WWF RAW is WAR: Hardcore Championship: Crash Holly vs. Raven: (01.29.01) - Raven runs up the ramp to meet Crash on the ramp. Raven pushes Crash off the ramp with his shopping cart then throws the contents at him. Crash whips Raven into a guardrail then grabs a trash can and they fight up the ramp. Crash climbs a balcony and does a double ax handle off it. Crash slingshots Raven, but only his hands hit the signs. Crash gets a two count then chokes Raven with the curtain. They go out onto the concourse and Crash picks up a trash can, but he misses. Raven goes up onto a ramp and Crash follows. Raven goes over the other side of the ramp and Crash follows. R aven throws a mop bucket at him then swings with a wet mop head, but misses. Crash is thrown into an equipment case and Raven tries to put Crash into the wall face first, but Crash throws Raven instead. Crash gets a cart and wheels it into Raven. He gets a running start and tries to drive through it,but Raven moves. The fight goes outside and Crash bulldogs Raven on a park bench. Crash throws Raven in the snow then Crash and Molly try to crotch Raven on a tree, but Raven kicks Molly off. Crash eventually crotches him and covers, but someone comes out of the car in black. She hits Crash with a steel pipe. Molly tries to go after her, but Raven stops her. Raven covers Crash and gets the win. Both the mysterious woman and Raven get in the car and drive away.
WINNER and STILL Hardcore Champion: Raven via pinfall
WWF Sunday Night HEAT: Raven vs. Perry Saturn (w/Terri): (01.28.01) - Raven attacks Saturn right away and puts him in the corner. Raven hits a few rights, but Saturn comes firing back. Suplex by Saturn followed by a superkick. Saturn turns Raven over and does push-ups on his back. Saturn talks to Terri which gives Raven time to get up. Saturn stops him with a double ax handle to the back. Clothesline by Rvae followed by a kick that sends Saturn to the floor. Side russian leg sweep by Raven against the barricade on the outside. Raven goes under the ring and grabs a trash can lid. Terri rns around and tries to prevent him from using it, but she fails. Raven gets a nearfall. Snap mare by Raven and he tries to stretch Saturn's face. Raven clotheslines Saturn in the corner then hits a bulldog for a two count. Saturn reverses a whip and hits the Death Valley Driver for the win.
WINNER: Perry Saturn via Pinfall
WWF RAW is WAR: Hardcore Championship: Raven vs. Al Snow (01.22.01) - Raven makes his way down to the ring wearing a Dark Angel t-shirt by Kia Asamiya. Snow comes down and attacks him on the ramp. They make their way under the stage and somehow set off some pyro. Both men and the ref lie screaming on the floor from the shellshock. Snow tries to cover, but the ref is out. Snow goes to wake him, but Raven gets an extinguisher and hoses down Snow. They brawl backstage to the photo shoot area and Snow throws Raven into the photo backdrop. Raven gets thrown onto a dining table and is covered by potato salad. Raven and Snow go outside and Raven is thrown into several metal food racks. Snow says Raven isn't hardcore, then hits Raven with a metal oar and attempts to pin him, but Raven gets his shoulder up. Snow pins him again and gets the 3 count and the Hardcore Title
WINNER and NEW WWF Hardcore Champion: Al Snow via Pinfall
Suddenly, as Snow gets up, Raven's MYSTERY DRIVER, a blonde haired female, dressed entirely in black like a ninja, comes up and smashes a 2 x 4 over Snow's head. MYSTERY DRIVER grabs Raven and drapes him over Snow for the 3 count and the Hardcore Title. Raven is now a 2 time Hardcore Champion
WINNER and NEW WWF Hardcore Champion: Raven via Pinfall
WWF Royal Rumble PPV: Raven Appearance: Battle Royale: (01.21.01) - Kane was about to chokeslam Drew Carrey, when number 7 was called in the Royal Rumble, Raven! Raven hit Kane with a kendo stick. Drew climbed out of the ring, and eliminated himself. Kane brutalized Raven, who rolled under the bottom rope and grabbed a fire extinguisher to blast Kane. Al Snow ran out to attack Raven, even though his time wasn't up yet. He grabbed trash cans as the count went up. Al Snow is the eighth man in the Rumble. Al brought in a bunch of weapons and took down Kane and Raven. Al rolled a bowling ball into Raven's groin. Kane hit Al with a big boot. Kane went after Raven, and Al started hitting him with a trash can. Raven grabbed one too, and they double teamed him. They hit a double drop toe hold on Kane into the trash can. Saturn comes in as number nine and goes after Kane's leg, then Raven tried to get a sleeper on him. Saturn went after the leg with a dropkick, then Snow and Raven took turns trying to get a sleeper on Kane. All three men ganged up on Kane, and finally got him down. Al then went back after Raven. Steve Blackman came in at number 10, and it turned into a hardcore weapons rumble quickly. Raven was effective using a trash can lid. Kane grabbed a trash can and went nuts, eliminating Granmaster Sexay, Steve Blackman, Al Snow and Raven in less than a minute. Kane was then alone in the ring and lasted for over an hour until Austin eliminated him for the Rumble victory.
WWF Smackdown: Raven Interference: Steve Blackman vs. Hardcore Holly: (01.18.01) - This is a grudge match between the two stubborn hardcore combatants as to who truly is the most hardcore wrestler between the two of them in the WWF. Hardcore and Blackman pull out all the stops in this one, as neither man is willing to give the other the satisfaction of having pinned the other in their signature style battle, a hardcore weapons match. Blackman even pulls out his patented party sticks and lays them into Hardcore Holly. But as both combatants are distracted by the match, Raven, decked out in his new industrial/grunge look, runs down the Ovaltron ramp. He grabs a kendo stick/singapore cane from underneath the ring and clocks Hardcore about the head with it. As Blackman turns around, Raven canes him with the stick and he falls atop Holly! He then starts screaming at the official to start the count and an unconscious Blackman is declared the winner. Raven then runs away with the WWF Hardcore Title in hand and escapes into a waiting black towncar, once again driven by the MYSTERY DRIVER.
WINNER: Steve Blackman via Raven Interference.
WWF RAW is WAR: Hardcore Title Match: Raven vs. Test: (01.15.01) - Raven comes to the ring with a shopping cart of weapons. He's wearing a bandana with new knee-length black leather shorts and a Marvel Knights Sentry t-shirt. He starts dumping the weapons, including a Frankenstein doll, in the ring and Test hits him with a trash can. Raven uses a fire extinguisher to fight Test off. Test fights back and goes to the top rope but Hardcore Holly comes down with a ref and crotches him. Holly gets a nearfall and Steve Blackman comes down. Test comes off the rope and takes out Blackman. Raven goes up the ramp and Test goes after him. Raven hits him with street signs. Test picks Raven up and runs him into the WWF.com sign on the Titantron. The fight goes backstage and, out of nowhere, William Regal hits Test. Raven covers for the win. Raven then runs to a waiting car driven by the MYSTERY DRIVER yet again.
WINNER and STILL Hardcore Champion: Raven via pinfall
WWF RAW is WAR: Hardcore Title Match: Raven vs. Steve Blackman: (01.08.01) - Raven now has his hair dyed completely blood red, except for a blonde streak in the front. He takes the mic and says Blackman used to be partners with that freakishly abnormal schizophrenic Al Snow. He was the first recipient of what's become known as the Raven effect. Remember when Raven cracked his skull with a cinder block. That's about as funny as the notion Blackman is the greatest hardcore champion of all time.
Raven hits Blackman with the trash can immediately, then props it between the turnbuckles. Blackman drop toe holds him then hits him with the trash can lids. Blackman goes under the ring for his sticks. Blackman hits the eight or so chops then uses one as a pumphandle on Raven. Hardcore Holly and another referee come down the ramp. Holly pushes Blackman off the top rope then hits Raven with a couple trash can lids. Blackman kicks Holly in the face while he's holding a trash can lid. Raven gets a fire extinguisher and sprays Blackman. Raven covers Holly and gets the win.
After the match, Blackman tries to bring Raven back in. Holly stops him then goes after Raven on the ramp. Blackman breaks up the count at two and Raven runs out. Raven jumps into a waiting car with a MYSTERY DRIVER and they drive away.
WINNER and STILL WWF Hardcore Champion: Raven via pinfall
WWF Sunday Night HEAT: Tazz vs. Raven: (01.07.01) - This is a non title match. The 24/7 rule has been waived during it. Tazz says on Monday night, he entered the hardcore world of Raven. Tonight, he's inviting Raven to his world on his show on his network, More Tazz Victims. He's usually in NYC right now calling this live, but instead, he figured he'd come and choke Raven's ass out. He's begging for Raven to come out and become just another victim.
Tazz attacks as Raven starts to walk away from the ring. Tazz throws him in the ring and Raven kicks him down. T-Bone tazplex and Tazz rips off Raven's coat. Raven pounds on Tazz in the corner. He hits a clothesline on Tazz. They go outside. Side russian leg sweep into the barricade. Raven throws Tazz back in the ring and continues the pounding. Tazz fights back. Raven counters and covers for a two count. Raven beats on Tazz in the corner. Clothesline in the other corner. Tazz throws Raven off then locks on the Tazzmission.
WINNER: Tazz via Tazzmission
Crash Holly hits the ring and hits Raven. A new ref comes down and Tazz stops him. Head and arms Tazzplex by Tazz and Raven ducks out.
WWF RAW is WAR: WWF Hardcore Championship Match: Raven vs. Tazz: (01.01.01) - Raven defended his Hardcore Championship against his former partner, Tazz. Before the match, Raven said that today was a special day -- a day that will live in World Wrestling Federation infamy. He said it was the first day of the year of the Raven, and that everyone would bear witness to the Raven effect. The two fought to the backstage area -- where Tazz dunked Raven's head into a toilet bowl! Pretty soon, all three members of the Holly family attacked the men, as did Steve Blackman! Raven would win the match moments later ... by pinning Crash! Raven then fled the scene of the crime before any of the other superstars could take advantage of the 24-7 rule.
