RAW Report 2/4/08 Austin
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RAW this week starts with music and pyro. Orton’s music and he’s in the ring. There’s a red carpet down and a table in the ring. It’s for the contract signing. Orton has a clipboard with the contract in hand. The fans give him a lot of heat and a small “You suck” chant starts. Orton says he has an official WWE Championship contract in his hand. Last week Cena (good pop for Cena) accepted his challenge. The thing is that Cena’s word means nothing to him. That’s why he wants it in writing so there’s no way Cena can back out in two weeks. There’s no way Cena can claim he’s not fully recovered. He wants this contract signed so that for Cena there’s no way out. That’s why he had his lawyers draw up the contract, which he’s signed. He tells Cena to come out, have a seat and sign the contract. He can wait to WM, that’s fine by him... - Commercial Promo for Austin’s new DVD. Orton and Henry are out back talking. Grisham come up and ask why they set him up. Orton said Regal set up the arm wrestling match. Orton just took advantage of Henry coming out to the ring. Henry says he’s going to enjoy ripping Cena’s arm out of its socket. Kelly Kelly comes out in a purple and black bikini top and matching boy shorts. Video of Victoria beating Kelly on SD!. Mickie comes bouncing out in a yellow version of her two piece wrestling outfit. Victoria comes out in her two piece res spider outfit. Beth comes out in a black pants jumpsuit with the sides cut out. - Winners: Kelly Kelly & Mickie Beth is pissed but Mickie and Kelly stay in the ring and stare her down. Video of the big moves of the match. Beth is at the top of the ramp hugging her title belt close. Regal tells Hornswoggle he needs to be proud to join this club, as he is. - Commercial HBK’s music and he comes dancing out. He’s in his home state and has both huge pyro and huge pop. JR says HHH isn’t there due to a family emergency. “HBK” chants. HBK says that last year at the RR he came this close to eliminating Taker and going on to the main event at WM. He made it to the main event anyway and came this close to beating Cena for the WWE Title. It’s good, but it’s not the best. He doesn’t like second place. He knows he’s had a great career, has held numerous title and, he doesn’t know if he’s mentioned it lately, he sings his own theme song. He’s putting everyone in the EC on notice. Friend, foe, whatever Umaga is, that he’s planning on headlining WM. - Commercial Kennedy comes out to the ring. Super Crazy is already in the ring. - Winner: Kennedy Kennedy’s mic drops and he directs our attention to the tron. He show what MVP did to Flair last week on SD! MVP lost via DQ, but then took apart Flair’s leg. Flair couldn’t walk from the ring and Kennedy mocks him. Kennedy says he knows Flair’s in a lot of pain, is hurt, and saw what he just did to SC and he doesn’t want it to be him at NWO. He’s giving Flair the chance to come out and forfeit next week. It’s not Flair style, he’s a proud man. But if Flair wants to go through with it, not only will he end Flair’s career, but Flair will limp for the rest of his natural born life. - Commercial The new announcer is in the crowd and talks about the EC (he still sucks). They show a video about the EC with bits of old matches. Santino comes out with Maria and Carlito in tow. Maria is in a tiny silver dress and an ugly leopard fedora. In the ring Carlito hands her his apple. London and Kendrick come out to the ring! Yay, London’s back! - Winners: Santino & Carlito Out back Vince is grinning. The camera pans out and someone is buffing his ass. He asks about ass cream. He says he wants a dollop and jumps when it’s cold. He gets his ass buffed some more. Vince is all excited that Horney will be joining the Kiss My Ass Club, in HD. - Commercial Vince comes strutting down to the ring. He says in the past we’ve seen him make an example of how the chairman should treat his employees, something the fans employers should think about. But tonight he’s setting an example for his son. He think the fans should do the same and discipline their kids. They shouldn’t talk about it when they do things wrong, they’re not adults. Their idea of discipline is a time out. He calls their parenting skills pathetic. He says the children that people don’t care about. He wants the kids in the arena to stand up and be recognized. Every single one of the kids in the arena are spoiled brats. The parents did it, not him. The only way to discipline their kids is to make their kids kiss their asses! That’s tough love. Speaking of which, we’re about to see his bastard son kiss his ass. He tells him to come to Daddy! Horney comes out slowly looking upset about it. He gives Vince hurt puppy-dog eyes. Vince points in front of himself as to where Horney should stand. He tells Horney that he loves him. Horney nods. He also says Horney knows he brought it on himself. He also knows it will hurt Vince more than Horney. Video replay of Finlay talking in Horney’s ear and then Horney biting Vince’s ass. - Commercial Promo for WM. Hardcore Holly and Cody comes out to the ring. Cade and Murdoch come out to face them. They look a bit more bling than usual. - Winners: Holly & Cody Carlito, Santino and Maria come out and congratulates them for the win. Carlito then says they’re the new number one contenders for the Tag Titles. Santino says they have as much chance of keeping their titles as Maria does for posing for Playboy. Santino says that Holly and Cody can pose for a magazine about balding old guys with girly names. - Commercial Promo for the Divas being on Project Runway this week. JR and King go through the NWO matches. Jeff Hardy comes down to the ring. HBK comes out to join him. Y2J comes out to round out their team. - Commercial JBL and Snitsky are ringside. Umaga comes out to join them. The three enter the ring slowly, but together. - Commercial Y2J and Snitsky are down in the ring. JBL did something to Y2J, seems like when he was trying to springboard. Snitsky slams Y2J down. Snitsky covers for two. Umaga tags in and beats on Y2J’s back. Jeff and HBK try to get in to help, but the ref keeps stopping them. Y2J is down in a heap in the heel corner. A bear hug on Y2J from Umaga. Y2J gets out but runs into a Samoan drop. Umaga covers for two. Another bear hug on Y2J. “Y2J” chants. Y2J manages to get to his feet and out. JBL tags in and stomps Y2J. JBL drops elbows on Y2J and covers for two. Y2J starts fighting back but runs into a boot. JBL covers for two. Snitsky tags in and locks on a bear hug. Umaga gets a cheap shot in on Y2J’s back and then he runs into a back elbow. Umaga tags in and head butts Y2J’s back. They exchange chops until Y2J drops. Umaga climbs and flies, but Y2J moves, both are down. Y2J is going for a tag, but Umaga grabs him. Y2J hits an enziguri and both are down again. - Winners: Y2J, HBK & Jeff Hardy Cena is out back heading for the ring. - Commercial Promo for Candice Michelle’s return next week. The arm wrestling table is set up in the ring. Cena comes out. Video replay of Orton and Cena in the ring at the start of the show. Orton said that it didn’t matter if Henry tore Cena’s pec again, they’re still on. Then Henry distracted Cena and Orton hit the RKO. Mark Henry comes out to face Cena. Henry is yelling at the fans. Henry talks smack to Cena when he gets in the ring. Cena and Henry get set up at the table. Henry backs off and complains about oil on Cena’s hand. Cena says Henry’s the world’s strongest man. The ref says there’s nothing there. Henry starts to set up and back off demanding the ref check Cena’s hand. “Cena” chants and boos. Henry punches Cena’s pec. They finally set up and start. Henry about has Cena over when he starts coming back a bit. They get back to even and Cena gets Henry over a bit. Cena’s about to win when Henry’s other hand comes out and he tries to pull Cena’s hand back. Orton attacks Cena from behind. Orton tries to RKO Cena but Cena doesn’t agree and goes for the FU. Orton flees the ring. Cena turns around and Henry’s there. Cena gets Henry up - barely - and hits the FU! Biggest pop Biggest heat |

