RAW March 3rd 2008
Madison Square Garden, New York City, New York
Hoted by Jim Ross & Tazz
Raw opens with General Manager Armando Astrada in the ring
Armando Astrada Welcome to the first edition of the new era of Raw, which is also a new era for the WWE. Tonight we will have the semi finals of a tournament to decide the new WWE Tag Team champions, the teams in the tournament are Deuce & Domino, The Highlanders, Tommy Dreamer & Balls Mahooney and the team of Lance Cade & Trevor Murdoch.
Tonight also sees the start of an eight man tournament to crown a new WWE Champion, the eight men in the tournament are John Cena, Shawn Micheals, Matt Hardy, M.V.P, John Bradshaw Layfield, Chris Jericho, Randy Orton and The Undertaker with the final being at Wrestlemania in Orlando, Florida
Advert Break
We return to Jillian Hall in the ring with John Bradshaw Layfield in time for his upcoming tournament match
JBL I am pleased to announce that I have reappointed Jillian Hall as my perseonel assistant, it is hard work being a wrestling god
Jillian Hall Thank you John, I will do everyting in my power to help John become WWE Champion for the second time.
JBL You see people its very simple, tonight I start with a victory over John Cena and I dont care who else I have to face along the way, weather it be The Undertaker, Matt Hardy, Chris Jericho or even Shawn Micheals
Advert Break JWWE Championship Tournament John Bradshaw Layfield vs John Cena JBL wins the match ia pinfall after Randy Orton enetered the ring during the match an hit an RKO on Cena as Jillian Hall distracted the referee
Winner John Bradshaw Layfield Advert Break
Backstage Michelle McCool is being interviewed by Micheal Cole
Micheal Hello Michelle and welcome to the Raw brand
Michelle Thank you Micheal, I am pleased to be here on Raw and I plan to prove to the world that I can be the top diva in the WWE, you see I plan on.....
Jillian Hall enters
Jillian Michelle darling you cant just come here onto Raw and flap your gums and say that you want to be the top diva in the WWE, you see to be the most dominent diva in the WWE you have to get past me.
Jillian hits Michelle with a vicous slap and leaves
WWE Tag Team Championship Tournament Semi Fina Trevor Murdoch & Lance Cade vs The Highlanders
Lance & Trevor win a short match when Murdoch pins Rory McAllister after a Hi-Lo
Advert Break WWE Championship Tournament Match Shawn Micheals vs Matt Hardy In a fantastic Matt went for the twist of fate only for HBK to push Matt into the turnbuckle and then hit him with sweet chin music for the punfall victory
Winner Chris Jericho Advert Break WWE Championship Tournament Match M.V.P vs Chris Jericho Y2J wins an exciting match after a Lionsault onto Porter
Advert Break WWE Tag Team Championship Semi Final Deuce & Domino vs Tommy Dreamer & Balls Mahooney A short match ends when Tommy pins Deuce after a rollup
Winners Tommy Dreamer & Balls Mahooney
After the match Lance Cade & Trevor Murdoch attack Balls and Tommy with steel chairs and leave them laying in the ring after a vicous beatdown
Advert Break WWE Championship Tournament Match Randy Orton vs The UndertakerDuring the heated match which has swung both ways John Cena comes down and throws The Undertaker out of the ring to cause a disqualification
Winner The Undertaker
Randy is livid and tries to hit Cena with an RKO but Cena reverses it by throwing him into the rope and hitting Orton with the FU, The Undertaker returns to the ring and hits Cena with a chokeslam to end the show