Monday Night Raw – February 25, 2002: Well, That Happened
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Night Raw
Date: February 25, 2002
Location: Dunkin Donuts Center, Providence, Rhode Island
Attendance: 10,059
Commentators: Jim Ross, Jerry Lawler
Theme song.
Val Venis is at WWE New York.
Recap of the WWF on Fear Factor, won by Matt Hardy.
Tag Titles: Billy and Chuck vs. Hardy Boyz
Billy and Chuck won the belts on Smackdown. Chuck punches Jeff down to start but gets caught in a jawbreaker. Off to Matt for some double teaming in the corner and a double suplex for two. The Twist of Fate is broken up and Billy takes Matt down with a clothesline. Chuck stomps Matt down in the corner and pounds away, only to be caught in a suplex to put both guys down.
Jericho and his new business partner Stephanie McMahon arrive. Jericho has a video for a production guy.
Austin has nothing to say.
Austin does the WHAT bit and accepts the match with Hall.
We look at Angle putting Kane through a table and destroying his ankle with a chair from Smackdown.
Lance Storm vs. Rob Van Dam vs. Big Show
Booker T is learning Japanese for a shampoo commercial in one of the most infamous storylines of the era.
The APA gets an invitation to the Friendly Tap. The bar owned by referee Tim White.
Rikishi vs. Booker T
Booker pounds Rikishi down into the corner but walks into a powerslam for two. A spin kick puts Rikishi down again and Booker stomps away some more. Rikishi comes back with a bad looking Samoan drop but misses a charge into the corner. A Japanese spin kick misses and Rikishi superkicks him into the corner. Booker uses the referee as a shield and kicks Rikishi down for the pin. This was nothing.
Mark Henry won the Arnold Schwarzenegger strongman challenge over the weekend.
Post match Jazz lays out Molly. Back from a break and Arn Anderson is checking on Molly when Undertaker comes out for the beating to set up Flair vs. Taker at Wrestlemania.
WWF World Title: Kurt Angle vs. Chris Jericho
Kane swings a chair at Angle but Kurt ducks and bails through the crowd.
During the break Flair arrived, over an hour and a half into the show. He heard about Arn and immediately left. Ok then.
The NWO wishes Perfect good luck tonight.
Mr. Perfect vs. Steve Austin
Austin shoves him into the corner to start and we actually get a clean break. Perfect takes him into the opposite corner and gets flipped off for his efforts. A shoulder block puts Austin down and a headlock sends us to a stalemate. They chop it out in the corner and Austin whips him around the ring a few times, getting two off a clothesline. An elbow to the jaw puts Steve down but Austin shrugs it off, does his stomping and hits the Stunner for the clean pin.
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