First Union Center
Philadelphia, PA
November 9, 2002
The stars of Raw have invaded Philadelphia just 8 days out from Survivor Series. Victoria takes on Trish Stratus in a hardcore match and of course the elimination chamber are set, but other matches have yet to be announced. Hopefully that changes in the next few days. On with the show.
Match 1
Sean O'Haire and Johnny Stamboli vs 3 Minute Warning (Rosey & Jamal) with Rico
The ex-WCW guys take on the Samoans to open the show. Jamal pinned Stamboli after a kick from Rico and a Samoan drop.
Winners: Rosey and Jamal by pinfall
Match 2
Justin Credible vs Batista
Once again, Credible is wrestling out his contract so he gets fed to Batista here. Batista takes it with the sit-out powerbomb.
Winner: Batista by pinfall
Match 3
Al Snow vs Christopher Nowinski
Last night Al Snow beat his student with the snowplow. On this night, Nowinski gets the Flair Pin for the victory.
Winner: Nowinski by pinfall
Match 4
Raven vs D-Lo Brown
The Sunday Night Heat mainstays go at it once again with D-Lo getting the duke after the sky high.
Winner: D-Lo by pinfall
Match 5
Test vs Rob Van Dam
Days out from elimination chamber, Van Dam beats Test with the five star frog splash.
Winner: Rob Van Dam by pinfall
Match 6
Booker T and Bubba Ray Dudley vs Christian and Chris Jericho for the World Tag Team Championship
Kind of an odd pairing but you got two of the six men in the elimination chamber on opposite sides here. Jericho pinned Bubba after the lionsault to retain.
Winners: Christian and Jericho by pinfall (still World Tag Team Champions)
Match 7
Steven Richards vs Tommy Dreamer in a Singapore Cane Match
The ECW alumni put on an ECW style match beating the hell out of each other with the cane. Dreamer wins it.
Winner: Dreamer by pinfall
Match 8
Victoria (with Molly Holly) vs Trish Stratus (with Jacqueline) for the WWE Women's Championship
Just like yesterday, we got Trish and Victoria going at it with backup in their corners. The end came when Trish got an inside cradle on Victoria but Molly rolled Victoria on top. Jackie then ran in and reversed it to give Trish the victory.
Winner: Stratus by pinfall (still Women's Champion)
Match 9
Goldust and Spike Dudley vs Lance Storm and William Regal
Man the tag team division was a mess. A makeshift team of Goldust and Spike take on Lance and Regal. Wouldn't it make more sense to have Spike with Bubba against Christian/Jericho and have Booker here with Goldust? Oh well, props for at least doing something different. Regal pinned Spike to win it.
Winners: Regal and Storm by pinfall
Match 10
Kane vs Triple H for the World Heavyweight Championship
Same as yesterday, HHH wins when Kane goes berserk, attacking anyone that moves including the popcorn vendor and the camera dude.
Winner: HHH by disqualification
We're sticking with this card for a while with Survivor Series looming. The state of Raw was in bad shape with no one over besides the returning Shawn Michaels and the ratings told the story. Its one thing to have a beast like Brock Lesnar as your dominating champion but having HHH be unstoppable was laughable. We got Velocity up next, so I'll see you there.
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