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RAW Results - 6th October, 2008
Location - Key Arena - Seattle, WA
Announcers - Michael Cole and Jerry 'The King' Lawler

Last night at No Mercy, we saw Chris Jericho retain the World Heavyweight Title in a ladder match against Shawn Michaels. Tonight, Chris Jericho gets to celebrate his victory by being in charge of the Raw brand since Mike Adamle is in a meeting with Shane and Stephanie McMahon. Now that the power couple of the company still has their titles after No Mercy, what is next for Santino Marella and Beth Phoenix? Who will challenge Santino’s attempt to add another week to the Honk-A-Meter? Who is the next woman to challenge Beth for her title? What about the power trio of Ted DiBiase, Cody Rhodes, and Manu? Will they get a chance to talk a lot tonight like they did on Sunday? Who will Randy Orton confront and will Mike Adamle’s ‘No Touch Orton’ Initiative be in effect when Adamle is not there? Who will challenge it? What is next for Rey Mysterio after he got waffled by a chair shot from Kane? Will Kane still want Rey’s mask or will he move on? What will Bradshaw ramble on about tonight? Did he have to clean up any ‘stains’ in the JBLimo? How will Batista prepare for his title match? Will we find out any of the voting options for Cyber Sunday?

We are live from Seattle, Washington and your announcers are Michael Cole and Jerry Lawler.

The show begins with the General Manager du jour and current World Heavyweight Champion, Chris Jericho. Jericho shows the marks of last night’s ladder match as he walks to the ring. He says that it was announced that Mike Adamle had a high profile meeting with Shane and Stephanie McMahon so he will not be at Raw. Jericho says that he was asked to take his place since he is the champion. Jericho says that he has full decision making power and he will run this show to the best of his abilities. Jericho talks about his ladder match. The man who revolutionized the ladder match lost last night. Jericho says that Shawn Michaels was able to permanently disfigure him. Jericho says that he will have to live with that for the rest of his life. He will always think about Michaels when he smiles or looks in a mirror. Every time he thinks about Shawn Michaels, he will smile because he was able to beat Shawn Michaels. Jericho says that he brutalized Michaels and embarrassed him in a match that Shawn could not lose. Chris says that he knows that Shawn is here tonight, but he will not get any revenge because he is done with him. Jericho announces that Shawn Michaels will face Lance Cade in an Anything Goes, No Disqualification Match tonight. Jericho says that he has nothing left to prove to Shawn Michaels or the hypocrites in the crowd or the people watching at home. Everyone is forced to acknowledge that he is the one true World Champion and the most dominant performer in the business today.

Batista’s music plays and he comes to the ring and he is going to say something because he has a mic. Batista congratulates Jericho and he wants Jericho to pick a number. Batista says that he needs Jericho to pick the number of days until they have their World Title match. Batista suggests they do it in 7 days, 14 days, or to-day. Jericho says that he expected this posturing but Batista might get what he expects. Jericho says that he might have had one of the most brutal matches last night, he would still find a way to beat Batista. Jericho says that he is an animal because he will fight and scratch and bite to come out on top to survive. Jericho says that when it is all said and done, he will make sure that the name Batista is synonymous with failure. Jericho tells Batista to get out of his face and his ring right now. Batista chuckles and he tells Jericho that he will defend the World Title against him. Batista hits a spinebuster on Jericho and he says that if you mess with the bull, you get the horn. We go to commercial.

We are back with a Moments Ago Moment of Batista attacking the acting general manager Chris Jericho. We see footage during the commercial where Chris Jericho says that he cannot strip Batista of his number one contendership, but he can make him defend it. Batista will face Bradshaw one more time. There will be a guest referee and he will look a lot like the general manager for a day.

William Regal and his two pieces of furniture, a throne and Layla are with him.

Jamie Noble and Mickie James vs Santino Marella and Beth Phoenix

Before the match starts, Santino gets on the mic and he says that he has been criticized for being too ethnic and not American enough. Santino says that he has made an effort to be more American just for the people. Santino says that he has a new favorite NBA Team and it is the Oklahoma City Thunder. Finally a team like Oklahoma in Arkansas has a team. Santino says that this thunder is going to rain down on Mickie Noble.

Beth and Mickie start thing off and Beth with a waist lock but Mickie with an elbow. Beth with forearms and then Mickie lands on her feet on a belly-to-back attempt. Mickie with a Thesz Press and punches. Santino tags in and Noble comes in. Noble with punches to Santino and he kicks him in the corner. Noble with a head butt and an running elbow. Noble with a Northern Lights suplex into a cross arm breaker but Beth gets in the ring. Mickie stops Beth. Noble with a sunset flip for a near fall. Santino with an Irish whip but he runs into an elbow. Noble gets distracted by Beth and Santino with a rollup for the three count.

Winners: Santino Marella and Beth Phoenix

After the match
Santino and Beth celebrate at ringside and Noble goes after Santino. Santino goes into the crowd and then Noble with a back body drop to Regal. Regal and Noble fight and the referee tries to break things up. Mickie tries to keep Noble from going after Regal who is still fighting on the floor.

Backstage
Shawn Michaels is with Todd Grisham in the locker room. Todd with a monologue about what Shawn has going for him tonight against Lance Cade. Shawn wonders if he should go and beg Chris Jericho that he does not want to compete because he is sore and in pain? Shawn asks Todd if he has a better question. He wants Todd to ask Chris if he is going to defend the title tonight. He doesn’t think Chris will. Instead, Lance Cade is being sent in to do the dirty work and finish him off. Shawn says that he is going to show Chris Jericho and Lance Cade that he still has plenty of gas in the tank.

We go to commercial.

Kofi Kingston versus Ted DiBiase with Manu and Cody Rhodes

Before the match starts, CM Punk comes out to almost even the odds.

DiBiase with a side head lock and shoulder tackle. Kofi with a leaping back elbow and a standing drop kick. Kofi with an Irish whip but he misses a charge into the corner. DiBiase pulls Kofi into the center of the ring and Kofi lands on his chest. Ted with a double stomp from the second turnbuckle followed by a kick for a near fall. DiBiase with a body scissors. Kofi with elbows to get out of the hold. DiBiase tries for a belly-to-back suplex but Kofi lands on his feet. Kofi with punches and chops followed by a drop kick and flying forearm. DiBiase back into the corner and he misses a charge. DiBiase charges into a boot from Kingston and Kingston with a cross body. Kofi knocks Manu off the apron and Kofi follows that with a side Russian leg sweep. Rhodes interrupts the leg drop and Kofi goes after Rhodes. Punk deals with Rhodes but DiBiase is able to hit a side Russian leg sweep out of a Million Dollar Dream for the three count

Winner: Ted DiBiase

We go to commercial.

We are back and did you know that Raw was the most watched entertainment program on cable?

Backstage
Chris Jericho is in his office and he says that he does not like someone off camera, but they both can agree that Batista as number one contender does not benefit them. We see that Chris is talking to Randy Orton. Randy asks Chris what he wants. Chris says that he is going to put Orton to work tonight.

Michael Cole mentions that John Cena recently underwent neck surgery. Time for a John Cena video package. Batista says that it was like facing a mirror image of himself when they met in the ring. Batista says that he did not know what he would expect from Cena and he was so much stronger than he expected. Batista talks about the single mistake that Cena did and they talk about the power bomb that injured Cena. Batista says that there is no quit in John Cena. We hear Mike Adamle’s announcement of Cena’s injury. Batista says that it is the nature of the business to have injuries. We see x-rays of the neck injury. The doctor says that Cena should be back without any problems.

Mark Henry and Kane are walking in the back with Tony Atlas and Dolph Ziggler stops them and he decides he shouldn’t introduce himself to Kane or Henry. He introduces himself to Tony Atlas and Atlas walks past. We go to commercial.

We are back with the No Mercy recap video package. Did you know that there is a replay . . . and that Smackdown is on MyNetworkTV?

We see footage from two weeks ago when Kane tossed Rey around the ring.

Rey Mysterio and Matt Hardy vs Mark Henry with Tony Atlas and Kane

Rey goes after Kane as the bell rings, but Kane with a knee. Rey with an enzuigiri and then Hardy is tagged in. Matt and Rey kick and punch Kane in the corner. Hardy with a side head lock but Kane with a punch to the head. Kane with an uppercut and then he tags in Mark Henry. Henry with a punch to Hardy followed by an Irish whip. Henry misses a charge into the corner. Rey is tagged in and Hardy with a charge. Rey tries for a rana off Hardy’s back but Henry holds Rey. Hardy with a clip and then they hit a double drop kick on Kane as we go to commercial.

We are back and Kane with a reverse chin lock. We see Matt and Rey work on Henry’s leg. Kane with a shoulder tackle to Hardy and Henry is tagged back in. Henry with an attempted power slam but Hardy gets out of the hold and he clips Henry and Henry goes to a knee. Hardy with punches but Henry with a body block, but he misses a splash. Rey tags in and he hits a drop kick. Rey with a springboard seated senton followed by a kick for a near fall and he tosses Rey off on the cover. Kane with a forearm to the back and then Henry tosses Rey to the floor under the bottom rope.

Henry brings Rey back into the ring and he tags Kane in. Kane with a head butt and then he sends Rey into the turnbuckles followed by kicks. Henry tags back in and he head butts Rey. Henry puts Rey near the ropes and then Mark stands on Rey’s chest. Henry gets a near fall. Kane tags back in and he hits an elbow drop on Rey. Rey with a kick but Kane with a punch. Rey with a tilt-a-whirl head scissors that sends Rey into the turnbuckles. Hardy is tagged in and he comes off the turnbuckles and punches Kane followed by a swinging neck breaker. Hardy with a drop kick that knocks Henry off the apron. Hardy with a boot to Kane and then he hits a bulldog from the turnbuckles. Henry gingerly charges at Hardy but Hardy drops down. Hardy with a drop toe hold that conveniently sends Kane into the ropes. Rey hits a 619. Henry catches Rey on the floor and he throws Rey at the ropes to knock Hardy off the turnbuckles. Kane with a choke slam for the three count.

Winners: Kane and Mark Henry

Backstage
Shawn Michaels is limping in the back as we go to commercial

It is time for the WWE 24/7 Classics Moment. We go to footage from Wrestlemania 14 when Pete Rose made his appearance in Boston and he got tombstoned by a Big Red Machine that did not win the 1975 World Series.

We see footage from two weeks ago when Lance Cade pinned Shawn Michaels.

No Disqualification Match
Shawn Michaels vs Lance Cade

Michaels and Cade exchange punches. Cade throws Michaels out of the ring and then Cade gets a table. Cade hot shots Michaels on the announce table and then he punches Michaels on the floor. Cade sets up the table on the floor. Cade punches Michaels and then he sends Michaels through the table with a spinebuster. Cade picks up Michaels and then he rolls him back into the ring. Cade gets a chair and brings it into the ring. Michaels attacks Cade and punches him before Cade can use the chair. Michaels hits Cade with the chair and then he hits Cade a few dozen more times in the torso. The referee tries to beg Michaels to stop and then Michaels gets the three count.

Winner: Shawn Michaels

After the match
the referee checks on Cade who is face down on the mat. Michaels goes after Cade with more chair shots to the body. Shawn tosses the chair out of the ring and he walks to the back in a semi-catatonic condition. We go to commercial.

We are back and did you know that Smackdown was the most watched show on MyNetwork TV (now name three other shows).

Jerry Lawler is in the ring and he says that Santino Marella claims to be the greatest Intercontinental Champion of all time. Santino will get to prove it at Cyber Sunday and choose Santino’s opponent. Will it be Roddy Piper, Goldust, or the Honky Tonk Man?

The Great Khali and Runjin Singh come out and Khali raises his arms in the air. Singh takes the mic and he gives it to Khali and he calls out Johnny Knoxville and then says a lot of other things. Singh translates and says that the interview did not go well. To the video tape. We see Johnny ask how ‘great’ Khali really is. Khali challenges Johnny Knoxville to appear on Raw. Khali will show that he has a sense of fun. It is time for the Kiss Cam. It stops on Lillian and Khali saunters over and he kisses Lillian. Lillian is intrigued as we go to commercial.

We are back and John Morrison and the Miz are at the announce table.

Jillian Hall is in the ring and she is going to sing a song from Kurt Cobain

Jillian Hall vs Kelly Kelly

Before the match starts, Cryme Tyme comes to the announce table and it is time for an episode of Yo Mamma WWE Style.

Jillian sends Kelly to the mat but Kelly with a rana for a near fall. Kelly with an arm drag with help of the ropes. Kelly with forearms but Jillian sends Kelly to the apron. Jillian with a shoulder tackle that knocks Kelly to the floor. Jillian runs Kelly into the apron and then they return to the ring. Jillian pulls Kelly’s hair and then she steps on Kelly’s face. Jillian tosses Kelly by the hair. Jillian chokes Kelly and then she hits a back breaker. Jillian runs Kelly into the turnbuckles and punches her. Jillian sends Kelly into the turnbuckles and connects with an Irish whip and running shoulder into the corner. Kelly with forearms but Jillian with a forearm to the head. Jillian punches Kelly. Jillian slams Kelly’s head into the mat. Kelly gets out of a belly-to-back attempt and gets the three count with a rollup.

Winner: Kelly Kelly

Backstage
Batista is standing in the back as we go to commercial.

We are back and it is time to look at John Cena . . . After the Surgery. Everyone talks about how you need to respect John and Shawn Michaels calls him a freak of nature. Triple H says that John Cena came to the arena that night to see everyone.

We go to an Earlier Tonight Moment of Batista giving Chris Jericho a spinebuster.

Number One Contender’s Match
Batista vs John Bradshaw Layfield
Guest Referee Chris Jericho and Guest Timekeeper William Regal and Guest Commentator Randy Orton

They lock up and Batista backs Bradshaw into the corner and he gives a clean break. Bradshaw with a knee and punch. Bradshaw with an Irish whip but Batista with a clothesline and Jericho makes the count eventually. Batista punches Bradshaw and then punches him in the knee. Batista focuses on the knee and hits an atomic drop on the knee. Batista with a figure four leg lock and Bradshaw gets near the ropes and Jericho makes Batista break the hold. Bradshaw with a kick and swinging neck breaker for a quick two count. Bradshaw with a forearm and punches. Bradshaw with a clothesline for a two count. Bradshaw tries for a suplex, but Batista blocks it and hits one of his own. Jericho sees Batista covering Bradshaw and Jericho leaves the ring. Bradshaw punches Batista and they go to the floor. Jericho tells Bradshaw to get back into the ring and that allows Regal to attack Batista while Jericho is not looking at what happened. They both return to the ring and Jericho with a fast count but Batista kicks out. Bradshaw with a full nelson. Batista gets out of the hold with a jaw breaker. Bradshaw with a sleeper but Batista with a belly-to-back suplex to get out of the hold. Jericho tries to help Bradshaw get up. Batista with a clothesline and running clothesline into the corner followed by shoulders. Jericho trips Batista as he charges into the corner. Batista with a power slam and then Regal drops Batista on the top rope. Batista with a spear to Jericho and Bradshaw.

Mike Adamle shows up and he calls for another referee and Batista gets a two count. Batista avoids the Clothesline from Wall Street and Batista with a spinebuster and Batista Bomb for the three count.

Winner: Batista

After the match
Mike Adamle says that it is fitting that Chris Jericho is the guest referee tonight because he was thinking about that idea for Cyber Sunday. Chris Jericho will face Batista and the fans will choose the guest referee. Will it be Randy Orton, Shawn Michaels, or Steve Austin. Chris Jericho looks Condemned as we go to credits

RAW LIVE Coverage & Discussion Thread - 6th October, 2008