WWE RAW Report for May 6, 2002
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Submitted by Rajah on May 13, 2002 at 23:02:56


- We're live from Hartford, CT with the World Wrestling Entertainment's RAW program. At the beginning of the program we see their "Get the F Out" slogan and JR officially refers to the company as the WWE.

Trish Stratus vs. Jazz (No DQ Women's Title Match)
- Trish Stratus' music hits and out she comes out for a no-DQ women's title match. Jazz emerges next, alongside Steven Richards. We see clips from last week in which Richards and Jazz apparently aligned. Trish starts off by pounding Jazz with punches and kicks. Chops in the corner and a reversal but Jazz catches the turnbuckle. Trish rolls Jazz up, but the ref is distracted by Richards. Jazz throws Trish to the outside, briefly beating down on her before throwing her back in. Kicks to the back and stomach and a couple double underhook suplex by Jazz. Pin by Trish fights out at two. Jazz chokes Trish on the top rope and JR reminds us that this is a no-DQ match. Another pin attempt but Trish again gets her shoulder up before the three count. Chicken wing submission by Jazz but it goes nowhere and Jazz just drops Trish to the ground. Irish whip, but Trish avoids a clothesline and hits the Stratusfaction. As the ref begins the count, Richards pulls the ref out, and delivers superkick to Trish. In the ring, Jazz gets up and covers Trish for the 1-2-3.

- After the match, Bubba Ray Dudley comes running down with a garbage can and his own referee and goes straight after Steve Richards. He knocks down Jazz as well and goes to the ouside in search of a table. Richards tries to kick, but Bubba catches him with a Bubba bomb and pins him to become the new Hardcore champion. Jazz tries to sneak up from behind but Bubba catches him. However, from behind, out comes Raven and hits him with the Raven Effect and he becomes the new champion. Before Raven can celebrate, out comes Justin Credible with a superkick to become the champion. Finally, Crash Holly comes running down, missile dropkicks Credible and wins the title. Bubba Ray Dudley gets up and hits Crash with a trash can but before he can pin Crash, Trish does and becomes the champion. Jazz tries to use the fire extinguisher on Trish, but she ducks and Bubba gets it instead. But Bubba fights off the effects as best as he can and powerbombs Trish through the table thinking it was Jazz (cause he can't see). He can't cover her though because of the fire extinguisher and Steven Richards awakens to become the champion once again. Bubba Ray Dudley wakes up and wipes his eyes with some water. He sees Trish laid out and picks her up and carries her to the back.

- Backstage, the nWo emerge from their lockerroom, apparently getting ready to go out and do something.

nWo Interview
- We return live as all three members of the nWo head to the ring for what seems like an interview. The Big Show talks first, and says that in case anyone missed it, he'd like to show the footage from two weeks ago where he joined the nWo after turning on Steve Austin. Since that has happened, fans have asked him why he did that to Stone Cold. Two years ago, he was in the main event at Wrestlemania but this year he was in a restaurant picking some ugly kids up pretending he was a good guy. Two years ago, Austin was hurt and he was in the main event. But now Austin is back and instead of being in the main event, last PPV he was in a match on Heat. He says that it all stems from insecurity because deep down, you all know that you can't stop someone like him so you try to keep him down. But now, there is no stopping him. He is a pissed off giant. The nWo just got bigger and as Stone Cold says, the bottom line is that there is nothing you (the fans) or Ric Flair can do about it. Ric Flair's music goes off and Flair slowly makes his way to the top of the ramp with a mic in his hand. Flair says that he wishes he was as big and tall as Big Show. He doesn't but he was a 16-time world champion and you know why - because he didn't whine - he went out there and worked his ass off each night. He tells Show that if he has a problem with his position, look in the mirror. Flair then goes on to apologize to the nWo for RAW last night, but if they don't like it, tough shit. He likes Austin but he doesn't like the nWo at all. As much as the world wants to see Bradshaw and Austin take on the nWo all alone, it's not gonna happen - tonight, it will be the nWo vs. Bradshaw, Ric Flair and Steve Austin. Scott Hall takes the mic next and asks Flair if that's his big news, his surprise. Well, the nWo has a surprise for you and everyone else. And it's gonna happen in this very ring and it's gonna change the history of this company forever.

- We come back to a Scorpion King plug. JR and Lawler talk about the preceding interview where the nWo claimed they would have a surprise for later on tonight.

William Regal vs. Spike Dudley (European Title Match) - In the arena, William Regal emerges from the back for the upcoming European title match. We see clips from this weekend's Insurrextion PPV where Regal wrestled Spike, who is suffering from an ankle injury (this is a work). Spike then comes out, hobbling to the ring and grabbing his right leg. Regal talks a bit first, offering Spike a choice - either forfeit the title or face him in a beating that will be more severe than at Insurrextion. Spike says his ankle is killing him and maybe he should do the smart thing and forfeit. But he gives Regal a shot in the back of the head but Regal quickly gets out of that, working away on Spike's ankle. Bodyslam in the ropes, followed by a single leg Boston Crab and Spike taps out quickly. William Regal is the new European champion. Regal calls for the mic again and says that he'd like to take this opportunity to say that he's the greatest European champion of all-time. As the referees are carrying Spike away, Regal sneaks up from behind him and attacks him and brings him back into the ring. There, he continues to work on Spike's ankle before D'Lo Brown makes the save, Sky-Highing Regal. Regal escapes as D'Lo consoles Spike.

- Backstage, Flair talks to Arn Anderson saying that he's Ric Flair and if there are any surprises tonight, he wants to know about it. Flair tells Arn that he's going to the nWo's dressing room to find out right now.

- We're back to see a pre-recorded segment where Booker T enters a local 7-Eleven store. He heads to get a slurpee and sees some kis in the corner. He tells them to get lost. He grabs himself a slurpee and heads to the counter. Dressed up in a 7-Eleven uniform and eating a hotdog is Goldust. Goldust says that this was the only way he could get through to Booker T. He's annoyed that Booker is teaming up tonight with Eddie Guerrero take on Jeff Hardy and RVD. Instead they should be a team. Booker T says that Goldust is a freak but Goldust says it's all about mind games - that's why they're undefeated. Goldust asks for a sip of Booker's slurpee and in exchange he'll give him a bite of his weiner. Booker snaps and leaves.

- We see clips from Insurrextion where Brock Lesnar wrestled Shawn Stasiak.

- Backstage, we see Brock Lesnar getting ready for his match against Stasiak tonight. Paul Heyman says that it's about time they brought Planet Stasiak back down to the Earth.

- Backstage, we see Ric Flair in the nWo dressing room but no one else is there. He sees an APA hat in the nWo dressing room and says that that doesn't work and leaves.

- Backstage, we see the Undertaker drive in on his bike. Taker tells a security guard to watch his bike cause he won't be long. In the back, we see the nWo waiting for someone by the entrance of the parking lot.

Shawn Stasiak vs. Brock Lesnar
- In the arena, Shawn Stasiak heads to the ring. His opponent, Brock Lesnar, comes out next. Heyman gives Lesnar some last minute advice before Brock jumps into the ring, immediately gaining the momentum from Stasiak. Stasiak counters a back body drop but runs into a drop toe hold. Isolated in the corner, Lesnar works away on Stasiak with a borderline choke before whipping him to the other side and running in with a clothesline, which drops Shawn. Stasiak counters a running charge but then falls into a spinebuster. Powerslam by Lesnar followed by his TKO-type finisher. Lesnar steps on Stasiak and the ref counts the 1-2-3.

- Backstage, Taker is seen walking through the halls back to the parking lot, eyeing everything he walks by. He calls over the arena worker and asks him where his bike is. The arena worker says "he took it" and Taker demands to know who. The worker answers Hulk Hogan.

- We see the WWE commercial again, with the slogan being "Get the F Out".

- We see clips from last week where Undertaker assaulted Hogan repeatedly on RAW.

Hogan/Undertaker Interview
- Undertaker's music hits but Hulk Hogan comes out instead, riding out on Taker's bike. It takes about five minutes for Hogan to utter a word as the fans fill the arena with Hogan chants. Hogan says there's one thing that Taker cares about and heads to the outside towards the bike. He has something that belongs to the Undertaker and the way he sees it, if Taker wants it back, why doesn't he bring his bad-ass out here and take it back? Hogan then dares Taker to come out and almost immediately, Taker's music hits and out he comes. Undertaker stands at the top of the ramp and tells Hogan that he should know that you don't touch another man's motorcyle. He's already planning on giving Hogan the beating of a lifetime at Judgment Day. But before he does anything, Hogan should know one thing - he's sent people to the hospital for giving his motorcyle a funny look. Taker understands that he's not in the right frame of mind after last week, but he'll give Hogan one opportunity to get his ass off his motorcyle or he'll walk down the aisle...Hogan interrupts him with blah blah blah. Hogan asks Taker if he's gonna do anything about it or just stand up there like the bitch he is. Hogan says that he'll just bring the bike up to him. He starts it and has a lot of trouble getting it going but before he can get to the top, Taker leaves. The cameras cut to JR and Lawler but in the background, we can hear Hogan continuing to get the motorcyle going and finally we cut back and see him succeed. He drives the bike into the back after Undertaker and the cameras follow him. He looks all over Taker but can't find him. Hogan finally turns the bike off and parks it infront of a WWE truck. He climbs into the truck and says that if Taker doesn't come out, he'll destroy the bike. Hogan starts up the truck and we go to a commercial...

- We come back and see Hogan driving over Taker's bike with the truck. Hogan gets out and looks at the destroyed bike before he heads off looking for Undertaker.

- Back in the arena, Rob Van Dam makes his way out to the ringside area, followed by his tag team partner, Jeff Hardy. Their opponents, Booker T and Eddie Guerrero emerge from the back next. Van Dam and Guerrero start things off with lots of arm reversals. A pin attempt goes nowhere and the two face off in the ring and shove each other. Van Dam with a reverse kick and Guerrero bails and tags out to Booker T. Booker and RVD lock up and Booker kicks him in the gut and starts working away on him, pushing him back into one of the corners with several stomps. Irish whip to the other side but it's reversed and Van Dam with a flip but he runs straight into a kick by Booker T. Irish whip, reversal and a spinning heel kick by Van Dam who then tags out to Jeff Hardy. Jeff goes after both Booker and Eddie, but they end up double teaming on him, knocking him down and giving Booker the edge. Booker T throws Jeff to the outside and distracts the ref, allowing Eddie to get in some shots. Back in the ring now, Booker T with a scissors kick and the Spinaroonie, followed by a cover but RVD in for the save. Irish whip and a big botched dropkick by Hardy has them both down. Booker T up first with a kick but he swings Jeff into the rope and gets hit with the DDT. Both guys down again, tag to Guerrero and the hot tag to RVD. Van Dam gets the better of Guerrero and goes for the cover, but Booker is up to break it at two. Booker and Van Dam on the outside, while Jeff is back up and taking it to Guerrero on the inside. Goldust comes running down, but Jeff picks him up and throws him on top of Booker. Jeff and Van Dam both head to the top and after a Swanton Bomb, RVD hits the Five Star Frog splash and get the 1-2-3 on Eddie Guerrero.

- We see a replay of Hogan driving a truck over Taker's motorcyle.

- Backstage, Coach interviews Terri who has challenged Molly to a diva swimsuit competition. Terri says that even though she prefers being a backstage interviewer, for the past few weeks Molly has been talking down to the other divas, she decided to challenge her tonight and we'll let the public decide what they like better - pure and wholesomeness or these and she turns around takes off her robe and shows Coach her body.

- Backstage, Ric Flair talks to Arn Anderson and says that something is wrong. He went to the nWo lockerroom and found an APA hat. Something is fishy - we didn't see anyone attack Bradshaw, we had no visual. What if Bradshaw is involved in this somehow. Flair leaves to find Bradshaw.

Molly Holly vs. Terri (Swimsuit Competition)
- In the ring, Jerry Lawler introduces the two competitors in the swimsuit competition - first Terri, then Molly who comes out with some flippers. Molly says that she's going first. Molly takes off her robe to show a one-piece old-fashioned swimsuit, complete with head gear. Terri goes next and takes off her robe to show a thong bikini. Molly taks the mic and says that Terri is disgusting - does she have no dignity. Terri says that Molly is just jealous for what God gave her and didn't give her. Molly says that Terri is dressed up like a stripper. Terri says why not ask the fans decide on who they like better. First Molly and the fans boo while for Terri they cheer. Molly says that the audience doesn't deserve to see her virgin body in a state of undress. As Terri celebrates her win, Molly attacks her from behind with one of the flippers.

- Backstage, Flair knocks on Bradshaw's dressing room. He enters and finds no one but sees Kane's mask in there. Flair says that Bradshaw has some explaining to do. Flair leaves the dressing room and runs into Jackie, asking her where Austin's dressing room is. Jackie points it out and Flair heads off in that direction.

- We come back to see Flair knocking on Austin's door. Debra answers and tells him that Austin just went to get his knees taped up. Bradshaw comes up from behind and asks him if he's looking for him. Flair shows him the APA cap and Kane's mask and says that Bradshaw has some explaining to do. Bradshaw says that he doesn't owe Flair anything explaining. All he knows is that him and Stone Cold are going to kick some nWo ass and the only left to determine is if Flair will be there to help them.

- Backstage, we see the nWo walk in the back in anticipation of their upcoming match.

- We are back live as the nWo heads to the ring. Flair comes out next, followed by Bradshaw. We cut to the back as workers examine the bike that Hogan ran over. Taker comes up and chases them away and then tries to pull his bike out from underneath the truck. He can't do it, gets angry and starts yelling for Hogan.

- In the back, we see a limo pull into the driveway. Kevin Nash gets out.

Steve Austin, Bradshaw & Ric Flair vs. nWo
- We come back just as Stone Cold Steve Austin is introduced. Austin acknowledges the fans while everyone else stands on the outside watching him. Bradshaw tells Flair and Austin that he'll start but before the match officially starts, Austin tags himself in. Austin and X-Pac go at it, with Stone Cold hitting a spinebuster before attacking Scott Hall. Pac with a missed dropkick, allowing Austin to slingshot him into the top turnbuckle. Repeated slams into the turnbuckle draws a what chant, but Pac fights back and tags out to Scott Hall. Hall Irish Whips Austin but runs into a Lou Thesz Press. Austin calls for the Big Show and Hall tags Show and in he comes. They lock up and Show drives Stone Cold into the corner before letting up. Another lock up and Show pushes him away again. This happens once more but Austin comes flying out with several punches, staggering the Big Show. Off the rope, Austin runs into a big bodydrop courtesy of the Show and as he gets back, Bradshaw tags himself back in while Show tags out to Hall. Bradshaw with repeated punches to Hall's head but Scott manages to tag in X-Pac who really doesn't enjoy better luck. Powerslam by Bradshaw gets a two. Fallaway slam, followed by another punch and a clothesline attempt but X-Pac ducks and hits a spinning heel kick. Tag to Big Show who works away on Bradshaw in the corner before hurling him across the ring. Headbutts and down goes Bradshaw who is now busted open. Tag to Hall, who works very quickly on Bradshaw before tagging back out to Show who continues to dominate. Another tag to X-Pac who works on Bradshaw's head. Flair tries to get in and the ref goes to stop him allowing the nWo to double and triple team on Bradshaw. Chops by X-Pac but Bradshaw fights back with chops of his own. Finally, Flair and Austin rush the ring but Show tosses Flair out, while Bradshaw tosses Show out. X-Pac and Bradshaw in the ring with Bradshaw hitting the Clothesline from Hell, causing Show to interrupt the count. Show puts Bradshaw through the table but Austin comes out and attacks Show, but it goes nowhere as the remaining nWo members quickly swarm in. Flair is out, Bradshaw is out too so it's basically Austin vs. the nWo. In the ring, Austin with a double clothesline and a double Stunner on X-Pac and Scott Hall while Show continues to hang around on the outside. He calls Show in and Big Show obliges and steps over the top rope. Show pummelling Austin in the inside with knife edge chops. Austin tries to fight back but Show just picks him up and throws him across the ring. Irish whip and a big bodydrop again and Show taunts Jim Ross asking if he wants some too. Austin finally stops Show's offense after catching him with a leg, followed by a Lou Thesz Press from the top. Flair enters the ring with a chair but Show catches him ready for a chokeslam but Austin lowblows Show, Stuns him and goes for the cover. But there is no referee (jeez, in all the chaos I didn't even see what happened to the ref). Austin tries to revive him on the outside but as he turns around, Ric Flair hits him with the chair and beats down on his leg.

- Flair grabs the mic and says that at Judgment Day, Austin has to face him and Big Show in a handicap match. Flair then hits the Figure Four leglock on Austin as Big Show stands there laughing. Flair finally lets go and celebrates in the ring with the Big Show as the show goes off the air.


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