Indianapolis, Indiana
February 4, 2003
TWF Uprising.... Live from the TWF Livewire Inn Uprising's logo appears on the screen 30 minutes before RAW and the shot opens inside the beautiful TWF Livewire Inn where nearly 1800 TWF fans are enjoying the confines of the theme restaurant and some are eating dinner off the menu and getting ready to see some action in the ring down below the seating area as Al Snow and the Honky Tonk Man come out on stage. Al Snow: "Hello everyone and welcome to TWF Uprising from the Livewire where we are just thirty minutes away from RAW but before we talk about anything Honky, we need to mention that the Royal Rumble was something for the ages". Honky Tonk Man: "You got that right Al Snow! The only thing that would've made it better was if I was in it"! Snow: "It was a tremendous performance by Rob Van Dam who was in the ring for twenty nine minutes and threw out seven competitors on his way to the victory". Honky Tonk Man: "And you know what that means, he's got a one way ticket to the big dance at WrestleMania and ya know, they asked me to sing there this year"! Snow: "That I seriously doubt. But folks, tonight on Uprising we've got some action as Nemesis goes one on one with the A-Train plus one of my favorites, John Hennigan, who was one of the winners from Tough Enough 3, has his first match since joining the mFw"! Honky Tonk Man: "Well there's the big Bill DeMott so it's time to start the action"! mFw match: Bill DeMott vs. Jerry Lynn In a match that was contested at DeMott's slow, physical pace, he lost it when Lynn used a clever small package to get the 3 count. mFw match: John Hennigan vs. Super Crazy Super Crazy wowed the crowd with his explosive offense but what was equally impressive was Hennigan's tolerance for pain. He hung in there and took Super Crazy's best shots when he moved out of the way of a jumping spin kick and nailed him with a flipping dropkick to get the 1....2.....3. A PROMO PLAYS FOR TONIGHT's RAW AS SHOTS OF VARIOUS RAW SUPERSTARS ARE SHOWN. "Ron Simmons came up a little short in his quest to regain the TWF Title from the deadman at the Royal Rumble. How will Civil Rights lobby for another match with the Undertaker? Plus, the in ring debut of Nathan Jones! Don't miss RAW, right after Uprising"! Snow: "Yes fans, RAW is up next and there are some big matches tonight including ZeroEx vs. Sabu but before we leave you, we've got a battle of big men between A-Train and Nemesis". Honky Tonk Man: "For all you RAW fans, I know it's a great show, I'm just sorry you have to listen to that idiot Jerry Lawler act like a thirteen year old virgin every night"! A-Train vs. Nemesis These two sent Uprising off with a bang after an all out brawl. After controlling the match, Nemesis was able to kick out of Albert's jumping backbreaker and he got his foot off the ropes after the baldo bomb. He then hit a big chokeslam and went to the top rope but as he came flying off with a clothesline, A-Train blasted him with a scissor kick to score the win. Snow: "Tough break for Nemesis but I know he'll be back and so will we before PrimeTime later this week"! Honky Tonk Man: "And the Crazy Stick Mike Marcellus will be here any minute to host the RAW party"! Snow: "That's usually our cue to send it over to J.R. and the King so fans, let's do that and we'll see you all here next time"!
THE TWF LOGO APPEARS AND FLASHES ACROSS THE SCREEN AS THE MONTAGE FOR RAW ROLLS AND "ACROSS THE NATION" HITS. OUTSIDE THE ARENA, A GROUP OF PROTESTERS ARE SHOWN PICKETING AND MARCHING IN A CIRCLE. THEY HAVE SIGNS THAT READ "WE WANT EQAULITY" AND TWF= DISCRIMINATION AND SEVERAL OTHERS. THE SHOT THEN GOES INSIDE THE ARENA WHERE JIM ROSS AND JERRY LAWLER ARE AT THE BROADCAST POSITION LOCATED TO THE RIGHT OF THE ENTRANCE RAMP. Jim Ross: "I'd love to know just what in the hell those protesters are doing outside King"! Lawler: "Oh I have a good idea. But what a night it's gonna be J.R. on RAW"! "LATINO HEAT" HITS AS LOS GUERRERO'S COME OUT TO A LOT OF HEAT TO START THE SHOW. J.R.: "Well before we go into that King, we've gotta mention what a tremendous success the Royal Rumble was and if that's a sign of things to come in 2003, the TWF will only get better and better"! Lawler: "Well I wish a RAW superstar would have won the Rumble match, but congratulations to Rob Van Dam anyway"! SHAWN STASIAK AND CHUCK PALUMBO's NEW THEME HITS AND THEY COME OUT TO A GOOD POP WEARING THE RAW TAG TEAM TITLES. J.R.: "Well here come our new RAW tag team champions and a lot of people think this team was just thrown together King, but they've known each other for years". Lawler: "Well maybe the best thing to ever happen to Chuck Palumbo was to have Billy Gunn go down with his career threatening injury and to get Stasiak as a partner. But they haven't heard the last of the team I like to call the perfect team, Perfect and Nowinski"! J.R.: "Well speaking of career threatening, we have yet heard if Ron Simmons will follow up on his word to retire if he lost to The Undertaker but in this match, no titles are on the line, it's one on one". Shawn Stasiak w/Chuck Palumbo vs. Chavo Guererro w/Eddie Guerrero As the bell sounded, the two locked up and it was the stronger Stasiak who got the best of it, getting Chavo in a side headlock and whipping him over to the mat. Chavo countered with a headscissors and then kipped up but Stasiak swatted away a dropkick and dropped an elbow across his chest before making a cover but Chavo was quickly out. Stasiak came back with 3 straight right hands before sending him to the ropes and catching him with a backbody drop. Eddie got up on the apron but Stasiak hit him with a hard right hand. But that allowed Chavo to come around and use a backslide to get a 2 count. But Stasiak got up and drilled him with a slothesline before delivering a delay vertical suplex. Stasiak was cruising but as he bounced off the ropes, Eddie grabbed his leg. Stasiak turned to grab him but Eddie backed away and when Stasiak turned around, Chavo hit him with an excellent dropkick. Eddie got on the apron again but this time, Palumbo came around and blasted him with a superkick. Chavo reached over the ring ropes and grabbed Chuck by the hair but Stasiak came from behind and planted Chavo with a reverse ddt drop and hooked the leg to secure the victory. Chuck got into the ring with the tag team belts as their musis hit. Match Time: 5:19 Lawler: "Come on ref, he kicked Eddie"! J.R.: "So what? Eddie Guererro was not in this match! Course you couldn't tell early on when it was two on one"! Lawler: "I still don't think Palumbo had any business on that side of the ring"! J.R.: "Well that's the best I've seen Stasiak look in.... wait a damn minute"! JUST THEN, MR. PERFECT AND CHRISTOPHER NOWINSKI HIT THE RING AND ATTACKED THE CHAMPIONS, LEAVING THEM LYING IN THE RING AS PERFECT's THEME MUSIC HIT. Lawler: "AHAHAAHAHA! I told you they hadn't seen the last of these two"! J.R.: "Well those brave souls, Perfect and Nowinski have pulled off another sneak attack but we all saw what happened when the playing level was even"! BACKSTAGE.... STEPHANIE's OFFICE.... NATHAN JONES ENTERS. Nathan Jones: (Australian accent) "You wanted to see me"? Stephanie McMahon: "Yes Nathan, I did. Uh, it seems as though there's a general consensus that the TWF made a risky move in bringing you in, for various reasons. Now, I just wanna make sure you aren't a threat to my show, so I need to know anything you can tell me or warn me about". Jones: (laughing and getting close to her face) Miss McMahon, it was made very clear in my contract that my past never had to come out. G'day". HE WALKS OUT LEAVING STEPH WITH A FRIGHTENED LOOK ON HER FACE. PRIOR TO COMMERCIAL... OUTSIDE THE ARENA..... USING FIRES IN TRASH CANS FOR LIGHT, THE GROUP OF PICKETERS IS SHOWN AGAIN AND THEY ARE GETTING LOUDER. J.R.: "Oh this is getting ridiculous! What is this about"? COMMERCIAL BREAK.... A COMMERCIAL FOR SOCOM FOR PS2 ONLINE IS SHOWN. RETURN FROM BREAK.... STEPH's OFFICE.... STEPH HAS JUST ENDED A PHONE CALL WHEN THERE IS A KNOCK AT THE DOOR. Stephanie: "Come in". THE DOOR OPENS AND SHAWN MICHAELS ENTERS WITH THE ROAD WARRIORS, HAWK AND ANIMAL. Shawn Michaels: "Well hello there Steph, long time no see". Stephanie: "Welcome back to RAW Shawn, Hawk, Animal, glad to see you guys". Michaels: "Well Steph, as you know, we have been appointed the new enforcers of RAW and PrimeTime and we are gonna be here every week to make your job that much easier". Stephanie: "Well I think I have RAW under control but I'll take comfort in knowing you guys are around. In fact, there's something you guys can do for me tonight". Hawk: "And what would that be"? Stephanie: "Close the door, I'll explain". ANIMAL SHUTS THE DOOR AS THE SCENE SHIFTS TO ANOTHER PART OF THE ARENA WHERE AKASHA IS WALKING BACKSTAGE AND COMES ACROSS JESSICA LOPEZ. Akasha: "Excuse me miss, the cheerleader tryouts were postponed". LOPEZ TURNS AROUND WITH A FIRE IN HER EYE. Jessica Lopez: "Cheerleader tryouts? Who says I'm not here to kick your ass"? Akasha: (laughing) "That's funny. You want a fiight, is that what you're saying? Well me and my Spawn would love to fight tonight, we don't have anything better to do. So why don't you go and see if someone will team up with you and your wish will come true. Maybe you can get one of these slobs out of the crowd to be on your team". Lopez: "Trust me, these slobs, as you call them, have much more class then you and unlike Spawn, at least they don't hide behind a mask". LOPEZ WALKS AWAY. Akasha: (to herself) "You'll pay for that remark". BACK AT RINGSIDE, NATHAN JONES' MUSIC HITS AND HE COMES OUT TO A MIXED RESPONSE. J.R.: "So Jessica Lopez is on the look for a tag team partner and here comes the Australian monster Nathan Jones and King, I would not wanna be his opponent"! Lawler: "Well that distinction goes to Sam Wilde but J.R., and don't tell him I said this, I don't see what the big fuss is about Nathan Jones"! SAM WILDE's MUSIC BY THE PHILADELPHIA BOYS CHOIR HITS AND HE COMES OUT TO A BIG POP. J.R.: "Well he didn't impress at the Royal Rumble but this man is for real King. He has competed in the World's strongest man competitions and has been training as a wrestler for some time now. Wilde is gonna have his hands full". Lawler: "But what about what we don't know about him"?
Sam Wilde vs. Nathan Jones
The bell sounded and Wilde showed little intimidation of the huge Nathan Jones, walking right up to him. Jones threw a heavy clothesline but Wilde ducked and hit Jones with a succession of rights before knocking
him to the corner with a front dropkick. Wilde then went for a monkey flip but that was a mistake as Jones caught him and placed him on the turnbuckle.
He then grabbed him by the throat and launched him about 10 feet across the ring. Wilde was hardly moving as Jones went for a big elbow but he rolled
out of harms way. Wilde then bounced off the ropes but ran right into a big boot to the face. That led to Jones picking Wilde up on his shoulders for a
powerbomb but spinning around with him and throwing him to the mat, almost
like a spinning Jacknife. Jones then covered Wilde for the 1....2.....3. Match Time: 2:10
J.R.: "Oh my god that's scary"!
Lawler: "You got that right J.R.! Wilde had no chance"!
J.R.: "I don't know who is gonna stand
in the way of Nathan Jones...... wait a minute, there's Goldust"!
Lawler: "What the heck is he doing"?!
GOLDUST CAME INTO THE RING AND SLITHERED
AROUND AN UNCONCIOUS WILDE BEFORE REMOVING THE SHIRT FROM HIS BACK. GOLDUST THEN TOOK THE SHIRT AND HELD IT CLOSE TO HIS FACE, SNIFFING IT AS HE WALKED
UP THE RAMP.
J.R.: "What in the.....
Lawler: "I don't know what to make
of this J.R.".
J.R.: "Well I've always said Goldust is bizarre and he's cookier than a pet coon but this is past all of that"! BACKSTAGE.... OFFICIALS ARE SHOWN SEPERATING A BRAWL BETWEEN NAILS AND ZEROEX WHICH STARTED RIGHT WHEN NAILS ARRIVED AT THE ARENA. J.R.: "Well those two had it out at the Royal Rumble and it looks like it's not over yet"! Lawler: "Look J.R., the protest has gotten bigger"! OUTSIDE THE ARENA.... THE PICKETERS ARE SHOWN AGAIN AND THEY SEEM TO HAVE MULTIPLAYED AS THE AJACENT STREET IS FILLED WITH SIGN TOTING PEOPLE. COMMERCIAL BREAK.... AN AD FOR THE TWF MALL IS SHOWN. RETURN FROM BREAK.... BACKSTAGE.... JOHNATHAN COACHMAN IS SHOWN STANDING WITH TOMMY DREAMER WHO HOLDS A SINGAPORE CANE. Johnathan Coachman: "Tommy Dreamer, just a little over a month ago, you and Sabu were the tag team champions of RAW and things were going great. Then you selected The Undertaker to be your partner in trying to regain.... Tommy Dreamer: (cutting him off) "Ya know Coach, if Sabu wasn't man enogh to accept my decision, then I don't need him as a friend anyway. Sabu, you cost me my oppurtunity in the Royal Rumble and a chance to get those belts back. So Sabu, all I can tell you is that you better have eyes in the back of your head cause I'm comin'"! CIVIL RIGHTS DRESSING ROOM.... TEDDY LONG IS SHOWN TALKING TO HIS MEN. Teddy Long: "Listen guys, Ron is contemplating what to do, but his word is his word and we are not like the white man, that's why it's called a white lie. But no need to worry, the man is here tonight". THERE IS A KNOCK AT THE DOOR AND SHAWN MICHAELS ENTERS ALONG WITH THE ROAD WARRIORS. MALICE, D'LO BROWN AND SHLETON BENJAMIN GET UP. Shawn Michaels: "Whoa, whoa, whoa guys, that's not what this is about". Long: "Then what the hell is it"? Michaels: "We were ask to come down here and tell you guys to call off your protest, the police have been called". Long: "Well of course they have, by white people. See Shawn Michaels, you don't understand that we are being discriminated against either. Hell, don't you guys know that February is black history month? Well as god as my witness, we vow to make this a February the TWF won't soon forget, starting tonight". Hawk: "Did you hear the man? He said call off the damn protest"! MALICE GETS IN HAWK's FACE. Long: "Hold on there big man, it's cool. Tell ya what, we'll call it off if we get a match with The Undertaker tonight". Michaels: "Oh, Stephanie figured you'd ask. So that's why tonight, you get to select any two of your men to face the team of Kevin Sledge and The Undertaker! Have a good night fellas". SHAWN PATS LONG ON THE SHOULDER BEFORE HE AND THE ROAD WARRIORS LEAVE. Long: "This is perfect my brothers. This will be a great time for the man to be revealed". BACK AT RINGSIDE, WILLIAM REGAL's MUSIC HITS AND HE COMES OUT TO A LOT OF HEAT. Lawler: "The man"? J.R.: "Well I have no clue what he means either, but we will see the deadman and the sledge hammer take on two members of Civil Rights later tonight"! Lawler: "Here comes one of my favorites J.R., William Regal"! "POEM" BY TAPROOT HITS AND MATT TAYLOR COMES OUT WITH JACKIE GAYDA WEARING HIS NEW "THIS BEAR BYTZ" SHIRT. J.R.: "Well here comes two people who are not Austin Pyromania's favorites but it should be an entertaining match". Lawler: "Well when Jackie gets sick of him, I know someone who would like to get to know here better"! J.R.: "Who, you"?
William Regal vs. Matt "Koo Bear" Taylor w/Jackie Gayda
The match started and it was clear Taylor would have trouble with the hard nose, aggressive mat style of Regal. Regal went low and grabbed Taylor's legs, tripping him up before delivering several stiff forearms to the back of the head. Regal then stomped at the lower back of Taylor before whipping him to the ropes. But he put his head down too early and Taylor made him pay for it with a ddt. Taylor then swung
the match in his favor by taking Regal off his game, hammering him in the corner as the crowd counted the punches. Taylor then went for a suplex but
Regal blocked it and came with one of his own. After a double knee to the head, Regal went for a twisting armbar but Taylor reversed it wnd countered
with a short arm clothesline. But Regal ducked and Taylor took out referee Jack Doan. Regal then came back with a lowblow which Jackie Gayda took
exception to and jumped up on the apron. Regal got in her face and the two exchanged words but when he said something she didn't like, she slapped him
and used the top rope to guillotine him. As Regal stumbled back, Taylor
kicked him in the gut and hit the "Cotton Stuffer" as Doan recovered to count the 1....2....3. Match Time: 5:27
Lawler: "What the heck? Why'd that referee count?
Taylor should be DQ'd"!
J.R.: "Well I don't believe referee Jack Doan saw
any of that and Koo Bear has won the match! Hold on, there's Austin Pyromania"!
AS TAYLOR AND JACKIE CELEBRATED, SHE SAW PYROMANIA OUT OF THE CORNER OF HER EYE AND GOT OUT OF THE RING AS TAYLOR TURNED RIGHT INTO A TACKLE. PYROMANIA THEN WENT TO WORK WITH SOME FURIOUS RIGHT HANDS TO THE SIDE OF THE HEAD BEFORE THROWING TAYLOR SHOULDER FIRST INTO THE STEEL POST AND THEN TOSSING HIM TO THE FLOOR AS THE FANS WENT CRAZY. PYROMANIA GAVE JACKIE A
LONG, COLD STARE AS HIS NEW THEME "DON'T PLAY WITH FIRE" BY 2PAC PLAYED.
Lawler: "What the hell? I thought these two were friends since high school"!
J.R.: "Were is the operative word King! Ever since
things between Jackie and Taylor got too cozy, Taylor has had this coming"! BACKSTAGE STEPHANIE CATCHES UP TO TRIPLE H AND SCOTT STEINER AS THEY ARE TALKING WITH RANDY ORTON AND JOHN CENA. Triple H: "What the hell do you want"? Stephanie: "From you, not a damn thing. I'm the owner of RAW, it doesn't matter what I want. I came here to tell you guys what match I put you in tonight". Triple H: "Hold up, before you go any further Steph, allow me to get in my accusation that the Royal Rumble was rigged". John Cena: "You heard him, rigged". Triple H: "I mean, I draw number one, are you kidding me"? Steph: "You had the same odds everyone else did". Randy Orton: "Okay, so how do you explain the fact that John here got attacked by that idiot Mike Marcellus and Marcellus got his place in the Rumble? We want you to suspend Mike Marcellus for that". Stephanie: "Ya know guys, you two actually have a valid point. But if you go back and watch the tape, it was you two who attacked him first. So if I suspend him, I'll have to suspend the both of you as well". Scott Steiner: "And what about what Hogan did to me after I kicked High Octane's ass? You gonna do anything about that"? Steph: "Well Scott, it's funny you should mention those two, because I am gonna do something about that. Because tonight in that very ring, you'll get your chance to face them both, along with your partner Triple H. Now if you don't mind, I have a big announcement to go and prepare for". J.R.: "What a blockbuster match that'll be"! Lawler: "But what's the announcement"? PRIOR TO COMMERCIAL... OUTSIDE THE ARENA.... TEDDY LONG COMES OUT IN FRONT OF THE PROTESTERS WHO ARE ALL BLACK AND THEY CHEER UPON SIGHT OF HIM. Teddy Long: "Okay guys, our work for tonight is done, we've gotten what we wanted. So tonight's session is called off..... until further notice". COMMERCIAL BREAK.... A COMMERCIAL FOR 1-800-COLLECT IS SHOWN. RETURN FROM BREAK... RINGSIDE.... AS RAW RETURNS, BLACK SMOKE FILLS THE ARENA AND "BLACK RAIN" BY EVE IS PLAYING AS SPAWN AND AKASHA STAND IN THE RING. JESSICA LOPEZ' MUSIC HITS AND SHE COMES OUT TO A GOOD POP. J.R.: "Back on RAW folks and it is time for what is scheduled to be an intergender tag team match that came about because of what happened earlier between this woman and our Women's champion". Lawler: "It's lookin' like it's gonna be a handicapped match J.R., she has no partner"! JUST THEN, A HOWL IS HEARD AS "DON'T TURN YOUR BACK ON THE WOLFPAC" HITS AND KEVIN NASH COMES OUT TO A BIG POP. J.R.: "Oh yeah she does! She's found the biggest partner of the RAW roster"! Lawler: "Well Big Sexy has another thing coming if he thinks this is gonna be easy! Wait till he gets in there with Spawn"! J.R.: "Well we all know the problems that have existed in the past between Akasha and Lopez but I'd really like to see these two monsters go at it"! Intergender Tag team match Spawn and Akasha vs. Kevin Nash and Jessica Lopez As the bell sounded, the 2 ladies locked up and it was the stronger Akasha who would take Lopez down to the mat before kicking her right in the gut. After a series of vertical suplexes, Akasha drilled her with a running powerslam before tagging in Spawn. Spawn came in and picked Lopez up by the throat and slammed her into the corner where he choked her with both hands. After a huge hip toss, he tagged Akasha back in. Akasha came in and slapped Lopez across the face before whipping her to the corner and charging in. But Lopez got a foot in her face and then caught her with a jumping facebuster. Lopez then took the Women's champ and whipped her to the ropes before catching her with a flying forearm. That allowed Lopez to tag out to Big Sexy who came in and caught Akasha with his signature elbows in the corner. But from behind came Spawn with a hard forearm to the back before a backdrop suplex. Akasha then used her boot to rake Nash's eyes before tagging in Spawn. Spawn came in and did a number on Nash with some hard shoulders to the gut before drilling him with a big clothesline. Akasha came in and came in on Nash but he got up and exploded with a double clothesline. Lopez then came in and caught Akasha with a spinning heel kick which knocked her over the top rope and to the floor. But Spawn got up and tossed her over the top rope and to the floor and onto the entrance ramp. But when Spawn turned around, Nash kicked him in the stomach and raised one arm in the air before delivering a devastating Jacknife. Nash hooked the leg to get the victory. Match Time: 10:36 J.R.: "What a match King! Lopez and Nash are victorious"! Lawler: "Well you know this isn't gonna sit well with the Reign of Darkness! That's the first time Spawn has been pinned"! J.R.: "Well it wasn't easy and I'm sure Spawn and Akasha won't easily forget it, but on this night, Nash and Lopez were the better team"! BACKSTAGE.... JOHNATHAN COACHMAN IS WITH LITA. Coachman: "Lita we just saw Akasha take a loss and at Royal Rumble, you can within a shade of taking her women's title. What do you have to do to get back to that match"? Lita: "Well Coach, I know...... JUST THEN, LITA IS CLOTHESLINED IN THE BACK OF THE HEAD BY JAZZ WHO PICKS HER UP AND SLAMS HER INTO THE BRICK WALL. LITA HOLDS HER HEAD AS SHE GOES DOWN. Jazz: "Now what baby?! Now what Coach?! Is RAW ready to stop discriminating against Jazz"?! JAZZ WALKS AWAY. J.R.: "My god, what is with Civil Rights? It gets worse every week"! Coachman: "Guys, we need medical staff back here immediately". BACK AT RINGSIDE, SABU IS IN THE RING AND HIS MUSIC IS PLAYING WHEN ZEROEX' MUSIC HITS AND HE COMES OUT TO A DECENT POP. J.R.: "Well as Lita gets tended to backstage, we have to shift our focus to this match". Lawler: "That didn't look good J.R.". J.R.: "And Lita is just coming off a concussion damnit! But here's a guy who I can't believe is here tonight after that cinder block shot to the head he took at the Rumble"! Lawler: "Well he did mention his head feels kinda funny when I talked to him earlier tonight". J.R.: "Well hopefully his mind is in the right place cause he's facing the suicidal, genocidal, homicidal freak tonight"! Sabu vs. ZeroEx As the bell sounded, ZeroEx battered Sabu with his kickboxing style, using both stiff kicks and a flurry of punches to battle Sabu. But after a drop toehold, Sabu hit a front dropkick right to the face. He then hung ZeroEx up in the tree of woe in the corner before hitting his famous sliding dropkick. ZeroEx sustained a bloody nose from the impact but hung tough. After reversing an irish whip, he caught Sabu with a wicked spinkick to the temple. He went for the cover but somehow, Sabu kicked out at 2 and a half. He whipped him to the ropes but Sabu reversed it and was able to backdrop ZeroEx all the way to the floor. He then backed up and charged the other side before hitting a suicide dive on ZeroEx. Both men were down as referee Charles Robinson began to count. ZeroEx rolled into the ring first and Robinson checked on him, noting he was badly bleeding. But as Sabu rose to his feet, a spotlight picked up Tommy Dreamer coming through the crowd as the fans got louder. Dreamer stopped in the front row and with his singapore cane, he leveled Sabu over the head with it. Robinson saw nothing as Dreamer snuck back up through the crowd and ZeroEx came out and rolled Sabu back into the ring. He then gave him 3 hard knee thrusts to the head before rolling him over to get the 1.....2.....3. Match Time: 4:06 J.R.: "Well with a little help from Tommy Dreamer, ZeroEx has picked up a big victory"! Lawler: "A little help"? J.R.: "Well Dreamer warned Sabu that he was comin'! Ah look out"! JUST THEN, NAILS HIT THE RING AND THE FIGHT WAS ON BETWEEN HE AND ZEROEX. NAILS GOT IN SOME HARD RIGHT HANDS BUT ZEROEX FINALLY BLOCKED ONE AND CAUGHT HIM WITH SOME RETURN SHOTS OF HIS OWN. HE THEN WAS ABLE TO CLOTHESLINE NAILS OUT OF THE RING BEFORE PICKING UP HIS TOUGHMAN TITLE BELT AND JUST THROWING IT AT HIM. J.R.: "Well I doubt that went as planned for Nails"! Lawler: "This one is turning into one of those bitter rivalries J.R."! J.R.: "You're right King and it's far from over! But right now, let's head over to the TWF Livewire Inn where Crazy Stick is hosting that big RAW party"! TWF Livewire Inn "CRAZY STICK" MIKE MARCELLUS IS SHOWN ALONG WITH A GOOD PART OF THE FANS DOWN IN NEW YORK. Mike Marcellus: "Hey guys". J.R.: "Hey Mike, real quick cause I know it's busy down there tonight, but I know you heard the request Orton and Cena made tonight to Stephanie about you. How relieved were you she didn't go with it"? Marcellus: "Well J.R., it's hard to answer that because I never felt I did anything wrong. I was just protecting myself". Lawler: "But was it fair for you to get rewarded for an injury you caused"? Marcellus: "Maybe it was, maybe it wasn't King. But don't tell me you've never done anything like that. Andy Kauffman ring a bell"? Lawler: "Oh we're not gonna get into that". J.R.: "Wwll Mike, we thank ya and we look forward to you being right here on RAW again"! Marcellus: "Look forward to being there too". BACKSTAGE.... THE UNDERTAKER, WITH THE TWF WORLD TITLE IN HIS RIGHT HAND, AND KEVIN "SLEDGE HAMMA" SLEDGE ARE SHOWN WALKING TO THE RING. J.R.: "Don't go away fans, one of our big tag team matches is next"! COMMERCIAL BREAK... THE CODE RED PROMO IS PLAYED FOLLOWED BY A PROMO FOR PRIMETIME THIS WEEK THAT FEATURES CHRIS BENOIT VS. HAYABUSA. RETURN FROM BREAK.... RINGSIDE.... THE CIVIL RIGHTS THEME HITS AND TEDDY LONG LEADS HIS ENTIRE GROUP DOWN THE AISLE. HE IS CARRYING ONE OF THE PROTESTERS SIGNS WHICH READ "GOD IS A BLACK MAN". J.R.: "We're back on RAW fans and this group is just becoming repulsive with their beliefs! It needs to be stopped"! Lawler: "Well you heard brother Long earlier J.R.! This could be their biggest month yet"! "YOU'RE GONNA PAY" HIT AND THE CROWD WENT WILD AS THE UNDERTAKER AND KEVIN SLEDGE MADE THEIR WAY OUT. THE UNDERTAKER WAS WEARING THE TWF WORLD TITLE. J.R.: "Brother Long, gimme a break"! Lawler: "Wait a minute, they're not gonna waste any time"! AS UNDERTAKER AND SLEDGE CAME DOWN THE RAMP, MALICE, BENJAMIN AND D'LO CAME UP AND ALL 3 OF THEM BEGAN BRAWLING WITH THE OTHER 2 WHEN REFEREE TIM WHITE STEPPED IN AND SENT D'LO TO THE BACK. AS UNDERTAKER AND SHELTON BENJAMIN GOT INTO THE RING, THE BELL SOUNDED. The Undertaker & Kevin "Sledge Hamma" Sledge vs. Malice & Shelton Benjamin w/Teddy Long The Undertaker did a number on Benjamin, targetting his right arm as his point of attack. After a hard arm whip, Undertaker dropped a leg on the right arm before tagging in Sledge who came in and got the first shots on his cousin since coming to the TWF. Sledge showed a lot of anger in punching Benjamin in the rib cage before going right back to the right arm. He pinned the arm behind him with a hammerlock and then slammed him right on it. Sledge then tagged Undertaker back in and moments later, he delivered the Chokeslam from Hell and made the cover but Malice came in to break it up. After ducking a big clothesline, Benjamin got in an impressive wheel kick before tagging in Malice who came in and ran the deadman over with a clothesline. Malice then blatantly choked Undertaker before dropping him on the top turnbuckle with the snake eyes, a page out of Undertaker's book. But when he went for the running boot, Undertaker moved and caught Malice with some soup bone right hands. He then whipped him to the corner and charged in with a hard clothesline before tagging Sledge back in. But as Undertaker bounced off the ropes, Benjamin grabbed his foot and tripped him up before pulling him out to the floor. In the ring, Sledge ducked a backhand and nailed Malice with a flying back elbow and going for the cover to get 1.....2...., but Malice kicked out. After a jumping ddt, Sledge hooked the leg but again, Malice kicked out at 2. Sledge pulled Malice up and hit him with 3 straight rights before bouncing off the ropes but Malice stuck a big size 16 in his face. He then set him on the top turnbuckle and brought him all the way to the mat with a chokeslam to get a 1.....2.....3. Match Time: 8:11 Lawler: "They did it, Civil Rights did it"! J.R.: "They got the win and now Teddy Long has the mic"! UNDERTAKER PULLED SLEDGE OUT OF THE RING AND THE TWO BEGAN TO WALK AWAY. Long: "Undertaker, Sledge, good try. But you see, my brothers are focused. We're sick of being discriminated against. So in honor of all our brothers before us, for black history month, we are going to take everything we have been cheated out of in the past. And that's why next week, right here on RAW, you will all get to know just who the man is". J.R.: "Who the hell is this man he keeps referring to"? CIVIL RIGHTS' MUSIC HITS AS THE UNDERTAKER AND KEVIN SLEDGE WALK BACKSTAGE. TEDDY LONG IS SHOWN WITH A BIG SMILE ON HIS FACE. Lawler: "Who knows J.R., but it's gotta be big"! "ALL GROWN UP" HITS AND STEPHANIE McMAHON COMES OUT TO A MIXED REACTION. J.R.: "Wait a minute, here comes our boss"! Stephanie: "Teddy, I let you guys have your time, now will you please give me mine"? Long: "What is this Steph, you gotta get us off tv that quick". Stephanie: "Teddy this is a business announcement that will greatly impact RAW. You got to make your announcement, now please let me make mine". Long: "Come my brothers, we got what we wanted tonight. But Stephanie, if you come to the arena next week and see my picketers, remember what you just did right now". CIVIL RIGHTS WALKS AWAY AS STEPHANIE GETS A BIG SMILE ON HER FACE. Stephanie: "I'll deal with that later". Lawler: "What's this about J.R.? I haven't heard anything". Stephanie: "Ladies and gentlemen, I came out here for one reason and that was to announce that I have signed the biggest free agent out there to RAW". J.R.: "What"?! Stephanie: "That's right. He is a man who won a gold medal at the 1996 Olympic games and he's coming back to the TWF, he is Kurt Angle"! Lawler: "Kurt Angle"! J.R.: "Oh my god, that's a huge announcement, not only for RAW but for the TWF"! Stephanie: "So Shane, looks like you fell just a little short again, big brother". STEPHANIE EXITS THE RING AS "ALL GROWN UP" PLAYS AGAIN. Lawler: "Kurt Angle is coming to RAW J.R."! J.R.: "I know, I can't believe it! That's the biggest news so far this year"! JUST THEN, "BOMBSHELL" BY POWERMAN 5000 HITS AS BAHAMUT COMES OUT HOLDING A MIC. HE LOOKS AT STEPHANIE LONG AND HARD BEFORE GETTING INTO THE RING. Bahamut: "Just a second Steph, don't go anywhere. So big deal, Kurt Angle is coming to RAW. Seems to me you need to worry about what you have before what you're gonna get. And Steph, I don't mean to complain, but why the hell don't you ever put me in the main event? I mean, who's ass have I not kicked. I'm gonna give you until...... "GET OF MY TRACKS" BY POD HITS AND THE CROWD POPS LOUDLY WHEN STRIFE COMES OUT. Strife: "Ya know man, the Bah I used to know, would never wine and moan like a bitch! Now ya know me and you have some unfinished business. So are you gonna take care of it like a man or like a.... Bahamut: "Whoa, whoa, whoa man, you wanna find out how I'm gonna handle it? Why don't you get your punk ass down here and find out"? STRIFE DROPS THE MIC AND BEGINS TO WALK TO THE RING WHEN LITERALLY EVER TWF OFFICIAL AND MEMBER OF ARENA SECURITY COME OUT AND EQUALLY DISTRIBUTE THEMSELVES BETWEEN BOTH MEN. Lawler: "Ah let em go"! J.R.: "It doesn't look like they want this night to get any more out of hand than it already has King"! BAHAMUT AND STRFIE EXCHANGE WORDS AS BAHAMUT IS ESCORTED RIGHT PAST HIM. COMMERCIAL BREAK...... A COMMERCIAL FOR TRUTH.COM IS SHOWN. RETURN FROM BREAK.... RINGSIDE.... "THE GAME" BY MOTORHEAD HITS AS TRIPLE H COMES OUT WITH SCOTT STEINER TO BY FAR THE BIGGEST HEAT ALL NIGHT. J.R.: "We're back on RAW fans and it's time for our main event but this crowd is still in shock over the news we just heard, take a look". MOMENTS AGO..... Stephanie: "Ladies and gentlemen, I came out here for one reason and that was to announce that I have signed the biggest free agent out there to RAW". J.R.: "What"?! Stephanie: "That's right. He is a man who won a gold medal at the 1996 Olympic games and he's coming back to the TWF, he is Kurt Angle"! Lawler: "Kurt Angle"! J.R.: "Oh my god, that's a huge announcement, not only for RAW but for the TWF"! Stephanie: "So Shane, looks like you fell just a little short again, big brother". AN ENGINE REVS AND LEADS INTO "DOWN WITH THE SICKNESS" AS HIGH OCTANE COMES OUT TO A BIG POP. Lawler: "It's been almost a year since Kurt Angle was in the TWF but at the top of his game, he's one of the best around"! J.R.: "Without question and here's a man King who came oh so close to pulling off a huge upset over Scott Steiner at the Royal Rumble". "REAL AMERICAN" HITS AS THE CROWD COMES UNGLUED WHEN HULK HOGAN COMES OUT. Lawler: "Steiner has payback in mind for this guy though, after what he did to him after that match"! J.R.: "What King, I can't hear! The crowd is so jacked up for the Hulkster"!
Hulk Hogan and "High Octane" Damion West vs. Triple H and Scott Steiner
High Octane and Steiner started things off and Steiner picked up where he left off at the Royal Rumble, using his strength to get control of West. After several
right hands, Steiner whipped him to the ropes and picked him up in a bear hug. He held West in the bear hug for almost 2 minutes, squeezing the life
out of him. But finally, High Octane was able to to get a second wind after
the ref checked his arms and on the third try, he kept his arm up and then
broke the hold with an ear clap. High Octane then blasted Steiner with a spinning heel kick before tagging in Hogan as the crowd came alive. But
Steiner scurried to his corner and tagged in the game who came in and caught Hogan with a knee lift followed by a straight right hand. Triple H began to
soften up the Hulkster and after a high knee off an irish whip, he tagged in the genetic freak who began to work on Hogan's problematic lower back.
After a back breaker, Steiner took a cheap shot at West and knocked him off the apron. High Octane tried to get in but referee Earl Hebner cut him off,
allowing an illegal double team by Triple H and Steiner. Steiner delivered a hard spinebuster and tried to take another shot at West but this time High
Octane moved and caught Steiner with a kick to the head before coming in the
ring and diving at Triple H. Both men went to the floor as Hogan began to
get back up. Steiner hit him with a clubbing forearm but Hogan's eyes widened. Steiner took another shot but Hogan began "hulking up" before
waving his index finger in his face. Hogan then blocked a right hand before delivering 3 of his own and then he hit the big boot off an irish whip.
Outside the ring, Triple H tried to ram West into the steel post but West slid off his shoulders and pushed him face first into the post. In the ring,
Hogan hit the big legdrop on Steiner and hooked the leg for the 1....2....3.
J.R.: "That's it! That's it! Hogan and High Octane have
emerged victorious! Hogan has proven that he's still got it"!
Lawler: "This is horrible J.R.! There's no way you can't consider this an upset"!
HOGAN AND HIGH OCTANE ARE SHOWN WALKING UP THE RAMP TO SOME TREMENDOUS CHEERS AS "REAL AMERICAN" PLAYS. AN ANGRY TRIPLE H AND STEINER ARE SHOWN IN THE RING.
J.R.: "Maybe it is, but Hogan and High Octane just
sent the message that RAW might no longer be the personal stomping grounds of those two"!
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