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Thread: how WWF ended the Raw Before Wrestlemania through the years

1993: Vince brings out the Rob Bartlett Fan Club
1994: Cornette hypes the Jimmy Del Rey vs. Lex Luger match at March To Wrestlemania

"Made in the USA? Last thing I bought that was made in the USA was a Ford car and the fuel pump fell off before I got it out the lot!"
1995: Vince and Todd calmly talk about Bigelow vs. LT like it's Inside The Actor's Studio
1996: the music video that Bret didn't like because he felt it made him look like an old man

YOU START THE FIIIIIIIREE
1997: all hell breaks lose as Sid and Undertaker continue to brawl in the half-built cage while Bret tries to both brawl with Austin and reach smile-less HBK who watches from a distance
1998: Austin pins Rock (hey how about that) then begs HBK to get in the ring until HHH holds him back like a fight outside a kebab shop at 3am
1999: Austin pins Big Show less than a month after his debut (wait what) followed by Rock attacking Austin with shirt-less Vince watching on
2000: Vince & Rock vs. Shane & Big Show tag match with HHH & Foley as guest referees ends with Shane getting beat up
2001: Rock stunners Austin then gives him a beer to remember him by
2002: the nWo beat Austin & Rock, cruelly teasing us with Hogan vs. Austin
2003: Vince signs his Wrestlemania contract using Hogan's blood

then they air a Smackdown segment with the actual Wrestlemania headliners, with Angle trying to break Lesnar's neck before Lesnar tried doing that to himself
2004: Mick Foley This is Your Life ends with The Rock taking a Batista Bomb
2005: "I'm just going to say it, you're an asshole."

*slap*

"thank you"
2006: Vince McMahon vs. John Cena with HHH and HBK handcuffed at ringside turns into a set-up with HHH releasing himself and helping Vince beat the shit out of both men
2007: Cena & HBK vs. Batista & Undertaker goes as well as could be expected
2008: Flair gets one last figure four submission for old time's sake
2009: The McMahon Family brawl with Legacy without the need to cut & zoom every 3 seconds
2010: Cena gets Batista angry enough to cross his own security wall so he can slap him daft
2011: Wrestlemania host The Rock beats up WWE Champion The Miz so John Cena attacks The Rock because WrestleMania XXVII was a set up show for WrestleMania XXVIII
2012: "I'll put this into terms you will understand, in six days YOU WILL SEE ME as clear as day, jack. And the headline will read what I predicted "John Cena whips The Rock's ass" at Wrestlemania!"
2013: CM Punk pisses off people (no really) by attacking Undertaker and pouring Paul Bearer's ashes over him
2014: Daniel Bryan interrupts the Orton vs. Batista match to attack HHH as the crowd goes BANANA
2015: Reigns and Lesnar play tug-of-war
2016: Reigns brawls with World Champion HHH as the rest of the roster act as crash mats
2017: Universal Champion Goldberg spears the fuck out of Brock Lesnar
2018: Reigns thinks he's hurt Lesnar long enough to pose with the belt but in true Jason Voorhees fashion, Brock rises one last time
2019: Kurt Angle makes Baron Corbin tap like Mr. Bojangles
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