Monday Night Raw – December 9, 2002: Three Times! THREE TIMES!
Monday Night Raw
Date: December 9, 2002
Location: Thompson-Boling Arena, Knoxville, Tennessee
Commentators: Jim Ross, Jerry Lawler
Booker T./Goldust vs. William Regal/Lance Storm
Steven Richards vs. Jacqueline
Rob Van Dam vs. Batista
Kane and Van Dam clean house.
HHH vs. Jeff Hardy
The Raw Retro for the week is Mike Tyson debuting and Steve Austin getting in his face. You can hear WCW collapsing from here.
Kane vs. 3 Minute Warning
Rico offers an early distraction so the Samoans can jump Kane from behind. Double headbutts have Kane in trouble and Rosey gets two off a legdrop. The running DDT plants Jamal and Rosey splashes his partner by mistake. The chokeslam puts Jamal down for the pin in less than three minutes. We have four teams and the Samoans are jobbing in a handicap match?
Rico helps with a post match beatdown until Van Dam makes the save. Jamal even eats a Van Terminator.
RNN BREAKING NEWS shows Randy Orton at the New York Stock Exchange.
We run down the pay per view card with all four of its announced matches.
Trish Stratus/Dudley Boyz vs. Chris Jericho/Christian/Victoria
The Lionsault hits knees and Bubba covers out of instinct as Christian slides in a table. That table is set up in the corner and Jericho bounces off of it as this just keeps going. Bubba dives over for the hot tag to D-Von and house is cleaned in a hurry. Jericho saves Christian from being suplexed through a table but takes 3D for his efforts.
The Dudleys load Victoria up for a powerbomb but Richards comes out for the save, only to have Spike Dudley get rid of him. Christian eats a good looking double flapjack but now Regal and Storm come in to jump Bubba and D-Von. Booker T. and Goldust make it SIX RUN-INS as they go after the champs.
HHH and Flair head to the parking lot where Shawn hits HHH in the head with a shovel. Flair takes a shot as well (at least wait for the bar) and a trashcan shot knocks HHH into a dumpster. As you might expect, Shawn climbs the highest thing he can find (the production truck) and dives onto HHH for the big crash. Shawn rants about having heart to end the show.
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