Official RAW Thread (2/26/2007): WTTC: Rated RKO vs. HBK/Cena, MITB3 Cont, The Donald
 

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Bad business for Trump?
February 26, 2007

Trump to reveal his pick
Mr. McMahon sent a serious message to rival billionaire Donald Trump on Monday night when he selected new Intercontinental Champion Umaga to represent the Chairman in the Battle of the Billionaires at WrestleMania 23. On the next edition of Raw, “The Donald” will answer back by announcing which Superstar will carry the Trump banner in Detroit on April 1. Which competitor will have the mogul’s endorsement? How will Mr. McMahon or, more importantly, the Samoan Bulldozer react to Trump’s pick?

Opponents and partners
On two consecutive nights, Shawn Michaels was true to his word to WWE Champion John Cena, having his tag team partner’s back at No Way Out and on Raw. Will Michaels uphold his promise this Monday night as he and Cena defend their World Tag Team Championship against Rated-RKO? WWE fans will find out right at 9/8 CT, as the match will kick off Raw.

Cashing in
So far, Edge, CM Punk and King Booker have qualified for the Money in the Bank Ladder Match at WrestleMania 23. Tonight, a fourth man will be added to that mix when Jeff Hardy takes on Shelton Benjamin in the next qualifying match. Will Benjamin move on to his third consecutive Money in the Bank appearance, or is there yet another WrestleMania Ladder Match in Hardy's future?

From paparazzi to Playboy
Melina changed the face of all Diva-dom on Raw as she seized the Women’s Championship from Mickie James. Despite arguably the biggest win in her career, Melina did not seem too happy Monday night as the new champion disparaged latest Playboy cover girl and SmackDown Diva, Ashley. It seems as if the attention Melina gets from the usual torrent of paparazzi isn’t enough any more. What will the Women’s Champion do to ensure the spotlight stays fixed on her curvaceous body?

Find out live Monday night at 9/8 CT only on the USA Network.

L0L. I like that we all still have to act like we don't know who Trump's rep would be. I hope it's the opener so I don't have to keep my mouth shut for the whole hour.

I believe the tag title match is kicking off the show tonight.

Wow. What a bust. All the main eventers on your show right at the beginning. What the hell is the main event?

CANT WAIT TO GET MY KHALI FIX YESSSSSS

I wonder who Trump is going to pick.

I think it's going to be Hogan.

sticky

I think Cena should cost him and HBK the titles.

The shadow image next to Trump looks like Test.

yep, I think that will happen. Cena will go for a tag belt shot and miss and hit HBK

I think Cena should pull a Luger. (ie: sees that he's about to nail HBK, stops and then hits him anyway.)

Why are you guys talking about things other than Khali?

Khali's awesomeness can not be described with words. So in respect to Khali, we must not say a word about him.

He is the best technical wrestler to grace the squared circle.

Trump's mystery guy looks like Test in that pic

Whoo Lillian is back.

Also, the picture they showed on TV looked like Stone Cold's picture.

Also, tag team match this early means heels win and something will happen again later that night. At least I think so.

Listen to that pop for Cena.

Okay, first off what's the Main Event? All the main eventers on Raw are literally in the opener.

I miss "Sexy Boy" music. :-(

HBK turns heel and joins Edge and Orton. :shifty:



(wishes)

They never wear the belts anymore.

Ohhh no match, just an angle.

Okay. Good. I'm glad that they're waiting for this.

Wait, what are they doing? Umaga?

Jesus, Ortons speech is like having teeth pulled. I guess he didn't practice his lines.

JANNETTY!

By the way, I like that they're letting Ran----

Nevermind.


As I started to say that he goes "With Shawn. .Micheals and. . .his friends."

okay what is the friggin point?

ROFL,


BARBER SHOP, CORPORATION, Sweet Chin to Booker, Hogan


ROFL

Micheals is a shitty partner. . .that's a pretty good point to be honest.

MARK OUT MOMENTS GALORE

I didnt realize Edge and Orton had such good video editting skills. :shifty:

Are Edge and Randy high?

HBK should just superkick Cena and get it over with.

Lolz. Real opener is the MitB match. Way to use up all your awesome early.

Nice. WGTT music. Love it.

How the HELL can they keep Shelton out? Holy crap. Those stunts were insane!

What's with the in ring introductions?

I really want Shelton to win, but I really doubt it.

probably just a Lilian pub thing..

Something is wrong with this Raw. It doesn't seem right. Feels like a rehearsal or something.

i am wondering the same

Holy crap. Did Shelton get over as a heel while I wasn't paying attention? Or are we in <s>Canada?</s> <s>Africa?</s> Anti-africa?

Actually a decent match somewhere besides the main event? That's not quite right for these days

Wow. Nice belly to belly by Shelton.

nice superplex type move

Also, the camera does seem a little different. Looks good.

and a commercial break to make up for the shit start

I wished both Hardy and Shelton were in MITB. maybe will have "qualifying match losers" match and he can win it to get in the last spot. One can hope.

Yeah. Shelton needs to be in. He is a high-spot machine - with his athleticism, nothing is out of reason.

lol, I didn't even see that

Yeah, Shelton's awesome. If they got him a manager than he'd be legitimate in the Main Event by now.

that

OOOOOOOOOO

how big of a swerve would it be if shelton would win this. Make us ALL look like asses

Nice. Sell that mistake. Sell it Sell it.

Botch-a-rama

OUCH! But Jeff recovered nicely and Shelton made it a long 2 - almost made me think it wasn't a total screw up.

lol, did they just fuck up the 2 count

YOU FUCKED UP
YOU FUCKED UP

well so much for that haha

Good. I liked that match. Harddyy

LOL Shelton lost twice just to make sure.

It's been a lonnnnnnnnnnnnnnnnnng time since he won a singles match.

Look at that they do have eight spots this year.

Man, I totally thought Vince was going to come in and over-turn that decision. Instead he just turned it into a Trump promo, and one we've already seen at that. WWE even sucks at the little things.

graphic had 8 people...

you figure they would split it between the brands and stay with six (two a piece).

But ECW doesn't deserve and won't get an equal share here. They're going to get two people in (if that) and Raw and Smackdown will get six thus making the number of Raw/Smackdown kids the same as last year.

The match graphics looks sweet this year.

Id say Sabu for the other ECW spot

No, Sabu is going to be in an ECW Originals vs. New Breed match.

LOL NITRO LOL

That's top notch. He should have taken it further.

"SHUT UP! Shut up bitch, shut the fuck up bitch, fuck you, fuck you you bitch."

Nitro is the man.

Nitro should beat the shit out of Crazy here.

See, they might not even get two from ECW, if they do it'll be someone shitty like Hardcore Holly.

That was a beautiful start to the match.

FUCK HIM UP NITRO

Nitro is the fucking man.

I want Nitro in MITB too.

DAMN That face buster had to suck bad balls.

YES

WWE better not fuck him up. He's been my favorite since he came to RAW.

Much better singles wrestler IMO.

So yeah, Nitro is awesome, Dead Silence sucks.

I don't think they will be a new breeds/ originals match at Mania so thats why Id say Sabu in MITB. He doesn't fit anywhere else.

Fucking him up would mean making him so sadistic, seriously when he turned around and "grinned" at the downed Super Crazy it made him look like he was trying to be a shitty horror villian.

Other than that one instance, that was entirely totally sweet.

Melina = Fantasy Points baby.

I can't wait for the Fruity delicious Skittles hype.

HAHA

Where are they at tonight? I haven't heard a RAW crowd this hot in awhile.

They would've put RVD in the match instead of Sabu.

JR has way too much fun with that skittles thing. It sometimes sounds like he is about to go into convulsions while he's saying it.

Maria made me seriously just cream my pants. Jesus.

Has Maria ever won a match on RAW?

holy fuck Maria.. drools.

Maria is fucking hot.

Id usually agree with ya but with RVD goin out I don't even think he will get a spot this year

She is not as hot as Linda though. :drool:

Lol. It's non-title. There's so many reasons why I shouldn't care but I still do.

She won a tag match once I think?

Linda McMahon? :rofl:

JESUS. SHE GOT KICKED IN THE PUSSY.

Sabu's not someone WWE is planning on keeping around.

LOL @ JR: "Well, uh, that didn't work."