RAW LIVE Coverage & Discussion Thread - 8th February 2010
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RAW Results - 8th February 2010
Location - Lafayette, Louisiana
Announcers - Michael Cole & Jerry "The King" Lawler
We begin with a look back at last week’s return of Bret Hart as he makes his monthly appearance on Raw. After seeing what happened in January, it is time to see what happened last week with Batista coming to the aid of Vince McMahon to form the new Corporation.
We are live from Lafayette, Louisiana and your announcers are Jerry Lawler and Michael ‘ Cole.
Since we have a NASCAR driver as our host, it is time to spinout the car in the parking lot. Carl drives into the building and he makes his first appearance of the night.
Instead of Carl Edwards, Hornswoggle comes out of the car and he does crotch chops because we haven’t seen that enough from the little guy.
Kelly Kelly is in the ring to be the official ring announcer for the Guest Host. Carl Edwards comes through the regular entrance because there isn’t enough room in the car for the Official Arm Candy of the guest hosts in the car. Carl does a back flip from the top turnbuckle.
Carl welcomes everyone to Raw and he gets in a cheap pop for mentioning that Louisiana is the home of the Super Bowl champions. Carl mentions that his Super Bowl and Wrestlemania is next Sunday. Carl mentions Joey Logano and Kyle Busch as previous guest hosts. Carl says that he has something that they didn’t. Carl says that he has a friend in the WWE and that man is John Cena.
Sheamus makes his way to the ring and he has something to say to the guest host. Sheamus says that his Super Bowl is in seven weeks and that is Wrestlemania. Sheamus says that he plans to be WWE Champion at Wrestlemania so he demands that he be made the last participant in the Elimination Chamber match. He says that he doesn’t want Edwards to do any favors for his buddy because he was beaten up by Batista. Sheamus tells Carl that he is a guest on his show so he will do what he tells him or Carl might not make it to Daytona.
Strange music for Raw plays and the ECW/NXT Champion Christian comes to the ring. Christian says that it is nice to meet Carl and he introduces himself as the ECW Champion. Christian says that NASCAR is getting huge in Canada. Sheamus wants to know what Christian is doing here. Christian says that he had something to say to Sheamus. Christian talks about Edge’s comments last week and how there was no mention of the ECW title last week. Christian then comments about how ECW is going off the air in a few weeks for the Next Evolution of WWE programming. Sheamus calls Christian a lame duck champion but Christian retorts and says that Sheamus is the one who is lame. Christian talks about how Sheamus pays a lot for hair gel and trimmers, but wonders what happened to the money for the tanning salons. Sheamus calls Christian a comedian and then he says that Christian will be unemployed in two weeks.
Christian says that every ECW superstar will be a free agent and can sign on whatever show they want to. Christian says that his peeps on Raw were starting to miss him and he figured he would dip his toes in the water and then challenge Sheamus to a match tonight. Christian tells Carl that they can make history by having this match. Christian even says that they don’t have last names. Carl likes the idea and the match will happen now.
Non Title Match
Christian vs Sheamus
They lock up and Sheamus with a hip toss and then he raises his arms because he did something. Sheamus with punches followed by an Irish whip but Christian with a back elbow and then he comes off the turnbuckles but Sheamus catches him and hits a fallaway slam. Sheamus with a clothesline that sends Christian over the top rope to the floor and we go to commercial.
We are back and Sheamus with an arm bar and chin lock. Christian with a punch but Sheamus with a knee. Christian with a kick and then they collide in the center of the ring. Christian holds on to the ropes while Sheamus tries to Irish whip him. Sheamus charges at Christian but Christian drops down and Sheamus goes to the floor. Christian with the springboard cross body onto Sheamus and both men are down on the floor. Sheamus pulls Christian’s arm into the ring post and Christian favors that arm. Sheamus with a hammer lock and he pushes Christian into the ringside barrier. They return to the ring and Sheamus works on the arm by slamming it into the mat and stomping on it. Sheamus gets a near fall on Christian. Sheamus with a hammer lock and he takes Christian to the mat. Sheamus sends Christian into the turnbuckles with the hammer lock still applied. Sheamus wraps Christian’s arm in the ropes. Christian with elbows and a drop kick from the second turnbuckle. Christian with punches to Sheamus but Sheamus sends Christian to the apron and Sheamus is dropped on the top rope. Christian with a corkscrew elbow and he punches Sheamus. Christian with a kick and he goes to the turnbuckles again but Sheamus catches him. Christian escapes. Sheamus with a clothesline but he misses a charge into the corner and Christian with the pendulum kick followed by a tornado DDT for a near fall. Christian sets for the Killswitch but Sheamus throws Christian to the apron. Christian goes up top and Sheamus kicks Christian and then sends Christian into the ring post and he hits the bicycle kick followed by the Celtic Cross for the three count.
Winner: Sheamus
After the match
Sheamus stands over Christian while the referee checks on him.
Backstage
Triple H watches on his monitor in the locker room and then Shawn Michaels enters the shot. Shawn tells Hunter that he knows that he has been a bit distracted with the Undertaker thing, but he hopes that Hunter understands what he went through last week. Shawn knows that there is a silver lining. He says that maybe Degeneration X can be a part of Wrestlemania. Hunter points out that he qualified for the Elimination Chamber and the idea of DX at Mania would be good, but Hunter says that he will win the Elimination Chamber match and be the WWE Champion. Shawn wonders if it is all about Hunter now.
We go to commercial.
We are back with the Slam of the Week: Vince McMahon telling Bret Hart that he won’t induct Stu Hart into the Hall of Fame and Bret’s reaction by ‘dropping the gloves’ with Vince only to see Vince saved by Batista.
Jerry Lawler says that it looks like Vince McMahon has finally gotten closure on Bret Hart. It is time for some alliteration from Michael Cole as he introduces the ‘exclusive footage.
Here is how I reported this exclusive footage on my Smackdown Report:
It is now time for the Exclusive footage that you have been waiting for since it was announced on the Tuesday night show that will no longer exist as of February 23rd.
We see Bret Hart down after being attacked by Batista. John Cena makes his way to the ring and Batista decides that he is finished for the evening. Batista leaves while John Cena and Bret Hart are in the ring. The ominous instrumental music plays as we see Batista return to the ring and he sends John Cena into the ring post. Then he Irish whips Cena into the ring steps and throws him over the announce table. Batista punches Cena and then he picks up the ring steps and hits Cena with them. Back in the ring Batista power bombs Cena onto the ring steps. We see Batista stand over John Cena.
Backstage
Ted DiBiase is in his dressing room and Cody asks him if he is proud of himself and Ted says that he is proud that he qualified. Cody mentions that he had to face John Cena while Ted only had to wrestle Mark Henry. Ted says that if Cody would have beaten Cena, he would be in the chamber match. Ted says that now people can see that he is better than Cody. Cody asks if it was the movie that makes him better. Randy slides in and he asks Ted if Ted thinks that he is better than Randy. Ted says that we will find out at the Elimination Chamber. Randy tells Ted that he will be facing John Cena tonight. Randy tells Cody to hide his smile because Randy reminds Cody that he cost him the match at the Royal Rumble against Sheamus. Randy tells Cody that he appreciates the effort and then he tells Cody that he will have to face him tonight.
The Straight Edge Society are walking in the back as we go to commercial.
We are back and we are to
CM Punk is in the ring on the mic and he says that this region, when falling on hard times, turns to drugs and alcohol. This makes it more sad that when you have something to celebrate like Mardi Gras or that little football game you won, you turn to drugs and alcohol. Punk says that they do it because they are weak and less than him. He says that while the rest of the world deems this part of the world ‘un-savable’ him and Luke Gallows will win the Tag Titles to show that they are better than everyone. Punk says that it would be time to save a soul and he points out a ‘celebrity’ and he mentions Jared from Subway. Punk says that many follow in Jared’s footsteps and the Straight Edge Society is looking for a good Minister of Propaganda and he says that Jared would be a good spokesperson for the Straight Edge Society. Jared turns down Punk’s offer. Punk has Luke and Serena get Jared for him.
Before Jared can be taken to the Straight Edge side, Degeneration X come out to the ring.
Elimination Match for the WWE Unified Tag Team Titles
Degeneration X vs Straight Edge Society vs Miz and Big Show
Shawn and Hunter go after Show while Luke and Punk work over Miz. DX also send Punk and Gallows to the floor. They finish things off by sending Miz over the top rope onto Punk and Gallows. We go to commercial.
We are back and Shawn chops Punk in the corner and then he punches him. Punk with an Irish whip and running knee into the corner. Punk with the bulldog for a near fall. Teddy Long is at ringside. Show enters the match and he sends Punk into Michaels in the corner. Show with a charge into the corner and he misses the splash. Hunter and Gallows tag in and we have a stare down. Hunter with a crotch chop and then he punches Show but Show with a head butt to Hunter and Gallows. Show with more head butts and then he focuses on Gallows. Show with a chop to Gallows’ chest and then he head butts Hunter and chops him in the corner. Show with a clothesline to Gallows but Hunter with a facebuster and then he tries for a pedigree but he is too close to the ropes and Show back body drops Hunter over the top rope to the floor. We go to commercial.
We are back and Punk gets near falls on Triple H and Miz. Punk with an elbow to the knee as he continues to work on Hunter’s leg which was tweaked when he went to the floor before commercial. Miz with a double sledge to Hunter’s back. Miz with a kick to Punk followed by a punch. Miz with an Irish whip into a Triple H boot and then Miz runs into a Triple H clothesline. Punk with a drop kick to Miz for a near fall. Miz with a jawbreaker and an Irish whip. Miz with the running clothesline into the ropes but Serena pulls Miz off the apron. Hunter with a spinebuster as Miz follows Serena a bit too close to him. Hunter returns to the ring while Show checks on Miz. Hunter tags in Michaels and Michaels with punches to Punk followed by a flying forearm and a kip up kind of. Michaels with a reverse atomic drop and a punch followed by a slam and then he goes up top for the elbow drop and he hits it. Shawn prepares for Sweet Chin Music but Gallows with a clothesline and then Hunter clotheslines Gallows over the top rope. Michaels escapes the Go To Sleep and hits Sweet Chin Music to pin Punk to eliminate them.
Show with a double clothesline to Hunter and Shawn and then has something to say to Shawn while we see the Straight Edge Society head to the back. Show calls Shawn weak and then he chops Show, but Show responds with a head butt. Show with a punch to the midsection and then he chokes Shawn in the ropes. Miz kicks Shawn in the head while Show is with the referee. Show walks across Shawn’s chest. Show with another punch to the midsection. Shawn with forearms to Show but Show with an Irish whip. Show runs into a boot and Michaels goes down. Show charges into another boot and then he puts Show in a side head lock but Show with a belly-to-back suplex for a near fall. Miz tags in and he kicks and punches Shawn. Miz with a kick to the head and he gets a near fall before applying a side head lock. Shawn with punches to Miz but Miz pulls Shawn down by the hair and hits the running knee lift into a neck breaker and then he tries for the Skull Crushing Finale but Shawn with elbows and a kick. Show tags in and he keeps Shawn from making the tag but Shawn with Sweet Chin Music and Show is down. Miz tags in and so does Hunter. Hunter with punches to Miz followed by the Harley Race high knee and facebuster. Hunter punches Show before finishing off the moves of doom with a spinebuster and pose. Shawn tags in and he has some words with Hunter before Miz pushes Shawn into Hunter and Miz gets the three count with a rollup.
Winners: Big Show and The Miz
After the match
Show and Miz celebrate after the match while Shawn and Hunter try to figure out what happened. Hunter stares at Shawn as their days on Smackdown and ECW have ended. Shawn removes the DX wrist bands and then he leaves the ring.
We go to commercial.
Backstage
We are back with a Moments Ago of highlights of the Tag Title match that gave us the rise of the Shiz (Thanks to Paul Moran for coming up with that name).
The Miz and Big Show are with Josh Mathews in the interview area. Show says that they did something that him and Chris Jericho couldn’t do. They were able to beat Degeneration X. He says that Miz and him are equals. Miz says that they will dominate the WWE and they will have all of the gold. Miz calls them MizShow and Show likes ShowMiz.
We take a look at the Elimination Chamber matches for the pay per view.
Shawn Michaels is walking in the back and he is looking for him and Carlito and Alicia don’t know what he is talking about. Shawn finds Teddy Long and he wants to be traded to Smackdown. Shawn says that he doesn’t care about DX any more and he wants to be put into the Elimination Chamber match so he can beat the Undertaker and get the rematch at Wrestlemania so he can end the streak. Teddy says that he would love to have Shawn on Smackdown but the Elimination Chamber match is set and those people earned their shots. Shawn tells Teddy that he doesn’t understand. Hunter wants to know what Shawn is doing. He wants to know if this obsession is going to tear apart DX and ruin his career. Shawn says that his career is over and then he hits Sweet Chin Music on Carlito who was in the wrong place at the wrong time. Shawn walks into commercial.
We are back with the WWE Rewind: Gail Kim defeating Alicia Fox to make it to the finals of the Divas Title Tournament.
We have a Moments Ago Moment of Shawn turning his back on DX while turning his foot into Teddy Long and Carlito.
Cole and Lawler are very somber about the situation
Maryse is at the announce table to talk about stuff while the match goes on.
Jillian Hall vs Gail Kim
They fall out of the ring and Jillian sends Gail back as she gets a near fall. Jillian with an Irish whip but Gail goes to the turnbuckles but Jillian pulls Gail off and gets a near fall. Gail with the shoulder breaker and she gets the three count.
Winner: Gail Kim
After the match
Maryse comes into the ring to congratulate Gail and she says that she is looking forward to her match in two week and she wants to have her best match against Gail. Maryse speaks in French and then wishes Gail luck. They shake hands and then Maryse tells her that may the best Diva win.
It is time for the first inductee into the 2010 Hall of Fame class and it is Ted DiBiase Sr.
We will have another inductee next week on Raw.
We go to commercial.
We are back and did you know that Raw gets better ratings than ESPN College Basketball.
Backstage
Carl Edwards is in the back with Jared and they talk about catering. Santino enters and he starts to sing the Subway jingle. Jared mentions that all foot long sandwiches are five dollars. Jared has a special gift for Santino. Santino talks about what Jack Swagger did to him and he says that Jack must pay. Carl announces a match for Thursday on Superstars between Santino and Jack. Kofi enters and Carl apologizes for not giving him a match. Kofi says that it doesn’t matter because he would like to have some time to rest for the Elimination Chamber. Kofi suggests that all six men in the Elimination Chamber match be in singles matches next week. Santino says that next week’s host should do it because the host will be very classy. Time for a video from next week’s host, Jerry Springer.
Cody Rhodes vs Randy Orton
Cody tells Randy that he doesn’t want to do this. Then they argue before Randy pushes Cody. Randy pushes Cody some more as he wants an explanation. Cody slaps Orton’s hand away but Orton with a kick. Cody with a drop kick for a near fall. They lock up and Orton with a punch out of the break. Cody with a side Russian leg sweep for a near fall. Randy drops Cody on the top rope and Rhodes holds his midsection. Orton with a kick to the midsection followed by a punch to the head. Orton puts Rhodes on the top turnbuckle and Orton punches Rhodes and he goes up for a superplex. Rhodes knocks Orton off the turnbuckles but Cody misses a cross body. Orton with the RKO push ups as he waits for Cody to get up. Sheamus comes into the ring long enough to distract Orton and that gives Rhodes the chance to hit Cross Rhodes for the three count.
Winner: Cody Rhodes
After the match
Sheamus with a kick to Orton’s head. Cody comes into the ring with a chair as Sheamus leaves the ring.
In case you missed it Friday or earlier tonight, we have the footage from after Raw one more time. This footage is exclusive to the second hour of Raw.
We see Bret Hart down after being attacked by Batista. John Cena makes his way to the ring and Batista decides that he is finished for the evening. Batista leaves while John Cena and Bret Hart are in the ring. The ominous instrumental music plays as we see Batista return to the ring and he sends John Cena into the ring post. Then he Irish whips Cena into the ring steps and throws him over the announce table. Batista punches Cena and then he picks up the ring steps and hits Cena with them. Back in the ring Batista power bombs Cena onto the ring steps. We see Batista stand over John Cena.
Backsatge
John Cena is walking in the back as he prepares to face the son of a Hall of Famer. We go to commercial.
We are back and Josh Mathews is with Carl Edwards. Carl says that he is going to leave his mark on Raw by giving them something they are going to love and never forget. All six men in the Elimination Chamber match will meet in singles matches. The first match will be Sheamus versus Randy Orton. The next match will be Ted DiBiase versus Kofi Kingston. The final match will be John Cena versus Triple H.
Ted DiBiase vs John Cena
Cena with a clothesline before the bell and then he punches DiBiase in the corner before throwing him over the top rope. Cena removes his shirt and hat and throw them into the crowd before returning to focus on his opponent. Cena throws DiBiase into the ringside barrier and then he puts DiBiase in the STF and DiBiase taps despite the match not starting. The referees try to talk to Cena while they check on DiBiase.
Cena says that he didn’t come here to have no match. He says that he doesn’t want to know why Batista did what he did, but he wants to fight Batista. He says that it didn’t work with last week’s attack because he is still here. He wants Batista to come out and finish the job. Cena says that he isn’t going anywhere until Batista comes out.
We go to commercial.
We are back and John Cena is still on the mic and he points that that Batista couldn’t make it to Raw. He says that maybe Batista is afraid of him or it is a business decision. Cena says that means that Vince McMahon is involved. Two weeks ago, he called Vince McMahon pathetic and it looks like Vince doesn’t like being embarrassed. Cena suggests that Vince is behind all of this. If he doesn’t get to fight Batista tonight, he would like to talk to Vince McMahon. Cena invites the Chairman to the ring.
There is NO CHANCE that Vince McMahon wouldn’t pass up an opportunity to come out to discuss things with John Cena. However, Vince is joined by a handful of security while Vince prepares for his Mardi Gras march.
Cena points out that Vince has ten security guards and then he asks Vince if that is enough. Cena tells Vince to come out with a tank next time. Cena says that Vince can come into the ring and talk like men or Cena sends them in and he will take care of them. After that is done, Cena says he will be a bit more angry.
Vince stomps into the ring and he asks Cena if he isn’t man enough to step into the ring with the almighty John Cena. Vince tells John that he is the ultimate and supreme alpha male. When God created the heavens and the Earth, it wasn’t Adam he had in mind, it was him. Vince admits to bringing out Batista and he says there was some compensation involved. It was because he screwed Bret. Vince asks Cena if he saw him spitting in Bret’s face last week. Vince says that he enjoyed that, but he had nothing to do with the attack by Batista on Cena. Cena wonders if it was convenient that Batista attacked him last night. Vince suggests that it is because Cena eliminated him in the Royal Rumble. Vince also suggests that he doesn’t like Cena. Vince says that he doesn’t like Cena either and he mentions his merchandise. Vince says that he likes Cena when it comes to business and then Cena interrupts and asks if it is about the money. Cena says that people don’t cheer for Vince because all he cares about is money and finding a way to get an advantage. Cena says that now all Batista cares about is the money. Cena says that he knows that everyone has to make a living, but Cena says that he does it because he loves it. He says that he does it for the moment and then he gets the cheap pop by mentioning the Saints Super Bowl win. Cena tells Daddy Warbucks that you can’t put a price on that. Cena says that he does it for moments like the Elimination Chamber match. He says that he will walk out of that match as the WWE Champion. He does it for moments like Wrestlemania 26 when he is in front of 75,000 people holding the WWE Title up high. He says that all of the WWE Superstars do it for the moment. Cena says that the Hall of Famers do it for the moment. He mentions Hall of Famers like Bret Hart. Cena says that he talked to Bret Hart and Bret says that he would like another moment. Cena says that Bret said that he would like to wrestle another match and he wants that match to be at Wrestlemania against Vince McMahon.
Vince says that Bret doesn’t want that but Cena says that he does. Cena tells Vince that it is Vince’s time for his Wrestlemania moment. He asks Vince if he is about the money or is he about the moment and Cena points at the Wrestlemania sign. Vince says that he is about the money and the moment and then he says that he doesn’t think Bret wants any of him. Cena wants to know if it is going to be yes or no. Vince says yes. Cena tells Vince that he has one more person to tell and then Cena walks up the ramp. Vince tells Bret that he is in an igloo in Calgary. He reminds Bret that he doesn’t want to be embarrassed like he was embarrassed last week. Time for a look back at footage from last week.
From out of nowhere, Bret Hart comes into the ring and he attacks Vince and then Bret takes care of security. Vince is escorted out of the ring by the rest of security as Bret takes care of the two men in the ring. Vince tells Bret that before he goes anywhere, Vince has changed his mind about Wrestlemania because Bret deserves to be screwed.
Bret destroys some lights and then he returns to the ring. Bret rearranges the announce table and destroys the monitors. Down goes the announce table. Bret goes into the ring and we go to credits.
