TV Review: WWE: Raw

What follows is a live recap that I did while watching the special episode of Raw which aired this evening.

This week's episode is a tribute to Eddie Guerrero, who passed away Sunday morning at the age of 38.The show opened with the entire locker room on the entrance ramp, the crowd chanting "EDDIE! EDDIE!" Vince gave a brief speech about Eddie and his love for the business. Eddie's nephew, Chavo, standing behind Vince,tears in his eyes. Vince then asked that everyone stand in silence as the ring bell was rung 10 times in tribute to a fallen friend.

The moment of silence was followed by a video package set to Johnny Cash's version of "Hurt." We saw Eddie celebrating in the ring, moments with fellow wrestlers such as Chris Benoit, Dean Malenko, and Rey Mysterio. We see Eddie with his wife and children, his mother, other family members. It concludes and we are back in the arena, "Eddie!" chants started again, many wrestlers are shown with tears in their eyes, streaming down their faces.

Each wrestler was given an opportunity to speak of Eddie on camera, if they so wanted to, and tonight many of these moments will be aired. They will be able to share their feelings of Eddie. John Cena was the first, talking about how he learned so much from him, more than just moves.

Commercial break.

Vintage clip: Eddie and Chavo hosing down Big Show with excrement from a sewage tanker. I remember this moment as being briefly humorous, but really rather gross.

Next up is the first match of the evening. Big Show and Kane, the World Tag Team Champions, taking on the WWE Tag Team Champions, MNM. Big Show and Nitro start the match off. After a couple of chops from Show, Kane is quickly tagged in who quickly goes to work in Nitro, but Melina distracts the ref while Mercury knocks Kane off the ropes. Kane then gets beaned with a tag belt. Mercury is tagged in for moment, before bringing Nitro back in for a double dropkick. Kane recovers and hits a double suplex on MNM. Big Show is tagged back in for the hot tag, making quick work of the champs. Melina goes for the distraction and gets a Big Kiss from Big Show. The match ends with a double choke slam on Nitro.

Lillian Garcia spoke about how she met Eddie early on and how they bonded, bioth being of a Latino background. She spoke of how they were part of the group who went to Iraq last December, and how humble he was with his actions with the troops. She closed with a Spanish quote, which I cannot translate, as I do not know Spanish.

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