WWE Sunday Night HEAT: Raven vs. Spike Dudley: (09.29.02) - WWE Sunday Night HEAT comes to us this week from Anaheim, CA. "End of Everything" by Stereomud hits the P.A. and Raven comes to the ring, sporting a white overcoat and an elaborate arrangement of symbols painted on his chest. He sits in the ring waiting for Spike to hit the ring. Spike is sporting an injury from being powerbombed by the Un-Americans through a table 2 weeks ago on RAW. As such, his neck is injured and this is where Raven focuses the majority of his offense in this match-up.
Spike gets some good early offense on Raven, including a spear into a schoolboy for 2, a head scissors takedown, and a low angle spear to Raven's midsection. However, the spear takes a lot out of Spike and Raven capitalizes, using the ropes to give him leverage as he puts his whole weight on Spike's neck and shoulder. Raven continues his assault on on Spike's neck to soften him up for the Raven Effect by doing a series of snap mares and a top rope knee drop driver for a 2 count. Spike can;t kick out but breaks the hold via ropebreak by the official. Spike counters with a jawbreaker to try and set-up the Dudley Dawg, but Raven slams a wicked lariat on Spike and continues to pound him into the mat working on his neck. Raven whips against the ropes to try and hit a telegraph clothesline on Spike, but Spike counters with the Dudley Dawg for the second upset pinfall victory over Raven in 3 weeks. Raven gets up as an injured Spike celebrates and decimates him with a Raven Effect DDT. He then climbs the rope to celebrate with a Crucifix to a chorus of boos and leaves with a big smile on his face as the credits roll on HEAT.
WINNER: Spike Dudley via Pinfall. (3:25)
WWE Sunday Night HEAT: Raven vs. Johnny "The Bull" Stamboli: (09.15.02) - WWE Sunday Night HEAT comes to us this week from Ames, Iowa this week. We go backstage where we see Howard Finkel visibly pestering and annoying Raven by relating him with tales of how he beat up Lillian Garcia despite his bad knee. Johnny "The Bull" Stamboli shows up and wants to take business with Raven. Stamboli reminds Raven that he had arranged for Johnny to take out D-Lo a few weeks ago on HEAT and done as he was told so now he wants to be paid. Raven balks at this request and tells Johnny he paid him not in dollars, but in opportunity: the opportunity to show Eric Bischoff some ruthless aggression. Come to think of it, Raven says Stamboli should really be paying him instead. Raven says he likes Johnny, so he's gonna give him another opportinity to demonstrate ruthless aggression tonight: in the ring against Raven! Stamboli says fine, but either way, Raven is gonna pay him today, or pay him today, capice?
"End of Everything" by Stereomud off of WWE Forceable Entry plays as Raven makes his way down to face Stamboli. Raven points at D-Lo on his way to ringside, reminding him that their issues are far from being resolved. Stamboli then struts to ringside as Raven looks at him with derision and contempt. Charles Robinson officiates this match as the bellr ings and both guys circle about each other. Stamboli gets in Raven's face and starts talking some trash and both guys circle as if to lock up again, but just get back in each others' faces and continue to talk smack. Raven shoves Johnny and Johnny elbows Raven in the face, and then twice more. Raven is in the corner and Johnny whips Raven, which is reversed by the man from the Bowery, but Johnny reverses that into a lariat. Johnny picks Raven up above his head and then drops him into a gutbuster. Raven leans on the ropes and Johnny clotheslines him outside the ring. They go back inside the ring and Raven takes control stomping Stamboli into submission. Johnny rallies, but Raven regains momentum with a kneelift rversal of a charge by The Bull. Raven does a guillotine slingshot to Stamboli under the bottom rope then slides outside to continue to work on his neck to soften it up for the Raven Effect. Raven does a snapmare takedown on Johnny into a side headlock pinning combination for 2. Raven continues the side sleeper but Johnny powers out of it with a whip. Raven blocks that with a shoulder block. Stamboli rallies with some kicks, but Raven gets him with a drop toe hold through the ropes on his way for 4th kick. Raven continues his assault with a side Russian legsweep onto the barricade. Raven pulls Johnny back in and drops him with the top rope knee drop driver for 2. The Bull hits Raven with a belly-to-belly suplex. Both guys trade punches and Stamboli stuns Raven with a reverse atomic drop. Stamboli charges the ropes but misses a spinning crescent kick on Raven. The Bull hits him a corner splash which sets Raven up for a top rope bulldog for 2. Johnny gets Raven into a tilt-o-whirl slam for 2 again. Johnny whips Raven into the ropes to set up a hiptoss, Raven reverses that mid-air into a vicious high angle Raven Effect for the pinfall victory.
WINNER: Raven via pinfall. (5:13)
WWE Sunday Night HEAT: Raven vs. Spike Dudley: (09.08.02) - WWE Sunday Night HEAT comes to us this week from Milwaukee, WI. We see Raven arriving to the back only to be stoped by former RAW announcer, Howard Finkel. Finkel stops Raven and tells him its funny how things work out; Raven lost a match to Tommy Dreamer on June 24, 2002 that resulted in his being banished from RAW. Just this past week, Howard lost a match to Lillian Garcia that resulted in Howard also being banished from RAW and becoming a HEAT exclusive talent, just like Raven is now. Howard says that he and Raven are like 2 peas in a pod and Raven may have had a tough time against D-Lo last week; Raven then cuts Howard off:
"Shut up, Howard. Howard, the first rule of Heat is that its my own personal playground. So, please spare me your thesis on my match with D-Lo Brown. Its just one little game, Howard. In my playground, there are games being played all the time. Its just one little piece of the puzzle. As all the players move across the board, believing themselves to be kings, queens, bishops, rooks - they remain blissfully unaware that they're all pawns being orchestrated by me. So, Howard, whether its D-Lo Brown last week, whether its Spike Dudley tonight, whether its you - you're all fragments of my bigger masterpiece. Quote the Raven, nevermore."
"End of Everything" hits as Raven comes down to the ring. He has even more intricate body paint now, including a huge ankh on his chest as he drops down in the corner and broods waiting for Spike. Raven keeps motioning towards D-Lo the whole match treating Spike like a rag doll. Spike gets some offense with a head-scissors takedown followed by a lariat then a top rope plancha on Raven. Raven takes control back with a vicious slingshot whip into the corner turnbuckle, then a huge clothesline for 2. Raven impales Spike with a top rope kneedrop and is spared a loss by ropebreak by Nick Patrick. Raven then slingshot presses Spike under the bottom rope. Raven chokes Spike with a sleeper to vent his frustration. Spike hits a jawbreaker to break it but Raven lock it on again. Spike reverses then Raven reverses and rams Spike into the corner. Spike tries another sleeper, but Raven drops him with a backdrop driver. Both men get up at the 8 count and Spike spears Raven downstairs which sets up a brief offensive flurry for Spike. Raven sidesteps a spear by Spike and Spike eats corner post. Raven powerbombs Spike and doesn't pin him, hitting him like a limp rag doll as he teases D-Lo to fight him. Spike backslides Raven out of desperation and Raven caught unaware is pinned by Spike! Raven is enraged at D-Lo for this distraction and they almost come to blows again as Coach holds D-Lo back.
WINNER: Spike Dudley via Pinfall. (5:29)
WWE Sunday Night HEAT: Raven vs. D-Lo Brown: (09.01.02) - WWE Sunday Night HEAT emanates from wrestling's mecca, Madison Square Garden, in New York City, NY. A video package is aired recapping the past month's worth of animosity between Raven and D-Lo Brown since tonight Raven and D-Lo Brown will square off in the ring tonight in the main event of HEAT!
"End of Everything" by the band Stereomud hits the P.A. system as Raven makes his way out to the ring first to face D-Lo. Raven is sporting a black face and body grease paint design as he comes down to the ring and points to him as if to tell him his number is up. D-Lo then makes his way to the ring & runs down to the ring to chase Raven out of the ring. Raven cautiously makes his way back into the ring and they pace as the bell rings.
Raven pounds Brown into the corner with punches. Raven then tries to whip D-Lo, but D-Lo reverses - sending Raven to the ropes where he slides under them & leaves. Raven comes back, only to be met by a baseball slide dropkick by D-Lo. D-Lo then does a plancha on Raven and tosses him back. D-Lo mounts Raven with a flurry of blows until Chad Patton breaks it up. D-Lo gets in Patton's face then tries to spear Raven but Raven ducks and D-Lo eats post. Raven then tosses D-Lo to the outside. Raven then runs & hits a side legsweep on the barricade on D-Lo. Raven tosses D-Lo back in & works over his arm, tieing it up in the ropes. Raven hits 2 kneelifts on D-Lo for a 2 count. Raven then hits the top rope kneedrop driver for a 2. Raven keeps works the arm and reverses that into a Raven Effect but D-Lo counters with a missed senton attempt. D-Lo regains control after hitting an inside heel kick on Raven. D-Lo dominates Raven & scoops him up to hit the Shakin' Legdrop for 2, but Raven kicks out! D-Lo tries a Side Effect, but Raven kicks out. Raven crawls to the corner and D-Lo punches him on the post, but Raven ducks and drops to the corner. D-Lo goes to pick him up, but Raven reverses it into a powerbomb with his feet on the ropes for 2! Raven goes to put D-Lo away with the Raven Effect, but D-Lo reverses it into the Sky-High for the win on Raven!
WINNER: D-Lo Brown via Pinfall. (5:28)
