4th March 2013
Location: First Niagra Centre, Buffalo, New York
Opening Credits.
Commentary: Welcome to Monday Night Raw, 24 Hours removed from the career shortening Elimination Chamber, and after last night the landscape of WWE has been drastically altered with FOUR Title Changes, the most shocking being the WWE Title not only changing hands, but also companies switching to TNA.............
And of course with that comes the inevitable arrival from Paul Heyman.........and the gloating...............
But of course the show will go on and we are now on the final leg of the Road to Wrestlemania, and also last night Royal Rumble Winner Goldust made his choice, to challenge the WWE Champion Samoa Joe at Wrestlemania................
and also lined up for tonight Ryback cashes in his United States Title rematch, and the next challengers to the WWE Tag Team Titles WILL be decided..............
Promo: Just then out comes Paul Heyman to nobody's surprise.....flanked by Abyss and Samoa Joe................
straight away he boasts about how TNA now hold FOUR WWE Championships, and along with the TNA World Title, now hold all THREE World Titles..........WWE no longer has a World Champion, he then goes on to mention Wrestlemania, and Samoa Joe's opponent, Goldust, which he claims will be a walkover for Joe, and then once Wrestlemania is finished...........so will WWE!!
but just then completely unexpectedly out comes the WWE Chairman.......Mr McMahon................
McMahon tells Heyman to Shut up!!!!!!
he then claims no matter how many WWE Titles TNA hold, WWE will not stay down......................however the same can be said of TNA..............so rather than fight each other forever............he proposes a match for Wrestlemania............he picks his top guy, Heyman picks his............and the two of them face off...............the winner of this match legally ends the other company...............
this will be a match for every contract in both TNA & WWE......................
Backstage Interview: Following Elimination Chamber and his defeat in the Elimination Chamber losing the WWE Title in the process, Big E is asked that since Goldust will challenge for the WWE Title at Wrestlemania, where does Big E go from here..............
Big E is still fuming that he had to compete inside the chamber, and guarantees that he WILL be getting the WWE Title at Wrestlemania, and no Royal Rumble winner stipulation will stop him..................
But coming up next former United States Champion Ryback WILL get his rematch, and after Swagger's cheap shot with the Title, Ryback has extra motivation................
Ryback v (c) Jack Swagger
United States Title
Ryback dominated from start to finish, but Swagger managed to get the fight outside the ring....................
Winner: Ryback via Count out, but Jack Swagger retains the Title.
Post Match: Swagger celebrated at the entrance ramp, while Ryback fumed in the ring................
Backstage Interview: After the return of Kevin Nash last night at Elimination Chamber, Goldust's victory and subsequent decision to challenge for the WWE Title at Wrestlemania............what are Cody Rhodes thoughts?
Cody claims a lot of people think Goldust got lucky at Royal Rumble......Barrett included, and look what happened last night, now Heyman believes Wrestlemania will be easy, but underestimate Goldust and a Final Curtain awaits them..................
Backstage: Drew McIntyre discusses the events last night, McIntyre in particular is irate at Edge, once again was the reason he didn't win the WWE Title, as a result he wants Edge taken out permanently.............
Barrett claims tonight he will take care of Edge, but just then Kevin Nash walks in...........
he claims that if McIntyre wants a problem taken care of, he will take care of it...............by sending in The British Invasion.....................
Promo: In the ring stands Sting, he claims that as no WWE Superstar eliminated him from the Elimination Chamber match last night, then that proves that no WWE Superstar should get a WWE Title match ahead of him................
he then claims he versus Samoa Joe would be the best show on Wrestlemania.......the WWE Champion against the man that finally buried the legend that is The Undertaker...........
and that statement brings out Kane, he claims that he has lost count of how many people THOUGHT they had vanquished The Undertaker, only to be proven wrong..............this is Wrestlemania Season, and Taker will return, and when he does, Sting's soul will belong to The Undertaker.............
but of course Sting didn't send Taker away on his own, he had help from Abyss...............and at Wrestlemania Abyss will also pay for his sins..................
But Sting retaliates that Kane doesn't scare him.........he HAS vanquished The Undertaker and he has nothing to fear...............
and then the arena is plunged into darkness.......then a loud gong.................when the lights come back on, Sting has vacated the ring, which is empty.............Sting tries to look confident, but it's clear that rattled him.........but was it a message from beyond the grave?
Backstage: The Miz walks in on Edge, taking into consideration his history with A J Styles, he supports Edge's right for vengeance, he also offers his services for Edges match later against British Invasion making it a Tag Team Match.................
Coming up next Sin Cara & Epico's Tag Title shot will be won by one of them, and this time, there will be a winner.........
Sin Cara & Rey Mysterio v Epico & Primo
Winners: Epico & Primo via Pinfall on Rey Mysterio.
Post Match: And then at the entrance ramp, the new WWE Tag Team Champions, Bobby Roode & James Storm arrived to accept the upcoming challenge by hoisting the Titles high.................
Backstage: Big E walks in on Raw GM Syephanie McMahon's office, he is adamant that as the former WWE Champion he should get a rematch by default and wants it at Wrestlemania,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,
but Stephanie stands firm, at Wrestlemania the WWE Champion Samoa Joe will take on the Royal Rumble winner, Goldust, and next week that match will be made official, when the pair of them sign the contract in the middle of the ring..................
Coming up next, Goldust takes on R-Truth, but before this match begins, Samoa Joe comes down and joins the announce Table.................
Goldust v R-Truth
Winner: Goldust via Pinfall.
Post Match: Suddenly Samoa Joe left the announce desk, invaded the ring and laid out Goldust from behind.........................
before though he could inflict further harm to Goldust though, Cody Rhodes stormed down to the ring, and Joe vacated the ring...........but then just as Cody knelt down to check on his brother, Joe returned with a Steel Chair, and cracked it over the back of Cody...................then casually left the ring..............
Backstage: Paul Heyman approached Sin Cara...........to relay a message from the X Division Champion, Suicide.................he commiserates him on another failure, in his Tag Match earlier.............he claims that it must suck to be Sin Cara........the "nearly guy".............but Sin Cara simply points behind Heyman, ans when he turns he realises Kane is standing behind him.................this caused Heyman to make a hasty exit...............
Promo: Out in the ring Nikki Bella who last night was unable to enter The Elimination Chamber calls out the person she believes was responsible, the woman who replaced her, Velvet Sky.................
however as she faced the entrance way, she is suddenly laid out from behind by.............KATIE LEA!!!!!
...........Katie beats Nikki before leaving..........but what is this about?
Backstage: Lita and Natalya discuss last night's match, and their ultimate failure to win the Diva's Title, however Natalya claims that their chance will come again, but has concerns that Katie Lea could be a problem in the future.................just then Trish Stratus bursts in, she claims that all the WWE Diva's are selfish, that last night she was the only one fighting for WWE, but no more, from now on, she's looking out for herself, and that starts next when she takes on TNA's Jade.................
Commentary: Melina, the new Diva's Champion joins the announce team.............
Trish Stratus v Jade
Winner: Trish Stratus via Pinfall.
Post Match: Trish Stratus approaches Melina at ringside, Trish points to the Diva's Title, then backs away, but her intentions were clear...........
Backstage: Heyman's night is about to get worse, as Stephanie approached him with the terms for the Contracts match at Wrestlemania, in order for that match to go ahead, TNA must put all the titles on the line at Wrestlemania.................
Promo: A J Styles claims responsibility for everything that had happened to Edge in recent weeks, he claimed Edge was given every opportunity he got, even after he lost the Money in the Bank Contract, he was given multiple chances to get it back, and then he cashed in on a weakened McIntyre, then last night he was automatically entered into the WWE Title match, while he had to contend with The Miz, and while he lost that match, his mind was on the moment he revealed himself to be Edge's problem.
Now Edge has some questions to answre, and answer them he will..................
Backstage Interview: Is Mr McMahon confident of victory in the Contracts match at Wrestlemania?
McMahon reveals that victory is a certainty, as he already knows who will represent WWE at Wrestlemania, which is why all the TNA Titles will be on the line, so they can all be defended.....one last time!!!
And now it's time for our Main Event...........
British Invasion (Doug Williams & Magnus) w/ Kevin Nash v Edge & The Miz
Mid Match: Sting suddenly fell to floor clutching his leg, which caused the referee to call a break and sent Kane to a corner while he checked on Sting, but suddenly Abyss appeared at ringside dragging Kane out of the ring and chokeslamming him over the ringside barrier...............before dragging him back to the ring and sending him back in the ring, where Sting had a miraculous recovery and covered Kane..............the referee oblivious to everything went down to make the count..................
Winners: British Invasion via Pinfall by Magnus on Edge.
Post Match: A J Styles then returned to the ring, beating on The Miz, before turning his attention to Edge, attacking him, and then sending him out of the ring, where he proceeded to deliver the Phenomenal Forearm to Edge as he climbed back to his feet................
meanwhile in the ring, The Miz was once again set upon by The British Invasion..........clearly now he had made himself an enemy of The USB...................
End Credits.