Official Raw Thread (8-18-08): Punk returns home...Champion

[KingofOldSchool]

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Preview:Best of the Best
August 18, 2008


In a first time meeting between two of Raw’s biggest Superstars, Batista was able to prove himself the better man by defeating John Cena at SummerSlam. Now that Batista has won, will he refocus on winning the World Heavyweight Title? Also, how will Cena cope with being beaten by The Animal?

Ever since winning the World Heavyweight Title, CM Punk has had to hear JBL doubt his worth as champion, even after he had already successfully defended his gold against the self-proclaimed “wrestling god.” The Straightedge Superstar followed up an insulting drinking contest offer from JBL on Raw by besting him once again in the ring at SummerSlam to retain his championship. With Raw rolling into Punk's hometown of Chicago, will JBL give the Straightedge Champion credit where credit is due? And who will be next to step up to vie for CM Punk’s World Heavyweight Title?

Thanks to the incredible strength of Beth Phoenix, Santino Marella and The Glamazon won their Winners Take All Match making them the new Intercontinental and Women’s Champions. Now that “Glamarella” has proven their relationship to be a golden alliance, where it will lead to next? Will either of the former champions in Kofi Kingston and Mickie James come looking to take their titles back?

Also, last week on Raw, as per Raw GM Mike Adamle’s demands, Kane revealed that the burlap sack he carried around contained the mask of Rey Mysterio. Afterward, Kane just laughed in the face of Adamle before walking to the back. What did Kane mean by someone “scarred and tortured”? Has the Master of the 619 been victimized by the Big Red Monster?

For the answers to these questions and more, be sure to tune into Monday Night Raw at 9/8 CT only on USA Network.

[Destor]

Home town Punk. Could be good.

[Londoner]

I'll be watching.

[SammyG]

Will be going to the gym instead.

[ClockShot]

I interested in today's episode of "What's in the Bag?"

[Nark Order]

Think they'll have an exclusive interview with Edge in hell, via sattelite?

[Mystic.Tenshi]

Does anyone know of a stream for this...Cablevision cut me off today

[KingofOldSchool]

Think they'll have an exclusive interview with Edge in hell, via sattelite?

Will Eddie Guerrero join him?

[ClockShot]

Will Eddie Guerrero join him?

ZING!

[Nark Order]

Does anyone know of a stream for this...Cablevision cut me off today


http://pro-wrestling-answers.webs.com/chatppvlivecenter.htm

[FourFifty]

Gonna crack open a beer soon.

[Londoner]

One step ahead of you fourfifty.

[ClockShot]

Evening gentlemen. Morning to our friends across the pond.

[KingofOldSchool]

Here we go

[St. Jimmy]

NOW THE WORLD IS WATCHING.

[Londoner]

YEEEEEEEEH Y2J ALREADY!!!!

[Destor]

Hey Yo

[ClockShot]

And Jericho to kick it off.

[St. Jimmy]

JERICHOOOOOOOOOOOOOOO

[FourFifty]

So do you think when Jericho saw HBK's wife he said "Yea, I'd hit it."

[KingofOldSchool]

Boreicho starts out the show in a suit

[Londoner]

:D@the crowd cheering

[Destor]

I might watch some AJPW instead of this so if I dissapere thats what happend

[FourFifty]

It seems the city of Chicago loves woman beaters.... Hell, I bet Benoit would get the biggest pop ever.

[Gone Mad]

Hello everyone, Mad One here. First time in a while I catch a live Raw, hope it's good.

WOOOO Y2J!!

[ClockShot]

Mrs. Hickenbottom lookin fine.

[KingofOldSchool]

lol wtf is HBK wearing?

[KingofOldSchool]

lol @ depressed girl in the crowd

[St. Jimmy]

God I love Jericho. He's the best heel in WWE today.

[FourFifty]

FALCON PUNCH!!!!!!!

[KingofOldSchool]

Bitch got knocked the fuck down

[St. Jimmy]

That was an awesome looking punch last night.

[ClockShot]

Wow. Listen to that crowd.

[Londoner]

lol i dont think this crowd saw the ppv last night after cheering him now they chant 'you suck'

[Gone Mad]

Is HBK married to the former Nitro Girl or am I thinking of someone else?

Damn, Jericho doesn't have to do anything and the people just hate him. Just look at that face.

[Juan]

I'll see you guys in 3 hours

[FourFifty]

lol i dont think this crowd saw the ppv last night after cheering him now they chant 'you suck'

Pfft, just remeber Jericho's debut? Same basic thing.

[Londoner]

Y2J Y2J Y2J

[FourFifty]

Is HBK married to the former Nitro Girl or am I thinking of someone else?

I do believe so.

[Savio]

first time tuning in in awhile Y2J has some new sparkle in him.

Edge: Undertaker! you may have beaten me at summer slam, but you made one fatal mistake....you sent me to hell, but I came back and I brought some one with me.....CHRIS BENOIT!

[Gone Mad]

This video I found does a good job hypes up this fued even more:

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[KingofOldSchool]

lol what is that random girl in the crowd yelling?

[Londoner]

I hate those stupid girls in the crowd that over act.

[Corndad]

Evenin guys. nice promo to start raw.

[FourFifty]

Hmph, I was halfway expecting to see HBK kick him as he went backstage.

[Gone Mad]

I've said it before, say it again...

Jericho is god.

[Londoner]

Was also expecting HBK aswell, but its too early for that to happen, maybe in a couple of weeks it will

[KingofOldSchool]

You know Jericho could have cut that promo down about three minutes as he was babbling about the same damn thing over and over again.

[Destor]

Huge heat for Jericho

[Corndad]

Sci Fi Raw huh.

[FourFifty]

Why the hell is Raw going on SciFi?

[ClockShot]

Raw on Sci-fi?

I guess US Open starts up next week.

[Nark Order]

Cue Dancin Dave

[KingofOldSchool]

HERE COMES DA ANIMAL

[ClockShot]

Up, down, down, triangle, square, X

[The Show Off]

Is it me or did they show Harley Race a bunch of times during that Jericho promo? Or am I seeing things again?

[Nark Order]

LOL, slip

[Gone Mad]

AHAHA Bats just slipped!

And Burchill jobs here tonight.

[Londoner]

lol burchills now a jobber

[St. Jimmy]

Alienoid SQUASH.

[FourFifty]

BWA HA HA HA HA!!!! Love how they pulled off Dancin' Dave messing up getting into the ring!!!!!!!!!!!






:( Burchill is gonna job....

[KingofOldSchool]

HAHAHAHAH Paul The Pirate is getting squashed

[ClockShot]

Capt. Burchill without an entrance. And no Katie Lea.

[The Show Off]

Up, down, down, triangle, square, X

Is that the unlimited title shots code?

[Londoner]

i missed the slip

[Corndad]

Bye Bye Burchill lol

[ClockShot]

Clowns?

[Londoner]

I wonder what burchill did to deserve this?

[St. Jimmy]

TEAR YOUR QUAD YOU FUCK.

[MrSpikeLee]

Batista should have pressed triangle instead of pressing Square, that way he wouldn't have tripped. :D

[KingofOldSchool]

Hahahaha

[Gone Mad]

Well, I guess Burchill fills in the gap for all the released jobbers.

Thanks for coming, Paul.

[The Show Off]

God Batista is so weak, what a terrible looking Batista bomb, and no it wasn't because he was selling that the leg injury its because his muscles are for astetic use only.

[Corndad]

Adamle an interviewer now too lol

[Londoner]

Who?

[FourFifty]

Primo?

[Londoner]

LOL

[PullMyFinger]

Aside from Jericho, and a weak JBL..there are like no heels on Raw. The problem with WWE today is they fear star powers being heels. Cena should turn heel already, its long overdue.

Wth was that btw?! LMAO

[St. Jimmy]

LOL. You got Cena'd.

[KingofOldSchool]

EDDIE COLON!

[Nark Order]

OWNED?

[ClockShot]

Carlito's brother. He'll be out the door along with him in no time flat.

[St. Jimmy]

SOMEONE TURN HEEL GOD-DAMMIT.

[PullMyFinger]

I'm so sick of these face vs. face feuds.

[Destor]

Shoulda been COlt damn it

[Londoner]

Hate how they're keeping cena face, almost like its just to piss us off.

[St. Jimmy]

it's a 20 faces to 5 heel ratio.

[The Show Off]

They better not have a series of Cena/Batista matches... you know a match is in trouble when Cena needs to carry it.

[MrSpikeLee]

Does anyone think they'll use HBK's wife in the Jericho HBK Storyline? I mean having her turn on Shawn and joining Jericho?

[Nark Order]

Fuckin Cena with his 'better man won' bullshit. Crack him in the head with a fucking battle axe or something.

[St. Jimmy]

This gimmick is done now. Seriously.

[Londoner]

oh ffs

[FourFifty]

........if she sings Frank Sinatra's "Chicago" I will kill myself.

[Londoner]

WHY HASN'T SHE BEEN FIRED YET

[Corndad]

Stop it for god sake.

[ClockShot]

Well. At least it ain't "Does anybody really know what time it is?"

[Nark Order]

Jillian has tremendous boobs. But she is terribly annoying. Dear jesus fuck

[St. Jimmy]

Johsonville, FL? Really? C'mon now.

[Londoner]

THANK GOD FOR MICKIE

[Gone Mad]

Mickie :drool:

[FourFifty]

Mickie James, you is my woman!

[Corndad]

Oh Mickie your so fine

[The Show Off]

Damn it;s Mickie...

I was under the impression she lost her belt, I was hoping her pants would have fallen down.

[KingofOldSchool]

MICKIE!

[Xerzes]

I want Jillian Hall to never open her mouth again.

[ClockShot]

Hey. Who's teaching Kelly them moves?

[FourFifty]

Gotta admit, Kelly Kelly is growing by leaps and bounds in the ring.

[Londoner]

Is Jillian the most irritating person ever in wrestling?

[Londoner]

Gotta admit, Kelly Kelly is growing by leaps and bounds in the ring.

Agreed.

[The Show Off]

So when is Kelly Kelly going to buy another facial expression?

[St. Jimmy]

Her tits are growing by leaps and bounds.

[Nark Order]

Is Jillian the most irritating person ever in wrestling?

Johnny Fairplay

[The Show Off]

Is Jillian the most irritating person ever in wrestling?

Bill Alphonso was pretty irritating but genius none-the-less.

[Londoner]

swear they just fucked up there

[ClockShot]

I don't know what I like more, Kelly's ringwork. Or Katie's thong.

[St. Jimmy]

Johnny Fairplay

John Cena

[KingofOldSchool]

Hahahaha Katie jobs

[FourFifty]

I'm glad they didnt try to rename her DDT.

[St. Jimmy]

God HIAC last night was fucking awesome, minus that corny ending.

[FourFifty]

So how will they explain the ending, or will they give Edge a few months off and he'll return as if it's no big deal?

[FourFifty]

Wtf? Who was playing last night?

[KingofOldSchool]

Yes, Raw was watched more than pre season football.

[Londoner]

So much for cena turning heel tonight, instead we get SUPERCENA again...

[St. Jimmy]

lol, a 2 on 1? How is that justified?

[KingofOldSchool]

Priceless jobs to Cena

[ClockShot]

Priceless Rhodes vs. Cena.

Me like. Don't like that Cena may win.

[Gone Mad]

Edge better not be gone for too long. I'm sure he'll be out a week at least.

Or they fire him. Cause you know, WWE's a bunch of ass.

[MrSpikeLee]

omg here comes cry baby JBL, DEMANDING A REMATCH, and wow he's gonna win over a jobber haha

[The Show Off]

Is that a new jacket JBL has?

[FourFifty]

So who is Bitchtits rasslin' tonight?

[Corndad]

Aw man Noble jobing too.

[Londoner]

Really hope they make Cena go on a losing streak for a while, he's lost two ppvs in a row so there's a start.


Oh goody another squash.

[KingofOldSchool]

lol poor Jamie Noble

[ClockShot]

Jamie Noble. I guess they dropped the Layla storyline.

[FourFifty]

JAMIE NOBLE!?!?!?!??!?! ARE YOU FUCKING SERIOUS!?!?!?!?!??! I HAVEN'T BEEN THIS PISSED AT A LETDOWN SINCE MIKE ADAMLE BECAME THE GM!!!!!!!!!!

[KingofOldSchool]

Noble: Hey JAY BEE ELL...I defeated Punk for the World Title before, how bout you???

*JBL kills Noble*

[Londoner]

BORING BORING BORING

[Londoner]

JBL IS SOOOOOO ENTERTAINING HUH?

[ClockShot]

I counted 6.

[Londoner]

OMGZ A CLOTHESLINE FROM HELL

[Corndad]

HA didnt even count when actually pinned him

[Londoner]

stopped the match, wtf?

[The Show Off]

So the ref stopped the match in the middle of a count?

[ClockShot]

The hell kind of an end was that?

[Londoner]

A message sent'...yeh beating Noble is a REAL msg....

[Londoner]

SHANE?????!?

[Corndad]

oh. Blockbuster.

[Nark Order]

lol, ref fucked up

[Londoner]

Better than jbl atleast

[ClockShot]

Shane and Steph.

What? Daddy's fine?

[Gone Mad]

I guess the new blockbuster news is MyNetwork TV. Way to go, commercial.. if that's the news.

[The Show Off]

Shane and Stephnoe are going to announce that every weer they're going to give away 1 thousand dollars to their loyal fans, I can't wait.

[KingofOldSchool]

BREAKING NEWS: Vince McMahon is OK

[MrSpikeLee]

Blockbuster Announcement, wow I wonder what that will be, leave it till the end of Raw to make us lot glued to are tv sets then they come out and announce something shit.


Steph: Guess What Shane

Shane: What

Steph: My husband has a small penis

Shane: "Starts running around like a girl"

King: That was the announcement wow, "fades to black"

[Nark Order]

Noble is extremely short. Discuss.

[KingofOldSchool]

Stephanie and Shane have stripped CM Punk of the World Title and have given it to The Great Khali

[Londoner]

Hate how they've gone back to booking squash matches just cause there's a GM.

[Gone Mad]

Noble is not a pitbull. He's a chihuahua.

[Fox]

STEPH: "Our blockbuster announcement is that Summerslam was the biggest blockbuster of the summer."

US: :|

[Londoner]

lol adamle gets the raw theme

[KingofOldSchool]

YAY MIKE ADAMLE!

[The Show Off]

Adamle doesn't even get his own music, that is sooo Adamle!

[FourFifty]

Fuck! Why didn't they give Adamle some sweet ass theme music?

[Corndad]

Jericho Punk. yummy.

[Londoner]

PUNK V JERICHO?

[KingofOldSchool]

PUNK VS. JERICHO

[Nark Order]

YES. ADAMLE

[Londoner]

WHAT

[ClockShot]

Punk vs. Jericho. Things can happen.

[Xerzes]

I want to go back in time and punch Austin every time he said "what?"

[Fox]

Wow this douche bag has to read off of a clipboard.

[Nark Order]

wtf..

[Londoner]

i havent payed attention to a single word hes said other than punk v jericho

[FourFifty]

Didn't they do this with the hardcore title?

[Corndad]

Wasnt this called the 24/7 rule lol

[KingofOldSchool]

IT'S THE HARDCORE INVITATIONAL ONLY WITH THE WORLD TITLE!

[The Show Off]

Wow so they're just going with the Hardcore Battle Royal from Wrestlemania 2000?

[ClockShot]

5 guys in a ring.

Pinfall make you champ.

20 minutes.

THE FUCK KIND OF MATCH IS THIS?!

[Londoner]

So jbl loses and gets another shot...

[Gone Mad]

PUNK V Y2J TONIGHT! Woo!

So this match at the ppv is a regular 5 man match? Awesome

[FourFifty]

And Cena :(

[Londoner]

Didn't they do this with the hardcore title?

Yep WM 2000

[Xerzes]

This will not end well.

[Corndad]

Kane lol

[ClockShot]

I'm not impresseed.

[MrSpikeLee]

oh for fuck sake, why do we have to see John Cena vs Batista, Vs JBL vs CM Punk it's the same old shit over and over again

[ClockShot]

PRICELESS!

[Nark Order]

They already did that at WM2000

[Londoner]

God i love this theme...thought shane/steph were making the announcement?

[FourFifty]

ANOTHER GODDAMN TITLE SHOT FOR DANCIN' DAVE!!!!!!!!!!

[The Show Off]

So the WWE is looking at the TNA playbook.

The only questions is "Why?"

[KingofOldSchool]

Championship Scramble...wow took them a long time to think of that

[Fox]

That is a pretty fucking stupid match concept.

[Corndad]

Brooklyn Brooklyn lol

[Londoner]

LMFAO

[KingofOldSchool]

Jillian Garcia forgot who Cody Rhodes's partner was

[ClockShot]

Repo Man called.

He wants his gimmick back.

[Fox]

lol awesome

[FourFifty]

HOLY FUCK!!!!!!!!! THIS IS THE HIGHLIGHT OF RAW IN THE HISTORY OF RAW!!!!!!!!!!!!!!

[Londoner]

tag titles stolen!

[The Show Off]

Wow people stole a title that wasn't theirs...

THAT'S NEVER HAPPENED BEFORE!?

[Nark Order]

Black guys stealing stuff? WTF?!?!

[ClockShot]

Thinking about going to see Twisted Metal this weekend.

[The Show Off]

Handicap matches always suck unless its down syndrome kids fighting...

Well judging by the inbred look on Cody Rhodes' face at least one thrid of the people have down syndrome.

[KingofOldSchool]

Black guys stealing stuff? WTF?!?!

Next we'll have Mexicans riding lawnmowers.

:shifty:

[MrSpikeLee]

Another reason the following night after to give JBL to come out and cry like a bitch

[Nark Order]

THE CONDEMEND 2

[Nark Order]

Next we'll have Mexicans riding lawnmowers.

:shifty:

Now, that's ridiculous.

[The Show Off]

Thinking about going to see Twisted Metal this weekend.

No its Death Race a re-make of of shitty movie starring Stallone and David Carradine.

You'd be best served to just play Twisted Metal actually.

[Gone Mad]

Funny it took me this long to realize that movie is basically Twisted Metal.

Though I rather see Twisted Metal than that one. TM has some interesting characters in those games.

[Fox]

Rhodes and DiBiase should be chasing after their gold. Dem boys are already gonna have pawned that shit before they finish doing this job.

[Nark Order]

Everybody watch ECW so you can see Shamu

[Gone Mad]

"And now we're back to Raw and... the match is over. Yeah, it's Cena versus two guys. What do you expect?"

[Fox]

With all of the work Rhodes and Dibiase have been doing with the main event guys, I think it's pretty much a lock that they join up with Randy Orton upon his return. I'm looking forward to that shit.

[FourFifty]

What the crap? There's some jackass with a sign that says "#1 Kane Fan"! Where's his Kane Mask tattoo!!!!

[Nark Order]

Spoiler: Batista wins...?

[Nark Order]

What the crap? There's some jackass with a sign that says "#1 Kane Fan"! Where's his Kane Mask tattoo!!!!

He's a fan. He isn't completely retarded.

[FourFifty]

He's a fan. He isn't completely retarded.

I do believe I have just been served :(

[Fox]

King: "He just got whacked off!"

hahaha

[ClockShot]

DO SOMETHING CODY!

[Nark Order]

Ted is looking pretty damn good lately, tbh. WWE should blow their load on him, have him beat the champ soon, then the champ that got beat should go on a murderous rampage and slaughter his family a couple years later.

[Londoner]

Oh and now its supercena

[Londoner]

ffs

[ClockShot]

Pfft.

[Corndad]

Well hell. Didn't see that one coming...

[Londoner]

meh

[Nark Order]

Cena wins. WEEEEIIIIIIIRDDD

[KingofOldSchool]

YAY CENA WINS

[Londoner]

Wouldn't be surprised if Cena wins the title at the next ppv despite not pinning cmpunk

[FourFifty]

I miss seeing Finlay on Raw :(

[MrSpikeLee]

and yet again hbk shit talk I wish he would retire already, someone actually thought hbk's eye injury was REAL haha, on some stream chat last night.

[KingofOldSchool]

You know what would be swell?

If they let Punk come out and cut a promo in front of his hometown crowd while he's World Champion.

Just a thought...

[Nark Order]

Wouldn't be surprised if Cena wins the title at the next ppv despite not showing up

[Gone Mad]

I see at the ppv, HBK coming back to cost J his shot and allowing Punk to win.

Or they just let J win the damn belt. It's about time.

[Afterlife]

What shoulda happened: R and D beat Cena, Cena flips out and starts swearing at someone backstage about how he's not the loser his recent streak would suggest, and starts on a rampage, beating everyone he can find. Make him a relentless, unforgiving Winning Machine. Thus, heel turn. No more fan coddling, just going for the victory.

I knew what did happen was going happen, but it's so fucking SIMPLE.

[Corndad]

You know what would be swell?

If they let Punk come out and cut a promo in front of his hometown crowd while he's World Champion.

Just a thought...

Now. Easy big fella. Your talking crazy again. You take your meds?

[MrSpikeLee]

http://uk.youtube.com/watch?v=K9AzgP9wabg

[Londoner]

You know what would be swell?

If they let Punk come out and cut a promo in front of his hometown crowd while he's World Champion.

Just a thought...

That's what i thought they would start with.

[KingofOldSchool]

Harley still looking great at age 131.

[KingofOldSchool]

Rebbecca looks like she suffered a botched collagen injection.

[Savio]

mike cole has aged terribly

[Nark Order]

Did one of the most lowest

[Londoner]

SANTINOOOOOOOOO

[FourFifty]

SANTINO!!!!!!!!

[Nark Order]

SANTINO!!!!!!!!!!!

[KingofOldSchool]

GLAMARELLA!

[FourFifty]

I'd love to see these two beat Priceless for the tag team titles.

[Gone Mad]

*** PEEPS UNITE! IT'S GLAMARELA!! ***

[Nark Order]

Huge pop for Santino. wtf

[Nark Order]

D'LO??