Raw Recap 03.01.10

Raw Recap from Oklahoma City:

Michael Cole noted there's over 14,000 fans in attendance for tonight's Raw. It will feature the "Farewell to Bret Hart" after his unfortunate broken leg a few weeks ago. Also, Ted Dibiase and Randy Orton will face off one-on-one after their confrontation a week ago. Shawn Michaels arrived to the ring to address the WWE Universe.

Footage was shown of Michaels getting involved in the final moments of the Elimination Chamber match to cost Taker the World Heavyweight title. Then they showed their confrontation on Raw, where Taker accepted the rematch challenge and added a stipulation, if Michaels loses the WM26 match, his career is over.

Michaels discussed how many people think he's crazy to put his career on the line against Undertaker at Wrestlemania. He said even his peers backstage look away from him, not believing he can win it. HBK said he believes he can end the Taker's streak. HBK said he wants his peers, whoever they may be, to come out and tell him man-to-man, that he can't win. Michaels paused and waited. Triple H's theme music hit and out came The Game to look HBK in the face.

Triple H said he knows HBK can beat the Undertaker based on his experience wrestling the best in the business in the ring over 15 years. HHH said Michaels is in a class by himself and he is Mr. Wrestlemania. HHH then said DX will never die but it will be a while before they're in the ring together again. Triple H said he doesn't want the last image of them together in the ring to be them losing the tag titles. HHH said he invoked their rematch clause to face Big Show and The Miz for the Unified tag titles on tonight's Raw. HHH said they don't have to defend the tag team titles for 30 days after winning the titles, and that will be the day after Wrestlemania 26. HHH said they can hold a big celebration then, because he believes Michaels will still have his career the night after Mania.

After DX left the ring, they cut backstage to Cheech and Chong. The Bella Twins came in and cozied up to them asking if they could get into one of their shows. The Bellas offered to show them around backstage. Cheech left with the two divas, but Chong said he'd prefer to stick around and rest. He saw someone come in and said he knows he's not hallucinating. Hornswoggle was there and had a box of Lucky Charms. Cheech had a handful and the camera started to become blurry, then spun around as if Cheech was tripping out.

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Slam of the Week showed the incident last Monday where Rhodes made a tag to Orton's hand. Orton stared at him, then DDT Rhodes to the mat. Orton went to leave, so Dibiase confronted him at ringside. Orton planted Dibiase to the floor with a RKO.

Ted Dibiase vs. Randy Orton

Orton was in control in the late part of the match. He began to walk around stomping on Dibiase, then did a diving headbutt on him. He got down on the mat and began to pound his fists on the mat ready to pounce. Suddenly, Cody Rhodes made his presence at ringside. He got up on the apron and Orton ran over to swing at him, with Rhodes dropping off the apron to duck it. Dibiase tried a rollup pinfall, with Orton pushing out of it and reversing. Rhodes got in the ring so Orton broke off his pin and tackled Rhodes down.

Both Rhodes and Dibiase ended up overpowering Orton for the doubleteam. However, Orton recovered to fight off both men, dropkicking Dibiase out through the ropes, then using a backbreaker on Rhodes. He went over to get Rhodes through the ropes for another DDT, but Dibiase pulled him out of the ring.

Winner: Randy Orton wins due to disqualification of Ted Dibiase when Cody Rhodes interfered.

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Bret Hart was shown arriving to the parking lot of the arena. He got out of the back of a limo and used a crutch to walk to the arena.

Backstage, Cheech was shown stroking Eve Torres' hair and suggested a divas pajama pillow fight match. Cheech was shown sitting next to him in the fantasy segment asking what was wrong with Chong. They eventually showed that Chong was stroking William Regal's hair. Cheech said it was the sugar that did it. Chong asked if he could still talk to Kelly Kelly, but they showed Chris Masters there doing his pec move. In Kelly's voice he said for Chong to stop looking at his chest. Hornswoggle was back in the segment and gave them each a box of Lucky Charms. Both guys began to trip out from eating the cereal and the camera started to spin.

They showed highlights of the buildup to the Wrestlemania 26 WWE Title match between John Cena and Batista, which saw The Animal beatdown Cena last week. Cena won a match on Raw last week when Batista DQ'd himself. The match earned Cena his trip to Wrestlemania for the WWE title rematch.

A graphic appeared showing Cena and Batista on screen with the word "Confrontation?" Lawler said they understand there's supposed to be a confrontation on the show tonight.

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Raw Rebound showed how Christian defeated Carlito on last week's Raw to earn the first spot in the Wrestlemania 26 Money in the Bank Ladder match.

A briefcase was shown high above the ring, with Cole informing fans that Kane, Shelton Benjamin and Dolph Ziggler have all qualified so far.

Santino Marella vs. Jack Swagger

Swagger got a respectful amount of positive crowd response from his hometown fans.

Santino had the early advantage after shoving Swagger to the corner then punching away. Swagger avoided an armbar toss from Santino, kneed him in the gut, then hit the Gutwrench Powerbomb for a quick win. He basked in the glory of his win looking up at the Wrestlemania 26 banner. Three more spots remain for the MITB match.

Winner: Jack Swagger wins via pinfall over Santino Marella to qualify for the Wrestlemania 26 Money in the Bank match.

WWE Champ Batista came out of his lockerroom backstage and met with about 5 security guards. He told then to stay close behind and then began walking down the hall. Cole said Batista is coming out for the Cena confrontation next.

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After a WWE Did you know factoid, John Cena made his way down to the ring. Cena said he's had time to think about what happened at the Chamber. He said it was about business, with Batista cashing in on the agreement with Vince McMahon. He said it's not the first time it happened, and won't be the last. Cena said it became personal the next night on Raw when Batista hammered him with a chair until he couldn't move. Cena said he sees the silver lining in everything, and for him it's the fact he's going to Wrestlemania 26 for the WWE title. Cena said after what happened last week on Raw he needs to pay Batista back, now.

Batista's music hit and six security guards came out to line up at the top of the ramp. Batista walked out with a mic in hand and stood at the top of the ramp, then held up the WWE championship belt. Cena asked if he was seeing things because Batista's the big bad Animal and rolling with security guards. Batista said the security guards are for Cena's protection not his. Cena called Batista a 6-foot-6, 300 pound pansy for standing at the top of the ramp with security.

Batista said he did what he did last week because he wants to face Cena at Wrestlemania. Batista said they started out in WWE together and had a similar rise to the top. Batista said that the two of them couldn't be any more different though. Batista said he and Cena are the two biggest stars since the Attitude Era, with both winning titles at Wrestlemania 21 and never looking back. Batista said for some reason the company has labeled Cena as the man or the face of WWE and never Batista.

Batista said that's why he attacked Cena last week, and the second reason is he just can't stand him. Cena told Batista he better get focused because he will take the title from him at Wrestlemania. Cena said he's worked his butt off for the company, first to show up and last to leave. Cena said he's given his life for the business. Cena said Batista expects the business to be given to him. Cena called Batista selfish always. Batista said he doesn't care about the fans, because he's there to make money and win titles. He told Cena to keep on kissing babies and hugging fat girls, while he'll be training to beat him at Wrestlemania. Batista reminded him of when The Animal broke his neck in their last match. Batista said Cena can't beat him and he knows it.

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Cheech and Chong were shown backstage chowing down on more Lucky Charms. Several wrestlers and a diva were in the skit, with fake Mexican moustahces and red winter caps on their heads. Chavo, Carlito, Primo, Katie Lea and Yoshi Tatsu were all featured in the skit. It ended with a chicken in a cage getting wheeled into the room. It spoke in Santino's voice and said "the divas pajamas match is coming up soon".

MVP vs. Zack Ryder
Money in the Bank qualifying match

Ryder was in the ring with girlfriend Rosa Mendes at ringside.

MVP got off to a fastpaced start against the new Raw member. He dropped Ryder down early, then went for the Ballin' Elbow drop. Rosa tried to distract MVP from ringside, but it didn't work. He hit the Playmaker and quickly earned his spot in the Wrestlemania 26 ladder match.

Winner: MVP wins via pinfall over Zack Ryder to qualify for the Wrestlemania 26 Money in the Bank ladder match.

There's now six guys in the MITB Ladder match: Kane, MVP, Jack Swagger, Dolph Ziggler, Christian and Shelton Benjamin.

Gail Kim, Eve Torres and Kelly Kelly were shown walking backstage in their PJ's with pillows in hand, ready for the upcoming divas pajama pillow fight match.

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Ring announcer Justin Roberts introduced tonight's hosts from the "Get it Legal" tour, Cheech & Chong. The comedy duo came to the ring to the song "Lowrider". Cheech said they were they to introduce the participants in tonight's pajama pillow fight match.

Eve Torres, Gail Kim and Kelly Kelly vs. Alicia Fox, Jillian and Maryse
Divas pajama pillow fight

Everyone started using their pillows to bash maryse at the start, but then Jillian ran around and clotheslined the rest of the divas down. Jillian started singing but Kelly got up, ran over and shoved a pillow in her face. Kelly had a near fall which Maryse broke up. Maryse had a near fall on Kelly, and Gail had a near fall that Eve broke up. Even ended up knocking Gail Kim to the outside, then did a moonsault onto Alicia Fox for the win.

After the match had ended, Hornswoggle climbed out from under the ring with three boxes of Lucky Charms. Cheech and Chong started eating again, then began tossing handfuls of the cereal at the crowd and the commentators.

Winner: Eve Torres wins the divas pajama pillow fight by pinfall over Alicia Fox.

The latest inductee for the 2010 WWE Hall of Fame was introduced, Maurice "Mad Dog" Vachon. Vachon is a former NWA champion and NWA tag team champion with his brother. His career spanned four decades with over 35 championships including NWA, Japan and WWE. Vachon will be inducted to the Hall of Fame on March 27th by Pat Patterson.

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Michael Cole and Jerry Lawler ran down the matches for Wrestlemania 26 so far: Undertaker vs Michaels, Cena vs. Batista and Edge vs. Jericho.

Justin Roberts started to introduce Bret "The Hitman" Hart, but was cutoff when Vince McMahon's music came on. Vince came to the ring strutting as usual, then took the mic from Roberts saying he wanted the honor. He introduced Bret Hart to the ring as a WWE Hall of Famer. Vince said he's a man who he has the greatest utmost personal respect for. Bret Hart came from backstage with his one crutch and made his way to the ring with a big cast on his left leg. They showed highlights from two weeks ago when Bret made his farewell to the WWE and then had his leg broken in the car accident in the arena garage.

Vince revealed in the ring he didn't invite Bret to the ring this week for a final farewell, he lied. Vince said this time "Mr. McMahon screwed Bret and it feels good". Vince said he recalls Bret challenging him to a Wrestlemania 26 match. Bret told Vince he's currently incapacitated. Vince said even an old fossil like the Hitman can heal up in six weeks for a match.

Vince said the fans need to see Bret Hart back in the ring one more time. Vince asked the fans in attendance if they want to see Bret in a match at Wrestlemania against him. The fans cheered for it, but Bret told Vince to get it through his head that he's got a broken leg. Vince said Bret used to stand for something but now he's just a coward. After a few moments, Vince despicably kicked Hitman's crutch out causing Bret to fall face first onto the mat. The Chairman left the ring with Bret still down and kept calling him a coward on the mic.

Finally, Bret Hart got to his feet with the ropes and yelled on the mic that he accepted Vince's match for Wrestlemania 26. Vince smiled about it as he got to the top of the ramp. He got back on the mic and told Bret he'd show him how good of physical condition he's in next week when he faces John Cena one-on-one.

The MizShow was shown backstage making their way down the hall for the main event tag title match.

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Next week Raw will be guest-hosted by Criss Angel, the Mindfreak magician.

Also, on next week's show Randy Orton faces Rhodes and Orton in a 2-on-1 handicap match and Vince McMahon faces John Cena one-on-one.

D-Generation X vs. Big Show & The Miz
Unified Tag Team Championship match

In the late stages of the title match, HHH and Show were both down on the mat, struggling to make the tag to their partners. They finally both tagged out to bring in HBK vs The Miz. HBK took control off his standard vintage moves including chest chops, and then the flying elbow drop off the corner. HHH and Show recovered on the outside while HBK set up Sweet Chin Music. All of a sudden, The Undertaker's face appeared on the Titantron staring at Michaels, and his eyes rolled into his head. Michaels finally turned to try to Superkick Miz, but Miz tackled him and put him into a winning pinfall to retain.

Winner: The MizShow wins via pinfall over D-Generation X to retain the Unified Tag team championships.

MizShow escaped up the ramp with their championship belts. Michaels sat on the mat in disbelief as Triple H walked over and put a hand on his shoulder. Michaels snapped and pulled away from HHH, then left the ring. Suddenly, Sheamus snuck out of the crowd then into the ring to attack HHH. He leveled The Game, then knocked him out over the top rope. On the outside, Sheamus delivered his running boot kick to HHH's head near the commentators' table. Sheamus stared down at HHH, then backed up a bit. HHH tried to get up, so Sheamus ran and boot kicked him over the commentators table. Raw went off the air as Sheamus stood up on the commentators table to stare down at HHH.

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