Raw is War
Indianapolis,
Indiana
November 15, 2004
GM MAVEN COMES SO CLOSE
NOV. 15, 2004
Triple H was the luckiest man in Indianapolis Monday night..
Maven was the first member of Randy Orton's winning Survivor Series team to be
named General Manager of RAW, and he decided to make his one-night-only job a
memorable one by giving himself a shot at Triple H's World Heavyweight
Championship.
Following the announcement, The Game met Maven in his office and tried to
persuade the new GM that he should join Evolution. Maven thought things over,
but in the end decided to go for the World Heavyweight Championship.
Evolution members Ric Flair and Batista were ejected from ringside early on in
the contest leaving Triple H at a distinct disadvantage since Chris Jericho and
Chris Benoit had accompanied Maven to the ring as well.
Triple H survived attacks from Chris Jericho, Chris Benoit and Randy Orton
throughout his match with Maven, but in the end he had Gene Snitsky to thank.
After being knocked out by Randy Orton, Snitsky came down to ringside and gave
Orton a dose of his own medicine. Then he entered the ring, staring both Triple
H and Maven in the face. The red-hot Conseco Field House crowd didn't know whom
Snitsky was after, but he answered all of the questions when he gave the big
boot to Maven. Triple H then hit the pedigree and the rest was academic.
Triple H escaped the Conseco Field House with Championship by the skin of his
teeth, but he has to endure three more weeks of his enemies calling the shots.
While Triple H was able to keep his World Heavyweight Championship, La
Resistance was not as fortunate with their World Tag Team Championships. General
Manager Maven signed a Triple Threat Elimination match with Eugene & William
Regal and Rhyno & Tajiri getting a shot at the belts.
After Rhyno missed a GORE, Sylvan Grenier went for the pin while Robert Conway
held Rhyno's leg for the pinfall and the elimination. Later on in the match,
while the referee was distracted, Conway hit Grenier with a flagpole by
accident. Instead of going right for the pin, Regal tagged in Eugene who hit the
People's Elbow for the pin. After the match, Eugene invited four of his youngest
and biggest fans into the ring for a celebration.
For the first time in almost three years, one of the most successful tag teams
in WWE history was paired up again as Christian and Edge took on Shelton
Benjamin and Chris Benoit. Edge didn't hide the fact that he felt he deserved
better and should be in a World Heavyweight Championship match, and his
frustration was even more clear following the match. After Benjamin pinned
Christian, Edge took out his anger on his tag-team partner, throwing him into
the steel ring post.
Lita was also in action taking on Molly Holly. Unlike Survivor Series, where she
broke Trish Stratus’ nose, Lita kept her emotions in check at RAW. After some
back-and-forth action, Lita slapped a sleeper hold on Molly and turned it into a
rear-naked choke, prompting Molly to tap out. After the match, Stratus came to
the ring wearing a protective face mask to cover her nose, and she then
complained to Lita. Lita simply shoved Stratus in her injured face, leaving her
whining in the ring.
Simon Dean also made another appearance, but this time Rosey took offense to his
words over the past couple of weeks and confronted him.
Also, Christy Hemme defeated Stacy Keibler in a Lingerie Pillow Fight.
Earlier in the evening, Randy Orton took out Jonathan Coachman.
And ... Mohammed Hassan is coming.
MATCH RESULTS
Eugene & William Regal defeat La Resistance and Tajiri & Rhyno (Triple-Threat
Elimination Match; new World Tag Team Champions)
Lita def. Molly Holly
Randy Orton def. Jonathan Coachman
Shelton Benjamin & Chris Benoit def. Christian & Edge
Christy def. Stacy Keibler (Lingerie Pillow Fight)
World Heavyweight Champion Triple H
def. Maven