Ladies and Gentlemen, Boys and Girls, Children of all ages WELCOME to Blog #7 of my and BadJokesBlogs TEW 2016 series using the Montreal Aftermath mod and if you’re a regular reader of the series you’ll be aware that I book WWF following the Survivor Series 1997, into 1998 and, hopefully, beyond while my fellow TEWer BadJokesBlogs book’s WCW in the same time period.

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THAT WAS THE WEEK THAT WAS!!!!

As has happened during many of the previous week’s of this blog series the build up to this week’s Monday Night RAW has been rather tumultuous, firstly we got notification that the size of the company has now decreased to cult level, which, if you are a TEW gamer you will know that this mean’s that we haven’t been reaching the set level’s to stay at the national level we were at before but this isn’t a big disaster as I think that once the cooling off time period, which is 3 months, elapses we will be a better company and we will be able to get back upto national level in no time.

Secondly…

Ken Shamrock has decided to hand in his notice to leave the WWF and in 14 days he will no longer be apart of the WWF roster. This has annoyed me slightly as, although he wasn’t a main event talent, he has featured prominently on RAW and on the Pay Per View but he has decided to leave so we will wish him well for the future. But as they say when one door closes another one opens but more on that later….

MONDAY NIGHT RAW!!!

This week’s episode of Monday Night RAW will be main evented by an 8 man tag team match involving WWF Champion Shawn Michaels, WWF European Champion Triple H and WWF Tag Team Champions The New Age Outlaws taking on the team of Owen Hart, the soon to be departing Ken Shamrock and The Legion of Doom. We will also have The Undertaker taking on Savio Vega in a one on one match.

This week’s episode of Monday Night RAW start’s off with a shot of the backstage area and a black stretch limo is shown pulling into the arena, the camera focuses on the limo for about 30 seconds but no-one exit’s the limo. E+ was the rating for this segment which I was expecting as no-one of not appeared during the segment

The first match of the evening was a Light Heavyweight Title tournament match which was won by Brian Christopher with the Tennessee Jam Top Rope Legdrop and he advances to the Semi Final’s of the Light Heavyweight Title Tournament

D- was the rating for this match which I was reasonably happy about.

Next up we then go backstage where Owen Hart, Ken Shamrock and the Legion of Doom are discussing tonight’s 8 Man Tag Team Main Event. This segment got a B- rating which, needless to say, I was very happy about.

We then cut to an interview segment in which Sunny is talking to The Godwinns about tonight’s tag team match against The Headbangers. At the conclussion of the interview The Godwinns introduce everyone to there cousin Jamie who, as you can see, from the photo above is Jamie Noble. I feel that the character of Jamie Noble fit’s in perfectly with The Godwinns character. D+ was the overall rating for this segment.

We then once again cut to the parking garage area where the black stretch limo is still sitting and, again, there is no sign of any movement D- rating for this segment

Next up we have the second match of the night which was won by The Headbangers and I was happy with the C- rating that this match got. Following the conclusion of the match The Headbangers, who are #1 contenders for the Tag Team Titles, get on the microphone and say they want there tag team title match at the Royal Rumble PPV. A C rating for this segment which, much like the tag team match, I was happy with.

We then go backstage where, once again, Sunny is the interviewer and this time she is standing beside Dude Love and Sable. Dude Love say’s last week Marc Mero attacked him from behind which isn’t cool and he, Dude Love, likes to have fun but if you push him too far bad things will happen. This segment got a C rating which I was happy about

We then have all 4 Nation of Domination member’s appear on screen and Faarooq say’s all 4 will be entering the upcoming Royal Rumble match. During this segment we had slight inclination’s that there was abit of tension between Faarooq and The Rock. Another C rated segment on the show

Back in the ring and Jim Cornette is standing by with Dan Severn. Jim Cornette once again makes an open challenge on Dan Severn’s behalf and this week he is offering $1,000 to anyone who can defeat Dan Severn. Again we get a C rating for this segment

The challenge is accepted by Flash Funk but he, like everyone else who has faced Dan Severn, lost via Submission. A D+ was the overall rating for this match

Following the match we then see D-X and the New Age Outlaws backstage and they talk about tonight’s 8 man tag team main event. This segment get’s the best rating of the evening so far as it scores a B rating

We are then shown a video recap of 2 week’s ago on RAW when Gangrel debuted and attacked Vader, this lead’s to a pre-taped video playing in which Luna and Gangrel taunt Vader. A D rating for this segment which has been the general ballpark region for the Luna, Gangrel, Vader segment’s over the past couple of week’s

The next match of the evening takes place as The Undertaker takes on Savio Vega and The Undertaker win’s this match after hitting the Tombstone Piledriver. The match get’s a rating of B- which I was happy

After the match The Undertaker is still in the ring when Paul Bearer and Kane appear on the titantron. Paul Bearer talks about Kane vs The Undertaker at Royal Rumble before a lightning bolt comes from the roof and set’s the outside of the ring on fire. This segment get’s another B- rating and I’m pleased with how this storyline is progressing

We then, once again, cut to the parking garage area where the black stretch limo is still sitting with no sign of any movement. This segment got a D- rating

We go backstage where Sunny is outside the locker room of Steve Austin who exits the room and Sunny ask’s Steve Austin why he requested this interview time. Steve Austin say’s The Rock has something that belongs to him and he doesn’t care if he has to go through Faarooq, D’Lo Brown and Kama Mustafa he will. Steve Austin finishes up by saying he is entering himself into the Royal Rumble match. This segment got a C rating

MAIN EVENT OF THE EVENING

The main event of this week’s Monday Night RAW followed on from the ending to last week’s Monday Night RAW when all 8 of these men where involved in a mass brawl. The match, which got a rating of B-, was won by Owen Hart when he made Billy Gunn submit to the Sharpshooter

After the match Shawn Michaels, Triple H and Road Dogg attacked Owen Hart before the camera cut to the parked limo backstage and the door opens as we cut back to the ring as the fight continue’s.

SUDDENLY….

“WOOOOOOOOOOOOO” is heard over the PA system and Ric Flair makes an appearance.

The beatdown in the ring stops and Ric Flair runs down the rampway and get’s in the ring as Shawn Michaels, Triple H, Road Dogg and Billy Gunn exit. Ric Flair stands in the middle of the ring as RAW ends. This segment get’s a B rating which is a good way to end this week’s show



FINAL RATING

This week’s Monday Night RAW get’s a B- rating which I was very happy about and although it lost us popularity in 7 regions I felt it progressed storyline’s and built well heading into the Royal Rumble PPV.

So guys and girls this bring’s an end to Monday Night RAW for this week I really hope you enjoyed the show and are enjoying the series. Please head over to BadJokesBlogs and check out his WCW series.

Until next time stay safe and i’ll see you soon