Submitted by Rajah on December 15, 2003 at 23:46:09

Good evening everyone and welcome BACK to your rajah.com RAW report. After two weeks of illness and e-mail difficulties, I am once again your host Jason (Jason_of_RajahWWF on Yahoo Messenger) and the Office of Journalistic Excellence is open for business.

Footage from last week recaps Mick Foley's return to RAW as an outside consultant and Co-General Manager. Welcome back to the year 2000, folks. That, or six months ago, take your pick.

The music plays, the pyro blazes and we are LIVE from the Arrowhead Pond in Anaheim, California. Jim Ross and Jerry "The King" Lawler will have the call as TONIGHT World Heavyweight Champion Goldberg will face Kane one-on-one. But first...

Chris Jericho & Christian Interview
-Before they take the tag titles from The Dudley Boyz, Y2J takes the stick to address Trish Stratus and Lita. He and Christian each have a bouquet of flowers in hand. They both apologize for what they said about Lita and Trish Stratus last week. Jericho doesn't know what he can do to make things up to Trish and here indeed come Lita and Trish Stratus to the ring. Trish holds up a Canadian dollar in Jericho's face, Y2J says the bet was all a joke. Trish knows the connection she and Jericho have, he would never jeopardize that for a bet. And Lita knows Christian feels the same way about her. Trish knows the real Jericho, please accept his apology. Chris is begging Trish. Trish turns away from Jericho, but he's never felt this way about anyone ever. Trish responds with a huge slap and the girls beat the boys upside the head with the flowers. Here come The Dudley Boyz as Trish and Lita head up the ramp.

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Chris Jericho & Christian vs. The Dudley Boyz for the World Tag Team Championship
-We're already underway as Trish Stratus and Lita watch from ringside. The Dudleys control Jericho and D-Von scores a powerslam. The Dudleys pile both Canadians in the corner and Bubba lands an avalanche. Christian trips Bubba up from the outside and Jericho takes over. Y2J chokes Bubba over the middle rope and tags Christian in. Christian hammers away on Bubba's bean on the mat as referee Charles Robinson counts towards the DQ. Christian drags Bubba into the heel corner and makes the tag. Jericho makes the cover for one before settling into a reverse chinlock on the mat. Bubba fights up and elbows out, but Jericho floors him with a flying clothesline. 1-2-D-Von breaks it up. Christian tags in and rakes the face and kicks Bubba about the chest and stomach. 1-2-kickout. Christian tricks D-Von into the ring and he and Jericho work the double team as the ref ushers D-Von out. Bubba fights out of the corner and drops Jericho Samoan style. Both men are down. Robinson gets to six before both men tag and D-Von backdrops Christian to the mat. D-Van nails Jericho as well and side slams Christian. 1-2-broken up by Jericho. Bubba tosses Jericho out and the Dudleys look to finish Christian, but Y2J returns and takes D-Von to the outside. Bubba sets Christian up, but misses the reverse splash off the second rope. Jericho returns and nails Bubba with the Lionsault. Christian crawls over for the cover. 1-2-Bubba barely kicks out. Jericho grabs Bubba from the apron, but the charging Christian hits Jericho by accident. Bubbabomb to Christian. 1-2-Jericho pulls the referee out and drops him on the floor. All four men end up in the ring and the Dudleys set both heels up for the Whazzzup, which is delivered in stereo by Trish Stratus and Lita. Jericho rolls out as the Dudleys nail Christian with the 3-D and referee Robinson crawls back in the make the 1-2-3.
-HERE are YOUR Winners and STILL World Tag Team Champions: The Dudley Boyz

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In the Evolution locker room, Ric Flair tells Randy Orton and Batista that, though he's here tonight, Triple H isn't going to go anywhere near the ring. Hunter is going to sit back and watch Goldberg and Kane tear each other apart. Orton and Batista then guarantee victory over their Armageddon opponents, Rob Van Dam and Shawn Michaels.

Meanwhile, in the general manager's office, an enraged Chris Jericho and Christian demand retribution for what just happened. Eric Bischoff books a tag team match for Armageddon that will pit them against Lita & Trish Stratus in a battle of the sexes. Christian is ecstatic. Jericho? Less so.

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Batista w/Ric Flair vs. Rob Van Dam
-This is a non-title affair, kittens. Batista powers Van Dam into the corner at the start and chokes him with a knee as referee Chad Patton admonishes. Van Dam escapes and goes to the top for a cross body block and a near fall. Van Dam with a series of dropkicks and Batista tumbles out. Batista regroups with Flair and pulls RVD to the outside by the leg. Batista hammers away and flips Van Dam back in, but RVD recovers and drops the leg on the back of Batista's head as the big man tries to regain the ring. 1-2-kickout. Batista kicks and chokes Van Dam on the mat and then powers him into the corner. 1-2-Van Dam kicks out. Batista tosses Van Dam out and then drops a fist on his back from the apron. Back on the inside Batista scores the vertical suplex and gets two before settling into a reverse chinlock on the mat. Van Dam fights up with elbows, but Batista powerbombs him back down. 1-2-shoulder up by Van Dam. Batista scoops Van Dam up and powers his back into the buckle. Batista charges the hanging Van Dam but RVD gets the boot out and both men are down. They rise and slug it out and Van Dam scores the step-over reverse kick. Rolling Thunder! 1-2-Batista kicks out. Batista reverses the whip, but he eats boot on the corner charge and Van Dam kicks him down. Van Dam to the top, but Flair distracts him from the apron. Van Dam jumps to the apron and nails Flair with a kick. Van Dam leaps back in at Batista, but he takes out the referee instead. Batista goes for the Tigerbomb and Van Dam gets dropped on his head trying to counter it. Van Dam goes to the corner for the split-legged moonsault, but Flair drills him in the face with a right hand. Van Dam falls back into the ring and Batista plants him with the Tigerbomb. Referee Patton comes around and tolls the 1-2-3 at 7:29.
-HERE is YOUR Winner: Batista

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WWE Body Slam of the Week: Last week, The Dudley Boyz cheat to beat Garrison Cade & Mark Jindrak.

Mark Jindrak & Garrison Cade vs. Val Venis & Lance Storm w/Some Ladies Under Thirty
-Cade promos before the match, saying he and Jindrak are winners, not whiners, and they will win the tag team titles this Sunday. The rookies attack before the bell and isolate Storm in their corner. Jindrak lays Lance out with a left hand and tags Cade in for a double suplex. 1-2-broken up by Venis. Cade corrals Storm on the mat with a reverse chinlock, but Lance fights out and scores a dropkick off the second rope. Both men are down. Referee Jack Doan gets to two before Venis tags in and cleans house on both rookies. Venis shows Cade the door over the top and then drops Jindrak for a near fall. Venis with his tilt-a-whirl powerbomb. 1-2-broken up by Cade. Venis continues to battle all comers (where the hell is Storm?), but Jindrak rolls him up from behind and grabs the trunks for the 1-2-3 at 2:58.
-HERE are YOUR Winners: Mark Jindrak & Garrison Cade

In the back, Kane is apparently talking to no one as he tells a story about a dog he killed when he was a kid. Lovely. At Armageddon, Kane will end Goldberg's title reign. Goldberg won't like it, Triple H won't like it, you people won't like it...but Kane...WILL!

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WWE Boot of the Week: Last week on RAW, Mick Foley helped the faces win in the six-man tag main event.

Mick Foley Interview
-The new Co-General Manager of RAW comes to the ring with clipboard in hand. Foley took over as co-GM of RAW with the intention of making things right. If Ric Flair gets involved in the Randy Orton/Rob Van Dam match at Armageddon, that wouldn't be right. So Mick appoints himself as the special guest referee for that match. Now, on to other matters. The Steve Austin petition has over half a million signatures so far, but Foley says we need more, so he's brought another petition to.... music hits and here come Rene Dupree and Rob Conway. Foley says he's out here to make things right? Is humiliating them on live TV last week right? Dupree says Foley and the U.S. are jokes. The French are better lovers and better fighters than Americans. Conway says Bischoff has assured them their jobs are safe, so now they're going to humiliate Foley by making Mick salute the French flag. Foley likes French fries, French toast, even French's mustard, but he doesn't like La Resistance. If they want to beat Foley's ass, have at it, but he's not saluting the French flag. La Resistance moves in for the kill and...IF YA SUH-MELLLLLLLL...it's The Rock! The crowd goes berserk, as does Ross. Rocky takes the stick and addresses La Resistance. The Rock came here tonight to surprise his friend Mick Foley and the millions and millions of The Rock's fans. The Rock is confused though. He knows Mick Foley, he knows the people, he knows Jim Ross and Jerry Lawler, he knows Lillian Garcia, he even knows Marty the cross-dressing cameraman, but he does not know La Resistance. Who in the blue hell are they? We're...It doesn't matter who they are! The Rock has one question, how's your lips? (Rock's t-shirt says the same thing). If you keep running your mouths, The Rock and Mick Foley are going to slap the lips ring off your faces. One more thing...No, No, No says Dupree. He and Conway are going to win the tag team titles this Sunday at Armageddon, what does Rocky think of that? Rock knows La Resistance won't win the titles because a) they're French and b) they suck. If the French army had gone to Iraq, they would have surrendered. The only thing strong about the French army is their body odor. If La Resistance wants a piece of Rocky and Foley, they can have it. Foley and Rock bicker over whether it's Rock and Sock or Sock and Rock and that gives the Frenchmen a chance to attack. Dupree tosses Rock over the top and La Resistance corner Foley for lots of kicking. Rock comes back in and cleans house. Rock Bottom to Dupree! People's Elbow to Dupree! Spinebuster to Conway! Foley's Elbow to Conway! If you suh-mellllll... They celebrate and pose, but Rocky takes time to sign the Stone Cold petition along the way.

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Ross and Lawler recap what just happened in the last segment.

In the GM's office, Eric Bischoff and Jonathan Coachman watch the replay. Bischoff has already had The Rock escorted from the building and he changes the Goldberg/Kane match for later tonight into a Lumberjack Match. And who will pick the lumberjacks, you ask? Why, Bischoff will handpick them himself.

Booker T, The Hurricane & Rosey vs. Scott Steiner, Test & Mark Henry w/Theodore Long in a Six-Man Tag Team Match
-Where the hell is Rodney Mack, by the way? Henry is wearing a red singlet that says "Mark Henry" across the chest in case he forgets. Rosey and Test start with some punches and basics. Bodyslam by Rosey, followed by a splash for a near fall from senior referee Earl Hebner. Tag to Hurricane. Test eats elbow on a corner charge, but regains control and hammers away on Hurricane's face on the mat. Tag to Steiner. Steiner clotheslines Our Hero down and drops the elbow. "Shut up, Booker T!" yells Steiner before belly-to-bellying Hurricane to the mat. Tag to Test, who stomps Hurricane into the mat. Hurricane manages a knee lift off the whip and tags Booker T. Booker with a sidekick to Test. Spineroonie! He looks for the scissor kick on Test, but Henry breaks it up. Henry, not the legal man, presses the charging Hurricane and drops him over the top to the floor. Rosey then charges in, but Henry catches him in a huge spinebuster as we go to...

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..Test has Booker T on the mat in a side headlock as we return. Booker fights up, but test clotheslines him down and stomps away. Tag to Henry, who corrals Booker T in a nerve hold. 1-2-Hurricane breaks it up. Tag to Steiner. Wheelbarrow suplex to Booker T. Tag to Test. Bear hug to Booker T. Booker fights out and scores a desperation spinebuster. Tag to Hurricane, who cleans house until Test catches him for the pumphandle. Hurricane counters and drops Test with the Eye for a near fall. All six guys then brawl with Steiner suplexing Rosey along the way until Booker and Henry face off. They go at it briefly before Booker is pulled out and Hurricane comes in off the top with a crossbody block on Henry. 1-2-Henry powers out. Henry grabs Hurricane up in a bear hug and Hebner calls for the bell at 14:38.
-HERE are YOUR Winners: Mark Henry, Scott Steiner & Test

Henry grabs Booker up in the bear hug after the bell and lays him out.

Ross and Lawler encourage you to sign the Stone Cold petition.

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In the general manager's office, Eric Bischoff pals around with Ric Flair, Randy Orton, Batista, Mark Henry and Theodore Long, who will be the lumberjacks for the Goldberg/Kane match later tonight.

Ross and Lawler show what tonight's main event might be like if it was played on Smackdown: Here Comes The Pain for Playstation 2.

Ross and Lawler speculate on the whereabouts of Triple H before previewing the card for this Sunday's Armageddon PPV.

Trish Stratus and Lita make their way to the ring for tag team action.

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Trish Stratus & Lita vs. Molly Holly & Victoria
-We begin with action already under way as CHRIS JERICHO and CHRISTIAN have taken position on the ramp to watch. Trish gets a near fall on Molly after a dropkick, but Molly regroups and chokes Trish over the middle strand. 1-2-Trish kicks out. Bodyslam by Molly and Victoria comes in off the tag with a somersault legdrop from the apron for two from referee Jack Doan. Victoria works her tilt-a-whirl side slam for two. Victoria shoves Trish into the heel corner and tags Molly. Molly works a modified camel clutch on the mat. Molly shoots Trish into the corner, but Trish floats over the back handspring elbow. Trish lands on Molly's shoulders and looks for the victory roll, but Molly turns it into a nice powerbomb. Molly puts both feet on the ropes for the cover. 1-2-broken up by a Lita dropkick. Trish finally gets some separation and makes the hot tag to Lita, who cleans house on everyone until MATT HARDY appears on the apron. Lita goes after him and he hot shots her over the top back into the waiting arms of the heel girls, who plant her with a double sideslam. Victoria runs Trish off as Molly makes the cover and gets the 1-2-3 on Lita.
-HERE are YOUR Winners: Molly Holly & Victoria

Jericho and Christian shake their heads at their exes' effort.

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Ric Flair, Randy Orton, Batista and Mark Henry come on down to take their positions as lumberjacks.

Kane vs. Goldberg in a Lumberjack Match
-Goldberg attacks immediately at the bell and drops Kane with a clothesline. Kane recovers quickly and tosses Bill over the top, where the lumberjacks swarm him on the floor. They toss Goldberg back inside and Kane makes the cover for two from referee Charles Robinson. Goldberg powers off the mat in a test of strength and back suplexes Kane to the mat. Kane manages to push Goldberg to the outside again and the lumberjacks hammer away. They shoot Goldberg back in and Kane makes another cover for two. Kane distracts the referee and Flair gets some choking in on Goldberg from the floor. Kane muscles Goldberg into the corner and clotheslines him in the opposite corner. 1-2-kickout. Awkward sideslam by Kane for two before he whips Goldberg in for the sleeper on the rebound. Bill fades to his knees, then his ass, but makes the comeback from there. Goldberg with some rights and forearms before taking Kane to the mat with a modified fireman's carry. Goldberg tosses Kane out, but the lumberjacks won't touch him. Goldberg goes out and nails several of them with right hands before flipping Kane back in himself. Goldberg with a nice tilt-a-whirl slam, but here comes Orton and Batista into the ring. They assault Goldberg with punches and referee Robinson calls for the bell at 5:26.
-HERE is YOUR Winner as the result of a Disqualification: Goldberg

The lumberjacks beat on Goldberg en masse after the bell until Rob Van Dam comes out to try to make the save. He's not enough so here comes Booker T. He's not enough either so here comes Shawn Michaels. Sweet Chun Music to Flair! Sweet Chin Music to Kane! Spear to Kane! The faces stand triumphant as Kane is left lying.

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