Ric Flair is at roughly the same age.
Monday Night Raw is on the air! Our hosts are Michael Cole and Jerry "The King" Lawler.
On tonight's show, three rematches of previous Wrestlemania matches as Shawn Michaels faced World Champion Chris Jericho, Triple H battles Randy Orton, and John Cena takes on the Big Show!
Tonight's Guest Host, Stone Cold Steve Austin makes his way to the ring looking all of 180 lbs. It's seriously shocking how skinny the guy looks. Austin gets a huge ovation from the crowd. Cena wishes he could get a reaction like this. So does Hogan for that matter. Austin says it's good to be back as the crowd does the "WHAT" gimmick. He says that walking down the rampway made him thirsty and had his guy at ringside toss him a couple of beers and then tells the crowd if they're ready for Raw and Wrestlemania, to give him a Hell Yeah. The crowd obliges. He says that nobody knows the importance of Wrestlemania like Steve Austin, and says his match at Wrestlemania 13 against Bret Hart was one of the defining moments of his career. He says you put it all on the line at Wrestlemania, and having faced Bret on many occasions, he says Bret is one of the best he's ever been in the ring with, which he never would have said on TV ten years ago. He also knows Vince McMahon very well and appreciates what Vince brings to the ring, which isn't scientific wrestling skills but that he's one of the most cutthroat people he's ever been in the ring with. Tonight, we're here to sign the contract for the Bret-Vince match at Wrestlemania, and he's here to oversee the signing of that contract, and he wants to make sure this match goes into Wrestlemania without any hitches. He pauses for another sip of beer, then goes back to Vince and Bret. Vince is dealing with Stone Cold Steve Austin, and then Austin says ass and gets bleeped, and tonight we're going to settle things in this very ring because Stone Cold said so!
Suddenly, John Cena's music hits and I wish it was ten years ago so Austin would crush Cena like a bug. Instead of talking to Cena, Austin just grabs a beer and walks away...but suddenly the Big Show's music hits and out comes the big man. Austin waves at him and continues to the back as Show gets in the ring and it looks like our first Wrestlemania Rewind match is on!
John Cena vs Big Show
Cena ducks several punches and comes back with some of his own, but Show clocks him and goes for a powerbomb, but instead of dropping him forward like a traditional powerbomb, Show drops straight back and drops Cena on his face, and we're off to commercial.
We're back and Cena's in trouble, as he's stuck in a big, vicious Big Show crossface. Cena escapes and goes for the STF, but Show kicks him off to the floor. Show yanks him back up to the apron by the head, but Cena drops down and clotheslines Show on the top rope, then pops back in and goes for a slam, but Show does the Andre block on Cena for 2. Show rams Cena hard into the corner and goes up for the Vader Bomb but Cena moves and Show crashes hard. Show gets up and charges Cena in the corner, but Cena gets the boot up, dropkicks the knee, then goes up and hits a Fameasser off the top rope. Show can't see Cena, but before we get the Five Knuckle Shuffle, Batista's music hits and according to WWE rules, that means Cena has to stop what he's doing immediately and gape at him. Cena recovers more quickly than usual and hits the Five Knuckle Shuffle, but gets distracted again and walks right into a chokeslam...for 2. John Cena, the Finisher Killer. Show cocks up for the big right, but Cena ducks it and goes for the Attitude Adjustment, but Batista jumps up on the apron and distracts Cena enough that he drops the Big Show and then eats the big right, and that's enough to put Superman down for the count.
Winner: Big Show
After the match
Batista crawls into the ring and talks trash to Cena, then slides back out of the ring and walks off.
After a brief commercial break, we're going right back to the ring for...
Evan Bourne vs Sheamus
This ought to be quick. Sheamus takes the mic and says that before he starts his match...then changes his mind and cracks Bourne over the head with the mic, then kills him with a bicycle kick followed by the Celtic Cross. Bourne rolls to the floor so Sheamus takes the mic back and as he was saying, when he was growing up in Ireland he was always fascinated by WWE and its superstars, and one man stood out to him, a man who would sell his mother to get ahead, who would use a sledgehammer to get ahead, and that man is Triple H. Triple H beat them all, and over the years has won countless World Championships. But within one year, Sheamus has ended careers, dominated Raw, and become WWE Champion. He was supposed to defend the WWE Title at Wrestlemania and Triple H ruined that, but he can thank Triple H now because Triple H was the man he wanted at Wrestlemania, and in two weeks he's going to get his chance. Triple H said Wrestlemania can be a turning point in his career, but it will actually be a turning point in Triple H's career because after the beating Sheamus is going to give him, he'll never be the same again. Triple H may be the King of Kings, but at Wrestlemania, Sheamus is going to take his throne. Then he points at the Wrestlemania banner. As for the match, let's call it...
No Contest
Backstage
Steve Austin is hanging out backstage, and Shawn Michaels stops by to ask him if he thinks Shawn can beat the Undertaker. Austin says he thinks he can, but doesn't think he's going to. Shawn says he knew at the very least he'd get the truth out of him, then says that after Austin beat him at Wrestlemania 14, everyone thought Shawn's career was over, but he proved them wrong, and at Wrestlemania he's going to prove them wrong again by beating the Undertaker. Chris Jericho interrupts to thank Austin for the match with Shawn Michaels tonight, because it gives Jericho one last chance to embarass Shawn before Undertaker retires him once and for all. Shawn says he's going to destroy Chris Jericho to send a message to the Undertaker, then leaves. Jericho suggests calling the match off and going for a couple of Steveweisers and they share a big laugh...but then Austin stops laughing and tells Jericho to get out of his office. Austin looks really old up close. I think those hopes of one last match are becoming more and more of a pipe dream with every passing day.
Kelly Kelly vs Maryse
HELLOHELLOHELLO. Maryse nails Kelly while she's jutting for the crowd, but Kelly comes back with a kick, a backflip, and another kick. Kelly jumps on Maryse and they catfight, then Kelly...kicks her again! Kelly does a Rocker Dropper for 2, but Maryse Tullys her into the middle turnbuckle and then hits her spike DDT for the win. At least it was quick.
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Winner: Maryse
After the match
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Maryse Goes after Kelly again after the match, tosses her to the floor, then rams her into the barricade. Maryse tosses her back in the ring, but before she can do more damage, Gail Kim and Eve Torres come out to make the save. They lay out Maryse and go to check on Kelly, but Layla and Michelle McCool come out and jump Eve and Gail! Wait, what are they doing here?? They're Smackdown Divas! McCool does a weak Panic Attack in the corner, but Eve recovers and nails Layla. Before she can nail McCool though, Layla grabs her leg, McCool misses her kick, then does it again and connects this time. McCool and Layla head for the back as Vickie Guerrero stands at the top of the ramp applauding.
Still to come tonight, Steve Austin presides over the Bret Hart-Vince McMahon contract signing!
Commercial, then we're back for a video package of various WWE superstars talking about the Undertaker's Wrestlemania streak and scenes of the Undertaker's victories over the years.
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Then the stars talk about how Shawn is the one man who can probably end the Undertaker's streak. The build for this match is epic, and they can probably do an entire DVD set just of the two Wrestlemania matches and the build to them. Seriously, if this doesn't close Wrestlemania then there is no justice.
Back to the ring for main event #2!
Shawn Michaels vs World Champion Chris Jericho
Both men make their entrance, and then we go to commercial. We come back and the bell rings. Shawn goes right after Jericho and pounds away, whipping him into the ropes and catches him coming off with an elbow. Shawn with a pair of chops, a flying mare, and a stomp to the head. Shawn whips Jericho into the corner and follows him into, but Jericho moves and Shawn hits the ringpost. Jericho goes for a backdrop, but Shawn gets the boot up and follows that up with a Thesz Press, which Cole said is in tribute to Steve Austin. Moron. Jericho backdrops Shawn over the top to the floor, then goes out after him and rams him facefirst into the apron then tosses him back in the ring. Jericho slingshots Shawn into the bottom rope, then stands over him and rains punches down on Shawn's prone body. Jericho gets a sloppy Tazmission, but Shawn fights his way out. Jericho reverses an Irish Whip and Shawn goes hard into the corner and goes down and Jericho starts laying in the boots to him. Jericho HITS THE CHINLOCK, but Shawn fights his way out and hits the flying forearm. He kips up, hits the inverted atomic drop and then goes for another, but Jericho rolls through and goes for the Walls of Jericho. Shawn reverses that to an inside cradle for 2, but Jericho comes back with a bulldog and the Lionsault, but Shawn gets the knees up. Shawn goes up top and hits the top rope elbow and goes for the superkick, but Jericho bails to the floor and takes a hike and gets counted out.
Winner: Shawn Michaels by countout
After the match
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As soon as the bell rings, Edge's music hits and he runs out and goes after Jericho, beating him all through the crowd and back into the ring and kills him with the spear. Edge grabs the mic, crawls back in right on top of Jericho, and says "Spear" then walks off.
Still to come, Triple H takes on Randy Orton, and Steve Austin oversees the Bret Hart-Vince McMahon contract signing!
Commercial break, then we come back to Cole and Lawler bringing us back to clips of last week as Legacy finally got one up (sort of) on Randy Orton, and then announce Randy Orton vs Cody Rhodes vs Ted Dibiase in a Triple Threat Match at Wrestlemania. Josh Matthews catches Orton backstage and asks if this announcement affects his mindset going into his match with Triple H tonight.
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Orton says he hates Triple H, but respects him and takes him seriously. He then says that he doesn't take Rhodes and Dibiase seriously. Neither do we, Randy. Neither do we. At Wrestlemania, it's every man for himself and Legacy is going to discover that they're absolutely nothing without Orton.
Triple H is backstage, and he's...WALKING WITH A PURPOSE! We're off to commercial
We're back, and it's time for the Raw Rewind, as we go back to Triple H's conversation with Sheamus from last week and the subsequent brawl.
Cole and Lawler bring us up to speed on the events of earlier tonight, and then send us back to the ring for the third of our three main events!
Triple H vs Randy Orton
I find it interesting how Triple H can flip back and forth from DX Triple H to The Game Triple H and back with little to no effort. I wonder if he could flip back to Hunter Hearst Helmsley as easily. No matter which character he's portraying though, you can't help but admire the Evian Spew Of Doom. It's not as easy as it looks. Bell rings and we're off with a repeat of the main event of last year's Wrestlemania! WWE is smart not to charge for it this time. Orton goes right to work with right hands and boots in the corner, but Hunter comes back with some haymakers of his own. Orton reverses an Irish Whip into the corner but Hunter comes out with a clothesline and follows that up with a big vertical suplex and the kneedrop for 2. Orton comes back with a few shots and goes for a dropkick, but Hunter HHHolds onto the ropes and Orton comes crashing down. Orton turns it around and dumps Hunter to the floor and he crashes down hard. Hunter climbs back into the ring and Orton goes for the second rope DDT, but Hunter climbs through and backdrops Orton to the floor then follows him out. Hunter goes to whip Orton into the stairs but Orton reverses then does the second rope DDT off the the stairs onto the floor and Orton ducks back into the ring as we go to commercial.
We're back and Randy Orton has HIT THE CHINLOCK! Hunter tries to fight out but Orton with the NeckBackBreaker and gets pumped up for the RKO. Triple H gets to his feet and Orton goes for it, but Hunter pushes him off and hits a clothesline and both men are down. They both get up and start going toe to toe but Triple H takes the advantage with a high knee. Hunter with the knee smash and comes off the ropes right into a powerslam by Orton, which gets 2. Triple H comes back with a spinebuster for 2 then goes for the Pedigree, but Orton backdrops out. Double clothesline and both men are down again. Orton clotheslines Hunter over the top rope, but Hunter catches him coming back into the ring and hits the Pedigree. Before he can make the cover, Legacy runs in and attacks Triple H and toss him to the floor, then start attacking Orton 2-on-1. Triple H comes back in to try and make the save, but Sheamus comes in out of nowhere and hits the bicycle kick on Triple H. Sheamus has a staredown with Legacy, and Legacy backs off to the floor. They pull Orton out to the floor and Rhodes hits CrossRhodes in the floor as Sheamus plants his foot on Hunter's chest and raises his arms in victory. As for the match we just saw...
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Winner: Triple H by DQ
Backstage
Batista is backstage, he faces Kofi Kingston next!
The Hall Of Fame is the night before Wrestlemania as always, and this year's inductees include the Million Dollar Man, Antonio Inoki, Mad Dog Vachon, and Wendi Richter, plus the latest inductee, Gorgeous George. We are treated to a video package of George's career, and I couldn't help but get a chuckle out of the Destroyer, Dick Beyer, making his comments while wearing the mask even though he's like 100 years old.
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But of course the night after the Hall Of Fame is Wrestlemania, and we run down the entire card. Just out of curiosity, why doesn't everybody reading this write me and let me know which match they think will close the show out of Michaels-Undertaker, Batista-Cena, Jericho-Edge, and Hart-McMahon? While we're at it, why don't we actually do which match WILL close the show, and which match SHOULD close the show. I'd be interested to hear what everyone thinks.
But for right now, let's head back to the ring!
WWE Champion Batista vs Kofi Kingston
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The events of last week's show closing angle would lead one to believe that Kofi won't fare very well here. Batista rams Kingston into the corner to start and rams shoulders into his solar plexus, then whips Kingston hard across the ring into the opposite corner. Batista continues brutalizing Kingston, choking him in the corner with his boot. Batista goes for a powerslam but Kingston wriggles free and takes a couple of kicks at Batista's leg, ducks a wild clothesline, and lays in some shots to Batista before nailing him with a dropkick and a flying clothesline. Batista bails to the floor and Kingston tries a baseball slide to the floor, but Batista moves out of the way and rams Kingston into the barricade. Batista tosses Kingston back in the ring and tries a corner charge, but Kingston ducks out of the way and out to the apron. He tries a springboard something, but Batista clotheslines him out of the air, and as I notice that Batista seems to have been busted open hardway, Batista hits a spinebuster and finishes Kofi with the Batista Bomb.
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Winner: Batista
Coming up next, Steve Austin supervises the contract signing for Bret Hart vs Vince McMahon!
Our Wrestlemania Recall brings us back to Wrestlemania 14 with the infamous Kane-Pete Rose Incident. All time classic, and Pete Rose is back next week for the final Raw before Wrestlemania. Already signed for next week...that's right, a HANDICAP MATCH! Triple H & Randy Orton take on Sheamus, Ted Dibiase, and Cody Rhodes.
It's contract signing time! Bret Hart comes hobbling out to the ring and god bless Bret, he's selling the fake leg injury like a champ. There are none better. He is soon joined by Mr McMahon, who comes hobbling out because that's just the way he walks, then ruins my joke by hobbling more than usual to mock Bret. Finally, out comes the Master of Ceremonies himself, Stone Cold Steve Austin. The amount of history in that ring right now is just staggering to anyone who lived through it. Austin has some business to take care of before we get down to business with the contract signing. Austin was inducted into the Hall Of Fame last year and that's something he's very proud of, and this year Stu Hart was supposed to go into the Hall Of Fame. Vince stands up to interrupt, but Austin tells him to sit down, and then says that just because he's Vince McMahon, he said Stu isn't going into the Hall Of Fame. Austin says that if anyone deserves to go in, it's Stu Hart, so he's officially announcing that Stu Hart is going into the Hall Of Fame. Vince says he's okay with Stu going in because that means the entire Hart family will be in Phoenix, and while they're a bunch of dysfunctional derelicts, but Bret is different because he's a handicapped dysfunctional derelict. He then says that Bret can be a man and sign the contract for Wrestlemania, but once he does it's ironclad, and if Bret doesn't show up then Vince will sue him for everything he's got. Bret says that he'd show up even if both his legs were broken, and then he says that neither of them want this to be a wrestling match, they want it to be a fight, then challenges Vince to make it a No Holds Barred match. Does that mean Zeus will show up too? Vince says, in the words of Steve Austin, oh hell yeah! Vince said that after Montreal, Vince said that Bret screwed Bret. For the last few weeks it's been Vince screwing Bret, but with this stipulation, once again it's Bret who has screwed Bret, then tells Bret to sign it. Bret signs the contract, then passes it to Vince. Vince hesitates, then signs the contract as well. Austin says it's official: Bret Hart will face Vince McMahon in a No Holds Barred match at Wrestlemania, and tells the crowd that if they're ready for it, to give him a hell yeah! Austin says he's looking forward to seeing Vince taking as ass whipping, which again gets bleeped out. Austin starts to head to the back, but gets to the top of the ramp and stops and says there's one thing he forgot to tell Vince, and he'll let Bret tell him himself. Vince turns around and sees...Bret's cast laying on the table. Bret says he doesn't need the crutch or the cast, what he needed was for Vince to think Bret was hurt, then reveals that it was all a ruse and that Bret is 100%, and if Vince tries to back out of this match, Bret is going to sue him for everything he's worth. For 13 years, Vince has said that Bret screwed Bret, but tonight, Vince screwed Vince. Bret turns to the crowd with the cast in hand and asks if anyone wants a souvenir, and as Vince slowly rises to suckerpunch Bret from behind, Bret turns around and cracks Vince in the face with the cast, tosses him over the table, then nails him again.
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