Raw
Dayton, Ohio
January 4, 2010
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Opening Segment
The show kicks off with a video package promoting the career and return of Bret
“The Hitman” Hart. The hype package includes video of the ‘Montreal Screwjob’,
Vince McMahon’s famous “Bret Hart screwed Bret Hart” line, as well as Shawn
Michaels imploring Mr. McMahon to bring back Bret.
Justin Roberts is in the ring, and introduces tonight’s special guest host, Bret
“The Hitman” Hart. Bret’s music hits and ‘the best there is, the best there was,
and the best there ever will be’ appears at the top of the entrance ramp! Bret
is wearing his signature leather jacket, jean shorts and a pair of shades. He
has the microphone as the roar of the crowd in attendance is deafening.
Bret starts by saying, “well I guess hell froze over”. He says that a lot of
people are wondering why he is here. Bret says that over the course of 12 years
he has tried to figure out the right way to come back. Bret said he tried a
number of times, but Vince would always say that it wasn’t possible. Before Bret
can continue, the crowd erupts with a “Welcome Back” chant. Bret says that this
is a chance to thank all of his fans around the world for not letting him be
forgotten. He thanks the fans for carrying him in their hearts for all of these
years.
Hart says that he finds himself flooded with memories, including winning the
King of the Ring in this very arena. Bret takes a quick jab at Jerry “The King”
Lawler who attacked him after that victory. Bret says that after 12 years there
are a lot of things that he wants to do tonight. The first thing is to call out
SHAWN MICHAELS!!
HBK’s music hits and he makes his way down the ramp. Shawn enters the ring. Both
men engage in a stare down. Bret is the first to speak. He says that he wants to
take the opportunity to bury the hatchet, and call a truce. HBK walks over to
the edge of the ring to grab a mic. HBK says that the first thing that needs to
be said before Bret can get closure, is the fact that Bret deserved what
happened 12 years ago in Montreal!
HBK says that he deserved it for disrespecting both HBK and the business. HBK
says that he DID have a hand in what happened. Shawn says that there is a part
of him, a big part that does not regret it. And yet, there is another part that
knows that in the last twelve years, a lot of things have changed. Michaels is a
different man than he was back then. Shawn says that he respected Bret, but
never felt that Bret respected him. Shawn says that there were times when he
couldn’t stand the sight of him, and the feeling was mutual.
HBK says that when he thinks of Bret, he doesn’t think of the Montreal incident.
Instead, he thinks of a 60 Minute Iron Man match, which everybody said would
fail. Shawn thinks of the ‘Excellence of Execution”. Michaels has also been
carrying the Montreal burden for 12 years, and he too wants to bury the hatchet.
HBK asks Bret, “are you sure, and are you ready?”.
Bret says that Michaels wasn’t the easiest to get along with back then either.
Bret says it is time for both of them to put their differences aside. In front
of the arena, and the audience around the world, it is time for the two of them
to be friends. Hart extends his hand and says that if HBK wants to bury the
hatchet, then they should shake hands and bury the hatchet right now.
There is a moment of hesitation as the crowd roars, and then Michaels shakes his
hand. Michaels looks to leave the ring and then pauses. This could be a hint at
a Sweet Chin Music! HBK flinches… and then hugs Bret Hart!!! Shawn’s music hits
as he starts to head to the back. Bret says that one last thing needs to happen,
Vince McMahon needs to come down to the ring and confront Hart right now!
The camera shows a shot of the entrance ramp, but Vince’s music does not hit.
The commentator’s take us to a preview of matches to come later tonight: Kofi
Kingston vs. Randy Orton & DX v. JeriShow for the Tag Team Titles!
****Commercial****
Diva’s Championship Tournament
Brie Bella v. Maryse
This match looks to be Brie Bella v. Maryse. It was announced before the match
that Melina was forced to vacate the Title as a result of an injury. This match
is in response to that fact, as we are now in a tournament to crown the next
Champion!
The two go back and forth in the ring, until Brie throws Maryse out of the ring.
Nikki slams the French beauty face first into the announce table. Brie comes out
and throws her back into the ring. This advantage was not long lived, as Brie
bounces off the ropes and gets slammed to the mat. Maryse goes for the pin, but
Brie kicks out.
The twins look to have pulled a switch, but Maryse was privy to the exchange.
Nikki gets punted in the gut and then planted with the French kiss. Maryse
advances in the tournament.
Winner via French Kiss: Maryse
Maryse advances in the Diva’s Championship Tournament
The Miz’s music hits, as the US Champion makes his way out to the entrance ramp.
Miz says that maybe if Maryse wins, he’ll let her come back to him. Miz says
that people have been saying that this will be the year of Maryse. The Miz says
that this year and decade, will be all the Miz’s. Because “I’m the Miz, and I’m
Awesome!”
Up next: A 4-way match to determine the next #1 Contender for the US
Championship!
****Commercial****
#1 Contender’s Match for US Championship
Jack Swagger v. Carlito v. Mark Henry v. MVP
We come back and the match is already underway. The Miz is on commentary. Mark
Henry is on the outside of the ring. Carlito is slammed to the mat by Swagger,
but MVP breaks the pin. Swagger then slams MVP, but Carlito breaks that pin.
Mark Henry re-enters the ring, and picks up MVP. Henry throws him over the top
rope to the outside. Both Carlito and Swagger get to their feet, but they can’t
seem to ground the behemoth that is Mark Henry. Carlito finds himself high in
the air, clutched in a Bear Hug. Jack Swagger hits Mark in the back of the head
to break the hold.
Swagger is the one picked up now, as Henry pulls off a Torture Rack. MVP saves
the match-up for himself by kicking Henry in the head. MVP then kicks Henry to
the outside! MVP grabs Carlito and does the same. MVP locks up Jack Swagger and
hits the Playmaker, and gets the victory.
Winner via Playmaker: MVP
MVP is the NEW #1 Contender for the US Championship
After the match MVP and Miz stare each other down.
We head to the back where Jericho and Big Show are discussing their Title match
tonight for the Unified Tag Team Titles. Big Show emphasizes that if they lose,
they don’t get another chance for the belts. Jericho says that he has an idea,
and is going to go see tonight’s illustrious guest host. He says it is an
opportunity Bret can’t pass up. Jericho is adamant that he is NOT going to leave
RAW.
****Commercial****
Bret Hart is in his office, when Chris Jericho enters. Chris puts over the fact
that he trained in Stu Hart’s dungeon and perfected the Wall’s of Jericho on
Bret’s brother Keith. Jericho wants Hart to be the guest referee for his Tag
Team Title Match tonight! Jericho says that he knows the real Bret Hart. He
wants Hart to screw DX out of the Titles by ringing the bell as soon as Jericho
locks on his finisher.
Hart says, to be blunt, he is not going to do that. He doesn’t want the Montreal
thing hanging over him anymore, and he doesn’t want any trouble. Hart does not
want to be anything like Jericho. He says that if Chris wants to stay on RAW, he
has to earn it by winning his match.
In the back we see HHH with Hornswoggle. They are taking a look at some of the
new merchandise from the WWE, including action figures. He tells Hornswoggle
that he cannot play with them unless DX wins tonight. Shawn comes in and just
shakes his head saying, “what are you doing”. He yells at HHH for treating
Hornswoggle like a child, pointing out that he has a beard. HHH says that
Leprechauns are born with beards, it is a scientific fact.
Shawn asks how this is going to help them. HHH calls in “Jericho” who is really
Santino in a wig. Santino starts a Jericho-esque rant about how he is the best.
HHH says “attack” and Hornswoggle launches at Santino! Shawn and HHH start to
head out for their match, but HHH calls for Hornswoggle who is rewarded with a
cookie.
The Unified Tag Team Championship Match is up next!
****Commercial****
It’s worth noting that one of the commercial’s during the break was a TNA ad. It
featured Hulk Hogan, asking people what they were doing. He told them to switch
to Spike to watch the return of Hulk Hogan!
Unified Tag Team Championship
Degeneration X w/ Hornswoggle v. Jericho & Big Show
At the start of the match, Hornswoggle heads under the ring. Shawn Michaels and
the Big Show are the first to start things off. Show pushes Shawn to the corner,
and then HBK switches places. Big Show hits him with a head butt. Shawn reels
back and tags in HHH. Both men lock on to Big Show, looking for a Suplex. The
Big Show counters by Suplexing both men at the same time!
****Commercial****
We come back and it is Jericho and HHH in the ring. Jericho tags in the World’s
Largest Athlete. Show looks for a back body drop, but Hunter counters by kicking
him in the gut. Show regains his bearings and hits a Side Walk Slam on the
Cerebral Assassin. Big Show hits a huge leg drop and goes for the cover. HHH
kicks out. Show lifts him up and slugs him with a punch to the stomach. Show
gives him another punch, and then tags in Jericho.
Chris sets HHH on the second rope and stands on his shoulders to apply pressure.
Jericho turns to the crowd and taunts them with the Hulk Hogan “I can’t hear
you” taunt! HHH gets to his feet as Jericho bounces off the ropes. HHH catches
him and hits a Spinebuster on Chris Jericho. Jericho is able to get to his
corner before HHH can even get off the mat, and Big Show is now in the ring. Big
Show kicks Hunter and sets him on the mat by the turnbuckle. The big man is
heading up to the second rope. Big Show goes for an inverted Splash, but HHH
moves out of the way. This allows HHH to tag in his partner!
Shawn Michaels is all fired as he charges into the ring. Show knocks him down,
but then HBK springs back to his feet with his signature kick up! HBK punches
Big Show and sets him up under the turnbuckle. Shawn goes to the top turnbuckle,
but Jericho comes over to try and push him off. With the referee’s attention
turned, Hornswoggle leaps into the ring to hit a splash on Big Show! HBK comes
down for the pin, but Big Show kicks out.
Big Show is back on his feet, and connects with a Chokeslam! This match is over…
NO! HBK kicks out! Jericho and HHH are both tagged in. HHH hits the pedigree,
but Big Show breaks the hold! HBK is back in the ring and both members of DX hit
a giant pedigree on the Big Show!
Jericho pushes HHH at HBK, and then sneaks in a roll-up! HHH barely kicks out.
Jericho hits the Codebreaker on HHH! Shawn Michaels breaks the pin! Hornswoggle
comes into the ring and looks to be going for the Sweet Chin Music, but jericho
kicks him in the face! HHH looks to grab Jericho and hit the pedigree, but he is
caught in the Wall’s of Jericho.HBK gets back in the ring and hits the Sweet
Chin Music! HHH goes for the cover, and DX retains!
Winners & STILL Unified Tag Team Champions: Degeneration X
After the match Jericho is laying on his back in the middle of the ring. Big
Show comes into the ring. HHH grabs the microphone and says that’s it, Jericho
is done on RAW. He calls for the song, cause it’s time to say goodbye. HBK says
that, “if you’re not down with that, we got two words for you”, the crowd roars
– “SUCK IT!”.
Jericho starts to head to the back as Degeneration X re-enters the ring. HHH
conducts the crowd as they sing, “Na na na, na na na, hey hey hey, good-bye!”.
In the back we see a mysterious hand knocking on Mr. McMahon’s door. Vince comes
out and says, “you’ve got a lot of nerve knocking on my door”. The camera comes
out, and it is Randy Orton. Randy starts to say something to Vince about Bret,
but Vince interrupts. McMahon says that the things Bret did were nothing
compared to the things that Orton did to his family. Orton says that Bret is one
legend he wants to be able to punt in the head, and lay to rest. McMahon asks
why Orton would do that. Orton asks to be put in the Royal Rumble in the #30
spot if he kicks Bret. McMahon says that he has his own security team. He tells
Randy to never confront him again.
Orton starts to walk away, but is confronted by Legacy. They thank him for the
tests last week. They say that in Randy’s match against Kofi tonight, they will
be ringside. If Randy Orton loses, they are going to kick HIM out of Legacy!
****Commercial****
Next Week’s Guest Host will be “Iron” Mike Tyson
We see a video recap of last week’s match between Sheamus and John Cena. The
video highlights Sheamus grabbing the referee to end the match in a DQ, thus
retaining the Championship.
Sheamus’ music hits, and the WWE Champion makes his way out to the ring in all
his pale glory. Sheamus grabs the mic and puts himself over, pointing out that
last week John Cena could not beat him. The last image of “two-tousand nine” was
exactly what Sheamus said it would be, Cena laid out in the ring with Sheamus
standing over him.
Sheamus says that at the Royal Rumble, he will be defending his Championship,
but not against John Cena. Sheamus says that Hart was right when he said he was
the “best there ever was”, but as far as “is” and “ever”, Sheamus is the best.
Sheamus challenges someone to come out and challenge him.
The music of the one and only Evan Bourne hits! Evan says that Sheamus is only
Champion because he was given an opportunity. He says that if given the same
opportunity, he could defeat Sheamus. Evan asks for his shot… right now!
Sheamus starts to mock “little” Evan Bourne. He agrees and calls for a referee.
He says that if Evan defeats him tonight, then Sheamus will put his Championship
on the line at the Royal Rumble!
Evan Bourne v. Sheamus
The match starts very swiftly, with Evan sending Sheamus hard to the mat. Evan
heads to the top rope, and this is it! Evan hits the Shooting Star Press.. but
Sheamus somehow kicks out! Evan is kicked to the outside of the ring. Bourne
comes back in and is met with a hellacious series of slams and punches from the
Celtic Warrior. Sheamus connects with a brutal boot to the face. Sheamus follows
up with a Crucifix Powerbomb, and that’s all she wrote.
Winner via Crucifix Powerbomb: Sheamus
Michael Cole and Jerry Lawler take a moment to reflect on the passing of “Dr.
Death” Steve Williams. The put him over as both a worker and friend. The screen
goes to a black background with a picture of Steve Williams for a 10 second
silent tribute before the commercial.
****Commercial****
A Video package airs putting over the feud and controversy that exists between
Bret Hart and Vince McMahon.
Up Next: Randy Orton v. Kofi Kingston
****Commercial****
Kofi Kingston v. Randy Orton
Cody Rhodes and Ted Dibiase are sitting ringside for this match-up. They have
set down the ultimatum that if Randy Orton does not win tonight, they will be
kicking him out of Legacy. Kofi starts the match off with a couple of punches.
He jumps from the second rope for a punch that sends Randy to the mat. Orton
gets to his feet and catches Kofi for a side headlock. Orton bounces off the
ropes and Kofi leaps over him twice, then hits a spinning forearm.
Kofi sees Orton set up against the ropes and kicks him to the outside! Kofi
heads to the outside, and rolls Orton back into the ring. Before Kofi can follow
him in, Orton grabs him, perhaps looking for the suspended DDT. Kofi counters by
knocking Orton to the outside as we head to commercial.
****Commercial****
We come back and Randy Orton has Kofi Kingston down on the mat trapped in a side
headlock. Orton is wrenching with all his strength as the crowd tries to empower
Kofi. Kingston gets back to his feet, but Randy just shoves him back down to the
mat. Orton spreads Kofi’s legs and proceeds to kick him repeatedly in the gut.
Orton lets him go, and stares down the crowd.
Kofi cannot capitalize on the taunt, as Orton picks him up and is set in the
corner. Orton repeatedly punches him in the face with a series of forearms. Kofi
has half his body under the bottom rope, as Orton hits a wheel barrel slam to
torment Kofi’s neck. Orton pulls Kingston to the center of the ring, and locks
on a side headlock. The crowd is once again on Kofi’s side, and this time he
escapes and bounces off the ropes. Both men go for a crossbody, and land hard on
the mat.
Kofi and Orton get to their feet at the same time. They begin to exchange
punches, but Kofi starts to hit kick after kick to knock the sense out of Randy.
Orton is sent to the corner by Kofi and then planted in the middle of the ring.
Kofi hits the “Boom Boom Boom” leg drop. Orton rolls to the outside to try and
stop Kofi’s momentum. Kingston will have none of this and flies out of the ring
with a suicide dive! Kofi rolls Orton back in, and then heads to the top
turnbuckle.
As Orton gets to his feet, Kofi leaps for a crossbody and connects! Orton kicks
out! Kofi is whipped into the ropes, but catches himself and then hits the S.O.S.
on Orton! Kofi goes for the pin, but Orton kicks out! Randy is groggy as he gets
back to his feet. Kofi goes for the Trouble in Paradise, and out of nowhere,
Randy Orton hits the RKO and picks up to the win!
Winner via RKO: Randy Orton
In the back we see Vince McMahon, ready to make his way to the ring and confront
Bret “The Hitman” Hart. Their confrontation is up next!
****Commercial****
Hart & McMahon: 12 Years in the Making
Justin Roberts introduces the Chairman of World Wrestling Entertainment, Vince
McMahon. The music hits as McMahon begins his ego-fueled swagger to the ring.
McMahon says that the first thing he wants to be able to say to the fans is,
“Happy New Year”. McMahon says the second thing is that he has no need to call
out Bret Hart. HBK and Hart buried the hatchet, and so McMahon feels as though
the Montreal incident is behind him as well. McMahon thanks Hart for being the
guest host, and then plugs Mike Tyson’s hosting of RAW next week.
Bret Hart makes his way out to the entrance ramp, sans music or leather jacket.
Hart enters the ring. McMahon says that he knows what Hart and the fans want.
They want Hart to apply the Sharpshooter. McMahon asks him not to, and says that
instead he would like to hear what Hart wants to say. Vince says that he has a
couple of things to get off of his chest. McMahon says that he truly does
believe that, “Bret screwed Bret”. McMahon says that he’ll never forget Hart
spitting at him, sucker punching him, and disrespecting him at the Hall of Fame
Ceremony. Vince says that Hart has trashed him in nearly every publication out
there. He says that he hopes Hart has two words to say to him. To say that he’s
sorry.
Hart says that there are a lot of things he could say to Vince, but the two
words Vince is thinking are certainly not the two that Hart is thinking. Bret
says that he feels good, and that he is halfway to where he wants to be. He
wants to make peace, have closure, and get this all over. Hart says that McMahon
wants this just as badly as he does.
McMahon says that his initial desire was to come out and kick Bret in the gut.
In the interest of being honest and straightforward, he does want it as badly as
Bret. Vince says that he remembers Bret’s first Wrestlemania match, a battle
royal that featured Andre the Giant. Vince says that he knew Hart would be the
future. Vince says that Bret clawed, fought, and scratched his way all to the
top. Vince says it wasn’t just a catchphrase, Hart really did become the
“Excellence of Execution”.
Vince says that the reason the Montreal incident was so poignant between the two
is because Hart did look to Vince as a father figure. McMahon takes a moment to
go farther and say that he will be nominating Stu, Bret’s father, for the WWE
Hall of Fame. Bret thanks Vince. McMahon goes farther and thanks Bret for every
thrilling moment that he gave the WWE Universe. He thanks Bret for being real
tonight. The last thing he would like to do is thank Bret for being, “the best
there is, the best there was, and the best there ever will be”. Vince McMahon
extends his hand and he and Bret Hart shake! McMahon throws their mics out of
the ring, and grabs Bret’s hand. Both men raise their arms together to the
crowd.
Just when all the tension appeared to vanish, with Bret’s arms raised, McMahon
kicks him in the gut with a cheap shot! The crowd is stunned! McMahon just
kicked Hart to end RAW! McMahon heads to the back amidst a swell of boos from
the audience. Bret gets to his feet and this final shot as RAW goes off the air
is Bret Hart staring at the entrance ramp.