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Re: Lashley ™ Presents: World Wrestling Entertainment
Monday Night Raw
Monday March 31st, 2008
Orlando, Florida
WrestleMania24 Recap Video
- Batista defeats Umaga in the SmackDown vs. Raw match
- Melina & Beth Pheonix defeat Ashley & Maria in the BunnyMania Lumberjack match
- John Bradshaw Layfield defeats Finlay in the Belfast Brawl match
- Kane defeats Chavo Guerrero to win the ECW Championship
- CM Punk wins the Money In The Bank
- Floyd Mayweather defeats The Big Show
- The Undertaker defeats Edge to win the World Heavyweight Championship
- Randy Orton defeats John Cena & Triple H to retain the WWE Championship
- Shawn Michaels defeats Ric Flair in a Career Threatening match
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As the screen turns black we hear screaming fans and then the screen goes back to normal and shows the Raw set as pyro fly out several times. The WWE fans are screaming and chanting the camera circles the arena before finally going to the commentary desk where Jim Ross and Jerry ‘The King’ Lawler greet us. They go over what happened last night at WrestleMania24 such as Kane winning the ECW Championship and Randy Orton doing what most people doubted, retaining the WWE Championship. They then finally talk about how Ric Flairs 36 year career finally came to an end last night when he was defeated by his long time friend Shawn Michaels.
A video plays showing Shawn Michaels refusing to hit the Sweet Chin Music on his friend Ric Flair twice, before finally later on in the match with tears in his eyes he says “I’m sorry, I love you” and then delivers the Sweet Chin Music stopping the show of the ‘Nature Boy’.
Another video follows that, it’s a tribute video for Ric Flair and shows all the highlights of his career showing a few of his 16 World title wins. Before, finally it says “A Final Farewell”. Tonight on Raw Ric Flair will say goodbye to all the WWE fans.
After the videos we have the first match of the night, Umaga vs. Drew McIntyre. Umaga stares at McIntyre who is petrified. Umaga simply walks towards him and Drew tries to gain an advantage by hitting a few punches. Umaga no sells the punches and his expression doesn’t even change, he knocks Drew straight to the floor with a push. Before, picking him back up and throwing him against the ring ropes, When Drew come back to Umaga, Umaga throws him in the air and hits the Samoan Drop. Umaga then drags Drew to the corner, the crowd know what’s coming next as Umaga runs straight at drew and hits him full on with his lower back, most probably causing Drew, whiplash. He then picks up the near unconscious Drew McIntyre and nails him with a Samoan Spike, before covering Drew for the 3 count.
After the Commercial Break, we see Chris Jericho in the ring because its time for the Highlight Reel. Tonight’s guests are Money In The Bank winner, CM Punk and Money In The Bank competitor Mr. Kennedy. Kennedy comes out to the ring first receiving a lot of heat from the crowd. He slides into the ring and looks at Jericho as the music of CM Punk hits. The crowd give Punk a lot of cheers as he makes his way to the ring carrying his Money In The Bank briefcase.Jericho firstly congratulates CM Punk on winning but Kennedy interrupts by saying fluke victory. Jericho asks how? Kennedy replies he would of won if it wasn’t for the rain in Orlando making the ladder wet so he slipped. The crowd boo as Jericho says it wasn’t even raining we had a roof, Kennedy just blows him off however and starts talking trash to CM Punk. Punk then finally says something, he tells Kennedy that he deserved to win the briefcase and he would prove it. Kennedy then proposes a match at Backlash, Mr. Kennedy vs. CM Punk for the Money In The Bank briefcase!!! Jericho then looks shocked and says what about me? I was in the match too! And I deserve a chance more than anybody!
All three men are then interrupted by the music of General manager William Regal, he says gentleman I understand you both want a shot at the Money In The Bank briefcase but to be fair CM Punk won it so he should decide if he should defend it. Everyone looks at CM Punk and he says he has beat them both before and will again, so he accepts! So Regal announces that next it will be Mr. Kennedy vs. Chris Jericho with the winner facing CM Punk at Backlash for the Money In The Bank briefcase!!
The Second match of the night is a tag team match featuring Cryme Tyme against The Redneck Wrecking Crew. Cryme Tyme are dominated by Lance Cade & Murdoch in the early going with Murdoch in the ring against Shad, surprisingly Murdoch manages to dominate Shad, but it’s mainly because of his use of dirty tactics. Shad gets the all important tag to JTG and they manage to gain momentum with Murdoch still the legal man for the Redneck Wrecking Crew. Murdoch then tags Cade and the momentum shifts again and their favor. Shad then picks up a microphone and steals Murdoch’s cap. Murdoch runs at Shad angrily but Shad clotheslines him, Shad then starts to make the fans bid for the cap, whilst in the ring Cade is distracted by what’s going on outside so JTG rolls him up and gets the 3 count.
When we return from the commercial break we see Raw General Manager, William Regal in his office talking with some random worker, Orton walks in and says to Regal that he is the champion so how about he gets to choose his opponent? Regal smiles, Regal tells Randy he can do that and he will name who he will face next week.
After the video we go back to the ring for the fifth match of the ring which sees Santino Marella accompanied by Carlito taking on Cody Rhodes who is accompanied by Hardcore Holly. Santino dominates the early going of the match with some dirty tactics such as pokes to the eyes, Carlito distracting, etc. Cody then managed to gain some offence and a little bit of momentum when he reversed a clothesline attempt into a DDT for a 2 count. The crowd were behind Cody in this match but when Santino managed to reverse the second DDT attempt it was all over for Cody. Santino knocked Cody to the mat with a clothesline before distracting the referee whilst Carlito slid into the ring and managed to nail Cody with the Backcracker, Holly runs into the ring and throws Carlito out of it but is then quickly thrown out of the ring by Santino who covers Cody for the 3 count and the win!
JTG rolls out of the ring and joins up with Shad who already has someone bidding 20 dollars for the cap. The bidding ends at 30 dollars and they sell the cap, Cade walks up the ramp pissed off as is Murdoch but he is more angry at losing his cap.
Backstage Maria is with WWE Champion, Randy Orton she goes over the huge announcement that was made earlier about Orton picking his opponent. She asks Orton if he has any idea who it will be? Orton smirks and says I might do, but everyone will had to find out next week. Orton walks away leaving Maria looking anxious for an answer as a commercial break starts.
Back from the commercial break we see WWE Women’s Champion, Beth Pheonix take on Ashley. Beth dominates the whole match using all her strength lifting up Ashley and delivering nasty Suplex’s and some powerbombs! But Ashley does manage to gain a little bit of momentum reversing a clothesline attempt. She goes to the top rope looking for the Starstruck but she’s caught in mid air by the glamazon and thrown across the ring. Beth then picks up the wounded Ashley and connects with the Fishermen Suplex getting the 3 count and the win.
A video plays hyping up the Ric Flair farewell ceremony later on tonight. It shows a Ric Flair tribute video again before showing the WrestleMania match in which Shawn Michaels ended Flair’s career with the Sweet Chin Music.
Both men put on a great show, Kennedy dominates the first half of the match cheap shotting Jericho early on. Kennedy then uses all the tricks in the book to gain an advantage, he rakes Jericho’s eyes when the referee isn’t looking and when Jericho manages to build some offence Kennedy pokes him in the eye and locks in a submission move, holding the rope for a better advantage. Jericho manages to get back into the match and is laying left and rights on Kennedy, Jericho runs to the rope and goes for the Lionsault, Kennedy rolls out of the way and Jericho misses, Kennedy rolls him up using the tights but only gets a 2. In frustration Kennedy picks Jericho up and nails him with the Mic-Check, Kennedy covers for the victory.
Maria is backstage with CM Punk she asks him how he feels that he is defending his Money In The Bank briefcase against Mr. Kennedy. Punk replies saying that he won it against 6 other men so beating Kennedy wont be a problem. Raw then cuts to a Commercial Break.
After the commercial break Jim Ross and Jerry Lawler tell us its not time for the Ric Flair farewell ceremony. The music of Ric Flair hits and all the crowd in the arena stand on their feet and give the ‘Nature Boy’ a standing ovation as does JR and King and Lillian. He walks to the ring in a suit and carrying a microphone in his hand. He enters the ring and pauses for a moment before speaking. He says that last night Shawn Michaels did everything he wanted him to do, he was the showstopper and he stopped my show. The crowd boo at this comment, Ric continues to speak, he says I came out here just to thank everyone that has watched me, loved me, hated me…Wait you can’t hate the ‘Nature Boy!’ The crowd WOOOO!! Ric Flair’s eyes fill with tears and he heads to the ropes to leave but then the music of Triple H plays. He has a bandage on his head where Randy Orton did the concussion kick, he walks to the ring smiling and enters the ring. He tells Ric that if he thinks everyone is going to let him leave without saying thank you he has another thing coming.
Triple H then orders everyone that wants to say thank you to Ric Flair should come out right now! Everyone from the Raw, SmackDown! And ECW roster walk down the ramp! They circle the ring and the others stay on the ramp. Ric’s family walk down the ramp as the superstars let them by and they go into the ring and show an intimate moment with Flair before Triple H tells Ric to look at this. Pyro fly out from the Raw stage and everyone in the arena shouts “Thank you Ric!” The WWE superstars all bow down to Flair as Flair starts to cry, the music starts to play which says “Leave the memories alone” A banner then drops from the Raw set which says “Thank you Ric, We’re going to miss you!” Flair cries as JR and King thank everyone for tuning in and say goodbye Flair. Raw goes off air as Flair is hugging Triple H.
Short Results:
Umaga def. Drew McIntyre
Kennedy def. Chris Jericho to face CM Punk at Backlash for the Money In The Bank briefcase
Cryme Tyme def. Lance Cade and Trevor Murdoch
Beth Pheonix def. Ashley
Santino Marella def. Cody Rhodes
Money In The Bank Briefcase
CM Punk vs. Mr. Kennedy
Last edited by Lashley™ : 05-16-2008 at 12:03 PM.
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