Monday Night Raw 2008: 7/7 Up

*Before the show began, Stephanie McMahon addressed the Raw locker room, telling them that they need to work together during this difficult time.

* After Michael Cole and Jerry "The King" Lawler welcome all of us to Monday Night Raw, "This Fire Burns" hits as the World Heavyweight Champion CM Punk makes his way to the ring. Before he can even speak, we hear the words '"Excuse Me'" as Chavo Guerrero pushes his aunt to the stage. It is hard to hear Vickie at first due to the amount of heat that she received. Vickie said that because of Punk cashing in his Money In The Bank contract and taking the World Heavyweight Championship from Edge, her wedding is cancelled. She says that even though there's no GM on Raw, she is the GM of Smackdown so she is making tonight's main event. It will be CM Punk taking on Chavo Guerrero, Curt Hawkins, Zack Ryder, and Bam Neely in a 4-on-1 Handicap Match.

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Rey Mysterio def. Santino Marella
This match was made after the encounter last week with these two. A solid opening contest here to Monday Night Raw. At one point during the match, Santino asked Rey where Robin was, a reference to his comment last week about Rey's mask. Rey hit the 619 and the follow up Splash to get the win.

* The World Tag Team Champions Cody Rhodes and Ted DiBiase were shown in their locker room when John Bradshaw Layfield walked in and told them that he had an offer. JBL said that he needs to find two tag team partners to take on John Cena and Cryme Tyme tonight and feels that they are the best possible choice for him. Rhodes and DiBiase gladly accept JBL's offer, saying that this is there chance to show the world that they are the future of this business.

* Chris Jericho and Lance Cade are shown making their way to the ring.

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* Chris Jericho and Lance Cade made their way down to the ring at this time. Jericho said that at Night Of Champions, Shawn Michaels cost him the Intercontinental Championship. Because of that, he attacked Michaels and had the intentions on blinding the Heart Break Kid. Then last week, he attempted to do the same to the man who stole the Intercontinental Championship from him, Kofi Kingston. Jericho says that he knows Michaels is here tonight, so he wants him to come out here now. Jericho and Cade patiently wait, but Shawn never comes out. Instead, Kofi Kingston enters the ring through the crowd and attacks Jericho. Cade takes Kingston down to the mat. Jericho and Cade both repeatedly strike and stomp on Kingston until Shawn michaels hits the ring and takes out both of them. Jericho and Cade retreat as Shawn helps Kingston back up to his feet.

* Jamie Noble was shown roaming around backstage, holding his ribs as he is still in pain from Kane's attack last week. He approaches Katie Lea Burchill. Noble says that no normal man could take the beating that he received last week, which shows that he is the most dominant superstar on Raw. Katie says that Noble is in fact a normal man. He is a weakling. Paul Burchill enters the scene and asks what's going on. Katie Lea says that Noble thinks that he's a tough man. Paul says that if Noble is in fact tough, then he'll have no problem taking him on tonight. Noble says that he's on.

* Batista was shown walking out of his locker room when a fan appeared in front of him. The fan quickly left the scene as security was after him. Batista continued to prepare himself for the match, but not without chuckling a bit.

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Batista def. Snitsky
A quick match here as Batista ran right through Snitsky, despite the size equality. Snitsky had a few moments of offense, but Batista used the fan's energy to get him back in the game. He dropped Snitsky with a Batista Bomb to get the win.

* A promo was shown for the Great American Bash. Following the promo, JBL was shown getting into his limo as his match is next.

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John Cena and Cryme Tyme def. John 'Bradshaw' Layfield and World Tag Team Champions Cody Rhodes and Ted DiBiase
A solid first hour main event here. The crowd was really into the team of John Cena and Cryme Tyme. JBL and Priceless garnered a ton of heat and dominated a good portion of the match. Cena and Cryme Tyme got back in the game though and claimed the victory after Cena dropped DiBiase with the F-U.

* After the match, Cryme Tyme stared at JBL's limo and were estimating prices for all of it's parts. JBL took a microphone and warned Cryme Tyme not to touch his limo. Cena turned JBL around and dropped him with an F-U. Cena met Shad and JTG at the limo and told JBL that they're going to take his limo out to celebrate. Cena and Cryme Tyme drove out of the arena. JBL was livid after he was back on his feet.

* A recap of Vickie Guerrero's announcement at the beginning of the show was shown as well as a graphic for tonight's 4-on-1 Handicap main event.

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Women's Champion Mickie James def. Layla
A decent Diva's match here. Mickie James showed once again here why she is the Women's Champion. Mickie planted Layla with the Mickie-DT at the end of the match to get the victory.

* Following the match, Jillian Hall came out to the stage and said that everybody knows that she deserves to be the Women's Champion. Not only because of her wrestling ability, but also because of her singing ability. James said that if Jillian promises not to sing right now, she can have a title shot next week. Jillian accepts, saying that she already has her victory song prepared and she's going to make sure that the entire world hears her.

* World Tag Team Champions Cody Rhodes and Ted DiBiase were shown talking about what they can to make an impact since they lost tonight. DiBiase said that he has something in mind.

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Paul Burchill def. Jamie Noble
A simple squash match here. Noble wasn't even 100% as he was still feeling the effects of the Chokeslam onto the announce table that he received last week. Burchill finished Noble off with a Curb Stomp to get the win. Paul and Katie Lea celebrated following the match and stood tall over Noble.

* Batista was shown walking to his locker room when Todd Grisham caught up with him and asked him what his plans for the future on Raw are. Batista says that he's focused on one thing right now and that is becoming the World Heavyweight Champion. Soon, Cody Rhodes and Ted DiBiase attacked Batista from behind with their title belts. Rhodes and DiBiase stood tall over 'The Animal' and told him to get a good look at the future of the WWE.

* World Heavyweight Champion CM Punk was shown making his way to the ring. The main event is next.

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World Heavyweight Champion CM Punk def. La Familia via DQ
A solid main event here. Vickie was at ringside cheering on her team. Even though there was only one of Punk, he showed great effort in this match and didn't back down from the four members of La Familia. Punk had Curt Hawkins o his shoulders and was ready to put him to sleep, but the rest of La Familia attacked Punk, forcing the referee to ring the bell.

* La Familia continued their assault on Punk following the match. Bam Neely took the World Championship belt and was about to level Punk in the head with. Punk kicked Neely in the mid section and gained possession of the belt. He layed out all four La Familia members and then turned his attention to Vickie. Punk stared a hole through her as she screamed for help. Suddenly, Punk turned around and was met with a Spear from Edge, the former World Heavyweight Champion. Edge took a microphone and told Vickie that if his three demands are met, their wedding will be back on. Vickie told Edge to name what he wants. Edge said that he wants a rematch for the World Heavyweight Championship at The Great American Bash with La Familia as the Lumberjacks and her as the special guest referee. Vickie said that Edge has a deal. Edge held the World Heavyweight Championship high above his head while standing over Punk's fallen body.

*Shelton Benjamin def. United States Champion Matt Hardy in a Non-Title match
* WWE Tag Team Champions The Miz and John Morrison def. Jesse and Festus
* Umaga def. MVP, Jeff Hardy, and Mr. Kennedy in a Fatal Four Way match to become the #1 Contender for the WWE Championship
* Big Show vs. Vladimir Kozlov ended in a double countout
* Natalya and Maryse def. Michelle McCool and Cherry
* WWE Champion Triple H def. Edge via DQ
Umaga attacked Triple H, causing the disqualification. Edge attempted to hit Triple H with a Conchairto, but World Heavyweight Champion CM Punk hit the ring and took care of Edge. Edge ran from Punk and hopped into a limo, where Vickie and the rest of La Familia was waiting for him. Punk went back to the ring and grabbed a microphone. He invited Edge to Raw next Monday, but without La Familia.