WWE Monday Night Raw
From: Toronto, Canada
Commercial free everywhere but in Canada.
The show started off with Bret The Hitman Hart coming out to talk. He was announcing that he wouldn’t be wrestling tonight for the United States Championship. Out came Chris Jericho to interrupt. I like Jericho and The Hitman, so it was somewhat entertaining at times. Especially with knowing their backgrounds and Jericho’s roots in the Hart Dungeon. It turns out Hart will face Mix for the belt and it will be no DQ, no rules.
Randy Orton and Edge were given a Pick Your Poison match tonight. They got to pick the other’s opponent. Keeping in the Canadian theme of the night thus far, Randy Orton chose Christian as Edge’s opponent. So we actually do get to see Edge vs. Christian.
Christian vs. Edge
After a long and hard fought back and forth battle Edge hit the Spear and got the pinfall.
After the match Randy Orton came on the Titantron and said he had no idea why Christian was out in the ring because that isn’t who he chose to face Edge tonight. Then The Undertaker’s music began to play.
The Undertaker vs. Edge
The match started and Edge stepped out of the ring and told the referee to start counting. He was counted out of the ring and The Undertaker was declared the winner. Luckily Christian was still at ringside. He came up behind Edge and threw him back into the ring where Taker grabbed him and Chokeslammed him down.
Next Buzz Aldrin makes an appearance. He, his wife, and Vicki had a bit of a discussion that ended with Buzz saying her replacement as GM of Raw would be here next week. He then had the Bella Twins escort Vicki to the parking area. Buzz is not all that good of an actor when things are live. Granted he was decent on 30 Rock a couple weeks ago, but I suspect that is because he was able to do multiple takes. He came very close to forgetting a line or two.
Next Mark Henry with a heavily taped shoulder was on his way to the ring. Before he could get there Batista jumped him from behind and hit him with a 2X4 in that same shoulder. He then continued to pound on Henry and his shoulder.
Ted DiBiase came out to the ring next, and it seems he may have found his very own Virgil…It actually WAS THE Virgil!
Yoshi Tatsu vs. Ted DiBiase
DiBiase won by pinfall.
United States Championship Match
Champion The Miz vs. Bret The Hitman Hart
First Miz brought out William regal and Vladimir Kozlov because he didn’t trust Hart and felt the Hart Dynasty would come out and interfere. They did come out and the fight began. Then Jericho got in the ring and the were set to double team Hart. However, the Hart Dynasty wound up helping Bret anyway. He locked on the Sharpshooter and Miz tapped out in no time at all.
Winner and New United States Champion, Bret The Hitman Hart.
LayCool & Maryse vs. The Bella Twins & Eve
Maryse hit the French Kiss on one of the Bella Twins and got the pinfall.
The opponent Edge picked to face Randy Orton was Jack Swagger
Jack Swagger vs. Randy Orton
Edge came out and interfered in the match, Orton wins via DQ.
Next up the filler match you had to expect after last week. Woo woo woo You Know It…has to be annoying.
Zack Ryder & Alicia Fox vs. Evan Bourne & Gail Kim
Gail Kim pinned Alicia Fox for the win. The match was followed by a celebration which included Buzz Aldrin doing the worst Moonwalk of all time.
Shaemus vs. WWE Champion John Cena
Cena had Shaemus up for the Attitude Adjustment but he grabbed the top rope. Cena eventually sent him flying over the top rope. As soon as he let him go and turned around Batista was there and hit him with a Spinebuster, followed by a second Spinebuster. He then locked on the same submission move he injured Mark Henry’s shoulder with. The show went off the air with Cena still refusing to say I quit.
Winner of the match via DQ, John Cena.
The problem with the show being commercial free is…I can’t fast forward through all the commercials and it actually takes me 2 hours and 6 minutes to watch. Technically the show had 8 matches, but you can’t count Undertaker-Edge really. It was good to see Virgil is still alive, although he wasn’t really involved.
Next week’s show could be funny if they allow the guest host to be funny. Jon Lovitz is the special guest host next week. Let’s hope Randy Orton doesn’t RKO him.
