I knew that there were going to be some serious repercussions from No Mercy on this episode of Raw, but what the night had in store for the fans watching at home I'm not sure I was quite ready for! It was a hell of a way to kick off my week and I'm glad that I opted to stay awake to watch Raw.
Mr. McMahon kicked off the evening with more talk about how he kept his end of the deal and gave the people what they wanted at No Mercy. He then proceeded to go off on the Cyber Sunday tangent talking about how generous it was of him to give up his "power" for a night and give it to the people. The people can log in to WWE.com and pick the matches for Cyber Sunday. Who fights who, what style match etc etc. I have participated in the voting for Cyber Sunday before and it's a whole lot of fun, no doubt, but he was making it sound like he was doing the public a favor by providing us this service. About the time that everyone was getting tired of listening to him toot his own horn, out comes the man of the night, Triple H. He confronted Mr. McMahon and told him that he was invoking his automatic rematch clause and that he wanted Randy Orton in the ring right then that night. Triple H wasn't asking for a rematch, he was telling Mr. McMahon that a rematch was taking place. That's one thing about the king of kings, he can be very convincing when he needs to be.
Mr. McMahon makes the main event match for that night Randy Orton vs. Triple H for the WWE championship. As Vince is leaving the ring though, he gets a brilliant idea. He then makes it a handicap match. Triple H vs Randy Orton and his tag team partner Umaga. Now I've been watching wrestling for years and I've seen some dirty underhanded deeds that Mr. McMahon has pulled off, but this is getting downright ridiculous. I know that Triple H. and the McMahon family have a long history, but that is no reason for Vince to be so uncaring for the well being of Triple H at this point. I mean the man just came back from a quad injury last month and already Vince is trying to take The Game out of the game. I was not happy in the slightest about this decision, if he were my boss I'd have two words for him!
Monday night also brings back everyone's favorite general manager wannabe Jonathan Coachman. He is speaking with the Raw General Manager William Regal about his comeback and how John Cena "deserves what he got last Monday night after what he did to me!" Apparently Coach now has to walk with a cane because Cena messed him up pretty bad. Personally I think Coach deserved what he got for being an annoying prissy pants, but that's just me. I don't think Cena deserved to have his pectoral tendon ripped off the bone and have to have emergency surgery to repair it, no one deserves that no matter what. Mr. McMahon enters the room and asks Regal of the whereabouts of his little boy Hornswaggle. Regal claims that the "little tyke" is taking a nap because he tuckered himself out playing earlier that day. As soon as Mr. McMahon leaves, Regal gets in Coach's face and tells him that Hornswaggle is now Coach's responsibility and that he's sleeping in the closet. Well of course he's not in the closet, so Coach begins his search for the missing McMahon.
Just as I was comfortable snuggled up on my couch watching my favorite show, out comes Santino Marella. This man can make me want to turn the channel faster than anything. He has been challenged to a rematch by Val Venis because of his attack on Venis last Monday on Raw. Venis comes out still limping from the vicious attack on his knee the previous week. Just as Val gets into the ring Santino goes over to J.R. and King's announcer's table and gets a microphone. He announces that he has a previous engagement that evening and he is unable to fight Val Venis that night, but that Mr. McMahon has chosen a suitable replacement. Val Venis is suddenly facing down the hideous Snitsky. This man is the epitome of ugly, the next horror movie they make where they need a psychopath, he's your guy. The match begins and Snitsky immediately goes to work on the already injured knee of Val Venis. This is a huge disadvantage to Venis who tries but fails to fight on one good leg. Snitsky capitalizes on this weakness and wins the match almost effortlessly. I call this the filler match of the night cause it really has no impact on the rest of the show....lol
John Cena gives his first interview after his surgery last week for this torn pectoral tendon. J.R. and Jerry the King Lawler interview him via satellite. He says that since it had only been days since the surgery a prognosis was still pretty vague. The doctors are telling him 7-12 months of rehabilitation before he is ready for action again. He is hoping for less but I'm sure that he won't come back until he is 100%. He does comment on Randy Orton's statement at no mercy about Cena being lucky he was injured so he wouldn't have to face to embarrassment of losing at No Mercy. Cena had this to say about that, "It's better to fight and lose than to not get in the ring and fight at all." He also said that he is not going to focus on the past that he cannot change but he's going to focus on getting better so he can come back and kick some ass! I can't wait until that time comes, but in the meantime John Cena is in my thoughts and I hope he has a speedy recovery.
Randy Orton and Umaga are teaming up against Triple H. I can't say that I like the cerebral assassins chances here. Mr. McMahon also made the stipulation that all three men were to be in the ring fighting at the same time, Orton and Umaga were not actually "tagging" partners. This is going to get ugly. J.R. says during the match that it's going to take a miracle for Triple H to win this match and I have to admit sadly that I'm praying for that miracle as I watch. I can't stand to see the King of Kings man handled in such a way. Triple H gets a huge DDT on Randy Orton early enough in the match that I start to feel guilty for my doubting him. Orton and Umaga are both working on the already hurt ribs of The Game and Orton gets another one of those fantastic vertical drop kicks right into the face of Triple H. I swear it seems like Orton and Umaga are playing, "you hold him for me I'll hold him for you" as they beat the game out of his mind. Triple H gets a reprieve and delivers a face buster to Orton. Umaga delivers a chair shot to Triple H and the match is called by the ref for outside interference with a chair. Of course just because the bells rings doesn't stop the destructive duo from beating The Game. Randy gets an RKO and walks about content with his actions. Umaga however is another story. The Samoan Bulldozer takes the next few minutes to absolutely destroy Triple H in ways that no man should have to suffer. After executing a huge Samoan Spike to The Game, Umaga looks absolutely satiated with his dissection of the King of King and he leaves the ring. Officials move in to help Triple H, but every king has their pride and he tries to leave the ring on his own. He falls flat on his face on the steel entrance ramp and has to be helped out of the arena by officials. My heart stops hoping that he's ok and wishing that someone would just kick the crap out of both Randy Orton and Umaga.
The spirit raising match of the night is Paul London and Brian Kendrick vs. The Highlanders Rory and Robbie. The Highlanders are trying to "earn" the right to take on the tag champs Cade and Murdock. The match is very short lived and the ropes are used to help the highlanders score an upset over the high flying duo. I don't know if I'm such a big fan of the bad attitude of the highlanders as of late. Maybe it's because when they came into the WWE no one was taking them seriously. I liked them when they first debuted, but now I just think that they are bullies and cheaters the perfect match for Cade and Murdock in my opinion.
Coach is still trying to find Hornswaggle at this point, no one has seen the littlest McMahon. William Regal asks Coach if he's had any luck on finding him, and they butt heads on the issue of the task at hand. This could go on all night if Coach doesn't channel his inner Sherlock Holmes.
A wonderful break from the squared circle for a moment when Lillian Garcia and her band perform her new single off her album Quiero Vivir! The album is entirely in Spanish and let me tell you what, Spanish music never sounded so good. This woman is so talented and beautiful, I would love the opportunity to eventually meet her. It's a great song and I'm glad that she still finds time to work on her music with the busy WWE schedule that she keeps!
Jeff Hardy faces off against Mr. Kennedy. The rainbow haired warrior meets the mouth of the WWE. They lock up and the match is a nice exchange of blows and blocks between the two men. Hardy tries to go high risk on the top ropes at one point attempting to jump on Kennedy who is outside the ring. Kennedy moves and all Jeff gets is a chest full of retaining wall. (ouch!) Mr. Kennedy turns up the heat with a 1/2 Boston crab submission on the Intercontinental Champion but Jeff gets free. Jeff continues to try to go high risk but it's not his night to fly. A drop kick takes him off the top turnbuckle as he's attempting another move. Kennedy seems to be in complete control of the extreme warrior tonight. Kennedy begins working over the legs of Hardy knowing that that is the strength of Hardy and if you take that away from him you've won. Hardy of course fights back like a champ and uses a modified brain buster to take Kennedy down. Kennedy gets a roll up on Hardy but Hardy counters it and wins the match. This was not a title match so he had nothing to loose, but everything to gain in the game of rising to the top!
Now the big event of the evening! Mr. McMahon announced earlier in show that every person on the Raw roster was going to come ringside and shake the hand of Randy Orton and congratulate him on becoming the champ. Despite the fact that Triple H was absolutely unable to even walk, Vince demanded that Triple H will be the first man to shake Randy's hand even if he had to be brought ringside on a stretcher. The wrestlers come out (I don't see Triple H?) and then out comes the champ himself. He struts to the ring like he actually deserves all this attention. He gets in the ring and I notice that he's wearing a suit with his wrestling T-shirt underneath the suit jacket. Now come on Randy I know that they pay you well enough to buy dress shirts, you should try it sometime. Or have you forgotten all those stylin and profiling days of Evolution? Orton makes this touching speech about how perfect he is and it almost brings me to tears (of boredom!) I'm serious his arrogance is going to get him hurt one day!
Vince calls out Triple H to come shake Randy's hand. Well nothing happens no intro music. So Randy decides to go backstage and "drag" The Game out. Orton gets about halfway up the ramp when intro music starts. It's not Triple H's music he hears though. It's the music of the one the only Heartbreak Kid Shawn Michaels! At this point I'm on my feet in my living room jumping up and down like a school girl because I've been waiting for months for him to make a comeback and I wasn't sure it was going to happen. Man Randy Orton started to back pedal toward the ring like a scared little girl. For those of you who don't remember, it was The Legend Killer Randy Orton that kicked Shawn Michaels head off a few months back resulting in a massive concussion. Shawn walks slowly and deliberately to the ring savoring the fans reaction to his being there. Once he gets in the ring Randy Orton has "No chance in Hell" of escaping unscathed. Michaels beats the crap out of Orton then delivers that sweet chin music that we all know and love that is classic Heartbreak Kid and knocks Orton clean out. The Show Stopper is back on Monday Night Raw and it's about time!
A couple of side notes were mentioned during Raw that I found pretty interesting. Friday Night Smackdown is about to get a whole lot more extreme. The Brothers of Destruction are back! (for those of you who don't know who that is, Undertaker and Kane). These two are teaming back up to wreck havoc on Smackdown and their first victims are going to be Matt Hardy and MVP! I'll be sure to tune in Friday night to catch that one. I absolutely love the Undertaker and the days of long ago when he teamed with Kane were awesome and thrilling. These two men are huge and no one can beat them when they are working together. The Dead Man and the Big Red Machine are back (too bad they aren't still on Raw.....lol)
The 2007 Diva Search is almost over as well. There are 4 divas left I believe in the running. These women are absolutely beautiful and I'm sure very nice women. What happened to the days though when the women actually wrestled. Sure pretty faces are nice, but that gets kind of old after awhile (ok maybe not for the men who watch but not all wrestling fans are men duh!) I'd love to see whomever is selected this year actually take some training and learn how to be dominant in the ring and beautiful for the cameras as well. So far I've got my money on Beth Phoenix keeping her newly acquired Women's Title for awhile because not many of the other Divas backstage can fight their way out of a paper bag honestly. Please get some women wrestlers not just pretty faces. Ok I'm off that soapbox! Make sure you go to www.wwe.com to vote for your favorite Diva! (If not at least you can look at some really hot pictures of scantily clad women) =P
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