(Mock) Monday Night Raw - Week 2

(Mock) Monday Night Raw – Week 2


Vicki Guerrero is in the ring right now to begin the show. Again, within every ‘Excuse Me’ she shouts out, the more the boos become. She welcomes everyone to a brand new era of Raw and that in addition to the matches that she had mentioned on Smackdown last week, there will be 3 ‘Beat the Clock’ matches tonight as part of the WWE Championship and whoever beats their opponent the fastest will automatically advance to the finals while the other two winners will have to fight it out to see who makes it to the finals. She thanks everyone for coming and the show begins as the theme song to Raw changes back to the Union Underground song ‘Move to the Music’ “Forget the lies the money, we're in this together. And through it all, they said that nothing's forever. And they refuse to see the change in me. Why won't they wake up?! Come on! Come on! Come on! Let's get it on. Move to the music, play that f***ing music, move it to my music, yeah (Lets get it on). Move to my music, play that f***ing music, live through my music, yeah.” As the fireworks come out to the brand new era with Michael Cole and Jerry ‘The King’ Lawler as the commentators. They begin to give a rundown on each tournament until Chris Jericho comes out and makes fun of the crowd. He then ask for his opponent to come out right now so he could hurry up and get back what was rightfully his all along. To his surprise, that opponent is…The Great Khali and he is accompanied by Raji Singh.


Round One of the WWE Title: Chris Jericho vs. The Great Khali



As the bell rang to start the match, Jericho tries his best to go after Khali but is push to the floor. Jericho gets frustrated and tries to leave the arena, then realizes that the is a ‘Beat the Clock’ match so he runs back into the ring and is greeted by a big boot to the face. He picks him up and chops him in the head knocking Jericho down. He then picks him up again, scoop slams him and goes for the pin. 1…2…Jericho’s shoulders are up. He picks Jericho up again and throws him to the turnbuckle and tries to go for a running body splash but Jericho elbows him to the face giving him the opportunity to go up to the middle ropes to try and hammer Khali but got punched in the face as he was coming down instead. Khali then signals for his ‘Face Claw’ submission. As he grabbed Jericho, he reverses it and drop kicks Khali in the back of his knee to slow him down. He began to work on the knee some more until he was down on one knee. He runs against the rope but was caught with a clothes line from Khali. Khali then misses an elbow drop and Jericho goes to do a lionsault and connects. 1...2…and Khali throws Jericho off and out of the ring. He comes out after him but Jericho pushes him to the pole knocking him out. He then drop kicks Khali to the steel steps. At the count of 10, Jericho is back in the ring and the winner in 10:52….Chris Jericho.

Winner: Chris Jericho

So the time to beat is 10:52 as Jericho leaves to the back confident that no one will beat his time. Next up, we have the first round of the European title match between R-Truth and William Regal as they both enter the ring to their own theme music.

Round One of the European Title: William Regal vs. R-Truth


As the bell rings, Regal quickly goes kick Truth in the gut and goes to twist his arm. He puts more pressure as Truth pushes him against the turnbuckle and Regal was force to let go. Regal then tries to shake Truth’s hand. He goes to shake it but Truth squeezes Regal’s hand even more, then Regal rolls out of the ring. The goes back in at the count of 8, they finally go into a tie-up until Regal arm slams, Truth. Regal then goes for a full nelson slam. He pins Truth, 1…2…Truth kicks out. Regal then applies the bow and arrow stretch submission move. Truth doesn’t give up, so Regal then stomps on Truths legs and back. He goes to pick up Truth, but gets caught in a pin cradle, 1…2…Regal kicks out and gets so frustrated that he begins to pull out a pair or brass knuckles. The ref sees it and takes them away from him. Truth then kicks, runs to the ropes to try for an axe kick and misses. Regal then trips Truth and tries to go for Half Boston Crab. After a minute of struggling, Truth reverses the move, knocking Regal to the ground. As Regal was about to get up, Truth finally connects with the axe kick. He then pumps up the crowd, goes to the top ropes and goes for a Hurricanrana and goes for the pin, 1…2…Regal puts his shoulder up. So Truth then picks him up and tries to go for his finishing move ‘The Lie Detector’. He misses and Regal then applies his finishing move, ‘The Regal Stretch’ submission. As it’s locked in, Truth tries to reach the ropes while the crowd is rooting for him. He finally reaches for the ropes. But Regal still holds on. The ref tries to get him off, but he wouldn’t let go and so the bell has rung. Winner of the match as a result of a disqualification…R-Truth.

Winner: R-Truth by disqualification


Two more refs try to come in to try and break the hold. Regal finally let go of Truth but then snaps and puts the Regal Stretch on one of the ref. Now officials are out to try and stop Regal. They finally release him and he walks away with a strange look on his face say that ‘This is not over!’ Goldust is in the back getting ready for his match against Dolph Ziggler when all of the sudden, his brother Cody Rhodes decides to show up to wish him luck as they both shook hands and hugged each other. Cody then said that no matter who he is (Dustin Rhodes or Goldust) that he will always be his big brother. With that said, Goldust makes his way to the ring for his match which is the first round for the Intercontinental title. Dolph Ziggler then makes his way out as well and the bell rings.

First Round for the Intercontinental Title: Goldust vs. Dolph Ziggler


Ziggler quickly knees him to the gut and began a fury of punches. Goldust backs him to the corner with a couple of uppercut shots. He then goes to the middle ropes and goes for the some punches. As he was about to do his signature Goldust pose on top of Ziggler, he grabs Goldust and does an inverted atomic drop. Ziggler goes to the middle ropes, goes for an elbow drop, connects and pins, 1…2…Goldust kicks out. Ziggle then applies a headlock to wear him out. Cody then comes to ringside to support his brother. As Goldust sees that he was there so he went and elbowed his way out, ran to the ropes and clothesline Ziggler. He then connects with his own elbow and makes the pin, 1…2…Ziggler’s shoulder is up so Goldust then gets him up, throws his against the rope and connects with a powerslam. Cody then calls Goldust to the ropes to give him a hug. But that hug then turns into Cody dropping Goldust neck in the ropes, giving Ziggler the opportunity to go for the Sleeper Hold. As it’s applied, Goldust does all he can to get out, but that was all for him. Winner by submission….Dolph Ziggler.

Winner: Dolph Ziggler


So as Dolph leaves excited about moving on to the next round, in comes Cody. He begins to slap around Goldust and screams to him about how much of an embarrassment he has been to the Rhodes family, told him that he was a disgrace and walked out. As Orton was getting ready for his next match which was the ‘Beat the Clock’ challenge, Jericho walks into the locker room and tells Orton that he is the one going straight to the finals and not him. Orton the gets in his face, looks up and down at him and walks away with Jericho looking confused. A replay is now shown on how Rhodes just turned on his big brother, Goldust and how Regal snapped earlier after his match. Josh Matthews is trying to get an interview with Regal before he leaves the area, but was too late as he got into his limo and drove off.

Round one of the WWE Title: Jack Swagger vs. Randy Orton


Jack Swagger is in the ring now talking about how fast he used to beat his opponents in high school and says that he will do the same to Orton. Then Orton’s music hits. Orton makes a surprise entrance thru the crowd behind Swagger and tries to go for the RKO, but Swagger quickly runs out of the ring. Then the bell rings, giving the ref the ok to count Swagger out, but he runs back in at 5 only for Orton to stomp him down. He pushes Swagger to the corner and gives him some uppercuts, Swagger reverses it and does the same. The Orton reverses it until Swagger couldn’t do no more. Orton throws him to the corner and tries to clothesline him but Swagger completely jumps over him and body splashes his back. As Orton is weary, Swagger went for a powerful clothes line, knocking him down. Swagger goes for the pin, 1…2…Orton kicks out. Swagger goes for his Corner Slingshot Splash and gets hit with Orton’s knees instead. Orton gets up and connects with the Inverted Headlock Backbreaker. Orton then signals for the RKO and the crowd is going wild. He grabs Swagger, Swagger reverses is, kicks him in the gut and goes for the Gutwrench Powerbomb, Orton reverses that, RKO, pin, 1…2…3. The winner of the match and new first place winner in the ‘Beat the Clock’ match at 7:30, Randy Orton.

Winner: Randy Orton


So the time to beat now is 7:30. In the back the Hart Dynasty is shown in the locker room laughing at Jericho knowing that he has to fight another round. Jericho then wishes them the worst of luck. Josh Matthews is in the back interviewing John Cena. Matthews tell Cena that his opponent tonight would be Batista. Cena then cuts a promo on how he’s going to beat Batista and the time to get the bye to the finals. He then bumps into Swagger, with Swagger smiling wishing him good luck later tonight. It is now time for the first round of the Raw Tag Team tournament.

First Round of the Raw Tag Titles: The Hart Dynasty vs. V.Archer & C.Croft


First out is Vance Archer and Caylen Croft. Then the Hart Dynasty makes their way out. The match is under way as we begin with Smith and Archer locking up. The ref breaks them up and tells them to lock up again. When they do, Archer backs up Smith to the corner and lets of a fury of elbow shots to the face. He throws Smith to the corner, but gets knocked in the face with an elbow as well. Smith quickly tags in Kidd and Kidd jumps to the top ropes and connects with a flying body press. He makes the pin, 1…Archer kicks out and tags in Croft. Kidd then begins to do a couple of arm drags to Croft until he puts him in an arm bar hold. Croft then pushes Kidd toward his corner and now the double teaming begins. Both Croft and Archer picks up Kidd, goes to the middle ropes and does a back drop to the mat. Kidd tries to tag Smith but Archer knocks him out of the ring. Smith tries to come in, but the ref wasn’t having it. While the ref was distracted, Croft and Archer had both threw Kidd to the corner and did a back to back running clotheslines, followed by a big boot from Archer. He goes for the pin, 1…2…Kidd’s shoulders are up and Archer is get frustrated as he picks up Kidd, throws him to the ropes for another big boot, he misses, Kidd slides under him and dropkicks him to the turnbuckle, knocking them both down to the mat. As the ref was counting away, both men had made it to their partners. Both Smith and Croft come in fresh, but Smith gets the advantage with a bunch of running clotheslines. He then Gorilla Presses Croft in the air and slams him to the mat. Kidd then clotheslines Archer and himself out of the ring. Smith picks up Croft and goes for the running powerslam, but Croft gets off of him and pushes him to the turnbuckle. Not knowing that Kidd was back in the ring and on the top ropes. Without giving him the chance to turn around, Kidd immediately gives Croft a flying bulldog from off the top ropes and goes for the pin, 1…2…3. The winners and advancing to the final round…The Hart Dynasty.

Winners: The Hart Dynasty


As The Hart Dynasty was about to leave the arena, Natalia had told them that she was going to stay and scout the next match, which was for the Women’s Title. After the break, Natalia is seen sitting with Cole and Lawler as Kelly Kelly makes her way into the ring. Tiffany goes in right after her.

Round One of the Woman’s Title: Kelly Kelly vs. Tiffany


As the bell sounds, they each shook hands and went into a tie up. Kelly throws Tiffany to the ropes and immediately kicks her out of the ring. On the floor, Natalia looks on to see if she was alright and Tiffany pushes her. As Kelly was about to pull Tiffany back into the ring by the hair, Tiffany hits her with a high kick, knocking Kelly to the floor. She then goes to the top ropes, goes for a frog splash and connects. 1…2…3. Your winner and advancing to the next round…Tiffany.

Winner: Tiffany


After the match, Tiffany then began to stare down at Natalia, who was shocked as to why she had pushed her. We now see Batista, who is about to head into the ring until he was stopped in the back by Matthews. He asked Batista what are his chances of beating Cena. Batista tells him that if he did it once, he’ll do it again. After the break, we Batista in the ring to a chant of ‘Batista Sucks’! Then the music of John Cena hits to the biggest pop of the night. Cena then runs into the ring and immediately the fight starts. The bell hasn’t even rang as the two kept brawling outside the ring.

Round One of the WWE Title: Batista vs. John Cena


The bell then rings after Batista hits Cena with a spinebuster outside the ring. He goes for the quick cover, but only gets the 2 count. Batista began to punish Cena some more with a bunch of power moves. After 3 minutes, Cena finally takes the upper hand with a few power moves on his own, followed by the 5 knuckle shuffle. He goes for the pin, only to get a 2 count. He then goes for the Attitude Adjustment, but Batista reverses it with a Batista Bomb. He slowly goes for the cover only to get a 2 ½ count. Furious as the time is now at the 6 minute mark, he goes for another Batista Bomb, but Cena reverses it, clips Batista’s knee and applies the STF on him. As Batista struggles to the ropes, Cena applies it harder. The time is now at the 7 minute mark and Batista still has not tapped out. After a while, Batista finally taps out as Cena celebrates the victory.

Winner: John Cena


But when he goes to look at the time, it was at 7:35, which means that Randy Orton has won by 5 seconds and will automatically advance into the finals. As upset as he was, Cena still celebrated with the fans as Batista is being treated for medical help to end the show.