MONDAY NIGHT RAW: OCTOBER 29TH, 2007

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recap by: Erik Anderson

THE BIG NEWS:

Nothing.

WHAT HAPPENED?

The show starts out with a diva battle royal. There is a bunch of diva's in the ring and they do punches and whatnot until Kelly Kelly is finally the last one in the ring for the victory. Beth Phoenix comes out and gets a sky high slam on Kelly Kelly. I knew right away that I was going to be in for a long and terrible night of Raw after I saw this horrendous opening to the show. Terrible booking, what else can I say.

Shawn Michaels comes to the ring for a Promo. He explains that he wants a re-match against Randy Orton because of the finish to his match last night at Cyber Sunday. This brings out Vince McMahon who gets on the microphone and doesn't really say anything that matters a whole lot. He egged Michaels on about his religion and how he knows Michaels wants to destroy Orton. Michaels said that he will admit that. McMahon said some childish things after that and left. This segment left me feeling confused and I almost changed the channel.

HARDCORE HOLLY/CODY RHODES VS WORLDS GREATEST TAG TEAM:

Back and forth between Hardcore Holly and Shelton Benjamin to start. Charlie Haas got tagged in but Holly took him out with some vicious chops. Haas comes back with a take down and punches. Holly comes back with a dropkick and tags in Cody Rhodes. Rhodes entered with a front flip shoulder block on Haas followed by dropkicks. Y2J chants begin. Holly and Benjamin wind up on the outside. Rhodes hits a DDT on Haas for the victory. Holly leaves in disapproval. This was a bad match which was partly due to the shortness of it.

Orton was backstage preparing Umaga for the main event.

Beth Phoenix was backstage and said that she doesn't regret injuring Candice Michelle last week.

Mickie James was backstage and thanked Murdock for saving her last week. Cade comes into the picture and seems jealous of their conversation. He told Murdock to get his head in the game and focus.

Regal was backstage talking to McMahon about nothing of course. McMahon explained that he wanted Triple H injured tonight because “It's personal”. Hornswoggle comes in. McMahon told him that he needs him to be tough if he wants to be a McMahon.

COACH VS HORNSWOGGLE:

Mick Foley comes out to be the special guest referee. Coach throws Hornswoggle. Hornswoggle comes back with kicks. Coach hits a nice beard grab. Foley helps Hornswoggle get a crotch ram. He then hits a dropkick and butt stomp. Hornswoggle misses a dive. Coach hits Foley in the eye. He goes for a chair but Foley stops him and punches him in the head. Foley gives Hornswoggle a sock so he could use it to grab Coaches crotch. He then hits a nice frog splash for the victory. This was nonsensical booking.

Triple H was backstage and said that he is still the game. He said other things that didn't matter but to sum it up, he just told people that he is “The Game”. How insightful.

PAUL LONDON VS LANCE CADE:

Cross body by London to start. Cade comes back with a backdrop and punches to the back. London hits a nice kick and springboard. This is followed by an atomic drop and a Huracanrana which looked nice. For no apparent reason, Kendrick dives over the rope to land on Murdock. He ended up only partially hitting Murdock which looked bad as his head was driven right into the concrete. I thought he was knocked out. Cade hits London with a sit down front slam for the victory. The Highlanders come out and beat up the wounded men in the ring. The fans were booing for this entire segment.

JEFF HARDY/D.H SMITH VS CARLITO/MR. KENNEDY:

Close line by Jeff Hardy on Mr. Kennedy to start. Kennedy hits a kick and tags in Carlito. Hardy pounds Carlito and hits the mule kick. He goes for the split legged pin for only a two count. D.H Smith gets tagged in and clinches in an arm bar on Carlito. Carlito comes back with chops. Smith recovers and throws Carlito out of the ring. Hardy then throws Kennedy out. Commercial break. We come back to a leg hold by Carlito on Smith. Smith gets out but Kennedy gets tagged in and works over the leg more. There was a weird tag in tag out ordeal during this part and I wasn't sure what they were doing exactly. Carlito works over Smith's leg again and so does Kennedy. Smith hits a high kick and makes the hot tag to Hardy. He cleans house and hits the Whisper In The Wind. Kennedy breaks up the cover and goes for a big kick on Smith in the corner but misses. Hardy hits the twist of fate and the Swanton bomb on Carlito for the victory. This was the first part of the show where the fans showed a little bit of life. It wasn't their fault that the booking was so bad tonight and I kind of felt sorry for them for paying $45.00 for cheap seats even.

Santino Marella came out to bash The Condemned more. He is really good in this role by the way. Steve Austin's music hits but he doesn't come out. A fake Stone Cold is on the screen which is Marella himself dressed as the Rattlesnake. He apologizes and says that Marella is a great up and coming superstar. Maria comes out and tells Marella that Stone Cold will be on Raw next week. Marella thinks that its a joke. The fans seemed mad at this and were mostly silent during the segment.

Eve won the Diva Search. Yay.

RANDY ORTON/UMAGA VS TRIPLE H:

This starts with brawls all around. Triple H sends Orton into the rail. Umaga hits Orton accidentally. Triple H goes for the pedigree but Umaga breaks it up with a head butt. He hits a Samoan drop on Triple H followed by a splash. Shawn Michaels came out to clean house for the DQ.

FINAL THOUGHTS:

This was by far the worst edition of Raw in 2007. Raw's lack of superstars really showed tonight. The highlighted superstars on this edition of Raw were as follows: The Highlanders, Lance Cade, Paul London, D.H Smith, Coach, Cody Rhodes, Charlie Haas, Hornswoggle, 10 Diva's, Hardcore Holly, Santino Marella, and Shelton Benjamin. What a joke. Sure, you had Triple H, Shawn Michaels, Kennedy, and Hardy on the show which they made very little impact. Raw is very much missing Booker T, John Cena, Bobby Lashley ect.... and it shows. This show was booked with worthless non sense and failed to start any new feuds for the upcoming PPV. Horrendous television tonight and it made me embarrassed to still be watching this product. I am confident that they will be back with a better show next week coming from L.A but wow.....i really feel for that Philadelphia crowd which were down right shafted tonight.

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