Raw this week starts with the opening music and then DX’s music hits. HBK comes bouncing out working the crowd. Lillian announces HBK as Texas’ own HBK. JR talks about what a great night HBK had last night at the RR.
HBK grabs a mic and says that last week he said no mere mortal man would keep him from winning the Rumble and going on the WM. The problem was there were 29 mortal man and the Undertaker. Even though he didn’t win, he meant what he said and he will be the next WWE Champ at WM. But, we’re asking how can that be as Taker won the Rumble. He gets his choice as to which title he wants on whichever brand he wants. But he hasn’t made his choice yet. He could go after Batista or Lashley and that would leave the WWE Championship wide open. HBK says he wants to throw his hat in the ring.
Cena’s music hits and he comes out with a smirk on his face. Cena comes down to the ring to a mixed crowd. He makes sure he’s got HBK clearly that WM should be HBK against Cena - He likes it! But it’s up to the Undertaker. But if it is up to you and me...
Edge’s music hits and he comes out to the stage to heat. Edge says he knows Cena would love to face HBK at WM. He said HBK would have the nagging feeling of disappointment after WM and he’s beaten Cena more times than he could count. So it should be obvious that if Taker chooses Batista or Lashley then it should be Edge to face Cena.
Orton’s music hits and he comes out to the stage. He says it’s true they are Tag Team Champs. Last night it was every man for himself, as it is for the title. Orton asks Edge how many title shots he’s had against Cena - 10? 20? Orton says he’s had none.
Edge says there’s a reason Orton hasn’t had a title shot.
Orton’s pissed about this but Cena jumps in and says they can either stand on the stage and bitch or, and he’s talking for HBK here too, they can come down and fight.
Orton and Edge head for the ring when Vince shows up on the Titan Tron.
Vince stops them and says the fans don’t want to see Edge and Orton beat the hell out of HBK and Cena. He tells the fans what they want. Since tonight is fan appreciation night it will be a Tag Title match between Edge and Orton against Cena and HBK.
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Cryme Tyme is outback. JTG give shots out to people but Shad stops him and says they have to go.
Cryme Tyme’s music hits and they come down to the ring. Haas and Benjamin come down to the ring to face them.
Shad and Haas lock up. (Haas has his hair in corn rows!) Shad gains control. JTG enters and the ref stops him, Benjamin kicks Shad in the back of the knee from behind. Haas works on that left knee. Benjamin tags in and works on the knee. Hee taunts Shad as Shad tries to crawl for his corner. In a neutral corner Shad throws some punches. Benjamin rolls up Shad and turns it into a half Boston crab. Shad muscles out and drags Benjamin across the ring for a tag and is able to tag out.
Haas enters illegally and JTG takes them both down with Shad’s help. Shad sends Benjamin over the top and Shad gets pulled out too. Benjamin reenters and quickly rolls JTG up for three. It’s Cryme Tyme’s first loss.
- Winner: Haas & Benjamin
Melina is outback talking to Vince. He tells her to grab the bull by the horns. She thanks him, they hug and she leaves. Coach enters and they talk. Vince says tonight is bigger than the RR, maybe even bigger than WM. He’s going to be thought of as a humanitarian - bigger than Mother Theresa and Ghandi.
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24/7 - January 24, 1988 was the first RR. One Man Gang dominated but Hacksaw won the Rumble.
Melina comes out wearing sparkly white and black pants and triangle halter top. She grabs a mic and say that she had a talk with Vince and is now going to seize an opportunity. This match is now a number one contenders match. Maria comes out in light pink sparkly boys shorts with a black belt and a white sparkly triangle top.
Maria quickly rolls Melina up for two. Maria then gives Melina a wedgie. Maria gives her a bronco buster and then slams her to the mat. They get into a hair pulling contest and Melina kicks Maria in the gut. Maria gets whipped. Maria gets laid across the corner on the second ropes and kicked in the back. Maria again is able to roll Melina up for two.
Melina hits a flapjack on Maria. Melina locks on a grapevine bridge submission move. Maria taps out.
- Winner: Melina
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Video from last night’s RR.
HBK is walking outback. Grisham stops him and says Rated RKO has ended DX as we know it. HBK tells him that talk like that got him kicked last time. Grisham asked about tagging with Cena. HBK says no offense to Cena, but he’s no HHH.
Super Crazy is outback with Mickie and asks about when everyone called her crazy. He says he’s Super, he’s Crazy, he’s Super Crazy. Melina comes up and asks Mickie if she really thinks she’ll keep her title. Melina bad mouths Crazy and Mickie bitch slaps her. Mickie says it was fun and they start brawling.
Outback Edge is talking to Cade and Murdoch about Orton. Cade cuts down Orton after Edge says Orton shouldn’t be fighting for the WWE Title. Edge then backs up Orton saying that there’s no one better to be at his side defending the Tag Title. Edge walks off.
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Stills from the RR match between Cena and Umaga.
Val is in the ring. Umaga and Estrada come down to the ring. Umaga has bruises around his neck from the RR.
Umaga throws Val around and hits a Samoan drop. Val is hung up-side-down in the corner and Umaga throws punches to his gut. Umaga hits a flying headbutt on a still stuck Val. Val falls to the mat and receives a bunch of punches. Umaga is screaming like a crazy man and hits his bum slam to Val’s head. Umaga hits his Samoan spike and covers for three.
- Winner: Umaga
Umaga and Estrada are heading up the ramp and Vince’s music hits. Vince comes out in a light grey suit and a white cowboy hat. He stares at Umaga and Estrada as they pass on the ramp. It looks like a bunch of people are following Vince to the ring. They are probably security.
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Vince says Howdy Partner! He says it’s ridiculous, almost as ridiculous as wearing one of these - he takes off his hat. He says anyone over the age of five wearing a cowboy hat is stupid. Anyone wearing a hat is stupid because it messes up your hair and that’s important to him. He then stomps on the hat.
Tonight is Fan Appreciation Night. It’s a night to give back to the little people. It’s an opportunity to say two words... “You suck!” from the crowd. No, those aren’t the word. The words are Thank You. Thank you for making him a billionaire. He wants to give out a special gift. He doesn’t have enough for everyone, so just one person will get a gift. He asks who wants to get in the ring with him. The crowd erupts. He finally pulls a hot chick from the crowd.
He asks if she nervous. She says a little. He asks if it’s because she’s on TV being watched by thousands of people. Well she should be nervous standing in the ring with him. He asks her name, which is Jacky. He calls for a drum roll and reveals a huge magazine mock-up - Muscle & Fitness with him on the cover. He says she will get it later outback. He sends her back to her seat.
Vince goes on about giving and then Trump shows up on the Titan Tron. Trump says no one likes him. The fans only like it because he’s the only one putting out the product. No one wants the magazine cover. He goes on to say the fans want value. He says he will give the fans, even Vince’s fans, what they want - money. Money starts to fall from the ceiling.
Vince says it’s not real money.
A fan hold up a hundred dollar bill. King says it’s real hundreds and fifties. JR says he’s got some and says they’re having steak tonight.
Vince is getting pissed. How dare Trump embarrass him like this. The fans don’t deserve the money, it’s his money. He rented the place tonight and it’s his money. He gets out of the ring and yells in fans faces before stomping up the ramp.
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Video of Trump’s money falling in the arena and Vince getting pissed about it.
Outback Vince is walking along and coach runs up apologizing. He says he ran around and collected money, even put ten dollars of his own money in it. Vince got in his limo and left.
Carlito comes down to the ring with Torrie and Chloe. Torrie is in tight jeans and a sparkly pink triangle top that looks like it matches the boy shorts Maria was wearing earlier. Super Crazy comes down to tag with Carlito. Chris Masters comes out. Kenny comes out to tag with him. Kenny and Chris talk before entering the ring.
Crazy and Chris lock up and Crazy is backed into a corner. Crazy is on the mat getting stomped. Crazy takes Chris down and hits a low drop kick for one. Crazy gets backed into the enemy’s corner and Kenny is tagged in. A drop kick to Kenny’s face and Carlito tags in.
Chris and Kenny end up outside and both Crazy and Carlito fly out over the top. Chris tags in and stomps Crazy. Chris nails a back breaker followed by a bunch of punches. Kenny tags in. Kenny covers for two. Kenny gets a headlock on Crazy and Torrie pounds the mat in support. Crazy gets out and Kenny tags in. Kenny covers and Carlito breaks up the cover. Chris tags in and covers until Carlito again breaks it up. Chris drops a bunch of elbows and yells at the fans. Crazy gets whipped into the heel’s corner and Kenny tags in. Kenny stomps Crazy and talks smack. Kenny hits a clothesline for two. A chinlock on Crazy. Torrie tries to get the crowd going. Kenny nails a suplex on Crazy but gets a bunch of punches to the head in the process.
Carlito and Chris tag in. Carlito hits his springboard back elbow, a knee lift and a clothesline. Carlito covers and Kenny breaks up the count. Crazy rushes in and takes Kenny out of the ring as well as himself. Chris gets Carlito up in a military press but Carlito rakes his eyes and gets free. Carlito hits a back cracker on Chris for three.
- Winners: Carlito & Super Crazy
Orton is outback with Grisham. Grisham comments on the tension between Orton and Edge. How do the put it aside for their match. Orton says winning with Edge was wonderful and he wouldn’t give it up for anything. Grisham asks about WM. Orton says it’s up to the Undertaker. Grisham pushes and Orton says he looks forward to winning tonight. Basically Orton avoids the questions entirely.
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More video from last night’s RR.
Jeff Hardy comes down to the ring for an IC Title match. Video from Jeff and Matt against MNM last night. Great Khali comes out to face Jeff for the title.
Jeff is tossed into the ropes and then out the other side of the ring. Khali pulls Jeff back up onto the apron by his head. Jeff is brought back in the ring and backed into a corner. Khali nails a headbutt on Jeff and then stomps his head. Jeff slowly gets to his feet only to get a hard chop. Jeff throws a couple punches but then runs into a clothesline. Jeff is whipped into a corner and tries a whisper in the wind but get slapped down. Khali tries to kick Jeff but Jeff moves and gets hung up on the top rope.
Khali picks Jeff up by the neck and sits him on the top rope. Khali slaps Jeff on the top of the head and off the top rope to the floor. The ref counts and Khali wins by count out. Jeff is still in a heap on the floor.
- Winner: Great Khali
Video of Candice filming this year’s Go Daddy Superbowl commercial.
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WM Recall - WM21 MITB Ladder Match where Edge wins.
Vladimir Koslov is being interviews about the RR. He says only in America can money float from the sky. That’s why he love Double Double E. He was not impress with the RR. He says Taker, Orton, HBK, Edge - he can throw all of them over the top rope.
Video and stills from last night’s Last Man Standing Match.
Cena is outback talking to Flair about last night and possibly becoming Tag Team Champs with HBK tonight. Cena says it’s so cool. Flair says HBK has one thing on his mind, going to WM to face Cena. Flair says to watch HBK if they win tonight and have their hands raised in the air - super kick.
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Edge and Orton come down to the ring. DZ’s music hits and HBK comes down the ramp and waits at the bottom for his partner. Cena then comes out and they enter the ring together. The heels quickly leave.
HBK and Edge lock up and HBK is backed into a corner. HBK comes back with chops. Edge catches HBK’s foot but gets kicked in the head. Edge gets chopped and then his face bounced off the corner. HBK hits another couple chops. Edge telegraphs and gets a knee lift for it.
Cena tags in and hits a powerful hip block and then a hard elbow for two. “Cena” chant. Cena gets whipped but gets a foot in Edge’s ribs. Cena hits a DDT and covers for two. Orton tags in and throws a bunch of punches to Cena’s head. An upper cut to Cena and Orton mounts Cena to throw a bunch of punches. Orton is whipped and the suplexed for two. Cena gets poked in the eye and then stomped in a corner. Cena comes rushing out with punches. Cena pushes Orton into Edge who gets knocked from the apron into the barrier.
Edge starts backing up the ramp as he and Orton exchange words about Orton hitting Edge from the apron.
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Cena hits a shoulder block on Edge. Cena goes for the five knuckle shuffle but gets knee from the apron from Orton. Cena gets tossed outside and HBK comes to help but the ref won’t let him. Edge comes out and keeps working on Cena. Back in the ring Edge covers for two. Orton tags in and Orton stomps his way around Cena. Orton splashes Cena and covers for two. HBK helps Cena out before three.
Edge tags in and hits Cena in the face with forearms and then a dropkick for two. Edge hits more forearms to Cena’s face. “Cena” chant. Orton tags in and drops a leg and then a knee on Cena’s chest. Orton covers for two. Orton gets a headlock and body scissors on Cena close to the heel corner. Cena’s been busted open again. Cena gets to his feet with Orton still wrapped around him. Cena backs into a corner and Orton gets slammed to the mat. “Cena” chant.
Both are crawling for their corners. Edge and HBK both tag in. HBK hits a flying forearm on Edge and then an inverted atomic drop. HBK climbs and drops an elbow. HBK tunes up the band but Orton rushes in and hits a dropkick.
Orton tags in and taunts HBK. HBK pushes out of the RKO and is able to tag Cena in. Cena hits the FU on Orton and covers for three.
- Winners: Cena & HBK - Tag Team Champs
Cena holds up his title belt and turns to see HBK seeing up for sweet chin music. Cena starts yelling at HBK about what he wants but they are cut off by – – GONG! The lights go out and smoke fills the arena. Undertake comes up through the right side of the stage. He stands there and glares down at the ring where HBK and Cena just start with their mouths hanging open.
Biggest pop
Undertaker
HBK
Cena
Jeff Hardy
Biggest heat
Edge
Orton
Umaga & Estrada
