[Deconstructing the Moveset] – A Year of RAW Part 3.5 of 4

Archive

Hey everyone, instead of giving you all of Q4 for RAW, this is only the first part of Q4. So the records will be on hold for another week, along with the full year records and my thoughts.

Any artists out there that would want to help me out with a weekly comic? Throw me an e-mail if you’re interested.

And Father of the Pride is back on TV! I couldn’t be happier!

So without further filibustering:

DECONSTRUCTING THE MOVESET – A Year of RAW Part 3.5 of 4

Q1 of RAW: January 1st – WRESTLEMANIA

Q2 of RAW: March 15th – BADD BLOOD

Q3 of RAW: June 14th – UNFORGIVEN

Q4 PART 1 OF 2 SEPTEMBER 13TH – SURVIVOR SERIES

September 13th

matches:
Benoit d. Conway w/Crossface
Victoria/Nidia/Stacy d. Trish/Gail Kim/Molly w/Stacy backslide on Molly
Y2J/HBK d. CLB/Goat Boy
Kane & Snitsky go to a no contest when Snitsky hits Kane with a chair and Kane falls on the pregnant Lita.
Orton d. Evolution via DQ when they wouldn’t stop triple teaming Orton

Evolution’s in the ring celebrating HHH’s win over Orton at Unforgiven. There’s a large cake in the ring, Flair says it wasn’t him, big Dave says it wasn’t him, HHH is surrounded by ladies and asks to “let me have it” and the cake pops open to reveal Randy Orton to houses Evolution and knocks HHH into the open cake. Later, thanks to HHH’s bickering, Eric makes an Evolution vs. Orton handicap match.

Stacy calls the divas out, Molly comes out and challenges her to any match. Stacy chooses a dance competition, Molly dances ballet, Stacy moves around liek a stripper, the crowd decides Stacy wins, then Molly hits Stacy and Gail Kim comes out to beat up on Stacy. Nidia makes the save, then Trish comes out followed by Victoria. Eric comes out and makes a match…. RIGHT NOW.

Kane couldn’t sleep cause his “bitch wife” cost him his match at Unforgiven. He wants HBK tonight, Eric says that HBK�á¢Ã¯Ã¡Ãƒâ€šÃ‚¿Ãƒ¡Ãƒâ€šÃ‚½ÃƒÆ’¯Ã¡Ãƒâ€šÃ‚¿Ãƒ¡Ãƒâ€šÃ‚½s on the highlight reel, but he’ll find someone to fight Kane.

Highlight Reel: Shawn Michaels
Jericho and HBK ham it up about winning their matches, and HBK says that they’ve never really seen eye to eye and he’d like an IC title shot tonight. Jericho’s gonna say yes, but Christian and Tomko come out. Christian talks about he Chronicles of Christian, and not the story of Shawn Michaels. HBK says he can have a shot as soon as he beats HBK, and eventually, we have the four in a match…. RIGHT NOW.

Simon Dean Commercial

It’s time for a Christy vs. Whore boxing match. Joy was eliminated. Vince comes out to say that they’ll be beating up Coach instead of each other. And if he blocks, he’s fired. Christy’s declared the winner, and the final decision’s made next week.

After the main event, Batista’s hit with Shelton’s splash and flying bulldog, Benoit’s headbutt and the RKO.

September 20th

matches:
Stacy/Victoria d. Trish/Molly w/Stacy backslide on Molly
Tajiri d. Hurricane w/pin afterwards, the Hurricane takes his mask back from a kid at ringside.
Jericho and HBK go to a no contest when Christian attacks the ref
Maven d. Grenier w/claw to the face? (Matthew Michael was doing the RAW recaps, so blame him for that description)
Orton/Benoit/Benjamin d. HHH/Flair/Batista w/RKO on Flair

Vince comes out to announce a PPV where the fans have the control, not Eric. And since Eric’s not the GM that night, he can fight and he’ll fight Eugene, here are the possible stipulations: Loser is the winner’s servant, loser wear a dress, and hair vs. hair match.

Vince tells Orton to make a splash.

FUCK YOU TODD GRISHAM is at the hospital with an exclusive on Lita’s condition. Later, Kane tells him, that there’s only a 50/50 chance the baby will live. Even later FUCK YOU TODD GRISHAM is told that he can’t be around cause “something” is happening. Waaaay later, the docs did everything they could to save the baby, I guess they lost it. Kane’s upset, Lita’s comatose and I’m glad that angle has ended.

Coach announces Christy as the diva search winner

September 27th

matches:
Shelton d. HHH via DQ when HHH hit Shelton with the belt
Superheroes d. Rhyno/Tajiri w/Rosey’s spinning rock bottom on Tajiri
Snitsky eats Val Venis
Christian/Tomko d. HBK/Y2J w/Christian roll-up on HBK with the ropes
Trish/Molly/Gail Kim d. Christy in a bra and panties match
Batista d. Orton w/Demon Bomb after HHH was going to hit Orton with a chair, Flair stopped him and hit him with the chair himself

Eric gives us our choices for Taboo Tuesday’s main event, Edge, Benoit, HBK and Orton. Orton can only get on the ballot if he beat Battista tonight in a no DQ match. HHH comes out and says that the fans are dumb and shouldn’t come to his job to tell him how to work and that they don’t know anything and blah blah blah. This will be known as the “Taboo Tuesday” speech. Shelton comes out and tells him that he needs to shut up and expresses what us fans are feeling.

FUCK YOU TODD GRISHAM is with Kane who says Lita’s in a state of shock and Kane blames Snitsky. This is the starting of a face turn. Later, Snitsky says “it’s not my fault”

Benoit and Regal are talking when Eugene walks in with scissors, and Eugene wants to practice cutting hair. Regal walks out with Eugene after Regal tells him he can’t have sharp things and Eugene looks at Benoit, who gets totally serious and says “don’t eve think about it” in a moment that’s much funnier on screen.

Flair has an issue with Orton calling himself the legend killer. Flair shoots on Hogan, Bret, Foley and HBK saying they’re great, but not legends. He says Foley’s not great and neither is HBK. Cue Orton who tells Flair that real legends don’t take crap from no one and everyone will remember him as the guy who kisses HHH’s ass instead of the REAL Ric Flair. Later, Batista asks HHH what’s with Flair and HHH says Flair’s just being Flair. Even later Batista asks Flair to come out with the ring but Flair’s non-responsive.

Eugene and Regal have people out to demonstrate the Taboo Tuesday stipulations. Eric comes out and says that Eugene should be worried and kicks the guy who was getting his hair cut.

Christy comes out for her initiation party with Trish, Molly and Gail Kim. They show her a video of Whore telling her that she robbed her of $250,000 and that she hopes she enjoys her initiation.

Current Taboo Tuesday card:
(WORLD)HHH vs. Edge, Benoit, or HBK
Eugene vs. Eric (loser- wears a dress, is the winners servant or shaves their head)

October 4th – I was at this RAW and got a ticket upgrade from $20 seats to $80. And to think I bought tickets THAT day too.

matches:
HBK d. Christian w/Sweet Chin Music
Benoit & Batista go to a no contest w/interference from Flair and Orton
(TAG)La Resistance d. the Superheroes w/Au Revoir on Hurricane Rosey accidentally hits Hurricane with a sidewalk slam after the match
Stacy d. Molly after a failed Sunset flip attempt by Molly
HHH d. Y2J in a lumberjack match w/Gore from Rhyno after being accidentally baseball slided by Jericho

Flair starts off the show by saying that he made a mistake last week and HHH is the greatest wrestler of all time. And that Orton is a virgin at killing legends and he’s been making virgins bleed his whole life. HE announces it’s Orton vs. Flair at Taboo Tuesday and the possible stipulations are either submission match, falls count anywhere or a steel cage match. HH says Taboo Tuesday will be a disaster and does his Taboo Tuesday speech. Cue Jericho who says that it’s not a repeat, but HHH is repeating the same thing from last week. Jericho says it was his idea that spurred Taboo Tuesday and he takes a poll of the crowd and finds that I thought that Triple H is a giant horses ass. Flair calls him down to the ring, he grabs a chair and gets attacked from behind by Batista. Benoit and Edge come out to make the sides even.

Christian says that he’ll take the torch away from HBK tonight and reminds us HBK lost his WMX ladder match, but Christian won his WM 17 ladder match.

FUCK YOU TODD GRISHAM is with Lita who says that she hopes Kane does what he says he’s gonna do to Snitsky after finding out about the “it’s not my fault” quote.

Eric’s making a deal with someone female and Coach comes in and says he doesn’t wanna interview Snitsky, Eric says he’ll make JR do it. Later Snitsky comes to the ring with a baby carriage and says “it’s not my fault” Cue Kane, who gets decimated by Snitsky’s hidden lead pipe in the carriage.

After the Benoit match, Orton’s kicked out of the building by Eric. Later, Eric announces the Taboo Tuesday card, adding Snitsky vs. Kane in a weapon of choice match (Chair, Pipe or Chain). He also adds Christy vs. Whore. Cue Eugene who gets told by Whore that she digs bald guys and if he loses on purpose she’ll be his boyfriend. Eugene wants a kiss from his new girlfriend first and Carmella breaks down and says it was all a trick to get Eugene to lose. Eric says Carmella doesn’t like him, and no one likes him. Cue Christy who comes down and plants one on Eugene.

Coach interviews Edge. Edge’s Taboo Tuesday speech is “I haven’t faced HHH yet and I can win, the other two have blown their chances.”

The IC match is announced as anyone from the locker room can be picked.

After the main event, Orton comes out and RKO’s Rosey, Christian, Conway and Batista.

Current Taboo Tuesday card:
(WORLD)HHH vs. Edge, Benoit, or HBK
Eugene vs. Eric (loser- wears a dress, is the winners servant or shaves their head)
(IC)Jericho vs. anyone in the locker room not already involved
Kane vs. Snitsky in a weapon of choice match (chair, pipe or chain)
Orton vs. Flair (Submission, Falls Count Anywhere or Cage Match)
Christy vs. Whore

October 11th

matches:
(WOMAN)Trish d. Stacy w/a chin kick
(TAG)La Resistance d. Eugene/Regal w/crotch poll shot on regal after Eugene/Regal won w/brass knuckles but restarted by Eric
Richards/Venis & the Superheroes go to a no contest when Kane destroys Val Venis
Rhyno & (IC)Jericho go to a no contest when Christian/Tomko break up the fun
Rhyno/(IC)Jericho d. CLB/Goat-Boy w/Gore and Lionsault on Goat-Boy
Edge/Benoit/HBK d. Evolution w/Sweet Chin Music on HHH then Edge took the pin

Simon Dean: “You’re fat”

La Resistance runs into Eric, who wasn’t happy that the didn’t soften up Eugene enough and will fight the other two wrestlers not voted into the world title match.

Snitsky’s in Stamford saying it’s not his fault. He cries like a baby, and Kane is watching. The crowd cheers Kane.

Orton says he’s pissed at Flair for costing him the title, but he can’t stay mad cause of what Flair has become. Flair named him the legend killer and at Taboo Tuesday, he’ll prove it again.

HBK, Benoit and Edge talk about fighting HHH at Taboo Tuesday. HBK: feud, Benoit: his title Edge: never fought for it. After the main event, Edge makes his speech again, HBK takes a vote of the crowd, gets speared, Benoit checks on HBK�á¢Ã¯Ã¡Ãƒâ€šÃ‚¿Ãƒ¡Ãƒâ€šÃ‚½ÃƒÆ’¯Ã¡Ãƒâ€šÃ‚¿Ãƒ¡Ãƒâ€šÃ‚½s and gets speared too.

Current Taboo Tuesday Card

(WORLD)HHH vs. HBK, Benoit, or Edge
(TAG)La Resistance vs. HBK/Benoit, Edge/Benoit, or HBK/Edge
Christy vs. Carmella (Aerobics Challenge, Lingerie Pillow fight, or Evening Gown Match)
Kane vs. Gene Snitsky: Weapon of Choice (Lead Pipe, Steel Chain, or Steel Chair)
Eugene vs. Bischoff (Hair vs. Hair, Losers is the Winners Servant, Loser wears a dress)
Diva Battle Royal (Women will wear School Girl outfits, Bikinis, or Maid outfits)
(IC)Chris Jericho vs. Rosey, Rhyno, Batista, Shelton, Tajiri, The Hurricane, Coach, Palumbo, Mack, Maven, Christian, Regal, Venis, Richards, or Tomko
Randy Orton vs. Ric Flair (Steel Cage, Submission, or Falls Count Anywhere Match)

October 18th

matches:
Snitsky ate Eugene w/Meltdown
Stacy/Nidia/Victoria d. Gail Kim/Molly/Trish
Flair/Batista d. Jericho/Orton w/figure four of Y2J
Shelton d. Tajiri, Christian, Coach, Rhyno & the Hurricane in an elimination match. In order: Hurricane (Tajiri), Tajiri (Rhyno), Coach (Rhyno), Rhyno (Christian), Christian (Shelton)
Edge d. Benoit & HBK in a three way w/reversed rollup with the ropes on Benoit

Later Snitsky goes to kill Eugene with a chair, but Regal stops him/. And Regal gets the chair. even later Snitsky tells Lita it wasn’t his fault and that the same thing is gonna happen to Kane that happened to her baby.

FUCK YOU TODD GRISHAM has the three top contenders for the title in a… debate. All three make their Taboo Tuesday re-hashed speeches. The moral of the story: FUCK YOU TODD GRISHAM gets super kicked by HBK instead of hitting Edge. Don’t be FUCK YOU TODD GRISHAM.

Vince shills Taboo Tuesday and gets nearly assaulted by all the IC title contenders. Vince makes a 6 way match.

Christy and Whore make their plea for what the crowd should vote in their match. Christy kisses Lillian to prove she’ll do anything. HLA! HLA!

Current Taboo Tuesday Card

(WORLD)HHH vs. HBK, Benoit, or Edge
(TAG)La Resistance vs. HBK/Benoit, Edge/Benoit, or HBK/Edge
Christy vs. Carmella (Aerobics Challenge, Lingerie Pillow fight, or Evening Gown Match)
KANE vs. Gene Snitsky: Weapon of Choice (Lead Pipe, Steel Chain, or Steel Chair)
Eugene vs. Bischoff (Hair vs. Hair, Losers is the Winners Servant, Loser wears a dress)
Diva Battle Royal (Women will wear School Girl outfits, Bikinis, or Maid outfits)
(IC)Chris Jericho vs. Rosey, Rhyno, Batista, Shelton, Tajiri, The Hurricane, Coach, Palumbo, Mack, Maven, Christian, Regal, Venis, Richards, or Tomko
Randy Orton vs. Ric Flair (Steel Cage, Submission, or Falls Count Anywhere Match)

October 19th – TABOO TUESDAY

Shelton d. (IC)Jericho to win the IC title w/Exploder
Trish wins the Diva Battle Royal in School Girl outfits
Snitsky d. Kane in a chain match w/Pillman’d neck by Snitsky
Eugene d. Eric in a hair vs. hair match w/the Hogan leg drop (Coach winds up wearing a dress)
Edge/Benoit d. La Resistance w/Crossface on Conway after Edge left the match
Christy d. Whore in a pillow fight w/who cares? Christy removes pads in Whore’s bra to start the match
HHH d. HBK w/Edge’s spear on HBK
Orton d. Flair in a steel cage match w/RKO

HBK says he’s injured, but will still wrestle.

Flair and Orton shake hands and hug after their match.

October 25th

matches:
(IC)Shelton d. Jericho w/a scissors roll-up
Maven d. Batista w/a counter to the Demon Bomb into a roll up
Snitsky aborts Mrs. Regal’s baby boy w/Morning After Slam
Flair d. Orton w/HHH chair shot to Orton

Embarrassed, Eric decides he doesn’t want to run RAW tonight, and he’ll let “the inmates run the asylum”. Later, HHH declares himself the GM for the night. And he makes it Orton vs. Flair. Cue Orton. Orton says he’s a legend killer after he beat Flair, and no one will listen to Evolution. HHH says that is Orton beats Flair, he can have a shot at the title but if he loses he can’t have a shot at it while HHH holds the title.

After their match, Jericho shakes Shelton’s hand but then Shelton’s assaulted by Christian and gets an Unprettier.

Evolution hits on Christy as Jericho walks by, bumping HHH. HHH corners Jericho asking if there’s a problem. Benoit and Maven suddenly back up Jericho, followed by Rhyno/Tajiri and then the Superheroes and finally Evolution backs off.

JR interviews Edge and Edge feels underappreciated by the fans and says they take him for granted. HBK then says that he’s in it for the fans and it took him 20 years to break his body and when he comes back it’s for the fans.

Maven wanted an interview but Batista says he’s running the show. Maven wants a match, but Batista says it’s not worth the time, Maven slaps Batista and suddenly it’s worth the time.

Trish makes fun of Lita pointing out she’s gotten back with Matt Hardy, ruined his career, married Kane, lost a baby, ruined Kane’s career and as a friend Trish wants Lita to work off some of that pregnancy weight. Lita attacks and is pulled off by Victoria.

After the main event, HHH tries to escape but Eugene and the Superheroes are blocking the way. He tries another way, but is blocked by Rhyno Tajiri and Shelton. He goes into the ring, but Benoit, Orton and Jericho are there. HHH gets three Germans, a Lionsault and an RKO.

November 1st

matches:
Snitsky aborts Mrs. Dinsmore’s baby boy in a hardcore match w/the Morning After slam on a “SLOW CHILDREN” sign
Christian d. the Hurricane
La Resistance d. (TAG)Benoit/Edge for the tag team titles with an Au Revoir on Benoit after Edge deserted him again
Shelton d. Viscera w/enzaguiri
Maven/Orton/Jericho d. Evolution w/RKO on Batista

HHH is not there cause he was attacked last week and wants respect. If it doesn’t happen, Evolution will make it happen. He’ll be back next week. Later Flair and Batista want Eric to make the good guys pay for what happened last week to HHH. Cue Eric who says that he’s gonna take the month after Survivor Series off, and the winning team will have control for the next month. Those two teams are HHH/Batista/Edge and Benoit/Jericho/Orton/Maven. Two other matches will be Trish vs. Lita for the woman’s title and Shelton vs. Christian for the IC title. Later Evolution gets in Eric’s face about the match at SS, but Eric blows them off saying tonight it’ll be Orton/Jericho/Maven vs. Evolution. If HHH doesn’t show up, then it’s a handicapped match.

Maria is now on the RAW announce team as she interviews Tajiri, who says he hopes HHH never comes back. Flair walks up, distracts Tajiri and Batista throws him into a dumpster, not into it, but face first into it.

Christian introduces his new part time problem solver now that Tomko’s injured – Viscera. Yes, Mabel. Mabel attacks Shelton. After their match, Shelton hits the Exploder on Christian after countering the Unprettier

Maven stumbles into Evolution’s locker room and as they’re gonna kill him, Jericho and Benoit make it in their favor and beat down Evolution.

Simon Dean is in the ring and promotes his fake crap and picks someone from the audience to come in the ring. Dean makes fun of his man boobs and “Matt” pushes him, Dean slaps on a submission move and the segment’s thankfully over.

After the tag match, Edge hits Benoit with one of the titles they just lost and Edge makes him tap with the Crossface.

Muhammad Hassan doesn�á¢Ã¯Ã¡Ãƒâ€šÃ‚¿Ãƒ¡Ãƒâ€šÃ‚½ÃƒÆ’¯Ã¡Ãƒâ€šÃ‚¿Ãƒ¡Ãƒâ€šÃ‚½t want to be stereotyped as being linked with 9/11 and terrorism. He just wants an equal opportunity here in the WWE. His translator, Khosrow Daivari, translates for the Arabic fans.

Trish comes down and sasys that Lita is the walking kiss of death. Examples:

  1. Essa Rios – gone
  2. Lita joins the Hardy Boys to form Team Xtreme and the Hardy’s never appear together again
  3. She guests of Dark Angel and it’s cancelled soon after
  4. She returns to RAW to reunite with Matt Hardy only to have him get killed by Kane
  5. Married Kane, was pregnant, lost the baby, and Kane’s in the hospital now

Lita beats up on Trish, but Gail Kim makes the save.

During the main event, HHH’s music hits and it’s Tajiri dressed as HHH, and he does the mist as HHH’s water mist. After the match, Dave’s pissed and shoves Flair down on the ramp in frustration.

Current RAW Survivor Series card:
(IC)Shelton vs. Christian
Lita vs. (WOMAN)Trish
Maven/Orton/Jericho/Benoit vs. Batista/(WORLD)HHH/Edge/Snitsky in a survivor series match

November 8th

matches:
Orton d. Batista w/roll-up
Shelton d. Tomko w/Exploder, welcome back Tyson
HHH and Tajiri go to a no contest when Snitsky aborts Tajiri before he gets to the ring
Edge and Benoit go to a no contest when a brawl breaks out for the Survivor Series

HHH and Batista whine about how they’ve been treated these past few weeks. Cue Eric who gives us PPV hype.

Benoit says that he’s gonna do things to Edge that he doesn’t want his family to see. Woman lived through most of WCW, what could be worse?

Highlight Reel: Lita and Trish
They talk their usual garbage, and Snitsky interrupts and punts a baby into the crowd.

Simon Dean repeats what he did the previous week.

After aborting Tajiri, Snitsky tells HHH that he�á¢Ã¯Ã¡Ãƒâ€šÃ‚¿Ãƒ¡Ãƒâ€šÃ‚½ÃƒÆ’¯Ã¡Ãƒâ€šÃ‚¿Ãƒ¡Ãƒâ€šÃ‚½s gonna come after his title once they win and he’s not a team player.

Current RAW Survivor Series card:
(IC)Shelton vs. Christian
Lita vs. (WOMAN)Trish
Maven/Orton/Jericho/Benoit vs. Batista/(WORLD)HHH/Edge/Snitsky in a survivor series match

November 14th – SURVIVOR SERIES

(IC)Shelton d. Christian w/Exploder
(WOMAN)Trish d. Lita w/DQ for weapons
Maven/Orton/Jericho/Benoit d. (WORLD)HHH/Edge/Batista/Snitsky

the last part of Q4 next week!