WWE RAW - October 21, 2002 Full Breakdown - Katie Vick - Bischoff Introduces Elimination Chamber

Katie Vick Triple H/Kane storyline taken to the next level with a funeral home parody skit produced by Vince McMahon on location in what turned out to be one of the most talked about segments in wrestling TV history in the company`s latest attempt in the past month to generate buzz back on the product Eric Bischoff introduces the Elimination Chamber concept for the first time as RAW`s headline match for the Surviver Series PPV in an attempt to top SmackDown`s Undertaker vs. Brock Lesnar Hell in a Cell match last night at No Mercy Shawn Michaels interview from The World in Times Square announcing his full recovery from the SummerSlam injuries in the start of the build to his in ring return at Survivor Series Ric Flair/Triple H vs. Rob Van Dam/Kane main event w/Kane driving off with HHH in the parking lot in a cliffhanger finish Chris Jericho/Christian/Victoria vs. Booker T/Goldust/Trish Stratus Big Show traded to SmackDown by Eric Bischoff in the latest major name to switch brands 3 Minute Warning vs. Big Show handicap match Bubba/Spike Dudley vs. William Regal/Lance Storm number one contender for the tag titles Al Snow vs. Tommy Dreamer Singapore cane match Test vs. D`Lo Brown w/Stacy Keibler as special referee Jeff Hardy vs. Christopher Nowinski Vince McMahon, Triple H & WWE`s production crew filming the Katie Vick skit at a funeral home with a legit funeral reportedly taking place in the other room at the time of the filming while Vince was directing HHH in the shooting of the segment Triple H growing backlash across the board with his political influence as the top promoted performer on RAW to declining viewership while being part of the production/creative meetings at the same time with Stephanie McMahon asked about HHH`s political maneuvering in the company in an interview on Howard Stern Eric Bischoff set to be at the Madison Square Garden box office on Saturday with tickets going on sale for Survivor Series targeting a massive gate in the first MSG PPV since Royal Rumble 2000 with Bischoff also scheduled for a live interview on Byte This from The World in Times Square on Friday afternoon WWE sending out a press release on its website hours after the RAW broadcast explaining the `alleged act of necrophilia` as part of the Kane/Triple H storyline with top producer Kevin Dunn noting that it was an attempt at dark humor in a similar way to other top TV series with the company warning its international TV networks by sending the video feed in advance to see the segment being edited or cut in Canada, Australia & Europe Katie Vick`s 7 minute funeral home skit placed between the 10:10-10:20pm quarters drawing the peak rating of the night with a 4.1 rating and over 5.20 million viewers in RAW`s most watched full quarter hour in almost two months despite being placed in the toughest timeslot of the show to justify Vince McMahon`s idea for the segment with him noting the peak rating in an internal message the next day to see it also leading to RAW`s second hour drawing its most watched hour since September 2nd with 4.91m viewers also featuring the two top tag matches with Jericho/Christian/Victoria vs. Booker/Goldust/Trish & Flair/HHH vs. RVD/Kane in the main event both drawing at the 4.0 rating/5.10m viewers range. #WWF #WCW #MondayNightWars #WCWNitro #WWFRAW #Wrestling #VinceMcMahon #EricBishcoff #MondayNightWars #RAW #Nitro #WWF #WCW #WrestleMania #WWE #WrestleMania #VinceMcMahon #WWE #Wrestling #WCW #WWF #MondayNightWars #Rock #Austin #Hogan #Savage #McMahon #Bischoff #Mankind #Flair #Hall #Nash #Goldberg #ECW #nWo #BretHart #Nitro #WWF #WWFATTITUDEERA #Hulkamania #RAW #Rock #Austin #ReyMysterio #WWE #Mysterio #WWE #WWERuthlessAggressionEra #WWESmackdownvsRAW #SmackDownvsRAW #WWE #WWF #Attitude #WCW #RuthlessAggression #Hogan #McMahon #Goldberg #Foley #KurtAngle #HBK #HHH #RAW #SmackDown #Eddie #Benoit #Batista #Edge #Cena #Mysterio #Wrestling #nWo #WWF #WWE #WCW #Wrestling #RAW #Nitro