7/2/01 Raw
Opening segment: Your typical opening interview promoting the main event.
Undertaker vs. Albert: Bad match.
Molly Holly vs. Crash Holly: More of an angle as Molly wins due to interference from Jacqueline shortly after the match started.
Tajiri vs. Scotty 2 Hotty: Decent match.
Dudley Boyz vs. Chris Jericho: This was all angle.
X-Pac vs. Christian: Solid match.
Rhyno vs. Test: Not much of a match.
Matt Hardy/Lita vs. Big Show/Trish Stratus: Pretty bad match.
Booker T vs. Buff Bagwell: Terrible main event.
Very bad Raw. The in-ring action was weak and after hyping WCW matches last week, only one took place, and it was terrible.
Grade: D
8/20/01 Raw
Lita/Jacqueline/Molly Holly vs. Torrie Wilson/Stacy Keibler/Ivory: Terrible match.
Rock promo: Very funny as it involved a midget Booker T and it made Rock vs. Storm for the title.
APA/Scotty 2 Hotty/Big Show/Spike Dudley/Billy Gunn vs. Dudley Boyz/Chuck Palumbo/Sean O’Haire/Hugh Morrus/Tommy Dreamer: Not much of a match as it was a cluster and very short.
Chris Jericho vs. Test: Very overbooked with Test winning with Stephanie interference.
Rock vs. Lance Storm: Decent match though Storm had no chance of winning.
Christian vs. Matt Hardy: Decent European title match.
Booker T vs. Tajiri: A squash that had no result.
DDP vs. Sara: All angle that resulted in DDP jobbing to Sara. A former WCW champ lost to Undertaker's wife!
Final segment: This was Austin Appreciation night and it bombed until Angle came out and sprayed the Alliance with milk from a milk truck.
Atrocious show, especially in the final 45 minutes or so with Austin Appreciation night and DDP, one of the few stars WCW created on their own, losing to Sara. Stuff like that is why the Invasion failed miserably.
Grade: D
10/29/01 Raw
Opening segment: Pretty good as it announced someone joining the Alliance.
Edge vs. Rob Van Dam: Very solid IC title match with Edge retaining.
Tajiri/Torrie Wilson vs. Hurricane/Mighty Molly: Very weak match.
DDP promo: He says that Big Show will join the Alliance, only to be chokeslammed.
Booker T/Test vs. Rock/Chris Jericho: Match was good until the ridiculous overbooking of Rock and Jericho using their finishers on each other only to break the pin when the Alliance was about to win the belts.
Lita vs. Stacy Keibler: Very bad match.
Kurt Angle vs. William Regal: Squash.
Undertaker/Kane vs. Dudley Boyz: Very average match due to the similar styles.
Shane McMahon vs. Vince McMahon: Your typical Shane streetfight until the run-ins occurred and Kurt Angle joins the Alliance. The top face a month ago joins the Alliance...
Very bad show because of weak matches all night and terrible booking in the main event and tag title match.
Grade: D-
11/5/01 Raw
Opening segment: Solid Vince/Austin promo where it's announced that someone will join the WWF at Survivor Series.
Ivory vs. Lita: Bad match.
Edge vs. Test: Very average match with Test winning the IC title.
Christian vs. Hurricane: Solid European title match.
Undertaker vs. Kurt Angle: Very good match until the Austin interference.
APA/Jacqueline vs. Dudley Boyz/Stacy Keibler: Very average tables match.
Rob Van Dam vs. Booker T: Complete nothing match because of Booker getting distracted by Tajiri attacking Regal at the announce table.
Rock vs. Chris Jericho: Very good main event with Rock winning the WCW title.
Average leaning towards good show here, with two good matches and nothing much in the way of terrible booking like last week.
Grade: B-
11/12/01 Raw
Kurt Angle vs. Edge: Very good opener.
Hardy Boyz vs. Booker T/Test: The Hardys win the belts in a very rushed cluster of a match.
Steve Austin vs. Tazz: Squash.
Dudley Boyz vs. Scotty 2 Hotty/Albert: All this was for was to tease the worm on Stacy's butt. Yep.
Undertaker vs. Rob Van Dam: Weak hardcore title match with little weapon usage and Taker having to deal with Booker T in the second half of the match too.
Foley promo: Solid promo where he announces title unification matches due to there being too many titles.
Big Show vs. Christian: The European champ gets squashed.
Rock vs. William Regal: Squash.
Final segment: A Rock/Austin promo that involves Austin singing Margaritaville and Delta Dawn while also talking about a lost salt shaker. This is the final segment on go-home Raw...
Outside of Angle/Edge this show was VERY weak with tons of filler and questionable booking all night.
Grade: D-
11/19/01 Raw
Opening segment: Your typical Vince promo until Lawler is rehired.
Trish Stratus vs. Lita: Very bad match.
Dudley Boyz vs. Rob Van Dam: Very good tables match.
Vince promo: The second one of many, with his own kids.
Rock vs. Kurt Angle: Very solid match.
Chris Jericho vs. Kane: Complete nothing match.
Kiss My Ass Club: Regal is the first inductee in the 3rd Vince promo of the show.
William Regal vs. Tazz: Squash.
Final segment: Very good with the debut of Ric Flair as Vince's "partner".
This show is remembered for the end of the Invasion and Flair's debut, but FOUR Vince promos is way too much.
Grade: D+
11/26/01 Raw
Opening segment: A very lame Vince promo pushing the debut of the Kiss My Ass club.
Jeff Hardy vs. Christian: Very rushed match that pushed the short Matt Hardy heel turn.
Rob Van Dam vs. D'Von Dudley: Solid hardcore title match.
Trish Stratus vs. Stacy Keibler: Your typical bra and panties match.
Rock/Jericho promo: A very good promo exchange pushing their Vengeance match as expected.
Edge vs. Test: Very average match.
Big Show vs. William Regal: Complete nothing match.
Chris Jericho/Kurt Angle vs. Rock/Kane: Very solid match.
Final segment: Vince's Kiss My Ass club and JR is the first entry because of an Undertaker heel turn of all things. It didn't work as Undertaker never changed anything about his character and he was too respected already.
A pretty bad show here, with weak matches and the ending being an unnecessary Undertaker heel turn. Didn't they learn their lesson with Austin?
Grade: D+
12/3/01 Raw
Opening segment: Very solid Jericho/Flair promo that made Austin/Jericho.
Kane vs. Bubba Ray Dudley: Very rushed match.
Test vs. Albert: Not a great match.
Hardy Boyz vs. Tajiri/Spike Dudley: Very rushed match that pushed the breakup of the Hardys.
Steve Austin vs. Chris Jericho: Decent match but nothing more.
Vince promo: This was pretty solid outside of the main event it made.
Rob Van Dam vs. Christian: Solid hardcore title match.
Bradshaw vs. William Regal: Complete nothing match.
Rock/Trish Stratus vs. Kurt Angle/Vince McMahon: All angle and this was the main event of the go-home show?
Very hit/miss episode that did a very weak job of promoting Vengeance. Trish and Vince main evented a show before a PPV, and Vince didn't wrestle on the show while Trish wrestled Jacqueline in a filler women's title match!
Grade: C-
12/10/01 Raw
Opening segment: Great Jericho promo where he brags about holding both world titles and beating Rock and Austin on the same night and Flair books him against Austin in the main event.
Undertaker vs. Spike Dudley: Undertaker squashes Spike in a hardcore title match but it was entertaining.
Kurt Angle vs. Rikishi: Complete nothing match.
Kane vs. William Regal: Another nothing match.
Dudley Boyz vs. Rock/Trish Stratus: All angle and lasted way too long with the Dudleys finally giving the 3D to Trish.
Matt Hardy vs. Jeff Hardy/Lita: All angle and not a good one as nobody wanted the Hardys to split yet.
Big Show vs. Lance Storm: Squash.
Steve Austin vs. Chris Jericho: Very good cage match with Jericho winning because of Booker T interference.
A very dull show, mostly because of the types of matches booked.
Grade: C-
12/17/01 Raw
Undertaker vs. Jeff Hardy: A hardvore title squash match but very entertaining as he destroys Jeff and then Lita after the match.
Vince/Austin promo: Pretty good though it's too soon for Austin to be out of the title scene.
Dudley Boyz vs. Scotty 2 Hotty/Albert: Not a great match.
Christian vs. Tazz: Complete nothing match.
Rock vs. Lance Storm: All angle as Lance gets a job because of Test interference, protecting Rock.
Jericho/Flair promo: Very solid promo exchange building the main event.
Edge/Rikishi vs. Kurt Angle/Test: Another nothing match.
Big Show/Tajiri vs. Billy/Chuck: Another nothing match.
Rob Van Dam vs. Chris Jericho: Solid undisputed title match but with no result either.
A very hit/miss show as the promos were good but the matches were very weak for the most part.
Grade: C-
12/24/01 Raw
Opening segment: Very solid Rock/Angle promo exchange.
Rikishi vs. Test: Complete nothing match.
Billy/Chuck vs. APA: Another rushed match.
Rob Van Dam vs. Lance Storm: Another really rushed match.
Stacy Keibler vs. Torrie Wilson: Terrible eggnog "match".
Christian vs. Hurricane: Solid match.
Booker T vs. Maven: Squash.
Tajiri vs. Bubba Ray Dudley: Solid match with both guys in Santa Claus outfits.
Rock vs. Kurt Angle vs. Chris Jericho: Solid undisputed title match with Jericho retaining.
A complete throwaway show with the only memorable match being the main event.
Grade: C-
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