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Ahem.

Coach hosts from the Bottom Line/Afterburn/Excess/Prime Time Wrestling studios - in place of our normal Heat (it goes unmentioned that since we had no RAW, we had no place to tape matches for Heat, but that's what's going on here), it's a Best of RAW 2002. It might be fun if they choose matches they didn't just show on Monday...but they just reshow the matches from Monday. EH. 

First up, clips of Undertaker/Jeff Hardy from 07/01/02. It ALWAYS bugs me that they just don't show complete matches instead of clipping them up. If you think about it, it's kinda bizarre - they're telling the wrestlers to work more mat, non-high spot stuff, but the only things they're gonna showcase is that high spot stuff. I prefer not to think about it. This is one of those matches that could've been more important if it led Jeff someplace better than jobbing to Steven Richards last week, but as a "one night star making event", it's not near, say, that Triple H/Rikishi match from early '00. We see (4:57) including post-match belt putting around neck, though no Jeff and Taker being friends.

Later, Triple H vs HBK from SummerSlam.

Coach reads the sponsors and plugs WM. 

Because we obviously have nothing better to do (and this is really warmed over Afterburn - that's the kinda effort they're putting into their B-shows), here's the making of Fozzy's video, ripped from Confidential. (3:36)

Next, Shawn vs Hunter.

Lugz Turn/Pedigree on HBK from "last July" because looking up dates is for LOSERS (07/22/02)

HBK/HHH from SummerSlam. Hey, this doesn't appear to be clipped. Hey, they almost blew a leapfrog a minute in. Ah, there's the clip. We go black and white because we can't show blood on MTV. Look at Shawn no-sell all that back work! This is some some match. Ah, it's over now. Oh NO THE SLEDGEHAMMER TO HIS BACK IS TOO VIOLENT FOR MTV. (8:54)

RAW Live
Monday - Phoenix, AX [RAW]
Tuesday - El Paso, TX
Next Sunday - Atlantic City, NJ
Next Monday - Mohegan Sun [RAW] 

Did Rick mention that they're doing a SmackDown taping next week on Sunday so the SmackDown guys will be at RAW X? Well now you know.

Tough Enough 3 highlights - I think we've all learned never tell anyone anything and keep it all bottled inside till you SNAP - oh wait that already happened. Are we getting excise all of Big doubting Jonah? Oh wait, there he is. (2:47) This has the potential of becoming Jonah's Story, like it ended being quite a bit Jackie's Story last season, and - depending on how real/important that Internet vote they were threatening is - could swing him past the two guys who sure look more deserving here.

Later, the TLC match. Hey, Tough Enough was a whole segment?

Coach with RAW X hype. Coach is SO TOTALLY NOT setting up (a rerun of) the Owen Hart vignette from RAW (as filler here), I hope. Oh. He is. Well then. 

RAW Retro, Owen Hart Tribute Show, 05/24/99 (3:13) This is the whole segment.

PS2 Vince hugs Eric, Last July. What a STUPID STUPID MOVE. oh sorry (07/15/02 - there's probably a deep meaning to the two meaningful moments happening in back to back weeks but who really cares)

Coach talks about the Eric Bischoff run thus far, using words like "interesting" and "intriguing" but not, you know, GOOD. We get a special look at Las Vegas RAW, because it's where Kane waited for 6 other guys to do kill themselves only to get a free ride to a title he'd care little about when he lost weeks later. Hey, I'm telling the story, I get to tell it however I like. (10:14)

"What a great win for Kane, and what a great year it's been for all the RAW superstars here in the WWE." SHUT UP. I bet it was really a great year for Lita when she broke her neck. I could go for a nice Johnny Stamboli match instead of half of this - this long reminder of the disconnect between this product (and not just this show) and ME. RAW is LIVE tomorrow night - but then so is the new season of Road Rules/Real World Challenge and gosh don't you want to see how fast they kick out Puck.

Ah, Coach signed off when I was babbling. PEACE.