Madison, Wisonsin
Attendance: 16,419
April 18, 2003
THE NEW TNN LOGO POPS UP AND THE SHOT OPENS IN NEW YORK CITY OUTSIDE THE TWF LIVEWIRE INN. A SHORT MONTAGE ROLLS FOR UPRISING WITH IT's THEME MUSIC AND CAMERAS GO INSIDE THE THUNDEROUSLY LOUD RESTAURANT WHERE HUNDREDS OF TWF FANS ARE HAVING A GREAT TIME PREPARING FOR RAW. AL SNOW AND THE HONKY TONK MAN APPEAR ON THE STAGE AND THE CHEERS GROW LOUDER. Al Snow: "We are about one hour away from TWF RAW but first Honky, we've got some business to take care of from the Livewire"! Honky Tonk Man: "Great action in store as always and not only that, I'm on the show"! Snow: "Ya know, if there was someone else out there who thought as highly of you as you do, you might very well be the king"! HTM: "Listen to these people, they're all in my fan club"! THE CROWD STARTS TO BOO. Snow: "I can tell". Alexandria Miran vs. Terri Gold What a match to kick things off and get the fans really going and it was two women who put on a good spirited, very competitive match. But it was the newcomer Alex Miran who countered a clothesline into a backslide and got Gold for the win. After the match, the two shook hands and got a good applause. Match Time: 8:03 A-Train vs. Chuck Palumbo w/ Shawn Stasiak Palumbo gave the big man fits as did the fans because A-Train seemed preoccupied with Shawn Stasiak at ringside and he really let the fans "shave your back" chants get to him. After a discus punch, Palumbo bounced off the ropes looking for his Jungle kick but A-Train ducked and slapped two hands around his throat before delivering the "A-Bomb" to win it. After the match, Stasiak came in to check on his partner but A-Train caught him with his scissor kick which got him a lot of heat from the crowd. Match Time: 6:32 Tommy Dreamer vs. Chavo Guerrero w/ Eddie Guerrero Chavo gave Dreamer some stiff competition, working his right knee for a good portion of the match but after moving out of the way of a missle dropkick, Dreamer stuck Chavo with a perfect ddt to get the 1....2......3. After the match, Eddie was very upset with his nephew. Match Time: 5:10 Snow: "Eddie is showing his nephew some tough love, calm down Eddie"! HTM: "He's just trying to make him better Snow. Maybe if you would've had a motivator, you'd still be in the ring right now"! Snow: "Oh you're one to talk, how many matches did you actually win in your career? But never mind that folks, it's been a great night on Uprising as we've seen the meteoric rise of Alex Miran continue and A-Train punish the RAW tag team champs! But speaking of RAW, it's that time Honky"! HTM: "J.R., I know you've gotta sit with Jerry Lawler for two hours, but take it away"! THE CAMERA ZOOMS OUT AND THE SCREEN FADES TO BLACK. THE TWF LOGO THEN FLASHES ACROSS THE SCREEN FOLLOWED BY THE RAW LOGO.
FOOTAGE FROM LAST WEEK's RAW IS SHOWN FIRST OF TRIPLE H's MESSAGE TO STEPAHNIE McMAHON AND THEN OF HIS CONFRONTATION WITH TEDDY LONG. "ACROSS THE NATION" PLAYS AND REVS UP THE MONATGE VIDEO AS AN ELECTRIC ATMOSPHERE IS SHOWN INSIDE THE KOHL CENTER THAT INCLUDES A POUNDING FIREWORKS DISPLAY. Jim Ross: "We are in the home of the Wisconsin Badgers and we are live as live gets for RAW"! "WE DON'T DIE" BY TWITZED HITS AND PSYMIN COMES OUT WITH A BAMBOO STICK IN HAND. Jerry Lawler: "We might be in badger country tonight J.R. but I promise their college football games are nothing compared to what they're gonna see tonight! Look at this guy, he's got green hair"! J.R.: "This is the newest competitor here on RAW, Psymin, and I've done some research on this guy King, he's gonna be a force in this toughman division". ZEROEX' MUSIC HITS AND HE COMES OUT TO A MILD RESPONSE. Lawler: "What, was he in UFC or something"? J.R.: "He's remembered as a backyard legend in the state of Michigan but he's gonna has his hands full with ZeroEx who was once a world kickboxing champion"! Lawler: "Well this is toughman rules which is both guys cup of tea, I just hope they're both able to leave in one piece"! Toughman Rules: ZeroEx vs. Psymin As the bell sounded, ZeroEx showed off his quick feet to make Psymin keep his distance but Psymin charged him and ZeroEx countered with a drop toe hold. He then put on a front face lock with some vicious knees to the head. After a vertical suplex, ZeroEx went and grabbed Psymin's bamboo stick but when he went to hit him, Psymin caught him with a side kick to the gut followed by a hard clothesline. He then wore ZeroEx out with the bamboo stick with some hard shots across the back. He then laid a trash can on it's side and delivered a swinging neckbreaker right through it. After a blatant choke, Psymin blasted ZeroEx with some hard rights to the forehead and then he whipped him to the ropes but ZeroEx ducked a clothesline and caught him with a big roundhouse that sent a smack around the arena. ZeroEx then set him on the top rope but Psymin got a thumb to the eye in followed by a reverse tornado ddt. That led to his devastating finisher, "Psymin Psays". Referee Brian Hebner started to count as Psymin grabbed his bamboo stick. At the count of 7, ZeroEx started to stir and Psymin went to the top rope. ZeroEx just beat Hebner's count to stay alive but Psymin came off the top rope with a shot to the head with the bamboo stick. ZeroEx fell straight back and was counted out and Psymin was declared the victor. Match Time: 6:48 "WE DON'T DIE" HIT AGAIN AS PSYMIN WALKED OUT OF THE RING WITH AN EVIL GRIN ON HIS FACE. J.R.: "Psymin has won this one via knockout and I can't put my finger on it King, but this guy Psymin reminds me of something". Lawler: "Well he reminded me of Lennox Lewis! ZeroEx is out"! PRIOR TO COMMERCIAL.... DRESSING ROOM... NEMESIS IS SHOWN WITH SAM WILDE WHO IS LOOKING AT HIS BIBLE. Nemesis: "So when's Matt Taylor's study"? Sam Wilde: "He had something to do tonight, so he said he'd get in touch with me". Nemesis: "Look Sam, you know I don't trust him. I don't believe he's sincere about you shaping him into someone better". Sam Wilde: "Hmmm, sounds funny. I think you denied that you even needed to change and you definitely didn't think I could help you, remember? He just wants to become a better man, that's all". THE CAMERA ZOOMS IN ON NEMESIS WHO DOESN'T SEEM TO BUY THE WORDS OF WILDE. A GRAPHIC POPS UP WITH THE RAW LOGO IN THE BACKGROUND. AKASHA IS ON ONE SIDE AND TERRI ON THE OTHER. J.R.: "Up next, Terri faces the leader of the Reign of Darkness.... god help her". COMMERCIAL BREAK..... A COMMERCIAL FOR SOUTHWEST AIRLINES IS SHOWN. RETURN FROM BREAK.... STEPHANIE's OFFICE..... AS RAW COMES BACK, LITA AND JESSICA LOPEZ ARE SHOWN IN STEPHANIE's OFFICE. Stephanie: "Listen ladies, I called you in tonight to tell you what I have come up with for the Women's title. Right now, we have more competition surrounding the title than ever. Now Jessica, I know you have a gripe about how Victoria won the title at WrestleMania and Lita, you're a former champion as well. Now Jessica, you defeated Lita on Uprising last week and you are entitled to a return match. But I have to give Jazz a shot to because of the agreement I signed with Johnny Cochran. So on Saturday Night's Main Event, Jessica, you will be involved in a triple threat with both Jazz and Akasha and the winner faces Victoria at Foul Play. Then Lita, you will be the number one contender after Foul Play". Lita: "Fair enough". LITA EXITS THE OFFICE JUST AS AUSTIN PYROMANIA ENTERS. Austin Pyromania: "Uh, Steph... we have a problem". Stephanie: "And what would that be Austin"? Pyromania: "Well, with all due respect, I don't feel that the match you made for Terri against Akasha is exactly fair and I was wondering if maybe you could call it off". Stephanie: (laughs) "Well it's nice of you to look out for Terri, but I think you should strongly consider thanking her. Because her accepting that match with Akasha got you a Toughman title shot against Spawn at Foul Play". Pyromania: "Are you serious"? PYROMANIA HURRIEDLY LEAVES THE OFFICE AS THE SCENE SWITCHES TO ANOTHER PART OF THE BACKSTAGE AREA. NAILS COMES UP TO A DOOR WITH A GOLD STAR ON IT THAT SYAS GOLDUST, LIKE ON THE HOLLYWOOD WALK OF FAME. NAILS TRYS TO ENTER BUT THE DOOR IS LOCKED. HE THEN KNOCKS WHEN A CEILING PANEL CRASHES ON TOP OF HIM FROM ABOVE. THE SCENE CUTS BACK TO RINGSIDE WHERE CIVIL RIGHTS' MUSIC IS PLAYING AND TEDDY LONG IS STANDING IN THE RING WITH HIS GROUP. J.R.: "Well I don't know what that was all about but Nails just got taken out by a ceiling panel"! Lawler: "I think I have a pretty good idea of what happened but let's listen to what Brother Long has to say". Teddy Long: "Comes time again for us to come out here and set all you people straight. Ya see, the clock is ticking on the man and the clock is ticking on this show. The black man will be held down no more after Foul Play! My brothers are proud to be representing a culture that is ready to move up in the world, ready to take what is rightfully ours. (Long pulls out a piece of paper from his sportcoat) Now, I have yet to decide who will represent Civil Rights at Foul Play, but I have scratched a few names off my list. However my brothers, there are still some names on this list that need to know that this is not about white power anymore. Nemesis and Sam Wilde, here you got a man who worships the lord and prides himself on what he has learned from him and then tries to transfer it into helping out his fellow superstars. Well Sam, what if I told you the lord is a black man? That's why I have arranged for you and that freak Nemesis to take on Shelton and D'Lo tonight. Now High Octane, you say Brian Pillman was your hero? Well Pillman was never the athlete Rocky Johnson was, but he was a white man, that's why you idolized him. So that's why tonight, you're gonna take on my crown jewel Malice. Now Scott Steiner, I don't know what to say about you. You say the truth is that you are big poppa pump and freakzilla and all this other crap. Well tonight, you're gonna be worried about a lot more than your freaks and your peaks cause you're gonna find out the truth when you face Ron Killings! So boys, get used to this because after Foul Play, the person I have in mind to run RAW will take out the frustrations of our entire culture on all you overrated white folks that have held us down"! CIVIL RIGHTS' MUSIC HITS AGAIN AS THE GROUP LEAVES THE RING. J.R.: "For god sakes, this man is dillusional"! Lawler: "Notice he didn't say a word about Triple H". J.R.: "Oh I'm sure he's on that list King, Teddy Long just has to try and show he has some sort of power around here first"! BACKSTAGE.... SCOTT STEINER, RANDY ORTON AND JOHN CENA ARE SHOWN WATCHING ON A MONITOR. Scott Steiner: "Oh I'll show that boy the truth when I stomp his ass"! John Cena: "Hell yeah"! Steiner: "But boys, I'm supposed to tell you from Triple H, good job on making a statement last week but the key is, don't stop there, keep it up". Randy Orton: "Oh we plan to". Cena: "Yeah, Nathan Jones may be the Colossus of Boggo Road, but he hasn't stepped into my world yet". BACK AT RINGSIDE, "BLACK RAIN" BY EVE HITS AND AKASHA MAKES HER WAY OUT OF A CLOUD OF BLACK SMOKE THAT COVERED THE SET. Lawler: "The reign of darkness has set in on RAW"! J.R.: "We heard earlier that by Terri accepting this match, she earned Austin Pyromania a toughman title shot against Spawn but King, I gotta be concerned for Terri's well being here". TERRI's MUSIC HITS AND SHE COMES OUT IN A LEOPARD PRINT OUTFIT TO A GOOD POP. Lawler: "Well I gotta agree J.R., she's gonna get womanhandled here"! J.R.: "Akasha is one of the top female athletes we've ever had around here in the TWF and Terri.... well she's not even a full time wrestler". J.R.: "Be thankful Pyromania"! Akasha vs. Terri The bell sounded and Akasha locked up with Terri and slammed her to the mat. But after ducking a clothesline, Terri started a run that surprisingly tested the favored Akasha. Terri got near falls after back to back roll ups but after a botched high risk move off the top rope, Terri came up gimpy and fell victim to the "Cloud of Darkness" ddt as Akasha hooked the leg to get the pin. Match Time: 4:44 J.R.: "Thank gosh it's over but give it up for Terri, she didn't back down an inch"! Lawler: "Here comes Pyromania to check on her". AUSTIN PYROMANIA JOGGED OUT AND SLID INTO THE RING. HE KNELT DOWN NEXT TO TERRI TO MAKE SURE SHE WAS OK BUT AKASHA CAME FROM BEHIND AND GRABBED HIS SHOULDER. PYROMANIA GOT UP IN HER FACE AND A HEATED ARGUMENT ENSUED WHEN SPAWN CAME OUT WITH HIS TOUGHMAN TITLE AND HIT PYROMANIA IN THE BACK OF THE HEAD WITH IT. AKASHA THEN WENT OUT AND GOT A STEEL CHAIR AND TOSSED IT TO SPAWN WHO WAITED FOR PYROMANIA TO GET UP AND WHEN HE DID, HE BLASTED HIM WITH THE CHAIR OVER THE HEAD. "BLACK RAIN" THEN HIT AS AKASHA AND SPAWN STOOD OVER TERRI AND PYROMANIA. J.R.: "Oh what a shot! Get these two out of here"! Lawler: "Hey he deserved it J.R., he was gonna strike Akasha"! J.R.: "Oh he was not! But if he did, it wouldn't be like she didn't deserve it! Spawn is the Toughman champion for now but I can promise you Pyromania will bring everything in his arsenal to Foul Play to change that"! COMMERCIAL BREAK..... A PREVIEW FOR THE MOVIE ANGER MANAGEMENT IS SHOWN. RETURN FROM BREAK.... BACKSTAGE.... AS RAW RETURNS, JONATHAN COACHMAN IS WITH CHRISTOPHER NOWINSKI. Jonathan Coachman: "Chris, it was announced last week that you will get a shot at Foul Play to win the World title against Strife. But how will you got about beating the Locomotive"? Christopher Nowinski: "Let me ask you a question Coach, did you graduate from Harvard"? Coachman: "Well, no". Nowinski: "That's evident. What do I need to change? I've already beaten him twice. I'm 2-0 against the "locomotive". So Strife is.... JUST THEN, BAHAMUT COMES UP AND GETS IN NOWINSKI's FACE. Bahamut: "Tell me what's wrong with this picture Coach. This man is the number one contender, yet he got pinned by High Octane last week. Wasn't it me who kicked High Octane's ass at WrestleMania? Oh that's right, it was". Nowinski: "Whoa, whoa, whoa. Had a had a more intelligent partner, he would've been able to make the save. I can't beat them both". Bahamut: "Oh is that right? Well if you're such a badass, (he grabs the H on his letter jacket) why don't you meet me in the ring later tonight"? Nowinski: "Hey, that's fine, I need to release some of this energy I have built up from being so successful". BAHAMUT STARES NOWINSKI DOWN AND THEN WALKS AWAY AS NOWINSKI ADJUSTS HIS JACKET. Nemesis and Sam Wilde vs. Shelton Benjamin and D'Lo Brown W/ tEDDY lONG Nemesis started things off with D'Lo Brown and D'Lo could not match the power of Nemesis who broke him down with some hard kidney shots and then just a kick to the face. After dropping D'Lo with a clothesline, he tagged in Wilde who came in and kept the pressure on with a top wrist lock. D'Lo got up and used his left hand to jab Wilde but Wilde took him down with an armwhip into a side headlock. But D'Lo powered his way up and delivered a backdrop suplex and that allowed him to make the make the tag to a fresh Benjamin. Benjamin came in and matched Wilde's mat technique and then caught him with a reverse kick to the head after Wilde caught his other leg. Benjamin hit several suplexes on Wilde but Wilde kicked out of 3 covers. But after ducking a clothesline and catching Benjamin with a powerslam, Wilde tagged in Nemesis who came in and went wild on Benjamin. D'Lo came in from behind and got in a few cheap shots. D'Lo and Benjamin had Nemesis hooked up for a double suplex but Nemesis shrugged both men up and slapped a hand around both men's throats before delivering a double chokeslam. D'Lo rolled out of the ring as Nemesis tagged in Wilde who came in and rolled Benjamin up with a mandara hineri to score the win. Match Time: 7:14 TEDDY LONG WAS SHOWN ABOUT TO EXPLODE IN ANGER. J.R.: "Oh how do you like that Teddy Long, your brothers just got beat fair and square"! Lawler: "He doesn't seem to happy about it"! J.R.: "I wonder who he'll blame this one on! But a team that didn't seem like they were on the same page last week, Nemesis and Sam Wilde looked very impressive tonight"! A PROMO VIDEO IS SHOWN OF LES NOUVELLES, RENE DUPREE AND SYLVAN GRENIER WRESTLING IN CANADA AND THEY TELL THE SUPERSTARS OF RAW TO BE READY FOR THE FUTURE OF TAG TEAM WRESTLING. COMING SOON TO THE TWF. PARKING LOT.... A LIMOSINE PULLS INTO THE ARENA AND TRIPLE H STEPS OUT WEARING HIS GAME HUNTER T-SHIRT. TWF RE-WIND SHOWS JOHN CENA AND RANDY ORTON ATTACKING NATHAN JONES LAST WEEK ON RAW WITH STEEL CHAIRS AFTER HE DEFEATED A-TRAIN. JOHN CENA's MUSIC IS PLAYING AND HE IS IN THE RING BEING BOOED. NATHAN JONES' MUSIC HITS AND HE COMES OUT TO A GOOD REACTION. J.R.: "I don't think John Cena knows what he's gotten himself into tonight but he's gonna face this demonic Nathan Jones"! Lawler: "Of course he knows what he's doing, he and Randy Orton have to continue making their statement"! J.R.: "To impress who? Triple H? Steiner"? Lawler: "Hey, RAW is their personal stomping grounds so I would wanna impress them"! Nathan Jones vs. John Cena As the bell sounded, Cena tried to come from behind but Jones turned around and kicked him in the chest. He then picked him up with a double choke lift and slung him into the corner before working his body with some hard rights and lefts. Jones shot him to the corner hard and Cena fell hard to the mat. After a big elbow drop, Jones went for the cover but Cena was able to get a shoulder up. After an irish whip, Jones picked him up with a gorilla press but dropped him when he saw Randy Orton coming down the aisle. Jones pointed at Orton but Cena rolled the big man up from behind to score a quick 3 count. Match Time: 4:49 JONES WENT TO PICK CENA UP BUT ORTON CAME FROM BEHIND, SPUN HIM AROUND AND THREW A HANDFUL OF POWDER IN HIS EYES. TEMPORARILY BLINDED, JONES WAS ATTACKED BY BOTH MEN AS THE BELL SOUNDED OFF. J.R.: "Now wait a minute, that was powder to the eyes! Somebody stop this"! JUST THEN, KEVIN NASH CAME RUNNING OUT TO A BIG POP. HE HIT ORTON WITH A HARD FOREARM SHOT BEFORE DROPPING CENA WITH A SIDESLAM. THE CROWD WAS GOING NUTS AS "DON'T TURN YOUR BACK ON THE WOLFPAC" HIT WITH A HOWL. NASH THEN GOT DOWN TO CHECK ON JONES' AS CENA AND ORTON ANGRILY LEFT. Lawler: "What is Nash doing out here? He's not really friends with Jones is he"? J.R.: "I think he wants to help the newcomer fit in here in the TWF and thank god he came out, Orton and Cena were ready to take him out of the game"! PRIOR TO COMMERCIAL.... BACKSTAGE.... GOLDUST IS SHOWN AND HIS WIG IS ON THE GROUND BACKSTAGE. Goldust: "There it is". GOLDUST GOES TO PICK IT UP BUT IT STARTS TO MOVE SLIGHTLY. HE TRIES TO GRAB IT AGAIN BUT AGAIN, IT MOVES. GOLDUST STARTS FOLLOWING IT UNTIL IT DISAPPEARS AROUND A CORNER. GOLDUST GOES AROUND THE CORNER AND A LOT OF COMMOTION IS HEARD AS IF A BRAWL HAS STARTED. MOMENTS LATER.... "STONE COLD" STEVE AUSTIN EMERGES FROM AROUND THE CORNER. J.R.: "I think business just picked up"! A COMMERCIAL FOR TOYS 'R US IS SHOWN. RETURN FROM BREAK.... STEPHANIE's OFFICE..... AS RAW RETURNS, STEPHANIE IS SHOWN ON THE PHONE. Stephanie: "I know dad, I'm just worried. I don't know who Teddy Long's gonna pick from that list and I don't wanna have to rely on my ex-husband, ya know? So is there anyway, we can get out of this contract? (short pause) Okay, well I know your attorneys are on top of it, thanks dad, bye". STEPH HANGS UP THE PHONE AND LETS OUT A DEEP SIGH. BACK AT RINGSIDE, CIVIL RIGHTS' MUSIC HITS AND TEDDY LONG COMES OUT WITH MALICE. J.R.: "We're back on RAW and if you're listening Steph, just hang in there, we're not gonna let these bastards have this show"! Lawler: "Whoa, strong words J.R., no wonder they feel the way they do". J.R.: "Oh don't gimme that. Someone needs to tell these guys that their views are corrupt"! "DOWN WITH THE SICKNESS" HITS AND HIGH OCTANE COMES OUT TO A BIG POP. Lawler: "To you they're corrupt, but put yourself in their place J.R.". J.R.: "Well here's one of the guys who's held them back in their minds so High Octane, I hope you kick this guys ass"! Lawler: "He's what, half this guy's size"? "High Octane" Damion West vs. Malice Giving up a lot of size, High Octane employed a hit and run strategy and had a lot of success while frustrating Malice at the same time. But when Teddy Long grabbed his foot as he tried to bounce off the ropes, High Octane was drilled with a clothesline. Malice then threw him into the corner and stuck his boot across West's throat. He then lifted him on top of his shoulders and dropped him across the top rope. He then went for a big boot but High Octane avoided it and caught him with a dropkick before going to the middle turnbuckle and catching him with a flying back elbow that took him off his feet. But suddenly, Jackie Gayda and Matt Taylor made their way out and Jackie got up and distracted referee Mike Sparks and Taylor came from behind and dropped High Octane with "Taylor Made", his new finisher. That led to a modified powerslam from Malice who hooked the leg as Sparks turned to make the 3 count. Match Time: 6:50 J.R.: "Just what in the hell is going on? What is Matt Taylor doing"?! Lawler: "Maybe Nemesis was right about this guy, what is he doing"? J.R.: "That's all we need is for someone to assist Civil Rights"! TEDDY LONG AND MALICE LEFT AS JACKIE GAYDA AND MATT TAYLOR STOOD OVER HIGH OCTANE AS THE CROWD LOUDLY BOOED. THEY THEN EXITED THE RING AND MOMENTS LATER, HIGH OCTANE MANAGED TO PICK HIMSELF UP OFF THE MAT. BUT WHEN HE WAS WALKING UP THE RAMP, BAHAMUT CAME FROM BEHIND THE CURTAIN AND TOOK HIM OUT WITH A HARD CLOTHESLINE BEFORE GORILLA PRESS SLAMMING HIM ON THE RAMP. J.R.: "My god, what the hell is going on?! The man was already hurt"! Lawler: "High Octane's just makin' all sorts of friends tonight"! BAHAMUT WAS LOUDLY BOOED BEFORE HEADING BACKSTAGE. J.R.: "Bahamut is ready to take on the world tonight but High Octane will have his sights set on payback, you can be sure of that"! BACKSTAGE... VICTORIA IS SHOWN BACKSTAGE LOOKING AT HERSELF IN HER WOMEN's TITLE WHEN AKASHA COMES UP FROM BEHIND. VICTORIA SEES HER IN THE BELT AND TURNS AROUND. Akasha: "There you are, So Victoria, you mind telling me why you turned on me at WrestleMania"? Victoria: "What are you talking about"? Akasha: "We had an agreement and then you pinned me from behind with a rollup at WrestleMania. Not only that, but you haven't shown up on RAW for two weeks, until tonight. So, why are you here"? Victoria: I have my reasons but.... Akasha: "But nothing. Just keep one thing in mind, the reign of darkness is getting stronger every day and soon, that title will be back around my waist". AKASHA WALKS AWAY AS THE SCENE SHIFTS TO STEPHANIE's OFFICE WHERE CHRISTOPHER NOWINSKI IS STANDING. Stephanie: "Can I help you Chris"? Nowinski: "Oh yes, I believe you can. You have put me in a world title match at Foul Play. Now I trust you wanna protect your main event, so I believe my match with Bahamut tonight should have a special referee, ya know, so things don't get out of hand". Stephanie: "Who'd you have in mind"? NOWINSKI GETS A SMILE ON HIS FACE AND THE SCENE CUTS TO THE RING WHERE NAILS IS STANDING WITH A MIC IN HAND, THE CROWD IS WILDLY BOOING. J.R.: "What does this guy want"? Nails: "Austin! You think you can just jerk us around? Get your ass out here and we'll see who gets jerked around"?! Lawler: "He's callin' out the rattlesnake"! THE SOUND OF BREAKING GLASS IS HEARD AND THE CROWD GOES BALLISTIC. J.R.: "And he's gonna get him"! Lawler: "Hold on, look out Nails"! JUST THEN, NAILS TURNS RIGHT INTO A STUNNER FROM AUSTIN WHO CAME THROUGH THE CROWD. AUSTIN THEN GOT DOWN IN NAILS' FACE AND DID SOME TRASH TALKING AS THE FANS WENT WILD. J.R.: "Oh hell yeah! Be careful what you ask for Nails"! Lawler: "What is Austin's problem tonight"?! J.R.: "He's got the same problem Nails and Goldust had last week when they beat the hell out of Hulk Hogan"! AUSTIN RAISES HIS ARMS AS HE WALKS UP THE RAMP TO A DEAFENING CHEER. Lawler: "Well I think that was a cowardly move, he came from behind"! COMMERCIAL BREAK..... A PROGRAMMING AD IS SHOWN FOR SLAMBALL AND CSI. RETURN FROM BREAK... RINGSIDE.... AS RAW RETURNS, CIVIL RIGHTS' THEME HITS AND TEDDY LONG COMES OUT WITH RON KILLINGS. J.R.: "We're back on RAW folks and what a night it has been and believe it or not, we're not done". Lawler: "No we're not J.R., we've got a great matchup coming up right here"! SIRENS BLARE AND "HOLLA IF YA HERE ME IS HEARD" AS SCOTT STEINER's MUSIC HITS AND HE COMES OUT WEARING HIS CHAIN HEAD GEAR AND FLEXES, SHOWING OFF HIS ENORMOUS ARMS. J.R.: "Teddy Long says Steiner's gonna find out what the truth is tonight but King, what is the truth"? Lawler: "I don't know, ask these guys". J.R.: "Well I view this as a big match for RAW King and if Steiner can wrestle the match his style, I think he will take Killings out". Lawler: "Well don't underestimate Killings, this guy is very talented"! Ron "The Truth" Killings w/ Teddy Long vs. Scott Steiner This was the best match all night easily as the contrast of styles turned into a great back and forth contest. Killings took a lot of abuse early as he got in too close to big poppa pump who delivered a non stop series of hammer like blows and knifedge chops. But after whipping him to the corner, Steiner charged in and walked into a big foot to the face and Killings then dropped him with a clothesline after doing the splits. After muscling Steiner over with a gutwrench suplex, Killings went to the middle turnbuckle and came off with a double axe handle to the back. Killings was wearing the genetic freak down but after bouncing off the ropes, he walked right into a Steiner Line that slammed him to the mat. Steiner then pointed at Long and hoisted Killings up before dropping him with a devastating orange crush driver. He made the cover and it was academic from there as he got the 3 count. Match Time: 8:42 But after the match, Teddy Long came from behind and hit Steiner in the back. Steiner turned around and grabbed him by the collar but Killings lowblowed Steiner. He then picked Steiner up and hit him with a barrage of right hands until Triple H came running out. After a trade off of punches, Triple H got in a kneelift on Killings and then threw him through the ropes to the floor. Triple H then made a sudden turn and kicked Long right in the gut before delivering the Pedigree! This got a huge cheer out of the crowd as "The Game" by Motorhead hit and Triple H and Steiner left the ring. J.R.: "Oh how do you like that brother Long! Oh that was awesome"! Lawler: "I don't know about that move J.R., I respect Triple H but that may have been a mistake"! J.R.: "Well it looks like Teddy Long has got something to say"! KILLINGS HANDED LONG A MICROPHONE AND HE TALKED FROM A LYING POSITION ON THE GROUND. Long: "That's it Triple H, you want this so bad... you got it. I'm gonna put you at the top of my list and I hope you can take the pressure of defending this whole show. Because now only are you not gonna know your opponent, but we're gonna send a message to the man and that message is real simple.... ya can't hold us down any longer, whitey is no longer in charge"! J.R.: "Well there you have it, Triple H will get the match at Foul Play and oh boy is that gonna be big"! Lawler: "How do you think Stephanie feels about this"? THE FOUL PLAY LOGO POPS UP ON THE SCREEN. J.R.: "She has to live with it now though King but speaking of Foul Play... let's run down the updated card". GRAPHICS CONTAINING THE FOUL PLAY LOGO ARE SHOWN FOR EACH MATCH. Lawler: "Alright, well look at this one, just signed.... Bahamut faces High Octane in a WrestleMania rematch"! J.R.: "That is certainly a volatile situation King but so is this one, just signed as well, the Texas rattlesnake will meet the demented Nails one on one"! Lawler: "Plus, Victoria will defend the Women's title"! J.R.: "And we just heard that Triple H will take on a member of Civil Rights to be named and King, the fate of our show for at least a month is on the line there"! THE HARVARD FIGHT SONG HITS AND CHRISTOPHER NOWINSKI COMES OUT TO A LOT OF HEAT. Lawler: "I know it J.R., who knows what's gonna happen, or even who Triple H is gonna face"?! J.R.: "Well we know this man will face Strife for the World title at Foul Play but he's got a big task standing in front of him tonight". "BOMBSHELL" BY POWERMAN 5000 HITS AS BAHAMUT COMES OUT TO A LOT OF LOUD BOOS. Lawler: "He sure does! Take a good look High Octane, this is the man that beat you at WrestleMania and is gonna do it again at Foul Play"! J.R: "Well that remains to be seen King but I know one thing, High Octane will bring it all to that one"! "YOU'RE GONNA PAY" HITS AND THE UNDERTAKER COMES OUT TO A HUGE POP. Lawler: "Wait a minute, what's this"? J.R.: "Oh I think I know, this is Nowinski's guest referee"! Lawler: "What? Why would Nowinski pick The Undertaker"? Bahamut vs. Christopher Nowinski * Special referee: The Undertaker This one got out of hand early as Bahamut came at Nowinski like a madman with some wild haymakers. The Undertaker asked for a break which Bahamut reluctantly made. Nowinski got in a thumb to the eyes which drew a warning from the deadman and after a clothesline, he used both hands to choke Bahamut. But Nowinski didn't break the hold in time and got reprimanded. He got up and got in Undertaker's face when Bahamut came and drilled Nowinski with a hard shot. Undertaker warned him of a closed fist and Bahamut shoved him. Undertaker had already had enough and he called for the bell, causing a no decision. Lawler: "What happened"? J.R.: "I think he threw this one out"! Lawler: "Here comes the champ"! THE UNDERTAKER LEFT THE RING AS NOWINSKI AND BAHAMUT CONTINUED TO TRADE SHOTS WHEN STRIFE CAME OUT. HE GOT INTO THE RING AND DRILLED NOWINSKI WITH A RUNNING BOOT THAT KNOCKED HIM THROUGH THE ROPES TO THE FLOOR. THE CROWD WENT WILD BUT WERE QUICKLY SILENCED WHEN BAHAMUT HIT STRIFE WITH "WHAT LEGENDS ARE MADE OF". "BOMBSHELL" BY POWERMAN 5000 HIT AS BAHAMUT LEFT THE RING AND WALKED UP THE RAMP WITH HIS ARMS RAISED. J.R.: "What the hell is Bahamut doing? Does he wanna take on the world"?! Lawler: "He's proving a point J.R. and sending a message that he may be being overlooked as a top star here on RAW"! J.R.: "Oh wait"! AS BAHAMUT REACHED THE TOP OF THE RAMP, HE TURNED AROUND AND WAS BLASTED WITH A "HEAD ON COLLISION" BY HIGH OCTANE WHO CAME OUT FROM THE BACK. Lawler: "What is that idiot doing"?! J.R.: "It's deja vu and I wonder how Bahamut likes being on the other end! Hvae a good night folks"! OFF AIR.....
