It is time to see what will happen in the aftermath of Taboo Tuesday. What will happen when Joey Styles takes over the announce position? Will he be joined by Coach or will Jonathan’s announcing be limited to time with Todd Grisham on Heat? What excuses will Triple H make for losing to a man he called ‘mediocre’? How will the crowd react to John Cena based on the boos he received last week in California? What is next for the new tag team champions? Which Raw superstars will be a part of the Survivor Series match? What will Eric Bischoff say about his match with Teddy Long at the pay per view?
We are live from Fort Wayne, Indiana and your announcers are Joey ‘The Anti-Coach’ Styles, Jonathan ‘The Anti-Styles’ Coachman, and Jerry ‘the anti-Honky Tonk Man’ Lawler.
We begin tonight’s show with the Raw roster standing on the apron surrounding three sides of the ring. Coach says that it is nice to have a temporary replacement on Raw. Joey is pleased to be on Raw. Eric Bischoff comes to the ring and he has something to say. Last Friday night, he challenged Teddy Long to a ten man Survivor Series match. Why did Eric do that? He did it because he knows that Raw will dominate. He has already announced two huge matches for Survivor Series. First, Triple H will face Ric Flair in a Last Man Standing match. Next, we will see Kurt Angle versus a man he has pinned and made submit, John Cena. Who will be on the Raw team? Two of those spots will go to two of the most dominant and feared men in the WWE, Kane and the Big Show. Another member of the Raw team will be the team captain, Shawn Michaels. Who will be the final two men? Eric says that he sees a lot of hunger, but who will step up. Eric tells them to give Carlito a mic. Eric wants to know how hungry Carlito is. Carlito says that he is not a talk show host, he is a wrestler. He is the biggest superstar on Raw. Shelton Benjamin takes the mic and asks Carlito if he is high. Shelton reminds Carlito that he lost at Taboo Tuesday. Shelton says that Raw needs the most spectacular athlete in the WWE. Eric says that tonight it will be Carlito versus Shelton Benjamin with the winner getting on the Survivor Series team. Trevor Murdoch gets the mic and he says that Lance and he got screwed at Taboo Tuesday and they should be on Team Raw since they are better than those two freaks. Trevor says that they want their rematch and they want a hardcore match. Eric says that they will get a hardcore match tonight. Gregory Helms says that he should be on the team. Why not have him face the man who held him back for two years, that fat piece of garbage. Rosey gets in the ring, but he is held back. Eric says that Rosey will face Gregory Helms. Mickie James says that everyone should give a huge round of applause for the winner of the Fulfill your Fantasy Battle Royal, Trish Stratus. Eric no-sells Mickie’s comments. Eric mentions the main event, Kurt Angle and Chris Master versus Shawn Michaels and John Cena. Eric has one more thing to say. Eric has something to say to Edge and Lita. He wants them to come into the ring. Eric tells Edge that before their match at Taboo Tuesday, Edge said something, but he cannot remember what it was. We see footage of Edge’s comments at Taboo Tuesday. Edge says that he does not care about the fans or about Raw. Eric tells Edge that he will give a damn about something. He should care about the Raw superstars around the ring. He will learn a lesson about caring and commitment. He wants to know what they are doing Friday night because they will need to change their plans. They will be going to Smackdown and Edge will compete in a street fight against Batista. Eric tells Edge to leave the ring and not come back until he gets the job done. The crowd serenades Edge and Lita as they go to the back. We go to commercial.
On Unlimited, the wrestlers leave the ring as the first match is ready to begin.
Match Number One: Shelton Benjamin versus Carlito.
They lock up and Shelton with an arm drag that sends Carlito to the apron. Carlito with a knee and punches to Shelton followed by kicks in the corner. Shelton throws Carlito into the corner and punches him. We go back to USA.
We are back and Carlito with a wrist lock on Benjamin. Benjamin uses the ropes to counter with an arm drag. Benjamin back body drops Carlito over the top rope to the floor when Carlito charges at him. Benjamin tries for a plancha, but he lands on the apron when Carlito moves. Benjamin with a leap frog neck breaker from the apron. Back inside the ring, Carlito drop kicks Shelton in the leg as Shelton re-enters the ring. Carlito works on the hamstring. Carlito backs Shelton into the corner and kicks and punches Shelton. Carlito kicks Shelton’s leg as it hangs on the rope. Carlito with a grapevine on Shelton and he gets a two count. Benjamin grabs Carlito by the hair and that gets Carlito to release the hold. Carlito kicks Shelton in the hamstring and then chokes Shelton in the ropes. Carlito tries for a splash, but Shelton gets up and he tosses Carlito into the air. Benjamin punches Carlito and then hits a back breaker and clotheslines on Carlito. Benjamin with a back body drop. Carlito kicks Benjamin in the leg, but Shelton counters. Shelton tries for a Samoan drop, but Benjamin’s knee is hurt too much to hit the move. Carlito tries for a suplex, but Benjamin lands on his feet and hits a Northern Lights suplex and bridge for a two count. Benjamin goes up top, but Carlito gets up and crotches Benjamin. Carlito punches Benjamin and he goes up for a superplex. Benjamin punches Carlito and Carlito goes down. Carlito moves out of the way on a clothesline from the top and then he hits a DDT, but he only gets a two count. Benjamin punches Carlito and then he hits a Samoan Drop after he ducks a clothesline from Carlito. Benjamin tries for the Dragon Whip, but Carlito moves and he drop kicks Benjamin in the injured leg. Carlito tries for the single leg crab and eventually he gets Carlito over, but Shelton counters. They roll around until Carlito gets the three count with the help of the ropes.
Winner: Carlito
Trish and Mickie are walking in the back. Trish wants to talk to Mickie about Taboo Tuesday. Mickie says that Trish does not have to thank her for sacrificing herself. Mickie suggests that they give they give a double dose of Stratusfaction as we go to commercial.
Carlito is in the interview area with Todd Grisham. He asks Carlito says that it was not cool, for Shelton Benjamin. It was just like his first night on Raw when he won the Intercontinental Title. Rey Mysterio hides behind a mask because he is not cool. Batista is a bully for beating up Coach. Randy Orton hangs out with his dad, and what is so cool about that? Carlito will single handedly beat Smackdown and that is cool.
We are back and we see highlights from the Women’s Battle Royal from Taboo Tuesday that was won by Trish Stratus thanks to help from Mickie James.
It is time for our next match, Trish Stratus and Mickie James versus Victoria and Candice Michelle
Mickie and Victoria start things off. Victoria draws Trish into the ring to distract the ref. Victoria with an Irish whip, but she charges into an elbow. Mickie with a rana, but Victoria with a power slam for a two count. Victoria with a kick to Mickie’s face. Mickie with a punch to Victoria, but as Mickie goes off the ropes, Candice pulls the rope and Mickie goes outside the ring. Victoria with a clothesline to Mickie on the floor. Victoria rolls Mickie back into the ring and tags Candice. Candice with a choke in the ropes. Mickie kicks Candice off. Victoria makes the tag and connects with an elbow to Mickie’s back. Victoria with a front face lock and side head lock. Victoria with a forearm that knocks Trish off the apron. Trish comes in and punches Victoria and Candice. Trish with a Louise Thesz Press on Victoria. Trish and Mickie grab Candice and use her as a battering ram to Victoria. Trish with a whirlybird head scissors. Victoria sends Mickie into the ropes and gets a rollup. Victoria hits Mickie with the wand when the ref was distracted by Trish for the three count.
Winners: Victoria and Candice Michelle
We see footage of last week’s main event when Shawn Michaels hit a super kick on John Cena. Then we see John Cena get front suplexed through the Spanish Announce Table by Michaels and Angle. We go to commercial.
On Unlimited, Todd Grisham comes out and he wants the crowd to show everyone their signs. Todd sees a Joey Styles sign and he asks everyone what they think of the announcers, and then he asks the crowd what they think about him.
We are back and Jerry Lawler talks about Coach losing to Batista. We go to highlights from Taboo Tuesday.
We are back and Kane and Big Show stare each other down. Show reminds Kane that they did not ask to be a team, but they are the current tag team champions. They will be facing Cade and Murdoch in a hardcore match. Show wants to know what Kane’s strategy is. Kane wants to destroy his opponents and Show is with him on that plan. We go to commercial.
We are on Unlimited and Rosey comes to the ring. Todd wants to know what he thinks about Gregory Helms. For two years, they were a hero tag team that everyone could depend on. Now Gregory Helms has decided to flush that down the toilet and that is fine and dandy. When Gregory Helms steps into the ring, he will take his size 15 foot and shove it where the sun don’t shine.
We are back with footage of Kurt Angle’s attack on Hurricane three weeks ago followed by the final heel turn for Hurricane as he slapped Rosey and took off his mask.
We are back for our next match, Rosey versus Gregory Helms.
Helms slaps Rosey, but Rosey sends Helms into the corner and he punches Helms. Helms with a back elbow to Rosey, but Rosey responds with a series of clotheslines. Helms goes to the apron and Rosey with a hip toss that brings him back in. Rosey with elbow drops to Helms’s back. Rosey with a forearm and clothesline to Helms. Helms goes outside the ring to regroup. Rosey follows after Helms and he punches Helms on the floor. Rosey slams Helms’s head into the ringside barrier before rolling Helms back in. Rosey grabs Helms’s leg and then hits a clothesline on Helms. Helms begs for mercy and then he pulls Rosey into the turnbuckles. Helms slams Rosey’s head into the turnbuckles, but Rosey pulls Helms off. Rosey goes up top for a moonsault, but Helms with a kick to the groin and Rosey goes down. Helms with a Shining Wizard for the three count.
Winner: Gregory Helms
Lance Cade and Trevor Murdoch are walking in the back and it looks like they have shopped for plunder as they head to the ring for their tag title match and a commercial.
We are on Unlimited and Todd Grisham brings out Ashley and Maria. Todd reminds us of their outfits from last week’s Raw, and we can still win those items. Maria says that she is not a biologist, so she does not think wwe.com would accept shirts for auction. Since there is nothing from Todd on the auction site, why not Todd’s pants. They take off Todd’s pants and then they go to the ring.
We are back for our next match, Kane and Big Show versus Trevor Murdoch and Lance Cade for the World Tag Titles in a hardcore match
Murdoch throws a trash can at Kane, and Kane chases after Murdoch. Show knocks the trash can out of Cade’s hands. Kane with a boot to Cade and Show with a clothesline to Murdoch. Show chops Murdoch in the corner while Kane throws some weapons into the ring. Kane gets a kendo stick and Cade goes outside the ring. Cade rakes Kane’s eyes. Show slams Murdoch and then puts a trash can lid on Murdoch’s head. Cade pulls the ropes down as Show comes off the ropes and Show goes to the floor. Kane goes up top and he tries for the clothesline, but he gets hit by a lid shot from Murdoch. Cade and Murdoch punch Kane in the corner while Show is still out on the floor. Cade hits Kane with the lid and then kicks him in the head. Murdoch hits Kane with the kendo stick. Murdoch with a reverse atomic drop to Kane followed by a swinging neck breaker. Murdoch hits Show on the apron. Kane grabs Cade by the head while Murdoch hits Show with the trash can. Kane grabs both of them by the throat, but they kick Kane. Kane with a clothesline to Cade. Show with a clothesline to Murdoch. Kane with a side slam to Cade. Show with an Irish whip of Murdoch and Kane connects with the kendo stick twice. Show with a running splash in the corner on Cade. Kane throws a trash can into the ring and then Show with a belly-to-back suplex onto the trash can on Cade. Show and Kane focus on Murdoch and Kane hits Murdoch with the trash can and then Show puts it over Murdoch. Kane with a running boot to Murdoch against the ring post. Cade crawls to safety, but Kane and Show grabs him. Kane runs Cade’s head into the TitanTron and then Show with a clothesline on the stage. Kane goes over to the announce table and he rearranges it for Cade to be double choke slammed through it. Kane and Show get the three count.
Winners: Kane and Big Show
Kurt Angle is walking in the back as we go to commercial.
We are on Unlimited and the officials help Lance Cade to the back.
We are back with a Moments Ago Moment of Lance Cade being double choke slammed through the announce table. We see the remnants of the announce table.
Kurt Angle has something to say before the match begins. He says that he hates the ‘You Suck’ chant. The people look down on Angle and then chant ‘You suck’. Angle tells everyone to shut up. Angle says that we are going to do it again. He walks to the back and says that he wants the fans to give him the respect that he deserves. If they don’t give him that respect, he will do it over and over again. Angle comes out again and the crowd chant ‘You Suck’. Angle asks if they think it is funny and tells them to shut up because he is the greatest wrestler alive today. Angle trains and diets every day for the fans. Angle says that the fans have one more chance or there will be no main event tonight. Angle comes out one more time, but the crowd does not listen to Angle’s pleas. Angle calls the crowd a bunch of hypocrites because middle America is supposed to be about family values, but they have their children chant ‘You Suck’ at an Olympic champion. Angle then says that the fans might have a right to say what they want, but they have abused that right. Angle tells everyone that he has had three neck surgeries for the fans and he put his life on the line for them. He did not see his daughter’s first steps or hear her first words because he was wrestling for them. He lost his family because of the business. This is the thanks that Angle gets. Angle says that this arena is full of self-absorbed, selfish bastards. He does not suck, this crowd sucks. That is why Angle is leaving. He says that the main event can go straight to hell. We go to commercial.
On Unlimited, Maria interviews Rob Conway and asks Rob if he is ready to ride Space Mountain. Rob says that Space Mountain is not a ride for him, and it should be closed. Rob tells Maria that the only ride that she needs to worry about is the Con Way. Rob says that Ric Flair is not like the other legends he faced. Ric Flair is on the top of his game and he beat Triple H. Rob asks Maria if she knows what Ric Flair is not. Maria answers that he is not a three legged giraffe. Rob says that Flair is not Rob Conway. He is a rising star in the WWE, and he will become the new Intercontinental champion and he will shut Space Mountain down forever. Maria says with a sad voice that she likes rides.
We are back and Kurt Angle is getting ready to leave, but Eric is livid that he needs Kurt to be in the main event. Eric says that he can do nothing about the crowd. Kurt says that he wants two things. He wants the fans to stop chanting ‘You Suck’ and he wants a special hand picked referee. Eric says that he can take care of the referee, but he does not know about the crowd. Eric says that he gives him his word.
It is Game Time as Triple H comes out and he sits in the Game Recliner on the ramp as we go to commercial.
We are on Unlimited and Jerry Lawler has a few words with Triple H. Lawler wants to know why Hunter is out here right now. Hunter gives a half hearted woooo to reply to the crowd. There is one reason why he is out here tonight. Everyone knows it. It is for Ric Flair. It is a matter of time before he finishes what he started. Taboo Tuesday only bought Flair another day. Now he has pissed Hunter off. He promises Flair that he will finish what he started.
Rob Conway comes out and walks to the ring for his match with Ric Flair.
We are back for our next match, Rob Conway versus Ric Flair for the Intercontinental Title
Before the match begins, Flair has Lillian announce that Flair was the man who beat Triple H. Conway gives his sunglasses to the ref before they lock up. Flair struts and woooos in the ring. Conway with a side head lock followed by a shoulder tackle. Flair with a hip toss and then he struts and woooos one more time. Flair with a side head lock followed by a shoulder tackle. Flair avoids a leap frog by Conway and then he slaps and chops Conway. Flair struts and then he tells Hunter to come to the ring, but Conway attacks Flair from behind when Flair was distracted. Conway with a neck breaker followed by a swinging neck breaker for a two count. Conway slaps Flair in the corner and woooos in Flair’s face. Flair with the testicular claw followed by chops and punches. Flair with a back elbow on an Irish whip followed by a knee drop. Flair goes up top and hits the chop. Flair with a suplex to Conway and he puts Conway into the figure four leg lock. Hunter comes to the ring with a chain in his hand. Conway taps.
Winner: Ric Flair
After the match, Triple H chokes Flair with the chain and then punches him outside the ring. Flair with chops, but Hunter punches the ref by accident. Flair and Hunter fight into the crowd, but they are eventually separated.
We go to the Smackdown Rebound and then to commercial.
We are on Unlimited and Todd Grisham is with Eric Bischoff. Todd wants to make sure that the main event is still on. Eric says that the match is still on and will go on without a hitch. Todd wants to know how Eric will prevent the crowd from chanting ‘You Suck’. Eric says that he will use the censor button, so the crowd can chant whatever they want, but they nobody will hear them. Eric tells Todd to put on some pants.
We are back with an Earlier Tonight moment of when Eric Bischoff sent Edge and Lita home and the crowd and wrestler serenade them.
Eric is on the headphones and he talks about the censoring of the chants. Lita enters the BischOffice. She wants to know if it is the right thing to send one of the biggest Raw superstars in a street fight against Batista. Eric tells Lita that there is nothing that either of them can do about it. Lita wonders if there are a few things that she can do to get him to change his opinion. Eric tells Lita to ‘put them back before someone puts their eyes out’. Eric tells her to leave and calls her a slut.
It is time for our main event, Chris Masters (with Amazing Technicolor Ring Robe and Golden Shower version 4.0) and Kurt Angle versus John Cena and Shawn Michaels with guest referee Khosrow Daivari
Before the match can begin, we go to commercial.
On Unlimited, Daivari checks the wrestlers to see if they have any foreign objects. Michaels and Cena go after Masters and Angle. Cena throws Angle out of the ring while Michaels throws Masters out of the ring. Michaels goes out and chops Masters. Michaels sends Masters into the apron and then chops Masters again before he rolls Masters back into the ring. Cena with an Irish whip and side slam for a slow one count. Michaels tags in and we go back to USA.
Michaels and Masters exchange arm bars, but Michaels with a kip up. Michaels punches Masters and then Daivari tells Michaels not to use closed fist. Masters with a rollup for a quick two count. Angle tags in and he kicks Michaels. Michaels sends Angle’s head into the turnbuckle. Angle with an Irish whip, but Angle charges into a Michaels’s boot. Cena tags in and they give Angle a double back elbow for a slow one count. Angle with a kick to Cena followed by an elbow to the neck. Masters tags in and he kicks Cena. Cena with a hip toss followed by a suplex for a one count. Cena slams Masters’s head into Michaels’s boots. Michaels tags in and chops Masters. Michaels with a knee lift to Masters off the ropes followed by an arm bar. Masters with a forearm followed by a slam. Angle tags in and he misses an elbow drop. Michaels with an arm bar and then he works on Angle’s shoulder. Michaels with a leg drop on Angle’s arm followed by an arm bar. Angle backs Michaels into the corner and Angle punches Michaels. Michaels punches Angle and Daivari stops Michaels. Angle punches Michaels when Shawn turns around. Cena comes into the ring, but Daivari tells Cena to hold on to the tag rope. Angle chokes Michaels with his boot and the ref makes a slow count. Masters tags in and he punches Michaels followed by a back breaker for a quick two count. Masters with an Irish whip followed by a bear hug. Michaels punches Masters in the head to get him to release the hold. Angle tags in and he kicks Michaels in the leg followed by elbow drops to the knee. Michaels kicks Angle off, but Angle with punches to Michaels and then he knocks Cena off the apron. Angle tries for an Angle slam, but Michaels counters with a DDT and both men are down. Cena tags in and he punches Masters off the apron. Cena with clotheslines to Angle followed by a Blue Thunder Driver and the Five Knuckle Shuffle. Cena punches Masters off the apron. Cena gets Angle up for the F-U, but Masters hits Cena from behind. Angle with a front face lock on Cena and he tags in Masters. Masters with a double sledge to Cena’s back and then Masters chokes Cena, but the ref tells Michaels to get back into his corner. Masters with a delayed vertical suplex to Cena for a quick two count. Angle tags in and he kicks Cena in the ribs followed by a back breaker for a two count. Angle with a rear chin lock with his knee in Cena’s back, but Cena gets to his feet and hits a belly-to-back suplex and both men are down. Masters and Michaels tag in and they exchange right hands in the ring. Michaels with a flying forearm followed by a kip up, reverse atomic drop and clothesline to Masters. Michaels with a clothesline that sends Angle over the top rope to the floor. Michaels with a slam to Masters and he goes up top. Angle rolls a chair into the ring for Masters. Michaels gets off the turnbuckle and the ref yells at Michaels. Masters slams the chair into Michaels’s ribs, but Michaels kicks Masters when he tries to hit Michaels again. Michaels gets the chair and the ref sees it. The ref calls for the bell.
Winners: Chris Masters and Kurt Angle (by disqualification)
After the match, Michaels with Sweet Chin Music to Masters. Angle clotheslines Michaels over the top rope to the floor. Angle gets out of the ring and Daivari hits Cena in the back with the chair. We go to credits.
