RAW Report 1/28/08 Philadelphia
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This RAW after the RR starts with a recap of the RR Match. They show bits of the start of it, then HHH comes out. Who’s #30 and the shocker of the show - Cena! The fans go wild and the video shows him eliminating a lot of people until it’s down to him and HHH. He gets The Game up and FUs him from the ring to win! He looks really pumped up and ripped. No opening music and pyro, it goes right into Cena’s music and he comes out to the ring to mixed reviews from the fans. He basks in the glory of being back in the ring with a huge grin on his face before getting serious. His music goes off and there’s a lot of heat mixed in with females cheering for him. He says what he likes about that city is that no matter what they think, they’re going to get loud and rowdy. The heat gets louder. He says he’s there to answer a question that’s been on everyone’s mind? How could this be possible? In September he suffered and injury. “Cena sucks” chants. He says he’s not going to lie, but it’s music to his ears. The doctors said he’d be out for about a year. So, for the first time in his career he’d have to watch the greatest spectacle from home. A new champion was crowned and life went on in the WWE. In the last second of the final hour he risked his career for one damn chance to maybe, maybe get an opportunity to go to WM. Huge heat from the crowd. - Commercial Ashley comes out in a black miniskirt, a black and white bikini type top and a black mesh shrug. Mickie comes out in a pink and purple version of her normal ring attire. Jillian comes out in black pants and black corset. Beth comes out in a purple shorts jumper with cut out sides that looks like her normal ring dresses. - Winners: Beth & Jillian Video recap of the end of the match. Beth mocks Mickie as she backs up the ramp. Out back Vince is sitting with Regal. Vince is mad about Cena winning last night. Regal brings up a match he spoke about a while back. Vince says the winner of ‘that match’ will face the winner of the Cena and Orton match at WM. Vince tells Regal to go make the match. - Commercial Short promo for Austin. Regal’s music and he comes out to the stage. He says whoever is the WWE Champion after NWO. He says 6 contestants will compete for a championship match inside this... Video of old elimination chamber matches. Regal explains how the elimination chamber works, but stumbles over his words a lot. In the match will be Umaga, HBK, Y2J, JBL (huge heat), Jeff Hardy (huge pop) and HHH. Regal wishes them luck and may God have mercy on their souls. The new announce is outside the barrier, in front of the fans. He talks about the elimination chamber. He then talks about other matches scheduled for tonight (he wasn’t bad, but a bit stiff). - Commercial Slam Of The Week - Ashley saying Playboy wants Maria. Santino says no, but Maria asks the fans. Santino pulls a cloth off Big Dick and he started dancing with a Patriots insignia on his chest. He hands Ashley rubber chickens - she hits him with them. Carlito comes to the ring with Santino and Maria. Cody comes out with Hardcore Holly. - Winner: Carlito HHH is out back with HBK. He says last night didn’t work out the way they’d planned. But they have a way to get back in, but it’s by beating the hell out of each other in a most demonic of structures. HHH says he needs a tag team partner for tonight. HBK says that would require a wardrobe change. HHH unzips his training jacket and has on a DX shirt. He puts on a DX hat. HBK says he’ll be right back. He bounces out of the screen and quickly bounces back in wearing DX gear. He says the ShopZone guys deliver fast and he’s ready. The fans cheer. - Commercial Video of Candice taping another GoDaddy commercial for the Superbowl. DX’s music and they come out to huge pop. HBK is dancing around with a green glowstick in each hand. HHH has two in one hand and kind of shakes them a bit. They crotch chop in the ring to in-ring pyro. HBK is running around HHH like a goon before handing off the mic. HHH show the back of HBK’s shirt. He says they’re banned, but they say anytime, anyplace, anywhere. HBK doesn’t seem to know where the hard camera is and HHH has to tell him and hold him in the right spot. HHH asks if the fans are ready. He goes on to do his schpeal, comments on someone in the RR committed gimmick infringement, deliberately ripped them off, for you Michael Buffer, they have two words for us... Suck It! Umaga comes down to the ring. Snitsky comes down to join him. Umaga waits and they enter the ring together. - Commercial HBK is hanging up-side-down in a corner. A flying head butt to HBK from Umaga. HBK falls to the mat. Umaga covers for two. Umaga gets HBK to his feet and hits another head butt. Snitsky tags in and gets HBK in another bear hug. “HBK” chants. HBK punches out and tries to dive to HHH over Snitsky’s shoulder, but Snitsky grabs him as he’s inches away from The Game. Snitsky puts HBK down in a corner. Umaga tags in and goes for a bum slam, but HBK moves. HBK again tries to dive over Umaga’s shoulder to get to HHH, but can’t. Umaga spins HBK around but HBK manages a big DDT. - Winners: DX Video replay of the end of the match. HHH and HBK pose in corners for the fans who go wild for them. They then do their original DX pose in the center of the ring. Orton is out back with JBL. JBL says tonight history will be made when they tag together tonight. Then at WM Orton will defend his title against JBL. That is if Orton can beat Cena. Orton says that JBL needs to win in the elimination chamber. Orton hopes JBL wins in the EC, because he knows he can beat him. JBL threatens him. JBL then says they need to deal with tonight first. Orton says if Cena shows up tonight during their match... JBL says they will both take care of Cena if he shows up. - Commercial Grisham is out back with Jeff Hardy. He says Hardy was so close last night. Jeff says Grisham is right, but he’s at a crossroads right now. He can roll over or go on to win the EC and go to WM. Vince is out back looking pissed. Hornswoggle is next to him with his head hung low. Vince says he let him down last night. Horney wanted to be in the RR. Everyone wondered what would happen, but he didn’t come back like a McMahon. He didn’t come back a winner, he came back like a loser. Vince says he’s ashamed of him and tells him to get out of his sight. - Commercial WWE Rewind - MVP against Flair last night at the RR. MVP thinks he won, but Flair had his foot on the ropes. Flair gets the figure four on and MVP taps out. Kennedy comes down to the ring. Brian Kendrick comes out to face him. - Winner: Kennedy Video of the end of the match. Kennedy’s mic comes down. Kennedy says he went to Regal and asked not to be in the EC. Not because he doesn’t want to be the champion, because he does, but he wants something more notorious. He wants to end Flair’s career. He knows we’re sick of seeing the same old tricks. He’s going to do what people do to animals when they have no more value. He tells Flair he’s going to put him down. He’s going to waste Flair. The mic goes up and the lights come back on but suddenly - Woooo! Kennedy face drops. - Commercial Melina comes out to the ring in a blue and gold version of her two piece ring outfit. Maria comes out in brown pants and a gold halter. Santino is by her side. - Winner: Maria Santino see that Maria’s tushy is hanging out and rushes the ring. He takes off his jacket quickly and ties it around her waist covering her bum. Santino damns the Japanese for their HD technology. He says even JR has erected a monument in his trousers. It may be a small monument, but a monument none the less. He feels like taking the liberty bell, flipping it over and puking in it. he says we will never see his Maria in the Playboy. Video of Maria’s pants being pulled down. Grisham is out back with Y2J. He says we saw a new Y2J last night. Y2J says everyone knows the entertaining Y2J. He runs through his call phrases and says we all know that side of him. But when he was cut open and bleeding so bad he couldn’t see, then he hung JBL with the same cord he hung him with, a new Y2J came out. He wants to get to know this Y2J better. When it comes to Orlando JBL will be going to Disney and Y2J will be going to WM. - Commercial The new announcer is now talking about how Cena will face Orton at NWO. So who will face the champion at WM? Whoever wins the EC match. Jeff Hardy comes out to the ring, not dancing like normal, more like limping. Y2J comes out to join him. JBL comes out in his limo. Orton comes out to join him. Both of them get a lot of heat. JBL and Orton slowly enter the ring together. Lots of stare downs in the ring. - Commercial Orton stomps Jeff in the center of the ring. Jeff ducks a clothesline and hits a flying forearm for two. JBL tags in and stomps Jeff. Punches to Jeff’s face. A shoulder block drops Jeff. A mule kick to JBL and he’s down. Jeff’s running the ropes and JBL distracts the ref while Orton knees Jeff from the apron. Jeff turns around and eats JBL’s boot. Orton tags in and works Jeff over more. Orton covers for two. An arm hold on Jeff in the center of the ring. Jeff is trying to get to Y2J. Orton uses Jeff’s hair during a drop toe hold to take Jeff down. JBL tags in and punches Jeff down in the heel corner. Y2J tries to come in but the ref stops him. Orton tags in and JBL makes a cheap shot on his way out. A lariat take down by Jeff and both are down. - Winners: JBL & Orton Cena’s music plays. Orton and JBL wait for him in the ring. Cena comes walking out with a grin on his face. He takes his shirt off on the apron. JBL slaps Orton on the back and rolls from the ring. Cena enters the ring and they fight. Cena hits an FU on Orton and leaves him laying in a heap. Cena grins down at Orton. Biggest pop Biggest heat Biggest mix |

