WWE Monday Night RAW June 2: The Worst
June 3, 2008 by Michael Sedor
Filed under MMA-UFC
Don’t get me wrong, I actually enjoyed last night’s RAW. However, this month’s community blog post here at b5 media is “The Worst” so I’ll be scouring each match and segment on RAW to determine what was “The Worst”. I’ll also balance it with “The Best”.
Segment winners in italics. At the end of the article we’ll crown our definitive Worst and Best of the June 2 WWE Monday Night RAW.
SEGMENT #1
Triple H, John Cena, Jeff Hardy and Vince McMahon discuss who will face HHH at the Night of Champions.
The Worst Nominees: HHH’s theme music (always bad); HHH making fun …read more
Backlash Takes Shape on Raw
The lineup for WWE’s next pay-per-view, Backlash, took serious shape on Monday night during Raw. What was originally booked as JBL vs. Randy Orton for the PPV quickly expanded to a Fatal Four Way as both Triple H and John Cena won matches on Raw against their Backlash opponents to earn spots in the match.
In other Backlash match bookings the slow buildup between Shawn Michaels and Batista continued on Raw and their match at Backlash has now been officially announced.
In other Raw matches Santino Marella and Carlito defeated tag champs Hardcore Holly and Cody Rhodes in a non-title match, Paul …read more
Raw Results (March 31, 2008)
Cryme Tyme def. Lance Cade & Trevor Murdoch
Paul London & Brian Kendrick def. World Tag Team Champions Hardcore Holly & Cody Rhodes (non-title)
Intercontinental Champion Chris Jericho def. CM Punk (non-title)
WWE Champion Randy Orton def. Matt Hardy (non-title)
Maria def. Santino Marella in an Anything Goes Match
Wrestlemania 24 Match Lineup
Triple Threat match for the WWE Championship: Randy Orton (c) vs. Triple H vs. John Cena
World Heavyweight Championship: Edge (c) vs. The Undertaker
Money in the Bank ladder match: Mr. Kennedy vs. Shelton Benjamin vs. Chris Jericho vs. Carlito vs. MVP vs. CM Punk vs. John Morrison
No Disqualification match: Floyd “Money” Mayweather vs. The Big Show
Umaga vs. Batista
Career threatening match: Ric Flair vs. Shawn Michaels
Playboy BunnyMania Lumberjack match: Maria and Ashley vs. Beth Phoenix and Melina[43]
Belfast Brawl: Finlay vs. John “Bradshaw” Layfield
ECW Championship: Chavo Guerrero (c) vs. TBD
Pre-show: 24-man Interpromotional Battle Royal (Elijah Burke, Lance Cade, Deuce, Domino, Tommy Dreamer, Jim …read more
SmackDown Recap (March 28, 2008)
Chris Jericho and MVP squared off on SmackDown this week, the final WWE show before Wrestlemania 24, in a champion vs. champion non-title match. Jericho walked away the victor after MVP was disqualified. Jericho evaded an MVP attack and hit a codebreaker before smashing him with a ladder.
Mark Henry defeated Kane, The Great Khali, and Chuck Palumbo in an over-the-top-rope challenge leading up to their participation in the 24 man battle royal tomorrow.
In a squash Batista defeated Snitsky and will face Umaga on Sunday for brand supremacy.
CM Punk hit the go to sleep on John Morrison in a Money in …read more
Pre-Wrestlemania 24 Man Battle Royal
The WWE has announced a pre-Wrestlemania 24 man battle royal. The winner of the match, which will air exclusively on WWE.com immediately before the pay-per-view, will then face Chavo Guerrero for the ECW title later in the show.
Here is a complete list of wrestlers participating in the tri-branded match:
Elijah Burke, Lance Cade, Deuce, Domino, Tommy Dreamer, Jim Duggan, Festus, The Great Khali, Mark Henry, Hardcore Holly, Jesse, Kane, Brian Kendrick, Kofi Kingston, The Miz, Shannon Moore, Trevor Murdoch, Jamie Noble, Chuck Palumbo, Cody Rhodes, Snitsky, Matt Striker, Val Venis and Jimmy Wang Yang.




