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**loopydate** · 08-28-2010, 10:58 PM

JANUARY 10, 2005 - MONDAY NIGHT RAW

"Just Close Your Eyes" hits the speakers as RAW kicks off with the winner of the 2005 Royal Rumble, the Peeps' Champion, Christian making his way to the ring. The announcers speculate that he might announce whether he's going after Rhyno or The Rock at WrestleMania 21, and it certainly looks like he's got a big announcement. Balloons fall into the ring, and there's special pyro, and he's really making a big deal about the whole thing. He grabs a microphone from ringside. He points up at the WM21 banner which will now be hanging in every arena everywhere in the country (except the ones that aren't holding WWE events... probably. I can't really say with any certainty). He clears his throat, and there's an awesome visual of him about to speak with the banner in the background... Then, he just walks off to huge heat.

We open the night with a mixed tag match pitting the Elite Diva, Women's Champion Mickie James and A-Train against Brock Lesnar and Jazz! It's an odd set of pairs, and clearly not just a reason to get all the members of the Elite on the show

(Wait, did I just steal that joke from Vito?) The game doesn't really get mixed tags, but it's kinda bad ass that at one point Mickie James arm-drags Brock Lesnar. Mickie hits Jazz with her tornado DDT, but it looks like Jazz is once again flavor of the month when it comes to challengers for the Women's Title because after the match, they all brawl out of sight.

Last night, Undertaker told Shelton Benjamin that his days were numbered and that that number is one. That's Undertaker's way of challenging Shelton to a match tonight to end the feud, because he's Undertaker and can't just say he wants a match on RAW. (I'm not really sure why I'm in snark-mode tonight) Decent match, but it's about time for this feud to end, and Shelton brings it to a satisfying and logical conclusion when he hits the Dragon Whip for the win, then celebrates in the stands. Not bad for a guy who lasted 65 minutes in the Rumble match last night.

"I'm ba-ack!" WWE Chairman Eric Bischoff comes out to the ring, and he's got an announcement to make. He's been thinking since last night. Tonight's main event is a loser-leaves-RAW match. And that's going to leave a hole on this brand that he intends to fill. So he announces that tonight, he's proud to introduce the newest member of the RAW roster... Paul London! The up-and-comer gets a disappointing pop as he makes his way to the ring. There's an awkward moment where Bischoff looks like he's expecting a handshake, but London continues to play to the crowd instead. Bischoff looks perturbed as we head to commercial.

Last night, London dropped the Cruiserweight Title to Matt Hardy Version 2.0 who now needs a challenger. Eddie Guerrero and Tajiri are up next in a #1 contender's match, and it absolutely destroys the house. It tears it down, it blows the roof off of it, and there have to be more house-destruction-related euphemisms that can describe the awesomeness that was this match. Eddie hits a high dropkick, strikes, a flying elbow, and a flying axehandle. Tajiri flips out of a hip toss then hits an axehandle of his own, then a sweet super Frankensteiner for two. He attempts a backdrop, but Eddie kicks him in the face and hits a legdrop for two. Big springboard dropkick, but Tajiri kicks out. Back on his feet, Tajiri kicks Eddie in the leg, but Eddie dropkicks Tajiri's knee to set up a swinging DDT out of the corner for the clean win. As Eddie is celebrating, Tajiri shoves the referee out of the way and blasts Eddie with the Kick of Death! These two should have a feud leading into WrestleMania!

Oh, wait! Tajiri seems to have the same thought, because he climbs the turnbuckles and glares down at a prone Guerrero. He mocks Eddie's top-rope pose, then hits a frogsplash! He just hit Eddie with his own finisher! Eddie may be the new #1 contender for the Cruiserweight Title, but Tajiri is the one standing tall tonight. I guess those members of the IWC who were concerned about Tajiri losing all his heat after only holding the WWE Title for two weeks just got proved wrong.

Last night, seven men lasted at least 30 minutes in the Royal Rumble match. One of those men was Shelton Benjamin, who we saw earlier finally put his feud with Undertaker to bed. The other six are up next in a tag-team triple threat match. Rumble winner Christian teams with new Cruiserweight Champion Matt Hardy Version 2.0 to take on Intercontinental Champion John Cena and the man who lasted the longest in the Rumble match, United States Champion Rey Mysterio and two members of the Natural Born Ministry, Haas and the rookie monster Damien! For being a bit of an overbooked clusterfuck, these six guys can all work a damn good match, and Rey Mysterio picks up the win for his team when he hits Hardy with the West Coast Pop.

Back from commercial, Paul London is backstage, meeting and greeting some of the RAW techs and some of the lower-card guys, when out of nowhere he's blindsided by Damien! The Ministry's rookie monster pummels London all over the backstage area until London finally manages to get away. Damien chuckles, then mutters "About time they gave me a fresh one..."

Man, 2005 looks like it's going to be a great year for wrestling as our next match continues the amazing run of 90%+ matches this year. World Champion Rhyno teams with the new WWE Champion The Rock to take on the brutal duo of Canadian Violence! Rock hits a back elbow, then a backbreaker, continuing his run of moves with the word "back" in them. Rock tags in Rhyno, and they hit a Hart Attack. Rhyno hits a big backdrop for two. Rhyno headbutts Jericho, and it looks like the champs may squash the top heels until Jericho counters a sleeper into a jawbreaker before hitting Rhyno with a Shining Wizard. Benoit tags in and hits a Russian legsweep and a sit-out jawbreaker. Rhyno fights out of a headlock and manages to tag in Rock, who hits a piledriver on Benoit, then a Death Valley driver for an amazing nearfall. More punches from the champ, but Benoit hits a mule kick then a Dynamite Kid-like snap suplex. He and Jericho clamp on their Crossface/Walls Combo! Rhyno tries to break it up, but he gets fought off and Benoit winds up getting a clean pin over the champ!

Back from commercial and Randy Orton is in the ring. He cuts a promo about how he is just moments away from finally putting Rob Van Dam out of his misery. Not Van Dam's. Orton's. Orton has beat Van Dam in every possible way, and tonight he's not only going to drive RVD off of his show, he's going to make him say "I Quit!"

They finish their amazing series of matches with yet another masterpiece. Orton hits a big AA spinebuster, but RVD fights out of a waistlock and hits a back heel kick. Flying axehandle off the ropes, then a driven DDT. RVD goes for Rolling Thunder, but Orton gets his knees up. Orton piledrives RVD, hits a flying clothesline and a slam, but RVD manages to catch him off-guard with a punch and a back suplex. RVD hits a springboard dropkick, and Van Dam clamps on a Figure-Four Leglock! The referee checks on Orton, who is writhing in pain, but finally he has no choice but to say "I Quit!" Randy Orton is gone from RAW! Rob Van Dam celebrates in the ring as RAW goes off the air.

08-28-2010, 10:58 PM	#2175
loopydate FIT Challenge Slag People Posts: 13,816	*JANUARY 10, 2005 - MONDAY NIGHT RAW* "Just Close Your Eyes" hits the speakers as RAW kicks off with the winner of the 2005 Royal Rumble, the Peeps' Champion, Christian making his way to the ring. The announcers speculate that he might announce whether he's going after Rhyno or The Rock at WrestleMania 21, and it certainly looks like he's got a big announcement. Balloons fall into the ring, and there's special pyro, and he's really making a big deal about the whole thing. He grabs a microphone from ringside. He points up at the WM21 banner which will now be hanging in every arena everywhere in the country (except the ones that aren't holding WWE events... probably. I can't really say with any certainty). He clears his throat, and there's an awesome visual of him about to speak with the banner in the background... Then, he just walks off to huge heat. We open the night with a mixed tag match pitting the Elite Diva, Women's Champion Mickie James and A-Train against Brock Lesnar and Jazz! It's an odd set of pairs, and clearly not just a reason to get all the members of the Elite on the show (Wait, did I just steal that joke from Vito?) The game doesn't really get mixed tags, but it's kinda bad ass that at one point Mickie James arm-drags Brock Lesnar. Mickie hits Jazz with her tornado DDT, but it looks like Jazz is once again flavor of the month when it comes to challengers for the Women's Title because after the match, they all brawl out of sight. Last night, Undertaker told Shelton Benjamin that his days were numbered and that that number is one. That's Undertaker's way of challenging Shelton to a match tonight to end the feud, because he's Undertaker and can't just say he wants a match on RAW. (I'm not really sure why I'm in snark-mode tonight) Decent match, but it's about time for this feud to end, and Shelton brings it to a satisfying and logical conclusion when he hits the Dragon Whip for the win, then celebrates in the stands. Not bad for a guy who lasted 65 minutes in the Rumble match last night. "I'm ba-ack!" WWE Chairman Eric Bischoff comes out to the ring, and he's got an announcement to make. He's been thinking since last night. Tonight's main event is a loser-leaves-RAW match. And that's going to leave a hole on this brand that he intends to fill. So he announces that tonight, he's proud to introduce the newest member of the RAW roster... Paul London! The up-and-comer gets a disappointing pop as he makes his way to the ring. There's an awkward moment where Bischoff looks like he's expecting a handshake, but London continues to play to the crowd instead. Bischoff looks perturbed as we head to commercial. Last night, London dropped the Cruiserweight Title to Matt Hardy Version 2.0 who now needs a challenger. Eddie Guerrero and Tajiri are up next in a #1 contender's match, and it absolutely destroys the house. It tears it down, it blows the roof off of it, and there have to be more house-destruction-related euphemisms that can describe the awesomeness that was this match. Eddie hits a high dropkick, strikes, a flying elbow, and a flying axehandle. Tajiri flips out of a hip toss then hits an axehandle of his own, then a sweet super Frankensteiner for two. He attempts a backdrop, but Eddie kicks him in the face and hits a legdrop for two. Big springboard dropkick, but Tajiri kicks out. Back on his feet, Tajiri kicks Eddie in the leg, but Eddie dropkicks Tajiri's knee to set up a swinging DDT out of the corner for the clean win. As Eddie is celebrating, Tajiri shoves the referee out of the way and blasts Eddie with the Kick of Death! These two should have a feud leading into WrestleMania! Oh, wait! Tajiri seems to have the same thought, because he climbs the turnbuckles and glares down at a prone Guerrero. He mocks Eddie's top-rope pose, then hits a frogsplash! He just hit Eddie with his own finisher! Eddie may be the new #1 contender for the Cruiserweight Title, but Tajiri is the one standing tall tonight. I guess those members of the IWC who were concerned about Tajiri losing all his heat after only holding the WWE Title for two weeks just got proved wrong. Last night, seven men lasted at least 30 minutes in the Royal Rumble match. One of those men was Shelton Benjamin, who we saw earlier finally put his feud with Undertaker to bed. The other six are up next in a tag-team triple threat match. Rumble winner Christian teams with new Cruiserweight Champion Matt Hardy Version 2.0 to take on Intercontinental Champion John Cena and the man who lasted the longest in the Rumble match, United States Champion Rey Mysterio and two members of the Natural Born Ministry, Haas and the rookie monster Damien! For being a bit of an overbooked clusterfuck, these six guys can all work a damn good match, and Rey Mysterio picks up the win for his team when he hits Hardy with the West Coast Pop. Back from commercial, Paul London is backstage, meeting and greeting some of the RAW techs and some of the lower-card guys, when out of nowhere he's blindsided by Damien! The Ministry's rookie monster pummels London all over the backstage area until London finally manages to get away. Damien chuckles, then mutters "About time they gave me a fresh one..." Man, 2005 looks like it's going to be a great year for wrestling as our next match continues the amazing run of 90%+ matches this year. World Champion Rhyno teams with the new WWE Champion The Rock to take on the brutal duo of Canadian Violence! Rock hits a back elbow, then a backbreaker, continuing his run of moves with the word "back" in them. Rock tags in Rhyno, and they hit a Hart Attack. Rhyno hits a big backdrop for two. Rhyno headbutts Jericho, and it looks like the champs may squash the top heels until Jericho counters a sleeper into a jawbreaker before hitting Rhyno with a Shining Wizard. Benoit tags in and hits a Russian legsweep and a sit-out jawbreaker. Rhyno fights out of a headlock and manages to tag in Rock, who hits a piledriver on Benoit, then a Death Valley driver for an amazing nearfall. More punches from the champ, but Benoit hits a mule kick then a Dynamite Kid-like snap suplex. He and Jericho clamp on their Crossface/Walls Combo! Rhyno tries to break it up, but he gets fought off and Benoit winds up getting a clean pin over the champ! Back from commercial and Randy Orton is in the ring. He cuts a promo about how he is just moments away from finally putting Rob Van Dam out of his misery. Not Van Dam's. Orton's. Orton has beat Van Dam in every possible way, and tonight he's not only going to drive RVD off of his show, he's going to make him say "I Quit!" They finish their amazing series of matches with yet another masterpiece. Orton hits a big AA spinebuster, but RVD fights out of a waistlock and hits a back heel kick. Flying axehandle off the ropes, then a driven DDT. RVD goes for Rolling Thunder, but Orton gets his knees up. Orton piledrives RVD, hits a flying clothesline and a slam, but RVD manages to catch him off-guard with a punch and a back suplex. RVD hits a springboard dropkick, and Van Dam clamps on a Figure-Four Leglock! The referee checks on Orton, who is writhing in pain, but finally he has no choice but to say "I Quit!" Randy Orton is gone from RAW! Rob Van Dam celebrates in the ring as RAW goes off the air.