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WWF Monday Night Raw
Tampa, Florida
07/08/2019
Jim Ross and Jerry "The King" Lawler
{Raw opens with the pyro, the signs are out, and the fans are red hot in this town tonight! The WWE is live here in Florida. They say this town just had a PPV called Double or Nothing but you can't tell from this sold out crowd at Raw! They have signs in the crowd all about the WWE! A lot of Austin Foam Fingers, Rock "Bull" shirts and the fans are rocking! Ross and Lawler have the hype duty on point and they go over all the action that occured last week and even more what is going to happen at the King of the Ring! They go over all the competitors in the event and says the winner will face HHH at SummerSlam! We head to the ring for the opening contest.}
The World's Greatest Tag Team vs The Orient Express
{A simple opener here to show off the newest acquistion in the WWF of Benjamin and Haas! They destory The Orient Express and show off their superior wrestling skills! They are showing off their letterman jackets and obviously taking shots at The Steiners! Benjamin and Haas finish off Kato with Play of the Day! 1.....2.....3!!! The WGTT win their debut and make a signal for the tag titles!}
{We head to the back where we see Ricky Steamboat cutting a promo about the upcoming King of the Ring as he is in the middle of his promo he is interrupted by MJF! He is sporting a sling on his arm. Steamboat doesn't seem pleased about this but MJF says as long as is on leave he can't be touched. Steamboat warns him that MJF doesn't want to make The Undertaker upst but MJF doesn't seem worried takes a parting shot at Steamboat and walks away laughing!}
*Commercial*
Joe Hennig with Bobby Heenan vs Cesaro
{Joe Hennig makes his grand entrance with Bobby Heenan behind him. Hennig is playing the crowd but he is facing The Swiss Superman! Cesaro looks impressive in this match. Hennig keeps up with Cesaro and the two work one hell of a match! It goes the full 15 minutes and we have a DRAW! Heenan is irate about the draw and the fans want to see more. Hennig though survived the onslaught of Cesaro at the end! Ross mentions that Cesaro shouldn't have swung Hennig so long and just went for the victory instead! Cesaro wants more time but Hennig is living to fight another day! This heads us to the back where Jesse is standing by!}
{Jesse cuts a promo about all the great talent that is coming into the WWF! He says that he believes that we have some great champions here. We have powerhouses, wrestling machines, and now he wants to add a new title to the WWF with special rules. Jesse praises Hennig and Cesaro who tore the roof of this place. Jesse announces the Raw after King of the Ring will start a special 8 man tournament that will end with a match at SummerSlam where the winner will be crowned the first ever WWF Television Champion! Now with holding this title it MUST be defended every week on Raw! He says that the competitors will announced in due time but he goes ahead and throws out two names in the field of 8. Those two will be Cesaro and Joe Hennig!}
*Commercial*
{The Rock is shown in the back and he is selling that attack from last week. The Rock cuts a heated promo on The Kliq! He promises that he will win The King of the Ring and he will take the WWF Championship from Triple H at SummerSlam!}
Scott Steiner with Rick Steiner vs Chris Benoit with Dean Malenko and Bobby Heenan
{Joe Hennig is still in the back resting from his earlier match. We look at the ring and we have a hard hitting wrestling match! Benoit and Scott beat the hell out of each other. They wrestle a hard hitting style and neither man is giving an inch! Scott gets the upperhand at the ending. He sets Benoit up on the top turnbuckle and Scott is looking for the Frankensteiner! Rick notices Malenko trying to get involved and chases him off what Rick didn't realize is Joe Hennig hops over the rail he grabs the legs of Chris Benoit and causes Scott to do flip on the mat and take a nasty bump! Scott is in serious trouble here as Benoit leaps from the top rope SWAN DIVING HEADBUTT! 1.....2....3!!! Benoit with the victory! Rick comes charging into the ring as Benoit heads up the ramp with The Heenan Family they just got one over on the tag champs!}
*Commercial*
{We get a pre-taped interview with Seth Rollins. He mentions that is currently in another location set to defend his Mash-Up World Title! Seth talks about being a fighting champion and doing whatever it takes to keep his title. He said that last week Steve Austin got what was coming to him. He warns Austin to stay out of his way especially when at King of the Ring when he faces The Kliq! Seth tells Shawn that at King of the Ring he is going to see if The Showstopper can really live up to his name!
That is when suddenly the camera feed loses signal and the music for The Kliq starts blasting and here they come! The Kliq come down the ramp and play the crowd! They each get some microphone time and talk about running the show now! Shawn tells Rollins that at King of the Ring he will make 15 pounds lighter when he takes the Mash-Up World Title! The Kliq is upset they aren't allowed to be in the King of the Ring but they said that won't stop them from being there. They end the segment by doing the wolfpack sign and telling The WWF they are just getting started!}
Singles Match
Vader vs The Z-Man
{PURE DOMINANCE! Vader is showing why he is a monster! He destroys Z-Man! Vader Bomb! Vader Splash 1.....2....3! Vader is playing up his dominance and demands a microphone! Vader tells Johnny Gargano how he expects to defeat The Mastadoon! He ends the segment by screaming "Whose The Man!"
Singles Match
Vader vs The Z-Man
{PURE DOMINANCE! Vader is showing why he is a monster! He destroys Z-Man! Vader Bomb! Vader Splash 1.....2....3! Vader is playing up his dominance and demands a microphone! Vader tells Johnny Gargano how he expects to defeat The Mastadoon! He ends the segment by screaming "Whose The Man!"
*Commercial*
Umaga with Armando Alejandro Estrada vs D'Lo Brown
{Umaga is picking up pretty much where Vader left off! Umaga beats the hell out of Brown! SAMOAN SPIKE spells the end of this match 1.....2....3!!! Umaga isn't finished as he grabs a table from under the ring and looks to put Brown through it! The fans EXPLODE when LASHLEY sprints down the ramp! Umaga and Lashley are fighting and this time Lashley is getting the upperhand on Umaga! Lashley nails a SPEAR on Umaga and the fans are popping but UMAGA IS STILL STANDING! Lashley is shocked and this time grabs Umaga on his shoulders and RUNNING POWERSLAM THROUGH THE TABLE! The fans are going crazy as Lashley is playing the crowd! What is going to happen when these two meet for The US Title! Umaga is in the debris of the table and begins getting to his feet. Lashley wants to continue fighting by Armando gets involved and drags Umaga out of the ring by his hair and up the ramp! Ross mentions next week will be Gargano and Lashley against Vader and Umaga!}
{We head to the back where we see Stone Cold cut a vicious promo about The King of the Ring! He says that he doesn't give a damn who his partner is at the King of the Ring but they better hold their own because Stone Cold wants that WWF Heavyweight Championship Match against HHH at SummerSlam! This is when Kurt Angle comes into the scene and security is automatically holding these two back! Angle and Austin want to fight but security isn't letting it happen that is when Jesse Ventura comes into the scene and says they want to fight! NEXT WEEK AUSTIN VS ANGLE!}
*Commercial*
Main Event
Ricky Steamboat vs Johnny Gargano
{This match is a pure wrestling masterpiece! The IC Title is not on the line but Steamboat and Gargano fight like it is! They go the rest of the tv time about 18 minutes of full non-stop action! We see a hard hitting and beautiful match! The ending comes really fast when Gargano rolls through The Flying Crossbody and turns it right into The Gargano Escape! Steamboat is trying to fight but in the end it's just too much and TAPS OUT! Gargano with the hard fought victory as the crowd is leaving on a happy note! Gargano and Steamboat shake hands after this hell of a match.
{Wait......we go straight to the back IT'S THE KLIQ.....They are beating up The Rock! We see a bloody Rock being held by Syxx and Hall when HHH SENDS A SLEDGEHAMMER AGAINST THE SKULL OF The Rock! The last image we see is The WWF Locker Room catching up but The Rock is laid out! What an attack! The Rock is in bad shape here! The Kliq zoom away in their car as Ventura has seen enough!}
WWF Presents The King of the Ring
Live from The Pepsi Center in Denver Colorado
Mash-Up World Title Match
Shawn Michaels vs Seth Rollins(c)
The King of the Ring Tournament
Kurt Angle, Steve Austin, The Undertaker, Jinder Mahal, Vader, Ricky Steamboat, Chris Benoit, Dean Malenko, Wade Barrett, Damien Sandow, Bo Dallas, Joe Hennig, D'Lo Brown, Demolition Ax, Demolition Smash, MJF, Nick Aldis, Cesaro, Test, A-Train, Matt Morgan, Umaga, Bobby Lashley, Rick Steiner, Scott Steiner, Shelton Bejamin, Charlie Haas, Matt Sydal, ACH, Disco Infeno, Alex Wright, Scotty Riggs, Marcus Bagwell, Chris Masters, Finlay, Val Venis, Eli Drake, Hernandez, Trevor Lee, Disco Inferno