5/29/06 Monday Night RAW Recap
- A jubilant Vince McMahon is in the ring and is happy because The Spirit Squad injured Shawn Michaels last week. He then gets angry when he remembers the actions of Triple H over the past two weeks. Vince then says that he has not yet met anyone with the qualifications to be the new GM so he announced that Jonathan Coachman will be his new executive assistant.
I-C Title: Champ Shelton Benjamin vs Kane ? When Shelton went for the splash, Kane caught him and hit the choke slam.
The lights went out, the voices blared out and then someone dressed as 1997 Kane came out and choke slammed 2006 Kane. Winner: No Contest
- Triple H is in Vince?s office. Vince then makes tonight?s match between Triple H & Kenny a lumberjack match with only the Spirit Squad outside the ring.
Viscera vs Umaga w/Armando Alejandro Estrada ? Viscera was attacked while walking to the ring. Within seconds of the official start of the match, Umaga hit the Samoan Spike to get the win. Winner: Umaga
Torrie Wilson & Beth Phoenix w/Trish Stratus vs Victoria & Candice Michelle w/Mickie James ? This is Beth?s Raw wrestling debut. She pins Candice after hitting a sit down slam. Winners: Torrie Wilson & Beth Phoenix
- Jerry Lawler is addressing the crowd about how he hates ECW. Rob Van Dam interrupts him and joins him at the announce table for the next match.
Non-title match: WWE Champ John Cena vs Johnny Nitro w/Melina ? This is Nitro?s first match on RAW since being fired by SmackDown! last week. Cena follows the FU with the STFU to make Nitro submit.
After the match, Cena and RVD face off but Nitro accidentally crashes into RVD. Winner: John Cena
Debate: Mick Foley vs Paul Heyman ? Paul has been allowed to draft 1 RAW & 1 SmackDown! star for the new ECW. His RAW pick was revealed to be Rob Van Dam. In a totally shocking moment, his SmackDown! pick was Kurt Angle. Kurt enters the ring and beats up Mick Foley.
#1 Contender?s Match: The Big Show vs Edge w/Lita ? The winner of this match will be in the WWE Title match at Vengeance. After the ref bump, Edge brings a chair into the ring. TBS tries to use the choke slam on Edge but Lita low blows him. TBS is about to hit Lita when the ref wakes up. She distracts the ref long enough for Edge to use the chair on TBS. Edge then hits the spear to get the win. Winner: Edge
- Vince McMahon sees Triple H in the back and takes away his sledge hammer.
Spirit Jack Match: Kenny vs Triple H ? The other 4 members of The Spirit Squad are at ringside acting like the lumberjacks in a lumberjack match. Despite their best attempts to interfere in the match, Triple H dominated and beat up all 5 men as the show went to commercial break. When the match returns from break, the numbers finally work against Triple H. Kenny then follows the game plan from last week and he works over Triple H?s heavily taped knee. Triple H recovers, takes out the four men outside the ring and then gives Kenny the pedigree to get the win. After the match, all five men attack Triple H at the same time. They are about to hit Triple H with a chair when Triple H grabs a strategically placed sledge hammer and he then runs them out of the ring. Vince McMahon comes out and then says that next week, Triple H will be joining the Vince McMahon ?Kiss My A**? club. Winner: Triple H
Match Results:
I-C Title: Champ Shelton Benjamin vs Kane ? When Shelton went for the splash, Kane caught him and hit the choke slam.
The lights went out, the voices blared out and then someone dressed as 1997 Kane came out and choke slammed 2006 Kane. Winner: No Contest
- Triple H is in Vince?s office. Vince then makes tonight?s match between Triple H & Kenny a lumberjack match with only the Spirit Squad outside the ring.
Viscera vs Umaga w/Armando Alejandro Estrada ? Viscera was attacked while walking to the ring. Within seconds of the official start of the match, Umaga hit the Samoan Spike to get the win. Winner: Umaga
Torrie Wilson & Beth Phoenix w/Trish Stratus vs Victoria & Candice Michelle w/Mickie James ? This is Beth?s Raw wrestling debut. She pins Candice after hitting a sit down slam. Winners: Torrie Wilson & Beth Phoenix
- Jerry Lawler is addressing the crowd about how he hates ECW. Rob Van Dam interrupts him and joins him at the announce table for the next match.
Non-title match: WWE Champ John Cena vs Johnny Nitro w/Melina ? This is Nitro?s first match on RAW since being fired by SmackDown! last week. Cena follows the FU with the STFU to make Nitro submit.
After the match, Cena and RVD face off but Nitro accidentally crashes into RVD. Winner: John Cena
Debate: Mick Foley vs Paul Heyman ? Paul has been allowed to draft 1 RAW & 1 SmackDown! star for the new ECW. His RAW pick was revealed to be Rob Van Dam. In a totally shocking moment, his SmackDown! pick was Kurt Angle. Kurt enters the ring and beats up Mick Foley.
#1 Contender?s Match: The Big Show vs Edge w/Lita ? The winner of this match will be in the WWE Title match at Vengeance. After the ref bump, Edge brings a chair into the ring. TBS tries to use the choke slam on Edge but Lita low blows him. TBS is about to hit Lita when the ref wakes up. She distracts the ref long enough for Edge to use the chair on TBS. Edge then hits the spear to get the win. Winner: Edge
- Vince McMahon sees Triple H in the back and takes away his sledge hammer.
Spirit Jack Match: Kenny vs Triple H ? The other 4 members of The Spirit Squad are at ringside acting like the lumberjacks in a lumberjack match. Despite their best attempts to interfere in the match, Triple H dominated and beat up all 5 men as the show went to commercial break. When the match returns from break, the numbers finally work against Triple H. Kenny then follows the game plan from last week and he works over Triple H?s heavily taped knee. Triple H recovers, takes out the four men outside the ring and then gives Kenny the pedigree to get the win. After the match, all five men attack Triple H at the same time. They are about to hit Triple H with a chair when Triple H grabs a strategically placed sledge hammer and he then runs them out of the ring. Vince McMahon comes out and then says that next week, Triple H will be joining the Vince McMahon ?Kiss My A**? club. Winner: Triple H
Match Results:
- - I-C Title: Champ Shelton Benjamin and Kane fought to a no contest
- Umaga beat Viscera
- Torrie Wilson & Beth Phoenix beat Candice Michelle & Victoria
- Non-title Match: John Cena beat Johnny Nitro
- #1 Contender?s Match: Edge beat The Big Show
- Triple H beat Kenny