LIVE From: Arkansas State University
Commentators: Jim Ross & Jerry “The King” Lawler
Report by: Adam Martin of WrestleView.com
[Quick Note: I am taking over for Paul Nemer for the next 2-3 weeks due to TSN pre-empting RAW]
RAW starts with a promo of the events leading to the decision of Triple H and Stephanie re-newing their vows tonight.
The RAW promo hits followed by the pyro going off in the Arkansas State University.
A graphic hits the screen showing that Torrie Wilson and Stacy Keibler will face off tonight in a Bikini Match!
Interview Segment – The Undertaker, Ric Flair Chris Jericho is shown walking through the halls with his Undisputed Championships making his way to the arena. An nWo promo is shown followed by RAW going to commercial. -- COMMERCIAL -- Upcoming WWF Live Events are shown. A graphic hits the screen showing the upcoming match tonight between The Undertaker and Stone Cold Steve Austin. Non-Title Match Winner – Chris Jericho Vince McMahon is shown walking in the hallway. Michael Cole stops Vince and asks him what brings him to Arkansas. Vince says maybe it’s because he likes hogs. Or maybe it’s because he is half owner of this company. Or maybe it’s because tonight will be the last RAW before the nWo takes over this Sunday at No Way Out. Michael Cole then says perhaps he will walk his daughter Stephanie down the aisle tonight. Vince says perhaps and then walks away. RAW goes to commercial. -- COMMERCIAL -- RAW comes back from commercial is shown and an nWo promo is shown. WWF REWIND: SmackDown from last Thursday of Kurt Angle hitting the Angle Slam on Triple H on the steel chair. Then they show Kurt Angle hitting Triple H who falls on Stephanie. Triple H is shown backstage in a tux watching the TV as he gets mad. Stephanie tells Triple H not to get involved with Kurt Angle tonight. Triple H says he promises but then says he has to take care of some business. Goldust vs. Rikishi Winner by DQ – Goldust Rob Van Dam jumps on Goldust and hits some hard right punches to the head. Rob Van Dam picks up Goldust and throws him towards Rikishi who superkicks Goldust taking him down. Goldust rolls to the outside and walks up the ramp as Rob Van Dam stares him down. RAW goes to commercial. -- COMMERCIAL -- STACKER 2 BURN OF THE WEEK: The doctor telling Stephanie and Triple H about there new baby. Triple H is shown walking down the hallway when Arn Anderson walks up to him. He congratulates him about tonight. Arn then hands Triple H a FedEx package that Ric Flair received earlier today. Triple H says thanks and he looks at the package. The Coach is backstage with Stone Cold Steve Austin. He asks what he thinks about his Main Event match with The Undertaker tonight. Austin says before he talks about that he says tonight he got a little worried coming to Arkansas tonight. WHAT? He said he was a little worried. WHAT? He says they are in dry county tonight which made Austin nervous. Austin then said in preparation he packed all his beer, vodka, whiskey, and everything he had so he wouldn’t have a bad night. Moving right along. Austin talks about how The Undertaker called all the people in the arena hillbillies. WHAT? That’s right, he called him hillbillies. Austin then says him and these hillbillies are going to disrespect. WHAT? Disrespect. WHAT? I said disrespect The Undertaker because that’s the bottom line because Stone Cold said so! RAW goes to commercial. -- COMMERCIAL -- RAW comes back from commercial and they show how you can order No Way Out on WWF.com. Backstage, wedding singers are shown getting ready for the wedding event. Kurt Angle vs. The Godfather Winner – Kurt Angle After the match, Kurt Angle gets back on Godfather’s leg and applies the Ankle Lock. Kurt Angle gets on the mic and says Triple H, it’s supposed to be your special night. Kurt thinks that is just fine. Kurt says personally he thinks Stephanie can do better. Kurt then says that he will make a vow of his own tonight. He says at No Way Out he will beat Triple H and take away his WrestleMania spot away from him and that he will make him tap. Angle drops the mic and makes his way up the ramp as the fans continue to boo. The Undertaker is shown making his way to the arena. Another nWo promo is shown. -- COMMERCIAL -- RAW comes back from commercial and a promo is shown for the upcoming Tough Enough 2. Backstage, Triple H walks into the room where Stephanie is. He asks the other women to leave. Triple H says he has had something he has wanted to give Stephanie for some time now. Stephanie opens the present and it’s a new ring. Stephanie cries thanking Triple H for it. The Undertaker vs. Stone Cold Steve Austin Winner by DQ – Stone Cold Steve Austin After the match, Jericho gets the title belt and charges at Austin with it but Austin counters and hits a big spinebuster on Jericho. Austin gets up and turns around only to get a big boot to the face by The Undertaker. Jericho waits for Austin to get up and when he does Jericho nails him in the head with the belt taking Austin down. Jericho goes back to the outside and grabs Austin’s beer cooler. He takes a beer can out and when Austin gets up he cracks it over his head. Jericho gets out more beers and takes down Austin again. Finally, Jericho gets the beer cooler and he nails it across Austin’s face. Jericho takes out some beers, drinks them, and then spits and pours them all over Austin. RAW goes to commercial. -- COMMERCIAL -- RAW comes back from commercial showing highlights of what just happened. During The Break, they show Chris Jericho leaving the arena in a limo. Booker T w/ Test vs. Tazz w/ Spike Winner – Booker T Spike gets into the ring trying to help Tazz but Test takes him down with a boot to the face. Test and Booker T beat down on both Tazz and Spike before leaving. The Dudley Boyz are shown at WWF NY saying they deserve a title shot at Tazz & Spike. They said Tazz & Spike shouldn’t worry about Booker T & Test, they should worry about the Dudley Boyz! A graphic hits the screen showing the upcoming Bikini Match between Stacey Keibler and Torrie Wilson coming up next! RAW goes to commercial. -- COMMERCIAL -- RAW comes back from commercial. Bikini Match Winner – Stacy Keibler Backstage, Stephanie is shown looking at her new ring. She says she guesses Vince won’t be walking her down the aisle. Triple H says tonight it isn’t about her father, it’s about them. Both Triple H and Stephanie kiss as RAW goes to commercial. -- COMMERCIAL -- RAW comes back from commercial. Another nWo promo is shown. Mr. Perfect is shown backstage playing chess. He asks how old the kid he is playing with. He says he is 18 and a National Champion. The kid says it’s Perfect’s move next. One of the chess board pieces falls to the ground and the kid picks it up. When the kid picks it up, Perfect moves a chess board piece cheating. The kid brings the one that fell back up onto the table. Mr. Perfect then says it's still his move and he makes one last move and wins the game. The kid said that is impossible. Mr. Perfect says it isn't because he is perfect and that the kid is not. Rob Van Dam vs. Christian Winner – Rob Van Dam After the match, Rob Van Dam walks up the ramp when the TitanTron turns on and Goldust appears. He says Rob Van Dam is the star he has been looking for. Everyone has been talking about him when they should be talking about Goldust. He said what he did earlier in the night was impressive but not good enough. This Sunday at No Way Out, it will be the Feature Presentation and that Rob Van Dam would never forget the name…Goldust. Triple H is shown backstage waiting when Arn Anderson walks in. He says Linda McMahon has been calling Ric Flair’s office the whole night asking for Triple H. RAW goes to commercial. -- COMMERCIAL -- RAW comes back showing Triple H talking to Linda McMahon. She asks Triple H to open up the FedEx package that was given to him. Triple H puts it in and it’s a video of the doctor from SmackDown. He ends up being a travel agent in which Stephanie hired to be a fake doctor to convince Triple H that Stephanie really was pregnant when really she isn’t. Triple H sees this and it enrages him as he tells Linda thank you and hangs up the phone. Stephanie is then shown backstage in her dress when Vince walks up. He says that even though she tried to take the WWF down and the she said she wanted to see him die, he will still walk her down the aisle tonight during the ceremony. This makes Stephanie happy and she hugs Vince. Howard Finkel walks in and tells Vince he has an urgent message for him. Vince says he doesn’t care and he tells him to get out. Vince and Stephanie hug again as RAW goes to commercial. -- COMMERCIAL -- Wedding Vows Segment – Triple H & Stephanie
Keep Rollin’, Rollin’, Rollin’. The Undertaker appears at the top of the RAW entranceway on his motorcycle as he makes his way down towards the ring, around it, and then stopping it. Undertaker grabs a mic and paces around the ring. Undertaker says that is quite an ovation for the person that finally shut The Rock’s mouth. The fans boo loudly. Undertaker then says that ovation is the sort of response he should get from a bunch of hillbillies. He said he didn’t expect much from people because you shouldn’t rely on people who don’t respect themselves. Fans begin a ROCKY chant. Undertaker brings up what happened on SmackDown and said The Rock didn’t respect him. Highlights are shown of The Rock costing Undertaker the Hardcore belt. Undertaker says that was an unwarranted and unprovoked attack by The Rock. Undertaker says nobody and he means nobody disrespects him like that. Undertaker shows what happens when someone disrespects him and they show the highlights from SmackDown when Undertaker Chokeslammed Rock onto a car followed by a Tombstone Piledriver onto the car as well. Undertaker says that’s what he calls an ass kicking. Undertaker said the beatings will continue until he teaches the word respect to The Rock. WOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOO. Ric Flair’s music hits in the arena. Ric Flair makes his way down to the ring and gets on the mic and speaks. Flair says Undertaker must be the most respected wrestler of all time. Not only in the ring and in the dressing room. He said the fans have respected him throughout the years whether they liked him or hated him. Flair said until SmackDown, all of us did respect. But after SmackDown nobody respects him for what he did to The Rock. Undertaker says who in the hell do you think you are. Flair says he is 50% owner of the WWF and he will listen to what he has to say. Undertaker says when the “real owner” gives him the word, he will beat his ass. Flair says until that happens he has bad news for him. He said The Rock will be at No Way Out because he told him so. Flair says he has more bad news. Tonight, 1 on 1, the Undertaker will take on Stone Cold Steve Austin. Flair leaves the ring and heads up the ramp as The Undertaker stares him down.
Chris Jericho © vs. Edge
Match starts with Edge attacking Jericho from behind starting the match. Edge throws Jericho off the steel steps followed by the announcer’s table. Edge throws Jericho in and the bell rings. Jericho gives a few hard slaps to the chest on Edge. Edge throws Jericho into the ropes, goes for a clothesline, Jericho ducks, Edge then turns around and takes Jericho down with a spinning heel kick. Edge hits a quick facebuster and goes for the pin but only gets a 2 count. Jericho does another quick slap the chest followed by a clothesline taking Edge to the ground. Jericho picks up Edge and this a quick backbreaker on Edge’s injured ribs. Jericho works on Edge in the corner. Edge gets on his feet and Jericho hits a quick punch followed by throwing Edge into the corner. Jericho charges but Edge moves. Edge takes down Jericho with 2 clotheslines. Edge throws Jericho into the ropes. Jericho goes for a dropkick but Edge grabs Jericho and catapults Jericho into the corner. Edge hits the Edge-O-Matic but only gets a 2 count. Jericho takes down Edge and then goes for the Lionsault but misses when Edge moves out of the way. Jericho gets up and Edge goes for the Spear but Jericho throws Edge into the corner. Jericho rolls Edge up into the Walls of Jericho. Edge gets out of it and gets a quick roll up pin but only gets a 2 count. Jericho picks up Edge and throws his body on the top rope. Jericho goes to the outside and gets one of the title belts. He goes for Edge but Edge hits a spear. Edge goes for the pin, 1, 2, Jericho kicks out! Edge can’t believe it. Jericho grabs the title belt and hits Edge in the ribs followed by the front facebuster. Jericho goes for the pin and gets the 1, 2, and 3 for the win.
Rikishi gets into the ring and Goldust charges at him but Rikishi counters and hits some hard right punches on Goldust. Rikishi throws Goldust into the ropes and goes for a big suplex but Goldust counters on Rikishi and takes him down. Goldust his a few more hard rights on Rikishi before he goes off the ropes and charges at Rikishi but Rikishi hits a back body drop. Rikishi drags Goldust over to the corner and signals for the Banzai Drop but Goldust lifts his legs up and Rikishi falls to the ring hard. Goldust begins to charge Rikishi in the corner a few times. Goldust takes both of Rikishi’s legs and looks to hit the Shattered Dreams. Goldust backs up, taunts, but Rob Van Dam runs down and jumps up onto the top rope. Goldust turns around and Rob Van Dam hits a big spinning heel kick to the face of Goldust. The referee calls for the bell.
Kurt Angle charges the ring and attacks Godfather right away starting off the match. Angle attempts to send Godfather into the ropes but Godfather reverse and takes Angle down with a big kick to the gut. Angle attacks Godfather from behind and takes him down again. Angle gets Godfather’s leg and throws it against the turnbuckle pole. Angle then gets back into the ring and he puts the Ankle Lock on Godfather. After a few seconds the Godfather taps out.
As Austin walks down the ramp while Undertaker is waiting in the ring, Chris Jericho attacks Austin from behind on the ramp. WWF officials bring Jericho to the back and clear the ramp. Undertaker leaves the ring and starts to beat on Austin on the outside. Undertaker gets Austin’s leather vest and chokes him with it. Undertaker rolls Austin into the ring as the bell rings and the match begins. Undertaker hits a few hard right punches to Austin in the corner before one takes him down to the ring. Undertaker rolls to the outside and chokes Austin on the bottom rope. Austin moves to the other corner. Undertaker gets back in and charges at Undertaker but Austin fights back with some hard rights. Austin throws Undertaker into the ropes and hits a Lou Thez Press followed by hard punches. Austin gets up, goes off the ropes, and hits a elbow drop to the chest of The Undertaker. Both men go off the ropes missing each other until the Undertaker takes down Austin with a big clothesline. Austin rolls to the outside as Undertaker follows. Undertaker tries to throw Austin into the steel steps but Austin reverses and the Undertaker hits the steps with impact. Austin walks over to Undertaker and hits some hard kicks to the gut. Austin attempts to send Undertaker over the guard rail but Undertaker reverse and Austin goes over. Undertaker jumps over the guard rail and works on Austin on the outside. Undertaker throws Austin up against the guard rail. He backs up and clothesline Austin over it back to the outside. Undertaker throws Austin back into the ring. Undertaker hits a kick to the back followed by going for a pin but Undertaker only gets a 2 count. Undertaker chokes Austin on the ring before the referee breaks it up. Austin continues to stay on the ground before The Undertaker picks him up and nails his head off the turnbuckle. Undertaker tosses Austin into the corner. Austin bounces off the corner and Undertaker looks to hit the Chokeslam. Undertaker decides not to go for the Chokeslam when he flips Austin up onto his shoulders looking to hit the Tombstone Piledriver. Austin rolls off Undertaker’s shoulders, Undertaker turns around and he gets a kick to the gut followed by the Stunner! Jericho then rolls into the ring and he starts to beat on Austin when the referee calls for the bell.
Match starts with Booker T hitting a quick kick to the gut of Tazz followed by a hard slap to the chest. Booker works on Tazz in the corner for a while before backing up. Tazz grabs Booker and then works on him in the corner. Tazz comes off the ropes from Booker throwing him into them but he gets taken down by a clothesline. Tazz gets up and Booker attempts a quick suplex but Tazz counters and hits a big overhead suplex of his own. Tazz takes down Booker with big clothesline. Booker gets up quickly again but Booker hits him with a big kick to the gut. Booker goes off the ropes and hits a scissors kick on Tazz. Booker does the Spinaroonie and then sets Tazz up for the Book End. Tazz counters out of it and locks on the Tazzmission! Test tries to get involved when Spike gets into the ring but the referee tells him to go back to the outside. Test got into the ring and interfered taking down Tazz with a boot to the face allowing Booker T to cover Tazz for the 1, 2, and 3 for the win.
Stacy Keibler vs. Torrie Wilson
Stacey starts the match by slapping Torrie. Torrie tries to throw Stacey down but Stacey does a flip and lands right back on her feet. Torrie clotheslines Stacey down. Both ladies do numerous pins on each other before both of them exchange more punches. While both ladies brawl, they fall into the ref taking him down. Torrie then throws Stacey into the corner. Torrie charges but Stacey moves and then rolls Torrie up for the 1, 2, and 3 for the win.
Christian wastes no time and runs out and attacks Rob Van Dam. Christian hits a few hard punches followed by kicks on RVD. Christian picks up RVD and throws him onto the top rope. RVD lands on the ring apron but Christian charges and hits him allowing RVD to fly backwards hitting the guard railing. Christian goes to the outside and throws RVD’s head off the steal steps. Christian throws RVD back into the ring and hits a few kicks to the back. RVD tries to fight back but only gets a few punches to the gut in before Christian counters back. Christian throws RVD into the corner but RVD jumps up onto the top rope and does a variation of a corkscrew moonsault that takes Christian down. Christian gets back up after being dazed and he takes RVD down with a big clothesline. Christian goes for the pin but only gets a 2 count. Christian throws RVD off the ropes and hits a big powerslam. Christian goes for the pin but gets another 2 count. Christian then puts a sleeper hold on RVD holding him in it for about a minute. Christian hits a quick snapmare on RVD locking the sleeper hold on again. RVD hits a few elbows to the gut getting out of the hold. Christian counters back with a few punches but RVD counters back again and hits a big spinning heel kick. Christian gets tossed into the corner and RVD jumps on him and does a variation of a monkey flip on Christian. RVD runs towards the top rope, jumps up, and hits a big moonsault on Christian. RVD goes for the pin but only gets a 2 count. RVD hits another spinning heel kick followed by going for the Rolling Thunder but Christian countered with his legs. RVD gets back up and charges at RVD and rolls him up in a small package and goes for the pin but only gets a 2 count. Christian gets up and throws a big fit thinking he wont the match. He rolls on his back still throwing a fit when RVD jumps up onto the top rope and hits the 5 Star Splash! RVD hooks the leg of Christian and gets the 1, 2, and 3 for the win.
RAW comes back from commercial. Triple H’s music hits and he appears in his tux at the top of the RAW entranceway smiling. He walks down the ramp and gets into the ring still smiling as the music fades away. The wedding music hits and Stephanie appears in the entranceway with Vince McMahon at her side. They make there way down the ramp and then get into the ring while Triple H awaits her still smiling. The priest begins to speak the vows. As the priest says the vows, the fans chant WHAT. Vince gets on the mic and tells them to show some respect. The priest begins the vows again and then finishes them. Two people appear at the top of the entranceway and begin singing as Triple H and Stephanie look on. The two people finish singing and then Stephanie begins saying her vows. After Stephanie finishes, the priest asks Triple H to say his. Triple H says that was very beautiful. He says he is overwhelmed. He says he wants to really say how much he feels about her. Triple H says they have been together for a little over 2 years. They have had there ups and downs. He said despite all that, when he told her he was going to be a father it was the greatest moment of his life. He said since that day he has looked at her in a different way. He says he sees her as the mother of his child. He said tonight standing here after hearing the things she said, he says he sees her in a different light again. He says tonight he sees her for what she truly is…a no good lying bitch! He asks how could she do this. How could she hire a fake doctor to convince him that they were having a child. He said he might be an asshole but he would never go this low. He said you never gave a crap about us. He said you don’t have to worry about “us” any longer. He said as of this moment, there marriage is over! Vince then pushes Triple H and Triple H responds with a punch to Vince. The fans cheer loudly at the sight of this. Triple H destroys the wedding set up in the ring. Vince gets back up again trying to attack Triple H but Triple H kicks Vince in the gut and hits the Pedigree! Stephanie walks up to Triple H crying and saying sorry. Triple H pushes her down and then takes his ring off and throws it on Stephanie. Triple H leaves the ring and walks up the ramp as Stephanie turns around and stares down Triple H as RAW goes off the air…