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Raw Homecoming
Dallas, Texas
VenueAmerican Airlines Center
Attendance14,837[1]
Tagline(s)The Power is Back
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Raw Homecoming was a television special that was broadcast live on October 3, 2005 on the USA Network. It was named as such because it was the first edition of WWE's flagship show Monday Night Raw to air on the USA Network since 2000, after airing on Spike TV (currently known as the Paramount Network) for the previous five years.

The card featured six matches (including a

Money in the bank ladder match. The main event saw John Cena defeat Raw General Manager Eric Bischoff to retain the WWE Championship
.

The episode averaged a viewership of 4.4 million.[2]

Background

The card consisted of seven matches, including one dark match, that resulted from scripted storylines and had results predetermined by WWE's writers on the Raw brand.[3][4] Storylines were produced on WWE's weekly television shows, Monday Night Raw and SmackDown!.[5] Raw first aired on January 11, 1993, and since became the longest-running weekly episodic program in television history with no reruns.[6]

On June 28, 2000,

WWE programs' tenure on the network. On April 4, 2005, WWE announced a three-year deal with NBCUniversal to bring Raw back to its former home, the USA Network, with two yearly specials on NBC and a Spanish Raw on Telemundo.[10]
The final Raw aired on Spike TV on September 26, 2005.

Matches

Dark match

Before the event officially started, Shelton Benjamin defeated Tyson Tomko in a match taped for Heat.[1]

Preliminary matches

The opening match of the evening was a 30-minute

Sweet Chin Music to make the score 2–2. In the match's climax, Michaels hit a Sweet Chin Music and was about to pin Angle before time ran out, rendering the match a draw. Michaels offered Angle to go into sudden death overtime, but Angle refused and walked out.[11][12]

Next,

Money in the Bank contract. After a back-and-forth match, Edge tied up Hardy in the ropes and Lita assisted in holding him there. He then scaled the ladder to retrieve the briefcase. Afterwards, Hardy was escorted out of the arena by security guards.[11][12]

The next match was Triple H and Ric Flair taking on Carlito and Chris Masters. In the end, Triple H pinned Masters after hitting the Pedigree to win. While celebrating after the match, Triple H abruptly turned on Flair and hit him with a sledgehammer, marking the end of Evolution after more than two years since 2003.[11][12]

The fifth match was a bra and panties match between Trish Stratus and Ashley vs Candice Michelle, Torrie Wilson and Victoria. Stratus removed Wilson's pants to win the match for her team.[11][12]

The penultimate match was a

six-man tag team match featuring wrestlers from the SmackDown! brand. Batista, Chris Benoit and Rey Mysterio were due to face Christian, Eddie Guerrero and John "Bradshaw" Layfield (JBL), however Raw General Manager Eric Bischoff would appear on stage and cancel the match immediately after it started, rendering it a no contest.[11][12] The match did take place on SmackDown!
that week.

Main event

The main event saw John Cena defend the WWE Championship against Eric Bischoff. Despite early offense by Bischoff and interference by Kurt Angle, Cena managed to mount a comeback and quickly defeat Bischoff to retain. Following the match, SmackDown! General Manager Theodore Long would send out the entire SmackDown! roster to invade Raw as revenge for Eric Bischoff cancelling their tag team match earlier.[11][12]

Results

No.Results
dark match

Iron Man match

Score Winner Decision Times
1–0 Kurt Angle Pinfall 8:08
1–1 Shawn Michaels Pinfall 14:48
2–1 Kurt Angle Submission 18:46
2–2 Shawn Michaels Pinfall 25:14

See also

References

  1. ^ a b c "RAW #645 — WWE Raw Homecoming". cagematch.net. Retrieved December 21, 2018.
  2. ^ Gerweck, Steve. "2005 Nielsen Television Ratings". Gerweck.net. Archived from the original on June 19, 2009. Retrieved August 21, 2009.
  3. Discovery Communications. Archived
    from the original on November 29, 2013. Retrieved March 5, 2012.
  4. ^ "Live & Televised Entertainment". WWE. Archived from the original on November 22, 2013. Retrieved March 21, 2012.
  5. ^ Csonka, Larry. "Triple H Conference Call Report: Discusses 205 Live, NXT Takeover: Toronto, Says HBK Working at the Performance Center and More". 411mania.com. 411mania.com. Retrieved 8 January 2017.
  6. ^ Truitt, Brian (July 22, 2012). "WWE's 'Monday Night Raw' packs 1,000 episodes under its belt". USA Today. Archived from the original on July 23, 2012. Retrieved January 23, 2018.
  7. ^ This Day in Wrestling History (Sept. 18): WWF Leaves USA Network - Cageside Seats
  8. ^ "Archives - Los Angeles Times".
  9. ^ "WWF Raw Is War to Premiere on TNN September 25". PR Newswire. 2000-09-20. Retrieved 2009-08-21.
  10. ^ "WWE's RAW Returns to USA Network". WWE. 2005-05-04. Archived from the original on December 2, 2008. Retrieved 2009-08-21.
  11. ^ a b c d e f g Plummer, Dave (October 4, 2005). "Raw: HHHomecoming hits and misses". SLAM! Sports. Canadian Online Explorer. Archived from the original on July 24, 2017. Retrieved December 21, 2018.
  12. ^ a b c d e f g Golden, Hunter. "RAW Results - 10/3/05 - Dallas, TX - (Homecoming to USA Network)". WrestleView.
  13. ^ "2005". The History of WWE.

External links

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