I wrote this for CRZ's board, filling in for someone that usually does it...I usually don't do this kind of thing, but since I DID, you have to sit through it also. If nothing else, if someone missed it here's a catch-up:
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RAW #691 8/21/06 Play by Play Report
jwrestle is away this week. Forgive me, I don't do this much. Here you go:
-RAW #691-
Edge is out sans-Lita. He tells the crowd they were all wrong about Cena beating him. He goes into the front row and asks some little kid "did you think your hero John Cena was going to beat me last night?" The kid just looks at him, somewhat baffled. Edge tells him he's wrong anyway. Lita shows up on the video screen to toss the spinner belt in the river, Austin/Rock in Detroit-style. Edge gets his own spinny belt with the "Rated R Superstar" logo in the middle. Jeff Hardy comes out to have a few words with Edge. No glow paint. Same music, same dance. Edge says he thought Jeff died 3 years ago. Edge says Jeff is a no-talented loser, just like Matt. Edge gets decked but escapes the Swanton Bomb.
Commercials
McMahon DVD set ad. Do you love the Kiss My Ass Club? Now you can PAY to see it!
Match 1 - SPIRIT SQUAD VS. HIGHLANDERS & DUGGAN/EUGENE
Tag champions the Spirit Squad is in the ring. Their opponents come out, Eugene and the Highlanders charge the ring while Duggan is busy playing with his flag. Mitch is Squader on the outside of the ring. Eugene gets worked over, Duggan gets the USA chant going. Eugene's boots are still green. Crowd is dead for the faces besides Duggan's HO-ing to the crowd. Robbie gets worked over, a second USA chant fails, but a crowd-started "WE WANT HACKSAW!!" chant MOST CERTAINLY DOES NOT. Hacksaw tries for a third time to get the Scotsman pumped by a USA chant, which goes until Duggan gets cheapshotted. Kenny tries for the top rope legdrop on Robbie and misses. Robbie gets the tag to his older, balder, fatter son cousin. Hacksaw is in to break up an pin, and gets all of one punch in before he's pulled to the outside for a brawl. Highlanders hit a "reverse springboard suplex" (as called by Ross) for the win during the chaos. The fans wanted Hacksaw, WWE failed to deliver. FOR SHAME, WWE.
Winners: Highlanders & Duggan/Eugene
Edge is in the back to talk to Coachman. Coachman gets a plug in for the McMahon DVD AND the Bowflex Xtreme at the same time. Edge demands a match with Jeff Hardy, but he wants it non-title. Coachman says Vince gave him the power to do that, so he grants it. Vince and Shane walk in, Vince does his little growling routine at Coachman and tells him to get out. Shane says the illegal man got pinned last night, Vince does more of that stupid growling and says it's not over with DX.
Commercials - Show vs. Sabu rematch tomorrow night.
Grisham is in the back with Orton. He says he beat Hogan 1, 2, 3 and it doesn't matter if his foot was on the rope. He says Flair is a bigger legend than Hogan and he'll beat Flair tonight. Carlito interrupts and says Hogan getting his hand raised was cool. Orton asks Carlito where he was last night, tells him he has stupid hair, and demands respect. Orton walks off with no punches thrown.
HHH is at the airport recapping last night's events vs. the McMahons. HHH describes Vince flying home. Shawn flies a little plane in his hand and for some reason pantomimes it crashing. They cut to Michaels and HHH coming off of Vince's plane. They're both holding drinks. Shawn scratches the paint and they make a big deal out of it, which of course leads to the revelation that DX is painted on the plane in two places (which you could see in the corner of the screen before it was "revealed"). In response, Vince grunts like a voice actor for a Mortal Kombat game, and then kicks the monitor off the table.
Commercials
WWE rewind is Mickie James dropping the women's title to Lita from last week.
Match 2 - TRISH VS. VICTORIA
They quickly go to the outside with Trish hitting a Thesz Press off the apron to the floor. Back in the ring Trish hits a bunch of stuff including a victory roll, but her Stratusfaction is countered. Victoria works her over, and a sidewalk slam is awkwardly turned into a headscissors by Trish. Victoria is victimized by a top-rope hurricanrana, but recovers and goes for the Widow's Peak, which is ALSO countered. Trish hits the Stratusfaction for the win, but Vince and Shane are out right away to make sure no one pays attention to the victory.
Winner: Trish
Ross says Vince's plane is 30 million bucks. Vince says Vince's plane is 30 million bucks. I'm half-expecting a Snakes on a Plane reference here. "You suck" chant. Vince says DX sucks, and they will be arrested. Not only that, but they'll SHOW DX getting arrested on TV. Awkward cut to commercials.
Commercials
Vince and Shane still in the ring. They go to HHH and Shawn at the airport...but wait, they're not AT the airport, they're on top of Titan Tower. They build up how amazing Titan Tower is before revealing they entire side of the building sprayed with the DX logo. Ah, art imitates life. HHH moons the camera although you can barely see him at this point. Vince is "shaken" as Shane assists him from the ring. The crowd sings "Na na na na" to him as he leaves for some reason. Vince plays off of it well though. They don't play any music because this is really really real serious business.
Commercials
TWIWH: Smackdown in 1999 - the premiere episode, including Steph's acceptance of Test's marriage proposal. Steph looks alarmingly better back then.
Vince and Shane walking through the back. Foley show up and calls him "Vince." Vince is mad because Foley called him names last week and said he could kiss Foley's ass. Vince doesn't like him, says stop calling him Vince. I guess Foley is a good guy(?) since Vince wants him to join the Kiss My Ass Club. Foley says it's ridiculous. Vince says someone is getting fired if Foley doesn't kiss his ass.
Match 3 - EDGE (W/LITA) VS. JEFF HARDY
Hardy out first - still no paint, but he does have new pyro. Edge and Lita come out. Believe it or not, Lita is wearing a shirt split down the middle that shows off her rack. Edge can't even get in the ring before Hardy dropkicks him through the ropes and leaps over the ropes at him. He goes after Lita, Ross namechecks Team Extreme. Crowd chants Hardy, Hardy misses a charge and is thrown to the outside. Edge does his thing, including bow-and-arrowing Jeff's back around the ringpost. "Let's go Hardy" chant as Hardy regains the advantage and hits a DDT for a 2 count. Hardy goes for the Twist of Fate, but Edge slips out and hits him with a sprawling reverse DDT. Hardy reverses a throw to the corner with that corkscrew off the top rope. Ross says Hardy won't live to be an old man. That's a nice comment. Hardy tries the Twist of Fate again and gets it, then goes for the Swanton Bomb - and actually hits it! Awkward pin attempt there, the ref stopped on two even though he couldn't really see Lita pulling Edge's foot under the rope. Cena is out to beat on Edge. They fight through the back, with Edge running out the back door with Cena in persuit.
Winner: No decision? They bolted out of there pretty quick when Cena showed up.
Commercials
Kiss My Ass Club history package...never gets started because Cena and Edge are fighting at the docks! Cena screams he "ain't goin' nowhere" as he throws Edge into a tree and calls him a "tree-huggin' son of a bitch." He chokes him with a hose as the ever-present WWE officials arrive. Edge manages to slip away...until Cena catches him again. Someone is going in the water here, I suspect. Yep - it's Edge. "Time to swim, kid! I ain't goin' nowhere!" Cena has won THIS round. Did we just get out of a Kiss My Ass Club video package?
Commercials
Melina is in the back to comfort Mick about last night. They both seem pretty face-ish here. Melina builds up Foley as her best friend. She gives him a hug and goes out to be with Nitro for his match.
Match 4 - KANE VS. JOHNNY NITRO (W/MELINA): IC title match
Nitro is out BY HIMSELF since Melina is late - Nitro looks annoyed...STORYLINE ANNOYED. Melina shows up and they do their entrance. Kane is here as Ross tells us Edge was rescued from the water. Nitro's puny moves are no match for Kane's power. Nitro gains a momentary advantage, snapping Kane's neck across the top rope. A springboard dropkick is brushed away, though, and Kane is right back to it. Kane up top for the clothesline, and here comes Umaga as expected. Kane is hit with the Downward Spiral/Flatliner/whatever you call it, then gets spiked in the throat. EVENTUAL ZOMBIE SIT UP. Umaga is unfazed and kicks him in the chest and headbutts him, then spikes him in the throat again FROM THE TOP ROPE. Kane spits up blood.
Winner: Kane via DQ
Commercials
Diva search recap. Layla El (of Krypton?) won.
HERE IS THE TRAILER FOR "THE MARINE." Hope you caught it, I don't know how many more times they are going to replay it. Robert Patrick seems to be the bad guy here. T-1000 vs. Prototype...DREAM MATCH. Apparently the bad guys have taken the protagonist's wife, therefore he Marine-s the ever-lovin' SHIT out of the bad guys on his quest to get her back. "THIS OCTOBER - MEET A ONE MAN STRIKE FORCE THAT NEVER SURRENDERS." John Cena - THE MARINE. October 13th.
Commercials
Raw is going to be on Sci-Fi next week live, then tape delayed on USA (except on the west coast)
Match 5 - RIC FLAIR VS. RANDY ORTON
Flair is out with bandages and black eyes from last night. Orton gets announced WHILE Flair's music is playing, as if he were Mario Mancini or Red Tyler. Orton charges but Flair catches him with chops. Orton quickly gains the advantage. Flair clotheslined over the top rope after a botched first attempt. Orton's lip is busted. Ross starts to play the "referee should use some discretion" lines to imply Flair shouldn't even be out there after yesterday. "Let's go Flair" chant as Flair gets thrown into the steps. Flair with the blood-blonde hair now, Orton continues to dominate the dead fish Flair. Orton plays to the crowd allowing Flair to get back up, but another exchange of punches and chops results in Orton regaining the advantage. RKO out of nowhere, and Orton wins.
Winner: Randy Orton
Orton continues to beat on Flair after the match...and the referee REVERSES HIS DECISION.
The REAL Winner: Ric Flair
Orton is setting Flair up for another RKO, but Carlito shows up to send Orton running. Flair is dead on the outside.
Commercials.
We must be running late because Vince is already in the ring and Foley is on his way down with Melina. Foley says he's not doing it because he does not NEED this job. He has SAVED his money. Threatening to fire him doesn't DO anything! Vince says he wasn't going to fire HIM, he was going to fire MELINA. Foley says no one is worth kissing your ass for...except her. Melina begs him not to do it, and Foley and Melina pull off some decent acting here with Foley telling her their friendship is worth it. Foley: "Get your pants down Vince....GET YOUR PANTS DOWN!!!!!!!!!" Foley gives an overly agressive kiss and hugs Melina.
Then he gets low-blowed by Melina. Yep.
Vince lets Melina say the magic words - "MICK - YOU'RE FIRED." Vince, Shane, and Melina walk off together as Vince continues to walk off to the back. Melina takes off with Nitro, Vince walks off and acts like he doesn't know the camera is there...that's pretty stupid. He says "DX broke me." They continue to walk through the parking lot. This must be building to something. Vince screams at his tie-less driver to wear a tie next time.
Vince's limo takes off...and the BACK WHEELS GET TORN OFF. DX chained the back of the limo to something. That was...unexpected. Cool visual. Shane gets out and is hurting, as is Vince. Vince screams at the driver. They show the OTHER side of the limo, which has the DX logo on it. Vince screams and cries and walks around funny and holds his ear.
This is the end of the thing.
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