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| | WWE RAW RESULTS April 18, 2005New York City, NY - Madison Square Garden Announcers: Jim Ross & The Coach HEAT TAPINGS: BACKSTAGE: Eric Bischoff & Jim Ross.. Eric Bischoff declines JR's request to cancel the match but does allow Batista to be in his corner.. GRUDGE MATCH: Chris Benoit vs Edge.. The brawl spilled out of the ring and through the crowd and ended up backstage..A crew of WWE officials tried to break them up but they ended up in the Divas locker room..Eric Bischoff comes in and books a Last Man Standing match between Edge & Benoit at Backlash.. IN THE RING: Trish Stratus + Lita + Kane + Viscera.. Trish Stratus came out and asked to clear the air and have a fresh start with Lita..Lita comes out on crutches and Trish tells her that she has done a lot of soul searching..Trish Stratus stumbled over her words as the crowd chanted "You Screwed Matt!" loud and clear!Trish Stratus says that she and Lita have a lot of history and realizes that she respects and loves Lita..Lita says Trish is right, there is a lot of history, and that's why she doesn't beleive ONE WORD..Lita says that much like Trish -- paybacks are a BITCH!Kane's pyro hit and Lita smashed the crutch over Trish's back as Kane made her way down to the ring..Trish Stratus limped down the ilse and fell on her backside as Kane grabbed her by the throat!Suddenly, the nearly 500lbs Viscera showed up and attacked Kane as the crowd chanted "Let's Go Mabel!"Viscera left the ring and scooped up Trish Stratus in his arms and carried her backstage licking his lips.. BACKSTAGE: Trish Stratus & Viscera.. Trish Stratus thanks Viscera for helping her and tries to walk away but Viscera stops her..Viscera says he was glad to be of service, and he'll be glad when Trish services him.. NON (TAG) TITLE MATCH: William Regal & Tajiri vs The Heartthrobs (Romeo & Antonio).. The Heartthrobs (The Heartbreakers in OVW) answered the open challenge made by Regal last week on HEAT..William Regal & Tajiri did score the pinfall to win the match..The Heartthrobs attacked Regal & Tajiri after the match and gave Tajiri a double leg sweep.. BACKSTAGE: Brian Hebner tells Jim Ross that he can't track down Batista anywhere..BACKSTAGE: Triple H tells Ric Flair that he paid Batista's limodriver to take a few detours..INTERVIEW: Todd Grisham & Muhammad Hassan & Khosrow Daivari.. Muhammad Hassan says it would be great to take out Shawn Michaels in New York City..Todd Grisham brings up Hulk Hogan's name and Hassan & Daivari claim that Hogan is a selfish American..Muhammad Hassan says he knows for a fact that Hulk Hogan hasn't called Shawn Michaels.. GRUDGE MATCH: Shawn Michaels vs Muhammad Hassan w/Khosrow Daivari.. Shawn Michaels won by DQ when Khosrow Daivari interfered and Daivari & Hassan doubled-teamed him..Hulk Hogan's music hit and he cleaned house and posed with Shawn Michaels for the New York fans.. MASTERLOCK $1000 CHALLENGE: Chris Masters vs ?????? Chris Masters came down and issued and open challenge to anyone in the crowd to break out of his Masterlock..Chris Masters picked a guy out of the crowd named Roman, who was obviously an Indy wrestler..Chris Masters sinched the Masterlock (Full Nelson) on Roman and wouldn't release it until the bell rang.. MATCH: Shelton Benjamin vs Simon Dean.. Chris Jericho came out before the match and announced a match between he and Shelton for Backlash..Chris Jericho brings out guitarist Chris Ward and sang a song for Shelton called "Shelton's a Little Bitch"..Shelton Benjamin wins.. IN THE RING: Christian & Tyson Tomko + Vince McMahon.. Christian says he heard the reaction for Hulk Hogan but Hogan didn't beat Chris Benoit last week..Vince McMahon made his first appearance since having surgery on BOTH his quads with no sign of injury..Vince McMahon announces that there will be a draft lottery next month with no exceptions..Christian says it's no secret that he's purposely been held back on RAW and would thrive on Smackdown!..Vince McMahon says that since Christian wants to main event, then next week he'll be in the main event!Vince McMahon books Christian in a match against Batista for the World Heavyweight title.. INTERVIEW: Todd Grisham & Triple H.. Triple H says he has proven 10-times over that he is the greatest the business has to offer..Triple H says that the Pedigrees signifies the end and Batista already knows it.. NO DQ MATCH: Triple H w/Ric Flair vs Jim Ross.. Triple H toyed with Jim Ross until JR got one shot in, then Triple H got aggressive..Triple H busted Jim Ross open and then Triple H harassed the referee and pushed him around..Triple H repeatedly punched JR, causing him to bleed profusely until Jerry Lawler ran down to plead with HHH..Triple H then punched out Jerry Lawler and gave him the Pedigree and Ric Flair kicked Lawler out!Triple H got back on Jim Ross and punched him until a limousine pulled into the parking lot..Batista got out of the drivers side and went straight to the ring and attacked Triple H..Triple H took control and whacked Batista with a chair and went for a Pedigree..Batista back-dropped Triple H and smashed him with a chair and laid JR's arm on HHH's chest..The referee got down and counted the 1-2-3 giving Jim Ross the upset victory over Triple H!!!!!!!! And that's a wrap folks.. 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