Results:Billion dollar burn
Mr. McMahon "flips" for Donald Trump.
In an unbelievable turn of events in front of 14,740 WWE fans in Washington, D.C., Raw went off the air with Donald Trump laying Mr. McMahon out right on his billion-dollar backside.
With Trump, Mr. McMahon, ECW World Champion Bobby Lashley, Intercontinental
Champion Umaga, Armando Estrada and “Stone Cold” Steve Austin
all in one ring for the Battle of the Billionaires contract signing,
tensions were understandably high. But who would have guessed that it would
be Trump who would make the first move by shoving the WWE Chairman right
over a table? Trump seemed very confident with his choice of Bobby Lashley,
who will act as his representative in what will no doubt be one of the most
exciting WrestleMania matches of all time.
When the night first got under way, a confrontation between World Tag Team
Champions John Cena and Shawn Michaels lit up the Verizon Center. With Cena
still wary of a double-cross by HBK, the two Superstars looked ready to
brawl when Jonathan Coachman arrived to inform of his intentions for later
in the night. With Mr. McMahon busy preparing for the Battle of the
Billionaires contract signing, Coachman decided to pit Cena and HBK against
three other tag teams in a Gauntlet Match, that would end inside a steel
cage.
After disposing of The World’s Greatest Tag Team and Cade &
Murdoch, a kick from HBK got a little too close for comfort for John Cena.
As the 15-foot steel cage lowered onto the ring, the World Tag Team
Champions were staring daggers at each other. MNM stepped into the ring
next and put up quite a fight.
After Cena gave Joey Mercury an FU and the cage was lifted, all eight
competitors mixed it up in a burly free-for-all. Suddenly, Cena swung a
chair, HBK ducked to avoid it, and it landed hard on Charlie Haas. Some say
if Cena had wanted to hit Michaels with the chair he would have done it,
while others say Cena was just waiting for the right moment to strike. With
two weeks left until WrestleMania, only time will tell.
WWE fans were on their feet as The Rock delivered a message via the Titan
Tron. After revealing Umaga’s name is Samoan for “shriveled up
monkey penis,” the Most Electrifying Superstar in
sports-entertainment had a statement for Mr. McMahon: “You will get
your head shaved bald at WrestleMania, Vince. That is a
guaran-damn-tee.”
Randy Orton claimed the final spot in WrestleMania’s Money in the
Bank Ladder Match by eliminating both Carlito and Ric Flair during a Triple
Threat Qualifying Match. Although the fact that the match involved
eliminations was a surprise to all, Orton was able to deliver two
devastating RKOs and smoothly roll with the punches
(literally).
Orton’s Rated-RKO partner and fellow WrestleMania competitor was up
to his old tricks. In one night, Edge managed to back his way out of a
match with Jeff Hardy (claiming he wouldn’t perform in a city whose
football team was callously named the Redskins), arrange for Randy Orton to
face ECW World Champion Bobby Lashley, and get into a heated face-off with
third generation Superstar Orton. In lieu of competing in his match, Edge
brought out a worthy competitor for Hardy, The Great Khali!
Last week on Raw, Khali stormed into the arena and shouted, “I want
Kane!” Later on SmackDown, the Punjabi monster split Kane open
in a locker room area ambush. The tension obviously got to the demented
Kane, who entered the Verizon Center this week with his eyes on Khali. With
hook and chain in hand, Kane looked frighteningly like his character Jacob
Goodnight from See No Evil. Kane used his hook to topple the
announce table in an effort to make his message clear. As J.R. so
eloquently put it, “Kane wants to get his hooks in
Khali!”
In other Raw action, Chris Masters demanded a challenger to compete in his
Master Lock Challenge. When no one stepped up, Masters decided he would
like to lock it up with Lilian Garcia. Just then, Super Crazy rushed in to
rescue the beautiful Raw ring announcer. All too soon, Super Crazy became
another victim of the Master Lock, which has yet to be officially
broken.
Also, Women’s Champion Melina defeated Torrie Wilson in a non-title
match. After Melina picked up the victory, she took a cheap shot
at Torrie that brought Mickie James (and later Victoria) rushing to
the ring. When Melina’s WrestleMania opponent and current
Playboy cover girl, Ashley, showed up, the scene looked like an
impromptu Diva Lumber-Jill Match had broken out.
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