Submitted by Rajah on October 14, 2003 at 10:28:51
Hello again everyone and welcome to the Office of Journalistic Excellence. I am your host Jason (Jason_of_RajahWWF on Yahoo Messenger) and this is YOUR rajah.com RAW report. Here we go!We begin with footage from last week of Triple H's announcing a $100, 000 bounty on Goldberg's head.
The music plays, the pyro blazes and we are LIVE from the Mohegan Sun Arena. Jim Ross and Jerry "The King" Lawler will have the call as Mark Henry tries to collect on Triple H's bounty in a match with Goldberg. But first...
Kane vs. Rosey
-Rosey with a Samoan drop right off the bat followed by a splash. Rosey tosses his cape aside and hammers away, but Kane lands the big boot and punches Rosey on the mat. Kane hammers away in the corner with right hands and works a choke. Kane drives Rosey into the adjacent corner and works a back suplex. Kane drags Rosey to the apron and punches him from the floor. Kane slides back in and chokes Rosey with his knee as referee Jack Doan counts toward the DQ. Rosey tries some right hands, but Kane catches him coming in with a spinebuster. Kane to the top, but Rosey dodges the clothesline and scores a DDT. Rosey drops the leg, but Kane gets up. Rosey ducks a clothesline, but Kane catches him on the flip side with a chokeslam and gets the 1-2-3 at 3:24.
-HERE is YOUR Winner: KaneThe Hurricane dashes to the ring after the bell, but he's soon chokeslammed for his trouble. Kane goes to light the posts, but...HERE COMES THE MONaaaaaaayyyy, Here Comes The Money. Shane McMahon appears in the ring and attacks Kane from behind, driving him from the ring.
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In the back, Kane accosts a staffer while looking for Shane McMahon before heading into the parking garage. He goes into the production truck looking for Shane but no luck. Kane grabs a crowbar and continues his search. Shane appears and Kane chases him into a limo. Kane breaks the limo's rear window with the crowbar and goes inside. Shane crawls out the driver's door and has apparently wedged the car's gas pedal down. Shane sets the car in gear and lets it go. The limo speeds across the garage and crashes under a parked tracker trailer, peeling off most of the roof in the process.
In the arena, a shocked Ross and Lawler try to address what we've just seen as we go to...
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In the garage, members of the event staff are frantically trying to attend to the crashed limo, the interior of which is covered in blood. Kinda graphic. Firemen have arrived on the scene and call for the Jaws of Life. Stone Cold Steve Austin arrives on the scene, but the firemen push him back.
Gail Kim vs. Lita
-Molly Holly joins Ross and Lawler for commentary and is as shaken as they are about what's happened to Kane. Molly makes a good point, saying Lita should have to work her way back up through the ranks before getting any title shot. A tie-up leads to some Kim punches in the corner, but Lita soon takes over with a suplex for a near fall from referee Chad Patton. Lita grabs the top rope on a whip and Gail's dropkick finds only air. Lita with a unique roll-up for two before going for the corner splash, but Gail gets the knees up. Kim blocks a sunset flip and makes the cover for two. Kim applies the reverse chinlock, but Lita won't quit. Gail switches to a neck vise and Lita cries out on pain. Kim elbows Lita's neck and goes back to the vise. Gail elbows the neck again and gets a near fall. Kim appeals to the crowd and gets soundly booed. Ross actually says Molly is the top female competitor in WWE. Shockingly accurate. Kim works a dragon sleeper and soaks up more boos from the crowd. Seated surfboard by Kim, but Lita still won't quit. Lawler and Molly egg Ross into saying what happened to Kane was tragic. Lita escapes the surfboard and backdrops Kim out of the corner. Lita powers Gail into the corner and scores a tilt-a-whirl powerbomb for two. Kim blows a roll-up spot off the second rope and Lita has to turn it into a cover for a near fall. Lita signals for the Twist of Fate, but decides on a wicked DDT instead that knocks Kim completely cold for the easy 1-2-3 at 6:09. Good, good match overall.
-HERE is YOUR Winner: LitaLita climbs the corner after the bell and has a staredown with Molly.
In the parking garage, Eric Bischoff tries to get to the crash site to see what's going on, but the newly-arrived police hold him back.
In footage from earlier today from the WWE studios in Stamford, Triple H taunts Goldberg about the $100,000 bounty. He hints that the person that takes Goldberg out might be in line for a spot in Evolution. Triple H quotes Ted DiBiase. Goldberg, everybody's got a price.
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WWE Sting of the Night: Last week on RAW, Mark Henry laid waste to Shawn Michaels in an effort to get to Goldberg.
In the back, Shawn Michaels enters Steve Austin's office and demands a match with Mark Henry for tonight. Austin can't, he's already booked Henry to face Goldberg. Michaels vows to take matters into his own hands and the flustered Stone Cold tells him to go do it.
Scott Steiner w/Stacy Keibler Interview
-Steiner gives Stacy the Test treatment all the way down the aisle. Steiner gets on the mic and reminds us all he cares about are his freaks and his peaks. But when his freaks get out of line, bad things happen. Stacy's cost him the World Tag Team Championship and his freedom at the hands of Test. He demands an apology from Stacy...on her knees. AHM BACK...here comes RAW Co-GM Eric Bischoff. Finally the Big Poppa Pump Bischoff knew in WCW is back. He's damn glad to see Steiner here. So glad in fact, that he's gong to handpick Steiner's next opponent.Commercial
Scott Steiner w/Stacy Keibler vs. Spike Dudley
-We're already under way as Steiner presses Spike and tosses him over the top to the arena floor. Steiner feigns a cover as, in the parking garage, EMTs and firemen have pulled a bloody Kane from the wreckage of the limo and load him into an ambulance. The ambulance rolls from the arena as, in the ring, Scott Steiner belly-to-bellys Spike into the middle of the ring. Steiner powers Spike belly-first into the corner. Spike manages to score the battering ram and an inverted atomic drop, but Steiner takes over again with a clothesline. Ross and Lawler bicker about what's happened to Kane as Steiner scores the Flatliner for the 1-2-3 from referee Charles Robinson.
-HERE is YOUR Winner: Scott SteinerAfter the bell, Steiner puts Spike on top after the bell and Samoan drops him back to the mat. Here come The Dudley Boyz. They score a modified 3-D on Steiner and look for tables before Test arrives on the scene to pull Steiner out and drag Stacy up the ramp.
In the back, La Resistance and Rob Conway attack Goldberg, looking to claim the $100,000 bounty. Needless to say, the World Heavyweight Champion makes short work of them.
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WWE Slam of the Night: Last week on RAW, Rob Van Dam defeats Christian for the Intercontinental title in a Ladder Match.
In the back, a tow truck has arrived to cart the wrecked limo away. Eric Bischoff pulls a witness aside and gets the story of what happened. Once he hears the story, Bischoff blames Steve Austin's constant pushing for what's happened to Kane.
Chris Jericho's Highlight Reel
-Jericho leads Christian, Lance Storm and Jonathan Coachman to the ring and takes the mic. Y2J would like to say he's surprised by what happened between Shane McMahon and Kane in the parking lot, but he's not. It's just typical of what goes on on RAW as long as Stone Cold Steve Austin is in charge of the show. It was Austin that awoke the monster in Kane and look what's happened. As it happens, they're in Connecticut, home of the WWE corporate offices. Y2J can only hope that the WWE board of directors is listening and they will strip Steve Austin of his power as soon as possible. Jericho is not alone though, he's brought a host of Superstars with him that have had their lives and careers ruined by Stone Cold Steve Austin. First up, Jonathan Coachman. Coach and Al Snow won the RAW announce desk fair and square and then Steve Austin gave his boy JR one more shot at a rematch and now Coach is back to backstage interviews. Next up, Christian. Christian beat Rob Van Dam at Unforgiven and then he beat Rob Van Dam the next night on RAW in the rematch. And then Steve Austin interferes and forces Christian to defend his Intercontinental title in a Ladder Match last week and now he's lost the belt and it's all Stone Cold Steve Austin's fault. Jericho takes the mic and defers to Lance Storm. How can Austin have taken all the respect Lance has earned in the business by calling Storm boring? Storm takes the mic and says Jericho is absolutely...full of crap. Stone Cold Steve Austin has changed Lance's life by showing him how to have fun. It it's any consolation though; Jericho is doing a great job as a jackass. With that, Jericho and Christian get their kick on all over Storm until Stone Cold Steve Austin storms the ring, but he can't touch anyone. Here comes Rob Van Dam though and he clears the ring of heels. Austin appeals to the board of directors to lift the "unless physically provoked" rule and then books Christian and Chris Jericho to face Rob Van Dam and Lance Storm in a tag match that starts right...now.Commercial
Chris Jericho & Christian vs. Rob Van Dam & Lance Storm
-We come back with the match already in progress with Christian in control over Van Dam. Referee Mike Chioda, normally of Smackdown, is the official here for some reason. RVD with a step-through heel kick. Tag to Storm. Lance with a leg lariat for a near fall. Christian goes to the eyes and looks for the Unprettier, but Storm turns it into the Single Leg Crap. Jericho breaks it up from behind, but is soon taken out by Van Dam. Everyone ends up on the outside before Storm rolls Christian back in for a near fall. Tag to Jericho. Double elbow on Storm and Jericho hammers away with right hands. Y2J eats elbow on a corner charge, but Jericho boots Storm off the top rope and to the floor. Jericho fetches Storm back into the ring and scores a reverse elbow off the top. 1-2-kickout by Storm. Tag to Christian. Christian powerslams Storm for a near fall before moving to the rear chinlock on the mat. Lance fights up and elbows out before working a roll-up for a near fall. Christian goads Van Dam into the ring so he and Jericho can choke Storm in the corner. Jericho comes in without benefit of a tag and slaps the Walls on Storm, but Lance turns it into a roll-up for a near fall. The heel heat segment continues as Christian tags in to slap Storm around some more, but a double knockdown spot sends both men down. Hot tag to Van Dam. Tag to Jericho. RVD takes it to both opponents, powerslamming Jericho in the corner. Split-legged moonsault. 1-2-broken up by Christian. RVD drop toeholds Christian into the "69" position on top of Jericho. Rolling Thunder! Jericho rolls out as Van Dam makes the cover on Christian. 1-2-Christian gets the foot on the bottom rope. Van Dam quickly recovers and scores the Five Star, but Jericho is the legal man. Jericho returns and traps Van Dam in the Walls. RVD won't give and manages to crawl close enough to his corner for Storm to make the tag. Lance climbs to the top and blasts Jericho in the back of the head with a missile dropkick. Storm makes the cover and gets the 1-2-3 at 12:35 for a big win.
-HERE are YOUR Winners: Lance Storm & Rob Van DamCommercial
Ross and Lawler recap the Shane/Kane limo wreck from earlier tonight. They debate the possibility that Kane may have deserved what happened to him after everything he's done of late.
In the back, Terri gets the word from Mark Henry, Rodney Mack and Teddy Long. Long says Henry destroyed a legend last week in the person of Shawn Michaels. Henry vows to destroy Goldberg tonight and collect Triple H's bounty.
Elsewhere, Randy Orton and Ric Flair head for the ring.
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Randy Orton & Ric Flair vs. Mark Jindrak & Garrison Cade
-Orton and Cade start with some basics that lead to an Orton dropkick and some punches. Orton knees Cade into Randy's corner, then pulls him out for a European uppercut. Cade punches Orton onto Garrison's corner and Jindrak lands a shot. Orton comes out of the corner and clotheslines Cade down. Tag to Flair. Tag to Jindrak. Chops, punches and knees in the corner by Flair. Jindrak reverses the whip and backdrops Flair out of the corner. Flair avoids a dropkick and goes for the figure four, but Jindrak rolls him up. 1-2-broken up by Orton. Referee Chad Patton chases Orton from the ring and Flair makes the tag. Tag to Cade. Orton in control with a back suplex. Tag to Flair. Big chop by Flair sends Cade down. Hard whip into the corner by Flair. Flair kicks away at Cade's ribs and lays in the chops in the corner. Tag to Orton. Randy with measured kicks, but Cade surges back with punches. Bulldog off the ropes by Cade and both men are down. Referee Patton gets to six before Orton tags Flair. Tag to Jindrak and Mark cleans house on both opponents. Backdrop to Flair. Backdrop to Orton. Flair corrals Jindrak for chops, but Jindrak takes both heels down with a clothesline off the second rope. Orton rolls out and the faces score their finisher on Flair. Orton returns to the ring before a cover can be made and RKOs Cade. Orton drags Jindrak out as Flair crawls to make the cover and the Nature Boy gets the 1-2-3 at 6:32.
-HERE are YOUR Winners: Ric Flair & Randy OrtonRoss and Lawler intro a video package of the Rock media blitz over the past few weeks in aid of his new movie, The Rundown.
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During the break, Maven and Trish Stratus were heading to ring for a match when they ran into Ric Flair and Randy Orton. Maven mouths off to Flair and before you know it, he and Flair are set for a one-on-one match for next week. Flair declares that he's had more World Championships than Maven's had women. Whoooooo!
Victoria & Steven Richards vs. Maven & Trish Stratus in a Mixed Tag Team Match
-Referee Jack Doan calls for the bell and we're off. Richards and Maven start with chops in the corner before Maven scores an inverted atomic drop and a dropkick. Tag to Victoria, who tries to slap Maven, but Maven dodges. Tag to Trish. Slap by Victoria, forearm by Trish. Stratus takes Victoria down for punches and then works a handstand head scissors for a near fall. Trish kicks Victoria into the corner and then keeps Richards at bay by kicking the middle rope into his groin. Trish goes for the Stratusphere, but Richards pulls her out of the corner as the referee tries to keep Maven at bay. Somersault leg drop over the top from the apron by Victoria. 1-2-kickout by Trish. Victoria kicks Trish into the corner, but gets rolled up for two. Victoria with a bear hug on the mat as Ross tells us Kane is in critical condition at a local hospital. Trish rolls Victoria up for two and a double knockdown spot sends both girls down. Richards tries to keep Trish from her corner, but Maven dropkicks him away. The men tag in and Maven scores a near fall. Powerslam by Maven. 1-2-kickout. Maven goes to the top, but Richards arm whips him back to the mat and gets two. Richards puts Maven on top, but Trish provides a distraction and Maven comes off the second rope with his modified bulldog for the 1-2-3 at 5:37.
-HERE are YOUR Winners: Maven & Trish StratusVictoria powers Trish into the steel steps after the bell and has to be run off by Maven.
In the back, Mark Henry, Teddy Long and Rodney Mack head for the ring.
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Mark Henry w/Theodore Long vs. Goldberg
-This is a non-title affair. Referee Charles Robinson ejects Rodney Mack from ringside before Goldberg even makes his entrance. Goldberg charges into the ring before the bell, but Henry drives him to the mat with a shoulder block. Henry presses Goldberg and drops him like he's nothing. Goldberg gets some knees up in the corner, but he can't knock Henry down. Henry reverses a whip and drives Goldberg to the mat with a side effect. 1-2-kickout by Goldberg. Goldberg gets the boot up on a corner charge and finally knocks Henry down with a clothesline. Goldberg goes for the Jackhammer, but Henry easily powers him into the corner. Henry drapes Goldberg over the middle rope and scores the butt splash through the ropes. Henry picks Goldberg up with one arm and drills him with a shoulder breaker for two. Henry with a reverse chinlock, but Goldberg powers up and works a cross armbreaker. Henry gets to the ropes and the referee breaks the hold. Henry catches Goldberg charging in and puts him down with a sideslam. 1-2-Goldberg gets the shoulder up. Goldberg with right hands and he goes for a slam, but Henry batters him away. Goldberg dodges a corner charge and this time scores the bodyslam. Clothesline by Goldberg and the champ sets up for the Spear. Here's Rodney Mack with a chair. He crowns Goldberg with it and the referee calls for the bell at 5:12.
-HERE is YOUR Winner as the result of a Disqualification: GoldbergShawn Michaels charges to ringside after the bell and pulls Mack out. HBK tattoos Mack with Sweet Chin Music. Michaels slides into the ring to attack Henry, but Mark grabs him up in a bear hug. Goldberg charges Henry from behind, but Mark drops Michaels and moves, leaving Goldberg to Spear HBK. Goldberg seizes Henry up and scores the Jackhammer. The heels retreat and Goldberg hits the posts and poses for the crowd as Michaels stews on the mat.
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