Monday, September 11th, 2006
Madison Square Garden
New York, New York
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We kick off the show with a moment of silence for the lives lost on 9/11 before introducing some members of the Marines and Lilian Garcia to sing "America The Beautiful". This is a pretty cool moment with it being in Madison Square Garden.
Ric Flair vs. Umaga
Flair attacks Umaga on his way in, but he just shoves Flair away. Flair hits a chop block on him and then some chops to the chest. Umaga grabs him by the throat, but Flair hits a few low blows behind the ref's back. Flair hits Umaga in the head with a steel chair (ugh) and the match is over. The action continues outside the ring and Umaga hits a Samoan Drop to the floor. Out comes Kane and Umaga hits a belly-to-belly suplex on him before hitting him in the back with the chair. Kane sits up and hits Umaga with the chair and then throws the steel steps at him over the top rope to the floor. Hethen rams the steps into him and Umaga goes over the barricade.
Match Rating: 1/2*
Vince and Shane are talking about the Walk Of Fame at MSG and he shows off his name. Then I'm stuck listening to Kane's terrible entrance music.
The Highlanders are out with the NYPD Pipes and Drum and then out comes Roddy Piper to a big pop. They all start slapping each other and then are interrupted by the Spirit Squad. They call them a bunch of girls and Piper responds by saying they replaced their testicles with pom-poms. Piper challenges them to a 6 man tag right now.
Roddy Piper & Highlanders vs. Spirit Squad
We come back from the commercial break and the match is underway. The Squad mostly dominates Robbie here with their vanilla offense. Robbie hits a back body drop and tags in Piper. Piper is only 7 years older than AJ Styles is in 2022. He takes care of most of the Squad and the Highlanders hit the Scott Drop for Piper to pick up the victory. Outside of Piper wrestling in MSG, this wasn't great.
Match Rating: 3/4*
Johnny Nitro is interviewed backstage and he takes offense to Jeff Hardy saying his press conference was like watching paint dry. Jeff Hardy is shown behind him painting. Nitro knocks over the painting, so Nitro throws paint in Nitro's face.
I didn't mention it earlier, but they are showing Hell In A Cell highlights from previous matches. We are just 6 days from Unforgiven.
Edge and Lita are here and he says that today marks the final Raw appearance for John Cena. He thinks Cena can go back to his roots on SmackDown and cut some raps. Edge has one of his own for us tonight and makes fun of New York.
Edge, Randy Orton & Johnny Nitro vs. Jeff Hardy, Carlito & John Cena
Nitro is still covered in paint. Somewhat surprisingly, they are letting Carlito and Orton go at it as well as Nitro and Hardy. Edge gets tagged in and eats a hurricanrana by Carlito for a 2 count. Cena tags in and Edge is out of there. Orton hits a vertical suplex and tags in Nitro. Cena's had enough of that and drives him into the corner, tagging in Carlito. Carlos Colon is shown in the crowd. Good to see that youngster. The heels work on Hardy for a little bit until he hits Whisper In The Wind. This all eventually leads to Cena coming in and exploding with some clotheslines. He's going for the Five Knuckle Shuffle, but Orton is behind him. Carlito comes from behind and hits an awkward looking Back Stabber. Cena ends up putting the STFU on Nitro while Edge and Lita head up the ramp. Cena picks up the victory and that's all. Last week's match was more fun, but I won't complain about something like this on Raw.
Match Rating: **3/4
After showing Anthony Michael Hall, it's time for another Cryme Tyme vignette.
Vince talks to Shane about this being bigger than anything ever or something. I don't know, I wasn't really listening. I figure if I were talking to him, he probably wouldn't listen to me either.
Chris Masters vs. Super Crazy
We get a rematch of Super Crazy's unannounced debut and upset on Raw last week. The crowd is really dead for this. We kind of get a sloppy back and forth to start until Super Crazy hits a nice missile dropkick. Masters tries to counter a hurricanrana, but Crazy counters that into a pin attempt and picks up a second victory over Masters.
Match Rating: 3/4*
Mickie James vs. Trish Stratus
This is Trish's last match on Raw ahead of her farewell match at Unforgiven. They are trying their best to wake up the crowd with some solid action. They start going back-and-forth with some right hands and forearms. Out comes Lita on the apron, but Trish uses Lita instead of the ropes for Stratusfaction and picks up the victory in a quick match. I mean why would they give her more than 3 minutes here? After the match Trish and Stratus shake hands and hug. Trish grabs the mic and thanks the fans for joining her on this awesome ride. Lawler then ruins it with a sexist comment.
Match Rating: *
After a SmackDown Rewind, highlights of Kevin Nash/Triple H in Hell In A Cell and running down the Unforgiven card, they whos Cade and Murdoch attacking Triple H. Shane McMahon and Big Show join in. They slam his head in the limo door and then Vince comes out and says their match is No Holds Barred.
Vince McMahon vs. Triple H
Triple H is bleeding from his ear and comes out with the doctor trying to stop him from fighting. Triple H's balance is off, as he swings wildly and Vince takes advantage. Vince starts choking him with a belt and the crowd is pretty indifferent. Vince hits the Pedigree on Triple H, but he kicks out at 2. Triple H is trying to hulk up as he no sells Vince's offense. He hits the spinebuster and then knocks Shane off the apron. He goes for the Pedigree, but Shane hits Vince from behind. Shawn Michaels comes down and hits an inverted atomic drop on Shane and then Big Show hits a powerbomb on Michaels. Triple pulls out the sledgehammer but Shane knocks him out before he can use it. Shane hits Triple H with a chair shot and then Vince hits Triple H with the sledgehammer. Vince covers Triple H and picks up the victory. Talk about a flat way to end the show. They can try all they want, but pretty much no one cares about this.
Match Rating: 1/4*
DX/McMahons needs to end. It hasn't been as bad lately, but tonight brought it right back to where no one cares again. The six man tag was decent enough, but nowhere near good enough to save the show or anything. This was a disappointing way to head into Unforgiven, which actually has a pretty solid card.
Overall Rating: 45%
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