WWE Monday Night Raw
From: Charlotte, North carolina
Guest Host: Mark Feuerstein, star of Royal Pains.
The show started off with a recap of what the NXT rookies did last week. That makes a total of about an hour that they have dedicated to the whole thing since it happened last week.
Wade Barrett was in the ring to start the show. He explained how Bret The Hitman Hart told him to be in the ring at the start of the show to apologize for what they had done. He called out all the other NXT Rookies from season one to apologize with him. Michael Cole and Jerry Lawler along with some other crew members got up and walked off. They didn’t want to hear it. Barrett then went one by one asking them to apologize and they all refused to do it. As Barrett rambled on and on finally out came Bret Hart to put a stop to it. They went back and forth forever, rookies demanding contracts for everyone, first class travel accommodations, and personal locker rooms. Bret Hart refused their demands, and fired Wade Barrett. He then told them all to get out of the ring or he’d call the cops to physically remove them all.
Now 20 minutes into the show and just back from a commercial and Cole and Lawler had their own little commercial for the Fatal 4-Way PPV. It did have a purpose though, it led into a Fatal 4-Way match for the United States Championship.
Fatal 4-Way Match for The United States Championship
Champion R-Truth vs. John Morrison vs. Zack Ryder vs. The Miz
Woo woo wait, why is Zack Ryder in a title match? Anyway, this could be a decent match, but it probably won’t be. Morrison and Truth dumped Ryder and Miz out of the ring early and actually started wrestling one another with little hesitation. It was a normal 4-way match. Someone was always there to break up the three count. Then Ryder hit R-Truth with the Rough Ryder, but Morrison was there to knock Ryder out of the ring. Morrison then hit the Starship Pain on R-Truth, but as he went for the pin Miz came in and tossed him out of the ring and got the three count on R-Truth to win the title back.
A clip of The Big Show’s guest starring role on this week’s Royal Pains was shown, and then we saw this week’s guest host, Mark Feuerstein. He was talking to the Bella Twins, until he was interrupted by Ted DiBiase and Virgil. DiBiase wanted him to make him co-guest host. He was saying no, but seemed to be waivering a little until The Big Show quietly walked up behind DiBiase and Virgil. At that point he got very brave and talking back to DiBiase. DiBiase told Virgil to take care of this. At this point Show cleared his throat to let them know he was there. Show suggested that he and Feuerstein face DiBiase and Virgil in a tag team match. Dibiase agreed to the match. Feuerstein then explain how he was a figure skater in high school rather than a wrestler as he had told DiBiase. He demonstrated some of his moves and then jumped into Show’s arms. They then noticed the Bella Twins were still there watching, and a bit creeped out by it all.
Chris Jericho vs. Evan Bourne
Jericho just couldn’t put Bourne away. He then snapped and wound up getting disqualified. As he went back to continue beating on Bourne he was met with a kick to the head followed by Air Bourne from the top rope. Winner by DQ, Evan Bourne.
Next out was John Cena to talk a bit. As he was talking all of a sudden the NXT rookies were heading through the crowd toward the ring. This time however Cena had some back up. Lawler was the first into the ring, but then from the back came Evan Bourne, William Regal, R-Truth, and Santino Marella. The rooks still got in the ring and the brawl began. Out came the reinforcements, first Mark Henry, then Randy Orton, then Edge, and finally Shaemus with a lead pipe. They cleared the ring and chased the rookies back into the crowd, and out of the building.
Eve Torres & Gail Kim vs. Maryse & Alicia Fox
Tonight it is a tag team match preview of the Fatal 4-Way this Sunday. Maryse and Alicia had the match under control until Maryse was holding Eve in the corner for Alicia to kick her. Instead the kick landed on Maryse and sent her to the floor. this allowed Eve to get the upper hand, hit a neckbreaker and get the pin.
OK, back from a commercial and time for a WWE commercial. These commercials I could wind up liking though. It was one for the WWE Classics on Demand channel. It showed clips from the Philadelphia Spectrum where Intercontinental Champion Pedro Morales began a long feud with The Magnificent Don Muraco. Muraco won the title for the first time that night. It brought back a lot of good memories from long ago.
Tag Team Comedy
The Big Show & Mark Feuerstein vs. Ted DiBiase & Virgil
After Show dominated DiBiase for a bit Virgil was reluctantly tagged into the match. After Show hit him once though Virgil rolled out to the floor and said he quit. Before he could walk away from ringside Feuerstein grabbed him and tossed him back into the ring. He tore his shirt so the chops would make more noise. He then hit Virgil with a Chokeslam and tagged in Feuerstein. Feuerstein entered the ring, it is clear he must have been a Scotty Too Hotty fan. He went right into the worm move Scotty used to use. He then wound up and dropped a big elbow across Virgil’s chest and then got the three count. Virgil was laying in the ring lifeless. DiBiase was about to leave the ring, but instead turned around and stuffed a hundred dollar bill into Virgil’s mouth. He then started to leave again, but turned back yet again and took back the money before leaving.
William Regal vs. Santino Marella with Special Guest Referee Vladimir Kozlov
After a rather brief match Santino rolled Regal up and grabbed a handful of tights. Kozlov counted one, two, three regardless. Regal then got in his face arguing about it.
Out came Bret Hart and asked the three of them to come stand with him. He said he had asked the entire locker room to come stand with him because he wasn’t going to let history repeat itself on his watch. Out came all the Raw Superstars that weren’t set to be in the main event match. As the match was about to begin we could see Bret Hart go backstage. This leads me to believe that he will be attacked by the rookies back stage while the entire locker room is busy watching the match.
Edge & Shaemus vs. Randy Orton & John Cena
As I said, they are going to be playing this foursome against one another for a long time. Started a few weeks ago, and the scheduled main event at the July 19th Raw here in Tulsa is set to be this same match.
How does someone stay this pale really? McMahon must have put it in his contract that he is not allowed out of his coffin until after dusk or something. What might be a better question is…If you know how extremely pale you are why do you go into a business where you know you will be mostly naked most of the time?
Edge and Shaemus were controlling the match until Edge went for a Spear that Cena moved out of the way of. Edge went head first into the second turnbuckle. Cena finally got a tag to Orton. He came in and began to dominate Shaemus. As he was waiting for him to get up so he could hit the RKO Edge came up behind him and was met with an RKO instead. Then as Orton concentrated on Edge, Shaemus attacked from behind. This led to them dominating Orton for a bit. Orton finally got the tag to Cena who came in and threw a couple shoulder blocks.
Then the lights went out and we saw the NXT Rookies tearing apart the backstage area. Then they dragged Bret Hart out and put him in the back seat of a limo. The limo then started driving around and crashing into other cars that were set up strategically. They then ended it by dragging him out of the limo for everyone to see. They demanded an answer by Sunday about their contracts.
Well, as usual even what the WWE wants to be unpredictable is way too predictable. Just send the guys back to Florida, or blend them into the shows. Don’t try a whole rehash of The Outsiders coming in and taking over. It worked then because A) It hadn’t really been done before, B) It was people we cared about that were doing it, and finally C) It was cool to see two big stars revolt and leave the WWE for WCW.
Through all of the NXT crap it was still a pretty fun show to watch. Mainly because I really like Mark Feuerstein and they actually let him get involved in the show. I feel a letdown coming from this Sunday’s pay-per-view though. One thing that can backfire on Vince McMahon making sure his PPV is scheduled the week after TNA’s PPV is that TNA set the bar very high this month. It will be hard for the WWE to put on a show that doesn’t pale in comparison.
Tags: Air Bourne, Alicia Fox, Bret The Hitman Hart, Chokeslam, Chris Jericho, Don Muraco, Edge, Evan Bourne, Eve Torres, Fatal 4-Way, gail kim, Jerry The King Lawler, john cena, john morrison, Mark Feuerstein, mark henry, Maryse, Michael Cole, Monday Night Raw, NXT, NXT Rookies, Pedro Morales, Philadelphia Spectrum, R. Truth, randy orton, RKO, Rough Ryder, Royal Pains, Santino Marella, Scotty Too Hotty, Shaemus, Starship Pain, Ted DiBiase, The Bella Twins, The Big Show, The Magnificent Muraco, the miz, The Outsiders, TNA, United States Championship, USA Network, Vince McMahon, Virgil, Vladimir Kozlov, Wade Barrett, WCW, William Regal, Woo woo woo, WWE, WWE Classics on Demand, WWE Raw, Zack Ryder
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