RAW Report 12/18/06 Washington DC

RAW this week starts with music and pyro.

The ring is full of wrestling. Music hits and HBK comes out. Slaughter, Rom Simmons and Jerry Lawler are amongst the wrestlers in the ring. Carlito comes out followed by Randy Orton. HHH is the last wrestler out for the Battle Royal.
HHH enters and the battler starts. Edge is on the outside. Masters and Carlito leave the ring, but are not eliminated. Edge spears Carlito. Carlito and Masters return to the ring. Carlito is tossed over the top. Brooklyn brawler is tossed out. Shelton Benjamin almost hits the floor and pulls himself back in. Hacksaw gets tossed out. Slaughter gets tossed out.
Flair almost eliminates Orton but is unable to. They fight in a corner. Edge finally enters the ring. HHH tries to eliminate Edge but is unable to. Ron Simmons and Shelton almost eliminate Super Crazy. Orton is almost eliminated. Simmons is working on Edge trying to get him over the top. Vis tries to eliminate JTG in a corner until the Highlanders go after Vis. The fans sound like they’re getting bored. Facebuster on Vis from HHH. HBK helps HHH eliminate Vis.

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JTG is hanging from the top rope and pulls himself back up. Ron Simmons eliminates Val. Then Simmons is eliminated. He takes a mic and says, “Damn!” to huge pop. JTG is eliminated quickly followed by Shad whose eliminated by Haas and Benjamin. Haas then gets tossed and DX tosses Shelton. Lawler gets tossed out by Masters. Jeff Hardy almost eliminates Crazy. Crazy gets his balance and uses head scissors to eliminate Jeff and himself.
Flair starts chopping Eugene. Snitsky has HHH over his shoulder but is unable to eliminate him. HHH kicks Snitsky in the gut and then nails a DDT. HHH tries to eliminate Kenny, but he recovers and pulls himself in. Eugene is attacking HBK. HHH interferes and DX confuses Eugene, they then eliminate him. Murdoch gets tossed from the ring. Everyone gangs up on Kenny and eliminates him and Flair. Then everyone turns on DX who is in a corner.

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Nitro, Edge, Orton, DX, Cade and Masters are left in the ring. Masters holds HHH while Cade and Nitro attacks. Rated RKO are trying to eliminate HBK. Nitro runs into a high knee by HHH. A facebuster on Masters and he’s eliminated. The rest of the heels attack HHH and eliminate him. HBK is trapped in a corner. He rushes out and attacks them all. HBK eliminates Nitro. HBK takes down Edge and then en inverted atomic drop on Cade. HBK climbs and drops an elbow on Orton.
Edge has disappeared from the ring. Edge shows up on the apron and receives sweet chin music. Cade gets eliminated by Orton. Orton is setting up HBK for a RKO. HBK blocks the RKO. Orton rushes HBK and is flipped over the side. HBK thinks he’s won but Edge jumps up on the apron and pulls HBK backward, by his hair, over the top and out. Edge enters the ring for the win.

- Winner: Edge

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Video advertising Christmas in Iraq.

Video from the end of the battle royal and how Edge screwed HBK out of the title shot.

Edge is outback. Grisham asks how he feels about facing Cena later. Edge says he’s putting a wrinkle in WWE’s plans. At New Years Revolution he will be facing Umaga to defend his title. Orton comes up and congratulates his tag partner. Edge says his sights are higher than being tag team champs. Edge leaves and Orton looks pissed.

Video of Masters putting the masterlock on Torrie and Carlito rescuing her.

Masters is interviewed by Maria. She asks why Masters sis what he did to Torrie. Maria is nervous. Masters tell Maria not to worry, he only attacked Torrie because of Carlito. Later Carlito will experience what his girlfriend experienced last week.

Video from all angles from last night when Mercury got nailed with the ladder and smashed his face up requiring 18 stitches.

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Grisham is out by the ring with Vladimir Koslov. He says he’s happy with USA. He wants to compete in “double double E”. He gets lots of boos and rattle on in Russian for a bit.

Masters comes down to the ring after tripping over his cape and drags it a few stapes. He doesn’t get more than a third of the way down the ramp before Carlito attacks from behind. Carlito beats masters down the ramp. Carlito climbs the steps and flies off at Masters. Carlito has Masters backed up against the barrier and is throwing punches. Masters pushes Carlito away and directly into the camera right behind him. The camera falls to the mat and the camera man to the floor.
Carlito rushes back and clotheslines Masters over the barrier. They fight into the crowd. The next time the camera focuses on Carlito’s face he’s covered in blood. He busted himself wide open on the camera and is gushing blood.
Masters leaves through the crowd and Carlito re-enters the ring area. He slams a chair against the ring post before cussing and stomping up the ramp.

Melina and Nitro are outback heading for the ring.

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Melina and Nitro come down to the ring. Melina is in a black micro-mini and a low but beige tank top. She does her normal ring entrance. Benjamin and Haas come down to tag with Nitro. Jeff and Matt come limping out. Jeff looks very sore and Matt’s left elbow is taped.
Shelton and Matt lock up and Matt is slammed to the mat. Matt gets and arm bar on Shelton who reverses it. Head scissors on the mat to Shelton but he gets out and attacks Matt’s elbow again. Shelton gets his head bounced off a corner and Jeff tags in. Jeff gets whipped and then slammed to the mat. Haas tags in and stomps down Jeff. ‘Hardy’ chant. Haas drives his shoulder into Jeff’s gut in a corner. An upper cut to Jeff.
Nitro tags in and stomps Jeff in the heel corner. Nitro throws some forearms to Jeff’s face. Jeff gets his face slammed off the top turnbuckle a couple times. Jeff runs up a corner and flies off onto Nitro. Haas tags in and hits a cross face on Jeff. Haas telegraphs and Jeff gets the upper hand.
Matt tags in. Matt suplexes Haas for two. Jeff tags in and they hits poetry in motion. The heels rush in and are all tossed from the ring. Jeff flies out over the top and takes down Shelton and Haas. Everyone gets to their feet and Matt moonsaults out on top of the three heels.

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Haas has a headlock on Jeff. Jeff gets out but gets hit with a cheap shot from Shelton to the knee. Shelton tags in and goes after Jeff’s knee. Shelton puts a half crab on Jeff who gets out. Shelton stops Jeff before he can tag his brother. Matt tries to help his brother but the ref stops him. At the point all the heels attack Jeff. Haas tags in and keeps working on Jeff’s knee with a submission hold. Shelton holds Haas’s hands from outside and the ref catches them.
Nitro tags in and keeps after Jeff’s knee. Nitro slides throw Jeff’s knee and outside. He works Jeff’s knee over on the apron. Jeff gets tossed outside and Melina attacks Jeff. Haas and Shelton throw Jeff back in. Shelton tags in and locks on a half crab. Jeff mule kicks Shelton and is able to tag in Matt. Matt takes down all the heels who rush in. He hits side effects on Haas and Shelton. Matt covers Shelton but Haas breaks up the count. Shelton quickly rolls Matt up and hold his tights for three. The hells continue to beat the hell out of the Hardys. Haas and Benjamin leave Nitro to beat down Jeff after Matt has been immobilized. ‘Nitro sucks’ chant. Melina and Nitro pose over a smashed Jeff.

- Winners: Haas, Benjamin & Nitro

Video from last weeks match between Cena and Estrada.

Grisham is outback with Umaga and Estrada. Grisham asks who Umaga would rather face - Edge or Cena. Estrada says it doesn’t matter as Umaga’s unstoppable. But he’d rather it be Cena because he thinks Umaga could beat Cena mush easier than Edge. And he wants Cena to pay after what he did last week.

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Nitro and Melina are outback. They see K-Fed. They talk about what K-Fed is going to do to Cena. K-Fed is here to talk tonight. Melina says he’s so brave and hugs him. K-Fed stares into the camera over her shoulder.

JR and King talk about Rocky. They show a bit of the new movie.

King interviews Stallone vie satellite. King asks if Rocky will go on as a promoter. Stallone says that this is the final goodbye for his character because the meaning behind the character is in the ring. Stallone goes on to say the character is very autobiographical. He thinks that this move works well because of that whereas Rocky five didn’t because it wasn’t. They then talk about Stallone’s love of boxing. King asks who would win in a boxer versus wrestler match, Rocky or Hogan. Stallone says Hogan most definitely. He says Hogan was so strong and let Stallone look good in the movie. King asks about celebrities who face wrestlers in the ring, such as K-Fed. Stallone says K-Fed is crazy for facing Cena. Stallone says K-Fed is going to get demolished by Cena. The only thing K-Fed might be able to do is wrestle Cena’s wardrobe, other than that he’s dead meat. King thanks Stallone and they sign off.

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Flair comes down to the ring. Kenny comes out to face Flair.

They lock up and Flair gets backed into a corner. They beak and again back into a corner. Kenny gets the upper hand but Flair chops back. Flair chops Kenny to the mat and around the ring. A shoulder block drops Kenny to the mat. Kenny slams Flair and pushes Flair from the ring. Outside Kenny suplexes Flair to the floor. Kenny rolls Flair back in and covers for two. ‘Kenny sucks’ chant. Kenny pulls off his headband and throws it in Flair’s face. They exchange blows and Kenny covers for two. A chinlock on Flair. Flair works his way to his feet but gets backed into a corner. Kenny gets hit with an inverted atomic drop and another chop. Flair gets whipped but gets his elbow up in Kenny’s face. Flair climbs but Kenny gets there and slams Flair half way across the ring.
Kenny climbs and tries for a legdrop but Flair moves. Flair gets the upper hand and backs Kenning into a corner with chops. Flair starts working on that leg but Kenny suddenly and quickly rolls Flair up for three.

- Winner: Kenny

They stare at each other in the ring. Flair approaches the young kid and holds out his hand to him. Kenny looks like he’s about to respond in kind, but then says he’s the man and stomps off.

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Edge comes down to the ring. Video from the end of the battle royal earlier. Edge gets lots of heat while he’s in the ring waiting for Cena. Cena’s music hits and he comes running/bouncing out. Cena enters the ring and Edge goes on the outside to wait. ‘Cena’ chant. The ref pats them down.
They lock up and Edge is slammed face first to the mat. Cena gets a headlock on Edge and holds tight. Edge breaks it and Edge runs into a big boot. Edge gets whipped but gets his foot into Cena’s face. Cena gets tossed from the ring. Cena’s head gets bounced off the stairs and the announce table. Cena returns to the ring and a neck breaker from Edge for two. A reverse chancery on Cena. His shoulder are down for two. Cena works his way to his feet. Cena ducks a clothesline and they both go for crossbodys at the same time and are down.

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Edge has a headlock and body scissors on Cena in the center of the ring. Edge headbutts the back of Cena’s head over and over. Edge gets and arm bar/full nelson with his legs on Cena. Cena, in the hold, rolls Edge onto his back for two. Cena gets out of the hold. Edge gets a headlock back on Cena. Cena gets out and drives a knee into Edge’s gut. Both are down.
They are up at seven. Edge climbs but flies over Cena. Cena nails a bunch of clotheslines and a shoulder block. Cena goes for but misses the five knuckle shuffle. Edge hits as spear and covers but Cena gets his hand on the rope just before three. It was hard to see, but the ref did. Cena gets set up top and Edge climbs. Cena throws Edge off and drops a leg to the back of Edge’s head. Cena covers for two. Cena telegraphs and gets kicked. Edge then gets hung up on the top rope. Cena hits the five knuckle shuffle. Cena salutes and tries for the FU but Edge gets out. Cena hits a great reverse suplex and covers for two.
Edge gets whipped and Cena gets Edge up for the FU. Edge holds the corner but then kicks the ref. Orton runs in and hits an RKO on Cena. Orton throws the ref back in the ring. DX rushes in. HBK attacks Orton and HH hits a pedigree on Edge. Cena rolls over and pins Edge. The ref slowly crawls over and very slowly counts the three.

- Winner: Cena

Cena goes up the ramp where DX is waiting for him. They al shake hands. Edge and Orton are in the ring totally pissed. Edge is screaming and pulling his hair out.

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Cryme Tyme comes down to the ring. They grab mics. JTG gets the crowd rolling. He says they’ve been listening to everything Haas and Benjamin have been saying about them. Lots of hatin’. They’re here to show they aren’t perpetrating anything. They have a guest, more like a character witness. The President George W. Bush. A damn good look alike comes out with fake secret service.
He enters the ring and takes a mic to huge boos. He says good evening. He says he’s there on behalf of his friends Cryme Tyme. A rapper started a rumor that Bush doesn’t like back people. “What?” That’s not true. “What?” He then calls Condi Rice a ‘hot little black bitch’. He like George Jefferson who wrote the Declaration of Independence. Shad finally stops him and tells him he will get his ass beat, secret service or not. Fake Bush backs off and apologizes. He says if Haas and Benjamin are the greatest tag team in the world then he’s the best president in the world. Huge ‘Boos’ from the crowd.
He hugged JTG and then Shad. Shad stole his wallet and then Cryme Tyme left the ring. Fake Bush is dancing around the ring until he sees Shad and JTG are at the top of the ramp cleaning out his wallet. He wants them arrested. Finally fake Bush and the fake secret service leave the ring. They go up the ramp and fake Bush double flips off the crowd. (I’d say the whole bit flopped horribly. Cryme Tyme was good and the fake Bush looked good from a distance, but the crowd was not bloody impressed at all by the whole thing.)

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Slam of The Week - Victoria beat the heck out of Torrie Wilson and then checks Torrie off her list.

Victoria comes out in a red two piece that exposes a lot. She has her check list in hand. Mickie comes bouncing out in a black lace tanks and pink polka dot miniskirt.
They lock up. Mickie ducks a clothesline and then is slammed into the corner. Mickie is set up top and Vic superplexes Mickie to the mat. Vic covers for two. Vic gains control but Mickie fights back with a roll up and then a back slide. Mickie rolls Vic up again. Mickie gets slammed face first into the bottom turn buckle and Vic covers for two.
Mickie gets slammed into a corner and then an elbow to the back of the head. Mickie starts fighting back and hits a cross body. Mickie gets whipped but gets and elbow up. Mickie hits head scissors on Vic. Vic goes for a side slam but Mickie reverses it into head scissors. Mickie gets hung up on the bottom rope and then Vic kicks her in the face. Vic hits the widows peak for three.

- Winner: Victoria

Victoria checks off Mickie’s name. Mickie is laying prone in the ring while Vic stands over her. Video of the end of the match. Vic adds Woman’s Championship on the bottom of the paper.

Outback K-Fed is heading for the ring.

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WWE Rewind - Cyber Sunday when K-Fed hit Cena with a belt and Booker wins the match.

JR is in the ring saying K-Fed is the World’s most hated man. A lot of people are showing him getting FU’d laughing at his music. JR announces K-Fed. K-Fed comes down to the ring to much heat. JR hands him the mic. K-Fed says it’s a nice introduction, but he hates K-Fed. No ne can stand K-Fed. That’s alright because he’s not K-Fed. K-Fed is a persona that the media made up to laugh at and joke about. None of us know the real Kevin Federline. He never backs down from a challenge. He always faces every obstacle and loves shocking the world. On January first K-Fed is dead. Kevin Federline will be whipping Cena’s ass. 2007 is a new year. We can make all our jokes because he will be laughing. He says he’s not K-Fed, he’s Kevin Federline and he’s going to whip Cena’s ass.
K-Fed leaves the ring and slap hands on the way up the ramp.

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Video of Edge winning the battle royal.

Edge and Orton come down to the ring. Umaga and Estrada come down to join them.

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Cena comes out to much pop. Cena waits for his tag partners. DX’s music hits and they come out to join Cena. They enter the ring and the heels leave. They pose for the crowd. Estrada is trying to keep Umaga calm.
Orton and Cena start off. Cena gains control, suplexes and covers for two. Orton’s head get bounced off the top turn buckle. HBK tags in and backs Orton into a corner. Orton rakes his eyes. Edge tags in and takes some blows from HBK. HBK gets whipped but gets a foot up. A chop takes down Edge. Edge kicks HBK in the chin. Orton tags in. HBK throws some chops. Umaga enters and hits a hard clothesline on HBK.
Umaga then tags in and scares the ref off. Umaga hits a headbutt on HBK. Edge tries to tag in but Umaga doesn’t understand. Estrada has to tell Umaga to leave the ring. HBK gets whipped and then speared in a corner. HBK hits a suplex on Edge, both are down. Umaga tags in as does HHH. HHH tosses punches into Umaga’s face. A face buster on Umaga and then a couple clotheslines. Finally a shoulder block takes down Umaga. Orton enters and HHH tries to pedigree but Edge rushes in. Edge gets tossed but Umaga hits a Samoan spike on HHH. A Samoan drop on HBK.
Cena comes out of nowhere and slams Umaga from the ring. They go by the side of the ramp and Umaga gets slammed into the lower part of the stage breaking the plexi-glass.
HHH gets slammed into the stairs and then hit with a chair to be sent over the barrier. The chair goes into the ring and they double RKO HBK into the chair. HHH gets to his feet, blood pouring from his head. They double baseball slide HHH across the announce table and into JR and King. They set HHH up on the announce table, Orton holds him and Edge hits the con-chair-tow. They swap and Orton hits the con-chair-tow. They whole time JR is screaming at them. Orton and Edge are screaming at HHH. HHH is left bleeding all over the announce table. Orton takes the bloody chair and enter the ring to attack HBK some more. Refs show up and don’t let Edge and Orton abuse HBK any longer. Orton hands the bloody chair over to a ref with a dazed look in his eyes.
HHH and HBK are twitching and bleeding through a ‘Cena’ chant. They are both being tended to as the show goes off the air.

Biggest pop
DX
Cena
Flair

Biggest heat
Orton
Edge
Umaga & Estrada