I had to work late tonight, did i miss anything good from the first 2 1/2 hours?
- The show starts off with Ric Flair cutting a promo. He wants HBK to give it is his all at Wrestlemania. Shawn Michaels comes out and agrees. HBK says Flair is facing Edge and his Edge Heads on Friday Night Smackdown in a 3 on 1 steel cage match. He vows to tag with the Nature Boy.
- Out comes Randy Orton who is the acting general manager tonight. He makes a match with Triple H facing Kane and Cena against HBK.
(1) Casket Match: Undertaker vs. Mark Henry. Taker attempts to do his old school top rope walk but Henry grabs the dead man and puts him in a bear hug. Taker places Henry in the casket and wins the five minute match.
- They do a hype piece on the Big Show vs. Floyd Mayweather match. They interview Bert Sugar, a famous boxing writer and a fighter to give their thoughts and opinions on their Wrestlemania match. Tonight, its the official weigh-in for the match. Weigh-in's TONIGHT? Its 20 days until Wrestlemania.
- In a pre-recorded interview, Triple H talks about Wrestlemania. He said he lives for the WWE title. He'll wrestle like his life depends on it. "Game on," says Triple H.
** For ECW tomorrow night, they announced Colin Delaney and Tommy Dreamer vs. The Miz and John Morrison.
- Raw recap: they showed the Finlay-Hornswoggle-JBL angle from last week. Shouldn't someone arrest the camera man for allowing that kind of violence?
(2) Mr. Kennedy vs. Finlay. Before the match, JBL talks about their Wrestlemania match being a Belfast Brawl, and says he'll put Finlay in a hospital bed next to his "son." An enraged Finlay attacks Kennedy with his Shillelagh for the quick DQ. Referees attend to Kennedy, but Finlay keeps up the assault with the Shillelagh.
- They did a piece on WWE's involvement in the Make a Wish Foundation.
(3) IC title match: Chris Jericho vs. Jeff Hardy. Match in progress, concludes the first hour. Dan O'Hagan will conclude the match and the remainder of the Raw Report.
3) Intercontinental Championship – Jeff Hardy vs. Chris Jericho
This is not a WrestleMania rewind match, the match was decided after last weeks Highlight Reel. Good match between these two. Hardy takes a good bump coming off the crowd rail onto the announcers table. Hardy gets near fall after a Whisper in the Wind. Y2J gets a near fall after a Lionsault. Hardy hits a Twist of Fate and goes for the Swanton but Y2J moves. Jericho hits the Codebreaker for the win and the IC Title!
- Later tonight; Triple H vs. Kane (WM XV)
- Up next; Nikolai Volkoff & The Iron Sheik
(4) Nikolai Volkoff & The Iron Sheik vs. The U.S. Express (Mike Rotundo & Barry Windham)
Re-match from WrestleMania I. Jillian comes out to sing “Born in the USA”. Rotundo gives Jillian the aeroplane spin. The match then doesn’t even happen.
- The next inductees into the WWE Hall of Fame are announced as Jack & Jerry Brisco.
- WrestleMania is 20 days away
- They air a video package on Big Show’s dominance
- We are taken back to Triple H vs. Kane from WrestleMania XV. Backstage Randy Orton tries to fire Kane up. Kane grabs Orton by the throat and tells him he doesn’t need a history lesson, he remembers everything. Their match is up next
- John Legend will perform “America the Beautiful” at WrestleMania.
(5) WrestleMania XV Re-match – Triple H vs. Kane
Kane goes for the chokeslam but HHH reverses. Randy Orton appears on the stage. Triple H hits the Pedigree for the win.
- John Cena talks about the WWE Championship match at WrestleMania
(6) Melina w/ Beth Phoenix vs. Maria w/ Candice
During the match Santino comes to the ring and rips up a copy of Maria’s Playboy. Melina gets the pin on Maria. Phoenix takes out Candice after the match. Santino raises Beth & Melina’s hands.
- Up next; Floyd Mayweather and Big Show weigh-in
WrestleMania weigh-in
Let the boredom begin…Shane McMahon comes to the ring to officiate the weigh in. Mayweather weighs in at 159 pounds. Big Show weighs in at 441 pounds. Show gets on the mic. he says seen as in Mayweather has his posse with him, Big Show is gonna bring his posse out. A large amount of superstars from all 3 brands come and surround the ring. show reminds Floyd nobody in the locker room likes him and the fans don’t like him. Show says if Floyd continues to disrespect him, he will make sure, he will never box again. Mayweather gets on the mic. fans chant “what” at everything he says. Floyd flicks money at Show. He says at WrestleMania he will break Show’s jaw. He goes to leave but Big Show grabs him, presses him above his head and launches him down onto some of the WWE superstars! Floyd eventually gets up, looks hurt and runs away. A shoving contest between the superstars and Mayweather’s associates breaks out.
- WWE Champion Randy Orton talks about the WWE Title match at WrestleMania
(7) World Heavyweight Champion Edge w/ Hawkins & Ryder vs. CM Punk
Edge hits the spear on Punk for the win.
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