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CHAPTER 23

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Vengeance Summary: John Cena is the new WWE Undisputed Champion. In a Lumber Jack match, Cena defeated Triple H with a F-U.

Also, the Great Khali came to the WWE in the most dominant debut in WWE history, after The Undertaker's 1990 Survivor Series debut.

Khali first teamed up with Umaga, another person who debuted, and Marty Jannety to totally decimate D-X. Then, he fought in the 20 Man Over the Top Battle Royal, causing destruction till the very end before Mark Henry eliminated him. Then, Khali decimated Triple H after his Undisputed Championship loss, becoming the first person ever to not fall down from a Pedigree. Triple H joins the Undisputed Championship match, making it John Cena © vs. The Great Khali vs. Triple H at Saturday Night's Main Event.

Vengeance also saw the return of the Undertaker. Randy Orton called the big man out in the beginning of the night. Orton said that at the end of the show, he'd come out and call Taker out. Obviously, Taker was not intimidated by Orton. Taker gave Orton a big boot, and seemed to be in control of Orton. The tables would soon turn, however, and Taker would be laid out by a RKO. Taker wouldn't stay down and gave Orton a Chokeslam and a Tombstone for his efforts.

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"Hello everybody and welcome to Monday Night Raw! I'm good ole JR, along with Jerry the King Lawler. What a night we have for you tonight !"

"Yeah, our blockbuster match for tonight is Great Khali vs. Mark Henry in a street fight. Literally. Those two men will fight outside in the street." King said.

"That'll be explosive." JR said.

Match One-Kane w/ Paul Bearer vs. MnM- Handicap Match

MnM came to the ring. Melina got in very slow. Kane's music hit and the Big Red Machine came down to the ring. Kane got into the ring and MnM double teamed him. Kane took both men down with a double clothesline. Mercury got back to his feet and took out Kane's leg with a dropkick. Nitro got to his feet and gave Kane a dropkick to his face. Mercury and Nitro picked up Kane and gave him a Snapshot! MnM gave Kane a double cover for the pin.

"The winners, May 19th!" Lillian said.

Kane immediately sat up and stared at Lillian.

"You. Why did you say that date?" Kane said.

"What date, Kane?" Lillian asked.

Kane got out of the ring. "You know the date! You said it!. Why did you say it?"

Mercury whispered something to Melina. Melina grabbed a mic and ran up the ramp. From the ramp, she said May 19th. Kane turned around and got into the ring, completely forgetting Lillian. MnM caught him by surprise and gave him another Snapshot. MnM walked to the back as Kane sat up with a sick smile on his face.

Paul Bearer and Kane walked to the back, with Kane looking sinister.

Winners- MnM

Kane got to the back and the WWE Chairman, Vince McMahon, approached him.

"What the hell was that all about, Kane?" McMahon asked.

Kane got into McMahon's face. "She said that date. She had to be punished. God's work must be done."

"God's work? That date? What the hell are you a prophet or something? You must do God's work. Well do me a favor and tell God that he is in a match tonight. God offically becomes a degenerate as he joins D-X's Shawn Michaels and Triple H to face Randy Orton, Umaga and Bobby Lashley in tonight's main event. Now, excuse me as I go prepare for May 19th." McMahon said.

Kane grabbed McMahon around the throat. "Why? Why did you say it?"

"Say what, you stupid man?" McMahon responded, gasping for air.

"THAT DATE!" Kane growled.

"What date? I never said a date."

"That day. I heard it."

"May 19th? I never said..." McMahon was cut off by Kane lifting him into the air and gave him a chokeslam on the concrete!

"Don't say that date, AGAIN!" Kane growled and walked away with Paul Bearer.

"Mr.McMahon might as well be dead! Kane just snapped and gave the Chairman a chokeslam on hard concrete! We'll be right back with an update on Vince's condition." JR said as Raw went to a commercial.

"Hello everybody and welcome back to Monday Night Raw." JR said when Raw came back. "If you were tuned in just five minutes ago, you saw the utter destruction of Vince McMahon." They re-played the scene with Kane and McMahon. "If you were watching WWE Unlimited, you saw the cops escort Kane out of the building."

"Yes, and we also have an update on the condition of Vince. It appears, from our doctor backstage, that Vince hurt three discs in his back. Very serious business. Vince will be out of action for at least three weeks, or until the doctors clear him to return to the ring. We'll tell you more when we get more information. Stay tuned." King said.

Match Two- Shane McMahon vs. Paul Bearer- Street Fight

"After seeing his father injured at the hands of Kane, Shane McMahon challenged Kane to a street fight, but the authorites took Kane away, so Shane settled for Paul Bearer." JR said, informing us on the next match.

Shane came out first, looking pissed. Paul Bearer came out and Shane didn't waste anytime. Shane ran out and met Paul with a very hard clothesline. Bearer got on his knees and started to roll away. Shane quickly got him and planted him with a DDT on the steel ramp. Bearer looked to be out cold. Shane picked Bearer up, pulling his fat body by the neck. Bearer was in a sweat suit. Shane pulled Bearer up and gave him an Irish Whip into the steel tunrbuckle. Bearer didn't have time to protect himself and his face collided hard with steel post. Bearer started gushing blood from his broken nose.

Shane pulled the injured Bearer into the ring and the bell rung.

"The bell just now rung, folks. So if Shane killed Bearer before the match started, it wouldn't be considered a match, but a murder." JR said.

"JR, it'll be a murder anyway you look at it. If you kill someone, you kill someone. You can't bring them back to life and say 'Hey, you messed up that spot in the match. Be alive again and let's continue the match.' It just doesn't work that way." King said.

Bearer tired to get to his feet, but Shane gave him a dropkick that took Paul back to the outside. Bearer rolled under the ring to avoid detection. Shane came to the outside and searched for Bearer. He pulled the ring apron back and got powder in the eyes. Someone got form under the ring and took it to Shane with rights and lefts before giving him a Double-Armed DDT.

"It's Mankind!" JR pointed out.

Mankind continued to hit Shane with kicks to the head and then the occasional leg drop. Paul Bearer got out from under the ring. The bleeding had stopped in his nose. He picked up Shane and tossed him into the ring. He told Mankind to come into the ring with him. Mankind and Bearer got into the ring. Mankind held Shane up as Paul punched him repeatedly in the face. Shane eventually kicked Mankind in the genitals and then gave Bearer a running DDT.

Shane's comeback was short lived as Mankind got to his feet and didn't hesitate to return the favor by kicking Mankind in the nuts. Mankind rolled out of the ring, holding his balls, and got a chair. Mankind brought it into the ring. He placed Shane in the corner and put the chair in front of him. Mankind went to the opposite corner and hit Shane with a running knee to the face, knocking the chair into the face of Shane.

Mankind then went under the ring and took out a barbed wire baseball bat. Mankind brought it into the ring as Paul stomped on Shane's bloody face. Mankind raised the bat into the air, but has kicked in the gut.

"STONE COLD !" JR screamed. "AUSTIN HAS COME TO THE RESCUE OF SHANE MCMAHON!"

Austin kicked Foley in the gut and gave him a Stunner. Austin kicked Bearer in the stomach and gave him a Stunner, too.

McMahon got to his feet somehow and dropkicked Mick Foley out of the ring. Shane got up and put Bearer in the corner and put the bent up steel chair in front of him. Shane went up to the other turnbuckle and hit the Coast-to-Coast on Bearer! Shane covered Paul for the three count.

Winner-Shane McMahon

Backstage Interview- Stone Cold Steve Austin

Austin got to the back and Josh Matthews ran up to him.

"Mr. Austin, did you hear?" Matthews said.

"What?"

"I said, Mr..."

"I know damn well what you said. What was I supposed to hear, you stupid son of a bitch?" Austin cut him off.

"Stephanie McMahon booked you for Saturday Night's Main Event." Matthews said.

"Stephanie McMahon did what?" Austin said, fuming.

"She booked you for this Saturday against Mankind...in a First Blood Match. Don't kill the messenger." Matthews said.

Austin gave no response, he just walked away in the direction of Stephanie's office.

Stephanie looked up from her desk when she heard a knock. "Come in."

Austin barged in McMahon's office. "Why the hell did you book me for this Saturday against Mankind...In a First Blood match nonetheless."

"Steve, are you serious? You just bum rushed the ring and assaulted Paul Bearer and Mankind." Stephanie said.

"I was trying to help your brother. Foley made his presence felt in a match he wasn't even scheduled for." Austin said, raising his voice.

"You think I didn't notice that Foley interfered in the match? Oh, he'll be punished next week when he takes on the Great Khali. But YOU also made an interference. So YOU will be punished by taking on Mankind in a First Blood Match. Now get the hell out of my office. Have a Nice Day." Stephanie said and pointed to the door.

Austin went outside and slammed the door.

Reinstatement Ceremony

"I'm Back! Better then Ever !"

"What the hell is this?" JR said.

The crowd stood in awe as Eric Bischoff came out to the stage. Bisch made his way to the ring.

"OH MY GOD ! IT'S ERIC BISCHOFF ! I THOUGHT WE'D NEVER SEE HIM AGAIN ! WHAT THE HELL IS HE DOING HERE, HOLDING A BRIEFCASE?" JR said, getting overwhelmed.

Bischoff, briefcase in hand, got into the ring.

"ERIC BISCHOFF ! ERIC BISCHOFF !" The crowd chanted.

Bisch grabbed a mic. "HELLO ! Wow, its good to be back here in Phoenix ! But before I go into specifics, let me introduce to you your General Manager...Stephanie McMahon !"

Stephanie made her way out to the ring, looking stunned. She shook her head and got into the ring. She got another mic. "Eric, what are you doing here?"

"OK, straight to the point then." Eric said. "Um, I have very special news concerning three things. First...let me introduce to you the Co-General Manager of Raw...ERIC BISCHOFF !"

Stephanie looked stunned. "Co-General Manager? What the hell is going on?"

"Well, your father called me last week and offered me my job back. Of course I accepted before putting serious thought into it, seeing as Vince fired me on live television and stuffed me in the back of a trash truck. But the past must die at some point. So, I accepted and arrived here today, not knowing who my Co-GM would be. I found out it was you and I realized we had some "unfinished business"." Eric said.

"What 'unfinished business'." Stephanie asked.

"I'll get to that next week. But this week, I am here to reinstate two championships from WWE past. Ladies and gentlemen, before our two main events tonight we will name NEW Hardcore and European champions !" Bischoff said.

"OH MY GOD ! THE HARDCORE AND EUROPEAN CHAMPIONSHIPS ARE BACK !" JR said, overwhelmed once again.

"So let me introduce to you your NEW Hardcore champion..." Bischoff said and reached into his rather large briefcase. He pulled out the Hardcore championship and a hat with names. "...by the way, this involves ALL WWE wrestlers. Your new Hardcore champion is...JEFF HARDY !"

"JEFF HARDY? COULD JEFF HARDY BE MAKING A WWE RETURN?" King said, excited.

Jeff Hardy's old WWE music played. The crowd waited. Finally, the painted youngster came out to a surge of cheers. Jeff ran to the ring and slid in. He took his Hardcore championship. "Wait here, Jeff." Bischoff said.

"And the NEW European champion is..." he reached in the hat. "...oh wow. MATT HARDY !"

"OH MY ! WHAT A TURN OF EVENTS ! A HARDY BOYS REUNION OF SORTS !" JR said.

Matt Hardy came to the ring and the crowd was in shock. Matt could not believe that his brother was in a WWE ring again.

"Get used to this sight, Matt. I signed Jeff to a contract last Tuesday to stick it to TNA and to bring back a fan favorite as my FIRST official thing as WWE Co-GM of Raw. And as my SECOND official thing as Co-GM of Raw, I put Jeff Hardy in his first WWE match since being back. At Saturday Night's Main Event, Jeff Hardy will face...MATT HARDY !" Bischoff said and dropped the mic.

"OH MY ! THATS A LOT TO HANDLE, FOLKS. THE RETURN OF ERIC BISCHOFF AND JEFF HARDY AND THEN THE JEFF AND MATT HARDY MATCH ! FOLKS, SATURDAY NIGHT'S MAIN EVENT HAS OFFICIALLY HEATED UP." JR said as Jeff Hardy looked shocked as did Matt Hardy.

Jeff raised his mic. "Wait...Eric. What about the titles? Are they on the line?"

Eric looked up. "No, Jeff. They aren't. You will defend your titles..."

"...When I say so." Stephanie said.

Eric shook his head and walked away.

Match Three- Street Fight- Mark Henry vs. The Great Khali

Both men waited outside until the ref made the signal. The ref signaled and Henry ran up. Khali lifted a boot and Henry hit the concrete. Khali smiled and grabbed the behemoth by his hair and pulled him up. Khali tossed Henry into the steel post outside and then ripped the "STOP" sign off of the pole. The ref was surprised at th strength of Khali. Henry got to his feet and Khali hit him in the face with the Stop sign. Henry fell to one knee. Khali raised the sign again but Henry gave him a headbutt in the gut. Henry took the stop sign from Khali and hit him in the back with it. Khali went down to the floor and Henry drug him by his hair across the street.

Henry pulled Khali up but he grabbed him by the throat. Khali then lifted Henry into the air and gave him a chokeslam on the concrete. Khali didn't cover. He went to a car and pulled out a sledgehammer. Khali went back over to Henry and raised the hammer. Henry gave Khali a drop-toe hold and Khali dropped the hammer.

Henry drug the giant to that very same car and powerbombed Khali through the front windshield.

"OH MY GOD ! MARK HENRY JUST LIFTED 420 POUNDS INTO THE AIR AND SLAMMED IT THROUGH A CAR WINDSHIELD !" JR said.

Khali sat up and got out of the rubble as Henry looked astounded. Khali gave Henry a chop to the head that took him down. Henry got to his knees and Khali kicked him in the face. Khali covered Henry with one foot but Henry kicked out.

Khali picked Henry up and drug him halfway down the block. Khali picked Henry up and set him up for a Gorilla Press Slam. Khali then tossed Henry through a window ! Khali entered through the broken window and covered Henry for a three count.

Winner- Great Khali

"Folks, in all of my wrestling career, I've never seen anything quite like that. The show of strength was amazing." King said.

Main Event- D-X and God vs. Randy Orton, Umaga and Lashley

Umaga, Orton and Lashley came down to the ring and waited for D-X.

"BREAK IT DOWN !"

Shawn Michaels and Triple H came down to the ring, with smiles on. HBK and HHH got into the ring. HBK grabbed a mic.

"So, Vince McMahon puts me, Triple H and God in a match? Ok, a Handicap match. But, let me introduce to you...GOD !"

Church music played and the lights went down. A single light beamed down on the stage. Suddenly, the church music changed to bells and gongs and the single light turned blue.

"THE UNDERTAKER !"

"OH MY GOD ! 'GOD' IS THE UNDERTAKER ! WAY TO STICK IT TO THE BOSS !" Jr said.

The Undertaker made his way to the ring as Orton, Umaga and Lashley were stunned. Undertake got into the ring and took down Umaga with a big boot and the bell rung. The Undertaker and Umaga started off. Undertaker picked Umaga up and gave him Snake Eyes.

"The Undertaker very strong here tonight in his first match back. This should be over quickly." JR said.

Undertaker punched Umaga straight in the face and then gave him a Chokeslam. Lashley and Randy Orton ran in and took down the Undertaker. HBK and HHH ran in and tried to fight back Orton and Lashley. The ref lost all control. The Undertaker grabbed Lashley and Umaga around the throat and gave them a double chokeslam. HBK gave Orton the Sweet Chin Music that took him out of the ring. Taker picked up Umaga again and he gave him a thumb to the throat.

Triple H spun Umaga around and planted him with a Pedigree. Orton and Lashley took down HBK and HHH out of the ring and they started brawling on the ramp. HBK gave Lashley a DDT on the steel ramp and Triple H got a spinebuster from Lashley.

Undertaker gave Umaga an Irish Whip into the corner and followed it up with a huge knee into the sternum. Umaga then put down Taker with another thumb to the throat. Taker tried to get up but Umaga sat on his chest. The ref counted but Taker sat up, with Umaga still on his chest. He stood up, still with Umaga. He lifted Umaga in the air and gave him the Last Ride. Undertaker covered Umaga. 1...2...Randy Orton ran in and broke it up.

Orton hammered away at his Saturday Night's Main Event opponent. Undertaker got to his feet and gave Umaga and Orton a double clothesline out of the ring. All five men were outside of the ring. Undertaker ran and jumped over the top rope and landed on all of them. Undertaker sat up and rolled into the ring with Umaga. Undertaker set him up for, and gave him, the Tombstone Piledriver. Undertaker stood up and Randy Orton hit with a RKO ! Orton put Umaga on top of him and the ref counted the three count.

Winners- Randy Orton, Umaga, and Lashley

After the match, the Undertaker sat up. All six men were in the ring again and Taker was stomping on Lashley in the corner. Lashley escaped from Taker and speared HBK to the floor. Undertaker got Lashley again and gave him Old School. Taker then proceeded to choke Lashley in the corner. HBK got to his feet and measured Lashley for Sweet Chin Music.

On the outside, Triple H gave a knee drop to Umaga. Triple H got back up and planted Randy Orton with a Pedigree. Umaga got up and Triple H gave HIM a Pedigree.

HBK lifted his foot in the air, but Lashley moved and the Sweet Chin Music connected with the Undertaker. HBK looked scared but then hit the Sweet Chin Music on Lashley. HBK started to leave. He got halfway up the ramp, when Undertaker sat up. Taker looked pissed. His eyes rolled up in his head as Raw went off the air.

END OF CHAPTER 23

CHAPTER 24 PREVIEW-LAST CHAPTER OF BOOK ONE

SATURDAY NIGHT'S MAIN EVENT

The Final Card for this edition of Saturday Night's Main Event is:

1) Tag Team Championship- Umaga and Lashley vs. New Age Outlaws ©

2) Woman's Championship- Lita vs. Torrie Wilson © vs. Ashley

3) Stone Cold Steve Austin vs. Mankind- First Blood

4) WWE Undisputed Championship- Triple H vs. John Cena © vs. Great Khali

5) Tag Team Hell in the Cell- Shawn Michaels and Undertaker vs. Randy Orton and Kane

6) Jeff Hardy vs. Matt Hardy

This week on RAW, SNME heated up.

Eric Bischoff returned in surprise fashion as the Co-GM of Raw. He reinstated the European and Hardcore championships. Matt Hardy was named European and Jeff Hardy was named Hardcore and they will face at SNME.

Also, two matches scheduled for this past RAW was moved to SNME. The Woman's Championship match, to which Ashley was added, and the Tag Team Championship.

Can anything stop Kane?

On RAW he faced MnM in handicap action. MnM defeated Kane with a Snapshot but then when Lillian Garcia announced the winners as "MnM" he grew nuts. He attacked Lillian but MnM drew his attention back by saying "May 19th". MnM then gave Kane another Snapshot.

Backstage, Vince McMahon approached him and told him that this is not God's work and that he needs to stop. He also said he had to prepare for something but Kane misunderstood it as "May 19th". Kane then gave Vince a chokeslam on concrete. After destroying our chairman, what will Kane do to Undertaker and Shawn Michaels in Hell In the Cell?

The Great Khali cannot be stopped. 450 pound Mark Henry could not even budge this monster. They fought in a street fight with Khali almost completely dominating. Khali tore a stop sign off a pole ad beat Henry with it, then gave him a Chokeslam on the concrete. Henry came back for less then 20 seconds when he powerbombed Khali through a car windshield. Khali got right up and Gorilla Press Slammed Henry through a window for a three count.

Stone Cold has returned.

Stone Cold made his presence felt during the Paul Bearer-Shane McMahon match. Mankind destroyed Shane McMahon, when he interfered. Austin came down to help Shane, who eventually won the match. Stephanie McMahon put Mankind and Austin in a First Blood Match at SNME.

The Deadman Cometh

The Undertaker made a surprise Raw appearance. Earlier in the night, Vince told Kane to tell HBK and HHH that he is putting them in a Tag Match with 'God'. 'God' was later revealed to be the Undertaker. Taker dominated Umaga throughout the match. Once, Undertaker was the only one standing while the other five men were outside the ring. Undertaker launched himself over the top rope onto all five men. It seemed as if all was done as Taker went to give Umaga a Tombstone. Taker planted him and stood up. Orton ran in and gave Taker a RKO Umaga got the three count.

After the match, chaos ensued. Undertaker pounded away on Lashley after Lashley took down HBK. On the outside, Triple H gave duo Pedigrees to Umaga and Randy Orton. HBK went to give Sweet Chin Music on Lashley but Lashley moved and it hit Undertaker. HBK hit Lashley with one and got away from the ring. Undertake sat up as Raw went off the air, with his eyes in his head.