Kane takes his mask off and gives it to Abyss, who is at ringside. The match begins with Mysterio running rings around Kane. Kane lunges at him, and Mysterio goes to duck out of Kane’s grasp, but he is grabbed by the head. Kane, still clasping Rey by the head, hurls him across the ring and onto the floor. He then picks Rey up and throws him into the corner. Kane then runs at the corner and delivers a running clothesline to Mysterio, before whipping him into the opposite corner. He hits another running lariat, before again whipping Rey into the opposite corner. He goes to attack him for the third time, but Rey musters up the strength to lift his feet up and kick Kane in the face while he is running there. Kane staggers back but then runs again, only to take another dropkick to the jaw. As Kane falls back again, Rey pulls himself up to the second rope. Then he waits for Kane to turn around before delivering a big missile dropkick. Both men hit the floor after the collision.
Mysterio gets up first and Kane is already on his way to his feet. He dropkicks Kane in the leg to momentarily stop him, before landing a snap DDT to Kane, who was on his knees. Rey then springboards off the bottom rope and hits a seated senton to the body of Kane. Rey then goes to the top rope and lies in wait, while Kane gets to his feet. Once he does, Rey jumps for a diving clothesline, but the blow hardly even effects Kane. Kane stares down Mysterio and walks menacingly towards him, but is taken down with a drop toe hold. Rey then hits a dropkick to the floored Kane and goes to the top rope once again. However, Kane gets up quicker this time and follows him to the corner where Rey is up top. Kane grabs Rey, who frees himself by landing a swift boot to Kane’s chin. Kane grabs his face and staggers backwards, as Mysterio capitalizes by hitting a diving hurricanrana which sends Kane off his feet and rolling out of the ring.
Kane falls to the outside where he hits the floor hard. Mysterio races over to him but then Abyss runs around from the other side of the ring and steps in front of Kane, blocking his path. He then keeps an eye on Mysterio and gets his partner onto his feet. Mysterio gets back in the ring and waits for Kane, who slowly rolls back in the ring at the referee’s count of seven. Rey attempts a baseball slide onto Kane while he enters the ring but Kane rolls to the side and Rey slides out of the ring and to the outside, landing on his feet. Inside the ring, Kane argues with the referee to distract him, while Abyss grabs Mysterio and rams him into the ring apron on the outside. Eventually, the referee pushes Kane away, but by then Abyss has slammed Mysterio three times, hitting the same part of his back on the apron each time.
Kane then goes to the end of the ring and pulls Rey into the ring as he is resting on the apron. Kane covers, 1.....2..... Mysterio gets a foot on the ropes. Kane is furious and fumes at the referee. Rey gets back to a sitting position but as soon as he does, Kane runs from the opposite side of the ring and hits a hard dropkick to Rey’s chest. Rey falls back to the floor as Kane does not cover but instead ascends the top rope. Kane then waits for Rey to get to a standing base. When Mysterio turns around he then jumps for a diving clothesline but Rey ducks and Kane rolls through. He gets up dazed and takes a dropkick to the back from Mysterio, making him fall onto the second rope. Mysterio sees this as an ideal position for his finisher and signals for the 619. He runs back off the opposite ropes and sets up for the move but as he reaches the ropes where Kane is, he takes a chair shot to the face from Abyss. The referee calls for the bell, as Abyss gets inside the ring and beats down Mysterio with the chair. Eventually Kane gets up as well and hits a Chokeslam on his opponent.
WINNER- Rey Mysterio by DISQUALIFICATION in 11:12
Cole- It looks like all Kane and Abyss care about is inflicting pain. They just gave Rey and Generico tag title shots!
King- I think that they might enjoy brutalizing two teams at Backlash, who really knows what goes on in their sick minds.
Mike Adamle is shown in his office.
Adamle- I tried to get a point of friendship across to the WWE entertainers and audience today. But obviously that is not important to anybody. That’s why I am completely changing my views. I don’t care for niceness anymore. I have been convinced that you need to do anything you can to be successful. And that’s why from now on, if you want recognition you’re gonna have to do something that will make me believe you deserve it. And please, go beyond the limits. Do anything, anything that you need to do to get noticed. Because I am on the lookout for the most ambitious WWE superstars and I am going to give them what they want. You people are going to see a changed General Manager. I now support chaos, and boundaries are non-existent. It’s a race to the top people, so get started. First to the finish line gets my respect.
King- Wow, did the GM just have a complete change of heart regarding niceness.
Cole- That looks like it, he is now apparently pro-chaos.
King- That’s the way I love my wrestling, Cole. I honestly can’t wait for the new era of Raw.
Cole- Well it will be interesting to see, no doubt.
***COMMERCIAL***
Katie Lea Burchill walks down to the ring.
Burchill- Ever since I have been the WWE Women’s Champion, did you know that I have never lost a match. I have never been pinned, never disqualified and never even counted out. Even in tag team matches my partner has never lost it for me. I am on a streak, and nothing is breaking that streak. Look at the many that have tried. Candice Michelle, well I beat her and left her a one week champion and look where she is now? Nursing an injury at home after being carried of Raw last week on a stretcher. There’s Torrie Wilson, who was so ashamed of losing to me that she left this brand for Smackdown. Velvet Sky, well… she thought it would be easier to side with me than beat me. Mickie James and Melina, they both fell at the biggest pay per view of the year. And finally, The Bella Twins. I beat Brie, I beat Nicole and I even beat them in a handicap match. I single handedly gave them such horrific injuries from the beating I dealt to them, that they were forced to retire from the WWE. Nobody has dethroned me from being the queen. And dare anybody try; they will suffer the fate of the others that have attempted, because-
Kelly Kelly’s music plays and she walks down to the ring.
Cole- Here comes Kelly interrupting Katie’s arrogant speech.
Kelly- Katie, you seem to be misunderstanding something. I don’t think you have what greatness you think you posses, I think all that is in your head. Do you want to know the reason you have been on such a roll. It’s your-
Velvet Sky’s music plays and she walks down to the ring.
Cole- More divas? You must be in heaven, King.
King- Damn right.
Velvet- Please Kelly, we’ll let you talk when you actually become a title contender. And Katie, I think you are tripping. I didn’t join you because I couldn’t beat you. I joined you to get inside your head and make you think we were friends. Well we’re not, and tonight I will win the number one contenders match and then I will take your title.
Katie- That’s not what it seemed like when you lost to me.
Velvet- But-
Katie- On three consecutive weeks.
Kelly- Yeah, you did kinda fail when it came to winning.
Velvet- You’re gonna take that back when I beat all the other divas tonight. Come on, who is honestly better than me?
Mickie James’s music plays and she runs down to the ring.
King- I’m loving this!
Mickie- Velvet, please, get back to the real divas when you win a match or two. And Katie, do you know how much pain and humiliation you brought on me after Wrestlemania. You made me go against all my morals and expose my beauty to the world, by posing for Playboy. My own mother won’t speak to me now.
Katie- Why would she want to talk to a failure?
Mickie- Call me what you want but I will get my retribution and win the Women’s Championship.
Katie- Please, this title is only reserved for the most dominant woman and that is obviously-
Beth Phoenix’s music plays and she walks cockily down to the ring.
Cole- Here comes the dominating Glamazon.
King- I do like big girls, Mike.
Beth- Please Katie, no need to introduce me. It is already obvious that I am the most dominant diva in the WWE.
Kelly- So prove it.
Beth- Sorry Kelly, the big girls are talking.
Kelly- What, the big 200 pound girls?
Beth- You little Barbie doll bitch! Get out of my ring.
Mickie- Don’t talk to her like that.
Katie- Please ladies, this is not a trailer park. Lets keep the cussing and the brawling to the-
A voice is heard coming from somebody running to the ring.
Voice- Bitch!
Cole- Who was that?
King- Another diva, hopefully!
Melina, the woman who just screamed at Katie, suddenly slides into the ring and floors Katie with a clothesline. The heels the dive at the faces and a cat fight ensues. Kelly throws Velvet out of the ring and Mickie hits Beth with a Mick Kick, sending her to the outside. Melina then hits Katie with the Extreme Makeover. Katie rolls out of the ring with an angry look on her face and takes a seat at commentary. The faces all stand in the ring together as Beth and Velvet slip back in.
MATCH 3
Number One Contender to the Women’s Championship
Beth Phoenix v Velvet Sky v Mickie James v Melina v Kelly Kelly
(5 Man Battle Royale)
The 5 women circle the ring and then Melina dives at Beth, before Mickie James goes to help her out. Velvet Sky then clubs Kelly from behind and the match is on. Beth fends off Melina but then with a little help from Mickie, Melina manages to subdue the Glamazon. The two women give Beth a double DDT. Meanwhile, Velvet has Kelly down after the surprise attack. She kicks her in the stomach and pulls her hair, tossing her across the ring. Kelly is then picked up and thrown through the middle rope and she hits an open steel chair face first without protection on the outside. Kelly is still legal but in a very bad state.
Velvet then goes to Mickie and pulls her off Beth. She goes to slap her across the face, but Melina dropkicks her from behind and she falls onto Mickie. Melina turns back to Beth but gets picked up and dropped back down with a Scoop Slam. Beth goes to throw her over the top rope and then turns away. Melina falls over the apron but she grabs the ropes at the last minute and only one foot touches the ground. She gets back in the ring and sees Velvet and Beth punching away at Mickie James on the other side of the ring. She gets back in and runs towards them with a huge flying dropkick but the force sends Beth and Velvet into Mickie, who falls over the top rope to the floor below.
Elimination #1- Mickie James
Melina is horrified at the elimination of her friend but puts her attention back to Beth and Velvet, who are slowly getting up. She kicks Velvet hard in the face and then goes to kick Beth in the abdomen but her leg is grabbed. Beth keeps hold of the leg and then hits a fisherman’s suplex on Melina. She stomps on her and so does Velvet, who is back on her feet. They pick Melina up and hit a double snap suplex, before simultaneously stomping on her again. Beth whispers to Velvet, who nods. Beth picks her up and powerslams her over Melina. She says ‘Again?’ and Velvet nods. Beth picks her up but this time bodyslams her right over the top rope and onto the floor.
Elimination #2- Velvet Sky
Phoenix waves sarcastically before turning her attention back to Melina. She drops an elbow across her neck and then puts her in a full nelson. She lifts her up until she is on her feet and pulls her up over her chest. She then goes for the Glam Slam, but Melina flips backwards and hits an inverted DDT on Beth. Both women are down and trying to get back on their feet. They both get up and Beth goes to punch Melina but she blocks it and dropkicks Beth.
\Phoenix gets angry and runs at her but Melina jumps and puts her in a head scissors. She then moves over the apron and grabs the ropes, trying to swing Beth over the top rope, but Phoenix uses her weight to stay on her feet and fight the hurricanrana. Beth then starts pushing Melina’s legs away, and just when it looks like she will give up, Kelly rushes into the ring and picks Beth slightly off the ground, allowing the head scissors to throw her to the floor.
Elimination #3- Beth Phoenix
Kelly then sees Melina on the apron and dropkicks her but Melina holds on somehow. Kelly quickly runs to the opposite ropes and goes for a springboard missile dropkick. Melina ducks it however and Kelly is hung up on the top rope. She manages to pull herself onto the apron but then she ducks a roundhouse from Melina. She catches her breath but then has to duck another head kick from Melina. Melina gets frustrated and shakes the ropes, causing Kelly to lose balance. She then takes advantage and hits a third roundhouse kick and it proves to be the lucky one, catching Kelly in the head and sending her falling to the floor below. The referee rings the bell as Melina hops down and the new contender helps Kelly up.
Elimination #4- Kelly Kelly
WINNER- Melina by ELIMINATION in 12:15
Cole- So Melina will be the diva to get her retribution.
King- Puppies, Michael!
Cole- Melina is now set to take on Katie Lea.
King- And she’ll look good doing it!
Cole- You are one shallow man, King.
King- No I’m deep.
Cole- Oh come on, you-
King- Deep in delicious divas that is!
Cole- The World Heavyweight tournament continues next!
***COMMERCIAL***
Chris Jericho walks down to the ring.
Jericho- Now I could have come down here and given you all a long speech on my intentions. But I have already made clear what my intentions are. I… want… world… championship. I think that’s pretty clear to all of you. And thanks to our General Manager Mike Adamle, I have the possibility to get just what I want. Adamle, I thank you for that. It looks like the people on Raw who actually deserve title shots will be the ones getting them. The fact that you are relying on the superstars themselves to make an impact will separate the elite from the rest of the pack. This will give a chance for me to make my mark on Raw. Stage one was getting an opportunity at a title, and becoming champion will follow. But right now, I just have to crush a masked midget that I beat last week and I am already in major contention for the World Heavyweight Title. I knew I would get to the top but I didn’t know it would be this easy.
King- Chris has made his intentions and desires clear tonight.
El Generico’s music plays and runs to the ring, prompting Jericho to slide out. Generico poses for the crowd near the ropes, and Jericho grabs his legs and pulls him out of the ring. He then runs him into the barricade and then the ringpost. Jericho leaves him there and goes to grab a chair. He walks over with it but Generico then dropkicks it into his face. As Jericho staggers backwards, Generico picks him up for a Brainbuster, but Jericho wriggles back out and hits Generico with a low blow on landing. He crumples and Jericho picks up the chair. He hits him twice in the back and sets up to hit him in the head, but suddenly Mike Adamle walks onto the stage.
Cole- Wow, a brawl erupts here out of nowhere.
Adamle- What the hell is up with you guys? What the hell are you doing, running wild outside the ring? This match was scheduled for one fall, not no disqualifications and no countouts. You are both acting like jealous cowards. If you want a Falls Count Anywhere match then you got it. Ref, the rules are changed. Go anywhere, use anything and do everything you can to get the pinfall or submission. Get ready, get set, get set, get ready, and go!
King- Oh my god, Cole. A Falls Count Anywhere match!
Cole- This promises to be very brutal, Jerry.
Jericho smiles and throws the chair in Generico’s face as the bell is rung.
MATCH 4
World Heavyweight Championship Tournament
Chris Jericho v El Generico
(Falls Count Anywhere)
Generico is already down on the outside after the chair was thrown onto his face. Jericho goes for a pin but Generico immediately kicks out and begins to get up. Jericho goes back to the chair on the ground and goes to hit him with it but Generico kicks it out of his hands and onto the floor. Jericho goes to quickly pick it up but as he ducks down momentarily, he takes a dropkick to the head. Generico picks up Jericho and goes to Irish whip him into the steel steps but Jericho reverses the momentum and whips him. Generico is on a collision course with the steps but at the last minute he takes a great leap and jumps over them, landing on the other side. He lands in a crouching position and when he gets up and turns around he takes a chair shot to the gut from Jericho.
Generico gasps for a breath and falls to his knees while Jericho searches under the ring. He pulls out a table but it is apparently not what he is looking for. He pulls out another chair and throws it at Generico, who is showing signs of getting up, before looking back under the ring. After searching for a little longer, he then smiles and pulls out a ladder. He drags the ladder completely out from the bottom of the ring and it is reveled to be 8 feet!
He keeps it closed and holds it so it can be used as a battering ram. Jericho then turns to Generico who has just got up and goes to hit him in the gut. However, Generico sees the ladder coming and ducks down to the ground. The ladder is pushed over him so when he gets up his head goes between two of the rungs in the middle of the ladder. He turns around, and Jericho is pushed away from the ladder. He then twists the ladder around and thus strikes Jericho in the back with it. Generico then pulls the ladder off his head and holds it in front of him. He runs with it towards Jericho but out of nowhere is hit with a Codebreaker which sends his face and neck into the ladder.
Generico falls back busted open, and Jericho goes to the cover on the outside. 1.....2..... Generico kicks out and splutters for a breath. Jericho picks up the ladder and sets it on its side so that one end is in the ring and the other end is resting on the barricade. He then picks up Generico and goes to throw him onto the ladder but he blocks it and pushes Jericho gut first into the ladder. Generico then goes to grab a chair but when he turns around, Jericho hits him with an enzugiri, kicking the chair right into his face. He rolls Generico into the ring and follows him. Jericho then tries to pull the ladder into the ring but it is stuck somewhere. Jericho pulls it and tries to wriggle it free, but then Generico launches himself over the top rope and jumps onto the other half of the ladder. This impact sends the other end of the ladder quickly upwards, right into Jericho’s face. Jericho is now also busted open and he slumps back onto the floor.
Generico then pushes the ladder back into the ring and sets it up. He slowly begins to climb the ladder until he gets to the top. He then pauses, before leaping off and hitting a 540 Splash! Generico is winded after the high altitude impact and can only crawl very slowly to the cover. 1.....2..... Jericho kicks out, and both competitors can hardly move. Eventually, Generico gets up first, and he slips out of the ring. He then picks up a table and sets it up on the ramp. Jericho then also gets out of the ring and when Generico turns around, Jericho rams him back into the barricade. He paces back and runs again, but this time, Generico lifts him over with a back body drop, right over the barricade and into the crowd.
Generico then gets up onto the barricade and hits a leg drop to where Jericho is amongst the crowd. Generico lifts him up and lifts him for the Brainbuster, but Jericho pulls himself down and catches Generico with a forearm to the face. They trade punches and Jericho rakes his eyes, before whipping him into a wall. He then walks over and pushes Generico again into the concrete wall. He then sees a loose piece of pipe, and pulls it free. He strikes Generico across the face with it and then again as he falls to the ground. They are near the ramp again and Jericho goes for a cover, 1.....2..... Generico kicks out and Jericho falls back.
Generico tries to crawl back into open area. He is about to reach the barricade, but Jericho grabs his feet and steps over him, putting him in the Walls of Jericho. He then turns around, so he is facing the ramp, meaning Generico can’t try to crawl and grab hold of the barricade. Jericho is weak though and can’t perform the hold with maximum power, meaning Generico can try to fight it. After a while of struggle, Generico manages to twist himself onto his back and kick Jericho forward, sending him stomach first into the barricade. Jericho winces in pain while behind him Generico manages to get to his feet. He turns around, and Generico connects with a big dropkick, knocking him over and onto the ramp. Generico then steps onto the barricade and hits a splash on Jericho below.
He gets up and goes down to the ring to pick up a chair, while Jericho attempts to crawl away. He goes over to Jericho and hits him while he is still on the ground. He then places the chair on top of him and jumps back onto the barricade. He faces the crowd, shouts ‘Ole!’ and then jumps for a moonsault, only for Jericho to throw the chair upwards right into Generico’s face. Generico falls backwards in the air and hits the floor hard, while Jericho brings himself to his feet. Jericho kicks Generico to roll him down the ramp towards the ring and hits him with the chair to make him go faster. He eventually gets pushed all the way to the ring and the Jericho places him on the table on the ramp.
He then goes back into the ring where the ladder is. He pulls it across the ring and pushes it so it is right next to the ropes. He starts climbing, but Generico is already getting off the table. As Generico climbs drearily onto the apron, Jericho hops off the ladder and gets onto the apron himself. They trade punches on the edge of the ring and Jericho rakes the eyes of Generico. He then goes for a bulldog to the outside but Generico holds on to the ropes. Jericho then pushed his head the other way and bounces Generico’s head off the ropes, springing him right off the apron and onto the table below. The Jericho, still on the apron, turns to face the ring before jumping off the ropes and hitting a Lionsault to the outside of the ring. The impact sends them both right through the table where Jericho lands in a position where he is pinning Generico. 1.....2.....3 Jericho wins!
WINNER- Chris Jericho by PINFALL in 19:22
Cole- This is one of the most hardcore matches I have seen in a long time!
King- There should be more matches like this on Raw. I am already liking the General Manager’s new attitude.
Cole- And this means Jericho advances to the semi finals.
***COMMERCIAL***
Santino Marella walks down to the ring where there is a couch and other furniture set up for Santino’s Casa.
Santino- Hello all my nice little fannies out there. I would-ah like-ah to introduce you to the very first-ah live edition of Santino’s-ah Casa. I have ah very special-ah guests tonight, as well as ah question to ask Mr Adamlah. But before-ah that, I would-ah just-ah like to reassure-ah the WWE Familia that Santino Marella last-ah week, was-ah suffering from ah very bed case of food-ah poisoning, and this is why he did not-ah perform so-ah well in his-ah match. You see, my nonna lost-ah her glasses and-ah when she make-ah her bologna, she put-ah the ratty poison in instead of-ah the parmesan. And the flavors-ah, they did not mix-ah well in Santino’s little tummy-ah. But away from my issues and onto my first-ah guest-ah. He is punky, he is spunky, and-ah he is without the Coca-Cola. He is C...M... Punk-ah!
CM Punk’s music plays and he walks down to the ring, before taking a seat on one of the small sofas.
Cole- CM Punk is Santino’s guest here at the casa.
King- Not CM Punk. It’s CM Punk-ah!
Cole- Either way I am interested to hear his comments, most likely regarding the Legend Killer Randy Orton.
Santino- Now Mr Punk-ah, I have not seen much of you here in-ah da WWE. I really don’t know how it feels to bunk-ah with the Punk-ah. But, Santino doesn’t know why, but he has many ah enemy. So little Santino here-ah knows how it feels to be attacked-ah from behind. And my bruises tell-ah me that it does not-ah feel good. So tell-ah me, how did it feel to be attacked last-ah week by Randy Oreo, who you have ah match-ah with tonight?
King- Randy Oreo? Ha, ha.
Punk- Santino, I could answer your question like a whiny little bug looking for pity. But instead, I am not going to condemn, Randy, I am going to praise him. I may not respect him for his actions but I respect him for the fact that he is a very smart man. What he did last week was one carefully devised plan. He took out the former champion, the most powerful entity on Raw next to the General Manager. He knew that by angering me he could rival the best in the business, thereby elevating himself as well. And then when I requested a match in the World Heavyweight Championship tournament, it only gave him the cherry on the top. And you know what, it doesn’t matter. Because, when I beat him tonight it will only make victory much sweeter knowing Randy Orton’s devious plan will have backfired in his face. With this stipulation included, when he goes down tonight he will lose more than he ever thought he would gain.
Santino- Strong-ah words there from the Punkstah. But lets see what Rambo Orton has to say-ah to these comments.
King- Now it’s Rambo? Santino truly does make me laugh.
Cole- Here he comes.
Randy Orton’s music plays and he walks down to the ring, before casually sitting on the couch opposite to Punk.
Orton- CM, a punk is exactly what you are. Your arrogance is net letting you realise that you may say all these words about how I had a carefully devised plan, and that you will crush me when all is said and done. Well guess what, you’re wrong. Do you think that my plan with backfire in my face? I think that my plan is already completed. I am already competing in the main event of Raw, and you have been the one to make me rise back up to this status in such a short time. For me, a title shot is just the icing on the cake. What I want is done, and may I thank you for that. Punk, I’m sorry but I have to go because you’re not worth anymore of my time. Goodbye.
Cole- Intense comments made by both men here.
Orton goes to leave but Punk gets up and taps him on the shoulder, before turning him around.
Punk- Don’t think you’re going to leave as easily as last week.
Punk nails Orton in the face with the microphone. He lifts him up for the GTS but Orton catches him with a right hand. The two then trade punches and tackle each other to the ground, brawling on the edge of the ring, and knocking down a picture of Santino’s grandmother, making the Italian frustrated.
Cole- Another brawl?
King- I’m in favor of this violence, but Santino doesn’t look happy. They knocked over a picture of his nonna!
Santino- I’ll have-ah none of this in my Casa.
Santino baseball slides Punk and Orton out of the ring and they land on the apron, where they continue brawling up the ramp.
Santino- You two have-ah fun now.
The two are now both busted open and are using everything in sight to hurt each other, including the barricades and chairs on the ring’s outside. Orton sees a cable lying next to the ring and begins to choke Punk with it. Punk starts tapping and gagging but Orton refuses to let go. Mike Adamle then runs out onto the stage.
King- This brawl just got more intense.
Cole- Here is the GM to hopefully sort things out.
Adamle- This is great guys, I can almost smell the hatred between you. As much as I am supporting this venting of anger, now is not the time so can we please save the brawling for the main event.
Cole- Yes, we want a perfectly fair main event.
Orton lets Punk go and kicks him in the face before walking over to where Adamle is.
Orton- Trust me Mike, the pain CM Punk is feeling now won’t even be close to the suffering and humiliation he will receive in the main event when I crush him and advance in this tournament. We both tasted our own blood just now, but I will make Punk feel so much pain in our match, that his blood will be tasted by the entire crowd.
Cole- Wow! Strong words, there.
Orton walks slowly to the back as Punk crawls slowly after him gasping for breaths. He mutters something about revenge as the camera turns back to Santino.
Santino- So Mika, how did-ah my Casa go huh?
Adamle- Well actually, Santino it went surprisingly well for a first time.
Santino- So that makes Santino think that Santino deserves a reward for the great work Santino did tonight.
Adamle- Maybe you have a point there, you did put on a good segment after all so I am going to reward you.
Santino- Are you going to give me ah bowl of Nonna’s tortellini or ah flashy new Lamborghini-ah? Santino could also use ah da hair removal-ah cream to take away this-ah so called... unibrow. Santino wants-ah to looking good in front of-ah da ladies, do you know Mika?
Adamle- I was actually thinking that I might reward you with a match.
Santino- Okay then, so when will Santino get ah shot at-ah the vacant World Heavyweight Title-ah? Or will I get a chance to become ah three times Intercontinenalish Champion?
Adamle- Sorry Santino, that’s close but no cigarette. You are going to be put in a match against a debuting superstar.
Santino- Is that it-ah? Some little pansy wansy is coming-ah into the WWE to try to beat-ah Santino? Well... ‘bring it on-ah, primadonna’, as my Grandmama would say when the jealous other Grandmama ladies would challenge her to ah knitting battle royal-ah.
Adamle- Well it’s good to see you prepared Santino because you have a match against Chris Sabin. And it starts now.
Cole- Wow, we get to see Chris Sabin debut right now!
King- The Italian Stallion will have to keep up with this exciting superstar.
Sabin runs down to the ring to a decent pop.
MATCH 5
Santino Marella v Chris Sabin
(Single)
Sabin goes to lock up with Marella but he moves out of the way and sticks his tongue out at Chris. He lunges again but Santino once again moves, this time pointing and laughing at Sabin. He again dives at Santino but once again is evaded. Santino begins to laugh but Sabin has had enough and hits him with an enzugiri to the face. Marella falls to the ground onto his knees and Sabin then hits him with a front snap kick to the abdomen, bringing Santino briefly off the ground and then crashing back down again. He puts Santino in a front facelock and lifts him up to a standing position. He drops down and hits Marella with a snap suplex.
Sabin then scuttles up to the top rope, before delivering a leg drop to Santino. He then puts one leg under Santino and gets him in a body scissors. Marella is very constricted and tries to get out of the submission. He crawls to the ropes but as he is about to reach them, Sabin rolls into the middle of the ring, taking Santino with him. Santino then tries to get up and gets to his feet while still in the submission. He tries to yank Sabin’s legs away but just ends up wriggling Chris’s legs up and putting himself in a head scissors. He then tries spinning around to shake Sabin off, but Chris controls the spinning and eventually turns the move into a tilt a whirl head scissors.
Santino is sent floundering across the ring as Sabin gets back up. Marella ends up dizzy on his knees and Sabin hits a step up enzugiri to the back of his head. Chris picks up Santino’s legs and puts them in a crossed position. He then twists his own leg between them and rolls Santino onto his stomach, putting him into a sharpshooter. Marella fights against the pain, but wont refuse to tap. Sabin elevates Santino’s legs to put more pressure onto his back but Marella even bites down on his hand to avoid tapping. Sabin realizes it is hopeless and stops the submission, while keeping Marella’s legs crossed. He then picks him up in the fireman’s carry position and sets up for the Cradle Shock. However, Santino uses his weight to fall to the side, slamming Sabin’s face forward into the ground.
They both slowly get up and Sabin looks to be bleeding from the nose. Santino runs for a lariat but Sabin ducks under his arm. He turns around and goes for a super kick but Marella ducks and kicks Sabin in the gut. He goes for a neckbreaker but Sabin pushes him away before hitting him with a hurricanrana. As Santino then gets up, he jumps off the ropes for a leg drop but Santino reverses the move into a sit down powerbomb. However, Sabin then uses his momentum to push himself and roll forward into a pin. 1..... He grabs Santino’s leg behind him, 2.....3 Sabin wins!
WINNER- Chris Sabin by PINFALL in 7:13
King- It looks like Chris Sabin will be making an immediate impact here on Monday Night Raw!
***COMMERCIAL***
Mike Adamle walks down to the ring with a microphone where a table and two chairs on either side of it is set up.
Adamle- Is everybody else liking what they are seeing tonight? We have had diva catfights, extreme rules matches and the successful debut of an exciting superstar. This Raw can hopefully set the standard for a successful future to come. But what I am here for tonight is this: I am here to set up a match officially for Backlash. This will not be for a title, but the value of a win for the two men competing will far outweigh that of gold. I am talking, of course, about the bitter rivalry brewing between John Cena and Batista. We know the history; it goes all the way back to last year’s Summerslam. But, this rivalry really climaxed at Wrestlemania. One fall match with the stipulation that neither man was allowed to use their signature submission. Not a rule written on paper, but one decided with the shake of a hand. And to John Cena, that handshake obviously didn’t mean more than winning. So, as you may understand, Batista was pissed. He was angry, and after the main event of Raw last week the Animal became unleashed, attacking John Cena and knocking him out of the World Heavyweight Championship tournament. So, to finally resolve this long feud, I am setting the two wrestlers’ final match at Backlash. And this wont be any normal match, it will only be a match fitting enough to end a feud like this. The match at Backlash will be John Cena versus Batista in Last… Man… Standing. That’s right; there will be no holds barred, no disqualifications and no countouts. So I invite the participants out here to sign the contract and finalize this match. Batista first, if you may.
King- Oh my god! Last man standing? These two men will kill each other.
Cole- Well, you know that it is one win apiece for both Batista and Cena against each other and this will be the match that truly decides who is better.
King- Batista and John Cena both want at each other, this contract signing is going to define tense.
Batista’s music plays and he walks down to mainly cheers.
Batista- I’ll save my words because I have the decency to say what I want to people’s faces. Bring it on, Cena.
Adamle- Ok then, I guess John Cena should come out now.
John Cena’s music plays and he walks down to a big pop.
Cole- Here comes Cena, and Batista wants to have a talk with the former doctor of thuganomics.
Adamle- I would invite the participants to take a seat on either side of the table.
Batista and Cena both sit down while glaring at each other.
Adamle- As there is no challenger, the first signing is traditionally decided by-
Cena- It’s okay, ladies can go first.
Batista- Ladies first? That’s cute John.
Cena- Batista, I don’t go first… I come first.
Batista- You know what, if it’s gonna harm your tiny little ego that much then I’ll be the bigger man and go. But before I sign anything I want to say something to you John. You are talented. Everybody tipped you to be the future of the business. You’re a great wrestler, but it takes more than that to be good in this business. John, you have talent but you don’t have respect. Me, I advanced through the WWE learning to respect your elders and your betters. Look at Evolution, I respected Ric Flair and I respected Triple H. And it was that respect that led them to take me under their wing. It was that respect that I showed that helped me become a three time World Heavyweight Champion. But you… you don’t have any kind of respect to anybody here in the WWE. John, I know you don’t respect me. Look at Wrestlemania, and how you broke the promise that we made to each other. I am you elder, and your better-
Cena- Whoa, whoa, whoa, hold on there big guy. Do you think that you’re my better? Currently, we have only faced each other once and I came out on top.
Batista- But you-
Cena- Please, Dave, don’t give me any more bullshit about the STFU. I know I broke our promise but really, you didn’t need to tap. I am your better and that proved it. I didn’t rise through the ranks by respecting veterans; I didn’t leech off stables and steal their glory to get my accomplishments. No, I got to the top like a real man and did whatever I needed. Wrestlemania was proof of that, and that is why I am such a huge star here in the WWE… because I am a real man. So big Dave, why don’t you be a real man and go and sign that contract you got in front of you.
Cole- Will Batista sign after hearing these words?
King- Of course, he wants nothing more than to get his hands on the disrespectful Cena!
Batista stares Cena deeply in the eyes before picking up the pen. He looks back at Cena, who nods at him, and he reluctantly signs.
Batista- John, you go on about real men. Well, real men resolve their issues in the ring, not in petty word games. So let’s be real men and finally find out who is better at Backlash.
Cena- We already know who is better, and it is-
Batista- Shut up John. At Backlash, there will be no excuses, there will be no rules. It will just be two men, going at it, trying to prove who will be the last man standing.
Cena- So be it.
John signs the contract and gets up, prompting Batista to immediately get up as well. Cena extends his hand over the table in the middle of the ring and Batista stares at it, before eventually shaking it.
Cole- This is what I like to see, a show of respect.
King- But you can just feel the heat and tension from here.
Adamle- May the best man win.
***COMMERCIAL***
MATCH 6
World Heavyweight Championship Tournament
Randy Orton v CM Punk
(Single)
Both wrestlers are taped up from the gashes they received form the brawl they had earlier. The bell rings and Orton paces around, shouting insults. Punk responds by diving at Orton, who simply moves out of the way and mocks him with an RKO taunt. Orton and Punk then lock up but Orton breaks away and catches a breath. They lock up again and feel each other out, with Orton applying a side headlock. He wrenches at the neck of CM Punk and forces him to a kneeling position. Punk lands an elbow to the gut of Orton and frees himself from the hold.
They circle each other again. Orton goes to lock up, but Punk ducks under and grabs him, delivering a knee to the gut. He pulls Orton’s face down into his knee, making him stagger backwards. He then steps back and goes for a clotheslines but Orton ducks under. Randy goes for a quick swinging neckbreaker but Punk swings through the move and back into a standing position. He then delivers a kick to the side of Orton’s leg and then another with his other foot. He then delivers a dropkick to the knees of Orton who is knocked off his feet and onto all fours. Punk gets up and goes to pick up Orton, but receives a punch to the stomach for his troubles. Orton hits another punch to Punk’s gut before getting onto his feet.
He goes to Irish whip Punk into the corner but Punk reverses and pulls Orton into the turnbuckle. Punk then goes for the double running knees to the face but as he goes to execute the move, Orton drops to the floor. CM Punk has enough time to pull his knees down, but has no time to stop his momentum, and hits the turnbuckle hard. He staggers backwards to where Orton lies in wait and when he turns around Orton goes for the RKO, only to be pushed away. Punk lifts him up for the GTS but Orton floats over and lands behind Punk. He then grabs the back of his neck, and hits the inverted headlock backbreaker, pulling CM Punk’s back down onto his own. Punk grasps his back in pain as Orton goes for the cover. 1.....2..... Punk rolls over and gets a shoulder up.
Orton gets frustrated and stomps on the chest of Punk, before getting down and applying a chinlock. He presses his knee into Punk’s back and pulls his chin backwards, threatening to break his neck. Punk flails around and attempts to push Orton’s arms away, but he responds by slapping Punk across the side of his head and then wrenching the submission even harder. He then pulls his leg backwards, and brings his knee forward again into Punk’s back, making the straightedge superstar cringe in pain. Punk tries to fight out and rallies the crowd behind him and gets to one knee. He uses all his strength to then get back to a standing basis, but then Orton spins around and drops down, still holding Punk’s chin, to deliver an inverted backbreaker. Punk grabs his neck and cringes as Orton gets up and delivers his signature spread-handed taunt, mocking him.
Orton picks Punk up and throws him into the corner. As Punk falls back Orton delivers a high elevation dropkick to Punk’s face. He then taunts again and goes for a high elevation double knees drop to Punk on the ground, but Punk moves out of the way. Orton lands on his knees and grabs them in pain as Punk uses the ropes to get to his feet. Orton also gets up and the two men yet again meet up in the centre of the ring. Orton gets in Punk’s face and they exchange words before Punk responds with an open handed chop to Orton’s chest. Orton goes for a lariat, but Punk runs under Orton’s arm, jumps off the opposite middle rope and hits a quick diving clothesline to Orton.
Punk goes up to the top rope this time, and sets up for splash. However, as he is about to jump, Orton realises the danger and immediately gets up. He drags himself over to the corner where Punk is and goes up to the second rope. He catches Punk with a punch, but the next one is blocked and given back to him. They both trade punches and elbows, and fists fly all over the place. Eventually, Punk wriggles one of his legs free and catches Orton with a kick to the side. Randy looks like he’s about to fall off, but manages to hold on. He takes another kick, but afterwards, Punk grabs his arms and puts Orton in double underhook position. He goes for the Pepsi Plunge but then Orton twists his body around so he is facing the ring and then leaps forward, delivering a Super RKO to Punk from the top rope.
Both men are down after this astonishing move. The referee begins to count and if neither gets up then the match is a draw. 1…2…3…4…5… Orton begins to stir. 6…7…8… He manages to crawl over to Punk. 9… He drapes an arm over his fallen body. 1.....2.....3 The bell rings and the match looks to be over, but no, the referee is signaling to the bell ringer that Punk kicked out a split second before his hand came down. The referee continues the match and Randy Orton can not believe what he has just seen. He argues with the referee and shouts at him in disbelief. He is about to slap the referee but then stops just before his hand makes contact. Orton composes himself and turns back into the match, only to be picked right up by CM Punk. Punk lands the GTS and Orton is down! The angry referee makes a faster than average count, 1.....2.....3. Punk wins and advances in the tournament. The show ends as Punk celebrates his victory and walks to the back, with Orton looking on in shock.
WINNER- CM Punk by PINFALL in 15:59
Cole- Did CM Punk just steal that win?
King- No, he just got lucky. Orton just got caught off guard, and Punk capitalized.
Cole- The Legend Killer must not be pleased!
King- This definitely won’t be the end of the rivalry between these two.
Cole- That is a certainty.
King- Tune in next week to see how this boils over!
Cole- Goodnight, and we’ll see you in a week!
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