WWE RAW: Live From Madison Square Garden, New York City, New York

WWE RAW Results
New York City, New York
November 16, 2009

WWE RAW Opener:

We open with a shot of Roddy Piper in the back. He says he's back and so is the Piper's Pit. He then introduces actor Luiz Guzman who is promoting the new Old Dogs movie starring John Travolta. Piper says that he's aware Guzman is a chef and he has one of the most famous chef's there with them. Iron Sheik comes out instead and does his usual yelling and bitching about Hogan. He has action figures of him and Hogan that he's using to explain his points, too. They are then joined by the Bella Twins and all five of them do the "Live from New York...it's Monday Night Raw" shtick from SNL.

The Miz comes out to the ring. He asks the crowd if they understand that he's the U.S. Champion. He thought they loved champions like the New York Yankees. He then mocks the baseball team by saying they didn't earn their recent world title, they bought it. He says that's why everyone around the world hates the New Yorkers and their sports franchises. He says he didn't have to buy his title..he earned it..and right now, he's going to prove it. Piper apparently told him earlier that he had to defend his title tonight. His opponent? MVP.

UNITED STATES CHAMPIONSHIP MATCH
The Miz (c) vs MVP

The Miz starts early by unloading a ton of punches before finally being backed off by the ref. It doesn't take long before MVP takes over the offense with a hip toss and a bodyslam. Miz rolls out of the ring to catch his breath, but MVP follows him and gives him a right hand before rolling him back into the ring. While MVP attempts to get back in the ring, Miz kicks him back to the outside and regains control. He rams MVP's head into the ring post, rolls him back in the ring, and gets a two count. Miz applies a headlock, but MVP rallies out of it and then sends Miz flying into the air making him land face first on the mat. A clothesline and he's going "Ballin". He connects and then he tries to hit the Playmaker, but Miz gets out of it. He gets a huge boot of MVP though for his trouble. Miz finally regains control with an elbow. Finish follows with the Skull Crushing Finale and the three count.

WINNER: The Miz Retains

[COMMERCIAL]

Santino Marella vs Chavo Guerrero

Santino has fun with the crowd first by wearing all the New York jerseys. Some got boos, some got cheers. His final two were the Phillies, who got a huge boo, and then the New York Yankees which he ended with before getting the match started. That, of course, got the crowd going. Chavo, glad to get the match started, punched Santino and took early control. He tries to go for the frog splash, but Santino rolls to the other side of the ring. Chavo then goes to the other ring post to attempt the same thing, Santino rolls to the other side. They do that again and the crowd loves it as they start a "Santino" chant. Hornswoggle comes out (in the D-X get up again) and Santino steals the victory with a roll-up.

WINNER: Santino Marella

After The Match: Hornswoggle rolls under the ring as Chavo is looking under there. D-X's music hits and Shawn and Hunter come out to the ring. They throw out their glowsticks like regular and each take a mic. No sign of Chavo anymore. Hunter hypes the crowd and talks about how MSG is the most famous arena in the world. He goes on saying that they wanted to come out and have fun, sell some merchandise, etc..but unfortunately, it's not going to happen. Shawn says it's true. They aren't going to come out and let people know that their book is available on WWEShop.com. They joke about the book some more and then Hunter says what they are really going to talk about is the big fat elephant in the room.

This Sunday, they have the triple threat match. Cena gets quite a bit of boos from the crowd when his name is mentioned. He says him and Shawn are on the same page and are not going to turn on each other. They've come to terms that only one of them can be Champion and they don't care which one as long as the title comes to D-X. Shawn adds that the two of them "will" compete at the pay per view, but the fact is you can't tear D-X apart. He then moves on to Hornswoggle. They know he's under the ring and that he refuses to quit wearing their merchandise. They ask him to come out and they'd consider making him a member of D-X.

Hornswoggle comes out from under the ring, joins them, and starts with some crotch chops. Hunter finally stops him and asks if he wants to be apart of D-X. He shakes his head "yes" and Hunter starts his "Are you ready..." spill. On the final line..."Let's get ready to...", Hunter turns and kicks Hornswoggle in the gut and delivers a Pedigree. The crowd boos a lot after this, but when Shawn gives them their cue to sell "Suck It", they still do. They then get a "little" stretcher out with the D-X logo on it. They place Hornswoggle on it and carry him to the back.

[COMMERCIAL]

We're back and Cole and Lawler put over the history of the WWE/MSG relationship. They air a video recap of the significance of the Garden and its past with the organization.

We see Roddy Piper in the back and he's met by Chris Jericho. Jericho says that he's still not getting any respect by the guest hosts. Piper says he wouldn't want to disrespect him and he's got something special for him. He brings in Chris Masters and has him repeat the titty shaking again. Jericho is grossed out, but the Bella Twins love it and they take Masters away. Piper then walks away after slapping Jericho's chest with the hand he just blew his nose with..

We see Melina and Alicia Fox separately walking toward the ring and their Diva's title match is next.

[COMMERCIAL]

DIVA'S CHAMPIONSHIP MATCH
Melina (c) versus Alicia Fox

Judah Friedlander from "30 Rock" comes out as the special guest ring announcer and introduces Melina and Fox. The two come out and Alicia tells Friedlander to announce her as the "next Diva's Champion". He says he can't do that because he came to Raw for two reasons. One, to watch Melina's entrance. And two, to announce that this Diva's Championship match is now a lumberjill match. All the diva's come out and surround the ring and we're underway.

A lot of quick action and reversals in the beginning until Fox throws Melina outside for her to get beat up a little bit by the lumberjills. When she gets back in the ring, Fox goes for a pin attempt but only gets two. Melina regains offense after a facebuster and a couple of clotheslines. Fox hits a tiltawhirl backbreaker, but only gets two. Shortly after, Melina finds reverses a move and jumps on Fox's back and does her crazy looking sit-down powerbomb moves and gets the win.

WINNER: Melina Retains

After The Match: All the girls come in and go at it, but Mickie James' team comes out on top and celebrates with Friedlander.

SEGMENT: Roddy Piper Challenges Vince McMahon to a Match

Following the break, Raw guest host Roddy Piper comes out to the ring. He puts over the Garden and the New York fans. He jokes about the camera being too close and he tells the camera man to stand back or he'd kick him in the slacks. Funny. He continues putting over New York and MSG. He talks about embarassing Cyndi Laupe after the "embarassed himself". He then puts over other legends he wrestled right there in the Garden. He said that's proof that you're either bald or dead if you're messing with Rowdy Roddy Piper. He says he can say that because they know he loves them...well, the dead ones do. He's the reason Hulk Hogan has no hair.

He continues by saying he has done some bad things, but he has one more thing to do before he checks out like the rest of them. He says he wants one more match with Vincent Kennedy McMahon! He knows McMahon is a big fan of his because when he did Real Sports w/ Bryant Gumbel, Vince fired him right afterward right there in MSG. He says he knows Vince is in the building and sure enough, the Chairman makes his way out to the ring.

Vince makes fun of Roddy Piper's dye job on his hair. Vince agrees that Piper has done some horrible things in the Garden, but the worst thing he's ever done is show up. He says Mother Nature hasn't been too kind to Piper. Vince continues to make fun of Piper's run-down appearance. He then says the only thing that hasn't dried up and withered away is his kilt. If he were to fight Piper, his forefathers would be ashamed of him. Piper says that there's plenty of other things people are ashamed of Vince for and the two continue keep going back and forth. Vince says he looks better and has beaten all of the people he stepped in the ring with, including Austin, Rock, Triple H, etc. and unless there's better competition out there, he's officially retiring from ring action.

Piper says he's done playing games and calls Vince a coward. He says he's not sane and that's what Vince needs to be afraid of. He's beaten cancer and he can beat Vince. He doesn't want the match at a WrestleMania or a pay per view. He wants the match in front of the people who made Vince a billionaire. He says he'll be here later and challenges McMahon to be there too. Piper leaves and McMahon starts talking, but they cut to promoting the main event triple threat match. Not sure what happened, but we cut to a break.

[COMMERCIAL]

SEGMENT: Sheamus Challenges Anyone From The Back, Attacks Lawler


Sheamus comes out, gets on the mic and says that he's challenging anyone in the back to come out and face him because he wants to make another impact. No one comes right away and Sheamus gets out of the ring and hands the mic to announcer Justin Roberts. He then starts choking out another WWE employee and knees him in the stomach. He slides him across the announce table and throws him off the other side. Jerry Lawler then comes from behind the table and before he can say anything, Sheamus delivers a huge boot to his face. No one ever comes out to challenge him though, so he leaves and head to the back.

[COMMERCIAL]

We're back and Matt Striker has taken Lawler's place at the announce table and the two run down Survivor Series.

Evan Bourne vs Jack Swagger

We're back and Swagger has control with a bearhug. Bourne fights his way out, but Swagger hits a big clothesline from behind to stay on the offense. He tries a suplex, but Swagger knees out of it and tries a quick roll up, but only gets two. Bourne hits a dropkick, charges Swagger in the corner, but two reversals and Bourne goes up top and hits the flying knees. He tries a moonsault off the other ring post, but Swagger catches him and rams him into the other corner. He then delivers the powerbomb and gets the three count.

WINNER: Jack Swagger

We cut to Roddy Piper walking to the ring in the back and that potential street fight between him and Vince McMahon is next.

[COMMERCIAL]

SEGMENT: Orton Accepts Piper's Challenge, Kofi/Orton Fight

We're back and Piper's in the ring waiting for Vince. He asks for the microphone, but before he can say anything, Randy Orton comes out. Orton says he doesn't know if McMahon is coming out or not, but he does know that Piper has a big problem..because he's here. He says putting Piper down would relieve his stress, so if it's a fight that he wants, well...and a big boot to Piper's gut. Piper tries calling for a time-out as he raises to his feet. He then throws a cheap shot punch to Orton's face, but the offense didn't last long as Orton goes crazy with punches and kicks.

Orton's about to go for a big kick to Piper's head, but he's cut off by Kofi Kingston's music (it looked like the music started too late, by the way). The two of them fight their way out of the ring and Kofi throws Orton over the gaurdrail and they take it into the crowd. Kofi jumps on Orton in the middle of the crowd and starts nailing him with punches. Orton fights back and the two go back and forth. They come back to the ring area and Orton takes the offense. He rams Kofi's head into the steel steps. They go back in the ring and Orton slingshots Kofi's neck into the bottom rope.

Orton attempts the punt to the head, but Kofi counters with a crossbody. They go back outside and Kofi rams Orton into the guardrail before throwing him back over the guardrail again. This time, they are in an open space next to the crowd. The two keep going back and forth as referees finally come out and try to stop the action. Each of them keep breaking free though a couple of times and jumping the other again. Orton tries to crawl away begging for mercy, but Kofi doesn't hold back. Kofi throws Orton off one level of the stands to a lower one in what looks like a technical production area. He takes a lid to one of the production cases and nails Orton in the head with it.

Kofi continues his beatdown while the crowd starts a big "Kofi" chant. Kofi then goes back to the higher level and is planning on jumping on to Orton while he's motionless on a table below. However, the refs drag him off of the rail. He escapes and goes back up anyway, leaps off and nails a HIGH double legdrop. One hell of a spot. We cut to break as Kofi being held back by refs (finally) looks over the lifeless body of Orton.

Main event is next...

[COMMERCIAL]

John Cena is in the back following the break talking about tonight making history with the main event. While he's talking about the triple threat match at Survivor Series being a handicap match, he is interrupted by some employee with a message on a note. Cena asks if he's sure it's real. They say yes and apparently the note just said something about it not being a handicap match. Rather, it's a triple threat match. Confusing (to me anyway)...

As JeriShow makes their way to the ring, we cut to our last break.

[COMMERCIAL]

MAIN EVENT: D-X vs JeriShow vs Undertaker & John Cena

A quick aside, the Undertaker went retro with his entrance including drones lining up with fire down the sides of the entrance way. Very cool. Jericho, Cena, and HBK start the match. Rules are that you can only tag your partner. Jericho quickly tags in Big Show. That prompts HBK to tag in Triple H. And yes, John Cena tagged in Undertaker. The three "big men" come to the middle. Hunter and Taker stare each other down before turning their attention to Big Show. They double team him until Undertaker clotheslines him out of the ring. He then catches Hunter off guard with a clothesline.

Hunter reverses an irish whip and hits a huge spinebuster on Undertaker. Shawn asks for the tag and him and the Undertaker come face to face. The Ric Flair slaps to the chest from Michaels to Taker. Undertaker throws Shawn over the top rope, but Shawn keeps hold of the top rope and tries pulling himself back into the ring. Undertaker catches him but Big Show takes them both by surprise from behind. Show tags in Jericho and he quickly applies the Walls of Jericho on Shawn. Taker grabs Jericho's throat and Cena tags himself in. He then delivers a running bulldog to Jericho before Shawn attacks him from behind. Hunter gets tagged in and him and Cena double team Jericho before they finally start going at it. Big Show cuts them short though with a double chokeslam

Undertaker then comes in and takes Big Show outside of the ring. Big Show reverses a whip and rams Undertaker into the guardrail. Back in the ring, Jericho tries to go for a cover on Cena, but a kick out at two. Hunter makes the hot tag to HBK and he comes in firing at Jericho. Knee drop, bodyslam, and the big elbow. He starts tuning up the band, goes for Cena, but Cena ducks and takes over the offense with a side slam. He does the Five Knuckle Shuffle and then takes HBK up on his shoulder for the Attitude Adjustment. While HBK is on Cena's shoulders, Hunter tags himself in and takes control.

Hunter hits a spinebuster on Cena and attempts the Pedigree, but Big Show interupts with a huge headbutt. Shawn then hits Show with the Sweet Chin Music. Jericho a Codebreaker on HBK. Undertaker a HUGE chokeslam on Jericho. Hunter then clotheslines Undertaker over the top rope. Cena nails the Attitude Adjustment on Hunter and gets the three count.

WINNERS: John Cena and The Undertaker

After The Match: Undertaker hits a Tombstone Piledriver on Cena and Raw goes off the air with the dark arena, Undertaker on one knee, and everyone left out cold around him