A Stone Cold Announcement: WWE RAW Results, 3-5-07
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The show opened with HBK stretching in the backstage area. John Cena walked up to him and they shared a brief stare down. Cena wished him luck in his match against Randy Orton. HBK wished Cena luck against Edge. Cena said there was something else. Before he could say anything more, HBK cut him off and said that he knows heâs turned on all his partners in the past. Michaels said it was different with Cena. Cena wanted to know how it was different. HBK said maybe it wasnât different. Cena said that despite all the budding tension, heâs got his back if something goes wrong with Orton tonight. HBK said he didnât need his help.
Match 1: Shawn Michaels vs. Randy Orton (w/ Edge)
- Back from commercial break, HBK went for a dropkick, but Orton countered into a Boston Crab. Michaels struggled, but eventually reached the bottom rope. HBK quickly latched on a sleeper hold, but Orton countered into a backdrop. Michaels countered the counter into a cross body pin. HBK followed with an attempted baseball slide, wanting to take out Edge. However, Edge moved. HBK went back up to the apron, but Orton caught him, drug him b/t the second and top ropes and planted him with a spike DDT (while his feet were still hanging on the ropes). Orton continued his dominance with a dropkick in the corner and a jumping knee drop in the center of the ring. Unable to score the decisive fall, Orton locked on a rear choke. HBK eventually got back to his feet and broke the hold. He caught Orton with a back drop, leaving both lying. They made it to their feet and HBK scored with a flying forearm. He kipped up and connected with an inverted atomic drop and a body slam to set-up the flying elbow drop. Michaels took the risk and scored with the top rope elbow. He then set-up for the superkick. HBK went for it, but Orton countered and went for the RKO.
Michaels countered and pushed Orton into the ref, but Randy still came back with a diving clothesline. Edge tried to help Orton, handing him the tag title belt. Unfortunately for him, the ref saw it. Orton tried to plead with him and the distraction allowed HBK to roll him up for the win. HBK defeated Orton at 11:29. After the match, Orton and Edge had a quick little argument, but Randy refocused long enough to drop HBK with an RKO onto a chair. Cena made the save before Rated-RKO could do anymore damage.
Mick Foley hyped his book, citing its controversiesâ¦
JR and King showed highlights of Lashley beating Hardcore Holly in a cage match on ECW, plus the aftermath with Lashley jumping thru a section of the cage onto Umagaâ¦
Backstage, Vince asked Armando what kind of mood Umaga was in. Armando said thereâs wasnât anything to worry about. Coach said that Vince looked stressed. Vince said he wasnât stressedâ¦and wasnât worried about the Board of Directors choice for special ref. He said that he tells them what to do, so heâs confident theyâll choose his son, Shane, as he suggested.
Match 2: Jeff Hardy vs. Intercontinental Champion Umaga (w/ Armando)
- As the crowd chanted for him, Jeff scored with a jawbreaker. However, Umaga came right back with a clothesline. He then placed him in the tree-of-woe and drilled him in the face with a jumping headbutt. Jeff found himself lying helpless in the corner. Umaga charged and blasted Hardy with a running rear smash. He then called for the Samoan Spikeâ¦and that was all she wrote. Umaga retained at 4:02.
Backstage, Carlito and Ric Flair were interviewed. They were asked how they felt about facing each other tonight in an effort to determine the final spot in the MITB ladder match. Flair said he had more passion; Carlito said heâd do everything necessary.
Chris Masters got set-up for the Masterlock Challenge. Hacksaw Jim Duggan was the competitor. Masters easily won.
Backstage, HBK said heâs got Cenaâs back tonight. Cena said he didnât need his helpâ¦
Vince McMahon power walked to the ring, making sure to stop by the barber shop set-up on the ramp. McMahon hyped a contract signing for next week b/t he and Trump. He said if Trump gets in his face, heâll bitch slap him. At that point, Eric Bischoff (yeah, seriously) came to the ring. Vince wanted to know what the hell he was doing there. Bischoff said he wasnât the ref, so not to worry. EB said since he lives in Phoenix, he just wanted to stop by and say hello. He said he was looking forward to seeing Donald shave Vinceâs head. At that point, Eric left, but Mick Foley came to the ring wearing his referee shirt. Vince thought Mick was the special ref, so he kissed his ass. He gave Foley his job back and gave him access to come back to RAW and plug his book. Foley took full advantage of the situation. He even goaded Vince into paying his room service bill.
Ultimately, though, Foley revealed that he was not the guest ref for Wrestlemania 23, but rather for a rib eating contest b/t Charles Barkley and the Phoenix Suns mascot down the road at a restaurant. Vince excused him and demanded that the real guest ref make his presence felt. At that point, Shane McMahon finally made his way to the ring, putting his fatherâs mind at ease. However, Shane didnât appear to have good news. Shane said that they didnât get their choice for special ref. At that pointâ¦Stone Cold Steve Austinâs music hit and the place went nuts!
Austin made his way to the ring, as Vince looked on in stunned silence. After the Rattlesnake made his patented corner to corner middle-fingered salutes, Vince offered him a handshake. Austin laughed, walked away, and requested some beers. Stone Cold walked around drinking beer, as JR hyped him as the special ref. Steve eventually threw beer in McMahonâs face.
Backstage, Mick Foley was talking to the Phoenix Suns gorilla. Ron Simmons walked up and said, âDamn!â
Match 3: Falls Count Anywhere Match - Womenâs Champion Melina vs. Mickie James
- Ashley was the guest ring announcer. Mickie got things going with a baseball slide before Melina ever got into the ring. Melina tossed James into the security wall and ran to the back. Mickie gave chase and caught up to her in the backstage area. James tossed her into a table and later into a door. They fought into the womenâs locker room, where James tossed Melina over a couch. The WWE Divas were around, as Candice, Maria, Victoria, and Torrie all got involved. The camera man got knocked down and the picture was gone, so we got a commercial break that wasnât really expected. Back from the break, Mickie and Melina battled back to the arena. The rolled around on the ramp. Melina eventually got in a quick strike and ran back into the ring. She took control with a series of hair pulls into facebusters, but Mickie came right back with a few of her own. James then scored w/ the Perfect Plex for a near fall. They battled to the second rope. Mickie went to the top and went for a hurricanrana, but she fell on her neck and shoulder area. Melina made the quick pin. Melina retained at 7:23. After the match, Ashley pushed Melina and tended to Mickie.
Match 4: Money in the Bank Qualifier- Ric Flair vs. Carlito (w/ Torrie)
- A lock-up to start, with Carlito grabbing a headlock. Flair broke the hold, but Carlito knocked him down with a shoulder tackle. Moments later, Carlito backed him into the corner and thrusted his shoulder into Flairâs gut. Naitch came back with a series of chops, but CCC stopped his momentum with a back drop and a dropkick. Carlito followed with a suplex and a series of chops. Flair came back with an inverted atomic drop, a knife edge chop, and a back elbow smash. He followed with a jumping knee drop and applied a rear chinlock. Carlito came back with a springboard back elbow. At that point, the Great Khali came out and destroyed both of them. Carlito and Flair fought to a no-contest. After the match, Khali yelled that he wanted Kane.
Stone Cold Steve Austin will be on ECW tomorrow nightâ¦
The 4th member of the 2007 Hall of Fame induction class isâ¦Nick Bockwinkel.
Backstage, Orton approached Edge. Edge wanted to know if Orton had his back tonight. Orton said that he was sorry, but he had a meeting with Coach. Thus, Randy said he simply did not have Edgeâs back tonightâ¦
Cena came out to the ring for the match, but MNM showed up. Edge made his entrance soon after, got on the mic, and said he couldnât perform in front of this crowd tonight because, as a Civil Rightâs Activist, he felt uncomfortable wrestling before a group of bigots. However, since Johnny Nitroâs great great grandma is black, Edge figures he should get the chance to beat up Cena.
Match 5: WWE Champion John Cena vs. Johnny Nitro
- Mercury got involved at the start of the match, giving Nitro the chance to take early control. Nitro dominated the first few minutes, but Cena made his usual comeback. After connecting with the Prototype spinning back drop, Cena scored with the Five Knuckle Shuffle. However, when he went for the FU, Mercury came in and gave him a chop block. MNM and Edge ganged up on Cena after the ref called for the bell. HBK came out to make the save, but stopped before entering the ring. He turned around and walked toward the back. However, he changed his mind and made the save. Cena defeated Nitro via DQ at 3:21.
March 6th, 2007 5:04 PM
OMG I hate Melina. Ever since she got the womens title from Mickie James she has been a total pain in the ass. I think Umaga or someone should go out there and beat her ass up.
March 6th, 2007 5:05 PM
John Cena is so strong and athletic. He can beat anyone. If he went through hell with Umaga then he can beat anyone and the only person to ever beat Umaga so far is John Cena. Maybe Bobby Lashley but that isn't till April 1'st.
March 6th, 2007 5:56 PM
stone cold is still the man cant nobody deal with the texas rattlesnake.
March 7th, 2007 5:58 PM
Stone Cold is a alcholic guy. That was good that he dumped all that beer on Mr. McMahon but he could lay down all the alchol for at least one match right? and someone can deal with the texas rattlesnake and that is yet to see!!