Wednesday, 02 April 2008
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One night after “Nature Boy” Ric Flair’s career came to an end at the Citrus Bowl, all of the WWE Superstars and notable friends and opponents from Flair’s illustrious career honored the 2008 Hall of Fame inductee. The night ended with Shawn Michaels embracing the "Nature Boy," as HBK finally came to terms with his historic win over his good friend, and the burden he carries as the man who ended Flair’s career. Among the well-wishers were those who Flair had taken under his wing and mentored over the years, including Triple H, Batista, John Cena, Big Show, Chris Jericho and Edge, and contemporaries such as the legendary Harley Race, Dusty Rhodes, Ricky “The Dragon” Steamboat, Greg Valentine and Dean Malenko. And of course, it wouldn’t have been complete without an appearance by the legendary Four Horsemen - Arn Anderson, Tully Blanchard, Barry Windham and JJ Dillon - and Flair's family, including his wife, daughter and two sons.
With the WWE Championship shining on his shoulder, Randy Orton declared his reign as champion the “Age of Orton.” But JBL had other ideas, telling the third-generation Superstar he deserved a title match. As Orton yelled at the departing challenger, Matt Hardy slipped into the ring and attacked the champion from behind. Hardy later demanded a match with Orton – a request granted by General Manager William Regal. Hardy thought he had won after giving Orton a Twist of Fate, but he sprang back up to shock Hardy with an RKO and cover him for the pinfall victory.
Sporting a bruised jaw from Floyd “Money” Mayweather’s loaded punch at WrestleMania, the Big Show said that he was ready to go back to his old championship ways, dominating the WWE as the Largest Athlete in the World. But the Great Khali begged to differ. The Punjabi Giant interrupted Big Show, and got in the giant’s face. Khali yelled at Show in his Punjab dialect, but when the 441-pounder threatened to escalate the confrontation by raising his fists, Khali chose to save it for another day.
JTG & Shad – Cryme Tyme – returned to Raw, to an electric welcome for their matchup with Lance Cade & Trevor Murdoch, who saw their hats sold in an impromptu ringside auction the last time they met. The boys from Brooklyn capitalized on a Murdoch mistake, allowing JTG to roll him up for a surprising pinfall victory.
Cryme Tyme def. Lance Cade & Trevor Murdoch
Paul London & Brian Kendrick def. World Tag Team Champions Hardcore Holly & Cody Rhodes (non-title)
Intercontinental Champion Chris Jericho def. CM Punk (non-title)
WWE Champion Randy Orton def. Matt Hardy (non-title)
Maria def. Santino Marella in an Anything Goes Match
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Comments (2)
It was sad enough to see Ric Flair go. How sad is it when your favorite have to retire. Thank you Ric Flair.
Cryme Tyme returning is a shocking moment.
ric flair is my favorate wrestler he has put soo much of himself into this business. raw will never be the same without him and i cried when he had to go. he put his entire life into this business 36 years of his life and he loved it soo much. you could just see the hurt in his eyes when he came out there to retire wrestling was his life