Raw Recap 04.06.09

Raw Recap from Houston, TX:

Raw opened with a slideshow of highlights from Wrestlemania 25, including Stone Cold Steve Austin, Undertaker, John Cena, Randy Orton, the Hardy's, Ric Flair, Kid Rock and Mickey Rourke.

As the show opened, Jerry Lawler announced there will be a Wrestlemania All-Star tag team match featuring John Cena, Rey Mysterio, CM Punk, Jeff Hardy and Ricky Steamboat vs. Chris Jericho, Edge, Matt Hardy, Big Show & Kane.

Randy Orton amde his way down to the ring to open the show. Orton put his hand up to his face signifying his injury from HHH's sledgehammer shot last night. Jerry Lawler said he was surprised to see Orton walking after last night's beating. Orton chastised HHH for using a sledgehammer last night and the fans for enjoying it. Orton said last night's victory was meaningless, and HHH can't beat him on his own. Orton vowed to get revenge saying the McMahon family, the WWE and fans all owe it to him. Orton said he'll beat HHH and become WWE Champ. He said if the McMahons interfere they'll be in trouble, and mentioned how he hasn't seen Linda in a while or ever met the McMahon grandchildren. Suddenly, Mr. McMahon.s music came on and the Chairman arrived out walking down the ramp.

As McMahon got in the ring, Orton ducked out and backed up the ramp. Vince grabbed a mic to yell at Orton for what he said. Vince began taunting Orton saying if he wants a McMahon there's one in the ring now. Vince told him he won't get another title match, but at Backlash he'll have a tidal wave coming at him. Vince announced at the PPV it will be Orton, Dibiase & Rhodes vs. Triple H, Shane and Vincent Kennedy McMahon. Orton accused Vince of hiding behind HHH and Shane, but Vince called Randy a failure without Legacy. Orton challenged Vince to a one-on-one match tonight so he won't make it to Backlash. Vince accepted.

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A commercial was shown advertising next week's 3 hour Raw starting at 8PM EST on USA for the WWE Draft.

The Miz & John Morrison vs. The Colons
Unified Tag Team Title Lumberjack match

Michael Cole noted that last night before Wrestlemania The Colons won the WWE unified tag team titles. Various lumberjacks from ECW, Smackdown and Raw surrounded the ring including R-Truth, Khali, Tyson Kidd, Ricky Ortiz, Cryme Tyme and Ezekiel Jackson.

Miz and Morrison began working a doubleteam on Primo at one point, slamming him face first to the mat. Carlito came in to break up the pinfall. Eventually, Primo escaped Miz with a jawbreaker and in came Carlito with momentum. At one point, Carlito and Miz battled on the top of the corner, but both men fell out. They were pounced on by the various lumberjacks, prompting Primo to jump into the pile to save Carlito and Morrison to do a spinning cannonball into the other side of wrestlers taking them out. Miz tried to pin Carlito in the ring to no avail. Things continued with all four men getting involved in the ring.

Primo was able to use a headscissors to pull Morrison over the ropes. Miz tried to pin Carlito after a missed Backstabber, but Carlito kicked out. Miz grabbed Carlito up in an Electric Chair, but Carlito slid off and hit the Backstabber.

Winners: The Colons win via pinfall over Miz and Morrison to retain the WWE-Unified tag team titles.

Shane McMahon stopped in Vince's office for a visit, hinting that it's supposed to be the 3 of them at Backlash vs. Orton, Rhodes, Dibiase. Vince said he's never backed down from a challenge and wants to get his hands on Orton badly. Shane asked if he wants to do this on his own and Vince said yes.

A promotional video was shown about John Cena's "12 Rounds" and all of the various shows he's appeared on to promote the movie. Appearances have included "The Tonight Show with Jay Leno", "G4's Attack of the Show", "Live with Regis & Kelly", and even "Despierta America" in Spanish.

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Mckie James, Jillian Hall, Layla, Kelly Kelly & Layla vs. Gail Kim, Maria, Natalya, Eve Torres, & Maryse
Raw vs. Smackdown Divas Tag Team Match

Gail Kim started off against Melina and eventually was able to toss her from the ring. Maryse got in a cheap shot kick to Melina as the ref was distracted. Next, Natalya came in and began to continue punishing Melina. After a vicious submission hold, Melina broke free and jumped to tag Mickie in. Mickie gained the advantage against Natalya, until Natalya managed to yank Mickie from the ropes and slammed her down. Natalya with the pinfall, but Layla rushed in to knock her off Mickie. Natalya took exception and tossed Layla out of the ring for the Smackdown divas to beat up. All the Raw divas ran over and a melee started. Mickie and Natalya were still fighting in the ring while the other divas brawled outside. While seated on the corner Mickie grabbed Natalya for a DDT and got the winning pinfall. The Raw divas celebrated in the ring then taunted the Smackdown divas who were on the ramp.

Winners: Mickie James, Jillian Hall, Layla, Kelly Kelly & Melina win via pinfall over Maryse, Natalya, Gail Kim, Maria & Eve Torres.

Backstage, Shane McMahon visited HHH in the locker room and asked him to try to talk some sense into Vince about going up against Orton. HHH said he doubts the old man will listen to him but will give it a shot.

Michael Cole discussed WM25. A slide image was shown of Cena with Big Show and Edge hoisted up on his shoulders during their title match.

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WWE Slam of the Week was from Wrestlemania 25 where JBL declared he'd give the most dominant victory in Wrestlemania history. Despite a cheap shot before the bell, Mysterio recovered and grabbed a 21 second IC title win over JBL. JBL grabbed a mic and yelled "I Quit!"

John Cena, Rey Mysterio, CM Punk, Jeff Hardy & Ricky Steamboat vs. Chris Jericho, Edge, Matt Hardy, Big Show & Kane

Slideshow style images were shown of how CM Punk won Money in the Bank last night. Punk managed to kick Kane off the ladder to grab the briefcase which he brought to the ring for tonight's match. Michael Cole questioned whether John Cena will be part of Raw after next week's WWE Draft. Highlight images were shown from the Jericho vs. Legends match where Steamboat put on quite a show despite his team losing. Mickey Rourke, a former boxer, got into the ring and KO'd Jericho with a left hook.

Rey Mysterio countered a Matt Hardy move early on, then tagged in Jeff Hardy. Matt quickly backed away to his corner to elude Jeff, tagging in Edge. Edge controlled things briefly, until Hardy was able to slam him down and tag in Cena. Edge tried to beat up on Cena in the corner, but Cena was able to apply a wristlock on Edge. After the crowd chanted for Steamboat, Cena tagged him in to jump off the ropes and hit Edge. Steamboat applied a submission hold and was able to land a cross body on Edge. At one point almost all the heels came at Steamboat, with The Dragon dispatching of them. Only Big Show remained on the apron. Kane was eventually able to hit Steamboat with a Sidewalk Slam which allowed Jericho to tag in and go after Steamboat.

Big Show got into the ring next and began to punch Steamboat around the ring as the fans chanted for Steamboat. The Dragon used chest chops but Show responded with a headbutt. Jericho was back in yet again to work on Steamboat. Jericho eventually had Steamboat in the Walls of Jericho, but Steamboat reversed it for a near pinfall. Steamboat finally escaped and tagged in CM Punk. Punk had serious momentum, knocking Hardy and Edge off the apron, but Kane soon leveled him with a uppercut. Jericho had a near pinfall. The heels ganged up on Punk, who was finally able to counter a Kane chokeslam with a DDT. Punk jumped to tag Jeff Hardy who came in against Edge.

Eventually everyone got involved with Jeff legal and tossing Matt to the outside. Kane & Punk recovered on the outside. Jeff tagged Cena then leapt over the ropes onto Matt. Cena came in and was up on Big Show's shoulders, but close enough to slap Rey's hand for a tag. Cena ended up clotheslining Big Show to the outside. Mysterio was the legal man and managed to get a double 619 on Edge & Jericho. With Edge and Jericho stumbling around Rey got on one corner and Steamboat on the other. Steamboat flew off to bodypress on Edge, while Rey splashed onto Jericho to take the winning pinfall.

Lawler noted that Punk could cash in the MITB briefcase at any time, as he was near Cena in the victory celebration. Ricky Steamboat posed for the fans while Mysterio's music continued playing

Winners: The team of John Cena, CM Punk, Rey Mysterio, Jeff Hardy and Ricky Steamboat wins via pinfall over Matt Hardy, Edge, Kane, Big Show & Chris Jericho.

Triple H visited Vince backstage who told him he didn't want to hear it. Triple H called Vince a stubborn SOB but told him he's proud of him and told Vince "finish it".

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Lillian Garcia introduced Raw's interim GM, Vickie Guerrero. Vickie was wheeled out by Chavo Guerrero to the ramp. With a mic in hand, Vickie said the board of directors gave her decision of whether to be permanent GM of Raw or Smackdown, but she could not be GM of both. Vickie said with the draft approaching she decided to choose Raw and will now be the GM. Vickie called Raw "stale and stagnant" and she can breath some fresh air into it with her professionalism. Vickie announced that Edge will get a rematch for the World Heavyweight title against John Cena at Backlash. Vickie announced that at Backlash in the 6 man tag match between Orton, Rhodes, Dibiase and Vince, Shane, HHH, that it will be a title match. Vickie said if anyone on HHH's team wins it, HHH remains WWE champ, but if anyone on Orton's team wins it, Orton becomes the champ.

Cole and Lawler discussed the fact Vickie will be their new GM and how bad it is. They switched gears to Wrestlemania 25 with Lawler calling it one of the greatest Wrestlemania's he's seen. The commentators were interrupted again with Vickie being wheeled out and talking on the mic. Vickie said the title match at Backlash between Edge and Cena will be a Last Man Standing match.

After a Wrestlemania 25 highlight video was shown, Randy Orton was shown preparing backstage with Rhodes & Dibiase.

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A commercial was shown announcing the premiere of WWE Superstars on WGN America, Thursday, April 16, 2009. The show will feature every superstar, diva and exciting highlight.

Cole and Lawler introduced footage from the 2009 WWE Hall of Fame induction ceremony. The Funks, Von Erichs, Bill Watts, Howard Finkel, Ricky Steamboat and Stone Cold Steve Austin were all shown. Steamboat flashed his hall of fame ring and told Mickey Rourke it was his Oscar. Vince McMahon spoke about his love-hate relationship with Stone Cold Steve Austin, before Austin came out to accept his induction into the hall.

Lillian Garcia introduced "Miss Wrestlemania", Santina. Santina came out in an ll pink getup, with sweater and skirt, wearing a sash and crown. Santina spoke about how Santino was crushed that he was unable to compete for Miss Wrestlemania, but now he's ok because his own flesh and blood was victorious. Santina went on and on about what she might do now that she's Miss Wrestlemania. All of a sudden, Beth Phoenix and Rosa Mendes came down to the ring to interrupt. Santina said they haven't been properly introduced. Beth told Santina to cut the crap, and yelled at her for tossing Beth out of the ring. Beth challenged Santina to a match tonight to which Santina accepted, and called for a referee. Rosa Mendes tried to stop them but couldn't.

Santina Marella vs. Beth Phoenix

During a commercial break, Santina did a dance routine in the ring. Beth took control early on, and tried to lift Santina's skirt to spank him. Santina escaped out of the ring. Beth chased him/her and Rosa tried to intervene. Back in the ring, Beth grabbed Santina up on her shoulders, but Santina held onto the ropes. Santina was able to use the ropes to propel himself into a rollup pinfall on Beth. Santina escaped up the ramp while an angry Beth Phoenix was held back in the ring by Rosa.

Winner: Santina Marella wins via pinfall over Beth Phoenix.

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Vince McMahon vs. Triple H

After an early stare down, Vince slapped Orton down, then hit him with a bunch of punches. Vince continued the onslaught in the corner, elbowing and hitting Orton. Vince kicked Orton to the outside then went out and slammed him face first into the commentators' table twice, before beating him up against the side of the ring. Back inside, Orton turned the tables and was able to slam Vince against his side, then began to punch away on the Chairman. Orton began using knee after knee dropping onto Vince's head. Orton hit the RKO, then began to stalk Vince. Orton got up and looked at Vince on the mat, then measured for the Punt kick from the corner.

Orton prepared to go at Vince for the kick. Suddenly, Shane McMahon rushed down to the ring and slid in to grab Orton's leg, preventing the kick. Shane jumped on Orton and began punching away as Vince rolled to the outside. Soon, Rhodes & Dibiase rushed down to the ring and helped gang up on Shane & Vince. After a few moments of the beatdown, Triple H rushed down to the ring, leveling Rhodes outside the ring, then tossing Dibiase into a crowd barrier.

In the ring HHH went at Orton, but Legacy managed to get in and help Orton gain control of him. Legacy was in control beating up on HHH and keeping Shane away. As they continued their attack, suddenly the crowd erupted. Batista's theme music hit and The Animal was back on Raw! Batista rushed down into the ring and took out Legacy, eventually getting Rhodes with the Batista Bomb. From the announcer's area, Vince grabbed a mic and told Orton he was right, Vince won't make it to Backlash, so Batista will take his place. Orton was enraged up on the ramp as Raw went off the air.

Winners: Match ended once Shane McMahon then Legacy became involved.

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