Event: WWE Monday Night RAW
Airdate: Monday, February 18th, 2008 (USA Network)
Location: The Honda Center in Anaheim, Calif.
Results by 411Mania.com
PROMO TIME – Triple H. He's the #1 contender for Wrestlemania's main event dontcha know. He's in a good mood as a result. He says last year he was in a wheelchair watching 80,000 fans at Wrestlemania from backstage. "The Game is back" claims H's before telling us he belongs in the main event at Wrestlemania. He's aiming to win his 12th WWE title. He's about to do his King of Kings thing when Randy Orton comes out here to interupt. Crowd tell him he sucks. Orton says this is full circle as it was Cena, Hardy, Jericho, Michaels and before them it was HHH who lost to Orton first. Orton claims H's is jealous of him, which is why he kicked him out of Evolution. And now he's that much better so H's is even more jealous. I hear an "RKO" chant from the minority. He continues to talk but out comes John Cena. The usual mixed reaction for him. Cena calls Orton a liar and a loser. He claims Orton has an asterix next to his name after he lost his way into Wrestlemania. He wants a re-match, tonight. Orton tries to bully H's into siding with him in the Wrestlemania main event club. H's says he doesn't give a crap who he faces. This brings out WILLIAM REGAL to bestow his decision on the matter. Regal tells us H's is a lock for Mania but Orton got himself disqualified on purpose so that doesn't reflect well on the Raw brand and books Orton v Cena tonight in a non-title match. Cena gets to compete in a 3-way at Wrestlemania if he wins. Crowd actually BOO that. Oops, looks like the crowd don't want to see a 3-way dance. H's doesn't either. Regal makes it interesting by booking H's as the referee for tonight's match.
New music for Jeff. About time after 9 years of that Hardy Boyz music. He's all growns up now. The band that recorded it are at ringside. JR claims every winner of the MitB match has gone on to win the WWE title. So I guess Mr Kennedy didn't win it, which is strange because I saw him do so. Snitsky starts with the usual size and power and Hardy clocks him with the corner dropkick. Jeff up top but Snitsky crotches him and boots him out of the ring. Ad break. We return with Snitsky working at a bearhug. Hardy elbows out. Crowd is quiet all of a sudden. Snitsky is very methodical with a series of elbow drops. Snitsky works at a chinlock for a while. He's really sucking the life out of this match now. Snitsky with a slam but he misses a legdrop. Hardy comes back with a crossbody for 2. Whisper in the Wind wings Snitsky for 2. Sign of Hardy's move up the card; people buy that as a finish now. I heard gasps at the kickout. Snitsky avoids the Twist of Fate into a big boot. He goes for the pumphandle but Hardy counters into the Twist of Fate and the Swanton bomb finishes.