RAW Family Reunion opens with their new opening and song by Papa Roach, then pyro.
JR and King are pumped up more than ever. JBL and Cole are at an announce table as are Styles and Taz at their own announce table.
Cena's music hits and he comes out to huge pop from a wild crowd. Video from last week's steel cage match. Cena's in the ring grinning like a goon. He announces the season premier of Monday Night RAW. 698th episode of RAW and still going strong. He says that all he's got... Take it easy.
Then he stops and says he has a message for Edge... Through tables, ladders, chairs, hos and steel cages it feels good to still say the Champ is here.
King Booker's music cuts in and he comes out wearing a suit with his robe, crown and septer. Sharmell is with him as he comes down to the ring.
JBL and King banter back and forth.
Booker says correction, peasant... A Champ, not The Champ. The Champion of Champions is on Smackdown. Last night he beat three foes. And last time he was on this lowly, lowly cable show he beat Cena down and made him kiss his feet. He asks if Cena remembers that.
Cena takes on a regal/English accent. He says he remembers his group of rapscallions beating the hell out of King Booker. He tells Booker it's not a Ren Faire, not even Smackdown. It's RAW. He then challenges Booker to a match. Cena hands off his belt and Booker removes his robe and coat. They are about to throw down when Big Show's music hits. Taz and Styles break into the announcing - very well choreographed.
Show comes down and enters the ring. Show says that he's the Champion of Champions. "You've got a white guys who talks like he's black..." Cena cuts in with a, "What you talkin' 'bout Willis?" "And a black guy who talks like he's Prince Charles..." Booker cuts in with, "Excuuuuze me!" "There's only one guy who is what he says he is."
Cena says Show's never called himself the Michelin Man.
Show says he's a giant. The most dominant giant in the ring.
Cena says there's someone more dominant... "The Giant comma Andre". Booker agrees.
Show says he'd beat him down if he was there too. Show starts talking about HIS movie, The Waterboy. All his scenes he did in one take.
Booker says Show was in all of 42 seconds of Waterboy. He says people should go get the DVD with extras of Ready To Rumble.
Cena says that movie sucked. Show agrees with him. Cena says they're all champs in the ring talking about movies. He says he has a way of working it out.
Cena attacks Booker and Show. They all throw down but Show is the last one left standing in the ring when refs from all three shows run down the ramp.
Heyman, Coach and Long are all outback arguing about who's show it is.
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Heyman says Show demonstrated his dominance over both the other Champs and he can't be beat.
Coach says Show should face Jeff Hardy.
Heyman says it's a deal, as long as the other two Champs wrestle tonight.
The other two agree.
Heyman says he wants Booker to face RVD.
Long agrees.
Coach says Cena against the Miz.
Long says no. It will be Cena against the Undertaker!!!
Umaga and Estrada come down to the ring for The Looser Leaves RAW Match. Estrada is showing off a huge cigar in a long wooden box. Kane comes out to face Umaga. Kane calls for his fire from the corners.
They start throwing punches and Umaga gets whipped and clotheslined. Umaga clotheslines Kane to the mat. Umaga throws some hard punches and chops in a corner. Kane punches back. Head butt to Kane. Kane gets whipped and put up his back elbow. Umaga then runs into the corner face first.
Kane climbs but Umaga gets up and tosses Kane down to the floor.
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Kane is sitting in a corner getting punched in the head by Umaga. Umaga runs to bum slam Kane, but Kane gets up on one knee and wraps his hand around his throat. Umaga nails a belly to belly. Kane sits up. Umaga face plants Kane and climbs. Umaga flies and splashes Kane. Estrada is on the apron and breaks his cigar. Kane getst o his feet and stops Umaga. Kane sidewalk slams Umaga - Estrada goes crazy. Kane climbs and nails a flying clothesline.
Estrada tries to distract Kane, he hits Kane in the head and Umaga nails his Samoan spike and covers for three.
- Winner: Umaga
Kane slowly gets to his feet and a "Kane" chant as he leaves the RAW ring for the last time. Kane walks up the ramp and out slowly with his head hung low.
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Lilian announces the USC Head Coach in the front row.
All announcers talk about the three big matches.
Outback Kane is walking along and runs into the Highlanders. They say Kane is the heart and soul of RAW. Kane attacks and beats the crap out of them both. He then keeps walking out of the building.
At a DX podium HBK says as a result of them taking over the show last week even though they didn't really do anything wrong.
The entire tag team division of RAW for decimating them.
HHH says they didn't do anything to the whole tag division.
SS for making them dress up like female cheerleaders.
HHH couldn't make them look any more like fairies
Coach for making him look...
HHH shakes his head.
Edge for destroying his last chance at the...
HHH says it wasn't their fault.
HBK then says for Cade and Murdoch for beating them within an inch of their lives in the Street Fight.
HHH says that hasn't even happened yet, that's later.
HBK says that's it then.
HHH asks what else they shoudl do because they're live.
HBK says their live? Now?
HHH says yes. They're live. Now!
HBK asks what they should do.
They both look at each other with goofy confused looks before they jump right into a promo for their DX merchandise.
Jeff Hardy is walking along outback as Styles talks about his match with Show.
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Slam Of The Week - Jeff Hardy beating Nitro for the IC Strap.
Jeff Hardy comes down to the ring. Styles says that if this is a family reunion that must make Jeff their crazy cousin - Nothing from Taz. Big Show's music is next and he comes out to face Jeff.
Jeff throws punches but gets tossed across the ring. Show chops Jeff in a corner and then tosses Jeff like a rag doll. Again Jeff gets chopped in a corner. Show chokes Jeff with his boot on the mat.
Jeff tries to fight back but gets clotheslined to the mat. Show scoop slams Jeff and then climbs to the second ropes. He tries to splash him but Jeff rolls. Jeff goes for a twist of fate but gets tossed from the ring. Jeff climbs and flies at Show connecting. Jeff climbs and swantons for two.
Show then nails the big sleep and then the show stopper for three.
- Winner: Big Show
Nitro rushes in the opposite side of the ring and attacks Jeff. Show reenters the ring and nails the big sleep on him before tossing him across the ring like a rag doll. Show again leaves the ring.
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DX's music hits and they come out to HUGE pop. They are in jeans and DX shirts for the Street Fight. They get mics and start their schpeal. HHH has to throw something in for Vince, because while they should have appologized to a lot of people they were supposed to have done things wrong to, but they only really did anything wrong to Vince. They pitched in and got a gift for Vince - Something he loves. But where do you get one big enough for Vince? At USC, the home of Cocky - He's on the Titantron.
HHH says he was supposed to come out.
HBK says Cocky has representation and they were not comfortable with him coming out.
"Game Cock" chant.
HHH says it's confusing. He's the Game, and that's the Cock.
HBK says they weren't comfortable with him being with DX.
HHH says, "So they pulled the cock? All we were trying to do is get the cock some exposure. He was in then out, then in, then out. Vince would have hugged him, stroked him, probably would have kissed him on his big red, plummed head. It might be good though, if Vince got pissed he might have choked the chicken. He might have beat the cock like it owed him money. We don't know the type of love they could have shared..." They then finish off as usual.
Oh, then Cade and Murdoch come out in jeans themselves.
All four tie up in the ring. HHH hits a face buster on Cade. Cade goes outside and Murdoch gets worked over by both of DX. HBK climbs but Cade pushes him outside. HHH goes outside and attacks Cade.
In the ring Murdoch beats on HBK. Murdoch leaves the ring and attacks HHH. They throw him into the strairs. Cade no longer has black hair!
In the ring HBK tries to fight both off but gets an inverted atomic drop from Cade. It's hard to tell who's who as they all are in blue jeans and black cowboy boots. Murdoch removes his belt and beats HBK with it. Cade removes his boot and nails HBK in the face with it. "HBK" chants.
HHH low bridges Cade from the ring and suplexes him onto the ramp. Snap mare from HBK on Murdoch. HHH nails Cade with a chair. HBK back body drops out over the top. Cade's bleeding. HHH pulls out a table and sets it up. He grabs Cade and sends him into the ring. HBK climbs. HHH lays Murdoch out on the table and HBK flies and drops an elbow on Murdoch through the table.
Spine buster from HHH to Cade in the ring. HBK tunes up the band. Sweet chin music and then pedigree on Cade. HHH covers Cade for three.
- Winner: DX
Todd asks Edge about DX costing him the WWE Title.
He says tonight there will be an episode of Cutting Edge. There will be a special guest and all questions will be answered.
- Commerical
Video from Kane's match earlier.
Shelton Benjamin comes down to the ring. Shelton is ranting and raving about South Carolina - turns his back on them. He wants some competition. Benoit's music hits and he comes stomping out
They tie up and Benoit chops Shelton to the mat. Snap suplex to Shelton. Shelton kicks Benoit inthe face and throws punches. Samoan drop by Shelton for one.
Headlock on Benoit. JBL and JR banter back and forth about BBQ sauce and books. Benoit chops and clotheslines a couple time. Benoit nails three Germans and JR calls it the three amigos - though it's Germans. JR then makes a Radicalz comment.
Shelton takes control but then Benoit locks on the crossface. Shelton taps out.
- Winner: Benoit
Long is talking to Heyman outback about how Smackdown is dominance. Heyman says Benoit shows ECW's dominance - he's on loan to Smackdown to make it look good.
Coach says he he has someone impartial who will say RAW is the best. He brings in Super Crazy. Coach talks him up.
Then Long talks him up.
Of course Heyman takes a shot at talking him up.
He agrees with all three. He says they're all three amazing shows.
Long looks shocked. He asks Crazy about speaking English.
Crazy says ci, he does, and walks out.
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JBL and Cole say they have a 6 Man Tag Match for Smackdown. They then talk about No Mercy last night. They talk about Chavito and Rey Rey.
Chavito and Vicky come down to the ring. Regal comes out next looking a bit cranky. Fit Finlay is their third and argues with a fan before entering the ring. Lashley comes out to good size pop, he waits outside the ring. Rey Rey joins him while Chavito yells. Batista is their third and gets really good pop. The faces all enter together.
Chavito and Rey start. Chavito kicks and upper cuts to gain control. Cahvito goes to toss Rey out but Rey uses his legs to toss Chavito. Fit and Regal go after Rey and he hits a double hurricanrana. All involved outside briefly.
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Fit has a headlock on Rey. During the commercial Little Bastard attacked Rey. Fit nails a shoulder breaker on Rey. Chavito tags in and attacks Rey in a corner. Rey fights out but runs into Chavito's foot. Rey then kicks Chavito in the back of the head.
Batista tags but the ref doesn't see it. Fit attacks Rey outside. Rey gets tossed into the barricade. Chavito picks him up and rolls him in the ring. Rey plants Chavito and tags in Batista. The other heels rush in, Batista takes them all down. Back body drop to Regal. Fit gets planted on Regal. Jackhammer slam to Chavito but Regal and Fit break the count. Lashley double spears Regal and Fit. Rey flies into a hurricanrana on Chavito followed by a 619. Batista hits a spinebuster on Chavito and Rey nails the frog splash for three on Chavito.
- Winners: Rey, Batista & Lashley
Vicky and Chavito sit on the ramp yelling and screaming at Rey who's still in the ring and yells back. Rey calls for them to return as the other two celebrate.
Bischoff talking about his book and all he's done.
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Lillian announces Mullah and Mae Young. Mae has a walker. They are up on the stage, barely out of gorilla, waving.
Cena with Marines, learing what they go through for his movie. He got bloody and looked unhappy. He said it was the most fatigued he's ever been afteronly 45 minutes. He said he was spent after 4 hours and can't imagine 13 weeks of it. He's impressed with those who do it.
King Booker is outback talking about Cena. He says when he was on RAW he was a lowly peasant. Then he went to Smack-eth-down and became King. Last night he beat three lowly foes. Tonight he must beat RVD to prove he is the King.
Sharmell says she knows the RAW crowd will be screaming All Hail King Bookah by the end of the night. Her fake accent sucks.
Melina comes out wearing leopard pants and matching halter top. She doesn't do her normal ring entrance and gets flack from the crowd about it.
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Torrie comes out in a tiny two piece hot pink outfit. Lillian says the Divas playing poker tomorrow will be the lumberjacks. Ashley comes out in a halter mini-dress. Trinity comes out in black fishnets, boy shorts, black fishnet up top and yellow caution tape across her boobs! Maria in a black sequined mini-dress. Candice in black halter micro-mini-dress. Kelly in a light blue bikini top and micro-mini. Kristal in a white one strapped pants jumper with silver sequinned bikini top covering the other boob.
They lock up and Torrie nails a couple arm drags and a slam. Melina gets tossed out and heads up the ramp. Candy grabs her by the hair and tosses her back in.
Torrie gets tossed out they are nice to her, gently helping her in the ring by Candy. She gets drop kicked from the apron and helped up kindly. Melina hangs Torrie up on the top rope choking her.
Torrie clotheslines a couple times abd suplexes for two. Melina gets whipped but gets a foot up and pins for two. Torrie hits a neck breaker for two. Kristal tries to pull Torrie out and Torrie double kicks her in the face. Melina rolls Torrie up and holds her tights for three.
Torrie grabs Kristal by the hair and pulls her into the ring. She attacks her and gives her a stink face.
- Winner: Melina
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King Booker and Sharmell are in the ring. RVD's music hits and he comes out to the ring to big pop.
They tie up and RVD gets backed into a corner and punched by Booker. Booker stomps RVD. RVD rolls Booker up for two - they are both off the mark though. RVD flips Booker out of the corner and covers for two. JBL and Taz are argueing. RVD rushes Booker and hits the ring post with his shoulder hard. Booker covers for two. Booker drives his knees into RVD's face and covers for two but the announcers can't announce because JBL and Taz are arguing so bad.
Headlock from Booker. RVD gets out but slammed to the mat. RVD fights back and covers for two. RVD kicks Booker and drops him. A couple clotheslines and Booker is down. RVD gets whipped and RVD hits an upper cut. RVD climbs but Sharmell pushes him off and he lands the wrong way on the top rope.
Booker hits his scissors kick and covers for three.
- Winner: King Booker
- Commercial - commercial for the Pillman DVD
Cryme Tyme training video. Recap of all the things they've worked on so far. They use a blonde as weights to exercise with.
Mitch from SS. He says he sucks. He's gotten his ass beaten a few times, but not tonight. Tonight he's going to beat Flair with help from his friends - Something Flair doesn't have. Camera pulls out and they all 'wooo'.
The three GMs are still arguing and Vince walks in. They all shake hands with him.
Vince talks about how great the show has been and how would a family reunion be without the patriarch. He considders them all his childeren, his illegitimate children.
They all try to impress Vince with their Champs.
He says that they all think their Champ's the best. He asks about what if they were in a triple threat match to see who's the Champion of Champions - Cyber Sunday.
He walks out and all the GMs look worried and confused.
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Video from the premier of The Marine. Coach, Carlito, Maria, HHH, Flair and of course Cena were there.
SS is in the ring. Flair's music hits and he comes out to big pop. He's wearing that horrible pink robe again. He stops before entering the ring and calls for someone. Piper comes out to join him! They hug then call for more. Million Dollar Man and IRS come out to help!! They hug and call for more. Arn Anderson comes out!!! Horsemen! (Sorry, HUGE Arn fan here! Hope he doesn't get hurt - I love him.) They all hug. Flair gets in the ring and the rest stand outside his corner.
Flair glares at Mitch and the other four guys chase SS away from the ring. They run away up the ramp.
Thumb to Flair's eye and Mitch works on Flair. Flair chops away at Mitch and drops him. Chop block to Mitch. Flair locks on the figure four and Mitch taps. Quick and to the point. All the older guys get in the ring and they line up arms around each other. They all celebrate. Flair and Piper dance around like drunk fools (well, at least one of them probably is). Arn is grinning like a goon and the other two are having fun, but are not as wild.
- Winner: The old guys! I mean Flair!
Edge and Lita are walking outback.
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Edge and Lita come out. Lillian annouces Lita first. Lita's in a black miniskirt and a way too low cut top.
Edge welcomes us to the return to his show. He has a special guest he invited himself - Randy Orton.
Orty come out in a beautifully cut suit with an untucked maroon t-shirt under the jacket - fashion statement?
Edge thanks Orty for being there. Edge says he's impressed him. In 2004 when he was the youngest Champ in history. But since then he's done nothing. He's been involved in huge matches, but lost all them all. For two years Orty's dropped the ball.
Orty says Edge has two seconds to get to the point or he will drop him.
It all can be traced back to one moment. Edge shows footage of HHH turning on Orty and Batista dropping him hard off his shoulders. Then Evo beat the hell out of Orty.
Edge asks if he remembers. HHH's selfishness cost him everything. But the facts are the facts and why does Edge care. Edge says these things tend to repeat themselves and there was another travesty of justice. Edge shows footage of last week's cage match when DX got involved. Edge says HBK cost him the title. The same man who taught HHH everything he knows. Then they came out and made jokes. They think Randy and Edge are jokes. They will do it until someone makes a stand. Edge thinks they should own this show and have all the belts, not some tired old act from a decade ago. So Orty can get mad and attack Edge or together they can take a stand against DX. Take back their lives, their careers. The ball's in Orty's court - It's up him.
'RKO' chant.
Orty says as far as DX running the show any more, he has two words for them - IT'S OVER!
Edge is all impressed with himself. Lita stands between them and raises their arms.
Video bits from last night between Kennedy and Taker. Then Rey and Chavito. Followed by the Fatal Four Way.
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Cena's music and again huge pop. He stands and waits for Taker. Gong! Lights down and THE man comes out to huge pop. (I agree with what JR says, it's THE BEST entrance in the business.) He gets in the ring and raises the lights, Cena just stares. Taker stares back as he takes off his coat.
Taker kicks Cena and bounces his head off the corner. He chokes Cena in the corner. Cena gets whipped but gets a reverse elbow up into Taker's face. Cena throws punches in the corner. Taker reverses it and throws soup bones of his own. Taker telegraphs and gets kicked in the face. Cena punches more but runs into Taker's boot. Taker covers for two.
Armbar on Cena and Taker goes to go old school but Cena climbs the corner with him and punches. Cena gets pushed off the corner. Cena climbs to face Taker again and suplexes him! Cena covers for two.
Bear hug on Cena. Cena bites Taker's forehead and then shoulder blocks him. Cena goes for five knuckle shuffle but Taker's arm comes up and hand around Cena's throat. Taker gets to his feet and Cena fights out. Cena hits a DDT and covers for two.
Cena gets Taker up - head down, Taker reverses, Cena gets out of the piledriver. Cena gets Taker up for the FU, but Taker gets out. Taker chokeslams Cena and then Show and Booker rush the ring and attack Taker.
Show clotheslines him over the top. Taker's about to return when Kennedy runs down. He runs into Taker's boot. Taker beats Kennedy up the ramp and out. Show attacks Booker. Cena nails a DDT and the STFU on Show. Show taps. Booker attacks Cena and gets a Cena FU.
JR is signing off the show as it goes off and he's obviously loosing his voice from the long show and all the yelling.
Biggest pop
DX
Cena
Taker
Flair
Piper
IRS
Million Dollar Man
Arn Anderson
Batista
Biggest heat
Edge & Lita
Orton
Booker & Sharmell
Big Show
Shelton
Biggest pleasant surprise - for me
I don't get Smackdown in my new location so I had yet to hear JBL on the announce table. I was really impressed with him this evening. He's damn good. If he can't be in the ring, I'm glad he's at that table. He and Cole have a wonderful chemistry.
