What's up beautiful people? Welcome to another edition of Main Event Plaza! What a great show we had last night! Absolutely amazing. And we all have one man to thank for it. I've much to tell you. Let's begin!
Before he was fired by Vince McMahon, Donald Trump decided that he didn't believe in General Managers. Instead, he appointed a special guest host every week to run things on RAW. Mr. McMahon didn't exactly agree with this, but he went with it. And this week, the special guest host was none other than The Animal Batista! He went on to state that there would be a Night of Champions tournament, to determine who would face Randy Orton for the title in four weeks. The matches would be: John Cena vs. The Miz and Triple H vs. MVP. The two finalists would face each other next week on RAW.
Then, Dave was rudely interrupted. By Randy Orton. He told Batista that he shouldn't have come back, and asked him what was stopping him from coming down to the ring and beating him senseless. Dave said that nothing was stopping him, except for the fact that if he even looked at him the wrong way, he wouls fire all three of them on the spot. And he went on to put Randy in a 3-on-1 gauntlet match against 3 of RAW's newest acquisitions.
Per Batista's order, Triple H faced MVP in the first match of the night to determine the No. 1 contender. Now, The Bash having been Sunday, Triple H was not 100%. His knee was still bothering him, bad for him, but good for MVP. Montel attacked the knee all through the match, but Triple H was able to pedigree his way to victory. And just a little bit closer to Orton's title.
What happens when you take two of the WWE's greatest egomaniacs and put them in a match for tag team gold? They win, anyway they can. Carlito and Primo had their rematch against Edge and Chris Jericho. At many points during this match, the Colon brothers were in complete control. Unfortunately, a small mishap involving Primo and Jericho caused Edge and Jericho to retain their gold.
Fresh off of a win at The Bash, John Cena was set to take on the Miz once more in order to advance in the tournament. Miz targeted John's surgically repaired neck the entire match. The Miz did seem quite angry last night, and was more aggressive than usual. It didn't matter, because John was able to slap on the STF. And much to my delight, the Miz tapped out. So next week, it will be John Cena vs. Triple H for No. 1 contendership.
To determine the No. 1 contender for the Divas championship, we had ourselves a diva Fatal Fourway match. It was Mickie James vs. Kelly Kelly vs. Beth Phoenix vs. Rosa Mendes. The match was great, even as Maryse looked on from the announcers table. In the end, Mickie picked up the win, and a shot at Maryse's championship. Looks like the days of avoiding Mickie are over, Maryse.
With an opportunity at the United States championship hanging in the balance, the Big Show went one-on-one with Kofi Kingston. The match was usual Big Show, manhandling everyone in sight. Unfortunately for him, the match ended in a double count out, when neither superstar made it back into the ring.
After the Bash and 3 Stages of Hell, Randy Orton could barely even walk straight :). His head had been bashed in with a sledgehammer, and he wasn't feeling too good. But he had to get his stuff together because he had quite a challenge ahead of him. His first opponent in the gauntlet was. . .Evan Bourne! Randy looked none too pleased when Evan came out, and with good reason. It's hard to keep Evan still during a match, let alone on the ground. Evan gave it all he had, but Randy picked up the win.
Orton's next opponent was. . .Jack Swagger. I was really hoping Swagger would give Orton a run for his money, but we all had something totally different coming. Swagger put Randy in ONE hold. Then he exited the ring and stood on the ring apron while the ref counted to 10. Randy had won by count out. Then Swagger proceeded to suck up to Orton. He said he always liked and respected him, and he was hoping to make an impression. To top it all off, he shook Orton's hand. Well, Swagger certainly made an impression. Within 2 minutes, he was hated by the entire WWE Universe.
I think by this time, Randy was begging for a miracle. Well, he didn't get one. Randy's final opponent was none other than. . . MARK HENRY!!! You could actually see Randy practically begging whatever he believes in for mercy. Mark lured Orton into a false sense of security by doing exactly what Jack Swagger had done. Only, when the ref reached five, Henry climbed back into the ring. Randy then proceeded to get on his knees and beg for mercy from the world's strongest man. He didn't get it. He was then beat within an inch of his life by Mark Henry. You're probably wondering where Legacy was. Batista threatened to fire them if they interfered with Randy's matches. Randy Orton was broken into a million pieces and then pinned. This earned some applause from Batista, and cheers of delight from the WWE Universe. Now that's priceless!
Well people, that was RAW, one of the greatest shows of all time. Next week, our guest host will be The Million Dollar Man, Ted DiBiase. Well that's all I got for right now. Thank you for reading Main Event Plaza! Take it easy.
