WWE RAW Results (06/29/09) Tonight's WWE RAW from the HP Pavilion in San Jose, California kicks off with Lilian Garcia introducing Vince McMahon. Vince comes walking out...
This Sunday is the No Surrender pay per view and there will be a major announcement from Dixie Carter. Before we get to the pay per view, it is time for the final episode of Impact before No Surrender. What will happen when the Latin American Exchange celebrate Hispanic Heritage Month? Will we hear from Brother Runt about why he attacked Raven last week? What is next for Jeff Jarrett after his actions during the town meeting? What will happen when Monty Brown and Rhino battle in a Falls Count Anywhere match?
We begin tonight’s show with footage from the town hall meeting where we hear from Samoa Joe and Jim Cornette.
Rhino is in the back and he tells Monty Brown that tonight he will settle the score in a Falls Count Anywhere match; and he will take care of him with a GORE.
We cut to comments from Monty Brown, but before he can tell Rhino that he will feel the POUNCE, he is interrupted by Christian Cage. Christian says that he realizes that Monty might not like him, but he has some serious business to talk about. He says that they should talk.
We are live on tape from Universal Studios in Orlando , Florida and your announcers are Mike ‘TNA’ Tenay and Don ‘you have got to be kidding me’ West.
Jeff Jarrett comes to the ring and in addition to his usual guitar, he has a leather strap. Jarrett welcomes everyone to ‘Jeff Jarrett: SVU’ which stands for Special Victims Unit. He says that he has been a victim around this place for four years. He was a victim of a bogus polygraph test. He has been a victim of bad management from TNA officials. For the last several months, he has been a victim of everyone. He has been pelted with bottles and everything that people have gotten their hands on. On Sunday, the undefeated Samoan Submission Machine becomes his victim and the undefeated streak ends. He will beat Joe to a bloody pulp. At Bound for Glory, it will be career versus title; and there will be a public execution as Sting becomes a member of the Special Victim Unit. He says that he is looking for his first victim tonight. He makes a challenge to anyone on the grounds of Universal Studios, and Samoa Joe comes to the ring.
Joe and Jarrett fight outside the ring. Joe punches Jarrett but Jarrett with an Irish whip into the guardrail and then Jarrett straps Joe. A fan stops Jarrett from strapping Joe and Jarrett pulls the fan into the ringside area and Jarrett starts whipping the fan. Joe stops Jarrett from attacking the fan and Joe punches Jarrett and sends Jarrett into the crowd. Joe punches Jarrett and then he sends Jarrett into the wall. Joe and Jarrett fight into the crowd and Joe with an elbow and punches to Jarrett with the leather strap. Joe with a running Yakuza kick that sends Jarrett over the guardrail back into the ringside area. Jarrett tries to escape through the other part of the Impact Zone, but Joe stops him and Joe straps Jarrett in the back. Jarrett gets the guitar and he hits Joe in the head with the guitar. Jarrett chokes a bloodied Joe as we go to commercial.
We are back with comments from Christopher Daniels about how they played LAX’s game and now LAX are the tag team champions. Now LAX is going to wrestle their game and that game is Ultimate X. Konnan comments on how he is going to bring the level of violence to the next level. Daniels says that they will not stop until every one of them is dead. Konnan asks if Daniels and Styles are tired of being humiliated. Daniels points out that the Ultimate X is the ultimate equalizer. Konnan says that from now on it will be called the ‘Ultimate LAX’.
Before our first match, we see footage from last week when Sonjay Dutt and Jay Lethal ran Johnny Devine into the ring post in a shopping cart.
Match Number One: Petey Williams versus Jay Lethal
Williams attacks Lethal before the bell rings and he throws Lethal out of the ring. Williams with a pescado into a rana on the floor. Williams puts Lethal in the tree of woe and then it is time to sing. Williams punches Lethal while Lethal is in the tree of woe. Williams with a suplex and then he starts to work on Lethal’s arm and back with a rear chin lock and the arm grapevined. Lethal gets to his feet and then Lethal hits a hip toss into a cartwheel and drop kick. Lethal with clotheslines to Williams. Lethal tries for a moonsault from the turnbuckles when Williams charges into the corner, but Williams moves out of the way and Lethal hits the mat hard as momentum appears to have shifted back to Williams. Williams sets for the Canadian Destroyer, but Lethal gets out of the hold and then he hits a jumping leg lariat from the second turnbuckle for a two count. Lethal pulls Williams up from the ropes but Williams lands on his feet and he hits a drop toe hold that sends Lethal into the ropes. Williams follows that up with a drop kick to Lethal’s back. Williams with a bear hug into a DDT from the bear hug position for a two count. Williams tries for the Canadian Destroyer again, but Chris Sabin and Sonjay Dutt come to the ring and that distracts Williams. Lethal with a drop toe hold to Williams that sends Petey into the turnbuckles. Sabin talks to the referee while Dutt gives Lethal a bowling ball; and Lethal hits the spare on Williams. Lethal gets rid of the evidence when the referee turns around and Lethal with a small package for the three count.
Winner: Jay Lethal
Jim Cornette has joined Don and Mike. Mike talks about the fact that there is a triple main event. They talk about the Ultimate X match for the tag team titles and Cornette says that there will be no discrimination or prejudice in this match because Ultimate X rules are the great equalizer. They next talk about match between Christian Cage and Rhino. They also talk about the Fan’s Revenge match and Cornette says that he hopes Jarrett begs for the fans to stop beating him so he gets into the ring with Samoa Joe.
We go to an ‘I Hate Jeff Jarrett’ video package and then we go to commercial.
We are back and Senshi is in the back with Jeremy Borash . Jeremy asks Senshi about Jackass Number Two and how Chris Sabin, Jay Lethal, and Sonjay Dutt have been getting some inspiration from the movie. Senshi says that instead of getting inspiration, it has been making an impression. There is a time and a place for a joke, but this is neither the time nor the place. The interview is interrupted by Chris Sabin, Jay Lethal, and Sonjay Dutt. Sabin tells Mr. Serious Face to calm down because they are just having some fun. They didn’t mean to ruin Senshi’s ‘No Fun Zone’ and they tell Senshi to lighten up. Senshi asks Sabin to find out from Dutt and Lethal how much fun it was to have their heads stomped in. You can play all of the jokes and pranks, but neither will guarantee Sabin a win on Sunday. Sabin mocks Senshi’s comments. Sabin tells Senshi that he liked Senshi in Bloodsport.
Match Number Two: Eric Young versus Norman Smiley
Smiley works on Young’s arm and then he takes Young down with a single leg trip. Young with a side head lock and shoulder tackle. Young comes off the ropes and Smiley stops Eric before doing the Smiley Shuffle. Smiley backs Young into the corner and he hits a series of European uppercuts. Young slides through Smiley’s legs and then he stops Smiley; and Eric struts in the ring. Smiley kicks Young and then hits European uppercuts. Smiley with a delayed butterfly suplex for a two count, but a video tape comes out of Young’s tights. Smiley puts Young in the ropes and he sets for the Big Wiggle, but Young moves out of the way. Smiley charges into a boot and then Young with a wheelbarrow into a Stunner for the three count.
Winner: Eric Young
After the match, Young runs to the back.
We go to Jeremy Borash with Shane Douglas in the interview area. He brings up Shane’s comments from two weeks ago about how if the Naturals do not win the battle royal at No Surrender he is done with them. Shane says that the tag team division in TNA is the toughest and his team will not back into a title shot. They will go into No Surrender in the Triple Chance Battle Royal, but if they lose that match the experiment is over.
Eric Young stops by and he wants to know where Jeff Jarrett is. Jeremy says that Jarrett left about ten minutes ago. Eric says that he needs to get the tape to Jarrett because his career is on the line. He says that he thinks he has the problem solved ‘I think . . . kind of . . . mostly . . . pretty much’. Borash says that he has a sure fire way to see the video tape. Eric gives Jeremy the tape as Eric leaves, and we go to commercial.
We are back with the video tape that Eric gave to Jeremy Borash . Eric says that he is on a recon mission and he is on the street where Sting goes every day to train. Eric holds up a sign in the street that reads ‘Sting . . . It’s Me . . . Stop!’ Alex points out to Eric that he just went to Sting’s home. Eric talks to a man and he tells Eric that it is not ‘that Sting’, but Sting from The Police. Eric is shocked to hear that Sting has been arrested. Eric holds up a dry erase board that reads ‘Have you seen this man’ with a drawing of Sting; followed by one that reads ‘1-800 Find-Sting’; and one that reads ‘Help me help Jeff’. He has another sign that reads ‘Honk if you have seen Sting’ and ‘www.findsting.com’. Eric says that since they are in Los Angeles he has the perfect sign and it reads ‘Sting donde tu estas?’ We see Eric talking to people in cars and then he holds up a sign that reads ‘Need food . . . preferably hot wings’. He asks someone if he can borrow their glasses.
We see footage from last month at Hard Justice from the Triple Threat Falls Count Anywhere Match between Samoa Joe, Rhino, and Monty Brown.
Match Number Three: Monty Brown versus Rhino in a Falls Count Anywhere match
Monty meets Rhino outside the ring but Rhino with the advantage. Monty sends Rhino into the guardrail and then he tells the fans in the front row to move but Monty fakes them out and he rolls Rhino back into the ring. Rhino punches Monty but Monty with forearms to the midsection and a boot followed by a swinging neck breaker. Monty covers Rhino for a two count. Monty has some words for referee Earl Hebner and that allows Rhino to attack Monty from behind and then they battle outside the ring. They go over the guardrail into the crowd as we go to commercial.
We are back and the action returns to the ring and there is a table in the ring. Monty hits Rhino in the back followed by a chop. Monty with a hard Irish whip to Rhino and then Monty sets up the table in the ring. Monty with shoulders in the corner and then he puts Rhino on the top turnbuckle and Monty sets up for the superplex but Rhino fights Monty off. Monty gets Rhino on his shoulders and sets for a Death Valley Driver through the table, but Rhino gets out of the hold and he hits a belly-to-belly suplex. Rhino puts the table in the corner and Monty punches Rhino. Monty with an Irish whip but he charges into an elbow from Rhino. Rhino charges at Monty but Monty moves out of the way and Rhino goes through the table. Monty covers Rhino but he can only get a two count. Rhino hits a spinebuster and he sets for the GORE, but from out of nowhere, Christian Cage trips Rhino and pulls him out of the ring. Rhino and Christian fight outside the ring and the referee calls for the bell.
Winner: No Contest
After the match, Christian and Rhino fight outside the ring and Rhino sends Christian into one of the supports for the Ultimate X cables. The battle moves into the crowd and Christian punches Rhino. Rhino sends Christian into the bleachers and then Rhino and Christian fight towards the exit. Christian hits Rhino with a chair in the back. Christian sends Rhino into the wall outside the Impact Zone and then Christian hits Rhino in the head with a chair against the wall.
It is time for the latest ‘Who is going to Manage Bobby Roode’ segment. Bobby says that he has talked to Bobby Heenan and The Colonel. Who is next? We see Sherri Martel in the limo. He says that it is a pleasure to meet Sherri and he wants to know what Sherri can do for him. Sherri says that before each and every successful man is a strong and successful woman. Sherri points out that Randy Savage, Ted DiBiase, and Shawn Michaels were all champions and she says that Bobby has championship material. She says that she will be there to make sure that Bobby gets what he deserves. Bobby says that he will think about it, but he asks if Sherri wants to get some dinner and they drive away.
Samoa Joe is sitting in an empty room still bloodied from the attack earlier in the show and Jeremy Borash has found him. Jeremy says that this is the first time that Joe has shed blood in TNA and it is at the hands of his opponent on Sunday. Joe says that this was about the fan’s vengeance for everything he has done. Unfortunately, it is now about Joe’s vengeance. For every drop of blood, he will spill a bucket. For all of the pain that Jarrett has inflicted, Joe says that he will return it ten-fold. He asks Jeff if it is a game. He tells Jarrett to worry about Joe, not the fans. There will be no quarter given, and there will be no remorse. Joe tells Jarrett that he will kill him. At No Surrender, Jeff Jarrett will die. We go to commercial.
We are back and Christian is outside the Impact Zone preparing to leave. Jeremy Borash catches up to him and he wants to know what Christian is doing. Christian says that there are a thousand other guys he would rather bash in the skull with a chair, but this is tough love. He pities Rhino, because like everyone else in TNA, he cannot accept the fact that he is not on his level. At No Surrender, he will prove it for the last time.
We go to the ring and it is decorated for LAX with piñatas, a mariachi band, food and drinks, a number of signs in the ring, and an Uncle Sam mannequin hanging from the center of the ring. Konnan gets on the mic and he says that this is LAX celebrating National Hispanic month. He says that there are no gringos in the ring for this fiesta. He wants to if A.J. Styles and Christopher Daniels are the best that TNA has since they have already demolished them and took their tag team titles. Now they are going to be put into a match that is Styles and Daniels’s specialty. He points out that it is a dangerous match, but they will climb up and get the belts, and then they will bring a level of violence to the match never seen before in TNA. After the match is over, it will be called the ‘Ultimate LAX’ match. Konnan brings up the great American lie. If you read the Constitution, it reads that all men are created equal, but if you read the fine print, it is all men are created equal if you are white. He says that Latinos are all over the place. He says that the dummy hanging in the ring represents everything that they hate about the United States . He talks about the lies, the oppression, and exploitation. That happens no longer. They do things the LAX way, by any means necessary.
Christopher Daniels and A.J. Styles crash the party and they attacks Homicide and Hernandez. Styles kicks Hernandez out of the ring and Daniels sends Homicide out of the ring. Konnan gets cornered by Styles and Daniels. Hernandez attacks Daniels from behind while Konnan hits Styles with the slapjack. Hernandez and Homicide work over Styles and Daniels. Hernandez press slams Styles to the floor while Konnan hits Styles with a kendo stick. They take the Uncle Sam mannequin from the hook and then he hits a power bomb on Styles. Konnan and Hernandez hang A.J. by his feet from the cables while Konnan makes A.J. a human piñata. We go to credits.
Segment Summary:
Segment One: Jarrett promo; Jarrett and Joe fight into crowd.
Segment Two: Ultimate X video package; Lethal defeats Williams; Cornette with Don and Mike
Segment Three: Senshi interview and Sabin, Dutt, and Lethal interrupt; Young defeats Smiley; Shane Douglas interview; Eric Young gives Jeremy tape
Segment Four: Eric Young video; Monty Brown versus Rhino
Segment Five: Brown no contest Rhino; Christian attacks Rhino; Bobby Roode with Sherri Martel; Joe interview
Segment Six: Christian interview; LAX fiesta; LAX fight with Daniels and Styles
