RAW Report 8/4/08 Knoxville, Tennessee
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RAW this week starts with Adamle on the stage talking. He introduces himself to some heat. Saying he’s the new GM gets him more heat. “You suck” chants are loud and well put together. There once was a man who worked in a circus like atmosphere but managed to become great despite everything that had happened. Ronald Reagan is who he’s talking about. He went from being a “B” rated movie actor to one of the best presidents ever. He’s trying to prove that looks can be deceiving. He once called Jeff Hardy Jeff Harvey. He wasn’t the greatest announcer in ECW history and a lot of people won’t let it go. There’s even a petition on WWE.com asking for his resignation. That’s their right as Americans but it’s not an America he wants to be part of. He want to be part of the land of oportunity. Where a man who’s 5'9" can play seven years in the NFL and be a star. That’s why he added Cole to the match last week. It didn’t work well, but he thought it was worth a try. - Commercial Lillian (in a really hot little corset and miniskirt) announces an IC Title match. Kofi comes bouncing out to the ring. Paul Burchill comes out with Katie in tow. - Winner: Kofi Katie rushes in to her brother. Kofi celebrates but Katie comes up to him. She yells at him and distracts him. Paul rushes at him but Kofi is ready. Kofi sends Paul flying from the ring. Kofi hits double feet through the ropes on Paul and follows him out. Katie’s in the ring all upset and confused when Mickie’s music hits and she runs to the ring in her yellow wrestling outfit. Mickie rushes the ring and Katie flees. Their title match is next. - Commercial Snap mare to Katie. A kick to Katie’s back and Mickie continues with forearms to Katie’s face. A hard kick takes Katie down. Katie leaves the ring and Mickie flies off the apron to take Katie down. Katie’s backed into a corner and the ref makes her back off. She does but rushes in again only to eat the corner padding. Katie takes Mickie down and gains control. Katie snaps Mickie’s head through the ropes and covers for a long two. Katie rolls Mickie a bridge submission. Mickie gets out and covers Katie for two. Head scissors to Katie. A couple flying elbows take Katie down. A neck breaker and Mickie covers for two. A jaw breaker to Mickie. Katie hits a suplex and bridges for two. A kick to Mickie’s gut and she tries for a move that Mickie counters. Mickie hits her swinging DDT for three. - Winner: Mickie Out of nowhere Beth quickly enters the ring and attacks Mickie. She slams her against the apron back first and then they go back in the ring. Mickie almost gains control until Beth slams her face first to the mat in a reverse power bomb move. Beth leaves the ring all smug and Santino meets her on the stage. She grabs his bum when he turns away. She poses and he lightly slaps her bum. She slowly leaves the stage while he’s still smiling to the crowd. Cena is out back talking to Cryme Tyme. - Commercial WWE Classics On Demand - as Vince interviewed Sarge, Austin showed up and confronted him. Austin attacked Sarge but Vince got away without getting a stunner... that time. Adamle is on the phone with Steph. He talks about how WWE likes to think outside the box. He congratulates her on the baby. Video of Cena and his career. Batista is out back watching the video. Grisham shows up and asks about his match tonight and his match at SS. He’d rather fight for the title at SS, but if it gets him closer to the title, he’s happy. About tonight’s match, Cena better stay out of his way. - Commercial Layla is in the ring dancing. Video from earlier where Jamie is kissing up to Layla. He wants to take her to Waffle House. She says nothing between them is working. She says she doesn’t associate with losers. She leaves and yells something at her about her pecan waffle. Regal’s music hits and Layla stops dancing and looks shocked. Regal says he has something to say. He wants to remind us all of who he is. He introduces himself as our King. He talks about the 2008 KOTR tournament. And as our King... Out back Punk is heading for the ring. - Commercial Slam of The Week - the 8 man tag match at SNME. JBL and the heels won. JBL comes out in his limo and walks the rest of the way to the ring. Y2J comes out to the ring next. Punk comes out to face them both. (For some reason they blurred out the front of his belt when he was posing on the corner.) Adamle comes on the tron to say he forgot something. This match is slated for ten minutes. If no one wins in that time, then it will be a Triple Threat Match at SS. - Winner: JBL Y2J is outside looking pissed. JBL is in the celebrating. HBK is at his home getting a mic for his interview. - Commercial Video of GAB where Y2J injured HBK’s eye. It turns to black and white due to all the blood. The ref ends up stopping the match. - Commercial Matt Striker is in the ring in argyle with his chalkboard. He thanks Adamle for allowing him to compete as a member of the RAW roster. Makes sense it takes place in an esteemed university, but he sues that term loosely. He’s sure Adamle is going to pick someone to show off Matt’s wrestling skills. Kane’s fire and music hit. Matt about fell over when it happened. Kane still has his sack in hand. - Winner: Kane Kane goes to his corner, grabs his sack and then heads to the announce table. King and Cole get to their feet quickly. Kane then rolls back in the ring with a mic. He says he’s been in a bad place lately but he’s better now. He holds up his sack, looks at it and says, “He’s not alive, he’s dead.” Kane drops the mic and leaves the ring. - Commercial SD! video form last week where Edge talks about TLC Matches and Taker. He bring Foley into the ring. They showed video of Foley being tossed off the cell then through it. Edge talks about how Foley can help him. Foley says he won’t help him and can’t help him. Edge has to help himself and find the Edge he was before. If he brings this Edge to SS he’ll be torn apart. Edge says he understands and then beats Foley down. A spear outside the ring and then back in the ring Edge climbs a ladder and flies with a chair, putting Foley through a table. Cole and King go through the matches slated for SS. Batista video. Cena is watching the video out back. Grisham shows up and asks how he feels. Cena says you really get a feel for how much he’s loved by the fans and how capable he is in the ring. I”m sure we’re all as shocked as him at Adamle becoming GM, but he made the great match of Cena and Batista at SS. - Commercial Adamle is in his office. Kelly comes in and congratulates him on the job he’s done tonight. He says it means a lot coming from her. She says Kane is so scary. He agrees and says next week they’re going to find out what’s in Kane’s bag. If he doesn’t want to give it up, Adamle’s going to take it. Ted and Cody come out to the ring. Cena comes out next and dives into the ring chasing the heels out. Batista is last to the ring but gets the big pop. - Commercial Arm bar from Cody on Batista. Batista manages a big boot and can tag out. Cena takes Ted out then works over Cody. Cody ends up flat on his back in the middle of the ring due to lots of tossing around. Cena hits the five knuckle shuffle. Cena gets him up for the FU, but Ted manages a blind tag. Ted comes in and blind sides Cena. They end up outside and Cena gets tossed into the stairs. Back in the ring Ted covers for two until Cena grabs the bottom rope. Cody tags in and the hit a double suplex on Cena. Cody covers for two. Ted tags back in and hits a suplex on Cena after a couple punches. “Let’s go Cena” chants. Ted covers for two. Cody tags in and hits a standing dropkick for two. Punches to Cena but Cena fights back. Cody manages to take Cena down and drops a knee on his face. Ted tags in and comes off the corner onto Cena’s arm that Cody’s holding. Cody tags in and they hit a double elbow on Cena. Cody covers for two. Cody stomps Cena. They exchange punches. Ted tags in. Ted locks a sleeper on Cena. Ted is up on Cena’s back until Cena drops to a knee. Loud “Cena” chants. Cena tries to drag Ted across the ring to tag Batista, but Batista backed off a bit and talked to the ref, acting as if he didn’t see Cena. The fans give him heat for this. Ted gets Cena back in the center of the ring with the sleeper locked on. Cena powers out of the sleeper and locks on his own sleeper. Cody comes off the corner to break it up. - Winners: Batista & Cena They hold their belts and stare at each other in the center of the ring. Cena holds his high then puts it down. Batista then follows suit. Cena smirks and nods before showing off his belt to the fans, but looking at Batista. Batista does the same on the other side. Cena shows off on the third side. Batista climbs a corner and shows off. Cena nods and smirks before holding his belt high for a louder pop from the fans. They then talk in the center of the ring. Video of Batista ignoring Cena wanting to tag. Cena then lightly bitch slaps Batista as a tag. Batista bomb for the win. They’re still in the ring staring at each other and showing off for the fans to get pop. Biggest pop Biggest heat |

