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Raw is War
RAW results
July 2, 2001
After RAW IS WAR became RAW IS WCW, the arena was filled with fireworks and WCW logos!
WCW chairman Shane McMahon walked to the ring and introduced everyone to WCW! Shane then introduced the special guest ring announcer for the main event -- Stacy Keibler -- and WCW announcers Scott Hudson and Arn Anderson! Stacy introduced the ref for the match -- Nick Patrick.
Before she could continue, however, Federation Commissioner Regal came out to the stage. Regal said he understood there had to be a WCW match on RAW, but it didn't say anything about Shane having to be a part of it. Regal then was going to have security escort Shane out of the building. Shane said that was fine -- because the WCW promotion would never be run around him, anyway -- it would always be about the stars.
The main event on the July 2 episode of RAW pitted WCW Champion Booker T against Buff Bagwell in the first WCW bout in over three months!
The two WCW stars got in on from the opening bell, much to the delight of the sold-out crowd in Tacoma, Wash.! Booker soon nailed Bagwell with a spinning heel kick, and a number of other power maneuvers. But Buff battled back, nailing Booker with a suplex and a reverse chinlock.
The crowd was ripping into Buff, who told the masses to shut up! Bagwell continued to work on the champ, but Booker battled back, nailing Buff with a flying forearm and an axe kick to the back of his head!
Suddenly, Stone Cold Steve Austin and Kurt Angle attacked Booker T, and Buff joined in on the attack! The trio abused Booker, as the announcers speculated that Bagwell had jumped ship!
As RAW was about to go off the air, Mr. McMahon told Torrie backstage that he thought that one day she would be a huge superstar. As they chatted in the laundry room, Torrie began taking Mr. McMahon's clothes off! She took off the chairman's pants and then told him to close his eyes, because she had a big surprise for him! The owner did just that -- and turned around to find his estranged wife, Linda! The owner mumbled and then fell over in a heap, as his wife just stared at him.
The triple-teaming continued on Booker T, and Austin, Angle and Bagwell threw Booker out of the arena. Bagwell then tried to act as if the three were friends -- and Austin and Angle started pounding on Bagwell, tossing him out of the arena as RAW went off the air!