Elias is walking backstage when he bumps into Chris Jericho. Jericho gets a HUGE reaction. There is a thunderous “Y2J” chant. Jericho notices Elias’ scarf and wrote a song about Elias. Jericho asks if he can use his guitar, but Elias declines. Jericho says he has his own. Jericho sings that he doesn’t want to walk with Elias. Why? He’ll give you the gist. He’s a stupid idiot. Elias just… Elias just… Jericho holds up The List of Jericho and laughs before saying he got Elias. Jericho then says he’s just kidding because Elias JUST MADE THE LIST!
More still photos are shown from the 25 years of RAW. The Empire State Buding is shown lit up in RAW red tonight.
Elias is in the center of the ring. Elias greets the crowd, plays a riff, and asks who wants to walk with Elias. Their volume doesn’t impress him, so he asks them again and Brooklyn show him some love. 25 years of Monday Night RAW. It took them 25 years to find him, but WWE finally got it right. The WWE he’s talking about stands for Walk With Elias! Elias seems pleased. Elias has a song and wants them to silence their phones and shut their mouths. The crowd boos. Elias says he won’t sing if that’s the case. Elias then reconsiders and says the legends need to hear this one. A “Stupid Idiot” chant fires up. Elias says he’ll leave if that’s how they feel, and the crowd cheers. Elias sits back down and says he couldn’t possibly do that because Jimmy Fallon is right here, Fallon is shown at ringside. Some boos pick up for Fallon. Elias will show him how it’s done. Elias plays a blues riff and says HBK ran from him. Undertaker is a decrepit old man and should sit in the stands. Chris Jericho is a big phony, in the past, he stunk. As far as The Rock, Rocky still sucks. Forgive him if he forgets any names. Elias is here and is changing the game. John Cena isn’t a legend, Cena is like Brooklyn because he has no balls. It’s the Royal Rumble, and he’s gonna win…
John Cena’s music hits, and he comes out to a big reception. Cena gets in the ring and says the crowd is loud and awake. Just so Elias knows, both himself and Brooklyn have balls because they’re in the crowd right now. A security guard obviously takes the ball away. An “asshole” chant fires up. Cena says they gotta keep it PG. 25 years of Monday Night RAW. Elias gets in the ring and says, “Shut your damn mouth” to a big ovation. No one wants to hear Cena. The crowd is here to hear Elias. Cena ruined it. Cena tells him to do something about it and takes off his shirt. Cena offers his chin for Elias to hit. Elias says that’s not how it works. Elias doesn’t take orders from Cena or these Brooklyn scumbags. Elias goes to leave before trying to sneak attack Cena. Cena hits a pair of shoulder tackles before hitting a back suplex powerbomb. Cena hits the 5 Knuckle Shuffle before trying for an Attitude Adjustment. Elias slides off and hits a huge low blow! Cena collapses to the mat in pain. Elias goes outside and grabs his guitar. Elias then smashes the guitar off Cena’s back! A “YES” chant picks up. Cena tries to pull himself up, so Elias drops him with The Drift Away. Elias then walks off.
The New Day are in the APA’s office with all the rest of the crowd. Heath Slater is revealed to be cheating. JBL says this is a game for civilized people. If they want to fight, they should go to the ring. DiBiase just laughs and shows a royal flush. DiBiase takes all the money and throws away the pancake. Ron Simmons looks down at DiBiase, takes a good long moment, and says, “DAMN!”
*Commercial Break*
Mark Henry is walking backstage when he bumps into The Godfather! Godfather introduces Henry to a young woman. Godfather says Henry used to be Sexual Chocolate. Henry says he’s changed, but Godfather has stayed the same. Henry then reintroduces himself to the woman, and Godfather says that’s his wife. Godfather says, “Like you said, we’ve all grown up.”
Titus Worldwide vs. Heath Slater & Rhyno
Titus O’Neil and Rhyno trade chops to start the match. Apollo Crews tags in and wrenches the arm. Rhyno turns it and tags in Heath Slater. Slater wrenches the arm, but Crews whips him off. Crews then dropkicks him down. Crews then executes a delayed vertical suplex. We head to the break with Titus Worldwide in good position.
*Commercial Break*
We come back from the break to see all four men in a brawl. The referee decides to throw the match ou and the fans boo.
No Contest
The Dudley Boyz’ music immediately hits, and they make their way to the ring to a huge reaction from Brooklyn. Bubba Ray and D-Von Dudley get in the ring. Titus Worldwide, Slater, and Rhyno get out of the ring. A loud “We want tables” chant picks up. They throw Slater into the ring. Slater yells at them before turning into a scoop slam from Bubba Ray. They then hit the “WASSUP” head-butt to the crotch. Corey Graves says they should update it to “Dilly, dilly!” The crowd loudly screams, “GET THE TABLES!” D-Von retrieves the table. The Dudley Boyz then give Slater the 3D through the table! Michael Cole says this is one of the oddest segments he’s ever seen.
Charly Caruso says with no expression that The Dudley Boyz are one of the greatest of all time. AJ Styles comes up and says this is the 25th anniversary of RAW and has arranged for someone to do the interview with him. Styles then introduces “Mean” Gene Okerlund! Okerlund says this is an historic night. Styles has his hands full in a 2-on-1 Handicap Match. Styles impersonates Hulk Hogan and says, “Well let me tell you something Mean Gene!” Styles then stops and says he has always wanted to do that. Styles says Owens and Zayn, or Kami, think they’ll take the title, but they won’t take the title from him. Styles will hit them hard and fast, but he’ll retain the title. And at the end they will hear “And Still!”
Coming up after the break, D-Generation X!
*Commercial Break*
We return and see more pictures from the past 25 years. Interestingly, CM Punk was shown and the fans cheered loud.
We back at the Manhattan Centre and out come Shawn Michaels and Triple H, D-Generation X!
A “DX” chant picks up. HBK says it’s been 25 years and people have been asking him for his most favorite moments. Michaels can’t remember 25 minutes ago. Michaels says one of his favorites was that time they had that sausage kielbasa thing. HBK then tries to tell the story of when they had the Santa hats on their private areas. HBK says he used to be the boss of this group, but now Triple H is the boss of everything. Triple H says this is the place where it all started 25 years ago. The crowd lit the spark that started the fire that became the inferno that is WWE. 25 years later, they’re here because of the crowd. 20 years ago, he and HBK started something special in this ring. They’d come to the ring every week with “Ravishing” Rick Rude and “The 9th Wonder of the World” Chyna. They did whatever the hell they wanted and say whatever the hell they wanted. DX has always been at the forefront of this whether it was being on the first RAW or driving a tank to WCW and starting a war or being here tonight for the 25th anniversary. The Manhattan Center for RAW is home. DX will be at the forefront of the next 25 years. It’s time to start that right now. Are you ready? Triple H then asks again. They didn’t come alone.
The New Age Outlaws make their way to the ring. “Road Dogg” Jesse James and “Bad Ass” Billy Gunn. Road Dogg goes through his old schtick before introducing X-Pac to the ring. A “1-2-3” chant picks up. X-Pac looks moved by that. This is a DX reunion, but they can’t have a 25th anniversary celebration without this guy…
Razor Ramon makes his way to the ring right as we head to the break.
*Commercial Break*
We come back from the break to hear Scott Hall say, “Hey yo…” Everybody knows you can’t have a party on RAW without The Bad Guy. Hall has been watching the show from both locations. This RAW 25 thing is just too sweet.
The Balor Club makes their way to the ring to a big reception! Finn Balor, Karl Anderson, and Luke Gallows get in the ring. The Balor Club and DX then do a “Too Sweet” hand signal to a good round of applause. The Revival then make their way to the ring. Mike Chioda gets in the ring in the old blue referee shirt and a black bow tie.
Anderson & Gallows Vs. The Revival
Dash and Dawson attack Anderson and Gallows from behind before the match starts. Wilder clotheslines Anderson to start the match and tags in Dawson. Dawson kicks Anderson and connects with a back elbow. Dawson drops a leg and stares at Gallows. Wilder tags back in and takes him down before applying a side headlock. Anderson escapes, but Dawson is tagged in. Anderson takes him down with a leg lariat.
Gallows and Wilder are tagged in. Gallows clotheslines him before hitting an avalanche. Gallows big boots himbefore hitting a roundhouse on Wilder. They hit the Magic Killer for the quick win.
Winners: Anderson & Gallows
Kinda sucks that The Revival were fed to that. DX and Ramon celebrate with The Balor Club. Dawson turns Ramon around. Ramon throws his toothpick in his face. X-Pac hits the X-Factor. Road Dogg hits the Shake, Rattle, and Roll before Billy Gunn hits a Fame-ass-er. HBK hits some Sweet Chin Music on Wilder before Triple H drops him with a Pedigree. Balor then hits the Coup de Grace. Gunn says, “If you’re not down with that, we’ve got two words for ya…” The crowd finishes with an enthusiastic, “SUCK IT!”
Back at the Barclay’s Center, Kurt Angle makes his way to the ring with a bunch of legends. The rest of the mid to lower RAW roster then comes out. The New Day is also there. Brock Lesnar, Braun Strowman, and Kane will be out, next.
*Commercial Break*
We return for the final segment of Raw’s 25th anniversary and general manager Kurt Angle introduces Braun Strowman, who wades his way to the ring. Kane comes out next and the current Superstars get between him and Braun to keep them apart.
Paul Heyman comes out and introduces himself, then says he came here tonight to bring them something relevant. And the most relevant thing is the WWE Universal Championship, and the person who holds that title, who just happens to be his client. He says his client did not come here tonight for a nostalgia pop, he came here for a fight. And this Sunday the announcer will as if the other fighters are ready because his client certainly is. Out comes Brock Lesnar and the current Superstars clear the ring.
Brock makes his way to the ring but inside, Braun clotheslines Kane from behind and jumps out of the ring, only to be borderline beheaded by Lesnar! Brock enters the ring and hits Kane with an F5 before posing. Strowman then returns and attacks Lesnar. Braun throws Lesnar into the barricade like he weighs nothing, then picks him up and hits a running powerslam through the announce table! Braun returns to the ring poses atop the turnbuckles as Raw’s 25th Anniversary Show comes to a close.
Is this what will happen on Sunday night? Remember to join us then for our coverage of the Royal Rumble! Until then, here’s to another 25 years and safe travels!
