Saginaw, Michigan
Attendance: 8,994
September 10, 2003
RAW GOES ON THE AIR LIVE AND THE SHOT OPENS IN THE BACKSTAGE AREA WHERE JOHN CENA IS WALKING AND RUNS INTO STEPHANIE McMAHON. John Cena: "Hey there Steph, how ya doin' tonight"? CENA PUTS HIS HAND ON THE WALL OVER STEPHANIE AND LEANS IN CLOSE TO HER. Stephanie McMahon: "Uh, I'm okay John. But now that you're here, I'll go ahead and give you the news on your title defense tonight". Cena: "Hell yeah, which chump do I get to embarass tonight"? Stephanie: "Uh, I guess it would be chumps John because it's a triple threat match between you, Austin Pyromania and Kurt Angle". STEPHANIE WINKS AT CENA AND WALKS OFF, LEAVING HIM SPEECHLESS. "ACROSS THE NATION" HITS AND RAW's OPENING MONTAGE VIDEO ROLLS, SHOWING THE MEMBERS OF THE BAND UNION UNDERGROUND AS WELL AS THE FACES OF ALL THE SUPERSTARS OF RAW AND CLIPS OF SOME RECENT TWF RAW ACTION. FIREWORKS BURST OFF AND PYRO IS SET OFF ON THE STAGE AS THE ARENA IS SHOWN AND THOUSANDS OF FANS ARE SEEN AND HEARD GOING NUTS. NEWCOMER ROB STORM AND LA RESISTANCE ARE SHOWN IN THE RING. Rob Storm: "Stop the fireworks! Stop the fireworks now and play my music"! THE FANS START TO BOO AS THE CANADIAN NATIONAL ANTHEM PLAYS. Jim Ross: "Welcome to RAW folks and please bear with us, this should be over shortly". Jerry Lawler: "Oh show some respect J.R."! THE ANTHEM STOPS AND THE CROWD BOOS INCREDIBLY LOUD. J.R.: "That was the Canadian national anthem and Canada is home to this guy Rob Storm who showed up on RAW last week with Rene Dupree and Sylvan Grenier". Rob Storm: "When is this going to end? No wonder why no one likes America.... you people show no respect or courtesy to your neighbors! Well I'm tired of it! I'm tired of all this pro-America crap and that is exactly why I am here in the TWF! My friends Rene and Sylvan share the same thoughts and..... JUST THEN, THE CROWD LOUDLY POPS WHEN TOMMY DREAMER's MUSIC HITS AND HE COMES OUT CARRYING A SINGAPORE CANE. J.R.: "And I think Tommy Dreamer has had enough of you"! Lawler: "What's he doing with that Singapore cane"?! J.R.: "Hey, there's three of them, he's gotta have something"! STORM THROWS THE MIC DOWN AND LA RESISTANCE GETS OUT. STORM THEN CHALLENGES DREAMER TO GET IN. DREAMER DROPS THE CANE AND SLIDES IN. Tommy Dreamer vs. Rob Storm w/ La Resistance As soon as Dreamer slid in, Storm put the boots to him, sounding the bell. After some agreesive elbows to the back of the head, Storm shot him to the ropes but missed with a clothesline and Dreamer caught him with a running back elbow. He then bounced off the ropes again but Dupree grabbed his foot, tripping him up. Just then, Scott Steiner and Billy Gunn appeared on the stage. Steiner had a mic. Lawler: "Look who's out here"! Scott Steiner: "Hey ref... those two punks aren't managers! They don't have any right to be out here! If this Canadian is so good, make him go one on one"! J.R.: "I like that idea"! THE CROWD LOUDLY CHEERS AND REFEREE CHAD PATTON SENDS LA RESISTANCE TO THE BACK. Lawler: "He can't do that"! J.R.: "He just did"! The match continued with Storm and Patton arguing and Dreamer came from behind with a schoolboy rollup but could only get a 2 count. He then whipped him to the ropes but Storm ducked a clothesline and caught Dreamer with a flying calf kick as he came off the other side. Storm then showed his superb ability, delivering an inverted atomic drop followed by a savat kick. After wrenching Dreamer's right knee and dropping several elbows to the inner thigh, Storm turned him over with a half crab. Dreamer fought through it however and crawled to the ropes to break it. After a scoop slam, Storm went to the top rope looking for a double axe handle but Dreamer recovered and delivered a right hand to the gut. After a swinging neckbreaker, Dreamer waited for him to get up and when he did, he kicked him in the gut and spiked him with a DDT. He rolled him over and hooked the leg to get 1.......2....., but Storm got a shoulder up just in time. Dreamer then hoisted him up for the "Dreamer Driver" but an alert Storm blocked it by grabbing the top rope. He then slid off his shoulders and kicked him in the gut before hitting his running powerbomb called the "Maple Leaf". That led to a 3 count and a debut win for the Canadian. Match Time: 7:24 J.R.: "A great effort by Dreamer in a match that could've gone either way but Rob Storm got the best of him tonight"! Lawler: "You gotta admit you're impressed by this guy J.R."! STORM WALKED UP THE RAMP TO A LOT OF HEAT AS THE CANADIAN NATIONAL ANTHEM PLAYED. J.R.: "Impressed with his wrestling ability yes but impressed with his attitude I'm not at all". BACKSTAGE...... CAMERAS SHOW TERRI, WHO IS HIDING HER BLACK EYE WITH DARK SHADES, WALKING DOWN THE HALL TOWARDS THE RING. Lawler: "Oh boy, I'm getting hot J.R., here comes Terri"! J.R.: "Terri on Nowinski's Extra Credit..... it's next"! COMMERCIAL BREAK..... A COMMERCIAL FOR MADDEN 2004 BY EA SPORTS IS SHOWN FOLLOWED BY A PROMO FOR THE SEPTEMBER 13th OSCAR DE LA HOYA/"SUGAR" SHANE MOSLEY FIGHT. RETURN FROM BREAK.... AS RAW RETURNS, THE SET OF "EXTRA CREDIT" IS SHOWN INSIDE THE RING AND CHRISTOPHER NOWINSKI IS SITTING AT A BIG DESK WITH THE GENIUS STANDING BY HIM. Christopher Nowinski: "I've decided not to rack the brains of you people here in Saginaw tonight simply because I know what the school system here in Michigan is like and frankly, The Genius and i don't wanna hear how stupid the answers would be". J.R.: "Please". Nowinski: "So with that, let's bring out our guest tonight. She has been called a lot of things in her time here in the TWF... but as they say, there's nothing worse than a woman scorned. Here is the lovely, stunning, Terri". TERRI WALKS OUT WEARING A BLACK PANT SUIT AND BLACK SHADES TO A LOT OF BOOS. Lawler: "Here she comes J.R..... wow". J.R.: "We all remember what Terri said to Austin Pyromania last week, the man's who's career she helped direct but I still can't believe she blames him for what happened at MeltDown". Lawler: "I'll tell ya one thing J.R., it woudn't have happened if she was with me"! Nowinski: "Terri, welcome to Extra Credit. Now don't worry, we're not gonna give you any weird trivia questions tonight. We're gonna allow you to use this as a forum to say what's on your mind". Terri: "Thank you Chris. I decided to come out here tonight because frankly, I don't think Austin Pyromania heeded my warning last week. So Austin, while you're competing in your triple threat match tonight, know that I am on the look for someone to come in and take you out. I am on the look for someone who will have no problem ending your career. And it'll be soon and when I find this man, look out Austin. That's really all I had to say Chris". SHE HANDS THE MIC BACK TO HIM AND PROCEEDS TO EXIT THE RING. Nowinski: "Hold on a sec Terri. Before you go, The Genius and I wanted to know what you did to earn extra credit when you were in school"? Lawler: "Oh I wanna know"! WITH THAT, TERRI SLAPS NOWINSKI ACROSS THE FACE, SENDING A SMACK THROUGH THE ARENA. J.R.: "Oh wow! TERRI EXITS THE RING AND STORMS UP THE RAMP. Terri is definitely a woman scorned folks". BACKSTAGE.... JESSICA LOPEZ IS STANDING BACKSTAGE WHEN VAL VENIS APPROACHES. Val Venis: "If it isn't the lovely Ms. Lopez". Jessica Lopez: "What do you want Val"? Venis: "Well, I had an idea. Why don't you come out to the ring with me tonight when I face Spawn"? Lopez: "Well, since Akasha's gonna be out there and I owe her one, I'll do it". VENIS GETS A BIG SMILE ON HIS FACE AS LOPEZ WALKS OFF. **DUE TO TIME CONSTRAINTS, MATCH SUMMARIES ARE GONNA BE SHORTENED. 6 person tag team match Shawn Stasiak, Chuck Palumbo and Gail Kim vs. Civil Rights w/ Brother Long Jazz and Gail Kim started this one out with a ferocious battle and it was Kim who was planted with a hard DDT. But Jazz miscalculated on a splash off the top rope and Kim was able to tag out. But late in the match, Palumbo was taken out by Killings with a clothesline to the floor and then he hit Stasiak with a low blow that led to a sit out spinebuster from D'Lo Brown who got the 3 count. After the match, Jazz continued to attack Kim and had her set up for a fisherman buster on a chair that Teddy Long slid into the ring. But Alex Miran came out to make the save and dropkicked Jazz over the top rope to the floor. Miran yelled at Civil Rights as they walked to the back but Kim grabbed the chair and cracked it over the back of Miran, drawing a lot of heat. Match Time: 7:00 J.R.: "Now what the hell was that"?! Lawler: "Gail Kim asked Alex Miran last week to stay out of her business! Apparently she has bad hearing"! J.R.: "These two were supposed to be friends! With friends like Gail Kim, who needs an enemy"?! Lawler: "I've told you before, all women secretly hate each other and this is a perfect example"! PRIOR TO COMMERCIAL.... BACKSTAGE.... CHAVO GUERRERO IS SHOWN TALKING WITH A MEMBER OF THE CREW WHEN LILIAN GARCIA COMES UP. Lilian Garcia: "Chavo, I haven't seen Eddie tonight, is everything okay"? Chavo Guerrero: "Yeah Lilian, everything is fine. CHAVO STARTS TO WALK AWAY BUT COMES BACK. No, ya know what, everything is not okay! To be honest with you, Eddie is not here tonight and I don't know when he'll be back"! Lilian: "Why, is he okay"? Chavo: "I hope so. Lilian, I had my uncle Eddie checked into rehab. He's an alcoholic". THE SHOT FADES OUT AS RAW GOES TO COMMERCIAL. A COMMERCIAL FOR CIRCUIT CITY IS SHOWN. RETURN FROM BREAK.... BACKSTAGE.... AS RAW RETURNS, AUSTIN PYROMANIA IS SHOWN STANDING IN THE BACKSTAGE AREA WITH KURT ANGLE. Austin Pyromania: "Listen man, thanks for all your help with Cena and A-Train". Kurt Angle: "Hey no problem, just don't let that woman get to you". Pyromania: "Nah, I just want you tonight I'm gonna do whatever I can to get that King of Cable belt". Angle: "And you know I will too". THE TWO KNOCK FISTS AND THE SCENE SHIFTS BACK TO RINGSIDE. Shelton Benjamin and Val Venis w/ Jessica Lopez vs. Goldust and Spawn w/ Jackie Gayda and Akasha Goldust and Benjamin wrestled the better part of the match with the bigger Goldust taking it to the youngster. But after escaping the Shattered Dreams, Benjamin blasted Goldust with a reverse kick to the face. He then tagged in Venis who looked sharp, dropping Goldust with consecutive clotheslines and a kneedrop to the head. But off an irish whip, Venis put his head down too early and Goldust dropped to the mat with a punch to the face. That allowed him to tag in Spawn who overpowered Benjamin but after gorilla press slamming him, Spawn allowed the tag to Venis. Venis came in and went hard at Spawn until running into a big boot. Spawn went for a powerbomb but Venis rolled through it and tried to bring Spawn over with a sunset flip. Spawn was too big and Venis couldn't pull him down but Goldust came in and stomped on his head. That brought Benjamin in and he took Goldust out of the ring with a clothesline and then followed him out. Meanwhile, Spawn threw Venis over the middle rope and Akasha took out a black pouch. But Lopez came running around and took her out with a kick to the gut. She then grabbed the pouch and threw it's contents into Spawn's face. It was the black dust! Venis then dropped the big man with a spinebuster and then went to the top rope, hitting the "Money Shot" to get the 1......2.....3. Match Time: 7:28 J.R.: "The black dust of the Reign of Darkness has been used against them and Venis has pinned Spawn"! Lawler: "Jessica Lopez will pay for that J.R., that I can assure you"! JACKIE GAYDA AND GOLDUST TRIED TO FIGURE OUT WHAT HAPPENED AS VENIS, LOPEZ AND BENJAMIN WALKED UP THE RAMP TO A GOOD POP. J.R.: "Has Val Venis found success with Jessica Lopez again"? TWF RE-WIND SHOWS ANARCHY, INC.'S ATTACK ON STRIFE LAST WEEK ON RAW. The Road Warriors vs. Anarchy, Inc. As punishment for their attack on Strife last week, Shawn Michaels put Nails and ZeroEx against the returning Road Warriors, the team they took out. In one of the most anticipated RAW tag team matchups in some time, Hawk and Animal were able to match the punishment dished out by Anarchy, Inc. and then some. After hitting ZeroEx with a flying shoulder tackle, Hawk started a roll for his team. He tagged in Animal and the Road Warriors dominated the next few minutes of the match, getting Nails and ZeroEx on the ropes. But while the referee was issuing ZeroEx a warning for eye gouging, Nails pulled out a pair of brass knuckles and drilled Hawk with them, knocking him out cold as ZeroEx covered him for the pin. Match Time: 8:27 J.R.: "Wait a minute... he had brass knucks ref"! Lawler: "I don't think it matters now J.R., he already made the three count"! ANARCHY, INC. WALKED OFF TO A LOT OF HEAT AS ANIMAL CHECKED ON HIS FALLEN PARTNER. J.R.: "Well you can bet that Shawn Michaels saw that and I'm sure he'll be confronting those two soon"! COMMERCIAL BREAK..... A DIRECT TV COMMERCIAL WITH LAWRENCE FISHBURNE IS SHOWN. A SHOT OPENS INSIDE NEW YORK YANKEES STADIUM AND A VOICE IS HEARD. Voice: "Ya know, Babe Ruth, Lou Gehrig, and Mickey Mantle, they all played here along with so many others. "THE SHOW" JOE COREY IS SHOWN TAKING BATTING PRACTICE INSIDE THE EMPTY STADIUM. Nowadays, you can come see Roger Clemens, Derek Jeter or Jason Giambi. HE HITS ONE OUT OF THE PARK AND A FAKE CROWD IS HEARD LOUDLY CHEERING. But even with all that, fact is, I am the show and all the people.... are their to see me". JOE COREY.... COMING SOON TO RAW. BACKSTAGE.... MATT TAYLOR IS SHOWN WITH SAM WILDE. THEY ARE WEARING THEIR USUAL UNIFORMS, WHITE BUTTON UP SHIRT AND BLUE CLOTH SHORTS. Matt Taylor: "Ya know Sam, I've been thinkin', we should drop the uniforms, no one cares". Sam Wilde: "What do you mean no one cares? Of course they do, it's a variance from what they're used to seeing. Rather than seeing these guys runnin' around here wearing whatever they want and looking however they want or in some cases, not wearing much at all, we give them a civilized, responsible look". Taylor: "Well you said it would lead to success and to be honest, I haven't seen much of that lately". Wilde: "You need to learn patience my boy. Let's go to the dressing room for another session". WILDE WALKS OFF AND TAYLOR BEGRUDINGLY FOLLOWS. THE RAW TAG TEAM TITLE MATCH IS NEXT AND AS THE BASHAMS AND VICTORIA WATCH THE CHAMPS SCOTT STEINER AND BILLY GUNN WALK DOWN THE RAMP, LA RESISTANCE COMES OUT FROM BEHIND AND ATTACKS THEM. STEINER AND GUNN FIGHT BACK AND THE BRAWL GOES INTO THE BACK. THE BASHAM's LOOK VERY FRUSTRATED IN THE RING AND BEGIN ARGUING WITH REFEREE JACK DOAN. J.R.: "Well apparently we're not gonna have a RAW tag team title match here, thanks to La Resistance"! Lawler: "And we talk about Terri being a woman scorned, look at Victoria"! CAMERAS BACKSTAGE TRY AND FIND WHERE THE ACTION WENT BUT INSTEAD CATCH PSYMIN WALKING TOWARDS THE RING. HE STOPS AND REACHES INTO A DOORWAY WHERE HE PULLS OUT A BAMBOO STICK. J.R.: "Well there you see Psymin who was one of the men who aided in the attack against Strife and King, he's gotta pay now". Strife vs. Psymin In the match of the night, Psymin took it to Strife after jamming the bamboo stick in his throat when the ref wasn't looking. Psymin, with the advantage, took the former TWF champion to the limit but after bouncing off the ropes, Strife countered with the devastated swinging chokeslam and then put him away with authority using the "Wrong Destination". Match Time: 11:02 BUT AFTER THE MATCH, STRIFE TURNED AROUND TO SEE NEMESIS STANDING IN THE RING. STRIFE GOT UP IN HIS FACE. Lawler: "Oh here we go"! J.R.: "Strife was looking for Nemesis when he was attacked last week and now he's got him right in front of him"! "YOU'RE GONNA PAY" HITS AND THE UNDERTAKER COMES OUT TO A THUNDEROUS OVATION. Lawler: "Well it looks like the deadman's got something to say about it"! NEMESIS EXTENDS HIS HAND AND STRIFE HESISTANTLY SHAKES IT. "YOU'RE GONNA PAY" HITS AND NEMESIS WALKS AWAY, LEAVING THE OTHER TWO MEN IN THE RING. Lawler: "I don't know what The Undertaker did, but he convinced Nemesis of something"! J.R.: "But look at Nemesis. Did he even mean that"? BACKSTAGE.... "ACROSS THE NATION" PLAYS LEADING RAW TO BREAK BUT SHAWN MICHAELS IS SHOWN STROLLING DOWN THE HALL, TOWARDS THE RING BEFORE THE SHOT FADES OUT. COMMERCIAL BREAK..... A COMMERCIAL FOR BUD LIGHT IS SHOWN FOLLOWED BY A COMMERCIAL FOR NEXTEL. RETURN FROM BREAK.... RINGSIDE.... JUST AS RAW RETURNS, "SEXY BOY" HITS AND THE CROWD GOES BONKERS AS SHAWN MICHAELS COMES OUT TO A HUGE POP. J.R.: "Back on RAW and here comes the one, the only Heartbreak Kid"! Lawler: "He's not coming out here to compete though so what's he doing"?! J.R.: "He's the enforcer of RAW King, I don't think he needs a reason"! Shawn Michaels: "I came out here tonight for one reason. Last week, one of the greatest, if not the greatest superstars the wrestling industry has ever seen was brutally attacked because of the size of one man's ego. I am talking about none other than Hulk Hogan! THE CROWD CHEERS AT THE MENTION OF HOGAN's NAME. Triple H, you knew this was coming. I need you to get out here to the ring and I'm not talkin' about when you feel like it, I'm talkin' about now"! J.R.: "Shawn Michaels has called out his former running buddy Triple H and I can't imagine it's to relive old times". "THE GAME" BY MOTORHEAD HITS AND TRIPLE H COMES OUT TO A LOT OF HEAT. Lawler: "Ask and you shall receive.... it's the game"! J.R.: "Triple H took Hogan out last week after he defeated Goldust and for what? Because Shelton Benjamin respects the Hulkster and not him"?! Michaels: "Hunter, you and I go way back and in our time, we've pulled a lot of stunts. But what you did last week was not only callous, it was outta line. Hulk Hogan, whether you like it or not, is as respected as anyone in our business man. So as the enforcer here on RAW, it is my job to keep you guys in line". Triple H: "You want me to apologize Shawn? Well it ain't gonna happen! I'm sick and tired of busting my ass night in and night out for the TWF and guys like Hulk Hogan, who are way past their glory days, think they can get by on name value! Well where I come from, that's not how it works"! Lawler: "He's from Greenwich, they're hard workers down there"! J.R.: "Oh sure". Michaels: "No Hunter, I don't expect you to apologize. But what I do expect you to do is take your punishment and think about changing your ways. So with that, you've left me no choice but.... TRIPLE H GRABS MICHAELS BY THE COLLAR OF HIS SHIRT. J.R.: "Wait a minute, that's authority"! Triple H: "You gonna suspend me Shawn? Is that what you're gonna do?! Go ahead, suspend me! And then watch all the people that come to these arenas to watch RAW stop coming! Watch the ratings go down the hill! If you suspend me Shawn..... J.R.: "Oh look out"! JUST THEN, HELMSLEY TURNS AROUND AND IS KICKED IN THE MOUTH BY HIGH OCTANE WITH THE "HEAD ON COLLISION" AS THE CROWD GOES NUTS. Lawler: "What the heck is he doing out here"?! J.R.: "High Octane has come out and sent a message of his own to the game"! TRIPLE H WALKED UP THE RAMP LOOKING BACK AT THE RING WHILE HOLDING HIS JAW. MICHAELS AND HIGH OCTANE STOOD TALL IN THE RING. Lawler: "So is he suspended or what"? REPLAYS ARE SHOWN FROM 3 DIFFERENT ANGLES. J.R.: "High Octane laid Helmsley out with a shot there and I think he did that for his idol HBK more than anything else"! "THUGANOMICS" HITS AND JOHN CENA COMES OUT TO A LOT OF HEAT WITH THE KING OF CABLE TITLE AROUND HIS WAIST. HE IS WEARING A THROWBACK BOSTON CELTICS #33 JERSEY OF LARRY BIRD. Triple Threat/King of Cable Title Match Kurt Angle vs. Austin Pyromania vs. King of Cable John Cena Angle and Pyromania combined their talents to take out Cena early. After a double suplex, Angle locked in the Ankle Lock but it was Pyromania who broke it up. After a shoving match, Angle and Pyromania, traded shots before Angle caught him with a belly to belly suplex. Cena got up and took Angle out with a chop block but Pyromania dropkicked him in the back, knocking him through the ropes to the floor. But late in the match, Angle turned to hit the ropes but knocked heads with Pyromania and Cena rolled Pyromania up from behind to get the 3 count. Match Time: 13:43 J.R.: "John Cena has dodged a bullet here tonight King"! Lawler: "Against all odds, Cena has shown his metal"! CENA IS GIVEN THE BELT BY REFEREE EARL HEBNER AND HE RAISES IT UP AMIDST THE BOOS AS "THUGANOMICS" PLAYS. J.R.: "He has done that but how long can the doctor of thuganomics hang in against all the superstars that are in line"! OFF AIR....
