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WWF Sunday Night Heat: Raven [w/Terri] & Justin Credible & Lance Storm vs. Albert & Scotty Too Hotty & Spike Dudley: (11.18.01) - Sunday Night Heat is live from Greensboro, North Carolina at the site of the Survivor Series! Spike, Scotty & Albert make their way out to the ring to take on the Alliance team of the enigmatic Raven with his valet, Terri, and the Impact Players themselves, Lance Storm and Justin Credible!

Raven and Spike Dudley start off with a tie-up. Raven takes advantage and sends Spike into the corner with a series of punches. Raven whips Spike into the opposing ringpost and tries to splash him, but Spike does a mini-gore and stops him halfway. Lance Storm and Justin Credible run in and both get gored as well. Spike gets Raven in a wristlock and tags in Scotty who follows that up and knees Raven in the stomach. Scotty tries to whip Raven into the corner, but Raven reverses and uses his momentum to drill Scotty with a vicious telegraphed clothesline. Raven tags in Justin and stretches Scotty to Justin can kick him with a roundhouse. Justin dominates Scotty and powerbombs him for a 2 count. Justin tries a top rope elbow, but Scotty blocks and both men tag. Albert and Lance Storm then rush in against each other. Albert cleans house on Raven, Justin and Storm. He then boots Raven in the face, kisses Terri, picks her up like a rag doll and launches her outside of the ring onto Justin! Albert baldo-bombs Storm for a 2-count, but Raven drills Albert with a flying shoulder tackle to break up the count. Albert drills Raven a springboard headbutt and then tosses Spike @ Storm on the outside. Justin runs in and knocks Albert over the ropes, sending Raven over as well! Scotty hits Justin with his "leaping DDT" and then signals "The Worm." Scotty nails it, but Raven runs in and evenflows Scotty with the Raven Effect! Spike runs in and grabs Raven to make Raven feels the acid drop via the Dudley Dawg! Storm runs in and rolls Spike up with a 3 count to give Raven and the Impact Players the win!

WINNERS: Raven & Justin Credible & Lance Storm via Pinfall.

WWF Survivor Series: Raven Appearance: Immunity Batte Royale - "Bodies" by Drowning Pool hits the P.A. as the battle royale comes on. The Alliance members make their way out to the ring first. Raven and Steven Richards gets into a verbal argument as Test makes his way to the ring. Justin Credible tries to intervene, but Raven eventually shoves Steven out of his way. The 2 teams stand off and Stasiak breaks this by lunging at the WWFers to gets tossed first. Raven and Steven work over Crash at the start. Raven, Gunn and Farooq then fight for a few minutes. Hurricane, Saturn, Farooq, Palumbo and DDP are all eliminated. Tazz & Spike try to toss Raven over the corner to no avail. Suddenly, Hugh Morrus & Chavo Guerrero who were fired from the Alliance rush the ring and toss out Funaki and cheapshot Raven over the top rope, but are tossed out right afterwards by Billy Gunn. Eventually, Test wins the Battle Royale and secures his immunity.

WWF Metal/Jakked: Raven vs. Sho Funaki: (11.17.01) - "What About Me" from WWF: The Music Vol. 5 [available for sale at WWF Shopzone] hits the P.A. as the enigmatic Raven makes his way out on Metal for the first match of the evening. Raven has switched up his look again, as he is now sporting a black kilt with brown/blonde braids. Tonight, Raven takes on Kaientai member Sho Funaki in a one-on-one match [Taka Michonoku is rehabbing in Japan after shoulder surgery and Terri, Raven's valet, is on her honeymoon in real life with self-help guru David Essel].

Both men circle each other and take their time to start the match as the bell rings. They lock up and Funaki gets the opening advantage. He hits Raven with a shoulder block and bounces off and takes him down again with a head scissors. They lock up again and Funaki snapmares Raven for a two-count. Raven takes control, sends Funaki to the corner and after a series of mid body shoulder thrusts, he snapmares Funaki and hits him with an elbow drop for a two-count. Funaki scoop slams Raven, then goes up to the top rope, but Raven raises his legs as Funaki comes down. stunning the Kaientai member and letting Raven regain control. Raven whips Funaki and hits him with a telegraph clothesline, then hits Funaki with a Jake "The Snake" Roberts-style kneelift knocking Funaki to the outside. Raven follows and gives Funaki a side Russian legsweep for his trouble, dragging him back in the ring afterward. Raven covers for a one-count, then takes Funaki to the ropes and hits him with a 2nd rope driving knee to the neck and the near 3-count. Raven goes back up top, tries a body spash, but Funaki knocks the wind out of the Poet of the Macabre by raising his knees as Raven comes down. Funaki bounces back with a flurry of punches and nails Raven with a crisp dropkick followed by a bulldog takedown and a Lou Thesz press onto Raven for a 2-count. Funaki takes Raven to the turnbuckles and hits him with a series of 10 right fists to the head. Raven takes a step and then drops down to the canvas Ric Flair-style stunned. Funaki gets a 2 count and Raven kicks out. Funaki is incensed that that wasn't a 3-count. Raven takes the chance to get his momentum back and whips Funaki to the turnbuckle hard, following that up with a flyin clothesline splash and joining that with a bulldog to form a combo chain. Raven pops right back and signals for Funaki to get back up and then grabs Funaki to signal for the Evenflow DDT and nails it on Funaki who feels the power of the Raven Effect. 1-2-3- Raven covers for the win!

WINNER: Raven via Pinfall after Raven Effect DDT.

WWF Sunday Night Heat: Raven & Justin Credible vs. Billy Gunn & Chuck Palumbo: (11.11.01) - This match is an outgrowth of last week's Heat match between Raven and Chuck Palumbo. Justin Credible ran in during the match and he and Raven pounded on Chuck Palumbo until Billy Gunn ran in and cleared the ring of the Alliance tag team. This week, Palumbo has officially joined the WWF and has formed a new tag team with the former bad ass, Billy Gunn. Tonight, this new WWF tandem challenges the Alliance team of Raven and Justin Credible in a bid for revenge after last week's beatdown on Heat.

Backstage, Lillian Garcia interviews the Billy Gunn and Chuck Palumbo tag team. The two men are full of themselves. Gunn tells Lillian Garcia that he has had his eyes on Palumbo for quite some time. With Palumbo's youth, looks, physique and in-ring presence, Gunn remarks that Palumbo reminds him of himself. Lillian asks the two men if they're ready for their first match tonight against Raven and Credible. Palumbo speaks up and says with these looks, they've already won.

"What About Me" from WWF: The Music Vol. 5 comes on over the P.A. system as Raven and Justin make their way out to the ring. Raven makes his way sans Terri since she is on her honeymoon after having married self-help guru David Essel on 11/3. Chuck Palumbo and Billy Gunn make their way out to the ring to brand new music and matching orange tights. Chuck Palumbo and Raven start with some corner work until Palumbo scores a dropkick for a near fall from referee Jimmy Kordares. Billy and Chuck work a double team on Raven, but the referee is out of position and the cover only gets two. Justin tags in and is promptly press slammed by Billy. 1-2-shoulder up by Justin. Credible comes back with stomps in the corner and then kicks Gunn to the outside where Raven Russian leg sweeps him into the guardrail. Back inside, Raven tags in and scores a near fall and then tags Justin back in. Billy rolls Justin up for at least a ten count, but the referee is busy putting Raven out of the ring. Justin corrals Gunn for the cover, but only gets two. Raven returns and Billy surges with right hands and a big tilt-a-whirl slam. Gunn makes the hot tag and Palumbo cleans house, delivering a spinebuster to Raven and scoring the Jungle Kick on the newly tagged-in Credible to get the 3 count for the win.

WINNERS: Chuck Palumbo & Billy Gunn via Pinfall

WWF Metal/Jakked: Raven & Hugh Morrus vs. Albert & Scotty Too Hotty: (11.10.01) - It's time for the main event on WWF Metal in an Alliance vs. WWF tag team match. "What About Me?" from WWF: The Music Vol. 5 comes on as Raven and Hugh Morrus make their way out representing the Alliance in this event. [Raven is sans Terri this week as she got married on 11/3 and is on her honeymoon]. This is also the first time that Raven has tagged with a member of the WCW faction of the Alliance. Earlier, footage was shown of Raven and Morrus, along with the rest of the Alliance, walking out on Austin during WWF Smackdown on 11/8 after he questioned their loyalty to him. Raven openly questioned Austin's loyalty to the Alliance on RAW on 11/5, but he still flies the Alliance's colors against the unorthodox tandem of Scotty Too Hotty and X-Factor's Albert.

Raven and Scotty start off the match with an exchange reminiscent of WCW's cruiserweight glory days. Raven goes down after a head scissors takedown by Scotty, but Raven regains momentum with a kneelift and a series of blows to Scotty's head. Raven tags in Morrus and Morrus ceans house on Scotty til Albert tags in. The two men go head-to-head and bounce against the ropes for several seconds until Albert stops and laughs as Hugh tires himself out. Albert military presses Morrus and Raven runs in only to have Albert throw Scotty @ Raven. Hugh jumps Scotty and Raven hits Scotty with a knee that sends the Tool Cool member over the top rope. Hugh feeds Scotty back to Raven and Raven hits him a discus clothesline off the ropes for a 2 count. Raven then mounts Scotty and throttles him with punches and whiplashes his head against the mat until Teddy Long breaks it up. Raven tags in Hugh and he latches a sleeper on Scotty. Raven then tags in and hits Scotty with a twisting fisherman buster suplex [a la Saturn's Three Handled Moss-Covered Family Cradenza]. Raven then sets up Scotty in the middle of the ring and tags in Hugh so he can finish him off with the No Laughing Matter moonsault. Albert runs in and knocks Raven to the outside over the ropes, causing Hugh to lose his balance. Albert gets the hot tag and cleans house on Raven and Morrus. The match turns into brawl with a series of nearfalls on Raven and Morrus. Raven finally runs and hits Albert with a massive clothesline. Scotty capitalizes and hits Raven with a leaping front face DDT and sets him up for the Worm and hits it. Morrus breaks up the pin attempt by pressing Scotty, but Albert grabs Huh and hits him with a Baldo Bomb for the win.

WINNERS: Albert & Scotty 2 Hotty via Pinfall

WWF Smackdown: Raven Appearance: Alliance Segment: (11.08.01) - Raven is in the ring with rest of the Alliance as Austin asks them if they trust him. Most grudgingly answer yes. Tazz then comes in and tells Austin the truth: the Alliance really hate him, don;t trust him and resent his authority. Austin them jumps Tazz, but this time, the Alliance just walks out on Austin instead of backing him up, his power base having eroded around him. Raven later makes an appearance during a Big Show vs. Regal match and jumps Show, but takes off after Show cleans house on the rest of the Alliance.

WWF RAW: Raven Appearance: Alliance Segment (11.05.01) - Raven is with the whole of the Alliance backstage confronting Austin after Vince McMahon claimed Austin would turn on the Alliance after Survivor Series. Austin looks Raven in the face and asks him what he's looking at. Raven stares intently at Austin and says "You better not have sold us out." Austin walks away and the Alliance looks at him like a traitor.

WWF Sunday Night Heat: Raven [w/Terri] vs. Chuck Palumbo: (11.04.01) - "What About Me" from WWF The Music Vol. 5 comes on as the enigmatic Raven makes his way to the ring with his lady-in-waiting, Terri. Raven and Terri do their respective in-ring poses as Raven's opponent, Chuck Palumbo, makes his way to ringside for the match. Shane McMahon fired Palumbo from the ECW/WCW Alliance on Smackdown a week ago. The commentary team announces that, in fact, this is Chuck Palumbo's WWF try-out match and if he defeats Raven he will be allowed to join the WWF.

The 2 men circle each other and lock up with a collar and elbow tie-up as the bell rings. Raven gets control and shoves Palumbo into the corner, punishing him with 4 forearm chops before whipping Palumbo to the opposite ringpost and hitting him with a telegraphed clothesline. Raven whips Palumbo into the ropes and Palumbo avoids the telegraphed clothesline, attempting to hit Raven with a standing sidekick instead. Raven ducks the sidekick and slides out of the ring onto the ringside area. He paces around as if looking to leave, but this only draws Palumbo out of the ring as well. They trade blows with Palumbo forcing Raven back into the ring. Palumbo tosses Raven onto the the turnbuckle and tries to splash him, only to nail the post. Raven bides his time and hits the stunned former WCW wrestler with a huge knee lift a la Jake "The Snake" Roberts, forcing Palumbo out of the ring. Raven then goes outside and hits the former WCW Tag Team Champion with a vicious side Russian legsweep onto the protective ring barricade wall. Terri mocks Palumbo as her man Raven tosses him back into the ring. Raven then mounts Palumbo, choking and punching him into submission. Raven then goes for a high risk move as he climbs the turnbuckle and nails the former Natural Born Thriller with a flying forearm for a 2 count. Raven charges at Palumbo, but Palumbo reverses it into an snap overhead release full-nelson suplex. Both men trade blows as Palumbo dropkicks Raven, forcing him into a corner and Raven kicks Palumbo in the face as he charges Raven. Raven then charges at Palumbo. Palumbo leapfrogs and Raven hits the corner post as Palumbo rolls up Raven in a school boy roll up for the upset victory after a series of near pinfalls by both men. Raven's tag team partner, Justin Credible runs in and they take turns pounding on Chuck, until Billy Gunn runs in and hits Justin with the Fameasser and tosses Raven over the ropes to save Palumbo's ass from being beat any further.

WINNER: Chuck Palumbo via Pinfall

WWF Excess: Raven Appearance: (11.03.01) - Raven was the guest on WWF Excess for November 3, 2001. Raven was shown backstage on a cellphone and talking to a WWF intern about how the Alliance would soon take over the WWF, so she should get on his good graces now by doing some of his laundry in his car, just be sure to separate the whites from the colors.

Raven then made his way out to the set and cracked on Trish's "Daisy Duke" look by asking her if her top meant she was due back in Hazzard County soon. The Coach mentioned the fact that either The Coach or Raven could be out of a job, and Raven said that he doesn't think that he'll be out of a job, because of who they have. The Coach should be sucking up, so he isn't out of a job. Raven said the odds of them keeping a job without some sort of brown nosing is slim. The Coach went over an email, and it said considering the WWF is going to whip the Alliance's ass at the Survivor Series, has Raven thought about his future? Raven said there's always the possibility that the Alliance can lose, but he's always been a survivor. If you watch his career, you'll always see him rise to the occasion. He's never been out of work, or out of the money game, so to speak.

The Coach said that Raven's mind is always way out there, and Raven said that it's not that it's out there, it's the fact that The Coach isn't following Raven at his level. Raven asked about the WWF propaganda. Christian won the European Title back, but we didn't see any footage of that on the show. Raven said that's momentum, and more of a psychological win. Everything that occurs, doesn't have any bearing on the Survivor Series, but it does psychologically. Whoever has the physiological momentum could be ahead. The Coach didn't seem to know what Raven was talking about, and Raven asked him if he knows what momentum means? Raven told a guy in the studio that he's going to be out of a job in two weeks. Raven asked him his name, and it's Martin. He's a camera man. Raven asked him what he's going to do once he's out of a job? Martin shrugged, and he said that he likes the Alliance. The Coach tried to tell the kid to get off the show, and Raven said to let him stay since he likes the Alliance.

The Alliance seems to have the advantage. Raven asked The Coach if he's been listening to him for the past five minutes?! Trish went over an email, and it asked if Raven thinks that Shane and Stephanie picked the best people to be on the team, and does Raven feel left out? What about adding Test to the team? Raven feels slighted, but these decisions aren't made for anybody's feelings to be involved. They are made to get the best results. It's a strong team, and probably the strongest team they can muster, excluding himself. As for Test, whatever. They then showed a large portion of the match between the Undertaker and Stone Cold Steve Austin for the World Wrestling Federation Championship from WWF Smackdown!. Raven said that proved The Alliance has the advantage and he was taking off. They have his pager number and Trish would make a good secretary when she's laid ... if she was barefoot. Raven tells Coach as far as Coach's future, he's S.O.L. Raven leaves and says he'll see them at Survivor Series.