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“‘There is no doubt whether I can get the job done,’ promised a confident John Cena on Raw Monday night, referring to his upcoming One Night Stand Pinfalls Count Anywhere Match against The Great Khali.
‘I give you my word that I can, and will, defeat The Great Khali!’ Our fans know that only time will tell if the WWE Champion can hang on to his gold by toppling the mountain that is The Great Khali.
The main event of Raw saw the unlikely trio of Shane McMahon, Umaga & The Great Khali conquering WWE Champion John Cena & Bobby Lashley. Shane lived up to his promise of pinning Lashley by landing a flying elbow drop from the top rope on the muscular chest of the former ECW World Champion. Read the whole story…
Raw’s main event actually marked the second appearance of the night by Shane McMahon. Earlier, Shane-O-Mac announced that in two weeks on Raw, every Superstar and Diva from Raw, SmackDown and ECW will gather for the first-ever tri-branded draft.
Recently at Judgment Day, Randy Orton squared off against the legendary Showstopper Shawn Michaels. After the match ended, Orton shocked our fans by delivering a devastating RKO to the already concussed HBK. Last week, Rob Van Dam granted WWE.com an exclusive interview in which he had harsh words for Orton regarding the Judgment Day match and Orton’s respect for the sports-entertainment business. After reading RVD’s interview, the Legend Killer demanded a match with the ECW Original on Raw. In a horrific mirroring of the events that occurred at Judgment Day, the referee stopped the match due to Rob Van Dam’s unresponsive nature. Get an update on Rob Van Dam’s condition…
In related news, WWE.com has learned that Shawn Michaels has recently been released from the care of doctors. Michaels’ medical team have stated that although his condition has not worsened, they have done all that they can do for the injured Superstar.
In other Raw action, the talented Hardys used their patented high-flying maneuvers to conquer Lance Cade & Trevor Murdoch, The World’s Greatest Tag Team and Johnny Nitro & Kenny Dykstra in an Eight-Man Tag Team Match. Immediately following the pin, Shelton Benjamin and Charlie Haas claimed that because they were not the ones pinned, they deserved an opportunity to face The Hardys for their World Tag Team Championships. Never a tag team to back down from a challenge, The Hardys agreed to a match at One Night Stand and added an additional challenge to the mix: the contest would be a Ladder Match!
In a match filled with sour grapes (or is it sour apples?), Carlito teamed with Victoria to defeat his former mentor Ric Flair, and former girlfriend Torrie Wilson. At the end of this special Intergender Tag Team Match, Carlito stepped into the ring with Torrie and laid an unwelcome kiss on the gorgeous Diva. Torrie slapped Carlito and he countered with a vicious Backstabber that allowed him to pin his ex and pick up the win.
Also on Raw, Santino Marella was conquered by Chris Masters’ powerful Master Lock much to the dismay of the lovely Maria, who seems to be showing some interest in the Italian Superstar. If our fans needed even more of the Sexiest Women on Television, then the first-ever Memorial Day Bikini Beach Blast Battle Royal that started the show certainly didn’t disappoint. SmackDown’s Michelle McCool won the match and will get her own special photo shoot featured on WWE.com.
Lastly, it has been announced that WWE Champion John Cena will put his title on the line at Saturday Night’s Main Event against The Great Khali in a Special Challenge Match.”
So what does everyone think about the draft lottery, I rekon that taker will be drafted to RAW and go and challenge for the wwe championship n leave the world heavyweight championship to thye batista and mark henry feud.
first of all they should draft kali and umaga to ECW, and leave them there, let one of them win ecw title or something
ship cena and the wwe title back to SMACKDOWN(he was better back then, not so corny)
have edge lose the world title to undertaker and sent taker to raw
bring cm punk, matt hardy and lashley to RAW
send mark henri, finley w/hornswaggle and the masterpiece to
ECW
send shawn micheals, ric flair and the coach to SMACKDOWN
oh ya and bring ahley back to raw
no, i hope they leave henry, finlay and hornswaggle on smackdown, itll ruin them if theyr on ecw.
lol there were some pretty good signs tonite, the only ones i could remember were the ROH and ANOTHER HEADLOCK RANDY?
I’m not expecting too many changes in the draft to be honest
maybe 1-2 new people on each show at the most and maybe not any major names either
Did anyone notice at the end of RAW the crowd was cheering for Shane McMahon when he pinned Lashley, I found it quite interesting. I think the draft will mostly be to stimulate ECW because if they are truly getting rid of all of the originals, they are going to need some major help to keep that brand alive. Does anyone thing the people who are injured will be drafted or will they just magically appear on a particular show ie undertaker, hhh, hbk, and kennedy (and the others who are still out with injuries).
-re3aper- I don’t think WWE will draft them. When big name switch brands, WWE usually has them come out on the show. Taker, HBK and all of them are big names. I’d much rather have their new home be up in the air. That way it’s a surprise when they return.