Huntsville, Alabama
April 4, 2003
Attendance: 11, 873
UPRISING's THEME MUSIC HITS AND IT's OPENING MONTAGE ROLLS. THE OUTSIDE OF THE TWF LIVEWIRE INN JUST OUTSIDE MADISON SQAURE GARDEN COMES INTO VIEW BEFORE CAMERAS ENTER THE NOISY COMPLEX AND SHOW FANS GOING WILD. AL SNOW AND THE HONKY TONK MAN APPEAR ON THE STAGE. Al Snow: "It's another great night of TWF action here on the TNN network and Honky Tonk Man, before we do anything, we've gotta talk a little about WrestleMania"! Honky Tonk Man: "It was a great event Al, maybe the biggest in the history of this company"! Snow: "Tonight on Uprising as we count down to RAW, Victoria will make her first Women's title defense against the always competitive Terri Gold and Tommy Dreamer and Sabu, who've had many battles in the past, will go at it once again"! HTM: "We've got all kinds of women on this show tonight Al, more than you've ever seen in your entire life"! Snow: "Always the comedian you are Honky but we do have a wide variety of TWF divas on the braodcast tonight, let's send it down to the ring to catch three of them in a triple threat"! Triple Threat: Jazz vs. Lita vs. Jessica Lopez All 3 ladies had an equal chance to win this one but after a headscissor takedown threw Lopez to the floor, Lita countered a clothesline with a backslide on Jazz to get the 3 count. Match Time: 6:39 Tommy Dreamer vs. Sabu This was a hard hitting, slow paced match and the crowd really enjoyed some of Sabu's spots including a backspring elbow after bouncing off the ring ropes and a a springboard spin kick but after ducking a spinning heel kick, Dreamer stuck him with a ddt and then hit the "Dreamer Driver" on a dazed Sabu to defeat his longtime rival. Match Time: 6:34 TWF Women's Title Match Challenger... Terri Gold vs. Victoria Victoria had some problems with the elusive Gold who almost ended her reign abruptly. But after countering the "Perfect 10" moonsault by getting her knees up, Victoria delivered the "Widow's Peak" for the victory. Match Time: 7:03 Snow: "Victoria got a lot more than she bargained for there Honky, what an effort by Gold"! HTM: "Just wait till she has to come face to face with Akasha after she broke their pact at WrestleMania". Snow: "Akasha and many more of the stars of RAW are expected to rock the Von Braun Center in Huntsville tonight so don't touch that remote, RAW is next"! THE SCREEN FADES TO BLACK BEFORE THE TWF LOGO FLASHES ACROSS IT. THE RAW LOGO THEN POPS UP. A HIGHLIGHT PACKAGE LASTING ABOUT 3 MINUTES IS SHOWN FROM WRESTLEMANIA. "ACROSS THE NATION" THEN HITS AS SOON AS RAW's MONTAGE VIDEO PLAYS. THE ARENA THEN COMES INTO VIEW AND A HUGE FIREWORKS SHOW STARTS THINGS OFF. Jim Ross: "We got all we expected and then some from WrestleMania and after the smoke cleared, we arrived here in Huntsville, Alabama! Welcome to RAW folks, Jim Ross and Jerry "The King" Lawler here to bring you all the great action only RAW knows how to deliver"! Jerry Lawler: "It's gonna be a great night J.R., but all the buzz in the back surrounds what Stephanie McMahon owes Civil Rights"! J.R.: "I almost dread to here the boss' announcement tonight but along with that, Spawn will be here in action to defend his newly won Toughman title! "REAL AMERICAN" HITS AND HULK HOGAN COMES OUT TO A DEAFENING OVATION. But we're kicking things off with the one and only Hulkster"! Lawler: "He looks a lot better tonight then I thought he would J.R. after the beating he took last night"! Hulk Hogan: "You know something brothers, I stood out here for the last few weeks talking about how disrespectful "Stone Cold" Steve Austin was! But he proved me wrong at WrestleMania! He showed me he is the man and he may go down as the best of all time brothers! So Steve, I know you're in the back and I want you to come down to the ring right now so I can shake your hand"!@ J.R.: "Hogan wants to shake hands with the rattlesnake"! THE GLASS BREAKS AND THE CROWD COMES TO THEIR FEET IN CHEER AS AUSTIN WALKS DOWN THE RAMP WITH A PURPOSE. HE HITS ALL 4 TURNBUCKLES AS HOGAN WATCHES WITH A SMILE ON HIS FACE. Lawler: "Don't do it Austin, it's a trap"! AUSTIN ASKS FOR A MIC. Stone Cold: "Let me get this straight. You wanna shake my hand, after all the crap you and I gave each other the last few weeks"?! Hogan: "Listen Steve, you beat me one, two, three at Mania but it was what you did after the match that totally changed my opinion of you". HOGAN EXTENDS HIS HAND. AFTER A SHORT HESITATION, AUSTIN SHAKES IT WHICH THE CROWD LOVES. BUT SUDDENLY, THEY ARE INTERRUPTED..... Voice: "What in the hell is going on? NAILS APPEARS ON THE STAGE TO THE BOO OF THE CROWD. I lost my Toughman title at WrestleMania, without even being involved in the decision, I don't get a rematch tonight and now you two are out here? You two and your mutual respect makes me sick. Austin, you beat the man, leave it at that. You are weak for coming out here and shaking his hand and Hogan, well you're just a plain red and yellow bitch"! Lawler: "Whoa"! Hogan: "Let me tell you something brother, you got a lot of nerve coming out here saying that when you were trying to get a guy on your side to make sure you never lost your Toughman title. Only he realized what kind of scum you are and decided to tell you to go to hell alone"! Nails: "Hogan, you don't know what you're getting yourself into". Hogan: "Oh but I do brother, in fact, why don't you go back there and find your gold friend and come out here later to face the rattlesnake and myself in a tag match"?! FANS LOUDLY CHEER Nails: (kinda laughs) "You're on". NAILS WALKS BACKSTAGE AS "REAL AMERICAN" HITS AGAIN. J.R.: "Nails has accepted! It'll be Goldust and Nails versus the dream team of Hogan and Austin later tonight"! Lawler: "But what does Austin think about it"? PRIOR TO COMMERCIAL.... BACKSTAGE.... NATHAN JONES IS FRANTICALLY WALKING AROUND BACKSTAGE WHEN HE RUNS INTO A STAGE HAND. Nathan Jones: "Hvae you seen Nash around"? Stage hand: "Sure haven't man". JONES WALKS DOWN A HALLWAY AND FINDS STEPHANIE McMAHON WHO HAS JUST ENDED A CONVERSATION WITH THE RAW TAG TEAM CHAMPS SHAWN STASIAK AND CHUCK PALUMBO. Jones: "Excuse me, Stephanie". :Stephanie McMahon: "Yes Nathan". Jones: "Can you tell me where Kevin Nash is? I was supposed to meet him here tonight to study". Stephanie: "Uh, he asked me if he could leave shortly after he got here, said something was bothering him". JONES SEEMS MAD. Jones: "Thank you". COMMERCIAL BREAK..... A COMMERCIAL FOR DEF JAM VENDETTA FOR PLAYSTATION 2 AND NINTENDO GAMECUBE IS SHOWN. RETURN FROM BREAK... BACKSTAGE... AS RAW RETURNS, HULK HOGAN IS SHOWN HURRIEDLY WALKING TOWARDS HIS LOCKER ROOM WHEN STONE COLD APPROACHES FROM BEHIND. Stone Cold: "Hogan! HOGAN TURNS AROUND. So you're just gonna get us into a tag team match just like that huh"? Hulk Hogan: "I'm sorry Steve, I just got caught up in the moment, I wanted to shut that idiot up". Stone Cold: "Ya know how we can shut him up for a lot longer? If the rattlesnake and Hulkamania open a great big can of whoopass right here tonight! I'll see ya out there". AUSTIN WALKS AWAY, LEAVING A SMILING HOGAN. AT RINGSIDE, JACKIE GAYDA's MUSIC HITS AND SHE COMES OUT TO A MIXED RESPONSE. J.R.: "Hogan and Austin are on the same page King and I hope Nails knows what he got himself and Goldust into"! Lawler: "I know what I'd like to get into.... Jackie Gayda's pants"! A NEW ENTRANCE THEME HITS AND A GOOD LOOKING SLENDER WOMAN WEARING ELECTRIC BLUE JEANS AND A WHITE TOP STEPS OUT. J.R.: "Oh what a surprise King, I would've nevere guessed! What do you think of our newest superstar King, this is Alex Miran"! Lawler: "She'd work". J.R.: "Don't let the looks fool you, this woman is a very accomplished wrestler and she is gonna give Jackie fits here"! Jackie Gayda vs. Alexandria Miran As the bell sounded, Miran offered a handshake and Jackie accepted but before she released her hand, she slapped Miran with her free hand. Miran was surprised by Jackie's attitude and charged her but Jackie was waiting with a drop toe hold. She then locked in a side headlock. Miran worked strenuously to get to her feet but Jackie whipped her to the mat with a headlock takedown after a hair pull. Referee Jack Doan warned Jackie to stay away from the hair. Jackie then fealt Miran beginning to get her feet again and she pulled the hair back. This time, Doan forced her to break the hold. Jackie argued with Doan when Alex got up and came at her with some stiff forearm shots before sending her to the ropes and getting a kick to the side of the head in. Alex then bounced off the middle rope with a gorgeous spinning legdrop but when she went for a spinning heel kick, Jackie ducked and ran off the ropes, blasting her with a kick to the face. Jackie went for a cover and hooked the leg but Miran showed a lot of resiliency by kicking out at 2. Jackie couldn't believe it and she pulled Alex up by her hair and went for an irish whip but Alex held on and reversed it before kicking Jackie in the gut and hitting a nice piledriver. She then went to the top rope and caught Jackie with a missle dropkick before running to the opposite corner. She balanced herself on the top rope and when Jackie got up, she hit her top rope hurracanrana which she calls "Anduin" to get the win. Match Time: 4:13 J.R.: "What a way to debut here on RAW for Alex Miran"! Lawler: "And she looked good doing it"! J.R.: "Give this newcomer some time, I believe she will be a great fit in the women's division"! BACKSTAGE... NIDIA AND BAHAMUT ARE STANDING BACKSTAGE CARRYING ON WITH A BUNCH OF BAGS AROUND THEM. JONATHAN COACHMAN COMES UP. Jonathan Coachman: "Excuse me guys, but may I ask what you're doing here tonight with all this stuff"? Nidia: "Well big Bah and I got sick of celebrating his victory over High Octane at WrestleMania so we thought we'd have fun in another way with the people here in Huntsville". Bahamut: "This is all just a bunch of junk that I don't need and she's got some of her stuff in here too. We're gonna auction all this stuff off tonight to these people". Coachman: "Okay, well hey, if there's something good in there, can I bid"? BAHAMUT TAKES A PAIR OF PINK UNDERWEAR OUT OF ONE OF NIDIA's BAGS AND PUTS THEM OVER COACHMAN's HEAD. HE AND NIDIA THEN WALK AWAY AND SHE IS LAUGHING HARD. STEPHANIE McMAHON's OFFICE.... AKASHA IS SHOWN IN STEPHANIE's OFFICE. Akasha: "With all due respect Ms. McMahon, Victoria and I have something to discuss and I don't appreciate the fact that she was not booked here tonight". Stephanie: "Well I'm sorry Akasha, but I thought Uprising would be a great place to have a Women's title match tonight. Sorry if I ruined your plans, but I do call the shots around here". Akasha: "You'd think by now you would somewhat understand the reign of darkness but apparently it is still too complex. You have made things difficult for Victoria with this decision". STEPHANIE NOTICES CIVIL RIGHTS ON THE MONITOR IN HER OFFICE AND HER ATTENTION IS DIVERTED. THE SCENE THEN CUTS RIGHT TO RINGSIDE. J.R.: "Civil Rights has taken over the ring and Teddy Long looks very confident King, what is this about"?! Lawler: "This is what we've been waiting to hear"! Teddy Long: "Huntsville, Alabama, a perfect place for a perfect night. See, down here, you people understand where we're coming from a lot more than these Beverly Hills type places we've been going". J.R.: "Beverly Hills? This guy is a loon". Long: "Ya see, my brothers and I came here tonight after our crowning achievement at WrestleMania. And tonight, our mission to show that we can succeed on RAW in a white man's industry such as this will take a much needed turn tonight. Becase later tonight, Stephanie McMahon will have to come out here and describe to you all what was in the contract me new attorney, the great Johnny Cochran, made up for our match at WrestleMania! Now Stephanie already agreed to all this, so there's no going back now. And I hope Martin Luther King, Jr. himself and Medgar Evers are watching from above tonight. I hope Malcolm X can see this wherever he is and I hope the great Reverend Jesse Jackson gets word of what will be said tonight. Because my brothers and I have displayed the courage, the power and the dreams that all those great black men tried to instill in us. The traits the white man tried to take away from us or pretend like we didn't have. So tonight my brothers and sisters, pop that tape into the VCR so you will always be able to go back and watch because tonight on TWF RAW, we as great black people start to become equal"! TEDDY LONG DROPS THE MIC AND HE DIRECTS ALL HIS MEN OUT OF THE RING BUT RON KILLINGS PICKS THE MIC UP. Ron Killings: "And that is the damn truth"! J.R.: "What is this man talking about? Steph what did you do"?! Lawler: "It's gonna become public knowledge later tonight"! STEPHANIE's OFFICE.... THE SCENE SHIFTS BACK TO STEPH's OFFICE AND SHE SEEMS VERY UNEASY ABOUT THINGS WHEN TERRI ENTERS. Terri: "Hey Steph, uh I was just wondering if you made the match for Austin tonight, the toughman match"? STEPHANIE PICKS UP A PIECE OF PAPER AND READS FROM IT. Stephanie: "Austin Pyromania vs. Mike Marcellus, toughman rules". Terri: "Okay great. Listen are you okay"? Stephanie: "I'll be fine". Terri: "O...okay". TERRI EXITS AND STEPHANIE LETS OUT A STRESSFUL SIGH. COMMERCIAL BREAK..... AN AD FOR TNN PROGRAMMING IS SHOWN. DON'T MISS CSI RIGHT AFTER RAW! AS RAW RETURNS, AUSTIN PYROMANIA IS SHOWN WHEN AN EXCITED TERRI APPROACHES. Terri: "Hey Austin". Austin Pyromania: "Hey". Terri: "Did you hear? I got you a toughman rules match tonight". Pyromania: "Yeah, I heard". Terri: "You seem disappointed". Pyromania: "Just unsure". Terri: "Oh don't be unsure Austin, this is the side of you people need to see. I know you can compete in those matches and I think it's time we take your career in that direction, trust me". Pyromania: "You know it's hard for me to trust right now Terri, but I'll give it all I got". OTHER SIDE OF THE ARENA..... MIKE MARCELLUS IS SHOWN PLAYING HOCKEY AGAINST THE WALL WITH KEVIN SLEDGE. Mike Marcellus: "Come on man, let's get ready. This could be the biggest night of our careers so far man! We've both got toughman matches and yours is for the title! Let's show these guys how we do it". SLEDGE AND MARCELLUS KNOCK FISTS. AS THE SCENE SHIFTS BACK TO RINGSIDE, "CRAZY TRAIN" BY OZZY OSBOURNE HITS AND MIKE MARCELLUS COMES OUT TO A DECENT REACTION. J.R.: "It is time indeed for toughman action and King, this one will be interesting". Lawler: "Two young stars on RAW are about to beat each other's brains out"! "DON'T PLAY WITH FIRE" BY 2PAC HITS AND AUSTIN PYROMANIA COMES OUT WITH TERRI TO A BIG POP. J.R.: "And here comes Austin Pyromania with Terri who is apprently some kind of career advisor to him now". Lawler: "Oh I'd let her negotiate for me any time"! J.R.: "Well one thing I know from watching these toughman matches since their inception last year and just how brutal they can get is that you don't wanna go in unsure". Lawler: "Marcellus isn't unsure, he's got a hockey stick with Pyromania's name on it"! Toughman rules: Austin Pyromania w/ Terri vs. "Crazy Stick" Mike Marcellus Before Pyromania entered the ring, Marcellus went out on the other side and threw a whole host of weapons in. As he came back in, Pyromania picked up a trash can and hammered him with it over the head. He then bounced off the ropes but Marcellus clobbered him with a clothesline. He then put the lid of the trash can over his face and dropped a big elbow on him. After a swinging neckbreaker on the trash can, Marcellus asked referee Chad Patton to count. He reached 7 but Pyromania got up. Marcellus then picked up a fire extinguisher and doused Pyromania with it before hitting a delay suplex. Marcellus then set up a table but Pyromania tried to fight him off when he picked him up. But after taking a few shots to the ribs, Marcellus took him over with a gutwrench suplex. Marcellus then pulled out his hockey stick and lifted it up. He preyed on Pyromania to get to his feet and when he did, he took a baseball swing but Pyromania ducked and dropkicked him in the back, sending him into the turnbuckle. Pyromania then grabbed a steel chair and performed a running dropkick, booting the chair in Marcellus' face. After a springboard leg-o-matic, the crowd came to their feet but Marcellus was able to beat the 10 count up. Pyromania then delivered a sick spinning reverse ddt before laying Marcellus across the table. He then climbed to the top rope and came off with a high elevation moonsault. Both men crashed through the table but Pyromania got to his feet and Marcellus couldn't beat the 10 count. "Don't play with Fire" hit as Terri jumped into the victorious Pyromania's arms. Match Time: 8:16 J.R.: "Crazy Stick played with fire and he got burned tonight"! Lawler: "Oh Terri, jump into my arms like that"! J.R.: "A huge win for Pyromania and he's gotta ask himself the question, does he wanna take his career in this direction"? BACKSTAGE.... NATHAN JONES' DRESSING ROOM.... THE LEHION OF DOOM ARE TRYING TO CLAM DOWN AN IRATE NATHAN JONES WHEN SHAWN MICHAELS ENTERS. Shawn Michaels: "Hey, what's the problem"? NATHAN JONES TURNS TO MICHAELS. Nathan Jones: "What's the problem mate? The problem is someone who I thought was my friend abandoned me tonight. I'm a little pissed off". Michaels: "Take it from me man, I know Kevin Nash better than probably anybody and I know that he left tonight cause he's having confidence issues, he's gonna transform himself". Jones: "What do you mean mate"? Michaels: "Well, it's just like me, Shawn Michaels isn't Shawn Michaels unless he's the Heartbreak Kid, it's kinda like that". Jones: "So Kevin is gonna become something else"? Michaels: "Trust me man, I'm sure he'll explain himself to ya, have faith in the big guy". Jones: "Thank you Mr. Michaels, I feel a lot better now". Michaels: "Now calm down in here, you had security terrified". BACK AT RINGSIDE, BAHAMUT AND NIDIA ARE IN THE RING SETTING UP THEIR "AUCTION". J.R.: "I don't know exactly what Shawn Michaels is referring to but look at this, these two are really gonna conduct this auction. Is this legal"? Lawler: "I don't know but if Nidia pulls out another pair of underwear, I might be inclined to pull my wallet out"! J.R.: "So ling as you don't pull something else out there uncle Jerry". Bahamut: "Okay I'm sure all you people have been able to pull yourselves away from whatever the hell it is you do here in Huntsville long enough to go to an auction, so let's get right to it. NIDIA TAKES OUT A PICTURE OF BAHAMUT AND STRIFE. Here's something I really need to get rid of. It's even autographed although I don't see whay you'd want his". SOMEONE IN THE CROWD BUYS THE PICTURE FOR $200. Nidia: "Okay now it's my turn". NIDIA PULLS OUT A BLACK THONG. Lawler: "Oh my god J.R."! Nidia: "You talk about an event worn item, I've worn this for many different events, if ya know what I mean". A YOUNG MALE FAN GIVES HER $150 FOR THEM BEFORE BAHAMUT PULLS OUT A PAIR OF BOOTS. Bahamut: "Ah yes, these worthless things, signed by that loser Brian Pillman". J.R.: "Oh no, this is not right". 3 FANS COMPETE BACK AND FORTH BEFORE A MAN FINALLY WINS THEM, PAYING $2000. Bahamut: "Damn, maybe they're not as worthless as I thought, two grand for these? Come on in here and get these, whoever bought 'em". THE MAN ENTERS THE RING AND PULLS OUT A WAD OF CASH. Nidia: "Not so fast now Bah, some of that money is mine too. Remember, I gave you those". BAHAMUT TAKES THE CASH. Bahamut: "Yeah, gave me them". NIDIA TRIES TO TAKE THE MONEY BUT A STRUGGLE STARTS AND IT GOES ALL OVER THE RING. BAHAMUT BENDS DOWN TO PICK IT UP WITH HIS BACK TO THE MAN. NIDIA SLIDES OUT OF THE RING IN SHOCK WHEN THE MAN REMOVES HIS LONG COAT, A FAKE WIG AND A FAKE MUSTACHE AND SUPERKICKS BAHAMUT WHEN HE TURNS AROUND! HE THEN GRABS THE BOOTS AND THE MOENY AND LEAVES AS "DOWN WITH THE SICKNESS" HITS. Lawler: "What the hell"?! J.R.: "It's High Octane King and he just knocked Bahamut into next week"! Lawler: "What must he be thinking"?! J.R.: "He got his boots back and all! Good for you kid, good for you! It serves that son of a bitch Bahamut right"! Lawler: "Well High Octane better find a good, strong pair of shoes cause I'd hate to be in them"! BACKSTAGE.... LILIAN GARCIA IS STANDING WITH ALEXANDRIA MIRAN. Lilian Garcia: "Well Alex, it's been a long time since we've seen a women's debut that was that impressive, what do you have to say about it"? Alexandria Miran: (British accent) "Please Lilian, call me Alex. I have been wanting to reach the TWF as a goal for two years and now I'm here so I plan to make the most of it". Lilian: "Well that sounds great but I know I'm not the only one who's wondering where you got your aerial talent, that was tremendous". Miran: "Well, I have always been inspired by the high flying aspect of wrestling and truly believe it can be the most effective weapon against your opponent. But trust me, that was just a sample tonight". BACK AT RINGSIDE "ALL GROWN UP" HITS AND STEPHANIE McMAHON COMES OUT TO A PRETTY GOOD RESPONSE. SHE STOPS AT THE FOOT OF THE STAGE. J.R.: "Here we go, time to find out what Stephanie got RAW into". Lawler: "Spit it out Steph". Stephanie McMahon: "Now before I say anything, I want you all to know that I do not wanna do anything to harm RAW and I fully intend on staying in charge of it for good. But before WrestleMania, I was approached by Johnny Cochran who said unless the TWF made itself an equal oppurtunity employer, we would have a multi-million dollar lawsuit on our hands. So with that said, I gave them an oppurtunity at WrestleMania and if they won the eight man tag, they would get a chance to change the complexion of this show". Voice: "Oh tell them the rest Steph! TEDDY LONG EMERGES FROM THE BACK WITH A PIECE OF PAPER IN HAND. Not only did we win, but now we have that chance. What chance you ask? In my hand is a list of white superstars who I believe have held my brothers back here on RAW. Stephanie gets to pick one name off this list to face one of my men and if we win that match, Civil Rights gets to name anyone, anyone in the entire world to run RAW for one month. That way, my brothers will get the same oppurtunity the men on this list have"! J.R.: "What? Anyone in the world"? Lawler: "I wanna know who's on the list"! STEPHANIE WALKS DEJECTEDLY BACKSTAGE AND A CAMERA FOLLOWS. SHORTLY AFTER SHE GETS ON THE OTHER SIDE OF THE CURTAIN, SHE IS CONFRONTED BY LOS GUERRERO's. Eddie Guerrero: "There you are mamacita. Since you're so into the idea of cutting people deals tonight, how bout you make us one? We want that vato Strife tonight"! Chavo Guerrero: "For what he did to us at WrestleMania"! Stephanie: "Ya know guys, this really is a bad time to mess with me, but I had a feeling you were gonna ask and you're gonna get Strife tonight". Eddie: "Alright essa". HE HIGH FIVES CHAVO. Stephanie: "Yeah, his partners are gonna be the RAW tag team champions Palumbo and Stasiak and your partners.... The Undertaker". STEPHANIE WALKS AWAY. Chavo: "Hey, you can't do that"! Eddie: "Get back here"! COMMERCIAL BREAK.... A COMMERCIAL FOR THE NEW CHEX MIX IS SHOWN. RETURN FROM BREAK... BACKSTAGE... STEPHANIE IS ABOUT TO ENTER HER OFFICE WHEN TRIPLE H COMES UP. Triple H: "Stephanie what are you thinking? An equal oppurtunity employer? This industry is based on who has it and who doesn't and I'm sorry, but that group of losers doesn't have it"! Stephanie: "Trust me Hunter, if they were threatening your family with a discrimination lawsuit, you'd of done the same thing". Triple H: "Well all I know is it's time to put a stop to this Civil Rights crap. I'm not gonna let it affect my career". BACK AT RINGSIDE, A-TRAIN AND WILLIAM REGAL ARE IN THE RING BEING LOUDLY BOOED AS A-TRAIN's MUSIC PLAYS. THE WORD "REVENGE" APPEARS ON THE TWF TRON AND "IN MY DARKEST HOUR" BY MEGADEATH HITS AS NEMESIS AND SAM WILDE COME OUT TO A GOOD POP. J.R.: "Back on RAW folks and we've got tag team action coming up but what do you make of what Triple H just told Stephanie"? Lawler: "I can't blame him J.R., his career is being affected by this"! J.R.: "Well I have had about enough of this lawsuit crap, this discrimination crap, it's time for someone to do something"! Lawler: "Now just think if Nemesis would've joined Nails. Nails would still be Toughman champion and he wouldn't have to wrestle with Sam Wilde against a tough team like Regal and A-Train". J.R.: "In my opionion Nemesis made the best decision of his career and I believe he'll forever be indebted to Sam Wilde for all he's done for him and the direction he's provided". Lawler: "Well they're directed right at a big loss tonight"! A-Train and William Regal vs. Nemesis and Sam Wilde As the match started, Nemesis locked up with Regal and showed his power by slamming the englishmen to the mat. Nemesis then followed it up with some stiff shots to the body of Regal before sending him hard to the corner and catching him with a clothesline as he came out. Nemesis then tagged in Wilde who tried to take Regal to the mat but after a great series in which both men battled for position, Regal caught him with a back elbow to the face and then locked in a hammerlock. From there, he took Wilde to the mat with a side headlock takeover and then dug his knuckle into his temple. Regal locked in a front facelock and tagged in the mammoth A-Train who came in and punished Wilde with a backbody drop followed by a slinging splash out of the corner. A-Train then picked WSilde up as if to powerbomb him but instead went straight down with a version of a backbreaker. He made the cover but Nemesis came in to break it up. As referee Jim Korderas ordered Nemesis to his corner, Regal and A-Train got in an illegal double team. Regal was never officially tagged in but he stayed in the ring and punished Wilde some more until he put his head down too early off an irish whip and Wilde caught him with a swinging neckbreaker. Wilde then scurried over to his corner and tagged in Nemesis who came in and took on both men. After blasting Regal with a series of hard right hands, he turned and drilled A-Train, knocking him off the apron. Nemesis then tagged in Wilde and they caught Regal with a double backbody drop before Nemesis launched himself over the top rope onto A-Train outside the ring. But from behind, Regal caught Wilde with a low blow. He had him set up for a double underhook powerbomb but Wilde was able to get his right arm free and take Regal's legs out. He then locked in the "Call of the Wilde" and in the center of the ring with nowhere to go, Regal tapped out. Match Time: 8:04 J.R.: "They did it! Nemesis and Wilde have won this one"! Lawler: "Look out"! FROM BEHIND, A-TRAIN HIT NEMESIS OVER THE HEAD WITH A STEEL CHAIR AND THEN GOT BACK INTO THE RING, DRILLING WILDE WITH HIS JUMPING SCISSOR KICK. A-TRAIN HAD WILDE SET UP FOR THE DECAPITATOR WHEN MATT TAYLOR CAME RUNNING OUT FROM THE BACK TO MAKE THE SAVE, CLOTHESLINING A-TRAIN TO THE FLOOR. Lawler: "What is that idiot doing out here"? "IN MY DARKEST HOUR" HITS AS NEMESIS RECOVERS AND ENTERS THE RING. TAYLOR HELPS WILDE TO HIS FEET. J.R.: "I don't think Wilde and Nemesis even know but it's a good thing he came out"! BACKSTAGE.... TEDDY LONG IS WALKING BACKSTAGE BUT WHEN HE TURNS THE CORNER, HE FINDS TRIPLE H STANDING THERE. Long: "Uh, excuse me Hunter". Triple H: "Listen you son of a bitch, I'm not gonna sit back and allow you to pull this crap anymore, not when me and all the other guys who've worked like dogs to get where we're at! If I'm on your list, I'll take on anyone you wanna put in my way". Long: "That's very riveting Hunter but if you'll excuse me, my brothers and I have a match to get to" TRIPLE H STEPS ASIDE AND LONG PASSES. D'LO BROWN AND SHELTON BENJAMIN THEN WALK THROUGH AND THEY BOTH STARE DOWN THE GAME. BACK AT RINGSIDE, THE HARVARD FIGHT SONG IS PLAYING AND CHRISTOPHER NOWINSKI STANDS IN THE RING NEXT TO THE 3 FOOT TALL CURT HENNIG MEMORIAL TROPHY. J.R.: "Civil Rights is gonna face the team of Randy Orton and John Cena in a few minutes but this situation is reaching a boiling point King". Lawler: "Be quiet J.R., I'm ready to hear Nowinski's acceptance speech". Christopher Nowinski: "I know you people here in Alabama aren't used to seeing champions, but this here is the trophy I won at WrestleMania. Now that moron Larry Hennig may not like the things I said about his son, but I am the real Mr. Perfect and I proved it at WrestleMania. But with that said, I don't plan on stopping there. No, I graduated from Harvard, not a school that promotes academic fraud like the University of Alabama"! THE CROWD LOUDLY BOOS. J.R.: "Oh for god sake, that's not true"! Nowinski: "In fact, I have a little order of business to take care of before I leave tonight". NOWINSKI TOSSES THE MIC ASIDE AND THE HARVARD FIGHT SONG AGAIN HITS AS HE MAKES HIS WAY UP THE RAMP WITH THE TROPHY. J.R.: "Well I don't know what order of business Nowinski is referring to but I can assure you there was only one Mr. Perfect and no one else deserves to call himself that"! Lawler: "I wonder what he has to do and in my opinion J.R., he's pretty close to perfect"! J.R.: "Well fans the next time we will be on pay-per-view is for or annual April event known as Foul Play". Lawler: "The Target Center's gonna be rockin' for that one"! J.R.: "The Target Center is one of our favorite venues and I'm sure the people of Minnesota won't leave disappointed that night"! D'Lo Brown and Shelton Benjamin w/ Teddy Long vs. Randy Orton and John Cena This was a back and fourth match between 4 great athletes until Orton caught D'Lo with a tremendous dropkick followed by the "O-Zone". But Benjamin came in to break the fall and all 4 men got into the ring. Out from the back came Malice and referee Brian Hebner yelled at him to go to the back when Teddy Long tossed D'Lo a foreign object which he hit Orton with. He then rolled on top of him to get the 3 count as Benjamin prevented Cena from making the save. Match Time: 9:38 Long: "Oh what a surprise, the group that is so underpriviledged just took a damn shortcut to win"! Lawler: "Everything is going right for Civil Rights"! PRIOR TO COMMERCIAL.... BACKSTAGE.... CHUCK PALUMBO AND SHAWN STASIAK ARE SHOWN WITH STRIFE. Chuck Palumbo: "Congratulations on winning that thing man". Shawn Stasiak: "Yeah man, to defeat Taker at WrestleMania's gotta be a defining moment". Strife: "Well now I gotta prove that I'm a real champion and defend it against anyone who wants to get on ma tracks. You boys ready to go kick some ass"? Palumbo: "Yeah, but what about Taker"? Strife: "Don't worry about him, I have a feeling he won't care to much for his partners". COMMERCIAL BREAK.... A COMMERCIAL FOR MSN8 IS SHOWN. RETURN FROM BREAK... RINGSIDE...AS RAW RETURNS, KEVIN SLEDGE's MUSIC HITS AND HE COMES OUT TO A MIXED RESPONSE. J.R.: "We're back on RAW folks and King, can ya handle so more toughman action"? Lawler: "I don't know but I know these fans can"! SPAWN's MUSIC HITS AND A GREEN HAZE FALLS OVER THE ARENA AS SPAWN COMES OUT WITH THE TOUGHMAN TITLE BELT DANGLING FROM HIS RIGHT HAND. J.R.: "This man walked through the fire at WrestleMania and defeated two very strong opponents to get that belt but with no rules, this man has gotta be virtually unstoppable King". Lawler: "I know I wouldn't be signing up to face him"! TWF Toughman Title Match Challenger... Kevin "Sledge Hamma" Sledge vs. Spawn As the bell sounded, Sledge showed no fear of Spawn and came right at him, backing him up with some right hands. He then grabbed a kendo stick and started to pound on the champion, looking to put him away early. But Spawn grabbed the stick and kicked Sledge right in the face. He then removed the protective pad on the turnbuckle and dropped him right on the steel bolt with a snake eyes. As Sledge staggered back holding his nose, Spawn kicked him in the gut and delivered a devastating powerbomb. He then went and actually ripped one of the legs off a wooden table and brought it into the ring. When Sledge got to his feet, Spawn viciously hit him over the head with the leg and covered him for the 3 count. Match Time: 6:37 Lawler: "Somebody call 911". J.R.: "The Sledge Hammer is motionless folks and that was scary, man was that scary"! STILL PICTURES ARE SHOWN FROM WRESTLEMANIA OF THE HULK HOGAN-"STONE COLD" STEVE AUSTIN MATCH. J.R.: "What a match that was at WrestleMania folks and as the EMT's check on Sledge, let's show you what transpired at the top of the broadcast". EARLIER TONIGHT.... HOGAN EXTENDS HIS HAND. AFTER A SHORT HESITATION, AUSTIN SHAKES IT WHICH THE CROWD LOVES. BUT SUDDENLY, THEY ARE INTERRUPTED..... Voice: "What in the hell is going on? NAILS APPEARS ON THE STAGE TO THE BOO OF THE CROWD. I lost my Toughman title at WrestleMania, without even being involved in the decision, I don't get a rematch tonight and now you two are out here? You two and your mutual respect makes me sick. Austin, you beat the man, leave it at that. You are weak for coming out here and shaking his hand and Hogan, well you're just a plain red and yellow bitch"! Lawler: "Whoa"! Hogan: "Let me tell you something brother, you got a lot of nerve coming out here saying that when you were trying to get a guy on your side to make sure you never lost your Toughman title. Only he realized what kind of scum you are and decided to tell you to go to hell alone"! Nails: "Hogan, you don't know what you're getting yourself into". Hogan: "Oh but I do brother, in fact, why don't you go back there and find your gold friend and come out here later to face the rattlesnake and myself in a tag match"?! FANS LOUDLY CHEER Nails: (kinda laughs) "You're on". "HELLS GUARDIAN" BY SLIPKNOT HITS AND NAILS AND GOLDUST COME OUT TO A HOARD OF BOOS. J.R.: "Here we go fans and after what we just saw on replay, I can't wait for this one". Lawler: "So is this the bizarre team J.R."? J.R.: "I still don't fully understand the relationship between these two but I think they could be very effective together". "REAL AMERICAN" HITS AND THE ROOF BLOWS OFF AS HULK HOGAN MAKES HIS WAY TO THE RING. Lawler: "But how affective can this man and Austin be together, after there match at WrestleMania"? J.R.: "There's a mutual respect between the two now King and I think.... wait a minute, this is a mugging"! BEFORE THE BELL SOUNDED, GOLDUST AND NAILS JUMPED HOGAN AND TOOK ADVANTAGE OF A 2 ON 1 SITUATION WHEN SUDDENLY, THE GLASS BROKE AND AUSTIN CHARGED THE RING TO EVEN THINGS UP. "Stone Cold" Steve Austin and Hulk Hogan vs. Nails and Goldust After the 4 men brawled for a couple minutes, referee Mike Chioda jumped in and forced Austin to his corner, allowing Goldust and Nails to blatantly choke Hogan together. Goldust then backed Hogan to the corner as Nails went to his corner and he slapped him across the face. Goldust then sent him for the right and hit him with his butt bump before tagging in Nails who came in and fed Hogan a heavy dose of right hands followed by a belly to back suplex. But when he went for the cover, Hogan kicked out at 2. Nails then turned around and hit Austin with a hard right hand but when he turned around, Hogan was up and battling back. But Nails stopped the pour of offense with a big headbutt before tagging Goldust back in. After a scoop slam, Goldust whipped Hogan to the corner and tried to hit his big bulldog but Hogan countered with a big clothesline. Both men were down and trying to make a tag. Goldust reached his corner but Hogan was held back when Nails grabbed his leg and dragged him back across the ring. He then got down and blasted the forehead of the Hulkster with some hard knuckle shots before again choking him with 2 hands, using all of the referee's 5 count that he could get away with. After a hard knifedge chop, Nails went for an irish whip but Hogan reversed it and caught him with a big boot to the face. He then made the tag to Austin as the crowd came alive. Goldust entered the ring but the rattlesnake hit him with 5 straight rights before dropping him with a spinebuster. He then ducked a clothesline by Nails and as Nails came off the ropes, Austin caught him with the Thesz press and went to work on his hockey mask with some hard punches. Austin then kicked Nails in the gut and was set up for the Stunner but Goldust pulled him back. He went for a clothesline but Austin ducked and he took out Nails. Hogan was then able to get back in and he hit Goldust with 3 hard shots before clotheslining him to the floor. Meanwhile, Austin waited for Nails to get up and when he did, boom, he was hit with the Stunner and covered for the 3 count. Match Time: 10:00 J.R.: "Well he wasn't involved in the decision at WrestleMania but Nails got his ass whooped tonight! What a team Hogan and Austin make"! Lawler: "Goldust just made a mistake J.R. or this one would've gone the other way"! AUSTIN's MUSIC HIT AND HE AND HOGAN SHOOK HANDS AND THE CROWD WENT WILD AS NAILS AND GOLDUST WALKED OFF IN DEFEAT. J.R.: "The fans are loving every minute of this and I gotta admit, so is yours truly"! Lawler: "Well Nails and Goldust are not enjoying it and they will be back for more, I can assure you of that"! FOOTAGE IS SHOWN IN STILL FORM OF THE STRIFE-UNDERTAKER BATTLE FOR THE TWF WORLD TITLE AT WRESTLEMANIA. "YOU'RE GONNA PAY" HITS AND THE UNDERTAKER COMES OUT TO A BIG OVATION. J.R.: "It's time for our big six man main event and here comes the former TWF World champion and what a match it was at WrestleMania King"! Lawler: "It was a classic brawl, the fans loved it"! "LATINO HEAT" HITS AND LOS GUERRERO's ARE BOOED ALL THE WAY DOWN THE RAMP. J.R.: "These two wanted Strife and they got him"! Lawler: "That's not fair J.R., Undertaker doesn't wanna team with these two"! J.R.: "That's what they get for continually getting on the boss' bad side". CHUCK PALUMBO AND SHAWN STASIAK's MUSIC HITS AND THEY COME OUT WITH THE RAW TAG TEAM TITLES AROUND THEIR WAIST. Lawler: "Maybe they should start protesting like Civil Rights has done"! J.R.: "I think our fans would start protesting then". "GET OFF MY TRACKS" BY POD HITS AND STRIFE COMES OUT TO AN ENORMOUS CHEER WITH THE TWF TITLE AROUND HIS WAIST. THE CAMERA PICKS UP A SHOT OF THE UNDERTAKER WATCHING STRIFE COME OUT. Lawler: "This is four on two essentially"! J.R.: "Oh it is not, you don't think The Undertaker has something to prove to this man"?! 6 man tag Strife, Chuck Palumbo and Shawn Stasiak vs. The Undertaker and Los Guerrero's Palumbo started the match off with Chavo and had a lot of success using power moves early. After 3 straight right hands, Palumbo took Chavo over with a gutwrench suplex before dropping him with a discus punch. He and Stasiak took turns working Chavo before Strife came in and delivered some hard elbows in the corner. Eddie Guerrero demanded a tag and Strife allowed him to make it. Eddie came in and sized Strife up but out of a collar and elbow tie up, Strife slung him into the corner and went to town with some hard right hands before whipping him into the corner so hard he almost flipped out to the floor. Strife, Palumbo and Stasiak did a great job on the Guerrero's and 10 minutes into the match, The Undertaker was a non factor as the Guerrero's were ignoring him. But as the action spilled to the floor, Palumbo and Eddie traded shots but Strife came around and threw Eddie back into the ring when suddenly, Christopher Nowinski came from behind and hit Strife with his new trophy which referee Earl Hebner did not see. In the ring, The Undertaker was able to slap Eddie's shoulder to tag himself in and he came in and delivered the "Last Ride" to Palumbo to get the pin. Match Time: 13:17 J.R.: "One move from the deadman and this is over but what in the hell is Christopher Nowinski doing"?! Lawler: "That was the unfinished business he was talking about! Him and Strife have their history together"! J.R.: "Well I don't agree with that decision and if he's so proud, why's he attacking people from the back"?! Lawler: "Hold on J.R., Eddie's got the mic"! "YOU'RE GONNA PAY" WAS PLAYING AND THE UNDERTAKER WAS ABOUT TO EXIT THE RING. Eddie Guerrero: "Hey Undertaker, get back here vato. THE MUSIC STOPPED. You need to say thank you to me and Chavo homes". J.R.: "For what"? Eddie: "Because all these people know that there is no way you would've won that match without us"! J.R.: "Oh please". THE UNDERTAKER LOOKED OFF TO THE SIDE AND WIPED HIS FACE BEFORE DRILLING EDDIE WITH A SOUPBONE RIGHT HAND. HE THEN PULLED HIM UP AND DELIVERED A THUNDEROUS "LAST RIDE" AND "YOU'RE GONNA PAY" HIT AGAIN AS CHAVO SLID OUT OF THE RING AND PULLED HIS UNCLE OUT. Lawler: "What's this idiot doing? Those are your partners"! J.R.: "Once again, Eddie Guerrero's mouth has gotten himself in trouble but in case you were questioning The Undertaker's abilities, he's still got it"! OFF AIR......
