900th Episode of Raw Report
After hyping the fact this is the 900th episode, we're told tonight there will be a 5-on-5 tag elimination match with Nexus taking on Chris Jericho, John Cena, WWE Champion Sheamus, Edge and Randy Orton.
We begin this historic episode however with Bret "The Hitman" Hart.
Hart says he was there 17 years ago as was one other wrestler still around - the Undertaker. He would like to..
Kane interrupts.
The World Heavyweight Champion says there is no Undertaker anymore. Now Taker is like Hart, he's weak, scraggily, over-the-hill and irreversibly damaged. Kane says the last time his brother truly was the Undertaker was at WrestleMania when he was ending Shawn Michaels' career. Kane asks Bret if he loved that.
Hart says he will love when Taker beats down Kane again, like he always does.
Kane says he has lived his whole life trying to break out of his brother's shadow. He says his brother took out an icon and now he must do the same.
Kane grabs Hart by the throat, but the Hart Dynasty runs out to make a save.
Hart starts fighting back, but once again Kane grabs him by the throat.
Bells. Darkness.
Undertaker shows up and he's staring down Kane. Kane leaves the ring saying not yet.
An e-mail comes in.
Michael Cole reads that the GM has been reluctant to do this in the past, but tonight is historic so he's making a match between Bret Hart and the Undertaker.
Highlights from Episode 1.
Commercial.
Highlights from Episode 279, Sept. 28, 1998 - the one where Stone Cold Steve Austin crashes a zamboni into the ring and clotheslines Vince.
Match 1 - Tag Team Triple Threat - Kofi Kingston and Michael McGillicutty v. Kaval and Daniel Bryan v. United States Champion The Miz and Alex Riley
Riley, Bryan and Kofi start. Miz distracts Bryan and Riley gets in some cheap shots. Kofi then dropkicks Riley and Kofi and Bryan go at it for a bit. Kofi hits an SOS on Bryan, but Riley breaks it up. Kofi hits the Boom Drop on Riley. Bryan and Kofi then hit each other with double cross bodies and then crawl to their corners and make tags. Kaval hits a sweet submission reversal onto McGillicutty. Riley comes over to make the save.
Miz gets tagged in, but Kaval runs to the corner and kicks everyone. Miz falls down and never comes into the ring. Kaval then takes it to McGillicutty and hits the Ghetto Stomp. But Miz sneaks into the ring behind him and gives him the Skull-Crushing Finale.
Decision - United States Champion The Miz and Alex Riley def. Kofi Kingston & Michael McGillicutty and Kaval and Daniel Bryan by way of pinfall in a tag team triple threat
After the match Bryan attacks Riley and Miz then runs in and nails Bryan in the head with the Money in the Bank briefcase. Cole says Miz is now one of the All-Time Raw greats.
Commercial.
Match 2 - Women's Champions LayCool v. Diva's Champion Melina and Eve Torres
McCool and Melina start. They don't do much. Layla tags in and slams Melina's face into the mat and gives her a hair toss. Melina then shoves Layla into Michelle and then rolls up Layla and that's the match.
Decision - Diva's Champion Melina and Eve Torres def. Women's Champions LayCool by way of pinfall
After the match LayCool challenges Melina to a unification match at Night of Champions. Melina says she figured this was coming so she was prepared and has a stipulation for the match - it should be a lumberjack match. LayCool agree. All the divas then come out and stand by Melina.
Highlights from Episode 889, June 7, 2010 - the NXT invasion angle.
They then cut to NXT in their locker room talking about people thinking they are weak. They mention throwing Darren Young out of the group and how Skip Sheffield has an ankle injury and isn't with them right now. Wade Barrett says they aren't weak, they just trimmed some fat. Barrett says tonight they will beat five of Raw's best ever and then in a few weeks he will become champion. He says tonight they will do something unforgettable to leave people talking forever.
Commercial.
Highlights from Episode 850, Sept. 7, 2009 - Bob Barker making fun of Chris Jericho.
Cut to Jericho backstage with Josh Matthews. Matthews starts to ask him about his memorable moments, but Jericho cuts him off. Jericho asks him why does he always say he is the best at what he does. Jericho says it's not to invent a catchphrase for a t-shirt, but because it's the truth and lately no one realizes it anymore. Jericho says at Night of Champions he will prove it again and become champion or else he will quit WWE.
Matthews says Jericho has said this a dozen times.
Jericho says he's not joking and Matthews should watch what he does tonight.
Match 3 - No. 1 contenders match for the WWE Tag Team Championship - John Morrison and R-Truth v. "Dashing" Cody Rhodes and Drew McIntyre
Cole mentions JR and says this one will be a slobberknocker. Truth and Rhodes start, but after a Rhodes cheap shot everyone comes into the ring and just starts wailing on each other so we don't get a match. The referee calls for the bell.
Decision - No contest
Commercial.
Highlights from Episode 867 - June 4, 2010 - Bret Hart comes back to Raw, and gives HBK a handshake and hug
Match 4 - Bret "The Hitman Hart" v. The Undertaker
As the match is about to start out comes Wade Barrett.
Barrett says this match isn't going to happen. He says the 900th episode shouldn't be about two legends, it should be about the future. So he's going to do something unforgettable and beat them both. Barrett enters the ring, but Taker takes the fight right to him and clotheslines him out.
Taker then turns back to Hart.
But now the lights go out.
Kane is in the ring with Taker and they start exchanging blows. OK safe to say now..
Decision - No contest
The lights go off again, they come back on and Taker is alone in the ring.
The rest of Nexus then come out and surround the ring.
Undertaker holds them all back, but the lights go out again.
This time they come on and Barrett has Taker on his back and gives him the Wasteland.
They show Kane standing on the ramp watching.
Justin Gabriel then gives Taker a 450 splash.
Taker tries to sit up, but can't. Kane laughs.
Commercial.
Jack Swagger comes out and talks about his return to Raw and how he is now a former champion.
Match 5 - Jack Swagger v. Evan Bourne
Match starts up and after about a minute Alberto Del Rio shows up driving a Bentley with his full intro. They do a split screen showing him coming down and the match taking place. Cole talks about how awesome Del Rio is.
Meanwhile the match does continue and Bourne sets up for AirBourne. He misses and Swagger chop blocks his ankle and slaps on the ankle lock.
Decision - Jack Swagger def. Evan Bourne by way of submission
After the match Del Rio grabs a mic and talks about what he did to Rey Mysterio. He says he wants to recreate it tonight for the Raw fans who didn't see it and he will do it to Evan Bourne. He grabs a chair and rushes to Bourne and applies the armbar. He then takes Bourne outside the ring and is about to use the chair with the armbar when Mark Henry comes running down.
Henry punches the chair out of Del Rio's hands and Del Rio takes off.
They show highlights of the China trip.
Commercial.
Highlights from Episode 331, Sept. 27, 1999 - Foley and Rock's This is your life bit
CM Punk comes out with the Straight Edge Society. He asks the crowd if they know who he's better than - The Rock. Punk says he doesn't smoke, drink or make bad movies like the Tooth Fairy. He says the Rock represents how awful of a show Raw is.
He says Raw promotes poor family values and he has two words to prove it - Katie Vick.
Punk then says he has four examples of what a bad show Raw is. He plays clips from Episode 824, March 9, 2009 - when Triple H breaks into Orton's house; Episode 691, Aug. 21, 2006 when Edge and Cena fight in the harbor; Episode 257, April 27, 1998 - when D-X invaded WCW and Episode 304, March 22, 1999 the beer bath.
Punk says he knows the audience would pay every dollar they had to see Austin come down and spray him with beer.
Glass shatters - it's Austin's music.
Punk and the SES look scared.
But no one comes out and Punk starts laughing and says he tricked everybody.
Punk says there's more clip and it's from a better show. He shows Smackdown Episode #199 June 12, 2003 when Brock Lesner superplexed Big Show and the ring broke.
Punk says the clip makes him laugh every time because of how criminally obese Show is.
Big Show then comes out. Punk calls him Captain Insano.
Show makes fun of Punk for having to use a fat joke. He mentions Eddie Guerrero and then does a Hulk Hogan impression.
Punk says Show isn't funny and no one likes him.
Show slaps Punk. Gallows tries to fight Show, but Show just knocks him out of the ring.
Commercial.
Highlights from Episode 450, Jan. 7, 2002 - one of the many times Triple H returned from an injury, this is the one where he confronts Kurt Angle
Josh Matthews is on the stage and introduces the WWE Champion. Sheamus comes out and grabs the mic mid-question and says everyone is here tonight to celebrate except for Triple H. He says that's why he's being punished lately and a champion has never been treated this bad.
Edge comes out to interrupt him and says he debuted on Episode 265 and has had plenty of horrible stuff happen to him over the years, but he's managed to ditch out three times as much. He says he will get the belt back and head to the ring for their match.
Commercial
Match 6 - 5-on-5 elimination - WWE Champion Sheamus, Edge, Chris Jericho, Randy Orton and John Cena v. The Nexus
After intros they go to one more commercial.
Jericho and Michael Tarver start. The crowd starts chanting Y2J. Jericho pumps his fist and then just leaves the ring. Everyone looks back at him. At the count of 6, Jericho pretends to have second thoughts and rush back to the ring, but stops, laughs and keeps walking away as he's counted out.
Chris Jericho has been eliminated.
Edge then takes his place in the ring with Tarver. Edge walks over and shoves the referee and gets disqualified.
Edge has been eliminated.
Cena gets pissed and decides to come in himself. He gives Tarver a bulldog and tags in Sheamus. Sheamus hits Tarver with a clothesline. Heath Slater tags in and eats some elbows and a suplex. They play up Sheamus doesn't want to tag and do this all by himself. David Otunga gets tagged in and eventually gets the advantage over Sheamus. The Nexus then make quick tags and work over Sheamus with Justin Gabriel, Wade Barrett, and Slater once again all getting turns. Slater tries a backslide on Sheamus, but its countered. Sheamus looks for the high cross, but Slater gets out. Sheamus fights the entire Nexus corner by himself, but Gabriel hits him with a kick to the head and Slater hits a jumping neckbreaker from behind.
Sheamus has been eliminated
Cena's more pissed now so he comes in and does his You Can't See Me Spot on Slater and then gives him an Attitude Adjustment.
Heath Slater has been eliminated.
Barrett is on Cena immediately and pounds away on him. He tosses him outside the ring and the rest of Nexus beats on Cena a bit. Barrett slams Cena into the announce table and brings him back to the ring. Gabriel and Otunga each get tagged in. Cena is able to hit Otunga with a fishermen's suplex and then puts him in the STF. Otunga taps.
David Otunga has been eliminated.
Just as soon as Cena rolls off of Otunga, Gabriel comes flying at him with a 450 splash and gets the pin. (Cool booking)
John Cena has been eliminated.
Orton comes into the ring and RKO's Gabriel.
Justin Gabriel has been eliminated.
Tarver rushes at Orton, but misses a jumping knee and Orton gives one of the sweetest looking RKO's I've seen in awhile - more one armish and Stunnerlike as it looks like Orton is floating in the air.
Michael Tarver has been eliminated.
Barrett hits the ring right away and gives Orton the Wasteland, before he can even do anything about it.
Randy Orton has been eliminated.
Decision - The Nexus def. WWE Champion Sheamus, Edge, Chris Jericho, Randy Orton and John Cena in a 5-on-5 elimination match with Wade Barrett as the sole survivor
Barrett poses.
