William Regal is in the ring tonight with Triple H, Randy Orton and John Cena on the red carpet. Supposedly for a photo opportunity. Each man will have a few minutes to say their peace about what is to come at Wrestlemania. John Cena speaks first, he says he's got a problem with Triple H. He did not appreciate the pedigree he received after winning his match against Randy Orton last week. Triple H responds saying that he wants John Cena in the ring at Wrestlemania. "At Wrestlemania you are going to get the same thing" says Triple H. Cena retorts with "I believe there has only been one clash of the Titans, and in that instance it was you who tapped out!" Triple H strips off the coat and eyes Cena with animosity. Orton then makes his statement. "I'm still champ." He brags. Orton is talking himself into a hole here. Both Triple H and Cena are going after the big mouth champ and toss him out of the ring. Then they go at each other. Regal just stands in the corner and out of the way. Orton RKO's both Cena and Triple H, to prove his point. The crowd may be chanting "you suck", but love him or hate him he's still the WWE champion. What a great way to kick off Monday night Raw!
Mr. Kennedy catches Randy Orton backstage bragging about how he's going to win the money in the bank match. That means he's going to be going for his title shot match at Wrestlemania that night. He just wanted to make Orton aware that he's going to lose at Wrestlemania one way or another!
Santino Marella and Carlito head to the ring accompanied by Maria (soon to be playmate!) They are taking on Hardcore Holly and Cody Rhodes for the World Tag Team Championship. Rhodes and Marella start this one off. Rhodes is really taking it to Santino tonight, but Santino does fight back. Carlito gets a tag in and he begins beating down Rhodes. Santino gets back into the ring and continues the work on Cody. Cody gets the tag to Holly and Carlito gets the tag from Santino. Holly is really taking to to Santino who gets back into this match. Marella is a victim of the Alabama slam and Holly and Rhodes win this one. Santino is angry that Maria went to go talk to King and JR during the match and he makes eyes at King like he's going to do something about it. (yeah right).
Todd Grisham is talking to William Regal about the main event tonight on Raw. There is going to be a tag team match between Mr. Kennedy and Randy Orton vs Triple H and John Cena. Chris Jericho interrupts Regal's statement, so Regal puts Jericho in a match against Jeff Hardy. If Jericho wins he will be qualified for the money in the bank match at Wrestlemania.
Jeff Hardy makes his way to the ring for his match against Chris Jericho. Jeff Hardy is already qualified for the money in the bank match at Wrestlemania, however if Jericho wins, he'll be headed to Wrestlemania too. Jericho knocks Hardy down a couple of times and Jeff takes Jericho down too. Both these men are giving it all they got. Hardy goes up top and flies high, but Jericho rolls him over and gets a 2 count. Hardy has nothing to lose in this match. Hardy slings Jericho out of the ring then tries to baseball slide into him on the outside. Jericho moves just in time. Both men slide back into the ring and eye each other. Hardy gets Jericho in the corner and goes for planting his feet into the sternum of Jericho, but Jericho moves and Jeff lands hard on the mat. Jericho capitalizes and tries to weaken the rainbow haired warrior as much as he can. A huge mid-air collision takes both men to the mat moving slowly to get to their feet. Jericho makes it up first, but Hardy battles back. A nice clothesline takes Jericho down. Jericho battles back from the corner with a boot to the head of Hardy. However Hardy gets Jericho into the corner and Jericho moves wrong and gets a crotch full of ring rope. Hardy then delivers feet to the mid-section of Y2J. Hardy goes for the whisper in the wind but Jericho shakes the ropes and Hardy lands crotch first onto the top rope. A swanton bomb lands on Jericho, but he kicks out in 2. Jericho counters Hardy and gets him into the walls of Jericho. Hardy makes it to the ropes to break the walls down. Jericho then stomps on Hardy. Hardy delivers a face first suplex to Jericho then goes up for another swanton, he misses. Jericho goes for the lionsault, and misses, it's getting crazy in there. Hardy gets an inside cradle but Jericho gets out of it. Jericho and Hardy gets into a roll up battle and Jericho is victorious finally. Jericho will be going to Wrestlemania!
Mr. McMahon makes his way to the ring to make a statement about his son Hornswaggle who was devastated last week on Raw by a very vicious JBL. Vince says that he made a mistake in allowing JBL to attack Hornswaggle in that manner. Vince is totally blaming JBL for this? I sure didn't see him jumping back into the ring to save the little guy. Oh my lord mark this date on the calendar ladies and gentlemen, Vince just apologized! Vince demands that JBL come out and apologize to Hornswaggle too. JBL makes his way to the ring and Vince gets right up in his face. "I want an explanation", demands the chairman. "You were not there to annihilate my son! I want an apology and I want it NOW!" demands Vince. JBL seems to be at a loss for words. He finally manages to get out "I'm sorry...that I didn't do it sooner! I have it on very good advice that Hornswaggle is not your son, it's a complete ruse. Your family is involved in making you look like a complete fool. Hornswaggle is Finlay's son, not yours!" JBL confides. Vince replies with "well that seems to make some sense, my family is pretty rotten." Hornswaggle had no idea that Vince was not his father, he never knew that Finlay was his father, but Finlay knew the whole time. JBL promises proof to Vince. JBL promises the next time that Finlay is in a WWE ring he is going to make him admit it. Vince is pissed and walks out looking stunned.
Triple H and John Cena have a pow wow in the back and Triple H tells Cena "try not to get beat tonight". Cena replies with "You don't need to watch my back, but you certainly need to watch your own!" (ouch!)
Umaga comes out to the ring in all his Samoan anger to take on DH Smith. For those of you who don't know, DH Smith is the son of the British Bulldog Davey Smith. Umaga kicks this one off and goes up top quickly and lands right on Smith. He the drags Smith into the corner and makes a mad rush at Smith slamming his head back into the ring post. Smith is being devastated in the ring tonight. He delivers a vicious Samoan spike to Smith and wins this match quick tonight. Smith never even had a chance. He's got a lot to learn and plenty of youth to learn it.
William Regal is backstage talking with Paul Burchill and his sister Katie Lea. It seems that Vicki Guerrero from Smackdown has sent a letter to Regal inviting him to send one of his best over to Smackdown for a little match. Regal is thinking about sending Umaga. Katie says that he should send his fellow Britain but Regal says that he needs to see more from Burchill first. (Denied!)
Lance Cade accompanied by Trevor Murdock will be taking on Shawn Michaels tonight in a singles match (well as single as it gets with those two rednecks together). Cade starts off strong and knocks Michaels down quick and hard numerous times. Cade goes for an early three count but Shawn kicks out in one. Shawn gets Cade in a backslide, but Cade kicks out of it. Another near fall on Michaels but Shawn kicks out. Cade is standing over Michaels and turning his neck. Shawn battles out of that and delivers some hefty chops to Cade. Cade gets a nice knee to the face of Michaels slowing HBK down a bit. A boot to the face of Cade from Michaels in the corner gets Shawn a little reprieve. Cade goes up top and goes for the elbow, misses. Shawn goes up top for his elbow and he hits it. "That's how it's done"! He tunes up the band as Murdock gets in the ring trying to save his partner. Shawn gets Cade in a figure 4 submission and before Cade can tap Murdock intervenes and begins beating on Shawn. Shawn then delivers sweet chin music to both Murdock and Cade proving who the better man is in this instance! Cade was disqualified for interference in the match and Shawn wins it!
Shawn's celebration is cut short by Ric Flair a 2008 Hall of Fame inductee! Flair says that Shawn is so incredible and that he is so proud that he is being inducted into the hall of fame. Flair is the first active wrestler to be inducted into the Hall of Fame. There is only one thing that could make Ric Flair's career even better. Flair wants to wrestle Michaels at Wrestlemania. Shawn reminds Flair that the next match he loses it's over. "I will not be known as the guy who ended Ric Flair's career." Shawn says. Flair responds with "All that respect that you showed me last week means nothing if I can't have the best match of my life at Wrestlemania with you the showstopper." Shawn finally agrees to the match and they shake on it. So it's going to be Ric Flair vs Shawn Michaels in a career threatening match at Wrestlemania.
Mike Adamle announces two more inductees into the Hall of Fame. The Samoan wrestler High Chief Peter Maivia and Rocky Johnson. Both of these men are related to The Rock. It's The Rock's grandfather and father! (yay!) Rocky Johnson was part of the first black tag team champs in wrestling history and Peter Maivia was the first Samoan to win in wrestling history. These two fantastic athletes will be inducted into the Hall of Fame by none other than The Rock himself!
Mr. Kennedy comes out for the explosive tag team main event of the night. His partner in this match up is going to be Randy Orton. Triple H and John Cena are going to be their challengers. What a great match up that's going to turn into a free for all brawl rather quickly I can tell you that right now. None of these men like each other and they are all funning for Orton that's for sure. Can these two teams adhere well enough to work as units tonight? We shall see. (I like John Cena's new shirt, it's really cute). The commercial break messed up this match for me. When commercial break ends Triple H and Mr. Kennedy are in the ring going at it like crazy. Triple H tags Cena in and Cena goes up against the big mouth Mr. Kennedy. Cena "tags" in Triple H who gets knocked down by Kennedy who then tags in his partner Randy Orton. Orton begins the stomping on Triple H. Orton delivers a knee to the head of Triple H. Orton tags back in Kennedy who gets Triple H in the corner and works him over good. Triple H tries to battle back but he's not succeeding. Kennedy drives the head of Triple H into the ring post and goes for the cover. Triple H kicks out in 2 1/2. Orton gets another tag in and gets Triple H in a choke hold. Triple H struggles to get to his feet but makes it and battles back against Orton. Orton doesn't let that last long and knocks Triple H down again. Behind the ref's back Kennedy assaults Triple H. Orton drills Triple H face first into the mat and goes for the cover. Triple H barely kicks out. Kennedy gets a tag back in and continues beating the Game. A big boot to the face of Kennedy might buy some time for Triple H. Kennedy gets his tag first and Triple H doesn't gets the tag to Cena. An inverted backbreaker knocks Triple H flat. Triple H counters a sneaky RKO and gets his much needed tag to Cena. Kennedy is tagged back into the ring and Cena is lighting him up like Christmas! Cena delivers a huge 5 knuckle shuffle then sets up to deliver the FU, Orton interrupts and Triple H knocks Orton out of the ring. Cena then gets the STFU on Kennedy and wins this match for himself and Triple H. Triple H and Cena face off and Kennedy gets a mike-check in on Cena from behind. He exits the ring quick to avoid another pedigree. Triple H stands next to Orton and just glares. A bitter end to an explosive Raw!
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