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JANUARY 26, 2004 - MONDAY NIGHT RAW
Tonight, two titles will be on the line, plus three one-on-one matches involving six men embroiled in the most heated rivalries on RAW mixed and matched against unique opponents!
Up first is eight-man tag team action to kick off the last RAW of January, and the eight participants are all looking to get noticed and climb up the card. It's Nova, Rosey, Spike Dudley, and Val Venis versus Boss Man, Chris Nowinski, Mark Henry, and Mark Jindrak! The heels work over Spike and Rosey for the first half of the match until Rosey manages to hot-tag Venis who goes to work on Boss Man before tagging in Nova for some double-team work. Henry manages to tag in Jindrak, but Val tags back in and Val and Nova hit a Hart Attack on Jindrak for two. Jindrak winds up coming back to pick up the win with Splash Mountain on Val.
Kane continues to work his way back to the top part of the card as tonight he faces off against ECW Original Lance Storm. Kane dominates early with power until Storm takes him out with a sweep and a rana. Unfortunately, that's all the offense he can muster, as Kane winds up putting him away with the chokeslam.
Booker T shows up on the TitanTron and congratulates Kane on his big win. But Booker's got something to prove, too, and he's going to do it against Kane at No Way Out.
Up next is our first title match of the night as the Women's Champion Victoria defends against Jazz. Jazz overpowers the champ early until Victoria starts to outwrestle her. Lots of near falls in this one ends when Victoria hits the Widow's Peak to retain.
Rob Van Dam and Tommy Dreamer go way back to their ECW days, and tonight they team up to face Test and William Regal, who are starting to make waves in the tag team division. The faces work over Test for the early part of the match until Test can tag in Regal, who showcases his unique offense with a hotshot and a delayed vertical suplex on Tommy. RVD tags back in and hits a seated senton, then a suplex of his own for a long two. The match degenerates into a brawl, which gives La Resistance the opening they need to attack RVD with a double DDT, allowing Regal to set up Power Of The Punch for the win. La Res signal for their finisher, but Nova and Spike Dudley come tearing down the aisle to the rescue. The ECW Originals stand tall!
La Resistance get a microphone and Rob Conway cuts a promo on RVD, about how these ECW thugs can't possibly compare to class acts like La Res and Test and Regal. Blah blah blah America sucks etc. etc. Basically, it's build-up for a ten-man tag match pitting La Res, Test, and Regal against RVD, Dreamer, Nova, Spike, and Lance Storm at No Way Out. But, since I can't actually "announce" that in-game, that's how I'm setting it up.
Our other title match tonight pits the dominant World Tag Team Champions the Dudley Boyz against Vitamin C. D-Von and Jericho start off the match, and he and Christian isolate him, but not for long as Bubba comes in like a house of fire before Jericho tagging in and hitting him with a high cross body for two. Bubba manages to take Jericho down, but Christian sneaks up and prepares to slam him, but he accidentally nicks Jericho with Bubba's boot, which allows Bubba to fight out of the slam and nail a Bubba Cutter for the win! After the match, Vitamin C look like they're about to fight, but then they turn their attention to the Dudleyz, laying the champs out.
After the match, the Dudleyz cut a promo on Vitamin C about how for all their talk, the Dudleyz still have the World Tag Team Titles!
The first part of our triple-header main event pits the Intercontinental Champion Matt Hardy Version 1.0 against Rico. Excellent match with lots of counter-wrestling and near falls gets ruined when Matt whips Rico off the ropes... right into a chair being swung by Batista! Matt hits the Twist of Fate for the cheap win. Batista and Matt go to double-team Rico, but Hurricane hits the ring to make the save with a chair of his own.
Up next it's the World Champion The Rock against Batista! Not a technical masterpiece, but a very entertaining brawl that the crowd gets into. The champ manages to land the Rock Bottom, but before he can put away Batista, Shawn Michaels hits the ring! HBK lays Rock out with a punch, and the ref calls for the bell. The duo go to work on Rock, but out comes Rico to make the save!
And, as you could probably guess, the main event pits Michaels against Hurricane in a very solid one-on-one encounter. Going to skip over the details, but Hurricane winds up getting hung out to dry by Hardy, allowing HBK to land Sweet Chin Music for the win. After the match, The Rock comes down with a chair to chase them both off and save Hurricane. What does this mean for next week?
Well, I'll tell you what it means for next week. Since these six men seem to want a piece of each other so bad, a six-man tag main event has been signed for next week. It's going to be The Rock teaming with Hurricane and Rico against Shawn Michaels, Matt Hardy, and Batista! Plus, more build-up for the Booker/Kane and ECW/"Civilization" matches. You don't want to miss RAW next week!
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