Raw is War
Greensboro, North
Carolina
July 29, 2002
Eric Bischoff kicked off RAW by announcing who he had convinced to come to RAW. The general manager smiled as he waved down Test, Christian and Lance Storm: the Un-Americans! Test led the trio to the ring, waving an upside-down American flag!
Storm took the microphone and lashed into American icons such as John Wayne, Ted Williams and Babe Ruth. Christian came up next and said that Americans are ignorant. He said the youth of America would rather suck down Big Macs and surf their favorite porn sites than pay attention in school.
Shawn Michaels cut the ceremony short and told Bischoff that he wants Triple H. HBK said he did not know why Triple H isn't at the arena, but the fact is he would exercise his right as an American to beat Triple H from one side of the arena to the other! Bischoff said he would talk to Triple H. Test called HBK a has-been and told him to get off the stage. Michaels said the Canadians were still upset that he smacked around their hero, Bret Hart. He told them to learn to live with it. HBK told Bischoff to bring Triple H to him, or he would do it himself and drag what's left of him to the GM.
Michaels left, and Storm promised that the Un-Americans would make an impact that night during RAW!
MATCH RESULTS
Booker T def. Eddie Guerrero
After a long, hard-fought match, Booker T hit Eddie with a
scissors kick and whirled off a spineroonie! Following the match,
Eric Bischoff opened the door of a limo that had just pulled in
and found Moolah and Mae Young staring back at him! Bischoff told
them to get lost and slammed the door!
Tish Stratus/Bubba Ray Dudley
def. Molly Holly/Big Show
Prior to the match, Molly announced that William Regal had
called her and said he was unable to compete. However, Erich
Bischoff allowed her to pick a replacement, and that replacement
was the Big Show! But Trish managed to give Molly the
Stratusfaction and got the pinfall despite being on the
undersized team. After the ring bell sounded, Big Show set up a
table in the ring and was about to chokeslam Trish through it! A
chairshot from Bubba Ray spared the Diva from getting wood!
Eric Bischoff was accosted by Moolah and Mae Young. Moolah wanted a chance to plug her new book, and the GM grudgingly said he would let her do so.
Tommy Dreamer won
the Hardcore Championship
Jeff Hardy took on Bradshaw in a Hardcore Championship match.
Jeff pulled out a ladder and set it up inside the ring, but
Bradshaw knocked him down with the steel ring steps. Jeff soon
countered with the Whisper in the Wind and climbed the ladder to
the very top step where he executed a Swanton Bomb to get the
pinfall! Johnny Stamboli stormed in and hit Jeff with a
spinebuster, got the pin and became the new Hardcore Champion!
Tommy Dreamer dashed right in and rolled Stamboli up, pinned him
and dashed off through the crowd!
Chris Benoit def.
Rob Van Dam
Intercontinental Champion Rob Van Dam had his hands full with
Chris Benoit throughout the entire match. Benoit got a near fall
on RVD following an impressive hammerlock. Van Dam got his own
near fall later on after the Rolling Thunder. RVD reversed
Benoit's attempt at the Crossface and managed to set up the
Five-Star Frog Splash. Benoit rolled a little bit to send RVD's
ribs crashing into Benoit's! The Wolverine latched on the
Crossface, but RVD got to the rope to break the hold. RVD once
again found himself in the Crossface, but manged to squirm out of
it. But quicker than a hiccup, Benoit rolled up RVD and got his
feet on the ropes for illegal leverage and got the pinfall!
Eric Bischoff invited Moolah and Mae Young to the ring so Moolah could plug her new book. Bischoff cut her off several times. Meanwhile, Mae and Moolah started bickering in the ring. Suddenly, two big men came into the ring and shoved both women to the mat! Mae got bodyslammed and had one of the gigantic men nail her with a flying body press off the top rope! Bischoff introduced the men as Rose and Jamal.
The Undertaker
def. Christopher Nowinski
In an impromptu match, the Undertaker nailed Christopher Nowinski
with the Last Ride and got an easy pinfall! The anti-Americans
came out and began attacking Taker, who fought back but was out
manned. Test cracked a Big Boot to Taker's face and held up the
American Badass for Storm and Christian to deliver the
Con-chair-to!
Triple H arrived and headed to the ring where he explained his actions from last week. The Game lashed out at HBK for having a problem with being his manager. Triple H said that he is now the showstopper and that HBK's in-ring career is over. A stagehand came down and told Triple H to come backstage. The Game was directed to where Shawn Michaels lay battered and bloody after apparently being smashed headfirst into a car window! Triple H knelt by HBK and implored bystanders to get help!
The Rock def. Ric
Flair
The 16-time World Champion found himself in a tough battle with
the People's Champion, but finally succumbed to a Rock Bottom!
After shaking The Rock's hand, the Great One took his leave, and
Flair readied to make a huge announcement. But he was abruptly
stopped by Chris Jericho's entrance music! Flair looked in
confusion at the entrance ramp and was blindsided by Y2J! Jericho
nailed Flair with a steel chair and said that from that moment
on, RAW is Jericho!