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Taboo Tuesday (2004)

Overview

Taboo Tuesday

tagline	"You Control – The fate of Raw superstars, the World Heavyweight Championship, and the Course of History!"
promotion	World Wrestling Entertainment
brand	Raw
date	October 19, 2004
venue	Bradley Center
city	Milwaukee, Wisconsin
attendance	3,500
buyrate	174,000
lastevent	No Mercy
nextevent	Survivor Series
event	Taboo Tuesday/Cyber Sunday
lastevent2	First
nextevent2	2005

The 2004 Taboo Tuesday was the inaugural Taboo Tuesday/Cyber Sunday professional wrestling pay-per-view (PPV) event produced by World Wrestling Entertainment (WWE). It was held exclusively for wrestlers from the promotion's Raw brand division. The event took place on October 19, 2004, at the Bradley Center in Milwaukee, Wisconsin. It marked the first time in which the fans were given the chance to vote on stipulations for the matches. The voting for the event started on October 18, 2004, and ended during the event. In 2006, the event was moved to the traditional Sunday nights for PPVs and was renamed Cyber Sunday.

Eight professional wrestling matches were featured on the event's card. The main event was a steel cage match in which Randy Orton defeated Ric Flair by pinfall; this marked the only time Flair ever headlined a WWE pay-per-view event. Two bouts were featured on the undercard. In respective singles matches, World Heavyweight Champion Triple H defeated Shawn Michaels to retain his title and Gene Snitsky defeated Kane in a Weapon of Choice match.

Taboo Tuesday grossed over $215,000 in ticket sales from an attendance of 3,500 and received 174,000 pay-per-view buys.

Event

Before the event went live on pay-per-view, Sgt. Slaughter defeated Muhammad Hassan, who was accompanied by Daivari, by disqualification in a dark match.[19]

Preliminary matches

The first televised match was for the WWE Intercontinental Championship in which Chris Jericho defended the title against Shelton Benjamin, who won the fans' vote with 37%. The match started off with Jericho performing an enzuigiri. Later in the match, Jericho attempted a bulldog and Lionsault but Benjamin countered. The match ended when Benjamin performed a T-Bone Suplex on Jericho to win the title.[19][20]

The voting results for Triple H's opponent for the World Heavyweight Championship were then revealed, with Shawn Michaels winning.[20] The next match was a Fulfill Your Fantasy Battle Royal match for the WWE Women's Championship between Molly Holly, Stacy Keibler, Victoria, Gail Kim, Jazz, Nidia, and Trish Stratus. The first to be eliminated was Nidia, which was followed with the elimination of Jazz. Kim attempted a hurricanrana on Victoria but Victoria countered the move as she eliminated Kim. Victoria was eliminated afterwards by Stratus and Molly. Stratus and Molly continued working together, as they got the upper hand over Keibler. Molly eliminated Keibler and Stratus eliminated Molly to retain the title.[19][20]

The third match was between Gene Snitsky and Kane (with Lita). The match was a Weapons of Choice match, for which a steel chain gained 41% of the vote.[19] The match began with Kane using a chain on Snitsky. Snitsky grabbed the chain and choked Kane with it. The match ended when Snitsky came off the second rope and jumped onto a steel chair that was wrapped around Kane's neck and pinned him to win the match.[19][20]

The next match was between General Manager Eric Bischoff and Eugene in a "Choose the Loser's Fate". Eugene performed a leg drop on Bischoff for the win. After the match ended, the audience voted that Bischoff get his head shaved.[19] Jonathan Coachman, however, announced that the audience instead voted "Loser is Winners Servant", in which he and Bischoff would be Eugene's servants for five minutes. WWE Chairman Vince McMahon came out and reversed the stipulation and announced that Bischoff would get his head shaved. McMahon warned that if Bischoff did not go through it, he would be fired.[19] Eugene shaved Bischoff's hair and Coachman was forced to wear a dress for attempting to interfere in the outcome of the match.[19][20]

The fifth match was for the World Tag Team Championships between La Résistance (Sylvain Grenier and Robért Conway) against Edge and Chris Benoit, the two individuals who were not chosen to face Triple H for the World Heavyweight Championship.[21] There was back and forth action between the two teams, as all the superstars were able to participate in the match. Edge abandoned Benoit during the match, which forced Benoit to wrestle La Résistance by himself.[19] Benoit fought them off and he was able to get the upper hand over Grenier. The match concluded with Benoit forcing Conway to submit to the Crippler Crossface to win the titles for his team.[19][20]

The next match was between Christy Hemme and Carmella DeCesare. The match was a Lingerie Pillow Fight, which gained 57% of the fans' vote. During this match, Hemme and DeCesare began hitting each other with pillows while wearing lingerie. The match ended when Hemme pinned DeCesare to win the match.[19][20]

Main event matches

The seventh match was the World Heavyweight Championship match, where the fans' chose Shawn Michaels by 39%, to face Triple H for the title. Triple H targeted Michael's injured knee, applying a Figure four leglock on Michaels. Michaels would gain the advantage when he countered a maneuver by Triple H. As Michaels was about to perform Sweet Chin Music on Triple H, Edge interfered in the match and executed a spear on Michaels. Triple H pinned Michaels to retain the title.[19][20]

In the main event, Randy Orton faced Ric Flair in a steel cage match, which gained 68% of the vote. During the match, both Orton and Flair managed to get the upper hand. A spot in the match saw Flair hit a low blow on Orton and sent him into the cage, causing Orton to bleed. Orton regained the momentum by sending Flair into the cage, resulting in Flair bleeding. The match concluded with Orton performing an RKO for the win. After the match, the two shook hands.[19][20]