Michaels clocks Orton, allowing Jericho to knock Michaels down from behind and attack. He tries to put on the Walls, but RVD runs down and knocks him away. Orton and Jericho team up on Van Dam, and are joined by Christian in the beating. BOOM! Kane's pyro explodes and the Big Red Machine clears Orton, Jericho and Christian from the ring.
WWE World Tag Team Championship: Lance Storm and William Regal defeated Booker T and Goldust to win the titles
Booker and Storm start off, with Booker getting a hammerlock, but Storm hitting back elbows. Booker clotheslines Storm down and scoop slams him. Knee drop by Booker, as we see Bischoff watching anxiously in the back. Tag to Goldust, who hits a flying fist. Knee drop by Goldust 1-kickout.
Storm hits a jawbreaker and tags in Regal. Goldust hits a back body drop. Regal comes back, but Goldust flips him and hits a shoulder block 1-2-kickout. Tag to Booker.
Chops in the corner by Booker, who then goes for the 10 Punch
But Storm guillotines him. Regal hits an uppercut and chokes Booker with his knee. Tag to Storm, who smashes Booker into the turnbuckles then elbows him down 1-2-shoulder up.
Sleeper by Storm. Tag to Regal who beats Booker down and makes a choking pin for a two count. Sleeper applied by Regal, but Booker fights up and out. Regal hits a running knee and tags in Storm 1-2-broken by Goldust.
Side headlock by Storm, but Booker tries to punch out, only for Storm to trip him and apply a forearm crossface. Again Booker fights up and out, then hits a reverse thrust kick. Tag to Goldust.
Uppercuts by Goldust to both men, then a clothesline to Storm and an Atomic Drop and a clothesline to Regal. Powerslam on Storm 1-2-broken by Regal. Booker punches away on Regal in one corner while Goldust beats on Storm in the other. Thump to Regal. Goldust lifts Storm in a bearhug and Booker calf kicks him out 1-2-Regal kicks the referee in the face.
Booker and Goldust clear the ring of Regal and Storm but fall from exhaustion as well.
As we come back, Booker gets a two count on Storm from none other than Chief Morley who came down to referee during the break.
Booker goes for a jumping calf kick, but Storm ducks and Booker nails Morley. He goes to pin, but there is no ref. Finally Nick Patrick runs down and counts 1-2-shoulder up! Tag to Goldust.
Goldust battles Storm into the corner and sets him for Shattered Dreams, but Regal knocks him away and allows Storm to run outside where Regal nails a clothesline. He rolls Goldust into the ring where Storm pins 1-2-shoulder up. Tag to Regal.
Side gutwrench suplex by Regal 1-2-broken by Booker. Forearms to the back by Regal. Tag to Storm, who hits a snapmare and applies a chinlock. Goldust uses the crowd to fight up and out of the hold, hitting a mini-chokeslam on Storm. Goldust crawls and tags in Booker.
Knockdowns by Booker, then a back body to Storm. He chops away on Storm in the corner, then hits a flapjack. Spinaroonie by Booker, then the scissors kick 1-2-Morley pulls Patrick out of the ring!
Regal puts on the brass knuckles and lays out Booker T and Goldust. He lays Storm on top of Booker. Morley comes back in 1-2-3! Regal and Storm are the new Tag Team Champions!
In the back, Regal and Storm talk with Bischoff and Morley about upholding his values as Tag Team Champions.
JR and King talk briefly about the Raw 10th Anniversary show that goes down a week from tomorrow. At the show there will be awards like "Best Entrance in Raw History", "Most Dangerous Move in Raw History", and *dun dun dun* "Greatest Match in Raw History."
Test (with Stacy) defeated Chris Nowinski (with D'Lo Brown)
Stacy and Test come down, followed by the odd pairing of Chris Nowinski and D'Lo Brown.
Earlier today, Nowinski asked D'Lo to be in his corner tonight. He understands that Stacy, the refs, and the fans are all prejudiced against such a smart black man. He understands because they all hate him for being intelligent as well.
Back live, Test tosses Nowinski away to get in shots on D'Lo, but Nowinski comes back and clubs Test in the back. He rams Test's shoulder into the ringpost and applies an armbar.
Test slams Nowinski and sees D'Lo putting the movies on Stacy again. He gets in between them before guillotining Nowinski. back in the ring, Test continues to take it to Nowinski. He hits a back eblow, then hits another to D'Lo. Full Nelson Slam by Test 1-2-shoulder up.
D'Lo grabs Test's leg and Nowinski runs at them, but Test sidesteps and Nowinski nails D'Lo. Test hits the spinning DDT 1-2-3!
After the match, D'Lo runs in and hits Test with the Sky High.
In the back, Jericho is talking to himself when Christian comes in. He tells Jericho that he has entered himself in the Rumble too. Jericho says that's great because Christian can help him win. Christian says he's going to win. Jericho says he's the first Undisputed Champion, but Christian has won every major Title except the big one. Jericho is a three-time tag champ, but Christian is a nine-time champ. Jericho says that makes Christian a nine-time loser, but Christian counters that Jericho's beard is stupid. Jericho badmouths Christian's tattoo, prompting Christian to pull out the "At least Shawn Michaels didn't kick my face off" card.
Finally Randy Orton comes in and breaks it up, saying they have nothing to fear with him in their corner tonight.
We see that, while Steiner has never been on the cover of Flex magazine, he did have a coverstory in Ironman magazine. We look at each man preparing for the Pose Down, which goes down next.
Triple H comes down first. Coach allows him to explain the rules of this Pose Down. Trips has been fed up with people talking about Scott Steiner this and Scott Steiner that. So before he beats Steiner at the Rumble for the Title, he's going to beat Steiner right here at his own game. So they're going to go pose-for-pose and the winner will be the one with the physique to be a World Champion. He can't let all the fans judge because they're too jealous of him, so he's going to pick out six people that he deems suitable to judge a body building event. He looks around and pulls out the six guys who just happen to be sitting down and not screaming to be picked.
He gives Coach a piece of paper and tells him to call out three mandatory poses for them. As the six judges take their seats in the ring, Trips shows them their cards, one which says Scott Steiner, the other which has the Triple H logo. Whomever they deem has the better physique, they will hold up that card.
Steiner comes out and Coach reminds them that you only get 15 seconds for each pose. Triple H takes off his jacket to reveal his Heavyweight Title belt that he forgot to take off. He takes it off, waving it right under Steiner's face.
First pose: front double bicep. Trips stretches and attempts his pose a few times, whereas Steiner just stands and flexes.
Second pose: side flex. Trips does his pose, while Steiner does his little taunt. Trips catches a glimpse of Steiner's bicep and loses concentration.
Third pose: most muscular. The two men start flexing in each other's face, almost going at it a few times.
Judge #1: Triple H
Judge #2: Triple H
Judge #3: Triple H
Judge #4: Triple H
Judge #5: Triple H
Judge #6: Triple H
There you have it, your unanimous winner, Triple H. Steiner knocks Coach away and takes the mic. He yells at the judges, calling it a set up. He asks all the freaks in Phoenix to decide who the real winner is, and they pop for Steiner, hollering because they hear him.
Trips gets the mic and says he doesn't need to go on the turnbuckle and get some idiots to tell him something he already knows. The judging panel said he was the winner, and that's as fair as any panel has ever been. He knows Steiner is embarassed, and he knows that body building is a subjective sport based on opinion. And these mens' opinion was that Triple H is better.
So what could be more objective? How about... push-ups? Trips says they should go one-for-one in a push-up contest.
They go face to face and start doing push-ups.
They get to ten, when the judges leap up and start beating down on Steiner! Steiner eventually fights up and starts knocking them away. Overhead suplex to one, then a military press slam to another that leaves Triple H amazed.
