Raw Preview 08.24.09

Tonight's special celebrity guest host for WWE Raw in Las Vegas will be the flamboyant and flashy Floyd Mayweather Jr. "Money" Mayweather is very familiar with the squared circle, not only from his boxing career, but also from his match against Big Show at last year's Wrestlemania 24. Mayweather picked up the victory over the World's Largest Athlete then, but since that fight, Big Show has been dominating everyone in WWE. He's currently partnered with the cocky Chris Jericho, and the duo hold the Unified Tag Team Titles. Show and Jericho are coming off last night's win over Cryme Tyme at Summerslam (see WWE Summerslam Results) to retain their titles, so there's likely to be more bragging. Will Big Show and Mayweather cross paths again on tonight's show? What sorts of matches will Mayweather set up in the aftermath of the Summerslam PPV?

The Summerslam Pay-Per-View featured several wrestlers from the Raw roster competing, including MVP and Jack Swagger. MVP picked up the bragging rights victory against the cocky Swagger by hitting the Playmaker, although it's unsure if this feud will be over when Raw hits. Also, Summerslam saw the triumphant return of D-Generation X. The duo took on the team of Rhodes and Dibiase aka "Legacy" in a tag team contest. The match featured all sorts of action, including several attempts at Sweet Chin Music by HBK, several near falls by Cody Rhodes, submission attempts, a fight into the crowd, and an eventual Sweet Chin Music finisher. This came after HHH hit the Pedigree on Rhodes, and Dibiase hit Dream Street on HBK, leaving the legal men down in the ring. HHH and Dibiase ended up fighting outside the ring near the commentator's table, and once HBK made it to his feet in the ring, it was all over. D-Generation X with the pinfall win, but it seems this feud with Legacy may still be sizzling after Summerslam. Will there be more from these two teams on Raw?

And finally, last night's PPV in Los Angeles featured John Cena going against Randy Orton for the WWE Title. Unfortunately for John Cena, luck just wasn't on his side as Orton tried every trick in the book to keep his title, and ultimately succeeded thanks to a bizarre distraction in the end. Initially, Orton tried to shove the referee to get himself disqualified. The ref called for the bell, but soon after Orton was walking up the ramp with his title, Lillian Garcia announced that Mr. McMahon had ordered the match to restart. If Orton was to get disqualified, he'd lose the title. Orton tried for a pin unsuccessfully and after that tried to leave for the countout. Again, Lillian got on the mic to announce Mr. McMahon's ruling that should Orton be counted out, he'd lose the title. Orton was able to get into the ring and rollup Cena for a pinfall, but used the ropes for leverage. The ref proclaimed Orton winner, with another ref coming down to challenge the ruling. Once the match restarted gain, in a crazy spot, a fan rushed into the ring and attacked the referee as Cena had the STF locked in on Orton. Due to this, Orton regained control and was able to hit a series of RKO's on Cena to finally get a clean pinfall win. Orton remains champ, but will Cena be granted a rematch on Raw or at the next PPV?

Catch all the exciting action of tonight's Raw with host Floyd Mayweather Jr. tonight on USA at 9PM EST!