Official Raw Thread: 3/31/08 (Four Horsemen Edition)
 

At WrestleMania XXIV, Randy Orton shocked the world by pinning John Cena and retaining his coveted WWE Championship at the Citrus Bowl.

Now that Orton has proven his dominance against not one, but two of Raw’s most powerful and skilled Superstars, who could possibly step forth to oppose him? And how will Triple H and Cena react after having been foiled in their attempts to recapture the WWE Championship? We'll find out as Raw rolls across town to Orlando's Amway Arena.

Unfortunately, Orton’s win wasn’t the only disappointment for WWE fans last night. After a legendary 36-year career, the "Nature Boy" Ric Flair was defeated by Shawn Michaels, and given a standing ovation by the 74,365 at the Citrus Bowl.

How will The Showstopper deal with the emotions involved in ending the career of his friend and 16-time World Champion? Will he be present as Flair returns to Raw tonight for his farewell address to our fans worldwide?

Intercontinental Champion Chris Jericho was two rungs away from claiming the Money in the Bank briefcase at WrestleMania before slipping, and CM Punk outraced him to the case to win the match. Y2J faces the new “Mr. Money in the Bank” tonight on Raw in a non-title match, looking to even the score with the Straightedge Superstar.

And after Maria was on the losing end of the BunnyMania Lumberjack Match at WrestleMania, the latest Playboy cover girl will look to put an end to the meddling of her former beau, Santino Marella, by facing him in the ring tonight.

To find out the answers to these questions and more, tune into Monday Night Raw at 9/8 CT on USA Network

I think we need a Forum Horsemen reunion for this show.

WOOOOOO!!

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TULLY FUCKING BLANCHARD ON RAW

I'm sure Lawler's going to end up getting involved with the Santino match.

CM Punk vs. Chris Jericho.....I'm set

Seems like you can't go wrong with that.

I'd love for the roster to blackball HBK for retiring Flair

You and me both bro

This is gonna be great tonight.

10 minute match with a 4 minute break, even that'll do

Woooooooooo good night tonight.

I'm sure they'll be setting up a Punk/Jericho match at Backlash

And here we go

WOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOO!!!!!!

Horseman + Punk vs. Jericho = WIN

WOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOO

I giggled at the pyros.

So much for no pyro :lol:

Lets go daddy!!

GOD DAMMIT YOU LOST

Someone has a "I'm here for Ashley" sign.

Cena? Seriously now?

Wow, my hopes and dreams for this show just got killed in a heart beat.
The champ isn't here.

Cena comes out first even though he lost.

Yipee.

Oh, look, it's Super Cena :roll:

This is Orton fucking with everyone.... LOL

here comes Orton

Ohhhh Orton is playing games.

And HHH? Hmmm

:rofl: Nice way to start the show.

THAT WAS AWESOME!

Oh Orton, you shyster :lol:

ORTON :love:

Fuck. I was hoping in the time I had stopped watching, they'd replace that atrocious fucking belt.

HEEL 4 LIFE

Orton is making me a fan, he needs some golden pyro

Super Heel.

His odds were 33.33333 percent, repeating of course.

And a less face-sounding theme. And a better looking belt.

ROFFLLLLLLLLLLLLLLL

Whoa. Good heat. It's like this crowd cares or something.

Orton needs the Evolution theme back

Thinking about it now- the triple threat at mania was great. A great heel, a top face, and the world's richest tweener.

I kinda like his theme, but yeah, it'd be cool having the Evolution theme again

woooooooo Laundry List

Evening fellas. Whats this about the Horseman tonight?

we need to get the Laundry List t-shirts out

Heelishness is leaking from his mouth.

The Age of Orton :lol:

JBL?

So would CM Punk do well with Orton? Hardy and Orton were good.


JB-FUCKING-L :D

Church of Orton is reopened

Yeah, it fit him pretty well. Although a few years ago, I came across a fan-made version of his theme with another Mercy Drive song:

http://download.yousendit.com/04F110123E7C66D6

And wtf at JBL?

JBL, huh?

Hells yeah! :love:

JBL face turn?

hey y'all

The more JBL talks the more I dig him.

turning Orton face??

God, I hope JBL gets his DAMN TORCH BACK.

Oooooh JBL/Orton :drool:

i just fell asleep for literally 3 minutes... randomly woke up when orton came out and now i feel like ive had an entire night's sleep... quality

Matt Hardy? lol

What the fuck is with Matt Hardy?

MATT FREAKIN' HARDY!!!!

V-111111111111111111111111

huh?

Holy fuckin shit

MATT!

Evening everyone.

THE ORTON ERA BEGINS!



.............................MATT HARDY!

...now I'm confused. Why isn't he jobbing right now?

That was unexpected

V.1 uhhhhhhh

wow, am I watching from 2008 here?

payback

wtf matt hardy go to smackdown.

Now that's how you start RAW!

HAHA, everyone always says "WWE expects us to forget everything after 3 weeks" or something to those lines.

Anyone remember Orton punting in Hardy's skull, ya :D.

So who's gettin credit for putting Matt out then? MVP or Orton?

Or is Matt's new gimmick that he just runs out of the crowd and randomly attacks people? I'm liking that. Maybe he can do it to Adamle.

did they just continue a storyline from 2 months ago?

I'm liking the start to RAW, minus JBL talking, appearing, and fattening

Orton vs. Matt tonight, Orton wins via MVP interference.

So Matt's the new loose cannon guy?

JBL is the man, Matt Hardy is a feces.

How could you say that? :foc:

With JBL as the ref

Anyone know of a decent stream that actually works and doesn't involve downloading sopcast / any other programme to watch?

It would be MUCH appreciated.