The match ends with Priceless coming out and attacking C.M. Punk causing a disqualification. During the attack, Orton kicks DiBiase in the head. I'm getting so tired of this move. If it's so dangerous, why would the WWE board of directors not ban the move for the safety of their employees? And why wouldn't Priceless attack Orton on the spot? He's medically clear now. This doesn't make sense.
Backstage, we get Manu and Cody Rhodes confronting Orton about the kick. Orton tells them to do something about and they still don't attack him. This is officially the end of any credibility that Priceless has. How can anyone take them as a serious threat if they don't stand up for themselves and not attack the person that's been screwing with them for months? They have a numbers advantage as Orton has no allies and there's three of them. Wherever this story is going, Priceless is done.
JBL versus The Undertaker is next. Something seemed off about the match as these two weren't messing too well. Again, this match was way too short for the people involved. Undertaker is a main event wrestler and should be treated as such. To have a match this short is ridiculous.
The match ends with JBL refusing to get back in the ring and getting himself counted out. Shawn Michaels comes out and throws JBL back in the ring so he can get a Tombstone. This match was beyond pointless.
Jericho is backstage with Shane when the announcement is made that John Cena will fight for the world title at Survivor Series. As much as Cena deserves to be on top, I think it's a bad idea to have him be the number one contender with him being gone for so long. He needs to come back and earn that spot, not just have it handed to him.
A comedy segment runs with a huge dance party involving Kung Funaki, Hornswoggle, Boogeyman, Goldust, Festus, Jesse, Hacksaw Jim Duggan, Sargent Slaughter, Dusty Rhodes, Lilian Garcia, Michael Cole, and Teddy Long. It ends with Ron Simmons making his return and saying his catch phrase; Damn. This was quiet possibly the most pointless segment that I have ever seen on RAW. I understand that it's for fun, but the entire night has been full of short matches that it made me mad to see time taken for something like this.
Kane and Mark Henry versus Rey Mysterio and Kofi Kingston is next. Another quick match that barely had any time to highlight anyone. Henry and Kane came off very strong and made Rey and Kofi look pretty weak. Henry gets the pin on Kofi.
After the match, The Great Khali comes out during the post-match beating and he attacks Henry and Kane. Rey hits the 619 on Henry after Khali set it up. This was the official face turn for Khali and hopefully they can get him to work as a face. The fans seemed to enjoy it.
The main event sees Batista defend his title against Chris Jericho in a steel cage match. Jericho had some really good spots and made the match very interesting. These two worked very well with each other tonight.
The end was interesting as it had Jericho pull off a piece the supporting cable and use it as a weapon. Jericho falls out of the cage to win the title.
Now, as much as I like Jericho with the title, I don't understand the point of letting Batista hold the belt for only eight days. Short world title runs are never a good thing as it belittles the prestige of the belt. I could understand if it was a Batista's first title reign and he wasn't prepared to defend the title against someone as accomplished as Jericho, but that's not the case. This was Batista's fourth title run, and he should have held it for awhile.
I'm assuming that this was done so Jericho can drop the title to Cena. Now I'm wondering if Batista has a rematch clause or does Cena get the title match at Survivor Series anyway.
Overall, this was a terrible way to celebrate 800 episodes. All the matches were too short and the outcomes were some of the worst they could have come up with. With two huge main event level matches not being advertised, RAW came off very weak tonight. Hopefully, this isn't a prelude of things to come and they use this as an example of what not to do. My rating: D
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