On this Monday's RAW, the WWF once again proved why its fan base is growing so quickly. The combination of wrestling, comedy, and sexual exploitation is the perfect magnet to attract the young male demographic. Add in muscular men in tights and the female demographic falls under a similar spell.
This week, the WWF unleashed on its audience more outlandish plots then ever before. In one of the first matches of the night, the WWF Women's Division champion, Lita, defended her title against the blond bombshell Trish Stratus in a Bra and Panties match - the object of the contest being to strip one's opponent down to her bra and panties. After a little hair pulling and scratching, Lita managed to strip Trish down to her undergarments, much to the delight of the audience, while losing only her top in the process.
After the match, the Right to Censor, which continues to expand in membership, approached the ring to scorn the perpetrators of what they deemed unnecessary indecent exposure. They also introduced their new member, Ivory, who went on to explain that she will be fighting the good fight for real men who want to view properly dressed, real women, as opposed to scandalously dressed ones.
In another humorous sequence, Chyna took her revenge on The Godfather's ex-Hos, who last week was caught in the shower with Eddie Guerrero, her ex-fiancee. After explaining to them that she was glad that they helped her to see what kind of man he was, she proceeded to give them a beating, and left their lifeless bodies dangling from a mangled bedframe.
Though actually providing concrete endings to storylines is very uncharacteristic of the WWF, the next segment concluded one of the more confusing storylines. Commissioner Mick Foley's backstage cameras helped him to reveal the true identity of the mysterious Conquistador?©s tag team. Several weeks ago, the commissioner denied Edge and Christian another title shot against the Hardy Boyz. In response to this rejection, the two decided to masquerade as Los Conquistadores and win the title. Next, Edge and Christian would pay another pair of men to disguise themselves as Los Conquistadores and lose the belts. After the Commissioner saw the video footage of Edge and Christian revealing their plot, he allowed the Hardy Boyz to dress themselves as the Conquistadores, and win the titles back.
In what was perhaps the highlight of the evening, Chris Benoit approached the ring and finally admitted, in a very heartfelt oration, that competitive drive, skill, and determination mean nothing in the WWF. From now on, he said, he would be following suit with a match-meddling manager or valet of his own.
In the main event of the evening, the new WWF champion, Kurt Angle, was forced to defend his newly won title against Triple-H and the Rock in a three-way contest. After the usual array of stunts and tradeoffs in the command of the match, Rikishi decided to approach the ring in order to help the Rock, despite the fact that earlier in the program, the Rock told Rikishi to stay out of his business with a definitive Rock Bottom. Then, in a predictable but still exciting move, Stone Cold Steve Austin managed to post bail, after attempting vehicular assault against Rikishi the previous night. Then, he flew to the arena in Hartford just in time to run in and take out Rikishi and Kurt Angle before the program came to an end.
All in all, RAW provided a humorous and entertaining program as it does time and time again. The only thing missing was an appearance by the random naked guy who runs around streaking the crowds.