Monday Night Raw
Episode Two

We start of Raw with a video package from the main event of last week, where Randy Orton cost Jeff Hardy what was a certain win, and what would have resulted in Hardy’s first ever reign as the WWE Champion. We go to the arena where the crowd is going wild, and we go to JR and the King, who talk about the night ahead, and last week’s event. They say that Randy Orton would explain his actions, but to start off the show, Shawn Michaels would be in action against the giant Great Khali! “Da.ngr” hits to big heat, as the monstrous Great Khali comes down to the ring, ready for a piece of Shawn Michaels. “Sexy Boy” then hits to a massive ovation, but instead of doing his usual entrance, HBK Shawn Michaels sprints down to the ring, trying to catch Khali off guard.

Shawn Michaels vs. The Great Khali
The match was action packed from the get go, but Shawn Michaels plan to catch Khali off guard failed, as Khali stuck a boot up and knocked down Shawn. The match was fairly sluggish, but this was expected since the Great Khali was a part of the match. Khali dominated the early going of the match, and whenever it looked like Shawn would come back, Khali would use his power to knock Shawn down. An opening finally came for Shawn, when Khali went for a Military Press Slam, Shawn floated off his shoulder and connected with a flying forearm, followed by the kip up, but when it came to the body slam, Shawn couldn’t lift up Khali, so instead, he went for a SCM, but Khali caught his foot effortlessly! Khali then went for a Khali Bomb, but when he lifted Shawn up, HBK went over his shoulders yet again, and this time connected with the Sweet Chin Music for the win!

Shawn Michaels celebrates after the match, extremely happy that he was able to defeat the giant Great Khali. Shawn begins posing on the turnbuckles, until The Great Khali gets up and begins attacking Shawn! Khali continues the beat down, but all of a sudden, THE LIGHTS GO OUT! The crowd go wild for the Deadman, as when the lights come back on; Undertaker is in the ring, wielding a steel chair! Taker wallops Khali in the head with the chair, and it looks as though Michaels and Taker are on the same page! Michaels gets up and sees Taker with the chair, and then he sees Khali on the mat. Michaels then nods at Taker, but when he is about to leave, the Phenom smashes Michaels in the back with the chair! ~~SWERVE~~! The crowd give big heat, as Taker has turned on Michaels! Taker then lifts up Michaels from the mat and Chokeslams him down! Michaels is out in the ring, as Taker looks down at Michaels and then does his cut throat taunt.

*Commercial*

We come back from the break with the announcers talking about the Undertaker turning on Michaels, as King says that it must be about last week’s main event where HBK inadvertently nailed Undertaker with the Sweet Chin Music, taking him out of the match. JR then says that the Undertaker is a changed man, and that Shawn better watch his back with the Undertaker hot on his tail.

We then go backstage to the UKonnection locker room, who are still gloating about last week’s World Tag Team Title win. They say that they are not going to lose these for a long while, and that DH Smith will soon be a champion in his own right, which gets heat from the crowd. At the mention of Smith becoming champion, Shane McMahon goes into their locker room, and congratulated them for their win last week, but DH Smith was already a champ, which got everyone confused. McMahon then said that the titles were under the Freebird Rule, meaning that any member/s of the stable could defend the championships. Shane O Mac then says for DH to get ready, because after the events of last week, he would go one on one with Kendrick, and that was next!

*Commercial*

We come back from the break with “Rocker” playing, as Brian Kendrick runs to the ring, soaking in a pretty good ovation from the crowd. “Rule Britannia” then hits to big heat, as DH Smith makes his way out to the ring with his cousin Natalya Neidhart by his side. Like the first match between Michaels and Khali, the action starts straight away, with Kendrick getting revenge from last week by catapulting over the top rope and right onto Smith!

DH Smith w/ Natalya Neidhart vs. Brian Kendrick
The match was awesome throughout, with Smith having an all new move set compared to the last time we saw him in the ring. The match started on the outside with Kendrick taking out Smith, leading to him having the early advantage. Smith managed to reverse another high flying attempt of Kendrick’s, as when Brian went for a cross body, Smith caught him and nailed a fall away slam. Smith dominated Kendrick for the rest of the match, and he was successful in his return match, after following a signature Running Powerslam with a Brain Buster, his new finisher, finishing off what was a great match.

Natalya made her way back into the ring after the match, celebrating with Smith, who continued ambushing Kendrick, due to his partner in crime Paul London being injured last week. When it looked like Smith would hit another Running Powerslam, the seemingly injured Paul London came racing down the ramp, and nailed Smith with a Drop Sault quickly followed by a Standing Shooting Star Press, and London has gotten the better of Smith tonight. The UKonnection rush down the ramp as London and Kendrick get out of the ring, celebrating all the way up the ramp.

*Commercial*

We return from the break and head into the second hour of Raw, with “Voices” by Rev Theory playing to big heat, as “The Legend Killer” Randy Orton makes his way to the ring, ready to explain his actions of last week. Randy then starts off in a typical heel fashion, dissing the fans about where they live, and how it is a big dump, getting cheap heat. Randy then explains that the reason he interfered in last week’s awesome main event was because he was disrespected, that a person that should be in the Cruiserweight division was in the main event, and also two washed up stars in HBK and the Undertaker. He then says that Shane McMahon overlooked the present and future of the WWE, and that now the whole Raw roster is gonna’ pay. As Randy is about to leave...

“No More Words” hits to a massive ovation, as the man that was screwed last week out of the WWE Championship makes his way to the ring. Jeff Hardy interrupts Orton, saying that he was nothing but a jealous, selfish man, who wanted all the glory, but that wasn’t going to happen. Jeff steps inside the ring, and says that Randy costed Jeff his main opportunity at WWE Championship gold, and that he was going to pay, as Jeff leaps at Orton, as the two get involved in a violent tussle to a big pop from the crowd.

“Money” then hits to a big ovation from the crowd as Shane McMahon makes his second appearance of the night, as he insists that the two break it up, and that he has booked a huge match for the Great American Bash. Orton and Hardy get off of each other and listen to what McMahon has to say, as Shane says that at the GAB, Hardy and Orton would battle it out, one on one! The crowd give a big pop for this, as McMahon says he is not done, as that match would be for the vacant WWE Championship!! The crowd erupts into the biggest ovation of the night, as Shane responds to what Randy said earlier on, and that tonight’s main event would let Randy shine, as Orton would be in the main event tonight, against the “Big Red Machine” KANE!

*Commercial*

We return from the break with JR and the King talking about the announcement of tonight’s main event and the Great American Bash main event, with tonight Randy Orton facing off against Kane and at GAB, the WWE Title would be decided in a match between Jeff Hardy and Randy Orton. They also say that there is one more match determined for GAB, and that is the Intercontinental Title match and that right now, there is a Six Man Tag Team match with Elijah Burke, Chavo Guerrero and Chris Jericho teaming up to face John Morrison, Tommy Dreamer and Rey Mysterio.

“Don’t Waste My Time” hits to pretty big heat, as Elijah Burke makes his way to the ring, ready to get revenge on what Morrison did to him last week. “OOH Chavo” hits to bigger heat, as the now protection-less Chavo Guerrero makes his way to the ring, ready for a piece of Dreamer. “Break down the Walls” hits to initially a mixed reaction, before turning to all round heat, although Chris Jericho seems unfazed. “Ain’t No Make Believe” then hits to a mixed reaction as John Morrison makes his way to the ring, as some fans cheer him for screwing Burke last week. “Extreme” then hits to a big pop as Tommy Dreamer joins Morrison, although they are waiting on the outside, waiting for their last partner. “Booyaka 619” then hits to a massive ovation, as the IC Champ Rey Mysterio joins his partners, as they get into the ring.

Six Man Tag Team Match
Chris Jericho/ Elijah Burke/ Chavo Guerrero vs. IC Champ Rey Mysterio/ John Morrison/ Tommy Dreamer

This match took MOTN honours, as although it started off fairly slow, it picked up towards the middle, and it led to a very entertaining ending. Morrison and Guerrero started off the match, with Guerrero getting the advantage early. The heel team kept the advantage throughout nearly the entire match, with frequent tags and submission moves. A breakthrough for Morrison finally came when Chavo went for a Step up Enziguiri, Morrison ducked and Chavo smashed his gut on the mat. Both men crawled to their respective corners, as Morrison tags in Mysterio and Guerrero tags in Jericho. The crowd give a big pop as this is what they have been waiting for, but Jericho made the mistake of charging at Mysterio, which led to Rey nailing Jericho with a high angled Springboard Cross Body! The matches pace then picked up, and the end came when Dreamer had taken himself and Chavo out with a clothesline over the top rope, and Burke and Morrison were on the outside brawling near the announce tables, which led to, once again, Mysterio and Jericho the only two left. However this time, the outcome was different, as when Rey looked to hit a 619, Y2J dodged, just like last week. When Rey went for a Springboard Clothesline, Jericho reversed into a massive CODEBREAKER!! Jericho gets the better of Mysterio this week!!

Morrison had tried to get in the ring, but it was to no avail, as the heel team picked up the important victory tonight. Chavo and Dreamer were still brawling, and then they made their way to the back, as Burke then threw Morrison in the ring, and the heel pairing of Elijah Burke and Chris Jericho then dominated Mysterio and Morrison, before posing to big heat.

*Commercial*

We return from the commercial break with once again like last week, Tommy Dreamer and Chavo Guerrero are in the backstage area brawling. Chavo has gotten the better of Dreamer so far, after throwing him into a wall followed by placing him on a table. Chavo then looks around, and he climbs a production ladder that was nearby, and he placed the ladder very close to the table that Dreamer was on. Guerrero then looks down at Dreamer and smirks, before going for a Frog Splash off the ladder and it connects with Dreamer, breaking the table in the process! Both men are hurt, but Dreamer is out and looks seriously injured. EMT’s come rushing in, and help Dreamer out of the arena, as a recovered pleased Chavo looks on.

We come back to JR and the King who are extremely worried for the condition of Dreamer, although they do talk about how Dreamer has suffered much more punishment than that in his ECW days. They show what happened during the break, with Jericho hitting Rey with another Codebreaker and Elijah hitting the Elijah Express. The announcers talk about how the roles have completely reversed since last week, with this week, the heels dominating the faces.


“Slow Chemical” hits to a huge ovation, as Kane heads towards the ring, getting ready for tonight’s main event. The announcers talk about how Randy Orton and Kane have had history, when Kane was having troubles all those years ago with Evolution. Kane does his standard supernatural entrance, “making” the fire come out of the ring posts when he brings his arms down. “Voices” by Rev Theory hits to an ungodly amount of heat, as Randy Orton once again makes his way out to the ring. Randy doesn’t take his eyes off of Kane, as the announcers say that the match would start after the break.

*Commercial*