Taboo Tuesday is just about a week a away, and the
voting commences tonight. Coach is still in the lead
announce seat as Monday Night RAW comes to us from
Fresno, California.
Shawn Michaels kicks off the show, and it's for a
match. An actual match is starting off RAW. I can't
remember the last time a match kicked off RAW; can we
get the SLAM! archivist to look into this?
Match # 1 -- Shawn Michaels vs. Big Show vs.
Kane
The three men are the fans' choice to go into the three-way main event of Taboo Tuesday to face John Cena and Kurt Angle. Kane and Michaels immediately double team Show,
who rebuffs their attack. The crafty HBK then tries to
steal a pin from under Show's nose, but to no avail.
Show slaps HBK into the corner, and then turns his
attention to Kane. The Big Red Machine is in trouble,
but Michaels saves him from a choke slam with a chop
block on Show. Kane and HBK puts the boots to Show,
and drive him from the ring. Kane hits Michaels with a
side slam, and follows with an elbow. Show pulls Kane
from the ring. Show lifts HBK over his head, and
tosses him onto Kane on the floor below. After the
break, Kane and Big Show face off in the ring. Show
nails a scoop slam, but HBK breaks up the pin. Kane
tosses Michaels from the ring, and then sorta hits a
suplex on Show. Kane climbs the turnbuckle, but Show
recovers, and catches Kane. Show continues up the
turnbuckle, and nails a superplex. HBK re-enters the
ring to hit Show with Sweet Chin Music, but is then
leveled by Kane. Kane rolls out of the ring, and
starts tossing chairs into the ring. As the ref tries
to clear the ring, Kane clocks Show with a chair. HBK
hits Sweet Chin Music on Kane, and the Show, again.
Michaels covers Show and gets the win.
Winner via pinfall: Shawn Micheals
We swing to the announce position, where King decides
to take a quick poll. The crowd lets King know that
they don't like Coach as the lead announcer. He then
asks them what type of match should Coach face Stone
Cold in at Taboo Tuesday. Coach decides he has had
enough, and heads to the ring. Coach calls out Austin,
and the glass breaks after a two count. Stone Cold's
truck speeds to the ring, and the door opens, to
reveal Stephanie McMahon. The whole thing was a set
up. Steph berates Austin, when Mick Foley's music
hits. Steph calls out Carlito, and hits Mick with a
low blow. Carlito beats on Foley, and the spits apple
in his face.
After the break, Eric Bischoff tells Foley that he
is still refereeing tonight's main event.
Match # 2 -- Triple H vs. Viscera
Ric Flair jumps Trips on the ramp, and fights him
to ringside. Several officials try to break up the
fight, only to get laid out for their effort. Flair
gets in some good shots before the two are finally
separated. Triple H heads to the back, and the match
never happens.
No Contest
Ric Flair grabs a mike and begs the crowd and
those of us watching at home to vote for the cage
match at Taboo Tuesday. (Come on Ric, the obvious
choose is a submission match. Does Triple H even know
any submission finishers?)
A limo is shown in the parking lot. It has horns
on it, and a bug JBL logo on the side, so ... do the math.
After the break, Bischoff confronts JBL outside.
If you missed Smackdown, read the report here. Anyway,
Edge is in the ring with Lita, and Chris Masters. He
tells JBL that he speared Rey Mysterio on Friday
because Rey is the star, not JBL. Edge then runs down
whom the fans can vote for them to face at Taboo
Tuesday. The fans will choose two opponents from Rey
Mysterio, JBL, Christian, Matt Hardy, or Hardcore
Holly to face Edge and Masters. JBL challenges Masters
to put the Masterlock on him. Masters runs to the
parking lot, where JBL tells him he just fell for the
oldest trick in the book. Back in the arena, Mysterio
suprises Edge with a drop kick, and then drops Lita
into the ropes, and hits her with the 619. (There's a
joke here, but this is a family website.)
Match #3 -- Mickey James w/ Trish Stratus and
Ashley vs. Victoria w/ Candice Michelle and Torrie
Wilson
Mickey James pins Victoria with a roll up, after
getting some help from Trish.
Winner via pin fall: Mickey James
Vince McMahon heads to the ring. He tells the
crowd that he doesn't like us second-guessing him, and
JR is still fired, and Coach is still on play-by-play.
Vince does say that JR's surgery was a success, and we
have footage. Vince has decided to pay doctor, making
fun of the surgery in a very classless and tasteless
video. It was a ten-minute joke that went 9 and a half
minutes too long. He then tells us that we all have
our craniums up our posteriors. (Well, I'm
paraphrasing, and taking the high road.)
Match #4 -- Lance Cade and Trevor Murdoch vs.
Hurricane and Rosey
WWE is really pushing the Internet broadcast by
starting a story line during the commercial break.
Last week, after Kurt Angle beat down Hurricane, Rosey
came out to help. Hurricane turned on him, and ripped
off his mask. Rosey comes out alone, looking for
Hurricane, who doesn't show. Rosey takes on the tag
team champs by himself. Gregory Helms, Hurricane's
alter ego, walks out on stage in street clothes. Rosey
pleads for help from Helms, but doesn't get it. Kane
and Murdoch finish Rosey off with the Sweet 'N' Sour.
Winner via pin fall: Lance Cade and Trevor
Murdoch
Match #5 -- Kurt Angle vs. John Cena -- Special
Referee- Mick Foley
Angle tries to keep the wrestling on the mat, but
two shoulder blocks later, Angle is outside the ring.
After the break, Angle is in the ring, but Cena is
down on the outside. Cena rolls back in, only to be
suplexed. Angle slaps on a body scissors, and follows
with two belly-to-belly suplexes. After a near fall,
Angle confronts Foley, and Cena almost steals a win
with a roll up. Angle responds with a German suplex.
Cena fights back with a DDT. Angle and Cena go
toe-to-toe trading punches. Cena gains the advantage
with a clothesline and a fisherman suplex. Carlito
runs in and attacks Foley, knocking him out of the
ring. Foley is tossed into the step and is out. Inside
the ring, Cena hits the 5-knuckle shuffle, as Bischoff
runs to the ring in referee gear. Angle counters the
F-U, and almost scores a pin with quick counts from
the GM. Angle slaps on the ankle lock. Cena reaches
for the ropes, but Bischoff grabs his arm, slamming
his hand to the mat. Bisch calls for the bell saying
Cena tapped out. Angle finally breaks the hold as the
show ends.
Winner via submission: Kurt Angle
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Dale Plummer has been writing for SLAM!
Wrestling since 2003. Dale is asking that if you are
voting for Taboo Tuesday, just ask yourself "What
would Vince do?" and then do the opposite. Dale is
pretty sure the whole this is rigged, though. Share
your conspiracy theories with Dale at
Dplumemr627@yahoo.com.
