Event: WWE Monday Night RAW
Airdate: Monday, September 1st, 2008 (USA Network)
Location: The Scottrade Center in St. Louis, Mo.
Results by WrestleView.com

Tonight’s WWE RAW kicks off with the hometown boy Randy Orton coming to the ring to a new theme music, it sounds like. Orton has his arm in a sling and gets a mixed reaction from the crowd. Orton says he is still injured and didn’t want to come back until he was 100% percent. He says RAW is an absolute joke and starts dissing the Women’s Champion Beth Phoenix and says she isn’t fooling herself and even disses Santino Marella. Orton says he could beat Santino injured.

Orton then talks about Cody Rhodes and Ted DiBiase, dissing them and talking about how Cryme Tyme had their titles. Next Orton discusses the World Heavyweight Champion CM Punk and says he is disgracing the title. Orton talks about Punk’s past and says he is a nobody and was until he grabbed a briefcase from a ladder and got a lucky title win. Orton says he would love to challenge Punk tonight and take back what is his, but he’s not medically cleared to wrestle.

Orton says it won’t be long, but he will challenge Punk and bring the belt back where it belongs and make RAW something again. The music hits and out comes CM Punk to a huge pop.

Punk and Orton come face to face and Punk says he has a headache from listening to Orton. Punk says he didn’t have daddy and granddaddy pushing him into the business, he had to earn his spot. Punk says he doesn’t drink or smoke, and he doesn’t take joyrides on motorcycles at 3am and injure himself again. Punk says he went from the Age of Orton to a complete afterthought. Punk says Orton is jealous and this pisses him off. Orton says Punk is the most pathetic Champion and Punk cuts him off. Punk says he would love for this to go down but he has bigger plans to look forward to. Punk says there is only one person in this ring who is pathetic, and it’s not him.

Orton says this conversation is going to have to continue at a later time and makes his way out of the ring. Punk says they will talk later and talks some more to Orton as JBL’s music hits and out he comes to the entrance way. Orton and JBL exchange a look as JBL heads to the ring.

JBL tells Punk that he doesn’t get it and in six days his fairy tale is over as he will lose the World Heavyweight Championship and his fluke of a run will come to an end. JBL says the odds are against Punk and says he is one Clothesline from Hell away from being World Champion.