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Well, we have been tracking historical WWE matches now and then, but most of them were atleast 3 years old.So this time, we got something new - WWE Raw: 17-on-2 Handicap Elimination Match telecasted on 17th March 2008.The match was held between John Cena & Randy Orton vs. Raw Roster.What a match was that.

Wrestlers: John Cena, Randy Orton, Raw Roster

John Cena eliminates Santino Marella by roll-up.
John Cena eliminates Trevor Murdoch by submission to the STF-U.
John Cena eliminates Lance Cade by pin following the RKO by Randy Orton.
Randy Orton eliminates Super Crazy by pin following the RKO.
John Cena eliminates Robbie McAllister by pin following the Cena Legdrop.
John Cena eliminates DH Smith by pin following the F-U.
Randy Orton eliminates Paul Burchill by pin following the RKO.
Randy Orton eliminates Val Venis by pin following the RKO.
Randy Orton eliminates Cody Rhodes by pin following a double-team RKO.
John Cena & Randy Orton eliminate Carlito, “Hacksaw” Jim Duggan, Charlie Haas, Paul London, Brian Kendrick, JBL, Snitsky, Hardcore Holly, & Umaga by DQ when everyone enters the ring.

As part of Triple Threat Takeover, Triple H announced (last week) that the tag team of John Cena & Randy Orton would take on the “entire” RAW Roster (or 17 members of it).Well, we found out later in the night that Triple H made the stipulations that if John Cena were to walk out of the match, he would be removed from WrestleMania and if Randy Orton walked out of the match, Orton would be stripped of the WWE Title and Triple H & Cena would face off at WrestleMania for the vacant title.

Well, neither walked out, needless to say.The rules were that it would be in typical tag team match format with one team on one side of the ring and the opposing team on the other side (imagine in your head a two-man team on the corner and then add 15 men to the left and right of them and that is what it looked like).The match would continue until all members of the RAW Roster Team were eliminated or when Cena & Orton would be unable to continue.As you can see above, Cena & Orton had to eliminate each competitor one-by-one.

After all the remaining competitors of Team RAW came in and attacked Cena & Orton, the referee called for the bell.It could’ve been a DQ or a No Contest, but a DQ made more sense for me to type out.After the match, Triple H emerged (in ring gear; I guess he was going to wrestle in the dark match) and lays out both Cena & Orton with Pedigrees.

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