Post by Slade on Mar 8, 2022 15:48:06 GMT -5
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On Monday, February 21, 2022
WWE Commentary Team: Mauro Ranallo, Tony Schiavone and Corey Graves
WWE Ring Announcer: Howard Finkel
WWE Backstage Reporter: Mean Gene Okerlund
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Street Profits defeated Kevin Owens and Tommaso Ciampa by pinfall at 11:15 to advance to next week’s UWA World Tag Team #1 Contender semifinals. Owens was in position to give Angelo Dawkins a stunner, but Dawkins shoved Owens away. Owens collided with Ciampa, hitting each others heads and sending Ciampa off the ring apron. Then Dawkins executed an overhead belly-to-belly and tagged Ford. Together, Dawkins and Ford executed the electric chair drop and diving blockbuster combo to secure the win.
Mean Gene Okerlund spoke to Harlem Heat to ask them about their match versus Street Profits next week. Booker T and Stevie Ray said that Montez Ford and Angelo Dawkins were impressive but not on their level. They are the longest reigning tag team champions in WWE history. What makes Ford and Dawkins think they have a chance to reach the finals of the UWA Universal Tag Team Championship tournament? It isn’t going to happen because Booker T and Stevie Ray are at the top of their game, and they’re the only team in this or any other company ready to reach the next level. Next week, they beat Ford and Dawkins. At NO WAY OUT, they’ll beat the Hardy Boyz or The Bar, and at WrestleMania II, they’re going to beat Strike Force to become the next UWA Universal Tag Team Champions. Now can you dig that, sucka?!
Ricky Steamboat defeated Johnny “The Bull” Stamboli by pinfall at 4:47. Steamboat was in control until he was tripped up by Little Guido. Stamboli used his power to get the better of Steamboat, but he mounted a comeback using his speed. Arm drags, running chops, dropkicks and headscissors takedowns overwhelmed The Bull and put him in position to receive the diving crossbody off the top rope. After Steamboat got the win, Guido set Palumbo and Big Vito on him. Keith Lee ran out and cleared the ring.
Ruby Riot, Liv Morgan, and Sarah Logan of the Riot Squad defeated Bianca Belair, Toni Storm, and Jordynne Grace by pinfall at 14:28. Belair gave Morgan the Kiss of Death and made the cover, but Riot broke it up with a We Riot diving senton. Storm entered the ring to take care of Riot, allowing Belair to tag out to Grace. Riot was setting up Storm for a Riot Kick but bailed when she saw Grace coming at her for a hard lariat, which caused Grace to nail Storm by accident. Riot hit Grace with the Riot Kick and made the pin as Logan ran across the ring and knocked the RAW Women’s Champion off the apron.
The Heenan Family came to the ring where Adam Cole gripped that he should be facing Eddie Guerrero for the Intercontinental Championship at NO WAY OUT rather than PAC, Triple H complained that AJ Styles was a ‘Phenomenal Disease’ that just keeps flaring up every time you think you have it under control, and FTR said they were tired of beating the crap out of the ‘Poor Brothers’. Bobby “The Brain” Heenan reminded us that AJ Styles said that the Bullet Club won’t leave the Heenan Family alone until Styles gets a shot at the RAW World Championship with the rest of the Heenan Family barred from ringside. His ultimatum is unacceptable. However, Heenan recognizes that Styles is phenomenally stupid, so he doesn’t understand the meaning of quit. So to make Styles go away, Heenan has an ultimatum of his own for Styles. He proposes the Heenan Family and Bullet Club have one more match, and if the Bullet Club wins, every member of the Club can demand one thing each from the Heenan Family – shots the RAW World Championship or the RAW Tag Team Championships, but if the Heenan Family wins, they will never have to defend a championship against anyone in the Bullet Club ever again. Bullet Club come out on stage and accept Heenan’s ultimatum. Triple H takes the mic and tells them there’s one more thing they should know: in order to get what they want at NO WAY OUY, they’re going to have to survive WAR GAMES!
Jeff Hardy defeated Chuck Palumbo by pinfall at 6:15. Hardy flipped out of a belly-to-back suplex attempt and landed on his feet and took Palumbo down with an inverted leg-feed enzuigiri kick, then he climbed the turnbuckle and executed the Swanton to get the win. Matt Hardy joined his brother in the ring to celebrate, and the two of them were attacked by Sheamus and Cesaro. Sheamus gave Jeff a Brogue kick and Cesaro gave Matt the Neutralizer. The Hardy Boyz & The Bar compete next week the UWA Universal Tag Team Championship semi-finals.
Jordynne Grace entered the locker room to apologize to Toni Storm for hitting her with a powerful lariat during their tag team match tonight. Storm told Grace not to worry about her, and instead worry about herself because next week, they have a match together and the winner gets a shot at Bianca Belair’s RAW Women’s Championship at NO WAY OUT. Holding an ice pack on the back of her neck, Storm got up from her seat. She handed the ice pack to Grace because she’s going to need it after Storm beats her next week.
“Ravishing” Rick Rude defeated Blue Meanie by pinfall at 3:10. Meanie was in the ring with his partners in the bWo when Rick Rude came out and said that these losers don’t deserve TV time and he does, but he hasn’t been getting any. He is a real superstar and the biggest new get for the RAW brand this year – not the “Hardly Boyz,” not the Heartbreak Geek, and definitely not the Bland World Ogres. Big Stevie Cool said that any one of them could prove him wrong, so Rude chose the “big fat tub of lard” standing next to him. Rude made easy work of Da Blue Guy, giving him a Rude Awakening to end it in barely over 3-minutes.
Mean Gene met up with the Full Blooded Italians backstage. Guido was pissed about what happened out in the ring earlier in the evening and threated to put Keith Lee on ice. Keith Lee crashed the party and said that they were welcome to try next week, saying he would take on any of them next week. The biggest man on the brand, Big Vito, stepped up and said he’ll squash Lee like a bug.
Shawn Michaels and “Macho Man” Randy Savage fought to a double countout at 16:27 with Samoa Joe and Pete Dunne. Savage executed a piledriver on Dunne and went to the top rope, from where he executed the diving elbow drop. Shawn Michaels frantically called on Savage to tag him in, causing Savage to pause and look at him for a moment before making the cover. This gave Samoa Joe enough time to slide into the ring and break up the fall. Joe and Savage were slugging it out when Michaels entered the ring and hit Joe with Sweet Chin Music, but then he hit Savage with it, too! Michaels crotch-chopped in Savage’s direction before flipping off the audience. As he was going to exit the ring, Dunne tried to be opportunistic by making the cover, but then Michaels came back and broke it up. He threw Dunne out of the ring and hit him with a slingshot plancha. As they brawled, Joe gave Savage a clothesline out of the ring. Savage landed on his feet, tripped up Joe and pulled him to the outside to brawl. With all four men brawling around the ring, the referee reached a 10-count and called for the bell. During the brawl, Dunne went for a meteora from the apron to the floor on Michaels, but he moved and Dunne hit Joe instead. Savage nailed Dunne with a clothesline knocking him over the barricade, then turned his attention to Michaels, who didn’t back away from the fight. Joe recovered and went after Dunne. They brawled in the crowd, and Michaels and Savage fought at ringside as they show went off air.
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Next week on RAW
Triple H & Adam Cole vs. AJ Styles & Finn Balor
UWA Universal Tag Team Titleshot Semi-Final
Harlem Heat vs. Street Profits
UWA Universal Tag Team Titleshot Semi-Final
The Hardy Boyz vs. The Bar
RAW Women’s Championship #1 Contender’s Match
Toni Storm vs. Jordynne Grace
Keith Lee vs. Big Vito
And more!
Triple H & Adam Cole vs. AJ Styles & Finn Balor
UWA Universal Tag Team Titleshot Semi-Final
Harlem Heat vs. Street Profits
UWA Universal Tag Team Titleshot Semi-Final
The Hardy Boyz vs. The Bar
RAW Women’s Championship #1 Contender’s Match
Toni Storm vs. Jordynne Grace
Keith Lee vs. Big Vito
And more!