Raw
Jacksonville, Florida
May 3, 2010
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Are you ready? Then stop
questioning your heart and join me, because it is time for Monday Night RAW!
The show kicks off with Batista making his way out to the ring, with a lone
spotlight shining upon his body. He puts over the fact that last week he earned
the opportunity as the #1 Contender for the WWE Championship. He says that
should not even be the case, because he should already be the Champ. He then
asks the crowd if they know what a Last Man Standing match entails. Apparently
he feels the crowd doesn't, so he explains it to them s-l-o-w-l-y.
Batista continues on with his whining by complaining about the fact that he lost
that match via Cena's controversial use of duct tape. A mild "Cena" chant starts
up in the crowd. Batista gives a shout out to my boy Hornswoggle, by saying that
duct tape is what the little Irish man would have done. Bats goes on to complain
about the fact that there is a beat the clock challenge between Cena and himself
tonight. Batista calls out his opponent, The Miz.
Instead of The Miz, Sheamus' music hits and he makes his way out to the ring.
Sheamus puts him down for losing at Extreme Rules. Sheamus puts himself over for
winning HIS match at the PPV. He believes that despite losing the #1 Contenders
match against Batista and Orton last week, he should still have the shot at the
Title. He challenges Batista to a singles match tonight for the slot. Batista
declines, citing his failure last week. The crowd is absolutely dead.
****Commercial****
The Miz makes his way out to the ring, but is not in ring gear. Instead, he says
that he wants to give Batista the match he deserves against a high caliber
opponent, but unfortunately he is injured. The Miz holds up a "doctor's note",
and says he has a "legitimate professional excuse note". Miz says that he has
the perfect opponent – his NXT Rookie Daniel Bryan!
The Miz tells the 0-9 Rookie to actually put up a good effort tonight. Bryan
says he will do him one better, and make Batista tap out!
Beat the Clock Challenge
Daniel Bryan v. Batista
The match starts with Batista looking for a quick power bomb. Bryan scurries out
of it and goes for a quick roll up. Batista kicks out. Daniel then locks on the
ankle lock, and Batista is forced to bail to the outside of the ring to catch
his breath. Back in the ring, Daniel locks on a sleeper hold. Batista is able to
back Bryan into the corner and hit him with a splash. This looks to be a
momentum changer.
Batista follows with a kick to the face, and then whips Daniel Bryan hard into
the turnbuckle. Bryan follows up again, but this time Bryan counters with a
front facing Dragon Sleeper. Batista throws him over head to break the hold.
Batista goes for the cover, but Bryan kicks out. Batista chucks Bryan to the
outside of the ring.
Batista lifts Bryan into the air and slams him back first onto the edge of the
apron. Batista slides him back into the ring, and hits him with a vicious
clothesline. Daniel kicks out. Batista lifts him off the mat, and Bryan connects
with a series of punches and then a kick to the head. Batista shakes it off, and
hits a boot to the face. Batista goes for the cover, but Daniel kicks out.
Batista picks Bryan up, but Daniel is able to connect with a series of punches.
Daniel takes Batista down to the mat and tries to lock on an arm bar. He
continues through and turns it into a crossface! Batista may tap out! Batista
manages to just barely make it to the ropes. Batista gets back to his feet and
connects with a spear. He follows with a Power Bomb and picks up the victory.
Winner via Batista Bomb: Batista
Time to Beat: 5:06
After the match, Batista hits another power bomb for good measure. Batista then
looks to head back up the ramp, but stops and re-enters the ring. He hits a
third Batista Bomb.
****Commercial****
We head to the back where Eve Torres is doing a photo shoot with her new Title.
Wayne Brady comes into the shot to congratulate her. Jillian Hall comes into the
frame, and offers to sing Wayne Brady's theme when he goes to the ring. He says
that he wasn't planning on having someone sing it, but asks her to give it a
shot. She starts to "sing". Wayne cleverly escorts her to the outside.
Eve turns to continue her photo shoot, but her Title is missing. While she is
looking for it, Maryse charges in and clocks her with the Title! Maryse smirks
to herself as she walks off with the Title.
Edge is in the back and is talking with a production assistant regarding the
return of the "Cutting Edge" with special guest Randy Orton tonight. Edge is
frustrated that he can't show certain clips due to the now PG nature of the WWE.
Josh Mathews comes into the shot to ask Edge what he will doing on his talk show
tonight. Edge says that the WWE may be PG, but he is Rated R. Edge says that it
is time for another era of controversy in the WWE.
****Commercial****
Ted Dibiase makes his way down to the ring. Dibiase grabs the microphone and
talks about the encounter between R-Truth and himself last week. He thinks that
R-Truth would have been smart to accept his offer. He says that in the interest
of R-Truth's future, he should have taken the job. Ted notes that he doesn't
have much of a career as he only has one song, and it sucks.
Ted Dibiase v. John Morrison
Dibiase takes it right to Morrison with a series of punches which send him to
the mat. He whips Morrison into the ropes, but is hit with a spinning boot.
Morrison follows up with an elbow, and then clotheslines Dibiase to the outside
of the ring. Morrison heads to the side of the ring, and hits a springboard 450
splash to the outside! The crowd starts a "that was awesome" chant. Morrison
heads back into the ring, but Ted does not follow. Dibiase lets the count reach
ten, and heads to the back.
Morrison grabs the microphone, and demands that the match be restarted and
pleads for Ted to come back to the ring. Dibiase pauses, but continues to leave.
Morrison stops him again, and says that he knows what Ted wants. John says that
if Ted comes back to the ring and restarts the match, if Morrison loses, he will
become Dibiase's Virgil. Ted looks to accept as we head to commercial.
****Commercial****
We are back as Dibiase has Morrison in a leg scissors hold. Morrison tries to
fight out, but Dibiase goes for the cover. Morrison kicks out. Ted lifts
Morrison into the air and slams him stomach first on the top rope. He goes for
the cover, but John kicks. Ted nails him in the gut with a kick and goes for
another cover, but Morrison kicks out.
Dibiase lifts him off the mat and connects with a punch. Ted takes a moment to
taunt the crowd. He goes for another punch, but gets caught with a spin kick to
the face. Morrison bounces off the ropes and hits Ted with a series of
clotheslines. Morrison looks to springboard, but Ted kicks the ropes and tries
for a quick pin. Morrison kicks out.
Ted grabs Morrison from behind looking for Dream Street. Morrison counters, but
gets caught with a quick scoop slam. Morrison kicks out of the cover. Ted tries
to lift Morrison off the mat, but gets hit with a punch. Morrison goes to bounce
of the ropes, but Dibiase follows right after and turns him inside out with a
clothesline. Dibiase gets to his feet and looks for his finisher again, but
Morrison counters into a bridging pin for the win!
Winner via Bridge: John Morrison
After the match, Ted Dibiase pounds on Morrison. R-Truth hits the ring to make
the save.
****Commercial****
Before his match against John Cena tonight, Chris Jericho comes out to the ramp
in a suit. Chris says that he won't use the same lame and flimsy excuse that The
Miz did. The bottom line is that Jericho is bringing out his NXT Rookie, Wade
Barret for the match. Jericho puts over Wade. Barrett takes the mic and says
that Cena won't beat him period.
Beat the Clock Challenge
John Cena v. Wade Barret
The time to beat in this match is 5:06. John takes him straight to the mat for a
cover, Wade kicks out. John locks on a sleeper hold in the middle of the ring.
Jericho is smugly watching from ringside. Cena hits a snapmare, and goes for a
cover. Cena lifts Wade up for the FU, but Jericho distracts him. John throws
Wade to the outside of the ring at his mentor. Cena heads out and throws Wade
back into the ring.
Jericho tries for a cheap shot, but Cena catches him and punches him. Wade then
hits a baseball slide kick to the back of Cena's head. John is back in the ring
now, and gets whipped hard into the turnbuckle. Wade is slowing down the match
with a couple of punches. Wade goes for the cover, but Cena kicks out. 2:30 left
on the clock.
Wade locks on an arm stretch. John is trying to power out, but gets wrenched
back down to the mat. 2 minutes left on the clock. Cena's next attempt at escape
is more successful, but bouncing off the ropes only results in a big boot from
Wade! Cover attempt, but John kicks out. 1:30 left.
Cena is whipped into the ropes, and then gets caught with a backbreaker. Wade
goes for another cover attempt as we head to the 1 minute mark. Cena kicks outs,
but is struggling down on the mat. Wade hits a series of knees to the back of
Cena. 30 seconds remain as John counters into the STF!! Time is ticking to a
close as Wade tries to escape. There is no choice for Wade but to tap! Cena
beats Batista's time with only seconds to spare!
Winner via STF: John Cena
Cena grabs the microphone to announce what the stipulation will be for his match
against Batista. Before he can utter what it will be, Sheamus makes his way to
the ring to hit his finisher on Cena.
****Commercial****
Maryse v. Nikki Bella w/ Twin
Maryse does NOT have the Title that I swore she stole from Eve earlier. The
women lock up and Nikki hits a snapmare. She grabs Maryse's head and slams her
into the turnbuckle. Maryse heads to the outside of the ring, but Nikki follows
right after. Maryse is back in the ring, and Nikki heads to the top rope. Nikki
is countered by Maryse who throws her down to the mat. Maryse hits the French
Kiss to win.
Winner via French Kiss: Maryse
After the match Maryse grabs the microphone and says something in French. She
then says that she would like to present to the world her brand new photo shoot.
"Maryse the Sexiest of Sexy". It is Maryse posing with the Diva's Title over top
of the fallen Eve Torres. Maryse says that she has never seen Eve look so good.
I'm surprised there hasn't been a run-in --- oh never mind, here comes Eve. The
referee is able to keep them apart as Maryse escapes up the entrance ramp.
****Commercial****
Gail Kim and Alicia Fox are sitting ringside. Zack Ryder is in the ring and says
that the biggest thing coming out of the WWE Draft last week, is that he is
STILL on Monday Night RAW. He says that he is single and ready to mingle, which
is why he invited the Divas out to ringside. Zack asks for his opponent to be
sent out to the ring. Wayne Brady hits the big screen, and sends out Ryder's
opponent --- Mark Henry!
Zack Ryder v. Mark Henry
Zack looks to take down Henry, but just gets swatted away. Henry lifts him in
the air for a scoop slam. Henry follows it up with yet another slam. Zack is in
the corner, and just barely dodges a splash. Ryder hits a dropkick, but is not
able to take the big man down. Zack heads to the top rope and connects with a
missile dropkick! Zack goes for the cover, but Henry kicks out.
Zack connects with a double knee hit to the head and goes for the cover, but
Henry kicks out. Mark Henry does not let him get the change again, and picks him
up into the air. Ryder can't escape and gets caught with the World's Strongest
Slam!
Winner via World's Strongest Slam: Mark Henry
After the match there is no run-in! It is notable to I figured I would mention
it. Henry heads to ringside and escorts the two Divas back up the ramp.
In the back, Chris Jericho is talking to The Miz. Chris and The Miz complain
about having been tag partners with Big Show. Jericho says that Big Show had no
right to sucker punch Miz. Jericho says that between the two of them they
carried him for 16 months. Miz says that there is nothing they can do about it
because he is on Smackdown now. Jericho says he has an idea, and the two walk
away talking.
****Commercial****
In the back, Kozlov is talking to Wayne Brady. Wayne says that he is not foolish
like MacGruber. Santino comes into the office dressed as a 1970s star. He says
that he is ready to join Wayne's family... The Brady Bunch. William Regal comes
into the office and talks to Wayne about getting a match. Santino is upset
because he wanted a match, but Wayne says that Regal showed up in his office
first.
Goldust shows up in the office dressed in, well, a dress. Wayne Brady says,
"what's up Alice". Goldust says, "who's Alice, I'm Goldust witch" (a play on I'm
Rick James bitch, see the Chappelle show and Wayne Brady for reference).
****Commercial****
Chris Jericho and The Miz are on commentary for this upcoming match.
The Hart Dynasty v. William Regal & Kozlov
This is a non-Title matchup. The match starts with Tyson and William Regal. The
lights go out for a second, I think it was a technical glitch. Regal attempts to
whip Tyson into the corner, but Kidd connects with a hit. Tyson is perched on
the corner, but Kozlov pulls him off and he lands on the outside. The referee
begins the ten count.
Tyson makes his way back into the ring, and gets caught in an arm bar by William
Regal. Kozlov gets the tag and throws Tyson into the corner. Kozlov puts his
boot up in Tyson's face and applies pressure. Jericho just called Michael Cole a
"jackass".
William Regal is tagged into the match. Tyson escapes a power bomb, and rolls
through to kick Regal in the face. David gets the hot tag. He enters with a kick
to both Regal and Kozlov. Regal punches him, and looks to go for the Knee
Trembler. Smith dodges, and connects with the Sharpshooter! Regal taps!
Winners via Sharpshooter: The Hart Dynasty
After the match, Miz & Jericho run into the ring (shocking, I know) to take out
the Unified Tag Team Champions. Miz and Jericho flaunt and taunt to the crowd.
****Commercial****
Cutting Edge w/ Guest Randy Orton
Edge is out first and says that he is the most controversial wrestler in the
history of the WWE. He takes us back to his return from injury when he won the
Royal Rumble. He puts over his success. Edge tells the fans that they don't
deserve an explanation for what he did to Orton last week. Nah, he is just
kidding, he just likes playing with the fans. He says that attacking Orton was
therapeutic. Edge admits that he may have cost Orton a shot at the Championship,
but the important part is that he was the most talked about wrestler on any
brand last Monday. Edge looks to introduce his guest, but Wayne Brady's music
hits!
Wayne makes his way out to the ring and grabs a microphone. Edge tells Wayne to
take a seat. He says that Randy Orton can wait. Edge asks him what has brought
him out. Brady says that he has been a huge wrestling fan all of his life, and
the fact that he is involved is a dream come true. He gives a cheap pop from the
crowd by mentioning their city Mick Foley style.
Wayne asks if he can feel what it is like to walk in Edge's shadow. Edge gives
him the ok. Wayne cuts a promo to the WWE audience! Brady takes a shot at the
former guest hosts and says that he is even better than Bob Barker, he is Bob
Darker! That's awesome.
Randy Orton's music hits and he makes his way down to the ring. Orton does not
say a word and stares down Edge. Orton pounces... and hits Wayne Brady with an
RKO!! What!!
Edge backs away and asks Orton to hear him out before he RKOs him. Edge says
that Orton would have done the same thing in his shoes last week. Edge
recollects that Orton was a guest on the Cutting Edge years ago, and the result
was the two of them forming the tag team Rated RKO. Edge makes the offer for it
to happen again.
Orton doesn't respond. Edge goes on a rant about the fans not appreciating him
and the work he has done for them. He continues on about how the situation is
not fair. Edge tells Orton that he must join him, because if not, the spear he
gave him last week will be just the tip of the iceberg. No matter what Edge
does, he cannot seem to get a reaction out of Orton. Orton tries to hit him with
an RKO, but Edge hits him with a big boot to the face. Orton has his back
turned, and Edge is setting up for the spear! Orton counters into the RKO!!
Orton's music fills the arena and he stands over the fallen bodies of Edge and
Wayne Brady as we go off the air.