Monday Night Raw – June 24, 2002: The Lesnar Problem
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Night Raw
Date: June 24, 2002
Location: Gund Arena, Cleveland, Ohio
Commentators: Jim Ross, Jerry Lawler
Opening sequence.
Bradshaw/Spike Dudley vs. William Regal/Christopher Nowinski
Lawler is too busy looking at the Harvard yearbook as Bradshaw throws Spike onto the two pompous jerks. Nowinski gets beaten up to start but Spike gets pulled out to the floor so Regal can start the beating. A very quick hot tag brings in Bradshaw for the house cleaning, including the Clothesline to Regal, only to have Chris grab a rollup and trunks for the pin.
Bubba Ray Dudley vs. Eddie Guerrero
Rey Mysterio is coming. Now THAT is a way to fire up a show.
X-Pac chases Goldust but runs into a trashcan lid shot from Booker. This has turned into a bad comedy chase movie.
GET THE F OUT!
Raven vs. Tommy Dreamer
Paul Heyman is ready to crown Brock as King.
Raven leaves without even getting to change. Matt Hardy jumps him to make up for last week.
Post break, Heyman begs for and is granted a match tonight between Lesnar and Van Dam. Vince even makes it for the title, sending Heyman through the roof with elation.
Video of Undertaker destroying Jeff Hardy in recent weeks.
Jeff Hardy vs. Undertaker
Non-title. Jeff is thrown shoulder first into the post and a powerslam gets two with Undertaker pulling him up. The apron legdrop misses and Jeff gets in a dive, only to be chokeslammed on the floor. The Last Ride completes the destruction.
Undertaker rides away but Jeff says not so fast. He may have been beaten down time and time again but Jeff wants one more match: A LADDER MATCH for the title.
Trish Stratus/Linda Miles vs. Molly Holly/Jackie Gayda
We look back at Van Dam attacking Lesnar.
Van Dam and Lesnar are ready for each other.
Nash fires up the NWO.
NWO vs. Booker T./Goldust
Intercontinental Title: Rob Van Dam vs. Brock Lesnar
Brock is in such a weird place as he looks great and has all the physical tools but he feels like someone who is just doing the things a great heel can do instead of actually doing them. Instead of someone who is the top star, he comes off like the ultimate dragon for the real top star to slay. Van Dam breaks out and starts the comeback with the usual, including the top rope kick to the face. Heyman offers a distraction to break up the Five Star and then comes in to break up the cover off a split legged moonsault.
Overall Rating: D. Until the aftermath of Jeff vs. Undertaker, this could have been on an episode of Heat. Yeah Vince addressed the locker room and that seems to mean a grand total of nothing. Really what it came down to was “now you all work extra hard” and then it was just another episode of Raw with a first hour that meant nothing. How can you go through a show and have so little happen until nearly the last third?
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