Eric Bischoff Takes Charge: WWE RAW Results, 11-6-06

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The show opened with JR and King announcing that K-Fed would be on RAW tonight to explain why he attacked John Cena last night at Cyber Sunday.

Edge, Women’s Champion Lita, and Randy Orton came to the ring. The Rated-R Superstar grabbed a mic and welcomed the new Women’s Champion, Lita, and the history making tag team that defeated DX last night, Rated-RKO (Edge and Orton). He said that there was a new era starting tonight … an era w/o DX making immature jokes and whoring out their merchandize. Edge had the boys in the back roll the footage of Bischoff helping them beat DX last night. Orton took the mic to a chorus of boos and said that for the first time ever, DX has been beaten. He said that people shouldn’t act like they don’t like what happened, because they were the ones who voted for Eric Bischoff. Randy then introduced Bischoff, who came to the ring and asked to have his music cut.

He said he had a lot of people that he wanted to thank. He thanked the people for voting for him last night, and allowing him to ref the match where DX suffered their first loss. Bischoff also thanked Edge and Orton for getting the job done last night and putting on an outstanding performance. He then thanked Vince McMahon, who Bischoff said was well aware that controversy creates cash. Because Bischoff’s book has been selling so well, McMahon put Bischoff in charge for the night. Thus, Bischoff decided to give fan-favorites like John Cena the night off … and ban DX from the building. Also, Nitro (w/ Melina) will take on Jeff Hardy for the IC title. At that point, the new tag team champions, Ric Flair and Roddy Piper, came to the top of the ramp and welcomed themselves. Flair asked Bischoff if he remembered the time that he beat his ass backstage in St. Louis. Edge intervened and tried to remind Flair of the last time he was on the Cutting Edge.

Piper interrupted and called Edge’s show a Roddy Piper-rip off. He said that Orton couldn’t even correctly rip off his old man. Piper said he was born controversial and that every time a guy like Bischoff thought they knew the answers, guys like him and Flair changed the questions. Bischoff made Piper and Flair against Edge and Orton in a no-DQ match for the tag titles as the main-event.

Match 1: Intercontinental Champion Jeff Hardy vs. Johnny Nitro (w/ Melina)
- After back and forth action, the champion hit a sit-out facebuster for a near fall and called for the Twist of Fate. Nitro countered, though, and pushed Hardy into the turnbuckle. Hardy countered, too, and hit the Whisper in the Wind. Melina came into the ring and jumped on Hardy’s back, but he whipped her to the mat and went to the top to drill her with the Swanton Bomb. Nitro caught up to and crotched him on the top rope before he could execute his high risk finish. Johnny went on to drill Hardy with the championship belt and get the pin. Nitro became IC champion at around 8:00.

Backstage, Duggan and Eugene, as well as the Spirit Squad, argued with Eric Bischoff. Bischoff said that those two teams would face tonight, and the losing team would have to split up and never tag with each other again. Maria showed up and Bischoff reminded her of how she used her previously unknown brain power to help get him fired last year. He put her in a match with Umaga and said that if she didn’t wrestle, she was fired.

K-Fed appeared on the Titantron and said that he knew we all enjoyed seeing what he did to Cena last night, just like they all enjoyed going to his concert and listening to his album. He challenged Cena to a match in Miami, Florida on Monday Night RAW on January 1, 2007.

Match 2: Hacksaw Jim Duggan and Eugene vs. The Spirit Squad
- The finish came when the Squad got involved, distracting Duggan long enough for Johnny to catch him with a roll-up win. Eugene and Duggan were forced to disband at 2:35. Eugene turned on Duggan after the match, even going as far as to beat Hacksaw with a 2X4.

Match 3: Umaga (w/ Armando Alejandro Estrada) vs. Maria
- The Samoan Bulldozer dominated and destroyed the poor girl until Cena showed up and knocked Umaga out of the ring. Cena tended to Maria as AAE tried to hold back Umaga from retaliating. Maria and Umaga went to a no-contest at 2:33.

Cena took the mic from Todd Grisham after the match and said that nothing made sense on tonight’s show. He said that Bischoff was fired the last time he checked, but now he’s the GM for the day. He said that K-Fed snuck up and attacked him last night, but now he’s challenging the champ to a match. He said that Umaga must have run out of guys to beat up if he was beating up Maria. Cena gave Grisham the FU and said it was time to make some sense of the night. He said that next time Umaga wants to attack a diva, he should try to beat the hell out of John Cena. He also said that if K-Fed wants his ass kicked on New Year’s, then Cena suggests he use Britney’s money to buy himself an Army, Navy, and Air Force … b/c that’s the only way he was leaving Miami, Fl alive. If you want some, come get some.

Backstage, Bischoff was talking with Lita. He recalled the events of the night and made himself the special ref in the night’s main-event tag match.

Further backstage, Torrie Wilson said she had a lot of fun with Carlito. He said he had a lot of fun, too. Shelton Benjamin showed up and clapped for Carlito and the fans’ wasted vote. He said he was going to smack him around the ring tonight and that the reason he didn’t win the vote last night was because he was black and a minority. Carlito scoffed at that notion, reminding Benjamin that he was a Puerto Rican and he got voted in by a landslide. He called Shelton a “Bandejo.” Benjamin asked Carlito how he dared to make fun of an African American icon whose theme song is sung by youngsters around the world. Ron Simmons showed up at that point and offered up a “DAMN.”

Match 4: Chris Masters vs. Jerry Lawler
- Masters beat the crap out of Lawler, who did at least try to put up a fight. The Masterpiece demanded that the ref un-cuff Lawler. Masters then locked on the Masterlock for the win. Masters defeated Lawler at 1:33.

Match 5: Shelton Benjamin vs. Carlito
-(CMV1 note- Cryme Tyme came to the ringside area and joined JR on commentary and hyped Shelton’s athleticism). Before the match, Cryme Tyme and Shelton Benjamin praised each other. Shelton attacked Carlito before the match started with a clothesline on the outside. In the ring, Shelton powerslammed Carlito, while Cryme Tyme continued to praise him.

The finish came when Cryme Tyme distracted Shelton by attempting to steal Shelton’s necklace and shirt, thus allowing Carlito to roll him up for the pin. Carlito won at 2:43.

Match 6: Women’s Champion Lita vs. Mickie James
- Lita grabbed a mic before the match and said she had good news and bad news: the good news was that Mickie got a title match, but the bad news was that Mickie James had to have one hand tied behind her back. James tried to overcome the handicap, but Lita slapped and humiliated her. Lita connected on a Side Russian leg sweep and went to the top for a moonsault, but she missed the high risk. Mickie made a comeback w/ only one arm, but Lita finished her off with a spike DDT. Lita retained at 1:32.

Match 7: World Tag Team Champions Ric Flair and Roddy Piper vs. Edge (w/ Lita) and Randy Orton
- Eventually, Edge tagged in and applied a chinlock on Piper. Piper fought back to his feet, but Edge nailed him with a back elbow that sent the Hot Scot to the outside. Edge slammed him near the ring post and tried crush him with a steel chair, but Piper ducked it. Back in the ring, Roddy inched toward his corner. Flair got the hot tag and chopped a freshly tagged Legend Killer down to size. A backdrop followed, as did more knife edge chops. He hit a low blow on Edge and went after Bischoff. Edge took advantage and drilled Flair with the Spear. A new ref ran down to make the count, but Flair kicked out!

Piper then grabbed Edge by the legs and crotched him on the ring post. Meanwhile, Orton geared up for the RKO on Flair, but DX ran down to the ring. HBK clocked Orton with Sweet Chin Music, and HHH threw Flair on top of him for the win. Flair and Piper retained at 7:14.

After the match, DX scared Edge away from the ringside area and then turned their attention to Bischoff. HHH nailed Bischoff with the Pedigree and grabbed a microphone. Instead of having two words for Bischoff, they had three: “Big Dick Johnson.” The gyrating fat guy then came to the ring and gave Bischoff a dance.

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