July 21, 2002 - Detroit, Michigan
Joe Louis Arena
| The Advertisement |
| Sunday Night Heat Match (RAW) | |||
|---|---|---|---|
| Goldust | def. | Steven Richards | via Pinfall (3:49) |
| Notes: | |||
| Match #1 - Tag Team Table Match (RAW) | |||
| Bubba Ray Dudley & Spike Dudley |
def. | Eddie Guerrero & Chris Benoit |
(14:58) |
| Notes: Spike took out Eddie with a Dudley Dog through a table. Benoit threw Spike out of the ring into a table, but then Bubba Bubba-bombed Benoit through a table for the win. | |||
| Match #2 - WWE Cruiserweight Championship (SMDN) | |||
| Jamie Noble Champion w/Nidia |
def. | Billy Kidman Challenger |
via Pinfall (7:34) |
| Notes: Kidman missed with the Shooting Star Press, and after several counters and reversals back-and-forth, Noble connected with the Tiger Bomb. | |||
| Match #3 - WWE European Championship (RAW) | |||
| Jeff Hardy Champion |
def. | William Regal Challenger |
via Pinfall (4:16) |
| Notes: Damn you, Jeff Hardy! That green-haired, painted up, glowing freak rolled up Regal out of nowhere and won the match. God, I don't know why people cheer for this @!$^. | |||
| Match #4 (SMDN) | |||
| John Cena | def. | Chris Jericho | via Pinfall (6:16) |
| Notes: What the hell. I'm no fan of Jericho, but come on. Jericho grabbed a chair to greet Cena with, but Cena ended up using it on Y2J before the match began. Y2J jawed at the referee instead of making a pin, and then tried the Walls of Jericho. Cena had by then recovered and countered the Walls into a pin. | |||
| Match #5 - WWE Intercontinental Championship (RAW) | |||
| Rob Van Dam Champion |
def. | Brock Lesnar Challenger w/Paul Heyman |
via DQ (9:39) |
| Notes: RVD countered the F5 into a DDT and got the 5-Star Frog Splash, but Paul Heyman pulled the referee out of the ring, causing the DQ. It didn't matter, because Brock was kicking out anyway. The ref yelled at Heyman and RVD knocked Heyman down with a baseball slide. Seeing his chance, ref Charles Robinson took a few cheap shots at Paul. Thankfully, Brock tossed Chuck aside. RVD was then going to try the from-pillar-to-post Van Daminator on Brock, but Paul made the save. Then F5 onto the chair. RVD was carried off. | |||
| Match #6 - No Disqualification, No Countout Match (RAW) | |||
| Booker T | def. | The Big Show | via Pinfall (6:13) |
| Notes: Um, yeah. I'm sorry, but Big Show should be unstoppable. And of course, as usual, Big Show was about to do his chokeslam when he was kicked in the crotch. | |||
| IN RING: Triple H, who was being courted by both Raw GM Eric Bischoff and his estranged wife, Smackdown GM Stephanie McMahon, made his decision to appear exclusively on Raw. He was going to sign with SmackDown, but Shawn Michaels had to throw his two cents in, and convinced Hunter to go with Raw. | |||
| Match #7 - WWE World Tag Team Championship (SMDN) | |||
| Christian & Lance Storm Challengers |
def. | "Hollywood" Hulk Hogan & Edge Champions |
via Pinfall (10:01) |
| Notes: -TITLE CHANGE- Storm pinned Edge. The referee got knocked down, allowing fellow Un-American Test to get involved. Rikishi took it upon himself to fight off Test, and the match went on. But when Christian had the ref distracted, Chris Jericho clocked Edge with a tag title belt, allowing Storm to get the pin. | |||
| Match #8 - WWE World Heavyweight Championship (SMDN) | |||
| The Rock Challenger |
def. | The Undertaker Champion Kurt Angle Challenger |
via Pinfall (19:35) |
| Notes: -TITLE CHANGE- Rock pinned Angle. This makes me so mad. The Rock wrestles one match after returning, and then gets put in the main event at a PPV? And he wins the title on top of it? And you know he's only going to hold it for maybe a month, because he has to go film his next crappy movie. Man, what a waste. Give the title to someone who deserves it (i.e. Angle). At least it was a good match. Non-stop action and great moves, but the end result sucks. | |||