Monday night Raw is coming to us tonight from the United Kingdom in the beautiful country of England. Randy Orton decides to go into General Manager William Regal's office to give him some good advice. What would the raucous fans of the UK like more than to see a triple threat match up between Jeff Hardy, Shawn Michaels and Mr. Kennedy? All of which are up on the ballot to face Orton at Cyber Sunday. Well Mr. Regal indeed thinks that matches in threes are a wonderful idea, but I don't think that his solution is what Randy Orton was thinking of.
William Regal comes out to address his adoring fans of England and announces that Randy Orton will be in three separate matches tonight against each of his possible contenders for Cyber Sunday. Randy Orton much first take on the rainbow haired warrior Jeff Hardy.
This match up is hot with a barrage of deep arm takedowns by the Intercontinental Champion Jeff Hardy. A running low baseball slide leads to a high fly maneuver by Jeff right to the face of Orton. Orton turns the tables on Hardy with a drop kick and a power slam. For a few brief moments it looks as if Randy will win this by sheer power. He places some nice choke holds on Hardy but with no success in choking out the extreme champion. Jeff manages to get a huge clothesline on Orton which leads up to a whisper in the wind which ends in only a two count. Mr. Kennedy has to come out and interrupt the match distracting Jeff just long enough for Orton to land that RKO and get the win over Hardy. One down two more to go. Who is going to come out to distract Mr. Kennedy when his match with the champ is up?
Santino Marella and Val Venis match up yet again this week. These two men have no love whatever for each other. They exchange blows and Santino uses the rope to secure his win over the big Val Venis. Maria is sure looking beautiful tonight, that's about the only thing redeeming about this match, I'm really sick of Marella at this point I think he has overstayed his welcome. =P
Carlito and Jonathan Coachman exchange commentary on small things, and Hornswaggle gets brought up. Carlito makes fun of Coach for getting beat on last week by Hornswaggle with his own walking cane. Hornswaggle runs in and tags coach then runs out, the Monday night game of tag is on yet again! The thing that I don't understand is that they are treating Hornswaggle like he's a child. In fact he is an adult, despite the fact that his stature is small, he is a full grown man. Sure his actions are a bit childish at times, but could that be simply because people expect him to behave in such a manner? I think that he has real potential and I don't think that any member of the McMahon family should be exploited in such a way.....or is it Hornswaggle going the exploiting? They run into the back where the kitchen/dining area is and Hornswaggle leaps onto the face of Coach and runs back out....it's on now, the Monday night war begins again!
Mr. McMahon addresses Regal. He asks how old the Queen is really? William asks which one, (the pictures on his wall say it all)...Vince tries to correct William Regal's pronunciation of Umaga's name but to no avail. Mr. McMahon has something up his sleeve when he finds out the Triple H is in no condition to fight tonight due to the severity of his encounter with Umaga last week on Raw. What could that dastardly chairman have in mind now? I swear DX just needs to come out and shut Mr. McMahon up! I'm sure that will happen but in my opinion it can't happen soon enough!
Mr. Kennedy comes out ready to fight for his match up with Randy Orton. Will the mouth of the WWE be able to topple the tower of the Legend Killer? I think they should offer Mr. Kennedy a job as a ring announcer, he'd be really good at it. I wonder is Lillian Garcia is going to get sick of announcing Randy Orton tonight? Ha Ha! The match up begins. Mr. Kennedy is capitalizing on his strengths and Randy Orton's weakness of already being in action once tonight. Orton powers back and shows Kennedy that he's the champ for a reason, no one is going to best him that easily. Kennedy gets a two count on Orton and it's looking like he may have a leg up on the champ. Nope, Orton is not ready to lay down just yet, and Kennedy ends up on his back. The stomping begins by Orton. Kennedy is trying to utilize the ropes to his advantage but it's not meant to be. Kennedy picks up Orton and slams him down then Hardy runs out and interrupts Kennedy's match and beats the crap out of Kennedy. Orton high tails it out of the ring and paces like a caged animal just out of reach of our rainbow haired warrior. The intensity just got turned up a notch and I'm not sure Orton was quite expecting this. Two down one to go Randy!
Mr. McMahon comes out to address the audience. Oh lord he says that he amazes himself with his own promotional genius. He is promoting Cyber Sunday again. Sure it's a great idea, but I'm not sure if I would call Mr. McMahon a genius. At Cyber Sunday it will be Triple H vs Umaga. Umaga comes out ringside and Mr. McMahon calls for a referee for this really unnecessary match up. Mr. McMahon explains what stipulations can be added to the Cyber Sunday match up, then asks for a demonstration by Umaga. First up, a street fight. What an example. Umaga is simply tearing apart his opponent. Poor guy! A steel chair is brought into the picture and Umaga's opponent is counted out. Umaga wins. Mr. McMahon isn't done yet. The next demonstration is of a first blood match. Umaga must drawn first blood on his opponent to win this match. Mr. McMahon is getting too excited about this demonstration, his imagination must be in over time thinking that this poor man is Triple H. This is all so uncalled for. Repeated Samoan spikes bloody the opponent. His mouth is pouring blood and he can barely comprehend what's going on. There is a third option to Cyber Sunday. The steel cage starts to lower and whoever escapes first wins the match. This poor nobody can't possibly survive this match up. Mr. McMahon is delusional as he calls for the replay footage of the devastation of "Triple H"? He's done lost his mind yet again. The cage match begins. Mr. McMahon demands more carnage. I hope that he is paying this guy good to get his ass handed to him by Umaga. Mr. McMahon talks to Umaga throughout the match like Umaga is a pit bull and he's in a dog fight. How demeaning. I suppose Umaga doesn't care since he doesn't speak English. This match was simply ridiculous but I guess Mr. McMahon got his point across to those voters for Cyber Sunday.
Jillian Hall comes to the ring and of course has something to say to England. She confronts Lillian about her "pathetic" performance last week on Raw. Jillian continues to belittle Lillian on her music and band. "No one even understands Spanish" Lillian says. She is going to sing tonight. Thankfully enough we are saved by Candace Michelle before our ears start to bleed too badly. The match up begins. Candace is really starting to shape up as a wrestler, she demonstrates some fantastic moves and has the match won in about two minutes. Beth Phoenix is standing by with something to say. Next week Candace Michelle has invoked her rematch clause against the Glamazon and Beth can't hardly wait, claiming that she will get Candace Michelle on her knees next week.
Cody Rhodes is fighting Hardcore Holly again tonight and they face off together backstage first. A hard slap of reality by Holly gets Cody's blood boiling and Holly says that "that's the look I was looking for!" Could this be the match that finally earns the respect of Holly for Rhodes? Or will the young superstar remain defeated by the Hardcore legend? Only the squared circle has the answers.
The tag team champs are ringside to watch over the match between Rory McAllister and Brian Kendrick. Paul London is in Brian Kendrick's corner and Robbie McAllister is in the corner of Rory McAllister. Rory is showing his malicious side tonight in this match up and he is having no mercy for Kendrick tonight. The ropes save Kendrick from a pin fall by Rory and the match continues. Paul London tries to get the crowd behind his partner, but Kendrick can't seem to get a leg up on Rory. Finally a breath of fresh air and Kendrick gets one shot at the Scottish highlander. Rory doesn't go down and he finally gets the win over Brian Kendrick. The Highlander's eye the tag champs and exit the ring. Could the tag champs be in for more than they bargained for with Rory and Robbie? Time will tell.
Shawn Michaels has an interview with Todd Grisham. He addresses Orton and is not too happy with Orton at all. He seems to have a bad attitude towards our champ gee I wonder why?
Holly faces off with Rhodes for hopefully the last time. How many times can one man get beat in a row by the same opponent? I guess when you have something to prove it's not about how many times you get defeated but how many times you keep coming at the opposition. He may not be lucky in the ring but at least Rhodes is persistent. The match up begins. The veteran Holly is really taking it to the newbie Rhodes. Rhodes gets a nice barrage of pin fall set ups but never gets more than a two count. He ties the speed approach, but Holly still has the upper hand. There are more near falls in this match than I have ever seen, but Hardcore Holly wins it with the famous Alabama Slam yet again. I think that Rhodes needs to start at the bottom and work his way up to the legendary stars, not try to make a statement by going after the veterans first.
Randy Orton in action for the third time tonight against the Heartbreak Kid Shawn Michaels. This match up has the potential to be absolutely explosive considering the past that these two superstars have together. Orton being responsible for putting Michaels out of action for months due to a massive concussion. Could the Heartbreak Kid be looking to give the Legend Killer a taste of his own medicine? I certainly hope that there are paramedics on hand because one of these men is probably going to need them by the end of this match up. The match begins. Damn it's an all out brawl and Randy Orton can't even escape the fists of Michaels. Orton is capitalizing on the skull of Michaels hoping to cripple the Heartbreak Kid. Orton goes up top an his attempted super plex fails, but Michaels capitalizes and starts to have the upper hand on Orton. Mr. Kennedy runs out and interrupts the match and the match is called due to disqualification. Jeff Hardy runs out to get more of Randy Orton and amidst all the confusion Michaels lands a super kick to Orton, showing him that you never take your eyes off the prize. I have a feeling that this show of man power tonight will lead to something like a tag team match up next week, but that is simply my prediction.
The show comes to an end tonight with Shawn Michaels giving the knocked out Randy Orton a look like a cat about to eat the canary. I have to say that I am ecstatic that Shawn has returned to Raw, for awhile I wasn't certain that he was going to be coming back due to the extent of his injury. Just goes to show that once wrestling is in your blood it takes a lot more than a gung ho kid to take you out of the picture! Welcome back Shawn!
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