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RAW is WAR: 2/7/2001
RAW is WAR was live at Tacoma Dome in Tacoma, Washington. As the show kicked off from Tacoma, Wash., Mr. McMahon strutted to the ring, as the sold-out crowd tried to boo the Federation chairman out of the arena! The chairman said that July 22 would be the greatest single day in sports-entertainment history - the day that finally the Federation would take on WCW!
Mr. McMahon said it wouldn't be an Invasion, but instead an annihilation! He said you couldn't even compare the Federation to WCW - it was like comparing Washington D.C. to the state of Washington! McMahon then compared Federation Champion Stone Cold Steve Austin to WCW Champion Booker T - saying Booker was a sneak without integrity, and Austin was a champion among champions!
The chairman was then about to make a guarantee for Invasion, but he was interrupted by Kurt Angle! Your Olympic Hero apologized for interrupting the owner, but he said Vince's words were so moving, he just couldn't help himself! Angle said Vince was right about everything - including his lack of integrity. Angle said the WCW Champion was also lacking intensity and intelligence.
Angle then pointed out how Booker T has made Stone Cold look like a jackass as of late - and out to the ring came the Federation Champion! Angle calmed down Austin, and made a personal vow to make sure that Booker T never attacked Austin or McMahon ever again. Stone Cold asked Angle if he was supposed to be a bodyguard - and asked how Angle would do a damn thing with Austin's foot wedged up his ass!
Austin said the problem wasn't Booker T - it was Kurt Angle! Stone Cold said he and McMahon were a team, and they didn't need or want Angle. The Rattlesnake told Angle he thought he was a complete jackass, as did McMahon and the crowd! Austin then told Vince to tell Angle he was a jackass! But Angle defended himself, saying he was a hero, not a jackass! The two men went back and forth, screaming at each other!
McMahon then stopped the men, and challenged them to beat the hell out of each other! As they were about to, Angle gave Vince a hug! Austin then gave Vince a hug! A shoving match ensued, until Shane McMahon's theme music began playing!
The Boy Wonder came out to the stage to a huge ovation! Shane asked why a gold medalist and the Federation Champion were competing for hugs! He asked if this was RAW or Sesame Street!
Shane said tonight was all about Invasion. He told his father that WCW would be the underdogs at Invasion, and that's how they liked it.
Shane then issued a challenge - for Vince to take his best guys, and put them on one side of the ring, and he would do the same, in the first-ever Inaugural Brawl!
Shane said he had the power to make the main event on RAW - and that history would be made on RAW, when WCW Champion Booker T defended the title against Buff Bagwell! The Boy Wonder then reminded his father that Linda McMahon and her attorneys were watching, and they would be very upset if Stone Cold or anyone else were to get involved!
The APA talked backstage, questioning who Shane McMahon was thanking for a tip-off last Thursday on SmackDown! Bradshaw suggested that there was a mole in the Federation locker room, and the two went off to go mole-hunting.
Next up was Albert vs the Undertaker for the Intercontinental Championship.
Just four days after winning the Intercontinental Championship from Kane, Albert defended his newly won title against Kane's brother - the Undertaker. The two super-heavyweights shook the ring in the battle for Intercontinental gold. Undertaker nailed Albert with a chokeslam, and the Badass was about to go for the Last Ride when DDP attacked the Taker with a chair, ending the bout in a disqualification! Page then hit a Diamond Cutter on the Undertaker! As DDP left, Sara ran up behind him and shoved him!
As Sara and DDP mouthed off in the aisleway, the Bladewolf and Kane came up behind DDP and glared at him as DDP felt their presences and slowly turned around into a right hand from Bladewolf, then an uppercut from Kane, knocking DDP down. Bladewolf and Kane takes shots beating the hell out of DDP, taking him back to the ring.
Bladeowlf and Kane continue to beat down DDP until Sera gets in between them and tells them something, then proceeds to kick DDP between the legs.
Bladewolf and Kane grab DDP and toss him into the ring, right to the Undertaker who starts to pummel DDP until Albert makes the save, leading to Bladewolf and Kane coming in to attack Albert while DDP scatters from ringside, running like a scolded dog.
Bladewolf and Kane send Albert over the top rope with a double clothesline and Undertaker's theme plays as the Brothers of Destruction stand tall in the ring...
And that's it for this chapter everyone.