Raw

Card Information:
 Held in: PEPSI ARENA
Location: NEW YORK, UNITED STATES
          on September 2005 at 9:00pm

Interview:
Champion once again...
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Chris Benoit comes out to address the fans, but comes a cropper to Evolution,
who it appears are now back at full strength, with the return of Batista.


The Undertaker pinned Shane McMahon with the Tombstone in 0:09:50.
Rating: *** 3/4
[Kane interfered against The Undertaker.]

Taker got the win over Shane O Mac, but was unable to enjoy his victory for
long, as Kane entered the ring almost as soon as the three count was registered
and nailed his brother with a steel chair.  A choke slam soon followed, which
saw Taker's back land directly on the chair itself.


Interview:
Benoit wants revenge...
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Chris Benoit confronts Roddy Piper about his beatdown at the hands of Evolution
tonight, which leads to a number of matches being signed, including the main
event of the evening.


Ultimo Dragon and Tajiri defeated Rey Mysterio and Billy Kidman when U. Dragon
 pinned Rey Rey after a Tombstone in 0:14:33.
Rating: *** 3/4

Ultimo pins Mysterio for the second night in a row, but after the match, he
fell victim to a vicious attack from Billy Kidman, who turned the Cruiserweight
Champ round, and nailed him with a BK Bomb.


Four Corners Match:
The World's Greatest Tag Team (Charlie Haas and Shelton Benjamin) defeated
The Dudley Boys (Bubba Ray Dudley and D-Von Dudley), Kurt Angle and Jeff Jarrett
 and Edge and Val Venis:
         x Edge beat Bubba via the Edgeacution in 0:17:35
         x Venis beat Angle via a flying cross body press in 0:32:28
         x S. Benjamin beat Venis via the Money Clip in 0:41:21
Rating: *** 3/4
(The World's Greatest Tag Team won the WWE Tag Team Championship.)

A hard fought victory for Haas and Benjamin as they finally became the WWE Tag
Team Champions.


Interview:
The new Intercontinental Champion...
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Shawn Michaels is interrupted by Cactus Jack.  A 2 on 1 beatdown featuring Jack
and Christopher Daniels is broken up by Eddie Guerrero, leading to an impromptu
tag team match.


Cactus Jack and Christopher Daniels defeated Shawn Michaels and Eddie Guerrero
 when Cactus Jack pinned E. Guerrero after a side suplex in 0:11:28.
Rating: ****

Cactus picked up the win by defeating Guerrero, but he clearly wanted to get
some of Michaels after the bell.  WWE officials had to make sure that Cactus
couldn't get to the champ, despite the fact that Michaels was ready and willing
to fight.


Ken Shamrock defeated Rene Dupree when Rene Dupree passed out in the
Ankle Lock Submission in 0:11:17.
Rating: ****

Shamrock returns to WWE, causing Rene Dupree to pass out in the Ankle Lock
submission.  But who's next for Shamrock?


Interview:
Evolution are ready...
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The reunited Evolution make last minute preparations for the main event.


Chris Benoit, Chris Jericho, The Rock and Roddy Piper defeated
Evolution (Batista, Randy Orton, Ric Flair and Triple H) when Y2J pinned Flair
 after a German suplex in 0:16:09.
Rating: ** 1/2
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Benoit's final partner turned out to be the Commissioner himself, as Y2J was
able to spoil Evolution's plans temporarily by pinning Ric Flair.  However, it
was Evolution who had the last laugh, as they ran riot over their opponents
following the match.

Triple H himself took the WWE Title Belt and clocked Chris Benoit over the head
with it.  However, instead of just throwing the belt down on Benoit and walking
away, The Game decided to strap the belt around his waist and take it to the 
back with him.  As Raw went off the air, Evolution posed on top of the ramp,
with Helmsley holding the stolen belt up high.



Card rating: *** 1/2


Match observations: 

A shocking conclusion to tonight's show saw the WWE Title stolen from the 
champion, Chris Benoit.  Triple H isn't the champion, but he was the man left
holding the belt when the show went off the air.  It'll be very intriguing to
see what Roddy Piper has to say about this turn of events when Smackdown rolls
about.  Of course, if Piper has something to say, then you know full well that
Shane McMahon will want to add his two cents as well.  One thing that's for 
sure though, is that despite the result of tonight's main event, Evolution are
definitely back at full force, and it's going to take a hell of a lot to stop
them at this rate.

Unforgiven is the next Pay Per View offering, and at this current moment in 
time, we know of two matches.  The first is The Undertaker vs Kane, which was
made earlier tonight by Roddy Piper, but we now also know that Shawn Michaels
will defend his Intercontinental Title against Cactus Jack in a Hardcore Rules
match.  Not only will Michaels have to put his belt on the line, but he'll have
to defend in Cactus' favourite style of match.  You know full well that Shane
McMahon is responsible for this.

Congratulations are in order for the brand new tag team champions, Charlie Haas
and Shelton Benjamin, who won the four corners elimination match here tonight.
However, don't be surprised if Edge and Val Venis are gunning to get their gold
back as early as this week on Smackdown.

And speaking of Smackdown, it's going to be a pretty explosive show, not only
with the after-effects of tonight's main event, but also with a big time steel
cage match between the Big Show and Vader.  Both men are gonna brawl, bleed and
break, until only one remains standing.  It's going to be brutal!

Next Show: Smackdown