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RAW is WAR: 2/4/2001
RAW is WAR was live at Convention Center Arena in Fort Worth, Texas, just 24 hours removed from one of the biggest WrestleManias in WWF history.
Stephanie McMahon-Helmsley walked out to the center of the ring carrying a leather strap! She said that when Trish slapped Mr. McMahon and low blowed him at WrestleMania, Stephanie couldn't believe that Trish could ever do that to her boss! Stephanie said that she was going to get revenge later - in a whipping match! Stephanie then introduced the most important man in sports entertainment...her dad, Vince.
Federation Chairman Mr. McMahon came to the ring carrying a plush red box and he had a huge smile on his face. Vince said he was very happy because, despite how WrestleMania went last night, he had the great honor of embarrassing the Bladewolf! Mr. McMahon then addressed what had happened to him at WrestleMania - and he said he was not happy about Trish slapping him and low blowing him. He said that maybe he shouldn't be so happy with everything that happened in his match against Shane, but all's well that ends well. Mr. McMahon then talked about J.R.'s comment that Austin had sold his soul to the devil himself, but Vince insisted that he's not that bad. Vince then thanked a group of fans that had bought him a special gift, and he opened up his box and pulled out a cowboy hat! Mr. McMahon then stomped on the hat, saying that was what he thought of Texas!
OOOOOOWHOOOOOO!
Dead Silent plays to a pop from the fans as smoke fills the stage, the lights dimming to a familiar sinister blood red and dark blue. The Bladewolf and Trish Stratus walk out and make their way down towards the ring. The Bladewolf has the WWF Championship around his waist, and the WWF Intercontinental Championship on his shoulder.
The Bladewolf and Trish enter the ring and Bladewolf snatched the microphone from Vince's hand s his theme dies down and the Bladewolf stares down the WWF Chairman as the crowd is chanting for the new WWF Champion.
"I am trying... extremely hard not to punch you in the face right now." Bladewolf told Vince. "Believe me, i want nothing more than to break your feeble, pathetic, worthless corpse into pieces for putting your hands on trish, and then i want to hurt your daughter for threatening to harm my girlfriend and I don't tolerate anyone threatening her in ANY way. You think because you and Austin made a deal to try and get Austin to victory last night, that i was just going to forget? No... I don't forget and I don't forgive. I'm pissed off, I should be glad and happy i won, and believe me part of me is... but I am also pissed off that Austin stunned Trish last night and I still want a piece of his ass!" The crowd cheered in response. "So that is why I am demanding me and Austin in a rematch tonight, I'll even put the WWF Championship on the line, and I don't care if I lose it again, I'll reclaim it, hell I even had it for over 200 days which is longer than Austin has ever held it. So do i have the rematch?"
Vince was silent as he considered it before eh takes the microphone. "Yes. It's on then! the Bladewolf vs Stone Cold Steve Austin for the WWF Championship tonight!"
Bladewolf nodded as Vince goes to leave but Bladewolf grabs him and pulls him back before taking the microphone. "Let me remind you of what I just said.. I never EVER forget."
With that, Bladewolf scooped Vince up... AND HITS THE FURY OF THE WOLF! Bladewolf picks up his titles and puts them on his shoulders as Trish stands with him, both looking down at Vince, before they leave the ring and go backstage.
Backstage, Vince was furious at Bladewolf hitting him, and announced that the match between Austin and Bladewolf shall now be a Steel Cage!
In six-man tag team action, new European Champion Eddie Guerrero, Dean Malenko and Perry Saturn all teamed up against Test and the APA. Test picked up the win for his team after nailing Saturn with a big boot to the face.
As Commissioner William Regal spoke to his mother on the phone in his office, Stephanie McMahon-Helmsley came in to make sure Trish couldn't weasel her way out of the whipping match later. Regal reassured Stephanie that the match would go on as planned. A few moments later, Vince came in to ask Regal if he knew what to do during the whipping match. Regal said he did.
Michael Cole stopped Triple H as he was walking through the back and asked him about his loss to the Undertaker at WrestleMania. The Game said he wasn't taking anything away from Taker, because he did what he said he would do. Although Triple H lost, he said he loved every minute of it. The Game said he couldn't wait to get back in the ring with Taker - and next time, the outcome would be different. Cole then asked if Triple H knew that Vince was going to help Austin, the Game's bitter rival, win the title. Triple H angrily said, "What do you think?"
In their meeting room, Steven Richards spoke to the Right to Censor and told the group that they may have lost matches at WrestleMania, but they have not lost their convictions. Steven said later, they would show Kane why their convictions were so strong.
Stephanie McMahon-Helmsley went to the ring for her whipping match, and as Trish Stratus made her way down the ramp, Stephanie ran up and attacked her! The two eventually made their way back in to the ring, where Stephanie used her strap to try and choke out Trish! Trish finally got up and hit Stephanie with a bulldog, leaving Stephanie lying in the ring! Trish began whipping Stephanie with complete disregard! As Trish whipped Stephanie, William Regal slammed Trish and held her down so Stephanie could smack her! Then, Chris Jericho ran down to the ring and chased both Regal and Stephanie away!
In the back, Stephanie screamed at Regal about Jericho interfering in her match. Regal said he would team with Kurt Angle to punish Jericho in a handicap match!
In singles action, Crash took on Rhyno. Rhyno took the win after Goring Crash. After the match, Molly took out Rhyno with a Molly-Go-Round, but Rhyno got back up and Gored her as well.
Coach interviewed Debra in the back and asked about her reaction to Stone Cold winning the title, and she replied that she was just as shocked as everyone else. When Coach asked her if she knew about it beforehand, she said she couldn't talk about that!
In a Hardcore Title match, Val Venis challenged Kane. The action was brutal, with Val Venis trying his hardest to win the title in order to gain some more credibility for the Right to Censor. Kane retained his title after hitting Val with a clothesline from the top rope. After the match, the rest of the Right to Censor attacked Kane! Then, Undertaker ran to the ring to help out his brother, and the two left the entire Right to Censor writhing in pain in the ring.
As William Regal prepared for his match, Triple H demanded to know where Vince was. Regal said that he didn't like the Game's attitude. Triple H said that Vince screwed him over by helping Stone Cold try to win the title, and if he found out that Regal knew anything about Stone Cold and Vince's deal, he would kick Regal's ass too. Finally, after several threats from the Game, Regal told Triple H where Vince was.
Triple H finally found Vince, and asked him why he was keeping him in the dark. Vince told him to take it easy. Triple H said he wasn't going to take it easy because he'd spent the last year of his life beating down Stone Cold for Vince. Mr. McMahon said that Austin asked him for his help, and Triple H didn't. Before walking away, Vince added that Austin also walked out of WrestleMania a winner, something that Triple H didn't do.
In a Handicap Match made earlier by William Regal, the esteemed Commissioner teamed with Kurt Angle against Chris Jericho. Angle and Regal began the match by hammering down the Intercontinental Champion. Jericho kept attempting to make offensive maneuvers, but both Regal and Angle kept knocking him back down. After Kurt hit Jericho with an Angle Slam, he tagged in Regal, who wanted to make the cover, but Y2J kicked out! A frustrated Angle then hit Jericho in the back with a steel chair, and that was enough to allow Regal to make the pin. After the match, Angle put Jericho in the ankle-lock and Chris Benoit ran out to the ring, causing both Regal and Angle to retreat to the back. Jericho and Benoit then stared at each other in uneasy tension.
In a match-up pitting former friends against each other, 'The One' Billy Gunn took on X-Pac, who was accompanied to the ring by Justin Credible and Albert. As the referee was distracted, Albert slammed Billy and X-Pac made the cover for the pin and the win.
Live from WWF New York, Shane McMahon told J.R. that he had a great time at WrestleMania. He said that it might be unnatural for a father to beat on a son and vice-versa, but he was proud of what he did. Now that Linda was doing all right, Shane said he was going to focusing his attention on WCW. He said that now that his mother was back on his feet, he hoped Linda would hit him in a place that might hurt a little more than the gonads - he smiled as he said he looked forward to Linda cleaning out Vince's checkbook.
Next up was the Steel Cage WWF Championship match between the Bladewolf and Stone Cold Steve Austin.
In the arena, Stone Cold Steve Austin's theme hits and out comes Austin with Vince McMahon at his side. The duo making their way down to the cage-contained ring. Austin stopped at the end of the ramp, looking the cage over... WHEN HE WAS ATTACKED FROM BEHIND BY THE BLADEWOLF!
Bladewolf grabs Austin and tosses him into the cage wall, then whirls around... AND CLOBBERS VINCE MCMAHON!
Bladewolf turns his attention back to Austin and tackles the Rattlesnake into the barricade and unloads with a fury of lefts and rights, still enraged for Austin hitting the Stunner on Trish last night at WrestleMania.
Bladewolf grabs Austin and tosses him into the steel cage wall again before he tosses Austin through the door and looks underneath the ring, taking out a steel chair and he enters the ring, slamming the door shut behind him as he did so.
'Ding! Ding! Ding!'
Bladewolf walks forward, raises the chair... AND BRINGS IT DOWN ON AUSTIN'S BACK! Bladewolf raises the chair time and time again, smacking Austin with it like Austin did to him last night at WrestleMania. Bladewolf tosses the chair aside and grabs Austin and hits a belly-to-belly suplex across the ring. Bladewolf gets to his feet, walks over, grabs Austin from behind and hits a German Suplex, holds on as he hits another, then another, then another, then another, then another, then another, then another, then another, then another.
Bladewolf flips his hair back and glares down at Austin before Vince McMahon comes up from behind, steel chair in hand...AND SMACKS BLADEWOLF IN THE BACK! It doesn't affect Bladewolf, but it did piss him off. Bladewolf whirls around on Vince who goes wide eyed and is given a punch to the face for his trouble. bladewolf stomps on Vince several times before he turns around into a kick to the stomach... AND A STONE COLD STUNNER FROM AUSTIN! AUSTIN HOOKS THE LEGS! ONE! TWO! THRE-! BLADEWOLF KICKS OUT AT TWO!
Austin slaps the mat before grabbing the steel chair and starts wailing away on Bladewolf with it when suddenly... TRIPLE H'S THEME HITS!
Triple H comes out with an angry expression on his face, sledgehammer in hand. Triple H enters the ring as Vince and Austin back off and Triple h's cold glare is aimed right at them as he checks on Bladewolf, which was a surprise to everyone considering the rivalry between them. Triple H then got right in Austin's face, the two rivals glaring each other down... WHEN TRIPLE H NAILS BLADEWOLF IN THE FORHEAD WITH THE SLEDGEHAMMER!
The crowd starts booing as Austin covers Bladewolf! ONE! TWO! THREE! WE HAVE A NEW WWF CHAMPION! AUSTIN IS THE CHAMPION AGAIN!
'Ding! Ding! Ding!'
Austin's theme plays as Austin and Triple H stomp on Bladewolf, Triple H using the sledgehammer as a weapon. Vince McMahon takes the WWF Championship and stands aside as he watches Triple H and Austin assault the Bladewolf before Austin pulls Bladewolf to his feet, shoves him forward into triple H who hooks his arms... AND NAILS THE PEDIGREE!
Triple H, Austin and Vince stand tall over the fallen, bloodied and beaten Bladewolf as Austin's theme plays and RAW goes off the air...
Yeah, Bladewolf has lost the WWF Championship one night after winning it. He was too pissed off and wanted revenge for Austin hitting the Stunner on Trish and Vince putting his hands on her, so Austin and Vince basically took advantage of that and it resulted n Austin winning and becoming WWF Champion once again.