Event: WWE Monday Night RAW
Airdate: Monday, April 13th, 2009 (USA Network)
Location: The Philips Arena in Atlanta, Ga.
Results by 411Mania.com
“Yes, sir, we promised you a great main event…”
-Live from Phillips Arena in Atlanta, GA
- Hosted by Michael Cole, Jerry "The King" Lawler, Jim Ross, Todd Grisham, Josh Mathews, & Matt Striker
-The show opens with a loooong recap of the McMahon-Orton saga from last week which climaxed with the return of Batista.
-Batista opens the show with an entrance that is so long it makes The Undertaker say get on with it. Batista starts by saying he can't express how good it feels to be back, and how he missed the fans more than we missed him. How true. He says it took him four month to get back in the ring, but the one thing that drove him was retribution for the punt he suffered back in December. A recap of the incident plays, and Batista says he's replayed that moment in his head over and over again. He says the worst part was waiting to get his hands on Randy Orton. Batista says he's tired of waiting and that he's back. Batista asks Orton to stop being a punk, and come out and face him like a man. He says if Orton doesn't come out he will tear apart the arena looking for him. Orton never shows, and Batista goes to look for him, but he's interrupted by Shane McMahon. Shane welcomes Batista back, and reminds him that Orton punted him as well. He also reminds him that he did the same to his father, and worked over his sister. Shane says if anyone is getting retribution tonight its him. They argue off mic over who is getting their retribution, and then Triple H interrupts. HHH tells Shane that he needs to understand something, and that's that all of the stuff that went down is because of him. HHH says its his fault, because Orton was trying to get to the title. HHH tells Batista will all due respect to what Orton did to him he tried to take out his wife. He says he's not asking them he's telling him. HHH started it and HHH will finish it. That brings out Vickie Guerrero who seems to have toned up the "Excuse Me's" for Raw. She says the only person who will decide who gets their hands on Orton is her. She says the three of them will have their chance to get him at Backlash. She reminds them if they get over zealous and get disqualified then Orton will win the WWE Title. She tells them if they want a shot at Orton before Backlash she'll give them the opportunity, but only one of them. She has given Orton the night off, even though he is here. Tonight the three of them will face Legacy in a 3 on 2 handicap match, and if one of them get a fall they will face Orton.