Raw is War
“Live” from Madison Square Garden
The opening Video for Raw is War plays and the pyro explodes on the stage as Jim Ross and Matt Striker are shown on Camera.
Jim Ross said:
Ladies and Gentlemen Welcome to Raw is War, I’m Jim Ross your play-by-play commentator and my color commentator is Matt Striker.
Matt Striker said:
Thanks for Welcoming me to the show and it is quite an honor to be broadcasting with a WWE Hall of Famer. But it is also an honor to be live from the World’s most famous arena and as Michael Buffer calls it the Mecca of Sports and Entertainment, Madison Square Garden..
Jim Ross said:
It is indeed an honor to be in Madison Square Garden with a sold out crowd of 21,760 excited fans.
The Camera is moved to the ring which Lilian Garcia is standing in with a microphone in hand.
Lilian Garcia said:
Ladies and Gentlemen please welcome the President of WWE’s Raw is War, Eric Bischoff.
Eric’s music hits as he comes through the curtain with a microphone in hand and the crowd surprisingly pops.
He enters the rings and bring the microphone close to his mouth.
Eric Bischoff said:
I have a Big announcement to make.
Matt Striker said:
Eric Bischoff said:
I had to make an executive decision. And that decision was to vacate all of the titles on Raw is War.
The crowd shows their displeasure with the announcement and Boo loudly to show it.
Eric Bischoff said:
Now wait a minute, let me explain my actions… I wanted to give this show a fresh feeling, and that is why all of the title holders were stripped off of their respective belts. Now I do realize that we can’t have a show with no champions on it so I have decided to have several different matches to crown new champions, and I promise that by the end of the day on the day of the Royal Rumble, every title will have a title holder.
The crowd cheers and is happy about the announcement.
Eric Bischoff said:
Wait a minute, I’m not done.
Jim Ross said:
Matt Striker said:
Apparently so, he still has some other announcement…let’s listen.
Eric Bischoff said:
At the Royal Rumble there’s going to be a fatal four way match to crown a new WWE Champion. And tonight we will find out 2 of the four participants in that match with a double main event. Those 2 matches will be Edge vs. CM Punk and Chris Jericho vs. John Cena.
The crowd pops as we cut to commercial.
Back from commercial a video airs recapping what happened before the break.
Jim Ross said:
We have a big night tonight with a double main event.
A graphic airs hyping the 2 main events and another announcement from Eric Bischoff.
Matt Striker said:
There is indeed more announcements to come as we will find out who is going to face who for the Intercontinental title, the Tag Team titles and the Cruiserweight title.
Jim Ross said:
We will find out some information regarding those titles but right now we are going to crown a new Women’s Champion.
Lilian Garcia said:
Ladies and Gentlemen the following match is a 6-women battle royal for the Women’s Champion. In order for someone to be eliminated they need to either be thrown over the top or through the ropes. In order for an elimination to be counted both feet most touch the floor. Once there is 1 women remaining she will be announce as the winner of the match and the New Women’s Champion.
Mickie James music hits as she makes her way to the ring followed by Maryse, who taunts the crowd. Next out is Natalya, followed by Gail Kim. Beth Phoenix comes out to some boos. Finally, Melina comes out to cheers.
Maryse takes the microphone as she has something to say before the match starts. She is standing in the middle of the ring with all of the other diva’s behind her.
Matt Striker said:
I wonder what the gorgeous Maryse has to say.
She begins to speak with her Accent:
Maryse said:
Look, I’m only going to say this one time so you better listen up.
The crowd boos as she looks around the arena with a smile in her face. She continues talking:
Maryse said:
You Divas are wasting your time. I am better than not only you but everyone else In this arena. You might as well throw your self’s over the top rope, seeing as how I am going to win this match.
As she is returning the microphone the other diva’s decide to jump her. Maryse lets out a loud scream as everyone else is throwing punches and kicks in her direction. Suddenly all of the divas pick her up and throw her over the top rope.
Jim Ross said:
Maybe she should have kept her mouth shut.
Matt Striker said:
Yeah, maybe she wouldn’t have been eliminated so quick, and would have had a chance to be crowned the new women’s champion.
The bell rings as Beth goes after Melina. She hit’s a clothesline on her to take her down. She starts kicking her. She picks her up and kicks Melina in the mid-section. She starts beating her in the back with her arm. She pulls her head up and gives her another kick.
Melina goes down on one knee. Beth picks her up and gives her a suplex.
On the other side of the ring Mickie James and Gail Kim are working over Natalya in the corner. Kim gives her some strong kicks to the stomach, Natalya is helpless as Mickie starts throwing punches. She climbs up the ropes and starts throwing some more punches as the crowd start counting, 1,2,3,4,5,6... Kim stops her and signals for them to eliminate Natalya.
On the other side we see Beth attempt a Scoop Slam but Melina Reverses it by hooking her legs around Beth’s neck and spinning to send Beth flying and have her sit on her butt. Melina quickly gives her a kick with her leg to the back of Beth Phoenix. She yells in pain as Melina grabs her by the hair to pull her up and kicks her in the stomach. She grabs her and gives her a Russian leg sweep. She quickly starts climbing the ropes and is up high, she jumps off and tries to deliver a Splash but misses as Beth moves out of the way.
Back to Natalya, she gets a DDT from Gail Kim and Mickie drops multiple elbows on Natalya. Both Gail and Mickie get her up and put her hanging on the ropes. They both do a chop on her at the same time. Mickie is now trying to get Natalya over the top rope. She has one leg over the ropes as Gail comes and picks her up and throws her over to eliminate them both.
Mickie is arguing with Kim for betraying her as Beth looks on. She runs up to Gail and throws her over the top rope as Mickie is laughing.
Matt Striker said:
What comes around goes around
Jim Ross said:
And that phrase is true here as Gail eliminated Mickie and Beth Phoenix eliminates Gail to make sure she doesn’t have a chance to become the new Women’s champion.
Matt Striker said:
Wait, wait a minute look.
Beth Phoenix turns around and Melina hit’s a hard Dropkick on her and Beth goes flying to the outside. The referee notices that both of Beth’s feet touched the floor and calls for the bell.
Lilian Garcia said:
Ladies and Gentlemen here is your winner and New Women’s Champion: Melina.
Melina is in the ring celebrating with the belt as we cut to commercial.
Back from Commercial
The announcers recap Melina winning the women’s champion as a video airs showing how Melina won the belt.
Matt Striker said:
Well congratulations to Melina and we are now going to go to the back with Todd Grisham who has a special guest standing by.
We send it to the back:
Todd Grisham said:
Ladies and Gentlemen my guest at this moment is John Cena.
The crowd cheers as the camera focuses solely on John Cena.
John Cena said:
I only have one thing to say. And that one thing is that tonight I am going to defeat Chris Jericho and go on the Royal Rumble to become the new WWE Champion.
He is interrupted as the camera zoom’s out and we see Edge standing there and Todd in-between them.
With a smile on his face:
Edge said:
You seem pretty cocky and so sure that you will win your match tonight and the fatal 4-way match for the WWE Champion. But you seem to forget that in the past I have beaten you multiple times and come Royal Rumble it’s not going to be any different. I am going to beat CM Punk tonight and then beat you, if you beat Chris tonight, and 2 other men and become the New WWE Champion.
John Cena said:
We cut to commercial.
Back from Commercial.
Jim Ross said:
Well Ladies and Gentlemen in just a couple of moments we are going to hear from Eric Bischoff as he has some other announcements to make regarding the other championship belt.
Matt Striker said:
I can’t wait to hear what he has to say, but in the mean time we are going to have a match.
Chavo Guerrero’s music hits as he makes his way down to the ring.
Next out is the Samoan Bulldozer: Umaga.
Jim Ross said:
I can’t help but pray for Chavo, as I can not expect for pretty things to happen.
Umaga enters the ring as Chavo is mocking him.
Matt Striker said:
That’s maybe not the best idea or strategy he could come up with for a match against someone like Umaga.
Chavo continues his mocking of Umaga and he has enough and nails a Samoan Spike. Chavo goes down as Umaga just puts his foot on top of him and lets out a scream. The referee makes the 3 count as Lilian Garcia announce Umaga the Winner of the match by pinfall.
Jim Ross said:
Umaga has just shown us how dangerous and effective the Samoan Spike can be.
Matt Striker said:
Yeah, and god knows I wouldn’t want to be on the receiving end of one of those Spikes.
The Camera cuts backstage to where Eric Bischoff is standing by in his office ready to give another announcement.
Eric Bischoff said:
Earlier tonight I said I would make some more announcements and I will deliver, starting with the Intercontinental title. I have decided to make the match for the Intercontinental title a straight up one on one match at the Royal Rumble. First after I am done talking we will see Shelton Benjamin take on Jeff Hardy, and the winner of that match will face the winner of the Christian vs. Rey Mysterio match on the next episode of Raw is War. However the losers of those 2 matches will be included in the 10 man Royal Rumble Match.
The Crowd pops and show how happy they are about the announcement.
Eric Bischoff said:
Alright that’s the announcement regarding the Intercontinental title, but I still have an announcement regarding the Cruiserweight champion and the Tag Team champions. For the Cruiserweight champion we will have a cruiserweight invitational match…where all of the cruiserweights will have a chance to get the title belt, however it will be in elimination match. Two cruiserweights will start the match and as soon as one of them is eliminated by pinfall, submission, count-out, disqualification, or any other possible way, another one will come out and so on and so forth.
Eric Bischoff said:
Now that’s that for the cruiserweight champion but I have decided to do things differently for the Tag Team champions. I chose 2 teams who I felt have worked hard enough and deserve a title shot for the tag title at the Royal Rumble. Those 2 teams are Carlito and his brother Primo, to take on The Miz and John Morrison.
The crowd cheers about the 2 announcements.
Eric Bischoff said:
Wait there’s one more announcement.
Matt Striker said:
What more could there possibly be?
Eric Bischoff said:
Next week we will find out the 2 other contenders for the WWE Championship match at the Royal Rumble. Those 2 contenders will be decided in another Double Main Event next time on Raw is War. The 2 matches will be: Umaga vs. Triple H and Randy Orton vs. Shawn Michaels. Those are all of my announcements for tonight, Thank You for listening and Enjoy the rest of the show.
The commentators hype the 2 main events that we still have coming up and the Shelton Benjamin vs. Jeff Hardy Match that is coming Up Next.
Commercial Break
Back from commercial Shelton’s music hits as he comes out to some boos. Next out is Jeff Hardy who comes out to a loud Pop from the New York crowd.
The bell rings as Jeff and Shelton are staring each other down. They run up to each other and lock up. Shelton kicks Jeff in the Mid-section and puts a headlock on him. Jeff tries to escape and a couple of minutes later the crowd starts rallying behind Jeff. He goes down on one knee and starts throwing punches at Shelton. He puts his arm around Shelton’s head and hooks his leg and hit’s a Russian Leg sweep. Jeff gets up quickly as Shelton is still down, he starts kicking him as the referee starts counting but Shelton rolls out of the ring.
On the outside Jeff tries to throw Shelton into the barricade but he reverses it and Throws Jeff instead. Shelton quickly gets him up and puts him inside the ring.
Inside the ring Shelton pulls Jeff to the middle of the ring and pins him. Jeff kicks out at 2. Shelton gets up and drops a knee on Jeff but he moves out of the way. Jeff quickly gets up and gives Shelton a spear. He gets up and starts climbing the ropes but Shelton gets up and runs up the ropes and gives Jeff a SuperPlex. He then picks him up and gives him a DDT. He goes for the pin but Jeff kicks out at 2 and a half.
Shelton gets up frustrated and starts arguing with the referee in the corner. Jeff Hardy suddenly rolls him up and gets the 3 count and the win.
Matt Striker said:
Wow that came out of nowhere.
A video recaps the ending and then we see Edge making his way to the ring for his match with CM Punk which is up Next.
Commercial Break
Back from commercial Edge’s music hits as he come outs to some boos. He has a Steel Chair in hand.
Jim Ross said:
What the Hell is he going to do with that chair?
Matt Striker said:
I can’t help but think of bad thoughts.
Edge stands next to the curtain as CM Punks music hits to a pop from the crowd as he makes his way to the ring. Edge runs up from behind and nails CM Punk in the back of the knee with the steel chair.
The Crowd loudly shows their displeasure with load Boos and loud You Suck Chants directed towards Edge.
Edge continues beating CM with the steel chair and then picks him up and gives him a DDT on the chair.
Edge then starts dragging him towards the ring. He picks him and Irish weeps him into the steel post. He gets another steel chair and starts beating him with it. He gets everything of the commentators table. CM Punk gets up and it runs after Edge but runs into a steel chair Edge was holding. Edge picks him up and lays him down on the table with a chair under him.
Edge is looking at him and picks up a chair and gets up on the table. He is now standing before him and gives him a con-chair-to.
Jim Ross said:
Come on now, why are you doing this.
Edge continues beating him with the steel chair and CM Punk is busted open. He picks him up and gives him a DDT to break the commentator table.
He now picks him up and rolls him into the ring. Edge is looking at him as CM Punk is slowly getting up as he turns around, he gets nailed with a Spear.
The referee has no other option but to call for the bell to signal the start of the match.
Edge Pins him and gets the 3 count as Lilian Garcia announces him as the Winner of the match.
Commercial Break
Back from commercial a video airs recapping what took place before the commercial break. The video is replayed several times with different camera shots.
They show a video of CM Punk being taken out of the arena on a Stretcher during the break.
Jim Ross said:
I am Still in shock at what has just taken place, I don’t think there’s enough words to describe it.
Matt Striker said:
I am in shock too but the fact of the matter is that the show most go on as we still have one more main event between Chris Jericho and John Cena to see who the second contender for the WWE Champion is.
Jericho’s music hits as he comes out to boos and he has a microphone in hand.
Matt Striker said:
I wonder what he has to say.
Jericho brings the microphone close to his mouth as the fans start booing louder and louder.
Chris Jericho said:
All I have to say is that I am going to show all of you hypocrites and John Cena why I am better than all of you and him.
John Cena’s music hits as the crowd goes ballistic.
Jim Ross said:
Well Business is about to pick up.
Cena enters the ring and the referee calls for the bell immediately to get this match underway.
They start with a lock and Jericho goes around John and grabs and hit’s a German Suplex. He quickly goes for the pin but John kicks out at one. Jericho picks him up and tries another suplex but Cena reverses it and pushes him into the ropes.
Jericho bounces of the ropes and gets thrown back. Cena quickly picks him and puts him on top of his shoulders and tries the FU but Jericho doesn’t allow him and falls on his feet he then kicks Cena in the gut. He quickly hit’s a DDT on Cena. He now starts mocking him by saying You Can’t see me. He receives some boos.
Commercial Break
Back from commercial we see Jericho working over Cena on the corner. He tries to hit him with a punch but Cena blocks it and gives him a punch and throws him into the turnbuckle. He then starts striking him and gives him a strong a Irish Weep into the opposite turnbuckle. Jericho bounces off the turnbuckle and runs into a clothesline.
John Cena looks up and does his You Can’t See Me bit and hit’s the 5 knuckle shuffle. He then picks up Jericho as the crowd starts chanting “FU HIM.”
Cena throws him on his shoulders but Jericho quickly gets off and hit’s a neckbraker. He runs towards the rope and leaps and tries to hit a Lionsault but John put his knees up and he knocks out the air out of Jericho. Jericho is clutching his stomach and john gets him down and locks in the STFU…moments later Jericho taps out and the crowd erupts as Lilian Garcia announces John Cena the Winner of the match.
A graphic is shown to hype the Christian vs. Rey Mysterio, Umaga vs. Triple H, and the Randy Orton vs. Shawn Michaels Main event for the Next Show.
Back at the Arena we See John Cena celebrating with fans at ringside and Chris Jericho looking on angrily from the stage.
Jim Ross said:
Well Ladies and Gentlemen that’s the show and we want to thank you for welcoming us to your homes. Hopefully you will get a chance to see the next episode of Raw is War. Boomer Sooner!
The End!
Quick Results
Melina defeated 5 other Diva’s to become the new Women’s Champion.
Umaga defeated Chavo Guerrero
Jeff Hardy defeated Shelton Benjamin
Edge defeated CM Punk
John Cena defeated Chris Jericho
Updated Royal Rumble Card
Cruiserweight Invitational
Cruiserweight champion
Jeff Hardy vs. The winner of the Christian vs. Rey Mysterio match.
Intercontinental title
Carlito and Primo vs. The Miz and John Morrison
World Tag Team belt
Edge vs. John Cena vs. the winner of the Umaga vs. Triple H match and the winner of the Randy Orton vs. Shawn Michaels match.
WWE champion