Raw Recap 11.16.09

Raw recap from New York City:

After the WWE's standard quick video intro, next up was Roddy Piper on camera. A Piper's Pit flag was shown. Piper introduced actor Luis Guzman who was in Traffic, Carlito's Way and Boogie Nights. His new movie is "Old Dogs" starring John Travolta and Robin Williams. Piper mentioned that Mr. T is in the new movie, but Guzman told him he's not. Piper started going off about Mr. T. He asked Guzman about his passion for cooking and then told him he brought the Iron Chef himself in, Bobby Flay. He asked "Betty" and "Boops" to bring in Iron Chef, but instead they escorted the Iron Sheik in to have a seat. Guzman shook his hand and brought up an incident with Hulk Hogan. Sheik started to go off about how he's better than Hogan and all sorts of other crazyness. Piper calmed everyone down, and then in unison they said "Live from New York, it's Monday Night Raw!"

The new Raw intro was shown featuring the song by Nickelback, "Burn it to the Ground". Michael Cole welcomed fans back to MSG, original home of Raw. Cole and Lawler hyped up tonight's big Triple Threat Tag team match right ahead of Survivor Series. Undertaker will make a rare appearance on Raw. Justin Roberts introduced the opening contest, a United States title match.

MVP vs. The Miz
United States Championship

Miz got on the mic prior to the match. Miz asked why the fans were hating on him if they love champions. Miz asked if the Yankees were really champions. Miz said they didn't earn the World Series title, they bought it. Miz told them everyone hates the New Yorkers and their sports franchises. A "Lets go Yankees" chant started up to Miz' disgust. Miz said he's better than everyone else there, because he earned his title rather than buying it.

MVP came out wearing a Yankees ball cap, then found Sheri Shepherd in the crowd to put the cap on while planting a kiss on her. During the match, after a tangle out of the ring, MVP got the Ballin Elbow in the ring. He went for the Playmaker but Miz countered to escape. MVP caught him with a big boot though to drop him. After a near fall, Miz whipped MVP to the corner. Miz charged at him but MVP leapt up. Unfortunately for him, Miz grabbed MVP's legs onto his shoulders, dropped MVP and kicked him in the gut on the way down. MVP stumbled into center ring where Miz grabbed him to hit the Skullcrushing Finale.

Winner: The Miz wins via pinfall over MVP to retain the United States Championship.

Coming up later tonight, Alicia James challenges Melina for the Divas Championship.

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The WWE Slam of the Week showed last week's guest host Ricky Hatton taking on Chavo Guerrero in the boxer vs wrestler match. Chavo tried to elude Hatton by ducking under the ropes a lot. Eventually, Chavo got a take down on Hatton, but ultimately Hatton escaped his bear hug and delivered a solid punch to knockout Chavo for the win.

Santino Marella vs. Chavo Guerrero

Santino came out decked out in a big NY Rangers hockey sweater. He pulled that off to reveal a New York Giants jersey underneath. Next he revealed a Knicks jersey, then a Jets jersey, then a Mets jersey, a Phillies jersey and then a Yankees jersey. After the antics were over, Chavo walked over to jokingly offer a handshake. Santino shook and Chavo kicked him in the gut, then did the Tres Amigos suplexes. He went to one corner for the Frogsplash but Santino had rolled over a bit and was too far. Chavo went to the other corner, and Santino rolled towards the opposite corner. Santino did it again as Chavo went to that corner.

Hornswoggle came sneaking out wearing DX gear and holding glow sticks. Chavo was distracted as Horney got on the apron to do the DX crotch chop. Santino grabbed him for a surprise pin from behind to win it.

Winner: Santino Marella wins via pinfall over Chavo Guerrero.

No sooner had Santino won the match, than D-Generation X's theme music hit and out came Triple H and Michaels. After the crowd died down, Triple H began the started talking about their plans to come out tonight and have some fun. HHH and Michaels said they weren't going to mention that their book is on sale at WWEShop.com or at the Borders in Penn Station. Michaels tossed his copy to Sheri Shepherd in the audience.

Triple H brought up Survivor Series and the Triple Threat match scheduled for the WWE Title. HHH mentioned how Cena said this is the beginning of the end for DX. Triple H said they've come to terms that only one of them can be the WWE Champion, and it won't matter who it is as long as the title comes to DX. Next they called Hornswoggle out because he continually wears DX gear he didn't pay for. HHH said if Hornswoggle came out, they'd consider allowing him to be part of DX. Hornswoggle emerged from under the ring and got in with HHH/Michaels. He started running around doing the crotch chop at both guys.

HHH invited Hornswoggle to take part in the standard DX intro with the "Are you ready?" and "Lets get ready to..." HHH stopped short on that part, kicked Hornswoggle in the gut and put him in Pedigree position. The crowd had a mixed reaction as HHH finally went through with it, leaving Hornswoggle face down on the mat. DX slid out of the ring, then brought out a DX stretcher from under the ring so they could transport the knocked out Hornswoggle backstage.

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Raw returned to replay the last moments of the DX-Hornswoggle scene featuring the Pedigree by HHH. Michael Cole said it was another classic MSG moment.

Jerry the King Lawler mentioned the song "Empire State of Mind" by Jay-Z featuring Alicia Keys available on Jay-Z's Blueprint 3 album. They played a snippet, then Michael Cole discussed the magic of MSG with Lawler. They rolled out a montage of highlights from MSG and WWE with the Jay-Z song as the background music. Everyone was featured in the video from Hulk Hogan to Ultimate Warrior, The Rock, John Cena, Stone Cold and even current TNA star, Kurt Angle. UFC star and former WWE wrestler, Brock Lesnar was also shown.

Cole said history will be made again tonight with the main event Triple Threat tag match.

Chris Jericho walked up to Roddy Piper backstage in Piper's Pit. Jericho noted that Piper had a huge picture of himself on the wall but needed one of Jericho instead. Piper began to constantly blow his nose and ignore what Jericho had to say. He told Jericho he had something special for him, then brought Chris Masters over. He yelled for someone to hit the music, and Black Eyed Peas' "Boom Boom Pow" started playing as Masters made his breasts move to the music. Jericho looked disgusted by it, but the Bella Twins came in and seemed to enjoy it. They escorted Masters out of the picture. Piper slapped Jericho on the chest and said it was nice talking to him again.

One half of the group Black Eyed Peas were shown in the Raw crowd. Fergie and will.i.am were not there.

Alicia Fox and Melina were shown walking backstage on a split screen, en route to their upcoming divas title match.

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Alicia Fox vs. Melina
WWE Divas Championship

Guest ring announcer was Judah Friedlander from "30 Rock" on NBC. Justin Roberts introduced him as the "greatest athlete in the world". Alicia Fox walked up to Judah after he intro'd her and told him to say she would be the next divas champ. Judah said sorry no can do, and told her he was there for 2 reasons. To watch Melina's ring entrance, and announce that this would be a Divas Championship Lumberjills match.

The Lumberjills were the other divas who will make up the divas Survivor Series match: Eve Torres, Mickie James, Kelly Kelly, Gail Kim, Beth Phoenix, Layla, Jillian and Michelle McCool.

Alicia scored early when she was able to send Melina outside near the heel divas. They all began pounding away on Melina before the face divas came over to break it up. Melina was tossed back in for Alicia to work on. Alicia hit her Tiltawhirl backbreaker for a near fall. Alicia grabbed Melina and tried to put her into some sort of stretched out submission, wrapping her around her back. Melina countered to turn it into a Sunset Flip pinfall for the win. There was no victory celebration though because all of the divas entered the ring for an all-out brawl amongst each other. The face divas of Team Mickie cleaned out the ring and then Judah got back in to celebrate with them.

Winner: Melina wins via pinfall over Alicia Fox to retain the WWE Divas Championship.

Michael Cole said Roddy Piper will come out to the ring live next.

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Michael Cole mentioned how WWE.com has a "Which Survivor are you?" quiz and other Survivor Series related stuff you can check out.

Cole then told fans that WWE and USA network reached an agreement today to keep Raw on the air through the year 2014.

Guest host Rowdy Roddy Piper came out to the ring. Piper said a lot has changed since he was part of WWE. He then began to list off the classic wrestlers who appeared in MSG including Andre the Giant and Hulk Hogan. He said he's the reason Hulk Hogan doesn't have any more hair. Piper said he's done a lot of nasty jobs during his career, but he's got one left to do. Piper said he wants one more match with Vince McMahon. He said Vince is a real fan of his, and he fired him in MSG. Piper called Vince out and he showed up wearing his suit, strutting out from backstage.

Vince said Piper's done some awful things but the worst was showing up here tonight. Vince began to make jokes about Piper's age, and his kilt. Vince began to gloat about his good looks and said he's always looked better than and beaten all of the WWE Superstars. Vince said he was officially retired from ring action as of now. Piper called Vince a coward, saying he was backing out of a fight. Piper said Vince needs to fear him because he's not sane. Piper said he doesn't want a fight at Wrestlemania or a Pay-Per-View. Piper told Vince to show up later and he'll retire him for real.

Lawler and Cole hyped the upcoming Triple Threat tag match. Vince was still saying stuff on the mic to the MSG crowd, with the sound people trying to edit it.

Next Monday's Raw will be a 3 hour event hosted by Jesse "the Body" Ventura.

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When Raw returned. Cole and Lawler mentioned all the celebs in the house tonight including Black Eyed Peas, Luis Guzman and Sheri Shepherd. Lawler said Piper has challenged Vince to a Street Fight tonight but will Vince accept?

Footage was shown from 2 weeks ago when Sheamus brutally destroyed Jamie Noble in a match. According to Cole and WWE.com, Noble has officially retired. Sheamus got on the mic to say he's been around Raw for 4 weeks, and already put one man out of the business. Sheamus challenged anyone with the guts to come out and face him. Nobody came out from backstage so Sheamus left the ring and gave the mic to Justin Roberts who was sitting near the crowd barrier.

Sheamus grabbed a nearby WWE worker and started to push him around by the face. He then kneed the guy in the gut and tossed him across the Raw commentators table. Jerry Lawler stood up with Cole, and asked Sheamus what he was doing. Lawler tore his headset off then received a big boot to the face from Sheamus. Sheamus left the scene with the WWE worker and Lawler both layed out. Officials rushed over to check on both men and eventually helped Lawler to his feet and to the back. Several replays were shown of the incident with no commentary.

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Raw returned with Matt Striker there to fill in for the injured Lawler. Cole said Striker lives in New York City and happened to be there for the show. Striker said it was a blatant ambush by Sheamus on Lawler. Cole sounded dejected but then started talking about Team Kingston vs Team Orton and other Survivor Series matches.

Evan Bourne vs. Jack Swagger

Last week Evan Bourne had a huge victory over Jack Swagger who had promised to finish out 2009 undefeated. Swagger was distracted when The Miz arrived out to ringside. Tonight, Swagger and Bourne would have a rematch.

Late in the match, Bourne gained momentum. Despite being dumped over the ropes he landed on the apron and then did a roundhouse kick to Swagger's head. Swagger stumbled back some, while Bourne got on the corner. He did his double knee jump into Swagger's chest and had a near fall. Bourne tried for a flip move off the other corner but Swagger caught him on one shoulder, then rammed him into the corners. Swagger followed up with a Gutwrench Powerbomb for the win.

Winner: Jack Swagger wins via pinfall over Evan Bourne.

Rowdy Roddy Piper was shown walking backstage on his way out for a possible Street Fight against Vince McMahon.

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Upon Raw's return, a stat revealed that fans from all 50 states plus 22 different countries have purchased tickets for Wrestlemania 26.

Roddy Piper vs. Vince McMahon
Street Fight

Piper came out dressed in a black Hot Rod shirt and jeans. Piper was awaiting Vince McMahon, and requested a mic. Before Piper could even speak, Randy Orton's theme music hit and out came The Viper.

Orton told Piper he's got a big problem because now he's in the ring. Orton said if Piper wants a fight, well...Orton kicked Piper in the gut hard. Striker said maybe this has something to do with Piper and Cowboy Bob Orton from back in the day. Cole said no it's not, Orton has just been unhinged for weeks now. Piper got back up to his feet and struck Orton in the face. Orton knocked him back down and began stomping away. Orton prepared for a punt kick, but stopped short.

Kofi Kingston's music hit and Kofi rushed into the ring to tackle Orton down to the mat. Kofi kept unloading and Orton eventually slipped out of the ring. He tried to back up towards the exit, but Kofi came out and grabbed him for some more. Eventually, Kofi tossed Orton into the crowd then went after him for more beating. Orton began fighting back out in the crowd, tossing Kofi face first into a chair seat. The two men kept trading offense, and Orton tossed Kofi over the barrier back out of the crowd. He began to stomp on Kofi then choke him and then brought Kofi into the ring to catapult him into the bottom rope. Orton prepared for a punt kick on Kofi, but Kofi was back up and jumped to take Orton down. Orton slid to the outside, with Kofi chasing him and eventually tossing Orton hard into the crowd barrier.

The fight went back into the crowd, and eventually up into the stands where Kingston was stomping on Orton. Referees tried to break it up. Kofi tossed Orton down into the technical area near the fans. Kofi picked up a steel lid to a piece from the technical cases, and bashed Orton in the face, then continued beating away on him. With Orton layed out on a table below part of the crowd, Kofi got up on a railing to do a high risk move. Two referees grabbed his legs to pull him down. As the fans booed, Kofi managed to break away from the refs and got up on the railing. He did the Boom Boom leg drop on Orton crashing through the table with him. Several replays followed.

Winner: No match due to Orton and Kofi's interference and eventual brawl.

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Striker and Cole told fans that the new Raw theme "Burn it to the Ground" by Nickelback is available in stores now.

John Cena was backstage to cut a promo talking about New York and MSG. Cena brought up the Triple Threat match for Survivor Series, but at first said it was a 2-on-1 Handicap match. Some guy handed Cena a note. Cena read it and said he was mistaken, because the SS match will be a Triple Threat. Cena said he hopes DX stays friends because on the Raw after SS they'll need a shoulder to lean on when they realize "the champ is here".

D-Generation X vs. JeriShow vs. Undertaker & Cena
Triple Threat Tag Match

JeriShow was out to the ring first. Then came D-Generation X followed by Cena. Undertaker was the final man intro'd for the match. Hooded druids came out with torches in hand. They lined up along the sides of the crowd with their torches held up high for Undertaker to pass underneath.

The rules of this match allowed one man from each team in the ring at the same time. You can only tag your tag partner in. First man to score a pinfall, submission will win the match for his team.

At one point early on, Jericho tagged Big Show in, so Michaels tagged HHH in and Cena tagged in Taker. Taker and HHH stared in each others' eyes then turned to begin punching on Show. Show was eventually knocked out of the ring. From there, Undertaker took down HHH. Soon thereafter it ended up with Michaels and Undertaker one on one in the ring. Michaels started to strike Taker to the ropes, then skinned the cat. Taker had him in Tombstone position, but Big Show got back in the ring. Michaels escaped to throw Taker in the way of a spear from Show. Michaels went for Sweet Chin Music but was clotheslined down. Jericho tagged in to hit a bulldog on Michaels. He went for Lionsault with Michaels sticking both knees up. Jericho recovered to go for Walls of Jericho with Taker coming over to grab him by the throat. As Taker backed up a bit for a Chokeslam Cena slapped his back for the tag.

HHH tagged back in and got right in Cena's face. Cena did a You Cant see me, so HHH gave him a DX crotch chop. Show had tagged back in, and walked over to double chokeslam both guys down. Undertaker got into the mix to take Show down with a huge clothesline. He kicked Show out of the ring. Undertaker went out but ended up getting whipped into the crowd barrier. Meanwhile, Jericho went for a pinfall on Cena.

The closing moments of the match became frantic as each man was able to hit their finisher on someone else. Show headbutted down HHH before he could Pedigree Cena. HBK hit Sweet Chin Music on Show, but then Jericho hit a Codebreaker on HBK. Undertaker was back in to Chokeslam Jericho. Triple H got to his feet and clotheslined Taker over the top rope. Cena was back up and grabbed HHH for a Attitude Adjustment to capture the win.

As Cena celebrated his team's win, Undertaker came back in and put him into a Tombstone Piledriver. Taker stood tall over Cena with Cole calling this another "Madison Square Garden moment". Striker said it is truly every man for himself. Raw ended with the arena going dark as Undertaker kneeled down in the ring with his championship belt. Everyone else was layed out around or in the ring.

Winners: The team of John Cena & The Undertaker win via pinfall over DX & JeriShow.

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