WWF Raw is War Results – September 17, 2001

September 17, 2001
Nashville, Tennessee
Hosted by Jim Ross and Paul Heyman
Report by Paul Nemer – WrestleView.com

Raw starts with the American flag being shown on the Oval Tron and the fans chanting “U.S.A.”

Match #1: WWF Tag Team Championship: Kane & Undertaker vs Dudley Boyz
Kane kicks D’Von in the mid section, sends him to the ropes and nails him with the elbow. D’Von tries to fight back, but it had no affect on Kane. Side walk slam by Kane. Kane goes on the top rope and delivers a high flying clothesline, 1,2 but Bubba breaks up the count. Undertaker gets the tag and continues the punishment on D’Von. Shoulder take down by D’Von. Bubba gets the tag and comes in running, but Undertaker trips him. Undertaker works on Bubba’s arm/shoulder, then does his old school move. D’Von comes in and interrupts the fight, which allowed Bubba to take control, but only for a few seconds. Undertaker knocks him down and tags Kane. Kane was about to chokeslam Bubba, then D’Von comes in and Kane grabs him to, then the Dudleyz hit him and deliver a double suplex. The Dudleyz do the wahhazzup. D’Von works on Kane’s arm and tags in Bubba. Bubba puts Kane in the corner and delivers a couple of punches, then Kane picks him up and powerbombs him and both men are down. Undertaker gets the tag and cleans house. Back body drop by Undertaker on D’Von. Kane and Bubba are fighting on the outside, where tables were setup by Bubba. Kronik and Steven Richards came out and attacked Kane. They put him through a table. Bubba and D’Von were in the ring and hit the 3D on the Undertaker and got the 1,2,3.
Winners: New WWF Tag Team champions, Dudley Boyz

COMMERCIALS

A wCw limo pulls up and it’s Shane McMahon. Steven Richards and Kronik were waiting for him. Steven Richards tells Shane the good news, that they cost Undertaker and Kane the tag team titles and that Kronik would like to volunteer their services for the Alliance. Shane rewards them by giving them the opportunity to compete for the wCw tag team titles, this Sunday at Unforgiven against Undertaker and Kane.

Lance Storm was looking at the Lita and Hardy Boyz WWF magazine. Hurricane Helms walks in and Storm tells him about the magazine. Helms talks about the WWF superstars.. Usual segments with his super hero gimmick.

Austin and Debra were shown walking backstage, then they walk into their locker room and RVD was there. Austin asks him what he’s doing there. RVD asks him why he threw him off that stage last week. Austin said that he did it for him, so he can land on Kurt and win his title back. RVD tells Austin that if some day Austin is on vacation or something, that he would always be there to replace him for that short period of time.

COMMERCIALS

Match #2: Jeff Hardy w/Lita vs Lance Storm w/Ivory
the match starts with both men locking up. Storm twists Jeff’s arm and throws im on the mat. Then, they exchange a couple of minor moves. Jeff sends Storm to the outside. Then Jeff drop kicks him on the outside. Storm goes on the apron and drags Jeff to the outside. Storm throws him back in and takes control of the match. Back breaker by Storm, 1,2 but Hardy kicks out. Storm drives his knee into the lower back on Jeff Hardy. Back body drop by Storm, 1,2 but Jeff kicks out again. Storm sends Jeff into the turnbuckle and Jeff falls down, 1,2 and again manages to kick out at 2. Storm grabs Jeff’s arms and puts his knee on the back of Jeff (submission hold). Jeff manages to get out. Jeff fights back, Storm misses a drop kick. Russian leg sweep by Jeff. Jeff goes on the top rope and does a modified moonsault, 1,2 and again, Storm kicks out. Ivory tries to trip Jeff Hardy, then Jeff turns around and Storm does the superkick, 1,2 but Jeff kicks out. Lita chases Ivory. She slaps Lance Storm, and Jeff jumps on Storm on the outside. He throws him back in, Swanton bomb, but Storm put his knees up. Both men get up and Jeff tried to do the hurricanrana, but Lance Storm counters the hold and does the Maple Leaf and Jeff taps out.
Winner: Lance Storm

Shane McMahon asks Stephanie what was she thinking when she booked herself in a handicap match against The Rock. Stephanie says she had a plan, but it didn’t work. Shane says that she booker herself in a rematch tonight. Stephanie says that she will not be on commentary tonight, she will be on the apron waiting for the tag and ready to fight. Tazz interrupts and says that he’s frustrated because the Alliance aren’t showing him any respect. Shane tells Tazz to lay his frustrations in his match tonight. Tazz says the mood is about to change.

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Match #3: Perry Saturn vs Shawn Stasiak w/ Stacy Keibler
Stasiak clotheslines Saturn and puts him in the corner and delivers a couple of shots. Gut rench powerbomb by Stasiak. Stasiak chokes Saturn. Stasiak sends Saturn in the turnbuckle and runs with him, but Saturn nails him with an elbow shot. Belly to belly over head suplex by Saturn, followed by a spring board drop kick. Stacy goes on the apron and distracts the referee. Stasiak tells her to get down, then Saturn kicks Stasiak. Then both men kept ducking clotheslines and rolls up and Stasiak trips alone, which allowed Saturn to do the fisherman suplex and to get the win.
Winner: Perry Saturn

After the match, Terri was shown on the oval tron telling Saturn that Moppy is with her. Raven picks up Terri and puts her down, because she was standing on machine and the mop was tied to the machine, which was a wood chipper. Raven turned on the machine and destroyed Moppy.

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Stephanie was shown backstage. RVD comes to talk to her. Stephanie says she is upset at Shane, because Shane told her not to compete in the match tonight, but she will. RVD asks if she wants him to do anything to make her feel better. She says to take on Chris Jericho at Unforgiven.

Hurricane Helms walks into Molly Holly’s dressing room. He starts talking to her about the super hero stuff. Spike walks in and asks what’s going on. Helms tells Molly that if she ever needs him, to use the Hurra signals and he left.

Shane was talking to Booker T. Tazz interrupts and Shane says that since he’s so frustrated, he can take on Shane and Booker T in a handicap match.

COMMERCIALS

Jim Ross says that the Red Cross in need of your help. You can call the Red Cross at 1-800-HELPNOW.

Match #4: Handicap Match: Booker T & Shane McMahon vs Tazz
As soon as Tazz entered the ring, Booker T and Shane attacked him. Booker T nails Tazz with an elbow shot. Shane gets the tag, and they deliver the hart attack move. Shane continues the punishment on Tazz. Shane tags Booker T. Booker T delivers a couple of hits and tags back Shane. Shane went in and did the same and tagged back Booker T. Booker T sends Tazz to the outside. Shane gets up on the security rails, jumps and clotheslines Tazz. Back in the ring, Booker T drove his knee on Tazz. Booker T tags Shane and Shane takes some cheap shots on Tazz. Shane was all over Tazz, kicks, slaps, punches. Tazz fights back and suplexes Shane. Booker T gets the tag and Tazz knocks him down too with a T-bone Tazplex. Another Head and Arm Tazplex on Shane. Tazzmission on Shane, but Booker T hits him. Tazz then applies the Tazzmission on Booker T, but Shane makes the save. Axe kick by Booker T, followed by the Spinarooni! Shane goes on the top rope and drives the elbow on Tazz and gets the win.
Winners: Shane McMahon and Booker T

COMMERCIALS

The Coach interviews Christian. He asks him if he knows where Edge is. Christian says “Who cares?” He said, he’s probably spending time with his intercontinental title, because he will lose it at Unforgiven. Christian says that one belt isn’t enough. He challenges Tajiri to a U.S. title match tonight. Then he says, “What ever Edge does, Christian can do better”.

Match #5: European Title: Hurricane Helms vs Spike Dudley w/Molly
The match starts with Helms doing a headlock on Spike. Shoulder take down by Helms. Spike does a headlock. Spike takes down Helms and does the headlock again. Helms fights back with a super kick. Helms puts on his cape and goes on the top rope, but Molly pulls it off his back. Helms got upset and asked her to give it back, then she tosses it in the ring. Helms goes in the ring and Molly goes on the top rope and attempts to drop kick Helms, but he gets out of the way and accidently kicks Spike. This allowed Helms to do the Nightmare on Helms Street and to get the win.
Winner: Still European champion, Hurricane Helms

COMMERCIALS

Shane McMahon talks to Torrie Wilson. He says that when they are ready to pull the plug on Tajiri, he knows she will do the right thing for the Alliance. She had a concerned look on her face.

Cole interviews Kurt Angle and recaps what happened on Raw last week. He tells him tonight he will team up with Jericho, against RVD and Austin. He asks him how he feels. Kurt says he will kick Austin’s ass. RVD was standing there. RVD says the fans cheered him last week “RVD, RVD”. Kurt Angle says that tonight, they will be chanting 3 initials also, U.S.A., U.S.A., U.S.A.

COMMERCIALS

Match #6: U.S. Championship: Christian vs Tajiri w/ Torrie Wilson
Christian attacks Tajiri while Torrie was kissing him. Tajiri delivers a shot to the face, followed by chops to the chest of Christian. Tajiri does a headlock. Christian picks him up and powerbombs him. Back breaker by Christian, 1,2 but Tajiri kicks out. Christian chokes Tajiri in front of Torrie. Then, Tajiri nails Christian with a kick. Tarantula by Tajiri. Tajiri kicked Christian a couple of times and Christian goes to the outside. Christian fights back on the ourside and gets a chair. Torrie gets in front of Tajiri to protect him. Tajiri spits the green myst, but Christian moves out of the way and the referee receives the myst. The referee calls for a disqualification. After the match, Christian beat on Tajiri with the chair. Edge comes out and beats on Christian, then the referee stop him.
Winner: by DQ, Christian

COMMERCIALS

During the break, while Tajiri and Torrie were walking back up on the ramp, Rhyno came out and gored Tajiri. Shane was happy with Rhyno’s actions and rewards him with a U.S. title match at Unforgiven against Tajiri.

Match #7: Handicap Match: Rock vs Stephanie & Test
The match starts with Rock delivering a couple of punches. Rock gets out and pulls Stephanie off the apron. Test goes after the Rock and Rock hits him and throws him back in the ring. Belly to belly suplex by Rock, 1,2 but Test kicked out. Side walk slam by Test. Test hammers away on the Rock. Test chokes the Rock, then Stephanie choked him too. Test puts the Rock in the corner and delivered a few punches. Russian leg sweep by Test, followed by a suplex, 1,2 and Rock kicks out. Rock fights back, but wasn’t enough to take down Test. Test delivered a gut rench powerbomb on the Rock. Test holds the Rock and Stephanie slapped him. Test sends the Rock to the ropes and Rock fires back with a forearm shot. DDT by the Rock, 1,2, but Test was able to kick out. Test clotheslines The Rock and tags in Stephanie. Rock gets up right away, but Test attacked the Rock from behind. Test gets the tag back and was going for the boot, but Rock ducks and delivers the Rock bottom and covers, but the referee was talking to Stephanie. Referee Nick Patrick pushes the Rock and the Rock delivered the Rock bottom on him. Rock gets his hands on Stephanie and throws her in. Shane came out, but Rock knocked him down. Booker T came in and Rock nailed im. Test attacks the Rock and delivers the boot to the face of the Rock. Booker T, Shane and Test do a number on the Rock. Axe kick by Booker T. Shane goes on the top rope and drives the elbow. Shane does the spinarooni and Paul Heyman called it “The MaCarooni”. Booker T picks up the Rock and delivers the book end. Stephanie covers the Rock and the referee counts to three.
Winners: Stephanie & Test

COMMERCIALS

RVD knocks on Austin’s locker room and tells him that his door is locked. Austin said to go out to the ring and he’ll see him out there. RVD goes back and knocks, Austin opens and RVD tells him “See you out there!”.

Match #8: Chris Jericho & Kurt Angle vs Steve Austin & RVD
Austin pulled Angle to the outside and the fight starts. Jericho attacks RVD on the outside. Jericho squares off against Austin in the ring. Boot to the face by Austin. Austin picks up Jericho and puts him on the top rope. Jericho does a mistle drop kick, 1,2 but Austin kicks out. Austin tags RVD. Jericho knocks down RVD with a kick. Kurt Angle gets the tag. Cross body by Angle. Angle has RVD in the corner and he beats on him. Spine buster by Kurt, 1,2 but RVD kicked out. Jericho gets the tag back and delivers a few chops to the chest of RVD. Jericho knocks Austin off the apron, then RVD kicks Jericho to the outside. Austin beats on Jericho and was about to piledrive him, but Kurt Angle clotheslines him. RVD puts Jericho on the safety rails and does a spinning kick. Back in the ring, RVD continues the punishment. Austin gets the tag and stomps on Chris Jericho. Sleeper hold by Austin. Jericho counters it into a jaw breaker. Austin tags RVD. RVD grabs Jericho to prevent him from making the tag. Jericho hits RVD and makes the tag. Austin gets the tag too. Jericho holds Austin and Kurt beats on him. RVD accidently kicked Austin. Spring board drop kick by Jericho on RVD, Austin pushes Angle on the referee and the referee was knocked out. Ankle lock by Kurt, but RVD hits Angle. Jericho comes in and does the Walls of Jericho on RVD. Austin nails Jericho with the belt. Austin was about to hit Kurt with the ring bell, but the referee takes it away and Angle rolls him up,1,2 but Austin kicked out. Austin gets up and was about to do the stunner, but Kurt catches his leg and does the Angle slam and gets the win.
Winners: Chris Jericho & Kurt Angle