WWE World Heavyweight Champion: Chris Benoit
WWE Intercontinental Champion: Randy Orton
WWE World Tag Team Champions: La Resistance
WWE Women's Champion: Trish Stratus
WWE Monday Night RAW
July 5th, 2004
Winnipeg, Manitoba, Canada
Tomko, The King, Coachman, Tajiri, Stacy, Flair, and Chris Jericho are in the ring, in the ring chairs are set up. When interim GM Eugene comes out, he says he wants everyone to have fun tonight. And says he has everyone in the ring, with the winner having an opportunity at a title match tonight. The winner will be decided in a game of musical chairs.
All the wrestlers don't want to participate at first, so Stacy starts. and kind follows behind her. The music stops. EVERYONE Pauses... then rushes to a seat. Tajiri trips over Coach's leg and he's out. He then sprays the green mist in Coach's eyes before leaving. The music starts up again, when it stops everyone sits but Coach is blind and sits on the mat instead of a chair
FUCK YEAH! FLAIR IS INTO IT NOW AS HE'S TAKEN OFF HIS RING JACKET! The music plays again, and when it stops King sits on Stacy's lap but then puts her on top. So, he's out. FLAIR IS NOW LIT! HE'S STRUT WALKING AROUND THE CHAIRS! The music stops and he shoves Stacy to the mat to get his seat
FLAIR no struts. but he struts too far from the chairs and misses the chair. We're down to Tomko and Jericho. They go round-and-round. The music stops and Jericho pulls the chair away from Tomko, he hits him in the ribs with it and sits in it. SO JERICHO WINS! Huge pop.
Eugene makes Jericho/Orton for the IC title.
WWE World Tag Team Championships: La Resistance vs. Rhyno & Val Venis
How the fuck did Rhyno get a title match? he lost last week with SGT? and Val hasn't been on RAW since getting murked by KANE. And god knows when he last won an important match? The champs work over Rhyno's neck, it's pretty basic and boring, Val has a solid hot tag, the match breaks down with the Resistance hitting Au Revoir for the win.
Backstage: Flair, Orton, and Batista are talking, Orton says this isn't right, not Only is Eugene now in Evolution, but he has to defend his title tonight against Jericho, on top of that in a few days he again has to put the title on the line against Edge. Flair says he's a 16 TIME WORLD CHAMP AND HAD TO PLAY MUSICAL CHAIRS! Batista cools them down, but they notice Eugene's office, which is just a big bounce house. Eugene asks if they want to bounce. Orton says no, Eugene makes Batista vs. KANE tonight. And Flair/Eugene vs. La Resistance for the title at the PPV. Flair loses his shit, so Batista and Orton have to hold him back.
Triple H comes down to the ring, he says his definition of a miracle, is Benoit's reign as world champion. He says this Sunday, he gonna personally answer the question. GOD OR EVOLUTION! You cannot stop Evolution, and there is nothing anyone can do. Edge comes out, he says for the last year he's sat at home and watched Evolution dominate RAW. And since he's come back, not a lot has changed. But it's time for a change. He tells Hunter to tell Orton, win or lose tonight he's his. And to tell the rest of Evolution...YOU'RE ALL GOING DOWN! 1 by 1 you're all gonna fall, he says he's taking a stand against them. Hunter backs up laughing and takes off his jacket, he says that's great, but he's heard that same speech a million times from guys like Foley, Rock, Austin, Michaels, yet here he stands, nothing changes. He asks Edge what makes him any difference, so Edge cheaps shots him. They have this cool little brawl until Batista and Flair and Orton who runs into an Edge right hand run out for the save but Edge bails into the crowd.
Kane vs. Batista
This goes about 2 minutes or so before Matt runs out for the DQ. He rams Kane's head into the steps 3-4 times until refs drag Matt off and to the back.
Backstage: Todd Grisham interviews Matt about his NoDQ match at the PPV, Matt says that was nothing compared to what he's gonna do to him this Sunday. Todd asks about Lita, so Matt says he's not answering any questions regarding Lita. Todd then asks who's baby is it
Matt stares him down before leaving.
RAW DIVA SEARCH CALI
JOY SIGHTING! That's my baby. Amy too, and some of these extra's
Young Christy looks great too.
WWE Intercontinental Championship: Randy Orton vs. Chris Jericho
So this is great, like Jericho who's been on every time he's in the ring against someone of Evolution is extra on tonight, which this being his hometown too. He's busting out the amazing chain wrestling along with cocky heel Jericho stuff too, all looks great until he springboards into an Orton dropkick. Orton briefly works the neck, but it's half-assed which gives Jericho the opening to make a comeback. He hits his running enzuigiri but Orton rolls to the ropes and does put his foot on it for a two count. Jericho continues to dominate with Orton bumping his ass off for everything, Batista comes down as we go to a commercial. When we return, Jericho is still in control but when he runs the rops Batista pulls down the top rope sending Jericho to the floor, he throws Jericho arm first into the ring post behind the refs back. Orton's arm work is great, he applies some nasty stretches and arm holds. Even using the ring ropes as a weapon, Jericho's selling is on point too. He would occasionally no sell the arm, but I think it's was just the crowd was so behind him that he would forget. But he would go back to selling. OH SHIT! They do the Edge/Orton awesome forearm fight, before making his comeback, they go back and forth now trading big moves and near falls. Batista tries to interfere but gets dropkicked off the apron, Orton then goes for the RKO but that gets countered into the Walls of Jericho. Batista is back up, so Jericho breaks the hold and knocks Batista off the apron again allowing Orton to roll him up putting his feet on the ropes too for the win. Great match. I just looked online and with the commercial, this was 18 minutes. FUCK YEAH! So I'm guessing 12-14 minutes were shown, ***1/4
Backstage: Triple H is now bouncing with Eugene on the bounce house. Triple H asks if they have a deal, Eugene says yes as Triple H bounces and falls out of the house. Flair picks him up and asks if he got him out of his match Sunday. Triple H says it didn't come up in the 25 minutes they were bouncing. Flair gets MAD and says they can lose. Or worse win and be champs
Hunter says the plan for Eugene to help him get his title back tonight. Hunter says he got Eugene to make the match, Eugene, Hunter, Flair vs. Benoit/Edge. He tells Ric to trust him.
SMACKDOWN REBOUND!
Trish joins commentary, she has a brace around her wrist. She says it's crushed.
WWE Women's Championship #1 Contendership Contract On A Pole Match: Victoria vs. Molly Holly vs. Nida
The winner of the match gets a title match whenever the champ is ready. This is like 3 minutes, it's whatever. Molly is great again, Victoria is still rushing stuff and Nida is green. But she wins cause LOL. Trish then leaves commentary and goes down to the ring with Tomko. She says Nida has the golden opportunity to face her. In the future. She then clocks Nadia in the head with the cast and says she's ready.
WWE Woman's Championship Match: Trish Stratus vs. Nida
Trish covers and wins.
RAW DIVAS' SEARCH CALI PART II JOY <3
Vengeance HYPE
Orton/Edge
Batista/Jericho
Flair/Eugene vs. La Resistance
Matt/Kane ~ NoDQ
Benoit/Huner
Backstage: Trish and Tomko are laughing about what they did to Nida when they bump into Lita, Trish makes some pregnant jokes, BEFORE SAYING TO THING THEY CALL ME A SLUT!
Backstage: Triple H is hyping up Eugene, Hunter says Edge said he wanted to take down Evolution, well that means you. Cause you're a part of Evolution. FUCK YEAH! TripsSlimeBallGOD! He says Edge wants to hurt him because he's jealous of him, he brings up Benoit hitting him with a chair again. He tells Eugene to stay angry. He says Edge and Benoit represent everyone that ever picked on him, hurt him or laughed at him (Eugene has this hilarious Blue facial expression selling his now found anger) Eugene calls them best friends and hugs him as Hunter pats him on the head like a dog
Evolution (Triple H, Ric Flair & Eugene) vs. Edge & Chris Benoit
This is cool, it's obviously the weakest Evolution tag so far, mostly cause it's filled with Eugene fuckshit. Hunter and Flair keep forcing him to do heel things, which takes him a while but in the end ends up doing. They iso Benoit, it's cool, Hunter/Benoit clearly hold bad as they have a PPV in a few days, and we don't get much Benoit/Flair violence
Edge has a cool hot tag, he cleans house on Flair and Hunter as Eugene just watches on the apron. He hits Flair with a spear and goes to hit Hunter but he ducks and Eugene gets hit instead. RETARDAMANIA! happens and he attacks Edge, he beats him down until Hunter pulls him off and that gives them the control back. Again it's most Hunter and Flair doing the work, they work over Edge's arm every now and again Eugene gets in but he shit and refuses to do so. SO WE GET THE FIRST OPENLY "EUGENE SUCKS" CHANT!
Benoit has a cool hot tag, he hits the Triple Rollin' German's on Hunter, and connects with the Diving Headbutt. The match breaks down and Edge goes to spear Flair on the floor but he ducks and Edge goes into the crowd. Hunter then shoves Benoit into the ref, who bumps Eugene off the apron. Hunter grabs the chair, but Benoit takes it away. Eugene then takes it away from him and leaves the ring. Benoit locks Hunter into the Sharpshooter and FUCKING HUNTER INSTEAD OF SELLING YELLS AT EUGENE TO HIT HIM WITH THE CHAIR! Eugene ends up doing it and Hunter hits the pedigree for the win. Way to shit on the Sharpshooter. **1/4
