THE ROCK
RETURNS!
He is the
People's Champ. He is the most electrifying man in sports and entertainment. He
is one of the greatest Superstars to ever grace the squared circle. And on RAW,
after an eight-month hiatus from WWE, The Rock could say yet another thing
about his illustrious career ... he is back!
When it
seemed like RAW Co General Manager Mick Foley would suffer an assault at the
hands of La Resistance for refusing to salute the French flag, The Rock was
there to save his one-time adversary and long-time friend. After unleashing a
fierce verbal attack on both the French and La Resistance, The Rock unleashed
something even worse for Rene Dupree and Rob Conway -- The People's Elbow!
After The People's Champ hit his famous elbow on Dupree, Foley did the same on
As stunning
as The Rock's appearance was, it was a night that saw one shocking turn after
another. Perhaps the biggest surprise of all came to Eric Bischoff and
Evolution. After announcing that the main event between Goldberg and Kane would
be a Lumberjack Match (with the Lumberjacks selected by Bischoff himself) and
sending Evolution and Mark Henry to ringside to serve as Lumberjacks in an
attempt to injure Goldberg, the most shocking turn of all was Goldberg himself,
who not only survived several attacks from the Lumberjacks during a grueling
match with Kane, but also gave Kane a spear and seemed completely unscathed
from the attempted assaults.
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Six days
before Armageddon, only one thing is clear regarding the Triple Threat Match
for the World Heavyweight Championship – it will take more than an attack from
Triple H and Kane to keep this man down. Goldberg’s legendary ability to
overcome any obstacle was in full force on RAW and, despite the efforts of
Bischoff and Evolution, he is 100 percent heading into Sunday’s Triple Threat
Match.
RAW also
featured several developments regarding Armageddon on Sunday. First, Foley
announced that he would be the Special Guest Referee for the match between Rob
Van Dam and Randy Orton. Secondly, both La Resistance and the tag team of Test
& Scott Steiner were announced as entries into the Tag Team Turmoil Match.
But the most stunning announcement regarding Armageddon was made by Bischoff
when he announced that Christian and Chris Jericho would face Trish Stratus
& Lita in Eric Bischoff’s Battle of the Sexes Match. This match is as a
result of Trish and Lita taking a measure of revenge on Jericho and Christian
for their bet from a week ago. It seems that the last measure of revenge could
be on Trish and Lita themselves as they are in for quite a battle at
Armageddon.
The final
RAW before Armageddon was perhaps the most electric RAW of 2003, thanks to the
return of The Rock, Goldberg’s heroics, and the continued build up to
Armageddon. Who will leave Orlando as the World Heavyweight Champion? Will the
Dudley Boyz survive Tag Team Turmoil and remain World Tag Team Champions? Will
Trish Stratus & Lita be able to escape the Battle of the Sexes? Only one
way to find out … order Armageddon on pay per view on Sunday at 8 PM and watch
RAW on Monday at 9/8 CT on UPN!
Match
Results:
The Dudley Boyz defeated Chris Jericho & Christian
Batista
defeated Rob Van Dam in a non-title match
Garrison
Cade & Mark Jindrak defeated Val Venis & Lance Storm
Mark Henry,
Scott Steiner & Test defeated Booker T, Hurricane & Rosey
Molly Holly
& Victoria defeated Trish Stratus & Lita
Goldberg
defeated Kane via disqualification in a Lumberjack Match