RAW Report
10-23-06
Chicago
I have to apologize to everyone. I had huge TV
troubles and didn't get it fixed until about 9:45.
I've written from there, but anything before that is
lost to me. Again, I'm sorry for the trouble. [ NOTE FROM RAJAH: Scroll down below Kendra's report for the stuff she missed courtesy pwtorch.com ]
Edge and Orton are talking to Grisham outback. They
tell him that there will be three impartial observers
at the ring for thier match tonight - Bisch, Coach and
Vince.
King and JR say some of the superstars were asked who
was tougher - John Cena or John Triton from the movie.
Almost all said Triton.
In the locker room Nitro and K-Fed are verbally
cutting up Cena. K-Fed commented on Cena's record
sales. K-Fed says he will sell that many in the first
week of release. He then pushes his new CD.
- Commercial
Nitro comes down with Melina and K-Fed. Melina is in
a tight red corset. and micro-mini. They get a lot of
heat. Cena comes out to good pop.
They lock up and Cena gets a knee to the gut and Cena
fights back. Nitro runs the ropes and into Cena back
elbow for two. Cena nails a fisherman suplex and
K-Fed gets on the apron to distract Cena. Melina
distracts the ref.
Nitro attacks Cena from behind. He throws punches
and chokes Cena with his foot. A fall away neck
breaker to Cena. 'Cena' chants. Cena's in a neck
vice. Cena gets out and misses a cross body when
Nitro drops to the mat. Nitro throws Cena from the
ring and distracts the ref. K-Fed verbally abuses
Cena and then bitch slaps Cena, hard. Cena's about to
go after K-FEd when Nitro flies out onto Cena. Nitro
bounces Cena's head off the announce table. Back in
the ring Nitro covers for two.
Nitro takes Cena down in a midified bulldog for two.
Video replay of K-FEd's bitch slap. Nitro has a
headlock and body scissors on Cena. Cena gets to his
feet and drops backward slamming Nitro to the mat.
Both are down. They both get to the feet at the six
count. Cena nails a bunch of clotheslines and then a
side suplex on Nitro. The 'you can't see me' was for
both K-Fed and Nitro. He hits five knuckle shuffle
and then the FU on Nitro for three.
Cena leaves the ring and follows K-Fed who's backing
away from Cena around the ring to the ramp. K-Fed
tries to talk his way out and Cena follows him up the
ramp. K-Fed is backing up and trips at the top of the
ramp.
Before Cena can get his hands on K-Fed, Show and
Booker come out and attack Cena. They beat Cena all
the way down the ramp. Booker slams Cena's head into
the stairs. In the ring Booker attacks and the Show
chokeslams Cena.
Booker and Show shake hands and then Booker nails a
bookend on Show. Cena's about to his feet and Booker
hits his scissors kick. The whole time K-Fed is
outside the ring laughing and pointing. After the
beat down there was a 'Cena' chant and K-Fed is
yelling 'Cena sucks.'
- Winner - Cena
- Commercial
Slam of The Week - Cryme Tyme's debut and win over
Spirit Squad. After it's over Kenny goes off on the
rest of the squad and leaves.
Spirit Squad is in the ring. Cryme Tyme comes out.
They look a lot more relaxed this week.
JTG and Mikey start and Mikey attacks. Others enter
behind the ref's back and the ref goes over to stop
Shad from entering the ring. Double team when Nicky
tags in. He covers JTG for two. Mikey tags back in
and gets a couple punches to the gut. Mikey hits a
vertical suplex, after he moves far enough from the
ropes as JTG's feet got caught up in the top rope -
oops. Mikey gets covered for two. Dropkick from
Mikey for two. JTG flies over Mikey and takes down
both SS. Johnny climbs the corner and flies. He
tries for a cross body but Shad catches him mid-air.
Shad tosses him out of the ring onto other SS member.
The ref is yelling at SS and Cryme Tyme double teams
one of them. JTG covers for the win.
- Winner - Cryme Tyme
Kenny slams one of the members to the mat. Kenny
says he's the youngest and most talented of the group.
They can't even beat Flair. Since they keep loosing,
Kenny's going to get the job done without them
screwing it up for him. Kenny challenges Flair and
tells the rest he's going to do it, "BY - MY -
SELF!"
- Commercial
24/7 - Oct. 27, 1991 - WCW Halloween Havock had the
only Chamber Of Horrors. It involved a steel cage and
an electric chair. Ric Steiner put Abdula The Butcher
in the chair and Mick Foley flipped the switch for
their team's win.
Eugene is in the ring and has the t-shirt gun and
Estrada comes out with Umaga. He says his open
challenge to SD! and ECW has been accepted. The three
people we get to choose from are Benoit, Sandman and
the 'big red dummy' Kane! He then says he's picked
Umaga's opponent for tonight - Eugene.
Eugene stands there holding the t-shirt gun shaking
in fear. He 'accidently' sets off the gun and the
t-shirt nails Estrada in the family jewels. Estrada
falls to the mat.
Umaga stares at Eugene in shock like he doesn't know
what to do. He finally attacks Eugene in the corner
with punches and then a Samona drop. Estrada stands
over Eugene and tells Umaga to rip off Eugene's Bear's
jersey which gets huge heat from the Chicago crowd.
Umaga punches Eugene into a corner and then nails his
bum slam.
Umaga checks to make sure Estrada is okay as refs run
to help Eugene.
- Not a legal match, but Eugene was squished.
- Commercial
Video from when RAW was in Japan. DX was a HUGE hit.
Outback Eugene is getting looked at by the trainers
and Hacksaw comes up to him telling him he needs to
fire up. He keeps slapping Eugene's chest and yelling
at him that he has to fire up and get pissed. Eugene
attacks Hacksaw with an empty plastic soda drink tray.
Eugene then jumps off the table and goes crazy on
Hacksaw. Refs and trainers try to pull Eugene off.
He's completely lost it.
Kenny is in the ring with three other members -
thought he was doing this alone. Flair comes out and
says he's not stupid enought to come out alone. Music
hits and Sargent Slaughter comes out. Then bagpipes
and Piper comes out. Music starts playing that I don't
recognize at first. Then I listen to the words and I
realize it's The American Dream comes out. Dusty gets
a standing ovation from the crowd. The three stay
outside the ring.
Kenny backs Flair into a corner but Flair reverses it
and chops him. Back body drop on Flair for two.
Kenny throws a bunch of punches and rips the top of
his outfit down like Angle. Kenny sets up for the
figure four, but Flair kicks him in the butt sending
him flailing int a corner. Flair drops elbows while
strutting.
Outside the SS distracts Flair. Kenny quickly rolls
Flair up and uses his tights for the three. The other
members of the SS enter the ring and attack Flair.
The other three enter and attack. Kenny runs off
leaving the other three to get beaten down. Dusty
nails three bionic elbows. Sarge beat the hell out of
a couple with headlocks and punches. Piper threw
punches, a poke to the eyes and a really bad bionic
elbow. Dusty's music plays while the four hug and
celebrate in the ring.
- Winner - Kenny
Video of the bad guy from Cena's movie.
- Commercial
King talks about Brooke Hogan's CD coming out
tomorrow.
Todd announces DX outback.
DX slowly raise up from each side of Todd.
He says Edge and Orton said last week was typical DX
- Chair shots and crotch shots.
HBK says not everything. They didn't have wristbands
and hats and the new shirts. HBK shows off the new DX
merchandise.
Todd talks about the three observers for tonight's
match.
HHH says now that's typical.
HBK asks what they are going to do about it?
HHH says there's all sorts of things, a plethora of
things. But they will do what they do best and go out
and kick their asses. And they have two words for
them...
HHH and HBK start dropping where they appeared. HHH
disapeared but HBK didn't. HBK pushes an invisible
button three or four times.
HBK says the elevator's broken and he needs to take
the stairs. He then does the old Mime's stairs trick.
Todd just stares at him in disbelief.
Coach and Bisch are walking along outback, Vince
joins them. Vince and Bisch are professional to each
other. Vince sends Coach off.
Vince says the past is the past and he hopes they can
work well together. Vince says if Bisch helps him
with DX, Vince will help him with his new book. Bisch
likes that idea.
Vince's cell rings and he has to take it. It's his
stock broker. Vince says this is important and he
hopes Bisch and Coach can handle it out at the match
without him.
Bisch says he knows exactly what to do.
- Commercial
Video from K-Fed slapping Cena. Then Show and Booker
attacking Cena. K-Fed looked on laughing.
Bisch's music hits and he comes out to the ring to no
reaction, possitive or negative. Coach comes out to
very little reaction. The DX's music hits to huge
pop. HBK is running circles around HHH as he goes
down to the ring. They pose int hte ring to their
pyro.
They start their usual schpeal. The crowd is pumped
up. He adds a part for Edge and Orton - The most
dynamic pair since Siegfried & Roy. They finish up
and Edge's music hits. He comes out with Lita who is
baring her navel with her boobs barely covered.
Orton's music and he comes out posing.
- Commercial
Orton attacks HHH and backs him into a corner. HHH
reverses it and nails a back elbow. HHH slams Orton
for two. HHH crotch chops and then drops a knee on
Orton's head. HHH telegaphs and gets kicked in the
chest. HHH hits a spinebuster and Orton rolls from
the ring. HHH bounces Orton's head off the stairs and
then rolls him back in the ring.
As HHH is climbing in Orton attacks. In the ring
Orton ducks a clothesline and nails a dropkick for
two. Orton punches HHH down in a corner. Orton kicks
HHH in the gut and hits a DDT. Orton stomps HHH in
the gut and head. Orton drops a knee on HHH's
shoulder for two. Orton applies a headlock. HBK gets
the crowd going. HHH gets to his feet but a shoulder
block drops him again.
HHH hits a high knee and punches. HHH hits a face
buster on Orton. Lita grabs HHH's ankle from outside
and Trip tries to pull her into the ring. He pulls
her by the hair and head up onto the apron before
Orton attacks from the back. Orton goes for the RKO
but the ref gets in the way and knock heads with HBK
who's on the apron.
Edge spears HHH. Coach tries to enter the ring and
HBK attacks him. HBK gets slammed into the ring post
by Edge. Edge enters the ring and goes for another
spear on HHH, but Trip moves and Edge goes flying
through the ropes to the floor. Bisch slides Orton a
chair which he uses on Trip's head. The ref gets
pushed back in the ring and counts the three.
- Winner - Orton
Biggest pop
DX
Cena
Flair
Sarge
Piper
American Dream
Biggest heat
K-Fed
Edge & Lita
Orton
Show
Booker
Biggest lack of pop
Coach
Bisch
The segments Kendra missed:
-As the camera panned the crowd after the opening, Jim Ross said: "Welcome, ladies and gentleman, to the longest running entertainment broadcast in television history. This is the 700th episode of Monday Night Raw!"
-They went to clips of various entertainment TV shows giving publicity to the K-Fed and John Cena angle from last week's Raw, including E!'s Daily Ten, TV Guide Channel, VH1 Best Week Ever, and that ABC late night talk show with the squinty-eyed guy on from The Man Show. Hey, they left out Joe Scarborough on MSNBC covering the angle.
-Ross and Jerry Lawler plugged the main event of Raw would be a Triple H vs. Randy Orton rematch.
-Kevin Federline came out again this week to a chorus of boos. He said he was there again for one reason - payback. He said everybody was talking about his appearance on TV and the Internet. He said everyone has been talking about John Cena gave him an FU and humiliated him on national TV. He said he's not like the Chicago Cubs, "a lovable loser." He said he would get his revenge tonight. He introduced King Booker.
King Booker and Sharmell walked out onto the stage. Sharmell said King Booker had something to say. Booker said he listened to his CD "and it is a treasure." He said he is a "gifted and talented ar-teest." He vowed that Cena would pay for his actions. He called K-Fed a trendsetter and all of the people in the crowd want to be like him. He said he would get revenge for K-Fed and win Cena's title at Cyber Sunday.
Big Show then walked out. He said he agreed that Cena's title should be on the line at the PPV. When he called Booker "Booker," Booker interrupted and said, "That's King Booker." Show said he'll call him whatever he pleases. They argued over who would be victorious at Cyber Sunday.
Then John Cena's music interrupted. Cena walked out and said, "I know what you're all thinking. This here is the dumbest line-up in the history of Celebrity Jeopardy." He then said he sees a "big... royal... pain in the ass." Cena joked that Show was in Ghost Busters as the big marshmallow man and in Return of the Jedi as Jabba the Hut. He said his newest role will be as the White Fat Albert. Booker laughed and Show chewed him out. He told Booker "You have officially lost your status as a black man" for calling K-Fed's new CD a "treasure." Out walked Ron Simmons, a/k/a Faarooq of the APA. Simmons grabbed mic, looked on at them with disgust, and said, "Damn!" Then he walked away. He said instead of playing with fire, K-Fed would have better luck playing with himself. For that type of segment, better than usual for WWE and Cena.
[Commercial Break]
1 -- MICKEY JAMES vs. MELINA -- Women's Title Semi-Final
They were both very loud as they chopped and slapped and punched each other. Melina screamed after James kicked out after a neckbreaker. James caught Melina with an elbow as charged and gave her a DDT leading to the pin.
WINNER: Mickey James in 3:00.
-They aired a clip of the finish of last week's Hunter vs. Orton main event, and said Orton demanded a rematch because of the way last week's match ended.
[Commercial Break - Everybody must watch the Borat movie, by the way]
-Ross announced that fans get to choose which wrestler - Carlito, Shelton Benjamin, or Johnny Nitro - will get a match against Jeff Hardy at Cyber Sunday. That's right, which match that you've seen in various incarnations for free do you want to see again on PPV.
2 -- JEFF HARDY & CARLITO vs. CHRIS MASTERS & SHELTON BENJAMIN
Ross and Lawler talked about this being the 700th episode of Raw. Ross said they've been together for most of them and they hope to have 700 more in them. Shelton beat on Hardy for a couple minutes including a mid-ring sleeper. Hardy punched his way to a comeback attempt, but Shelton cut him off with a knee. Hardy came back with a Whisper in the Wind, then dove to hot-tag Carlito. Carlito went after Shelton. Master entered the ring. Hardy cut him off. Carlito then flip sentoned onto both men followed by a springboard moonsault. Masters shoved Hardy into Carlito, then Shelton schoolboyed Carlito and used the ropes for leverage to score the pin. After the match, Carlito and Hardy argued and shoved each other. Masters and Shelton joined in the argument. Carlito and Hardy dumped them out of the ring, then went back to arguing.
WINNERS: Shelton & Masters in 4:00.
[Commercial Break]
-They showed the outside of the arena and then showed some of the Chicago Bears play-fighting in the front row.
