WWE Monday Night Raw 2/2/09 Results and Review McMahon Returns Again

Another new week in wrestling and here we go! Shane McMahon started the show off tonight with news that Randy Orton wants a shot at Shane McMahon at No Way Out and Shane O is going to fight Randy Orton at No Way Out in my home town of Seattle in a NO HOLDS BARRED Match!

William Regal & Layla defeated C.M. Punk & Mickie James

This match was supposed to be a prelude to No Way Out in a small way. Mickie James finally got back in the ring, but to me she looked rusty. Regal was working stiff yet again, hitting Punk with some hard shots, and forcing Punk to really try and recover from an onslaught from Regal that his traditional style. Punk took a nasty fall outside of the ring, then as he was going back in, Regal hit him with a running knee to the head, pinning him afterwards for the win. Regal gets the one up for his team.

Cryme Tyme defeated Ted Dibiase & Cody Rhodes via disqualification

This match looked like it was going to be Cryme Tyme taking the victory as it looked like things were going well for the duo. However, Rhodes and Dibiase got frustrated and ignored the ref’s five count and pounced on one half of Cryme Tyme and eventually got themselves disqualified. Not much of a match, that’s for sure.

Chris Jericho came out to run his mouth but was interrupted by John Cena and it wasn’t half bad.

Mike Knox & Kane defeated Rey Mysterio & Kofi Kingston

Kofi Kingston and Rey Mysterio really aren’t a bad team. They combined their speed and high flying style and really tried to stop the Big Red Machine and Mike Knox from running through them with ease. I’ll still go on record saying that I don’t like seeing the “David and Goliath” type of matches that the WWE consistently book Rey Mysterio in. Mike Knox looked to have this match in the bag when he was dominating Kofi Kingston, but somehow Kingston managed to keep kicking out. Kane and Mike Knox would be great in the old style of wrestling that the wcw and wwf were pushing, to me their style together seems lost in modern professional wrestling. Unless the Wwe really starts pushing their tag team division with more than just a couple of teams; Kane caught Rey Mysterio coming off the top rope and immediately dropped him on the back of his head, nearly knocking him out completely. Kane and Mike Knox were touted as being impressive as a team. They are crazy, that’s for sure. Definitely one of the better matches I’ve seen in a while, despite the fact that I don’t like the match up so much.

Beth Phoenix defeated Candice Michelle

Beth Phoenix is definitely the best WWE Diva on Raw. If she ever got to go to TNA she’d fit right in with their Knockouts. She can wrestle, which is something that I enjoy about watching her matches. It’s interesting to see where Beth Phoenix will go with such a shallow amount of female wrestlers in the WWE. We’ll have to wait and see.

Ric Flair will be on Raw next week from Oakland, California!

John Cena defeated Chris Jericho

Chris Jericho didn’t start this one like he would’ve liked to. John Cena was all over him, wasting half of his move set within the first five minutes of the match. Oddly enough the crowd seemed behind him and chanting his name, proving yet again that he’s not half bad, huh? Jericho seemed to get the upper hand towards the closing of this match hitting the Lionsault, and nearly getting the three count. However, Cena was going for broke on Jericho, even countering the Code Breaker! Cena was locked into the Walls of Jericho and I thought it was over, but Cena reversed it into the STF and got Jericho to tap, winning this match. That was Raw.

Raw was ok at best. I was too tired too enjoy it.

WWE Monday Night Raw 2/2/09 Results

William Regal & Layla defeated C.M. Punk & Mickie James
Cryme Tyme defeated Ted Dibiase & Cody Rhodes via disqualification
Mike Knox & Kane defeated Rey Mysterio & Kofi Kingston
Beth Phoenix defeated Candice Michelle
John Cena defeated Chris Jericho

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