Cena stands tall
It was a an action packed Monday Night Raw in front of a capacity
crowd at the Mohegan Sun Casino.
With Jonathan Coachman’s edict that neither Superstar can
come in contact with one another until Jan.1 unless it’s during a
sanctioned match, Umaga and John Cena were forced to divert their pent
up angst onto other competitors. The Champ took on Armando Alejandro
Estrada and the Samoan Bulldozer battled Intercontinental Champion Jeff
Hardy.
Beating Estrada to a pulp was the only way Cena could to send
Umaga a message, and the match was nothing less than lopsided
with Cena easily getting the pinfall after a devastating FU.
As The Champ was putting the exclamation point with an STFU on Estrada
after the bell, Johnny Nitro rushed the ring and gave Cena a cheap shot
to the head.
“There’s more where that came from,” Nitro said
as he backpedaled up the ramp to the locker room area. He then informed
Cena that he was personally training K-Fed for their match on Jan. 1.
For the interference, Cena challenged Nitro to a match. Competing
for the second time in one night, The Champ was able to score a
decisive victory against Nitro, but it wasn’t without a
hard-fought effort from the former Intercontinental Champion. Although
Nitro displayed his relentless determination to win at all costs and an
aerial display that ranks with the best high-flyers, nothing could stop
John Cena.
Umaga took his own aggravation out on Jeff
Hardy. Umaga made it clear that he wasn’t interested in
obtaining a pinfall; his only goal was to punish Hardy – and
he did. Hardy fought valiantly but was unable to hand Umaga his
first defeat. The Samoan Bulldozer’s beating left Hardy unable
to defend himself, and the referee stopped the match, giving Umaga
another victory.
Triple H’s collision in a singles match with Rated-RKO
member Edge got ugly fast. After the battle made its way up the ramp,
Randy Orton joined Edge in taking on The Game. HBK came to Triple
H’s defense, but former Spirit Squad member Kenny joined Orton
& Edge. That brought Ric Flair out to join DX in taking on
Rated-RKO. The last time WWE fans saw Flair, he was a bloody mess from
Edge & Orton’s wicked attack that left the “Nature
Boy” motionless and unable to compete. The attack was so
disgusting it looked as if Flair would never be able to compete at the
same level again.
But in his return, the future WWE Hall of Famer picked up right
where he left off, and as a grueling battle broke out between all six
Superstars, Jonathan Coachman emerged to declare the match a Six Man
Tag Team Match.
As Edge & Orton attempted to zero-in on Flair in hopes that
old injuries were still ailing, the “Nature Boy” proved
there is no keeping him down. Kenny, desperate to become part of
Rated-RKO, tried to pin Flair but was unsuccessful. Flair countered
Kenny’s figure four leg-lock attempt and turned it into a small
package for the pinfall.
After the match, Kenny helped Edge & Orton set up HBK for a
Con-Chair-To like they did to Flair a few weeks ago. Fortunately,
Triple H had his equalizer and sent the three Superstars rushing from
the ring. What will happen when DX and Rated-RKO go head to head at New
Year’s Revolution?
Flair wasn’t the only one making a return to Raw; former
WWE Tag Team Champions the World’s Greatest Tag Team –
Shelton Benjamin & Charlie Haas – made their triumphant
return by defeating The Highlanders.
In other action, Chris Masters and Viscera lost to Carlito and
Jerry “The King” Lawler in a tag team match. Later, Masters
clamped the Master Lock on Torrie Wilson after Victoria defeated her in
a singles match. Victoria’s “hit list” has gone
through Candice and Maria, and now Torrie can be added to the list. The
cowardly attack from Masters on Torrie was broken up by Carlito, who
rushed to the ring to help his love interest.
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