WWE Raw Results

RAW Results for 7/2/07:

Lillian Garcia is back as the ring announcer

Mr. Kennedy comes to the ring dressed in competing attire, he blames the fans for him loosing the Money in the Bank, he vows he will be the next WWE Champion. WWE Champion John Cena then interrupts him and makes his way to the ring, Cena mocks Kennedy and calls him "Mr. Camel toe!!". Cena continues to mock Kennedy until King Booker and Queen Sharmell come to the ring, Booker claims he is next in line for the WWE Title, Randy Orton them comes to the ring and states he has been on Raw the longest and is the most successful, he says he has never had a one-on-one match with Cena and he deserves one. Bobby Lashley then enters the ring and says he never lost his World Title so he deserves the opportunity. William Regal stands in the entrance way and announces Jonathan Coachman is on holiday so tonight he is in charge, he decides that Orton, Booker, Lashley and Kennedy will compete in singles "Beat the Clock" matches, and who ever defeats their opponent the quickest will face Cena for the WWE Title at The Great American Bash.

Beat the Clock Match: Randy Orton vs. Jeff Hardy: Orton is fired up early and tries to take it to Hardy but Jeff keeps up with him, Orton grounds Hardy with a bear hug and continuous body slams. At 4:00 Orton has a body scissors on Jeff, Hardy finally gets some offence on Orton and goes for the Swanton at 6:00, Orton rolls out of the way and Jeff catches Orton with the Whisper in the Wind. Hardy goes for the Twist of Fate but Orton catches Jeff with the RKO for the win at 7:06.

Melina vs. Maria: Maria takes down Melina with a Lou Thesz press but Melina takes advantage knocking Maria down with a clothesline, Melina keeps staring at Candice as she is taking it to Maria, Maria fires up on Melina but the A-lister hits her modifies leg drop on Maria for the win. after the match, Melina attacks Candice, but Candice strikes back at Melina by slamming her into the security wall, she then poses on the announce table with her Women’s Title. Candice was in super-tight spandex pants revealing her butt. This was hot and we've got photos below. Melina's butt was also jiggling all over the place.

Backstage Dusty Rhodes is introducing his son Cody to Jim Duggan, Randy Orton approaches them and introduces himself to Cody he mentions he is the Legend Killer while staring at Dusty, Cody tells Randy to stay away from his Dad, Orton slaps Dusty, Cody goes for Orton but Dusty holds him back.

Intercontinental Championship: Umaga vs. Santino Marella: Santino tries to wear down Umaga with kicks, Umaga tries to splash Santino but he moves, Umaga goes to squash Santino against the ring post but he moves and Umaga flies into the steel. Umaga catches Santino mid-air and Samoan Drops him, he squashes Santino’s head with his running power move, Umaga then finishes Santino off with the Samoan Spike to become new Intercontinental Champion

Beat the Clock Match: King Booker vs. Val Venis: Booker goes for an inside cradle early but only gets a two count, Booker then hits a straight kick but still only a 2. Booker locks Venis in an arm bar but Venis quickly makes it to the ropes, Val tries to fire up but Booker knocks him straight back down, Venis finally gets Booker down and gets a 2 count, Booker connects with a Scissors Kick and wins for a new record time of 4:30.

Beat the Clock Match: Mr. Kennedy vs. Super Crazy: while the clock is ticking down, Mr. Kennedy gets on the mic to introduce himself, Crazy sneaks up behind him and rolls him up for the win after about 10 seconds! Mr. Kennedy doesn’t even win his Beat the Clock match!

Dusty Rhodes challenges Randy Orton to meet him in the ring next week.

Carlito vs. The Sandman: Carlito and Sandman both begin by wrestling, but Carlito goes for the cane to hit Sandman, instead, Sandman hits Carlito with it to get disqualified.

Beat the Clock Match: Bobby Lashley vs. Shelton Benjamin: Benjamin keeps dodging Lashley to waste time, Shelton hits a rough looking DDT on Lashley, Bobby suplexes Shelton and hits a few power moves on him, Lashley gets a 2 count. Shelton takes Bobby down with less than a minute to go, Shelton goes to the top but Lashley connects with a mid-air spear on him to get the victory with 24 seconds left on the clock! Lashley is the new #1 Contender!

In the ring William Regal officially announces that John Cena will take on Bobby Lashley at the Great American Bash for the WWE Championship, Lashley makes his way back to the ring followed by the WWE Champ John Cena. Cena puts over Lashley and tells him he’s looking forward to the match, Lashley says he is also looking forward to it and signs the contract. Kennedy and Booker then try to stop the signing but Cena and Lashley take them out, Cena then signs the contract and turns around right into a spear from Lashley! Lashley motions he will be the next WWE Champ and leaves Cena lying on the mat! Lashley poses before leaving

 

RAW Preview for 7/2/07 from WWE.com:

Bobby Lashley cemented his spot in The Great American Bash's WWE Championship Match last week when he defeated Shelton Benjamin and the time of King Booker in the final "Beat the Clock" Match of the evening. This Monday night, right at 9 p.m. ET, King Booker will look for revenge as he takes on Lashley in one-on-one action. Will royalty rule this week on Raw? Or will Lashley overthrow the King en route to his WWE Championship Match with John Cena?

Also, Randy Orton may also have a chance to add another Legend to his list of victims. After he slapped WWE Hall of Famer Dusty Rhodes last week, The American Dream told Orton to meet him face to face in Lafayette. What does Dusty have in mind for the Legend Killer?

Plus, Candice Michelle may be Women’s Champion, but Melina’s not ready to let go. After defeating Maria in action last week, the former champion attacked Candice, only to find herself with a face full of floor. Will the rivalry between Candice and Melina come to a head this week?

Find out the answers to all of these questions and more on Raw, Monday night at 9/8 CT on USA Network

 

RAW Results for 7/2/07

The show started with Lashley beating King Booker via disqualification. Lashley destroyed Booker with a power slam, body slam and the dominator slam. Booker kicked out. Booker followed with a delayed vertical suplex, at which point Mr. Kennedy ran in for the DQ. The heels beat down Lashley until Coach came out. He said that Kennedy and Booker would wrestle Lashley and a partner of his choosing in the main event. Coach and William Regal had a discussion backstage. Coach thanked Regal for helping him out last week. Regal gave Coach a couple backhanded compliments, and Coach responded by making Regal vs. Sandman.

Umaga beat Santino Marella. Umaga just basically beat Marella down for most of the match. He won with a thrust kick, running butt drop and Samoan spike. Maria tended to Santino after the match. Backstage shortly thereafter, Maria consoled Santino and suggested they go out. Santino didn’t want to go out because people would make fun of him, so he suggested she come back to his hotel room.

Lance Cade and Trevor Murdoch beat the Highlanders in another match that was pretty close to a squash. The rednecks worked over Rory, who eventually made the tag to Robbie. Robbie was on the offensive only briefly, before he got caught with the high low for the win.

Snitsky defeated Super Crazy with the pump handle slam.

Dusty Rhodes came out and called out Randy Orton for disrespecting him. They got into an argument, and Orton challenged Dusty at his own creaction. I thought for a minute they were setting up a bunkhouse stampede, but he meant the Great American Bash. Dusty said he would wrestle Orton in a Texas bullrope match, and Orton accepted. Orton said that Cody should bring a broom to sweep up what’s left of Dusty after the match. Cody came down to the ring and slapped Orton in response.

Paul London beat Shelton Benjamin. Earlier in the show, Charlie Haas spoke with Benjamin backstage. Haas noted it was Benjamin’s birthday, but made fun of him for kissing Booker’s hand. Benjamin said if he lost his match, he would kiss Haas on the lips. London of course would then beat Benjamin in a short match following a huracanrana and a rollup. They went backstage a segment later, and Haas said that Benjamin wouldn’t have to kiss him on the lips but would have to kiss his hand. Benjamin was furious, but Haas said he was only joking and they hugged.

Mr. Kennedy jumped Super Crazy backstage for what happened last week.

Candice Michelle and Mickie James beat Jillian Hall and the returning Beth Phoenix. Prior to the match, Melina said she would invoke her rematch clause at the Great American Bash. They went back to the unresolved storyline of Mickie and Beth having some sort of past. The heels briefly worked over Mickie, who tagged Candice. Candice hit a side Russian leg sweep on Jillian, but Jillian retaliated with a side slam. Candice then utilized a backslide for the pin. All three heels jumped Candice after the match.

William Regal beat Sandman via DQ. The crowd was really into Sandman, which was funny because it was a pretty dead crowd in general. Sandman quickly ended up caning Carlito and Regal for the disqualification. They then aired a really nice and effective video package on Lashley.

John Cena appeared on video from the Larry King Show. They completely no sold why Cena was there. Cena said he will address Lashley next week.

Jeff Hardy and Bobby Lashley beat Mr. Kennedy and King Booker. The heels worked over Hardy briefly. Lashley tagged in and threw Kennedy around. He won with the torture rack drop and spear.

 

RAW Results for 7/16/07

Triple H’s music played to start the show, but King Booker came out instead. He said that he’s the only king in the WWE. He approached Jerry Lawler and made the same claim. He demanded Lawler kiss his finger. Lawler refused, so they got into a brawl. This was a good start to the show. Lawler is always effective in this role.

They aired a series of short packages throughout the show, with various wrestlers weighing in on the Lashley-Cena match this Sunday. It felt very similar to UFC build, and was good stuff. I also like that they didn’t make sure that exactly half the wrestlers pick Lashley and exactly half pick Cena, because that would have felt contrived. Ric Flair, Edge, Steve Austin and JBL picked John Cena. Batista and Mick Foley picked Lashley.

Jeff Hardy won a 4 way match to earn an Intercontinental Title shot Sunday over Santino Marella, Shelton Benjamin and William Regal. Regal eliminated Santino with a knee very quickly. The heels worked over Jeff, who eventually made the comeback. He hit the twist of fate on Regal for the pin. Benjamin hit a blockbuster on Jeff off the top, but only got a two. Jeff executed a pescado on both Benjamin and Haas, but missed the swanton. He rolled up Benjamin shortly thereafter for the win. This was a good match that picked up at the end.

Randy Orton backstage vowed to end Cody Rhodes’ career before it starts. Santino spoke with Maria, and was again discouraged. He said he feels like a fraud and wants to quit, but then he spends time with Maria. He invited her to spend the night with him again. It’s kind of hard to feel sorry for young Santino when he gets to spend the night with Maria.

Snitsky defeated Val Venis in a short match with a pump handle slam. Cody Rhodes said he plans on making a good first impression. Jerry Lawler in the ring then explained what a bullrope match is. They had a bullrope, and he explained how the wrestlers are tied together and that the bell could be used as a weapon. Lawler noted that it is Dusty’s specialty.

Randy Orton beat Cody Rhodes. Orton hit a clothesline, punches, the Garvin stomp, a power slam, a European uppercut, a back breaker and the RKO for the pin. He dominated basically the entire match with Cody only getting a few brief comebacks including a dropkick off the top.

Melina w/Beth Phoenix defeated Mickie James w/candice Michelle. This was a quick and inconsequential match. Melina pinned Mickie with her guillotine leg drop move.

William Regal approached Hacksaw Jim Duggan backstage. Regal wanted Duggan’s 2x4, supposedly to have it bronzed. Duggan wouldn’t give it to him, and so they got into a shouting match with a bunch of double entendres.

Sandman beat Carlito via DQ. Sandman was going up for the Rolling Rock when William Regal interfered. Jim Duggan made the save.

Mr. Kennedy beat Super Crazy. Crazy hit a pair of moonsaults, but was caught when he went for the third. Kennedy then used a reverse suplex off the top for the pin.

The show concluded with a face off between John Cena and Bobby Lashley. Cena parodied being hurt and scared, and said that he never learned to read. His delivery was moderately funny, but what made it funnier was Lashley staring blankly forward as this was going on. Cena said he never backs down and will give his best at the Bash. Lashley said that Cena is the hype man and can promote the match, while he’ll just be ready to fight. Cena said he will put Lashley to the test at the Bash