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RAW is WAR: 11/6/2001
RAW is WAR was live at Richmond Coliseum in Richmond, Virginia. RAW began with Commissioner William Regal entered the ring. Mr. Regal said that he had a simple question - where has all the sportsmanship and decency gone? He said that last week's match between Mr. McMahon and Stone Cold and Chris Jericho and Chris Benoit would be forever tainted. Tainted because Chris Benoit was promoting nudity and poor sportsmanship by pulling on Austin's shorts to pin him!
Regal said that if Benoit's actions were befitting of a champion, then he would step down as commissioner! But, alas, Regal didn't, because he believed sportsmanship still existed in the world. Regal then announced that Chris Jericho would be facing Rhyno and the Big Show in a handicap match! He added that Benoit would take on Kurt Angle, in a steel cage!
The Commissioner then moved on to the King of the Ring. He said that both Benoit and Jericho had beaten Stone Cold in tag team matches, but that didn't prove they deserved a title shot in a singles match! Regal said that tomfoolery might have been a part of a previous regime, but he would not tolerate it!
Before he could go on, former Commissioner Mick Foley interrupted and joined Regal in the ring! Mick said that he wanted to admit that many times in the past, he had been guilty of committing tomfoolery! Mick said he wanted to announce a very important guest, but before he could announce his guest, Regal asked security to take Foley away.
Before security could come to the ring, Linda McMahon walked down the rampway! William Regal told Linda he was very excited to see her. Linda cut him off, and told him she had been thinking about and appropriate main event for King of the Ring. She said that Jericho and Benoit were both deserving of a title shot! Linda said that Stone Cold should face both men in individual matches - first, a match against Benoit. If he should win that, he would face Jericho later! Linda then rescinded, because she had a different idea, one that was given to her by Mick Foley! Foley pointed out to Linda something Stone Cold said last week - that he could beat both Benoit and Jericho at the same time! Linda announced that the King of the Ring main event would be Stone Cold facing Benoit and Jericho in a Triple Threat match!
Linda said that was what she wanted, and what her lawyers wanted, and what Vince would want - because it would make Linda's lawyers happy! She asked Regal if that was what he wanted, and the commissioner agreed to the match!
In the back, Edge talked with Rhyno about the Hardcore title, when Christian walked up. Christian said that it reeked that he had to face Kane to get into the King of the Ring tournament. Edge said it'd be all right, because he would be in his corner and Rhyno would be rooting him on from the back! Christian angrily walked away, and as he did, Edge told Rhyno, "He may be my brother, but sometimes he can be such a bitch!"
The winner of the Kane vs. Christian match would qualify for the King of the Ring tourney. Kane manhandled Christian from the get-go, laying Christian out after a boot to the face. The Big Red Machine went for the pin, but Edge pulled him away. When Kane went after Edge at ringside, Christian went to hit him but got Kane instead! Then, as the referee was distracted, Albert ran out and flattened Kane with a Baldo-Bomb! Christian was able to cover Kane and get the pin to advance to the King of the Ring!
As Stone Cold Steve Austin arrived at the building, Linda McMahon greeted him, and he immediately got in her face. Mick Foley said that he didn't like how Austin treated Debra and he didn't like how he was treating Linda. Foley informed Austin of the King of the Ring match, which further incensed the Rattlesnake! Mick and Linda then left the building as Austin steamed.
In tag team action, the Hardy Boyz faced Justin Credible and X-Pac of X-Factor. Jeff Hardy pinned X-Pac after nailing him with a Swanton Bomb! After the match, X-Pac grabbed a steel chair and smacked Jeff over the head!
In the commissioner's office, Tajiri begged to become a superstar when Stone Cold burst in. The Bionic Redneck said that there was a conspiracy trying to get the title away from Austin. When Tajiri tried to interject, Austin flattened him!
Outside their locker room, Benoit and Jericho discussed their opportunity at King of the Ring vs. Austin. Both promised each other that whoever won, they would give the other man the first title shot.
Elsewhere, Spike Dudley told Molly Holly he would give her the kiss he was going to give her on SmackDown, But then he heard that the Dudley family was taking on the Holly family later on RAW! Molly apologized for her cousins, and Spike told her that he would never fight against Molly again. Just as the two were about to kiss, Bubba pulled Spike away, and then promised Molly that he wouldn't forget to bring the table to the ring!
In the parking area, Vince told Stone Cold he didn't know anything about the match Linda had made. When Vince said he wanted to talk about it in the dressing room, Austin told him he'd better not walk away from him! Vince stopped and looked at Austin nervously. Then, the Rattlesnake hugged Vince, but still had an angry look in his eyes!
Chris Jericho faced nearly impossible odds in a handicap match against the Big Show and Hardcore Champion Rhyno. As the crowd chanted for Y2J, Rhyno and Show took turns tossing Jericho around the ring. But, Jericho hit Big Show with a missile dropkick and went for the Walls of Jericho, but Rhyno pulled Jericho away! Jericho went to hit Rhyno, but the Man-Beast hit Big Show with a Gore! Rhyno hit Jericho with a Gore to take the win! After the match, Jericho seemed to be struggling to get to his feet.
Shane McMahon was seen entering the building from the parking lot, looking around as if expecting someone to jump him. He turned a corridor and spotted Bladewolf and Kane walking in his direction.
"hey guys! guys!" Shane stopped them. "Kane, I saw what happened out there, Albert costing you your qualifying match for King of the Ring-"
"Yeah, and Albert's gonna pay. You can go to the bank on that, Shane." Kane growled as he got in Shane's face.
"I'm very glad I'm not that man right now, I'll tell you that." Shane said as Bladewolf and Kane went to walk away. "Wait a second, guys! Bladewolf, Kane, I gotta thank you both for last week."
"Thank us?" Bladewolf and Kane shared a look before the former asks. "Thank us for what?"
"For saving my ass with your brother. You guys saved my ass." Shane said before looking at Bladewolf, "And I know we've had our issues, but the whole Sera thing, I had nothing to do with that. I've been racking my brain all weekend and I should stick my nose into family business."
"Shane... if you know something..." Bladewolf said.
"The only thing I do know is one person, I know one person who interferes in marital affairs, just like with Triple H and Stephanie." Shane said. "Who was the one person who interfered in their marriage? Well, not to point any fingers... but it was Kurt Angle, that's a fact. I'm not saying it was him, but you might want to check him out. Okay? thanks, say hi to your brother for me. See you guys!"
Bladewolf and Kane watch Shane walk away before Bladewolf looks at Kane. "Looks like we got another suspect. Let's go tell Taker and go from there."
Kane nods and the brothers walk away...
if you've seen this episode of RAW, you'll know what Undertaker did to Kurt Angle, came out and assaulted Angle, who was then given an Angle Slam by Shane McMahon afterwards.
As for why Bladeowlf is doing more backstage segments than competing, well, I have no ideas for who he can face, so in the story, he suffered a small, minor injury during his match with Benoit that doctors urged him to not compete for several weeks in case he worsens the injury.