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Old 04-19-2010, 11:31 PM   #2027
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SEPTEMBER 27, 2004 - MONDAY NIGHT RAW

Last night's Unforgiven PPV has turned World Wrestling Entertainment on its ear, with a shocking World Title change. Tonight, new champion A-Train has his first title defense against Chris Jericho! Plus, Vincent Kennedy McMahon makes his final WWE appearance, and he has promised to hand the company off to the only man he trusts to do the job.

The show opens with a battle for the WWE Tag Team Titles. Last week, Tommy Dreamer won a ten-man battle royal to earn tonight's shot for himself and Lance Storm against Big Show and Kane, the Ministry Monsters.

Solid match that doesn't get quite the reaction I'd hoped for, but it's entertaining. Eventually, Show manages to block a suplex, slam Storm, then he and Kane hit a double chokeslam for the win and the successful title defense.

As they're celebrating, the Natural Born Ministry music hits, and Sean O'Haire leads Undertaker, Damien, Chuck Palumbo, Johnny Stamboli, Mark Jindrak, and Shawn Stasiak to the ring. O'Haire gets right up in Big Show's... chest. He berates Show for costing him the World Title to A-Train last night at Unforgiven. Show tries to play up the fact that he was just trying to help, but O'Haire is having none of it. He talks about how the reason the Natural Born Ministry was formed was because he wanted to join forces with Undertaker, and he wanted Damien - the future of the industry - on his side. Big Show and Kane were... excess baggage. And it's time to cut them loose. On cue, the other Ministry members (except for Kane's brother Undertaker, who looks on disapprovingly) beat Show and Kane down, leaving the tag team champions laying.

Up next is a one-on-one contest pitting Randy Orton against Val Venis. Orton picked up a big win last night over Shelton Benjamin, and he continues his positive momentum by winning an excellent match via the RKO.

Next week on RAW, Mickie James will defend the Women's Title against the winner of the following ten-diva battle royal. Jacqueline is the first elimination, courtesy of Jazz. Terri Runnels follows up by eliminating Shaniqua, only to get dumped out by Victoria. Molly Holly is the next to fall, thanks to Dawn Marie. Dawn continues to beat the established stars by eliminating Gail Kim. Jazz is the next out as Victoria takes her out after a big punch. Trish Stratus sends Dawn to the floor next, then the match turns into an exciting three-diva battle royal pitting Trish, Lita, and Victoria against each other. They battle for a long time until Trish takes care of Victoria. Finally, Trish dumps her friend Lita over the top and to the floor to earn the title match next week.

Backstage, Randy Orton is still celebrating his victory when he comes across Shelton Benjamin. Orton tells him that he had fun beating him last night. Shelton pushed Orton to his limits, and he wants more. No Mercy is only thirteen days away. Do you want to do it again? Shelton accepts the challenge, and the match is on!

Shane McMahon is nervously pacing backstage when he's approached by his father. Vince asks his son if he's ready for tonight's big announcement. Shane tells him that he is. He's been waiting for this moment all his life, but now that it's here, he's a little nervous. Vince says not to worry. Everything's taken care of. Besides, the company is going to be in very good hands!

Shelton Benjamin, who we now know will face Randy Orton in a rematch at No Mercy, prepares for a huge challenge next. Chris Benoit has been dominant over the last few months, winning King of the Ring and the United States Title, not to mention a previous tag team title reign. Shelton looks good, but once Benoit gets the Crippler Crossface applied, Rob Van Dam flies in out of nowhere and blasts Benoit with a Five-Star Frogsplash! The referee calls for the bell, but RVD hits another Five Star.

He then grabs a microphone and challenges Benoit to another rematch for the United States Title. He's tired of coming so close, and in 13 days, RVD's going to be the champion of the USA!

Next up is our World Title main event! A-Train pulled off the shocking victory last night, thanks to botched interference from Big Show. Now, less than 24 hours after winning the belt, he must defend it for the first time against Chris Jericho! It's not a great match, but the crowd is pretty hot, since they're still high on the surprise title change. Train seems to have things under control when Sean O'Haire appears at ringside out of nowhere. Train attacks him, but gets hung out to dry! Jericho clamps on the Walls of Jericho. Train struggles mightily, but the pain is just too great, and he taps out. We have a new World Champion! Again! Jericho and O'Haire work over Train until Rhyno comes tearing down the aisle with a chair, clearing the ring.

Rhyno asks for a microphone and says that he beat Jericho last night at Unforgiven. And as such, he should be the #1 contender. So, in 13 days, he's cashing in that shot and all it's going to take is one Gore Gore Gooooooooore to become the new World Champion!

"No Chance In Hell" plays, and Vince McMahon comes out to a massive pop. Not necessarily because of who it is, but because there is a huge-moment feel right now. Vince swaggers down to the ring and grabs the mic. He takes the moment to soak in the atmosphere before launching into a promo. Vince talks about his history in this industry, from working for his father as the PBP guy up through buying him out through wiping out the territory system, through putting the AWA out of business, through putting ECW out of business (boooo), finally through ending World Championship Wrestling. All the while, he's run the company his way. Recently, he's begun to realize that "his way" may not cut it anymore. "His way" was fine when there was competition. But now that he's running the entire industry, he can't help but have become a little complacent. And so it's time to shake up the industry once more, and the company that he's built into an empire. So tonight, he's going to pass the reins to the man who ran side-by-side to him through the greatest boom period in the history of the industry. The man who has been loyal to him since his first day working in WWE. That man... is Eric Bischoff! "I'm ba-aaaaack!" The crowd boos like mad, as everyone was looking forward to Shane McMahon taking over. Bischoff hits the ring and cuts a brief promo about how Vince has made the right decision. Bischoff has tremendous respect for what he's built, but he's excited to inject some new energy. Friday night on SmackDown!, he's introducing a new concept to WWE, and he's inviting the top stars of RAW to attend. Trust me... you'll want to be there! Bischoff smirks, then hugs Vince as RAW goes off the air...
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