RAW Report 4/23/07 London
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RAW this week begins with the normal intro and then Shane O'Mac comes dancing out to the ring. Shane is in a Shane O'Mac shirt and track pants. He takes a mic and says Lashley will not be here tonight. Lashley has been responsible for shaving his father's head bald and costing Umaga the IC Title. Video of them all beating down Lashley. Then Vince offers up Umaga's IC Title and no one takes the match. Santino comes out of the crowd to face Umaga. He almost pins Umaga and Vince changes the match to no hold barred. Santino looks like he's squashed when Bobby rushes out and takes over. He takes a chair away from Vince and then beats down Umaga with a chair. He helps Santino cover Umaga. Santino wins the IC Title and has his hand raised by Bobby. - Winners: Vince, Shane & Umaga Video of Shane flying coast to coast, Umaga bum slamming and splashing and then Vince pinning Brookside. Video of the friendship then feud between HBK and Cena. - Commercial Slam of The Week - Jeff Hardy against Cade in a one on one match. Cade won. Matt and Jeff Hardy come down to the ring. Matt is wrestling tonight. Cade and Murdoch come out, Murdoch is wrestling tonight. - Winner: Murdoch Jeff and the ref are tending to Matt as Cade and Murdoch celebrate their way up the ramp. Video of movie viewers who saw Austin's new movie and loved it. Maria is heading for the ring. - Commercial A picture of HHH on the screen saying they're having technichal difficulties. They say there will be an Edge against Orton match. Melina comes down to the ring in a blue leopard version of her normal two piece outfit. Maria comes out in silver sparkly boy shorts and a white button down collared shirt that's mostly open and tied just below her tatas. - Winner: Melina Video of Maria gets slammed from various angles. Out back Flair walks up to Carlito and says he'll be there to help him in his match. Carlito blows him off saying he can handle it on his own and doesn't need help and quickly leaves for his match. - Commercial Khali is in the ring. Carlito comes out to face him. - Winner: Khali Video of the chop to Carlito's head and then the slam to the mat. Khali celebrates outside while Carlito holds his head. Flair enters the ring to help Carlito up and Carlito yells at Flair for not helping him. He asks Flair if they are a team of not. Carlito then starts yelling in Spanish. Flair shakes his head and walks away obviously dejected. - Commercial Foley is out back. He says something about looking funny in his new sports coat and turtleneck. He then gives a cheap pop. He talks about Michael as the special guest GM. Edge walks up, they high five and talk about being partners. Edge looks totally wired - bouncing around and his eyes bugging out of his face. Edge thanks him for a lot of things, including Michael. He thanks Foley for bringing Michael in who made the match for Backlash. He's all excited about going through three other people on his way to his next title reign. He says he's excited about his match with Orton later. He really excited about getting a big cup of coffee - not decaf - and watching Cena and HBK rip each other apart later. He tells Foley he like his new look. Video about Austin's new movie. - Commercial HBK is out back looking surley but with good pop. He walks up to Cena who gets huge boos. Cena says he knows HBK has earned everybody's respect out there, including his. But he still doesn have the title belt. He says everyone has something - the Legend Killer, the Rated R Superstar, even the Show Stopper. All he is is Cena, the Champ. HBK doesn't say a word, just walks away and heads for the ring. HBK's music (not DX's music) hits and he comes down to the ring. After HBK's music stops his reviews are mixed. Cena's music hits and there are lots of heat with the cheers. Possibly more heat than pop. When the music stops there's lots of heat. Cena takes off his dog tags and gets patted down by the ref. The ref then pats down HBK. - Commercial They are still staring at each other. They lock up and Cena uses the side headlock takeover. Cena holds on tight to the hold and they get back to their feet. Then they are back on the mat. Cena gets HBK flipped and his shoulders down for two. Cena gets the headlock on and another takeover on HBK for two. They work back to their feet and HBK tries to get out of the hold. HBK punches out but gets slammed to the mat. Cena again gets the side headlock on HBK. HBK again fights to his feet and tries to get out of the hold. Cena slams HBK back down again for two. HBK tries for a hiplock but Cena hits a hard clothesline for two. Cena has the headlock back on HBK. HBK throws punches to Cena's gut and gets out of the hold. HBK kicks Cena. Cena's head gets bouned off the corner. In another corner Cena's head gets bounced. A chop from HBK followed by punches. A chop to Cena in a corner. Cena gets whipped but get his foot up. Cena clotheslines HBK and covers for two. Another sidelock takeover on HBK. A shoulder block to HBK and then Cena ducks a kick. HBK rishes Cena with a kick and gets flipped over the top rope. It looks like he was supposed to land on the apron but lost his ballance and lands on the floor on his feet. - Commercial Cena gets backed into a corner but still has HBK in a side headlock. HBK hits a hard punch. HBK throws punches in a corner followed by a snap mare. HBK stomps Cena in the face. Cena gets his face bounced off a corner and then chopped. Cena starts fighting back. Cena catches HBK mid-air and slams him down for two. HBK gets whipped and then suplexed for two. Cena kicks HBK in the gut and hits a hard face buster for two. They exchange blows. A back body drop to HBK and Cena covers for two. Cena tries to a suplex but Cena gets out and lands on his feet. HBK hits a neck breaker and both are down for five. They exchange blows again. HBK gains control and hits a flying forearm. Both are down for 7 until HBK nips up. HBK hits a couple right hands and a scoop slam. HBK is holding his lower back. HBK climbs and hits his flying elbow. HBK tunes up the band. Cena moves out of the way and HBK hits a backslide for two. Cena tries to dive into HBK and rolls under the ropes. Cena is outside flailing. HBK flies over the top and Cena catches him. Cena gets HBK onto his shoulder and is aiming for the ring post but HBK slides off and drives Cena into the stairs. - Commercial HBK kicks Cena in the gut. Cena gets slammed into the ring post shoulder first. Cena rolls to the floor. Cena climbs onto the apron and HBK glabs his arm and slams it down on the top rope. In the center of the ring HBK gets a hold on Cena's arm. HBK gets Cena's shoulders down for two. HBK again gets Cena's shoulders down for two. HBK drives his knee into Cena's shoulder. Cena hits a one armed slam on HBK. HBK chops Cena and then kicks Cena. Cena hits a couple clotheslines and a shoulder block. Cena slams HBK and hits the five knuckle shuffle. Cena gets HBK up for the FU but HBK wiggles out. Cena gets HBK up again and manages to hit the FU. Cena covers HBK who manages to kick out before the three. - Commercial Cena agrresivelly rolls HBK from the ring. Cena slams HBK back first into the ring post. Cena pushes HBK back in the ring and covers for two. Cena kicks HBK to the mat and then slams a forearm into his back slamming him to the mat. Cena throws more hits to HBK's lower back. Cena hits a suplex for two after HBK tries to dead weight out of the move. Cena gets a bear hug on HBK. HBK elbows Cena in the back a couple times to no avail. Finaly he gets out and hits a reverse elbow on Cena. Cena whips HBK who ends up flipping over the top of the ropes and lands outside. Cena goes outside and rolls HBK back in. Cena climbs and drops a leg onto the back of the head of HBK as he's almost to his feet. Cena covers for two. Cena looks at King and asks him what it's going to take. Cena sets HBK up top and climbs. Cena gets HBK up in the FU possition. HBK wiggles out. Cena gets him up there again and HBK wiggles out. This time HBK manages to get down and turns it into a huge power bomb. Both are down for 8. Cena goes for an STFU but HBK rolls over and kicks out. Cena rolls to the apron. HBK slams into Cena and Cena flies to bounce off the announce table. HBK goes outside and the ref starts to count. HBK rolls in but the ref counts for Cena. HBK rolls out again and moves the top layer of stairs off. HBK gets Cena on the lower set of stairs. HBK tries to power bomb Cena on the stairs as he did at WM, but Cena reverses it and hits a back body drop on HBK to the floor. Cena enters the ring to break the count. - Commercial Cena clotheslines HBK onto the announce table. HBK is behind the table while King and JR struggle to get out of the way. They re-enter the ring and Cena is able to lock on the STFU. HBK tries not to tap out. HBK tries to wiggle for the ropes. HBK manages to get to the ropes and the hold is broken. Cena gets to his feet and glares while HBK hugs the rope. HBK has to use the rope to get to his feet. HBK goes for sweet chin music but Cena grabs his foot. Cena gets him up for the FU but HBK wiggles out. HBK hits sweet chin music. Both are down until HBK manages to throw an arm over Cena's chest. Cena breaks the count by grabbing the bottom rope. HBK struggles to his feet while Cena holds the bottom rope. They both struggle to their feet. HBK chops Cena in a corner. Cena throws a punch. HBK chops. HBK gets whipped and end up up-side-down before landing on his feet. Cena goes for the FU but HBK somehow manages to land on his feet. HBK hits sweet chin music again and falls onto Cena and kind of grabs a leg to cover for three. - Winner: HBK HBK sits in a corner while Cena lays flat on his back in the ring. Both are tired. The ref raises HBK's hand when he gets to his feet. HBK the grabs Cena's belt and sits over Cena with it and says something to him. HBK holds the belt high in the air before dropping it across Cena's waist. Biggest pop Biggest heat |
