WWE Raw Recap 11.05.07

Raw recap from Los Angeles, CA:

An in memory of "Fabulous Moolah" Lillian Ellison 1923 - 2007 image flashed the screen for a few moments prior to Raw.

Raw opened with DX's entrance video coming on the Titantron. Triple H and HBK came out with HHH tossing green glow sticks to the fans. HHH spoke to the crowd saying "it's for 1 night only" and then kicked off the "are you ready?" DX intro. Just as HHH was about to finish, Hornswoggle's theme music came on. Hornswoggle came out from under the ring and got into the ring running around after HBK and doing the DX chop. HHH told Hornswoggle to go back under the ring. HHH had HBK take out a sheet listing the events for Raw tonight and saying how Hornswoggle wasn't part of the intro. Hornswoggle insisted on being part of DX. HHH asked why Hornswoggle couldn't go under the ring and Hornswoggle said because of a "Monster" under there. HBK went out and then was pulled under the ring briefly.

When HBK came back out he had worms in his mouth. All of a sudden, Boogeyman's music came on and the Boogeyman came out from under the ring and entered. HHH asked what he wanted and Boogeyman said to be part of DX. DX prepared again with Hornswoggle and Boogeyman in ring to do their intro. Just then, Great Khali's music hit and down came Khali to the ring. HHH said "lemme guess you want to be in DX, get in the back". HHH prepared to do the intro again, but this time Coach came down to the ring to interrupt yelling "Enough!"

Coach told DX that the fans came to see action not DX's antics. Triple H told Coach he would tell Khali's translator what Coach said about him earlier. Triple H whispered to Khali's translator and he then told Khali something. Khali walked up to Coach then chopped him down. Coach rolled out of the ring and Khali exited to chase him up the ramp. DX was then left alone in the ring as Boogeyman and Hornswoggle also left. DX finished their intro after joking about the Hollywood writers being on strike.

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Jim Ross and Jerry Lawler noticed a few celebs in the crowd such as Tom Green and Luke Perry, then discussed the Divas Halloween Battle Royal from last week's Raw. Kelly Kelly was the winner, but Beth Phoenix spoiled her celebration coming down to knock out the Extreme Expose member.

Kelly Kelly vs. Beth Phoenix

Beth grabbed Kelly by the arm as the bell rang, then clotheslined her down to the mat. Beth followed by picking up Kelly for a suplex and holding her up for a while before slamming her down. Beth scored the extremely quick pinfall victory.

Winner: Beth Phoenix wins via pinfall over Kelly Kelly.

Backstage, Santino Marella announced he had bad news that Stone Cold Steve Austin will not be at Raw tonight. Santino said in case Austin shows up, he has a paper bag for him, so Austin can "try to act his way out of it".

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Jim Ross announced that Rey Mysterio and Jeff Hardy will team up to face Finlay and Mr. Kennedy.

Carlito in ring asked his opponent his name and the guy said "Joey". Carlito told the wrestler he found him a replacement to face, and Snitsky's music came on as he came down to the ring.

Joey vs. Snitsky

Snitsky tossed the man to the ring corner quick and started shoving him around. Snitsky used a huge boot to Joey's face, then picked him up to slam him down for a very quick victory. After the win, Carlito got into the ring and held Snitsky's arm up to celebrate. As Carlito was eating his apple, Snitsky all of a sudden became enraged and booted Carlito down. Snitsky then picked up Carlito and power slammed him to the mat before exiting the ring.

Winner: Snitsky wins over Joey.

A Lostprophets music video "Rooftops" was shown featuring Jeff Hardy highlights. After the video, Hardy and Mysterio were shown backstage preparing for their match.

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Raw returned from a commercial break with Mr. Kennedy finishing up an in-ring promo yelling his name, right before his tag team partner, Finlay came down to the ring. A traditional Survivor Series match was announced with HHH's team facing Umaga's team.

Rey Mysterio and Jeff Hardy vs. Finlay & Mr. Kennedy

Early on Hardy and Finlay grappled. Hardy was able to shove Finlay to the ropes, but Finlay came back knocking Jeff to the ropes. Jeff then dropped Finlay to the mat, but Finlay escaped. The two continued to try to gain the upperhand on each other down on the mat. Back on their feet, Finlay backed Jeff to the ropes and then Jeff slapped Finlay. Jeff turned and ran at Mr. Kennedy, knocking him off the apron, then Finlay clotheslined Jeff out. Kennedy and Finlay went after Hardy, and then got in each others' faces. Mysterio came over to pull Jeff away from them, and Finlay and Kennedy stared each other down as Raw went to a commercial.

Raw returned with Mr. Kennedy facing Mysterio in the ring. Mysterio used the ropes and did a springboard back at Kennedy, then used headscissors to drop him to the mat. As Mysterio came off the ropes at Kennedy, Kennedy used a dropkick and took Rey down. Finlay tagged in and took control over Rey. Finlay slammed Rey against the ropes then put him into a half Boston Crab. Finlay released the hold then ran over to give a shot to Jeff Hardy. Finlay tagged Kennedy back in and he started to work on Rey's hurt leg. Finlay and Kennedy continued to tag in and out and work on the injury. Rey finally escaped off the corner ropes as he flipped onto Finlay's shoulder sand dropped him down. Jeff came in just as Kennedy tagged in.

Hardy started using a fast paced offense to go at Kennedy. Jeff was able to dropkick Kennedy in the chest in the corner and tried for a pin. Jeff then climbed the ropes and hit the Whisper in the Wind. Just then both Finlay and Kennedy doubleteamed Hardy and knocked him out of the ring. Mysterio came in and managed to knock both men against the ropes and ran at them. Finlay rolled out but Mysterio hit the 619 on Kennedy. Mysterio then jumped out onto Finlay, as Jeff Hardy got back up on the ropes and hit the Swanton on Mr. Kennedy.

Winners: Jeff Hardy and Rey Mysterio win via pinfall over Mr. Kennedy and Finlay.

Santino Marella shown backstage on his cell phone and Maria came up to tell him she just heard that Stone Cold will be there tonight. Santino told her that they are in Hollywood and its full of rumors. Santino said it was time for his moment in the ring and grabbed Maria by the hand to take her with him.

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Footage shown of fans waiting in line to get their tickets for Wrestlemania 24. Jimmy "Mouth of the South" Hart shown with his megaphone hyping up fans in line. Wrestlemania 24 will be March 30, 2008 at the Citrus Bowl in Florida.

Santino Marella came down to the ring escorted by Maria. Santino told the fans Stone Cold will not be there tonight. Santino said Austin is like Kobe Bryant, he's bald and doesn't want to be in Los Angeles. Santino introduced the producer of "The Condemned" who was sitting in the front row of the crowd. Santino started to insult him and then Austin, saying he was as phony as the people in Los Angeles. Santino started to deliver Austin lines and said "thats the bottom line because -" but just then the breaking glass sound was heard and Stone Cold headed down the ramp.

Stone Cold told Santino he's been misquoting him recently in the ring using the phrases "mud pies" and "bottom lines". Austin asked Santino what he thought of "The Condemned" and Marella said it's "90 minutes of his life he can't get back". Austin then said Santino has been running his mouth for 6 weeks straight now and trying to make a name for himself. Austin said they would drink a few beers and settle this, but Marella said he'd prefer a glass of wine. Austin then offered Marella a copy of the DVD. Marella took the DVD and dropped it on the mat to step on it, and Austin proceeded to give him the Stone Cold Stunner. Austin propped Santino up in the corner of the ring and stuck the DVD in his mouth.

Austin picked up the mic and said "Ill be right back" and walked out up the ramp backstage. As Maria tended to Santino in the corner, all of a sudden Austin's music came on again. Austin came driving down the ramp in a huge Budweiser truck then stopped at the ring. Stone Cold got out and retrieved a long hose from the truck and then went over to spray Marella down before drinking a few beers himself. Austin then noticed Maria helping Marella in the corner so he picked up the beer truck hose. Maria pleaded with Austin not to spray, but Austin turned the nozzle on and drenched Maria as well. Stone Cold then climbed up on top of the beer truck and started to drink beers as they were thrown to him.

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A "Can You Break the Code Save Us X29" ad promo shown. "The Code is the Answer, the Answer is the Code" was shown at the end of the promo.

Hornswoggle shown backstage with his dad Vince McMahon. Vince explained to Hornswoggle that he needs to show him some tough love. Vince said there comes a time when every man needs to stand on his two feet. Vince said at Survivor Series they would put "Size doesn't matter" to the test when Hornswoggle faces his opponent. Vince then looked up and Hornswoggle turned to see The Great Khali. Khali raised a hand and caused Hornswoggle to cower in fear. Jim Ross then confirmed that this will in fact be a match at Survivor Series.

Jim Ross and Coach then ran down the card for Survivor Series so far.

Triple H was shown backstage and said WWE management asked him to kill time because Stone Cold ruined the ring by spraying beer all over it. HBK came in and said he had things handled and Triple H introduced the "DX Dancers". Big Dick Johnson appeared all oiled up in a G-string dancing with a few glow sticks. Triple H came over and yelled at HBK for not getting real dancers, and shoved the dancer down. Triple H then brought Playboy models Kendra & Bridget out from "The Girls Next Door" and the 3 danced together.

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Cody Rhodes vs. Trevor Murdoch

Rhodes came to the ring escorted by Hardcore Holly. Backstage, Cade & Murdoch were shown walking on their way to the match and Mickie James came up to wish Trevor good luck. Lance Cade dismissed Mickie saying "ok thank you" and the two walked out to the ring.

As the match started Murdoch slapped Rhodes. Rhodes tried to recover near the opposite ropes flipping over them onto the side apron. Murdoch kicked Rhodes in the midsection then yanked him back into the ring. Murdoch tried to keep Rhodes down in the ring in a headlock, but Rhodes fought back and got to his feet. Murdoch tried to slam Rhodes back from the corner of the ring, but Rhodes escaped onto his feet then dropkicked Murdoch down.

After more of a battle, Rhodes climbed the ropes and Lance Cade came over onto the apron as the ref was distracted. Rhodes kicked Cade down off the apron then jumped over Murdoch who ran at him in the corner. Rhodes managed to quickly roll up Murdoch for the pinfall win.

Winner: Cody Rhodes wins via pinfall over Trevor Murdoch.

Jim Ross and Jerry Lawler discussed The Fabulous Moolah's passing, then a video was shown which showcased her career.

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An ad was shown for ECW tomorrow night where John Morrison will face CM Punk for the ECW title. More celebs shown in the Raw crowd with ZZ Top and Jamie Kennedy both shown.

Super Crazy & Hacksaw Jim Duggan vs. World's Greatest Tag Team

Benjamin took control over Super Crazy early then tagged in Haas. Haas continued to slam Super Crazy to the mat as Hacksaw tried to get the crowd involved. Benajmin came in again to slam Supper Crazy some more and taunt Hacksaw. As Super Crazy tried to crawl over to tag Hacksaw, Benjamin made fun of him then went over and punched Hacksaw. Benjamin went for another slam as Hacksaw was starting up a "USA" chant, but Super Crazy slid off Benjamin's back and rolled him up for a quick pinfall victory.

Winners: Super Crazy and Hacksaw Jim Duggan win via pinfall over World's Greatest Tag Team.

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Triple H & Shawn Michaels vs Randy Orton and Umaga

Michaels and Triple H stormed the ring and immediately started to attack Orton and Umaga. Orton got knocked outside the ring, and Umaga went at both of DX. DX avoided Umaga then pulled down the top rope to cause him to go flying over and out of the ring. Once the match was under control, HBK fought with Orton in the ring. Orton managed to escape HBK's attack and tagged in Umaga. Umaga tried to sit on top of HBK, but HBK moved out of the way and tagged in HHH. HHH had brief momentum until Umaga did a twisting sidewalk slam on HHH. Umaga tagged in Orton as Raw headed to a commercial.

Raw returned with Umaga beating up HHH in the corner of the ring. After a flurry of punches to HHH's skull, Umaga tried to run at HHH for the hip splash. HHH moved away and Umaga backed up to tag in Orton. Orton tried to run at HHH in the corner, but HHH got up and delivered a kick to his head. Both Orton and HHH wee down and HHH finally managed to make a tag to HBK. Michaels came in and began to beat up Orton then went over and punched Umaga off the side apron. Michaels climbed the corner ropes and connected on an elbow drop onto Orton. Umaga got back into the ring and clotheslined Michaels down before he could do any more.

Umaga tagged back into the match and started to punch away at HBK and choke him. Umaga and Orton doubleteamed HBK to keep him away from the tag. Umaga tried for a headbutt off the ropes onto a fallen Michaels, but HBK rolled away. HBK managed to crawl over towards HHH for a tag but Umaga grabbed his foot. Michaels did a spin kick to the back of Umaga's head and then managed to tag in HHH. Umaga tagged in Orton. HHH came in and started to beat Orton around the ring, and Umaga tried to come at him. HHH handled both men, then slammed Orotn down on his back. HHH prepared for The Pedigree, but Umaga came over and did the "Samoan Spike" on him. HHH and Orton were both down on the mat as the ref started to count. Orton tried for a cover but HHH kicked out. Umaga tagged back in and beat up both HHH and HBK. Umaga tried to jump off the ropes onto HHH, but HHH put his knees up to catch Umaga. Orton tagged in and waited for HHH to stand up. Orton went for the RKO but HHH shoved him over into Umaga on the apron. Umaga flew off the apron and HHH tagged Michaels in. HBK came in and quickly delivered Sweet Chin Music just as Orton stood up to pick up the pinfall win.

Winners: Shawn Michaels and Triple H win via pinfall over Umaga and Randy Orton.