
Raw March 17 2008
Toyota Centre, Houston, Texas
Announced by Jim Ross & Tazz
A clip is shown from 2 weeks ago from when John Cena disrupted The Undertaker/Randy Orton match which ended with The Undertaker chokeslaming Cena, a graphic is then shown announcing that tonights main event will be The Undertaker vs John Cena
The Raw graphics air
Jillian Hal w/JBLl vs Michelle McCool
Before the match gets underway JBL attacks McCool from behind, he then lifts her and executes a fall away slam, picks her up again and hits the clothesline from hell, he then drags her to the ropes, and ties her between the second and third rope, he goes outside and grabs a chair and a mic as Jillian is cheering him on, he gets back in the ring and get right into Michelles face
JBL Last week on Raw you cost me the WWE Championship you bitch, the WWE Championship is the most pretigous title in the company and I would have gone to Wrestlemania, the grand daddy of them all and become champion for a second time, if it wasnt for you, you dirty little whore, now its time for my revenge.
JBL drops the mic and gets ready to swing the chair, we hear screams from the crowd, JBL turns around and see's Shawn Micheals running down the aisle, JBL quickly gets out of the ring and scarpers through the crowd with Jillian, Shawn unhooks Michelle from the rope, she then hugs him.
Micheal Cole backstage with Matt Hardy
Cole Matt how do you feel about the way the Intercontinental Championship match ended last week on Raw?
Matt It proved to the world what I have been saying for a long time and that is that M.V.P is a little weasel, I had a one on one match with him at The Great American Bash last year and like last week he had to cheat to win and in the meantime he has been avoiding me like the plague, he even hurt me lst November and put me into surgery with one of his sneak attacks, so now Mr. Porter I am challenging you to a one on one match for your Intercontinental Championship at Wrestlemania 24
Money In The Bank Qualifier The Miz vs Chuck Pulumbo The Miz hits the reality check on Pulumbo for the clean win after around five imnuites of action
Winner The Miz
A clip is shown of The Sandman costing Tommy Dreamer and Balls Mahooney the Tag Team Championship last week
The Sandman vs Balls Mahooney The Sandman dominated the match from the off, nailing clotheslines, hitting punches and kicks and the nailed a bulldog on Balls, then Tommy ran down the aisle with a kendo sticmk and went to swing for The Sandman only for The Sandman to duck and he hit Balls, The Sanmdman ran out of the ring as Tommy attended to Mahooney
No Contest
A short clip airs promoting the Eliminition Chamber for the World Championship at Wrestlemania airs
Randy Ortons music airs as he makes his way to the ring to lots of jeering
Orton Thank you very much
Long pause and he receives more jeers
Orton Im not hanking you dirty Texans for the reception, im actually thanking Armando Astrada for giving me the night off and giving my Wrestlemania opponent John Cena a match against The Undertaker, you see John I have faced The Undertaker on a number of occasions, including a Hell In A Cell match and a casket match, and he is the toughest opponent and I have ever faced, so after he has completly destroyed you tonight I will take whats left at Wrestlemania and finish your career for good.
John Cenas music hit as he makes his way to the stage
Cena Randy, Randy, Randy, you need to learn something, the one diffrence between me and you is that instead of you having a set of testicle is that you decide to play with Estradas, I agree with you on The Undertaker he is one of the toughest men you would ever face but I actally asked for this match.
Orton Why on earth would you do that?
Cena The Undertaker chokeslammed me two weeks ago and that hurt, but I want to show him and the whole world that I am not afraid of him, unlike you
Orton Im not afraid of The Undertaker, im not afraid of nobody
The lights go out, ten seconds later the lights are back on and Randy Orton is lying on his back, Cena walks to the ring looks at Orton lying there and does his "You Cant See Me" routine
Backstage M.V.P is with Micheal Cole
Cole Have you got a reply to the challenge made to you by Matt ardy earlier tonight?
MVP Yes Micheal, I do my answer is no, you see Hardy I beat you last week so you dont deserve another shot at my title, I decide who I face at Wrestlemania not you
Armando Astrada enters the picture
Armando Did I hear you correctly M.V.P? Did you just say that you choose who you face at Wrestlemania? Well your wrong, I am the boss around here and I decide who gets the title shot, so if Matt Hardy wants a title shot then thats what he will get, as long as he can defeat Snitsky in a number one contenders match, and that match is next.
Number One Contenders For The Intercontinental Championship Matt Hardy vs Snitsky A match which Snitsky dominated ended when Snitsky went for a clthesline which Matt ducked, Matt then hit the twist of fate for the pinfall victory
Winner Matt Hardy
As Matt Hardy was celebrtating Snitsky nailed him from behind and brutalized him untill he was laying on the floor. Snitsky then left, M.V.P then came down to the ring , then stood over Matt and held his belt over his head
A advert promoting the WWE Championship match between Chris Jericho and The Undertaker at Wrestlemania then airs
The Undertaker vs John Cena The match is back and forth untill John Cena lifts The Undertaker for a FU, The Undertaker slides out of itthen nails a chokeslam, he then signals for a tombstone, Rand Orton then appears from nowhere and hits an RKO on The Undertaker, John Cena then gets to his feet and Orton lays him out with an RKO, Jericho runs down to the ring, he hits Orton with a barage of punches, he swings Orton into the ropes Orton reverses it, Jericho goes for a flying forearm Orton ducks and Jericho ends up face first on the floor, when he gets up Orton hits him with an RKO and his the only man standing.
Armando Astrada then comes out to the stage
Armando Randy you and the other guys in the ring dont seem to want to get on but next week you will have to because next week the main event of Raw will be you Randy Orton, Teaming with John Cena to take on the team of The Undertaker and Chris Jericho