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The music plays and we get pyro. We get a highlight of Jeff Hardy winning the WWE Championship last night. Also, we’ll have exclusive footage between JBL and Shawn Michaels. Not only that, but the former tag team champions get their rematch TONIGHT against Miz & Morrison
Time for some diva action!
Kelly Kelly & Melina v. Beth Phoenix & Jillian Hall (w/Santino Marella & Slamatha)
Looks like Beth Phoenix has a hot lady fan that loves her. They pose for a photo opp while Santino is jealous. The bell sounds and Jillian and Kelly start off. Kelly goes up, she spins Jillian around and gets tripped up by Beth. Jillian gets two before pulling the hair. She continues torturing Kelly at the ropes. Kelly’s shorts are close to be pulled off, so that would be cool. Kelly looks for Melina, but Jillian is a bitch and knocks her off. Rollup by Kelly Kelly and that is all she wrote. Just for the record, neither Beth nor Melina tagged into the match.
Winners: Kelly Kelly & Melina
Grade: D-
Post match, Melina gets dumped again and the divas attack Kelly Kelly. HELLFIRE & BRIMSTONE erupts and Kane saves the day, but Kelly is scared a bit as she backpedals to the corner. Kane offers his hand to help her up, but she rolls out of the ring instead. Kane follows and they run away to the back. What the Hell?
Commercials.
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We’re back to the show and we recap the “disturbing situation” involving the K’s. During the break, Kelly continues to hide, but Jaime Noble gets shoved to the door. Kane catches up to her and says that they need to talk. Please let this not be another Lita-like angle.
Rey Mysterio is out!
Rey Mysterio v. Deuce
Manu & Cody Rhodes are at ringside. Deuce gets the microphone and wants to say that he wants to be introduced by his name. Synn Snuka is his real name.
They lock up and Snuka overpowers Rey at the get go. Rey tries the kicks, but Snuka is too powerful so to speak. Spinning Bossman Slam connects for two. Snuka remains in control as he sends Rey to the corner hard. He drops a knee to his back before applying a rear naked choke. Rey can’t get to the ropes. Splash misses and Mysterio hits a dropkick. He ducks a clothesline and he hits the hurrancurana! Snuka is back up and he sends Rey to the ropes. On the rebound, Rey goes up and crashes down hard on the mat. Off the ropes, Deuce CRACKS REY IN THE MOUTH! That gets a close two count. He argues with the ref a bit. This allows Rey to get back into it. Rey bails off the ropes and he gets caught! Rey sends Snuka to the 619 position, but as he does it Snuka rolls out of the ring. Seated senton connects and Rey and Cody get into it for the DQ.
Winner via DQ: Rey Mysterio
Grade: C+
Manu gets involved and he creams Rey. The Legacy go after Mysterio, but he escapes, but Mike Knox attacks from behind and he drills Rey to the mat with the KnoxOut. The bearded man stares at Rey.
Commercials.
Tribute to the Troops is Saturday!
And now, DX is here to help us with our holiday gift giving. This week is the DX Sweatshirt ,the King of Kings bear, and the HBK bear.
Jerry Lawler spoils the news that the vignettes were filmed before Shawn Michaels sold his soul to JBL.
In the locker room, Kane asked Kelly Kelly about last week when she talked about love. He asks if she was leading him on. The fun ensues.
T-Grish is with Randy Orton, who demanded the interview time tonight. He wanted to face Batista tonight in a rematch. However, he has no answer, so Orton called him a coward. Batista shows up and he gets bitchslapped. Batista chases after Randy into the arena. However the Legacy attacks Batista! John Cena makes the save and he is a one man army! Cena wants to go now!
Commercials.
Backstage, Cena and Batsita have a heart to heart. T-Grish interrupts and says that Stephanie McMahon made a match tonight. The Legacy v. Batista & Cena in a three-on-two match!
Jim Duggan is in the ring. Sadly, he wishes he wasn’t.
“Hacksaw” Jim Duggan v. Chris Jericho
Chris Jericho is dressed in a suit right now and he is very pissed off. He takes the microphone from Lillian and he speaks. He is refusing to wrestle tonight! He says how he the 2008 Superstar of the Year and how he carried the show for the last year. It’s a slap to his face that he has to face Duggan tonight. He calls Jim Duggan the bottom of the barrel talent like him. He won’t face anyone unless it is for a title or if it is against a worthy superstar. He leaves the ring and heads back up to the top of the stage.
Unofficial Winner via forfeit: “Hacksaw” Jim Duggan
Grade: N/A
Back to the boiler room where Kane tries to talk to Kelly Kelly some more. It seems that Kelly Kelly is seeing someone else. He demands her to spill the beans.
Commercials.
We are back and it seems that Kelly spilled the secret. Kane leaves, but she asks him not to hurt “him”. She is sad.
In the ring, Lillian Garcia introduces William Regal to the ring. He is accompanied by Layla as they take their spot on the stage. IT’S CLOBBERIN’ TIME!
CM Punk & Kofi Kingston v. The Miz & John Morrison (c)
World Tag Team Championship Match
Kofi and Miz start off with a lockup. They get to the corner and Miz doesn’t break cleanly. He wrenches the neck for a bit before Kofi gets planted to the mat. Off the ropes…leapfrogs galore, but a spinning heel kick puts Kofi back in control. Punk in off the tag with a splash for two! Spinning kick to the gut gets two for Punk. Regal looks on as Kofi gets tagged in. Miz is in trouble in the early going. Tag back to Punk and he kicks the upper part of the back! Miz gets a leg up in the corner, but Punk is like “Not today”. Miz bitchslaps Punk, and he leaves the ring. Morrison tries to take advantage, but he gets shoved into the retaining wall. Punk hits Miz with a neckbreaker for two! Morrison is in the ring…DROPKICK by the Miz! Punk goes up and over, landing on the champions as we go to break.
Commercials.
We’re back and Morrison has Kofi grounded. Kingston hits a jawbreaker. Tag to Miz and Punk! Miz goes down. rollup by Punk gets two! Punk gets elevated, but lands on the apron. KICK TO THE SIDE OF MIZ’S HEAD! Morrison goes down, but Punk gets tossed into the ring by Miz and that gets two. Tag to Morrison and Punk eats a fist. He drops the elbow to the neck and that gets two! Morrison keeps Punk grounded and he applies a legscissors. Punk is wincing in pain, but he gets out of it. Tag to Miz and they attempt a Doomsday Device, but Punk counters with a SUPERPLEX! Both men are down! Next tag will be important. Tag to Morrison and Tag to Kingston! Kofi hits a crossbody, follows up with a dropkick. BOOM BOOM! He drops the legs and he gets a two count! Morrison sets up for the Moonlight Drive, but Kofi counters with a SPIKE DDT! Miz intervenes and Punk takes care of that threat. Kofi gets a rollup for three! Kofi gets sent to the corner…Crossbody MISSES! Morrison hits a springboard kick for a close TWO. Miz dispatches Punk and he gets taken out. MOONLIGHT DRIVE CONNECTS! That is all! Damn!
Winners: The Miz & John Morrison
Grade: A
KANE IS OUT! Seems that Kelly Kelly’s boyfriend is one of those four men! GOOZLE TO MIZ! He gets chokeslammed! Kane sets him up…TOMBSTONE PILEDRIVER! The lights go dark for a moment, but return. So it is known that Miz and Kelly Kelly were dating!
Up Next: Exclusive Armageddon footage!
Commercials.
The Steelers are in the house tonight!
JBL makes his way to the stage sans limo. He wants us to watch what happened at Armageddon. Shawn says that the economy hit him hard and that he is in a tough spot. Shawn lived the high life during his 20’s. The 30’s cost him a lot of money surgery wise. He invested in the stock market, but his adviser messed up. So because of this, he took JBL up on his offer. He hates him, but he has money. He does not want to be like everyone else who work at a grocery store or wrestle at a high school gym! If that’s not a knock on Flair and Hogan, I don’t know what is. The handshake seals the deal.
We’re back live and we go back to Kelly Kelly being consoled by Mickie James and Candice Michelle. They talk the Miz, and she leaves.
Commercials.
Slam of the Week: Dolph Ziggler wins a match (via countout).
And Dolph Ziggler is in the ring introducing himself as if he has no gimmick. “i! I have no gimmick!” His opponent…from the South Pole…SANTA CLAAS!
Dolph Ziggler v. Santa Claas
Dolph wants the bell rang. He takes it to Santa “I’M DOLPH ZIGGLER, BITCH!” Santa takes it to Dolph in return,but that is short lived. Armdrag connects and Dolph drops everything but the sink for two. Headlock is applied, BUT THE POWER OF SANTA PROPELLS HIM! For a moment anyway. Stomp to the face and stomp to the foot. He chokses away before choking him at the ropes. Back to the headlock/sleeper combo. Dolph uses the legs as leverage as Santa fights it. He clubs the neck and he says his name again. He misses the elbow and he beats up Dolph. DROPKICK CONENCTS! Thrust to the corner and Santa takes Dolph pillar to post! Santa misses the charge and Dolph hits the backstabber for three!
Winner: Dolph Ziggler
Grade: C
After the match, Dolph rips the Santa outfit off exposing Charlie Haas.
Sneak Peek of Behind Enemy Lines: Columbia is shown.
Recap of Jeff Hardy winning the WWE Championship!
The main event is NEXT!
Commercials.
Welcome back to the show! Backstage, Jim Duggan gets harassed by Cryme Tyme. They say “It’s time.” Meanwhile, Stephanie McMahon does not approve of Jericho ditching the match tonight. Stephanie lays down the law. All former champions will compete in four separate matches next week. The winners face off in an elimination match the following week and the last man standing faces Cena for the title! She tells him that next time he wants to bitch, to talk to her first or he’ll never get a worthy match. She told him!
Manu and Cody Rhodes are bickering. Randy comes up and lays down his own law…either Man up or no Legacy for the three of them.
Batista & John Cena v. The Legacy (Randy Orton, Cody Rhodes, & Manu)
The match is NEXT!
We’re back as we recap earlier tonight, Batista was ambushed and Cena came out for the save.
Both teams have to tag in and out. One person from each team will be in the match at all times. Batista & Manu will start tonight’s main event! They jockey around for position, getting to a collar and elbow tie up. We get a break in the corner. Lock up again and Manu utilizes a headbutt for the advantage. It’s short lived as Batista nails a shoulderblock and takes Manu to his corner. Tag out to Cena, who hits a side slam for two! Manu tags out to Cody Rhodes and they stare down. They lock up and Rhodes grips the neck. Cena sents him to the ropes and gets knocked iout. Cena leapfrogs and hits an armdrag into a headlock of his own. To the corner and Cody kicks to the midsection. Cena sends Rhodes pillar to post and hits a overhead suplex for one. Cena has Rhodes in the corner and he tags in the muscle, Batista, who makes Cody’s life a living hell. Stalling Brainbuster connects and that gets two for Batista. Cody gets isolated as Batista tags in Cena, effectively cutting the ring in half. Rhodes gets sent to the corner…bounces off and Cena hits a bulldog for two. Tag out to Batista and he works on the arm. Cody gets cornered in the corner. Opposite corner we go, Rhodes gets an elbow and he goes off the attack. Tag to Randy Orton and Batista was playing possum. Orton goes corner to corner and gets splashed. Off the ropes and Batista kicks Orton in the head. Batista sends Orton to the corner, but misses the charge, opening the door for Orton to wok on the bigger man. Orton tags out to Manu as we go to break.
Commercials.
We are back for our final segment. Orton had tagged during the commercial as Batista is in the wrong side of the ring. Orton tags out to Rhodes and he takes it to Batista. Manu gets in on the action, but Batista fights Legacy off until Manu takes Batista off his feet for two. Tag to Orton and he goes Vintage Orton on Batista. He drops the knees on Batista for two. In comes Manu and he continues the assault. Vicious headbutt connects and Batista is reeling folks. Batista helped back up and Manu jabs the throat for two. Manu tags out to Rhodes as the Legacy keeps Batista away from Cena. Rhodes does a little bit and Orton is back locking on a sleeper. Batista powers out of the attempt! Orton tags in Manu and Cena is tagged. Cena hits the shouldertackle and the Protobomb and already Manu is down! Five Knuckle Shuffle connects and Cena looks for the F-U, but Randy distracts the referee as Cody nails a timed dropkick and Manu goes SPLAT on Cena! Manu tags to Rhodes and he beats on Cena’s neck like a shark. In comes Randy Orton and he hits an uppercut on Cena. He kicks away, drops the elbow as we get matches announced for RAW next week! I’ll have those matches at the end of this match. Back to the main event. Orton gets a two count on Cena and he slides out of the ring. Orton is vicious as Cena is at the ropes. SPIKE DDT BY ORTON! Orton covers, but Batista stops the count. Manu tags in and he hits Cena with a headbutt. Cena gets splashed in the corner and knocked down with a reverse clothesline. Big splash gets two for Manu. In comes Rhodes with the double axe handle. Cena gets his second wind and he misses the corner charge! Rhodes hits the moonsault for TWO! Rhodes beats Cena down. Cena tries to mount a comeback, but Rhodes hits a side Russian leg sweep! Rhodes drops the knee for two. Cena is down as Rhodes gets cocky. This costs him as Cena evades the knee and tags in Batista. The Legacy is dispatched as Batista nails a spinebuster on Rhodes! Orton sends Manu straight to Batista’s back! RKO ON BATISTA! Cena is dispatched and he has Rhodes and Manu attack Cena on the outside. Orton lines up and he hits the CONCUSSION KICK ON BATISTA! The referee calls for the bell, disqualification on the Legacy.
Winners via DQ: John Cena & Batista
Grade: A
The Legacy backs down as Cena checks on Batista who is out cold on the mat. The trainers are checking on Batista as Cena now stares down at the Legacy and this show is over.
Show over.
Matches Scheduled for Next Week’s Show
Shawn Michaels v. Kane
JBL v. Rey Mysterio
Chris Jericho v. CM Punk
Batista v. Randy Orton
The WWE RAW Report Card
John Cena & Batista d. The Legacy via DQ: A
Dolph Ziggler d. Santa Claas: C
The Miz & John Morrison d. CM Punk & Kofi Kingston: A
“Hacksaw” Jim Duggan d. Chris Jericho via forfeit: N/A
Rey Mysterio d. Synn Snuka via DQ: C+
Kelly Kelly & Melina d. Beth Phoenix & Jillian Hall: D-
The Final Grade for WWE RAW 12.15.2008: B-
RAW had some good and bad moments tonight, but the tag team and handicap matches far exceeded my expectations for RAW. Synn Snuka looked good against Mysterio and Ziggler wasn’t as good with Haas as he was with R-Truth and Batista. The Kane/Kelly Kelly/Miz love triangle turns me off, but I’ll give this another week before i ultimately cast an opinion on it. Decent follow up edition of RAW as we know the road to the Royal Rumble in six weeks. Until later this week, keep tuned to the Pulse for all the latest news and rumors!
