Post by CandyKANE on Feb 10, 2003 23:10:42 GMT -5
The show opened up with a clip in memory of Mr. Perfect, Curt Hennig who passed away today. After that, a video package played, hyping up the events of tonight because tonight could be the end of the career of Eric Bischoff!
The fireworks went off in the arena as the crowd roared for the start of WWE RAW on TNN!
Eric Bischoff's music hit in the arena and he made his way out to the stage with a mic in hand. Eric said that he hasn't heard from Stone Cold Steve Austin and he doesn't know whether he's going to accept his invitation to make his return at No Way Out or not. Vince McMahon is on his way to this building as we speak and as far as Eric knows, when Vince gets here, Eric may be fired. Despite that, Eric wants everyone to know that whatever happens, he's done everything in his power to sign Steve Austin. He's reached out to him every possible way he could... called him, emailed him, phoned him and even went to his hometown in Texas to try to sign him and that's where he was surrounded by toothless rednecks, which is why he's so happy to come home to L.A. to be surrounded by his people.
Eric knows they appreciate all his hard work and he has their support and that's why he's there to ask him one thing. When Vince McMahon comes out here tonight, let him know the truth and let him know that they appreciate Eric's hard work and that they support him. The fans booed and Eric said that he's not asking for their support, he is telling them that they will support him! Again, the fans heavily booed the RAW General Manager.
Eric said that if that's the way it's going to be, then that's just fine because until Vince McMahon gets here, he's still the boss around here and he has the power to do whatever the hell he wants to do! With that, Eric walked over to Jim Ross and Jerry "The King" Lawler and stood behind them and taunted them. Eric told Ross to stand up and take this like a man. From Eric's perspective, it sounds like Ross has been encouraging Steve Austin to accept his invitation and he's lead the audience to believe that he's going to return at No Way Out. Ross said that he's hopeful that Austin will come back to RAW and everyone would like to see him. Eric said that since Ross is so supportive, he could have done a little more to make this happen, but he doesn't want to see Eric succeed here, does he? Not only could he have done a lot more by inserting himself in this process, but he's the very reason that Stone Cold Steve Austin hasn't signed. It's J.R.'s fault. Jim Ross asked Eric if he's ever stopped to think that Steve Austin hates his guts? Eric asked why he would say that and Ross pointed out that while Eric was running WCW, he fired Steve Austin and said that he would never amount to anything.
Eric said that Ross is right, he did fire Steve Austin because he deserved it and maybe Jim Ross deserves to be fired, too. Eric gave Ross an ultimatum and that's until such time that Ross delivers Stone Cold Steve Austin to Eric Bischoff, then read his lips... you're fired!
As Jim Ross got out of his seat and left, we cut to the backstage area where a limo was shown arriving...
Eric Bischoff ran up to the limo and opened the door and out came Triple H, Ric Flair, Dave Batista and Randy Orton, the Evolution. Triple H asked Eric how he's doing and then he asked him why he has a long face? Having a bad day or something? Expecting somebody else? Triple H laughed and then he and the rest of the crew went on their way as Eric just stood there.
-Test vs. Christian
Test and Stacy Keibler made their way out to the ring as Jerry "The King" Lawler was left alone at the commentators table. Test is scheduled for a one on one match against Christian.
Test went for a clothesline on Christian but Christian ducked it and gave Test a number of right hands until Test knocked Christian down with a huge clothesline.
As the match was going on, The Coach joined Jerry Lawler for commentary and he told Lawler that he was standing in the back and Bischoff told him to go out there because he's doing RAW tonight.
Christian gave Test a reverse DDT and then pinned him for a two count. Test then shoved Christian into the corner and charged at him but Christian lifted his foot into the face of Test to push him back.
Christian went for a cross body on Test but Test caught him and rolled through and then lifted him over his head and dropped him down to the mat. Test then went for the boot but Christian ducked it and then he went for the Test drive on Christian but Christian countered that, going for the Unprettier but Test hooked Christian in a full nelson slam to pick up the win!
Test celebrated his win with Stacy Keibler and Christian gave Test a low blow to knock him down and then knocked him down and then Christian then stalked Stacy until Jeff Hardy stormed to the ring and pulled Christian out of the ring. Hardy ran the security wall and jumped on Christian to knock him down on the outside and then he tossed him into the crowd. Jeff then walked backward, leaving as the fans cheered Jeff Hardy.
Jim Ross was shown backstage on the phone looking for Stone Cold Steve Austin and Howard Finkel was lurking around as Ross told the person to have Stone Cold call him on his cell phone because it's an emergency.
-Booker T vs. D'Lo Brown
Booker T's music hit in the arena and he made his way out, ready for singles action. Before the match, Booker T took the mic and said that everybody saw what happened last week so he's going to make this short and sweet. Tonight, he's going to dedicate this match to his friend, Goldie. Like he said, he and Goldie had... D'Lo Brown's music hit in the arena to interrupt Booker T and he made his way out, accompanied by Theodore Long.
Teddy got on the mic and told D'Lo to stand back and then he told Booker that he needs to stop worrying about Goldust. The electrocution of Goldust was the best thing that could ever happen to Booker. All Goldust is, is a little white man trying to keep the black man down. Look at tonight, the man has forced you to fight each other. Booker should be getting down with the brown and tagging with D'Lo!
With that, Booker laid into D'Lo Brown with a hard right hand to knock him down and then he backed him into the corner and unloaded on him with a number of right hands and chops!
Booker went for the scissors kick but D'Lo moved out of the way and knocked Booker down with a spinning heel kick.
Booker nailed D'Lo with a side kick and then he laid him out with the ax kick and then the pin to get the win.
Booker T did the spinaroonie in the center of the ring and the fans cheered him as D'Lo was down and out on the outside of the ring.
Sean Morley and Eric Bischoff were shown and Eric said that Vince is on his way here and Chris Jericho entered the room and brought up his situation with Test. Chris complained about having a match against him at No Way Out and Eric told Chris that he has a little more to deal with than Jericho's matches. Sean tried to calm Chris down and then Chris told Jeff Hardy needs to be taught a lesson with his running down to the ring and interrupting people's matches. Chief Morley told Chris that it would be he and Jeff Hardy tonight. Jericho thanked Morley and then he told Eric to give Mr. McMahon his regards.
-Jazz vs. Molly Holly
Jazz made her way out to the ring and she's making her return to the ring against Molly Holly.
Jazz and Molly locked it up in the center of the ring and Jazz got Molly in a side headlock and Molly got out of it and then Jazz took Molly down with a drop toe hold and then she put her in a front face lock and rolled into a pin for a two count.
Jazz gave Molly Holly a drop toe hold and put her in a modified surfboard submission and then rolled it into a back slide pin for a two count.
Jazz put Molly in the half crab and Molly crawled towards the ropes but Jazz pulled Molly towards the center of the ring and turned it into the STF to force Molly to tap out.
Jazz held onto the hold after the bell rang and she finally released it and then held her hands in the air as if she were some type of God or something. Jazz started to leave the ring but decided against it. Jazz lifted Molly up in a chicken wing and then dropped her down to the mat and put her back in the STF to add insult to injury.
The fireworks went off in the arena as the crowd roared for the start of WWE RAW on TNN!
Eric Bischoff's music hit in the arena and he made his way out to the stage with a mic in hand. Eric said that he hasn't heard from Stone Cold Steve Austin and he doesn't know whether he's going to accept his invitation to make his return at No Way Out or not. Vince McMahon is on his way to this building as we speak and as far as Eric knows, when Vince gets here, Eric may be fired. Despite that, Eric wants everyone to know that whatever happens, he's done everything in his power to sign Steve Austin. He's reached out to him every possible way he could... called him, emailed him, phoned him and even went to his hometown in Texas to try to sign him and that's where he was surrounded by toothless rednecks, which is why he's so happy to come home to L.A. to be surrounded by his people.
Eric knows they appreciate all his hard work and he has their support and that's why he's there to ask him one thing. When Vince McMahon comes out here tonight, let him know the truth and let him know that they appreciate Eric's hard work and that they support him. The fans booed and Eric said that he's not asking for their support, he is telling them that they will support him! Again, the fans heavily booed the RAW General Manager.
Eric said that if that's the way it's going to be, then that's just fine because until Vince McMahon gets here, he's still the boss around here and he has the power to do whatever the hell he wants to do! With that, Eric walked over to Jim Ross and Jerry "The King" Lawler and stood behind them and taunted them. Eric told Ross to stand up and take this like a man. From Eric's perspective, it sounds like Ross has been encouraging Steve Austin to accept his invitation and he's lead the audience to believe that he's going to return at No Way Out. Ross said that he's hopeful that Austin will come back to RAW and everyone would like to see him. Eric said that since Ross is so supportive, he could have done a little more to make this happen, but he doesn't want to see Eric succeed here, does he? Not only could he have done a lot more by inserting himself in this process, but he's the very reason that Stone Cold Steve Austin hasn't signed. It's J.R.'s fault. Jim Ross asked Eric if he's ever stopped to think that Steve Austin hates his guts? Eric asked why he would say that and Ross pointed out that while Eric was running WCW, he fired Steve Austin and said that he would never amount to anything.
Eric said that Ross is right, he did fire Steve Austin because he deserved it and maybe Jim Ross deserves to be fired, too. Eric gave Ross an ultimatum and that's until such time that Ross delivers Stone Cold Steve Austin to Eric Bischoff, then read his lips... you're fired!
As Jim Ross got out of his seat and left, we cut to the backstage area where a limo was shown arriving...
Eric Bischoff ran up to the limo and opened the door and out came Triple H, Ric Flair, Dave Batista and Randy Orton, the Evolution. Triple H asked Eric how he's doing and then he asked him why he has a long face? Having a bad day or something? Expecting somebody else? Triple H laughed and then he and the rest of the crew went on their way as Eric just stood there.
-Test vs. Christian
Test and Stacy Keibler made their way out to the ring as Jerry "The King" Lawler was left alone at the commentators table. Test is scheduled for a one on one match against Christian.
Test went for a clothesline on Christian but Christian ducked it and gave Test a number of right hands until Test knocked Christian down with a huge clothesline.
As the match was going on, The Coach joined Jerry Lawler for commentary and he told Lawler that he was standing in the back and Bischoff told him to go out there because he's doing RAW tonight.
Christian gave Test a reverse DDT and then pinned him for a two count. Test then shoved Christian into the corner and charged at him but Christian lifted his foot into the face of Test to push him back.
Christian went for a cross body on Test but Test caught him and rolled through and then lifted him over his head and dropped him down to the mat. Test then went for the boot but Christian ducked it and then he went for the Test drive on Christian but Christian countered that, going for the Unprettier but Test hooked Christian in a full nelson slam to pick up the win!
Test celebrated his win with Stacy Keibler and Christian gave Test a low blow to knock him down and then knocked him down and then Christian then stalked Stacy until Jeff Hardy stormed to the ring and pulled Christian out of the ring. Hardy ran the security wall and jumped on Christian to knock him down on the outside and then he tossed him into the crowd. Jeff then walked backward, leaving as the fans cheered Jeff Hardy.
Jim Ross was shown backstage on the phone looking for Stone Cold Steve Austin and Howard Finkel was lurking around as Ross told the person to have Stone Cold call him on his cell phone because it's an emergency.
-Booker T vs. D'Lo Brown
Booker T's music hit in the arena and he made his way out, ready for singles action. Before the match, Booker T took the mic and said that everybody saw what happened last week so he's going to make this short and sweet. Tonight, he's going to dedicate this match to his friend, Goldie. Like he said, he and Goldie had... D'Lo Brown's music hit in the arena to interrupt Booker T and he made his way out, accompanied by Theodore Long.
Teddy got on the mic and told D'Lo to stand back and then he told Booker that he needs to stop worrying about Goldust. The electrocution of Goldust was the best thing that could ever happen to Booker. All Goldust is, is a little white man trying to keep the black man down. Look at tonight, the man has forced you to fight each other. Booker should be getting down with the brown and tagging with D'Lo!
With that, Booker laid into D'Lo Brown with a hard right hand to knock him down and then he backed him into the corner and unloaded on him with a number of right hands and chops!
Booker went for the scissors kick but D'Lo moved out of the way and knocked Booker down with a spinning heel kick.
Booker nailed D'Lo with a side kick and then he laid him out with the ax kick and then the pin to get the win.
Booker T did the spinaroonie in the center of the ring and the fans cheered him as D'Lo was down and out on the outside of the ring.
Sean Morley and Eric Bischoff were shown and Eric said that Vince is on his way here and Chris Jericho entered the room and brought up his situation with Test. Chris complained about having a match against him at No Way Out and Eric told Chris that he has a little more to deal with than Jericho's matches. Sean tried to calm Chris down and then Chris told Jeff Hardy needs to be taught a lesson with his running down to the ring and interrupting people's matches. Chief Morley told Chris that it would be he and Jeff Hardy tonight. Jericho thanked Morley and then he told Eric to give Mr. McMahon his regards.
-Jazz vs. Molly Holly
Jazz made her way out to the ring and she's making her return to the ring against Molly Holly.
Jazz and Molly locked it up in the center of the ring and Jazz got Molly in a side headlock and Molly got out of it and then Jazz took Molly down with a drop toe hold and then she put her in a front face lock and rolled into a pin for a two count.
Jazz gave Molly Holly a drop toe hold and put her in a modified surfboard submission and then rolled it into a back slide pin for a two count.
Jazz put Molly in the half crab and Molly crawled towards the ropes but Jazz pulled Molly towards the center of the ring and turned it into the STF to force Molly to tap out.
Jazz held onto the hold after the bell rang and she finally released it and then held her hands in the air as if she were some type of God or something. Jazz started to leave the ring but decided against it. Jazz lifted Molly up in a chicken wing and then dropped her down to the mat and put her back in the STF to add insult to injury.