As the cameras shine in the ring, Eric is in the ring with the steel cage surrounding him. Eric announces the match that we were all expecting. Eric says it will be the first and last steel cage in the career of Eugene. He says anyone who interferes with this match before, during, or after will be suspended indefinitely. The cage raises as Eric is standing over a cloak. He says that Edge suffered a groin injury that will place him out of action for 4-6 weeks meaning the 30 day title defense will expire and therefor Edge is STRIPPED of the IC Title. Christian hits the ring to talk with Easy E.
Christian tells Eric that all the fans in the arena tonight are going to be rioting in the streets if he does not do the right thing and take the IC title and give it to Captain charisma himself, Christian! This leads Y2J to the ring in style as he may have something to say about this! Jericho gets on the mic and says that Eric Bischoff needs to do things the right way and sign a match between Christian and Chris Jericho right here TONIGHT! Eric says he likes the idea, all except for the tonight part. Bischoff says it is going to be at the pay per view. Jericho says that he has fought Christian many times and has enjoyed every minute of it! But Y2J says this match needs a little something special. He says the fans are going to pick what kind of match it will be! Eric agrees and asks the crowd if they'd like to see Jericho and Y2J in a steel cage! The crowd kinda cheers but Christian says last time he was in a cage Jericho put him out of action for four months. Christian says how about a no count out match. The crowd laughs at him and boos. Christian says the people are actually saying boo yeah! Eric does not buy it. Jericho finally grabs the mic and lets us all know what the match is really going to be; a LADDER MATCH! Eric and the crowd agree and the match is set! Jericho says he has one more thing to do and he knocks Christian flat on his ass and he starts to pummel him. Jericho goes for the walls but Tyson comes out and pulls Christian out of the ring.
8 Man Tag
Benoit, Rhyno, Tajiri, and Regal vs. Batista, Flair, and La Resistance
Benoit and Flair start the match with chops galore back and forth until Benoit hits a big back body drop followed by a chop to the chest that sends Flair in the flop. Tajiri and Grenier are tagged and action picks up. Tajiri goes for a sunset flip but Grenier sits down. Tajiri back bridges up though and kicks him in the back of the head! This leads to all 8 men joining the ring as a brawl insues as the WWE goes to commercial break!
When we come back Flair is chopping on Regal in the corner who turns it around into uppercuts of his own. Flair goes off the buckle and takes another back body drop. Regal tags Rhyno. Rhyno hammers on Flair and spears him in the corner followed by a clotheselines. Flair takes his 8th back body drop but Batista is given a blind tag. Batista and Rhyno go at it until Batista hits a sick spinebuster. He takes Batista to his teams corner to work on Rhyno.
The team of Batista, Flair, Conway, and Grenier work on Rhyno for quite some time with some excellent team work. Tags go back in forth as Rhyno suffers in the corner. Flair is tagged back in and Rhyno starts to fire back with right hands. Flair goes down but he hooks Rhyno's legs so he can't go anywhere. Conway is tagged and he works over Rhyno with some right hands. He covers Rhyno twice in the process but Rhyno kicks out. Flair is tagged back in and he drops a knee on the brow of Rhyno. Rhyno blocks a right hand and fights back until both men collide!
Rhyno tags Benoit who hits the ring loaded as he takes down both members of La Resistance with German suplexes and snap suplexes. He has Grenier in a triple but Batista messes it up. Batista swings at Benoit but Benoit ducks and hits a big air German.
This sparks all men to hit the ring at once! Tajiri side kicks Grenier in the head knocking him out. Regal gives Flair a running knee taking him out of the ring and Rhyno nails Batista with the gore! Benoit comes off the ropes and nails Conway with a forearm. He calls for the headbutt and hits it! Benoit slaps on the sharpshooter and Conway taps out!
Winners: Chris Benoit, Regal, Tajiri, and Rhyno
Todd is backstage with Randy Orton who talks up his match with HHH this Sunday. He says HHH had plans for him to lose to Benoit, but that did not happen. Then he though Randy would hand over the title, but he spit in his face instead. Then he says HHH tried to beat him to a bloody pul but instead, this happened. (clips are shown of the RKO last week) Orton says that after Unforgiven, the 3 biggest words on Raw won't be HHH, they will be RKO!
Lita is shown with the make up artist getting her hair done. Trish shows up and mocks Lita. She says it was clever how Lita inserted HBK into Kane's match but it's too bad she couldn't stop Kane from inserting into her. Lita tells her to keep bringing it because after the baby is born Trish will get hers! Nidia shows up and speaks Spanish. Trish says she does not understand German so she asks Nidia if she can speak a language she understand. Nidia knocks her hat off her head and spills a drink in her face!
Trish Stratus vs. Nidia
The two lock up and Trish takes Nidia down with a wrist lock pulling the hair. Nidia goes off and works her in the corner with shoulders into the abs of Trish. nidia grabs Trish by the hair and tosses her to the mat! Nidia has Trish down but Trish kicks her in the ribs. Nidia follows up with a clothesline but trish hooks Nidia to the outside.
Trish takes control in the ring as she tries to chat to get a pin but Nidia kicks out. Nidia takes a kick to the chest and Trish goes for the bulldog but Nidia rolls her up for two. Nidia then hits a big clothesline followed by a Northern lights suplex for a two count.
Nidia throws Trish in the corner and climbs for the 10 punch. Nidia gets to about three or four until Trish rips part of her shirt off! Nidia goes to the referee and he is trying to fix it.
As Nidia is trying to fix herself up, Trish comes behind and kicks her in the back of the head with a knockout kick. Trish covers Nidia for the pin.
Winner: Trish Stratus
Backstage, Triple H tells Eric Bischoff that Eugene is just in the wrong place at the wrong time. Tonight, it�s about Triple H vs. Randy Orton so Orton can see a preview of the ass-kicking he�s going to get. Triple H says next week when he walks into RAW as the champion, then Bischoff can celebrate.
Steel Cage Match
HHH vs. Eugene
HHH atatcks Eugene from the start as Eugene is scared of the cage. HHH rams Eugene into the cage. Eugene is looking around trying to escape. Eugene goes crazy with rights and lefts onto HHH. Eugene nails HHH with a clothesline and an inverted atomic drop. HHH goes down as Eugene is in control. Eugene tries to leave via the door but HHH grabs him back in the ring. HHH hits him and closes the door. He goes to bang Eugene's head off the cage but Eugene reverses and smashes the back of HHH's head numerous times off the cage. Eugene tries to climb out but HHH hits his feet and Eugene falls on the turnbuckle. HHH beats his head off the cage until he is busted open badly.
HHH is in control with right hands right into the bloody head of Eugene. HHH does the good old head grate against the cage as the blood pours from Eugene. Eugene however does get a shot to HHH's injured ribs. Eugene throws all he has at the ribs of HHH but HHH reverses into a sleeper but Eugene runs him right into the steel cage! Both men are down!
Eugene crals for the door but HHH grabs him by the feet. Eugene kicks him off but HHH gets back quickly to stop him. HHH goes buck wild on Eugene as he rams him into the cage at least 5 times. HHH hits the pedigree and goes to leave but he closes the door instead.
Eugene is bloodied very badly as HHH climbs back in the ring. HHH climbs the top rope with the nearly dead Eugene and puts his knee on Eugene's elbow and drives it into the mat! Eugene is SCREAMING in pain as HHH leaves the ring to win the match.
Winner: HHH
After the match: HHH comes back as Eugene is near the door. He shoves the medic away and slams the door on Eugene's shoulder to further injure it. HHH walks off showing people that Eugene is finished.
The Coach is with Edge and he asks Edge how he feels about being stripped of the title. Edge says he'd rather lose and get injured in the ring than be stipped of his title. He says he could have made it back in time but now they will never know because Bischoff is too busy with his just for men hair gel and dentures so he can pucker up and kiss Evolution's ASS!
Kane and Lita are backstage and Lita tries to give Kane some lip. Kane says he is not angry about the signing of the HBK match because they are a team now. And since they are a team, this means Lita is just as respondsible as Kane for what happens to HBK this Sunday! We see clips of what Kane did to HBK about a month ago.
Tyson Tomko vs. Chris Jericho
Tyson and Jericho collide early. Y2J gets the advantage early with a drop toe hold followed by his knee to the back. Tyson fires back with a huge knockdown but Jericho gains control moments later as he puts on the Walls to no avail.
Christian leaves the ring and comes back with a ladder! Jericho is distracted and Tyson gets a big boot to the face of Jericho for a two count.
Tyson wonders how to get Jericho to stay down but Jericho responds with a jumping enzeguiri kick to the head. Jericho goes to cover Tyson but Christian distracts the referee so there is no count. Jericho runs over to Christian and knocks him off the apron.
Jericho turns around after knocking Christian off the apron but Tyson gets a kick to his ribs followed by a torture rack type hold into a spinning neckbreaker! Tyson covers Jericho and gets the victory!
Winner: Tyson Tomko
After the match, Tyson Tomko held Jericho while Christian grabbed the ladder and climbed in the ring. Christian used the ladder to give Jericho a shot to the gut followed by a shot to the head. Christian screamed "you want a ladder match???" as Jericho was down and hurting.
Diva Search Competition: Stacy is in the ring as she shows us a suitcase with a quarter of a million dollars. What will they do for the money? Let's find out!
Stacy introduces the ladies and says that before we have an elimination we are going to see what these Divas got. We are having a arm wrestling tournament! The winner gets to dump a whole thing of Texas chili on the other 3 girls!
First is Amy versus Christy, Christy beats her easily. the second match is Carmella vs. Joy. Carmella wins. The finals is Chrisy vs. Carmella and Christy wins! She dumps Chili on the girls one at a time, pretty funny stuff indeed.
We have an elimination next and Stacy lets us know that Amy has been eliminated by the WWE fans. Voting starts now for next week as only 3 remain. Joy, Christy, or Carmella, who will win?
Non Title Match
Randy Orton (c) vs. Kane w/ Lita
Kane and Randy lock up and Kane shoves Orton but Orton does the same. Orton throws some rights and avoids a Kane clothesline as he slaps Kane on the back. Kane chases Randy around the ring but as Kane slides back in the ring Randy Orton gives him a big dropkick sending him outside. Kane comes back in a little angry as he chokes Randy and throws him in the corner. Randy evades a few rough blows and throws Kane in the corner and climbs him for a 10 punch!
Orton is tossed outside on the apron but he gets a thumb to the eye of Kane. Randy climbs the top rope and hits a big cross body block to Kane. Randy goes off the ropes but Kane gets a big boot to his face.
Kane goes outside the ring and grabs a steel chair. Lita pulls it asking him not to use it but he grabs it away from her. As he goes into the ring Randy Orton drops a low blow and Earl Hebner calls for the bell. Randy Orton has been DQ'ed!
Winner: Kane
We thought it was all over until HHH comes out to the ring and motions for the cage to drop! Eric comes out and says that it is a great idea and this match will RESTART AS A CAGE MATCH.
Steel Cage Match
Randy Orton (c) vs. Kane w/ Lita
When we come back Kane is slamming Randy Orton off the cage and throwing rights and lefts at him in the corner as HHH looks on from outside the ring. Kane hammers away on Orton in the corner with rights and lefts. Orton is whipped to the corner and clotheslined hard down to the mat. Kane holds Orton's head against the cage as HHH watches on and yells at Orton. Kane gives Randy a hard knee lift a few seconds later and he climbs him to pummel him.
Kane continues to punish Randy Orton badly with big slams and boots to the face. Kane hovers above Randy as he wrenches his neck right in front of HHH who is yelling for Kane to break his neck. Randy starts to climb to his feet as he throws elbows into Kane in hopes of getting free but as he runs off the ropes a big clothesline from Kane is waiting for him. Kane covers Randy for a count of two. Kane continues to beat away at the head of Orton with big boots. Orton goes flying into the cage again. Kane lifts him and goes to throw him but Orton replies with a boot to the gut followed by many shots and uppercuts as the crowd goes crazy. Orton comes off the ropes though and runs into a sidewalk slam.
Kane climbs the top rope but Orton knocks him off and Kane lands on his nizzos. Orton then kicks him again so Kane falls. Orton jumps on Kane and pounds him but Orton comes off the ropes and Kane lifts him over his head. Orton squeezes out and pushes Kane into the steel cage and follows up with a inverted neckbreaker! Orton climbs the cage but Kane sits up and throws him off. Kane calls for the chokeslam but the chair is still in the ring and Randy picks it up and clocks Kane in the head with it! He follows with the RKO and is about to leave the cage via the door but the Game closes it. The ref is yelling at HHH and when HHH turns to yell back at the ref Randy kicks the door open and in the face of HHH! Orton walks out and wins the cage match!
Winner: Randy Orton
After the match: Randy is about to leave but Evolution has other plans as they show up and take Orton down. They throw him in the cage and Batista is about to climb in the cage with him but Orton grabs the steel chair and hits Batista in the ribs and back! Flair comes in and takes a kick to the gut and he goes down as well. HHH thinks about climbing in until Orton chases him out with the chair. At this point Kane sits up and Orton is surrounded by 4 men. Randy need to think fast, so he whips the chair at HHH and jumps to climb out! Randy makes it close but HHH grabs him but Randy punches HHH until HHH falls back and Orton escapes as we go off the air!
Credit: WrestlingAttitude.com