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AUGUST 2, 2004 - MONDAY NIGHT RAW
With just three weeks to go until Summerslam, a huge main event has been signed pitting World Champion Sean O'Haire against the manbeast Rhyno! Plus, both the WWE Tag Team Titles and the Women's Title will be on the line!
The night kicks off with William Regal heading to the ring for a match against Luther Reigns, who is still looking for his first WWE victory. Goddamn dud show... ugh. Regal wins with Power of the Punch.
Chris Jericho comes to the ring to host the Highlight Reel, and his guest is his tag team partner Chris Benoit. They lost their belts to Big Show and Kane, the Ministry Monsters, last week and now they "Hey! Nothing you can say!" "Bah Gawd, King, that's Randy Orton!" Orton gets in Benoit and Jericho's face, calling them both disgraces. No wonder Sean O'Haire is running RAW with his Natural Born Ministry. Nobody else around here can work like a damn team! The three men all face off, leading to a brawl between Benoit and Orton that winds up destroying the Highlight Reel set.
Up next is an eight-man tag match pitting four members of the Natural Born Ministry - Chuck Palumbo, Johnny Stamboli, Mark Jindrak, and Shawn Stasiak against the Playboys and the new duo of Fred Williams and Tom Howard. Solid match that, of course, is also a dud. Howard gets Stamboli to tap out to a cross armlock to pick up his team's first victory.
Backstage, Eric Bischoff has an announcement. He's been trying to figure out a number-one contender for Rob Van Dam's United States Title at Summerslam, and tonight's Highlight Reel gave him an idea. At Summerslam, it's going to be RVD versus Chris Benoit versus Chris Jericho versus Randy Orton for the title!
The three members of La Resistance come out next for six-man action against their longtime rivals Lance Storm and Tommy Dreamer. And their partner tonight is Rob Van Dam! Now that RVD knows his challengers for Summerslam, he's got to maintain some momentum, which he does by pinning Grenier with the Five-Star Frogsplash.
Backstage, Undertaker issues a challenge. Last week on RAW, he beat Rhyno to avenge his only WrestleMania loss. But he wants to prove that he can do it on the big scale. So at Summerslam, it's going to be Undertaker versus Rhyno one last time. And Rhyno will rest. In. Peace.
Mickie James defends her Women's Title next in a fatal fourway against the top three contenders Trish Stratus, Lita, and Molly Holly - all former champions. I hate doing write-ups for dud matches. Mickie hits Molly with the tornado DDT to retain.
Our second title match is next as Big Show and Kane come to the ring with their newly-won WWE Tag Team Titles. Their opponents are Charlie Haas and Shelton Benjamin, the World's Greatest Tag Team! Kane whips Benjamin into the ropes, where Damien emerges with a steel chair to blast his rival. Kane manages to roll Benjamin up to retain the title, then all three Ministry members stand tall over the challengers.
As the Ministry leaves the ring, Shelton manages to drag himself over to the timekeeper to get a microphone and challenge Damien for one last match at Summerslam. You want me so bad? Come and get me!
And now for our main event. World Champion Sean O'Haire takes on Rhyno in a non-title bout. O'Haire is about to put Rhyno away with the Prophecy, but suddenly Kurt Angle is in the ring! O'Haire's Summerslam opponent takes him down and clamps on the Angle Lock, resulting ina DQ. As Rhyno comes to, Undertaker's music hits, and the Deadman hits the ring to go after his rival.
Once the ring is clear, Kurt Angle grabs the microphone and says that he's had enough of Sean O'Haire. So much so that he's going to make their World Title match at Summerslam more interesting. If Angle wins, he takes O'Haire's World Title. If O'Haire wins, Angle leaves World Wrestling Entertainment. Forever! Oh, it's true. It's damn true!
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