WWE World Heavyweight Champion: Triple H
WWE Intercontinental Champion: Shelton Benjamin
WWE World Tag Team Champions: Chris Benoit & Edge
WWE Women's Champion: Trish Stratus
WWE Monday Night RAW
November 1st, 2004
Peoria, Illinois
Recap of last weeks events.
Backstage: Eugene is walking to the ring, when Regal stops him, he tries to convince Eugene to not go ahead with this match. Regal asks to go with him, but Eugene says he needs to stand on his own two feet.
Hardcore Rules Match: Gene Snitsky vs. Eugene
For some reason, JR and King hype this up like this is Eugene's first NoDq type match, so we just forgetting the match with Triple H in Septemeber? Snitsky coming to the ring pushing a baby carriage full of weapons is great, this is short at like 4 minutes, but it's way better than last week, just because of the weapons use and Snitsky beating Eugene up with a chain. Eugene fights back but it rarely has any effects. Snitsky hits the pump handle slam for the win. *1/4
After the match; Snitsky tries to Pillmanize Eugene's throat like he did to Kane, but Regal runs out and punches Snitsky in the ribs with the brass knuckles forcing Snitsky to bails.
In a pre-tape, Triple H says last week he was ganged up on and was attacked by a large number of RAW superstars. An attack that can be described of jealousy and envy. He says to anyone involved, did you do the right thing attacking the world champion? attacking the draw of the show? He says he's the reason people are here, and he puts food on their families' tables. He says he's not going to be there tonight, and they'll see how Raw does without its franchise and #1 star. He says next week, when he comes back, he better come back to the star reception he deserves, and it's time everyone realizes there's only one diamond in this business, and without him, Raw is nothing.
Backstage: Maria former Diva Search contestant makes her debut
She interviews Tajiri, Tajiri says they are mad as hell, and not going to take it anymore. They don't care if they never see him again, and Ric Flair comes over. He tries to shake his hand to show there are no hard feelings, but Batista assaults Tajiri from behind throwing him into one of the RAW box container things.
Ric Flair and Batista come down to the ring, Flair says what happen to Tajiri was just the beginning, last week was unacceptable, whether you like him or don't you all need to respect Triple H. He is the World Champion, leader of Evolution. Flair calls Eric out to restore order to RAW or he and Batista will destroy the entire locker room. Eric Bischoff comes out and says he's here for two reasons, business and personal. He says for Business, with Survivor Series being 2 weeks away he's here to announce the RAW side. Christian vs. Shelton, for the IC title, Trish vs. Lita for the Woman's title and in the Main Event it will be the classic traditional Survivor Series Elimination match on one team. It will be Jericho, Benoit, Maven & Randy Orton vs. Triple H, Batista, Edge & Snitsky. Flair gets pissed his name is left out, Eric says this brings him to the personal part, he says Flair might not have liked how things went last week, but he did, unless he personally wants to see a match, he'll continue to let the inmates run the asylum. He says normally he'd listen to Evolution, but asks when he was getting his head shaved, Evolution was nowhere to be found after he's kissed their ass for the last 2 years, so from now on, he answers to nobody but him. And after Survivor Series he's going on vacation for a month, and the winning team at Survivor Series, they'll get control of Raw, with each man on the winning team getting control for a week. Batista says if other guys won all they would do is challenge for the World Title, except Orton. Batista says he strongly suggest Eric take that back, Eric refuses and says he better concentrate on his team winning. Eric says Triple H might say Raw is nothing without him, but without that title, Triple H is nothing. BABYFACE ERIC!!!!!
Christian vs. The Hurricane
This isn't much, outside...................OF EDGE RETURNING AND DEBUTING THE Alter Bridge. Edge comes out and talks about the book for two minutes, and not being voted into Taboo Tuesday. The camera pans to him more than the match so fuckit. Christian wins after Edge leaves with the Unprittier.
After the match; Shelton runs out but Christian bails to the floor, he grabs a mic and says Shelton stole his votes at Taboo Tuesday, he says he knows that he knows Tomko is hurt. But for him tonight he's got a one night only PROBLEM SOLVER.......Viscera. As Visc comes down to the ring, Christian attacks Shelton from behind and Visc lays him out with the Big Splash.
Backstage: Todd Grisham interviews Edge, he asks if Edge is willing to team with Benoit to defend his tag titles? Edge says yes, he's back and better than ever. Edge says if Benoit can beat La Resistance on his own, imagine what he can do with the most successful tag wrestler ever, 11-time tag team champion. Benoit comes over, and Edge grabs one of his titles. Benoit asks who the hell he thinks he is, and Edge says he's the man who SHOULD be World Champion right now, and if Benoit doesn't watch it, he'll defend those titles by himself. Benoit says that'd be just fine, and he walks off.
Backstage: Maven goes into Evolutions dressing room, and says if they thought what they did to Tajiri was funny, Batista should remember what happened last week. Batista takes his glasses off, as Flair yells that nobody comes in here and talks to them like that, but Randy Orton & Chris Jericho also walk in behind them. Jericho says Flair was right last week, and there is strength in numbers, and Jericho challenges them to take out the locker room right now. Orton says they shouldn't worry about fighting everyone else when they have to get past Survivor Series, and says when they control Raw, Evolution may not even have a future.
In the ring, Simon Dean makes his debut. NOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOO. He picks a fat fuck out of the crowd and asks when was the last time he saw his own penis. He makes fun of a fat chick for not being able to shave under her arms. He rips another guy for being fat and having bad teeth, he then asks the "PLANT" if his mom and dad are cousins, so he hops the rails. Fat FUCK is named Matt. THIS GOES ANOTHER 5 FUCKING MINUTES! IT ENDS WITH SIMON BEATING UP A FAN!
WWE World Tag Team Championships: La Resistance vs. Chris Benoit & Edge
Benoit showcase, he beats the shit out of these fucks and then bumps his ass off for them. Edge doesn't come out to start the match so it's 2-1. Edge does eventually come out and hop on the apron. Benoit goes to tag out, but Edge hops off the apron and joins commentary to promote his book some more. Resistance are still 101 heeling it up, so Benoit beats the shit out of them. He goes to end the match but Edge runs down to the ring distracting the ref, allowing La Resistance to hit Au Revoir and cover Benoit for the win.
After the match; Edge hit Benoit with one of the title belts and throws it back to Conway, Benoit is now busted open, so Edge begins attacking the cut in tremendous fashion. Benoit tried to fight back, but Edge hit him with the Spear. Benoit gets back to his feet, so Edge keeps punching at the cut, before locking in Benoit own Crippler Crossface.....AND BENOIT TAPS!
Backstage: Flair and Batista barge into Eric's office, Flair asks if he's gone crazy? Eric says it sounds like he's not that confident in his team, but Flair says these guys should be punished right now, and demands that Eric rethink this stipulation, because these guys have no business potentially running Raw. Eric refuses and says his vacation plans are set, and the stipulations stand. But if they want punishment, it'll be Orton/Jericho/Maven vs. Flair/Batista/Triple H TONIGHT! Batista says Hunter isn't even here, and Eric says he's not buying it, and nobody else is, and if he's not lying for once, it's their problem.
Muhammad Hassan! PRAISE ALLAH!
Survivor Series HYPE!
JBL/Booker
Taker/Heidenreich
Team Eddie/Team Kurt
Shelton/Christian
Trish/Lita
Team Orton/Team Triple H
Backstage: Shelton who has his whole mid-section taped up and is walking, JR informs us he's challenged Big Visc to a match and it will happen NEXT!
Viscera vs. Shelton Benjamin
Shockingly great, yeah
. Shelton selling the ribs is great, and Visc who doesn't do anything outside using his fat as a weapon to slam into Shelton looked somewhat brutal. YEAH! Shelton's offense is just punches, he does hit the stinger splash but hurts himself cause wrestler's don't use logic. Christian comes out to watch, but Shelton rakes the eyes and hits the Dragon whip kick for the win. **1/2 - **3/4
After the match; Christian jumps Shelton from behind again, but Shelton hits the T-Bone Suplex and Christian rolls to the floor.
SMACKDOWN REBOUND!
Trish Stratus comes down to the ring, she says she is here tonight to address her friends and family who have been worried sick since finding out she has to face Lita. Cause they know her life could be in jeopardy. And they might be right. Trish shows a video called "LITA! THE WALKING KISS OF DEATH" It's a video package shows Lita as the killer of careers from Essa Rios, to the Hardyz breaking up, Matt and Kane in 2004
Trish says she sees the concerns, but tells them not to be, because above all else, Lita is a loser, and at Survivor Series, she'll lose again just like she lost her nerve and lost her baby. Lita comes out and beats on Trish, but Gail comes down for the save. They beat Lita down and Trish kicks her in the belly first and hits the chic kick leaving Lita laid out.
NEXT WEEK: CHRIS BENOIT vs. EDGE
Chris Jericho, Maven & Randy Orton vs. Ric Flair & Batista
Triple H doesn't come out, so it's a Handicap match. Orton/Batista, Orton/Flair, Jericho/Flair, Jericho/Batista all rules. Maven is still a sack of shit, and it just here for some tough enough promotion bullshit and with Shawn being hurt. Thankfully Maven never tags in. This is basically the faces outcheating Flair and doing all the heel stuff to him behind the refs back so that rules. Batista has finally seen enough and pulls Flair to his corner, he beats the dog shit out of Jericho who does his shitty version of the hard Irish whip corner bump. The match breaks down, with Orton getting the hot tag, he cleans house as Flair and Batista try to leave. TRIPLE H'S MUSIC HITS!!!!!.......................................BUT IT'S TAJIRI IN TRIPLE H'S T-SHIRT! WEARING A BLONDE WIG
the faces roll Evolution back into the ring, where Maven hits a Flying Bulldog on Batista, Jericho follows up with the Lionsault, and Orton finishes him off with an RKO for the win. **1/2
After the match; Batista is so irate he shoves Flair to the mat.