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MysteriShow (Big Show & Rey Mysterio) defeated The Real Americans (Antonio Cesaro & Jack Swagger). Paul Heyman then shows up and says that Brock Lesnar will beat Big Show on Sunday.
Bad News Barrett shows up talks smack to Brodus Clay and The Miz.
The Miz defeats Brodus Clay. After the match, The Miz tries to go after Bad News Barrett.. but isn't successful.
A.J. Lee defeats Cameron. Tamina attacks Cameron, but Naomi cleans house!
The Shield (Dean Ambrose, Seth Rollins, & Roman Reigns) are planning on winning the Royal Rumble and headlining Wrestlemania.
Rybaxel (Ryback & Curtis Axel) defeated Los Matadores (Diego & Fernando), giving them their first loss since arriving on the scene.
CM Punk shows up. Despite his #1 position, he still plans to win the Royal Rumble match. Kane shows up to wish Punk luck...not. Punk makes fun of Kane, saying he lost his manhood along with his mask.
The Wyatt Family (Luke Harper & Erick Rowan) defeated The Prime Time Players (Titus O'Neil & Darren Young). Bray Wyatt then says that he will decimate and destroy Daniel Bryan on Sunday. Daniel Bryan comes out and sticks to Bray and tells him otherwise.
Kofi Kingston defeated Fandango.
The Shield (Dean Ambrose, Seth Rollins, Roman Reigns) and The New Age Outlaws ("Road Dogg" Jesse James and "Bad Ass" Billy Gunn) vs The Brotherhood (Cody Rhodes and Goldust), The Usos (Jimmy and Jey Uso) and Big E Langston is thrown out after the match goes out of control...and it spirals down even further as other Superstars charge the ring to start an impromptu Royal Rumble match to close out the show!
RAW starts with a tiny tribute to Martin Luther King, Jr. Happy Martin Luther King day, everybody!
Also, RIP Mae Young.
Triple H and Stephanie McMahon are here. The Royal Rumble match is near and Triple H is about to make a big introduction, but Randy Orton shows up and rains on the parade. He confronts Triple H and Stephanie, but then gets confronted himself for attack John Cena's dad after losing to Kofi Kingston last week. Triple H feels Orton has lost faith in himself, and puts him against Kofi again. He then tells Orton that he's put a camera in the back entrance so he and the whole world will know when Cena shows up, so Orton can confront Cena. Then, we finally see the return of Dave "The Animal" Batista. Batista kneels down and kisses the WWE ring. He then tells Randy Orton he's here for the WWE World Heavyweight Championship...deal with it!
The Shield (Dean Ambrose, Seth Rollins, Roman Reigns) beats Big E Langston and the Brotherhood (Cody Rhodes and Goldust).
Daniel Bryan is here. He had a plan for taking down Bray Wyatt, and he joined The Wyatt Family (Bray Wyatt, Luke Harper, Erick Rowan) to beat him down both physically and mentally. The steel cage confrontation worked to his advantage, and since Luke Harper and Erick Rowan are in the Royal Rumble match, he plans to beat Wyatt again one-on-one at the Royal Rumble pay-per-view. Wyatt Shows up on the TitanTron, saying Bryan made a big mistake for turning on him.
R-Truth guests on commentary for the next match.
Fandango quickly beats Xavier Woods.
Kane and Brad Maddox are chatting when Stephanie McMahon shows up. Stephanie confronts Kane for choke slamming CM Punk, telling him not to lay his hand on another Superstar again and to apologize to Punk.
Kane shows up an ask for CM Punk to come to the ring. Punk shows up, and Kane apologizes immediately. Punk doesn't care, and attacks Kane. Brad Maddox shows up and defuses the situation, and pits CM Punk against one of the New Age Outlaws ("Road Dogg" Jesse James and "Bad Ass" Billy Gunn).
Road Dogg" Jesse James guests on commentary for the next match.
CM Punk beats "Bad Ass" Billy Gunn...and Kane tells Punk he's the first entrant in the Royal Rumble match.
Paul Heyman and Brock Lesnar are here!
You want Royal Rumble stats? You got 'em!
Alberto Del Rio beats Rey Mysterio with the Cross Arm Breaker...then Batista shows up! He hits the Batista Bomb on Del Rio, who more than deserves it for running his mouth in the last couple of weeks.
Big Show comes out and mocks Paul Heyman before calling out Brock Lesnar. Heyman shows up, then Lesnar, but they both brush Show off. Show tells Lesnar to drag his ass out to the ring. Lesnar and Heyman come back, and Lesnar gets into the ring so both men can stare down. Lesnar tries to take Big Show down, but none of his tactics work, forcing him and Heyman to retreat.
The Funkadactyls (Cameron and Naomi) beat AJ Lee and Tamina Snuka.
Big Show and Rey Mysterio take on The Real Americans (Jack Swagger and Antonio Cesaro) this Friday on SmackDown!
Bray Wyatt tells the crowd during The Usos (Jimmy and Jey Uso) vs The Wyatt Family (Erick Rowan and Luke Harper) that the punishment the Usos are receiving awaits Daniel Bryan on Sunday.
Daniel Bryan attacks Bray Wyatt, and The Usos (Jimmy and Jey Uso) beat The Wyatt Family (Luke Harper and Erick Rowan).
The Royal Rumble kick-off is The Brotherhood (Goldust and Cody Rhodes) vs The New Age Outlaws ("Road Dogg" Jesse James and "Bad Ass" Billy Gunn) for the WWE Tag Team Championships!
"The Heartbreak Kid" Shawn Michaels, Ric Flair and "Hacksaw" Jim Duggan will make up the Royal Rumble kick-off panel!
As Randy Orton takes on Kofi Kingston, John Cena rushes into the ring to go after Orton. The take the brawl to the crowd and into the skybox, but Orton escapes.
The Usos (Jimmy and Jey Uso) beat Bray Wyatt and Daniel Bryan by disqualification when Erick Rowan and Luke Harper interfere. Daniel Bryan kneels down with his arms spread and eats a Sister Abigail from Wyatt.
John Cena beats Damien Sandow.
Brad Maddox pitches to Kane a rematch later tonight between The Usos (Jimmy and Jey Uso) and Daniel Bryan and Bray Wyatt in a steel cage. Kane makes it better: the cage door is locked, and Kane is the only one with the key.
Big Show squashes Jack Swagger...then knocks Zeb Colter out!
The Shield (Dean Ambrose, Seth Rollins, Roman Reigns) beat CM Punk and The New Age Outlaws ("Road Dogg" Jesse James and "Bad Ass" Billy Gunn) in a six-man tag match when The New Age Outlaws leave Punk high and dry. Punk eats a three-man power bomb.
Bray Wyatt and Daniel Bryan plan to win their rematch tonight.
Tamina Snuka and AJ Lee beat The Funkadactyls (Cameron and Naomi), but the Funkadactyls strike back!
Randy Orton asks Kane for protection. He doesn't get anything, save for the chance to take his anger out on Kofi Kingston.
The Ultimate Warrior is the first inductee into the 2014 class of the WWE Hall of Fame.
Renee Young interviews Paul Heyman, who takes some time to figuratively put Brock Lesnar on a pedestal.
Kofi Kingston gets an upset win on Randy Orton...and Orton throws a tantrum! He attacks John Cena's dad, who is sitting in the front row. John Cena chases Orton away, then gets medical help for his dad.
Cody Rhodes, Goldust, Xavier Woods, Big E Langston, Kofi Kingston, and The Miz will all be in the Royal Rumble match!
The Brotherhood (Cody Rhodes and Goldust) beat Rybaxel (Curtis Axel and Ryback).
Rey Mysterio throws his hat, er, mask into the Royal Rumble match.
Alberto Del Rio beats Rey Mysterio with the Cross Arm Breaker, then berates Batista again.
The New Age Outlaws ("Road Dogg" Jesse James and "Bad Ass" Billy Gunn) takes on The Brotherhood (Cody Rhodes and Goldust) this Friday on SmackDown!
The Usos (Jimmy and Jey Uso) beat Bray Wyatt and Daniel Bryan in a steel cage match. Daniel Bryan finally turns on Bray Wyatt and removes himself from the Wyatt Family!
Ric Flair starts the show off. As he psyches the crowd up, Randy Orton shows up. He has respect for Flair, but the night's about him. He's ticked off that Triple H and Stephanie McMahon have made the rematch for both titles between him and John Cena at Royal Rumble, and wants them to reverse this decision as he has already proven he is "the man." Flair thinks otherwise, saying all he's doing about this is crying and whining and says Orton should fight Cena again. Orton calls Flair the most overrated wrestler in history, and when Orton tells Flair to leave the ring, Flair doesn't budge, and tells Orton he's never outgrown his immature punk attitude - the same one he had when Flair and Triple H took him in ten years ago. Orton wants to go old-school on Flair's ass, but John Cena shows up to defend Ric Flair. When he tells Orton to fight him right now, Orton retreats.
The Usos (Jimmy and Jey Uso) and Rey Mysterio beat The Wyatt Family (Daniel Bryan, Luke Harper, Erick Rowan) when Luke Harper gets angry with Daniel Bryan for tagging himself in.
Batista has officially entered the Royal Rumble match!
Brad Maddox makes a rematch between Damien Sandow and The Great Khali. The WWE App will dictate who will referee the match: Bob Backlund, Arn Anderson or Sgt. Slaughter. Meanwhile, Kane confronts Maddox concerning last week's comments about him...and gets him good.
Big E Langston meets Nikolai Volkoff, "The Million Dollar Man" Ted DiBiase and Irwin R. Schyster backstage.
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Ryback guests on commentary for the next match.
Big E Langston beats Curtis Axel despite the distraction from Ryback.
It's time for Piper's Pit! "Rowdy" Roddy Piper's guest tonight are The Shield (Dean Ambrose, Seth Rollins, Roman Reigns). They show Piper disrespect, but Piper shrugs it off before saying that CM Punk is the only one who can match him on the microphone. Rollins thinks Piper is jealous towards Ambrose over his United States title reign, but Piper says Ambrose and Rollins can't beat Punk one-on-one. He asks Roman Reigns whether he would be the better Shield member if he beat Punk tonight. The Shield take offense and are about to pummel him when CM Punk and The New Age Outlaws ("Road Dogg" Jesse James and "Bad Ass" Billy Gunn) show up to clean house!
Alberto Del Rio beats Sin Cara.
Daniel Bryan tries to talk sense in to Luke Harper and Erick Rowan, and wants to contribute to the Wyatt Family with either of the two men. Bray Wyatt tells Bryan it won't be necessary. Next week, Daniel Bryan teams with Bray Wyatt!
Cody Rhodes and Goldust beat The Real Americans (Jack Swagger and Antonio Cesaro).
Booker T and Diamond Dallas Page catch up on old times...and DDP Yoga. Also, Ron Simmons says "Damn."
Sgt. Slaugher is the referee for Damien Sandow vs. The Great Khali. Also, Ranjin Singh accomplanies Khali for one night only!
The Great Khali beats Damien Sandow, even though Sandow's foot was on the bottom rope. Sandow gets the Cobra Clutch when he gets fresh with Sgt. Slaughter. Afterwards, Slaughter, Khali and Ranjin Singh dance in the ring.
Brock Lesnar and Paul Heyman show up. Heyman verbally trashes the Legends, saying old-school is really when one man reigns supreme. Heyman then says Lesnar will eventually reign supreme in WWE, with Mark Henry being but the first example. Mark Henry shows up, and he and Lesnar brawl until Lesnar breaks Henry's arm with the Kimura Lock. As Lesnar and Heyman leave, Big Show shows up. He and Lesnar take it to the ring, but Lesnar retreats...almost. Heyman and Lesnar go for a sneak attack, but it fails miserably when Big Show - both figuratively and literally - tosses Lesnar like a rag doll. Lesnar is absolutely livid and Heyman has to hold Lesnar back.
R-Truth and Xavier Woods take on The Real Americans (Jack Swagger and Antonio Cesaro) this Wednesday on Main Event!
Mark Henry's elbow has been dislocated and fractured by the Kimura Lock.
Aksana and Alicia Fox beat The Bella Twins.
Too Cool (Grandmaster Sexay, Rikishi, Scotty 2 Hotty) are here!
Next week: The Usos (Jimmy and Jey Uso) face Bray Wyatt and Daniel Bryan on Raw!
All of tonight's WWE Legends show up...as does The Godfather! Then Bad News Barrett buts in afterward and makes fun of them all!
Randy Orton takes on Big E Langston this Friday on SmackDown!
"Mean" Gene Okerlund makes a reference to the WCW Hotline, then introduce the New Age Outlaws ("Road Dogg" Jesse James and "Bad Ass" Billy Gun). They hype the crowd up and introduce CM Punk, then stay in Punk's corner.
Roman Reigns beats CM Punk...then Jake "The Snake" Roberts shows up with a bag. The New Age Outlaws ("Road Dogg" Jesse James and "Bad Ass" Billy Gunn) and CM Punk clean house, then Roberts opens the bag and sics the ever-popular snake on a downed Dean Ambrose.
The Usos (Jimmy and Jey Uso) and The Wyatt Family (Luke Harper and Erick Rowan) fight to a double count-out. The Usos avoid a beatdown...until Daniel Bryan and Bray Wyatt attack them from behind.
Randy Orton talks with Vickie Guerrero. Since Triple H and Stephanie McMahon aren't here, he'll have to speak his mind to them about putting him in matches without getting with him this Monday on Raw.
It's Miz TV! Tonight's guest is Big Show. He's tired of Paul Heyman and Brock Lesnar, especially Lesnar, who he doesn't consider a huge threat anymore. He didn't like him then, and he still doesn't like him now. He calls Lesnar out, challenging him to a fight. Heyman shows up, and states Lesnar doesn't fight when Big Show wants to fight him. Heyman says he'll have to wait until Royal Rumble, but if he wants to go before then, Lesnar won't be hard to find.
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Rey Mysterio, Sin Cara and Los Matadores (Fernando and Diego) beat The Real Americans (Jack Swagger and Antonio Cesaro) and Rybaxel (Curtis Axel and Ryback).
Randy Orton beats Big E Langston with a thumb to the eye.
Bray Wyatt taunts The Usos (Jimmy and Jey Uso)...and Daniel Bryan adds to the fright factor as Bray Wyatt preaches his gospel.
R-Truth guests on commentary for the next match.
Xavier Woods beats Fandango...and wins the brawl afterward.
Tom Phillips interviews The Usos. They're not in the mood for The Wyatt Family's (Bray Wyatt, Luke Harper, Erick Rowan, Daniel Bryan) crap!
The Shield (Dean Ambrose, Seth Rollins, Roman Reigns) beat CM Punk and The New Age Outlaws ("Road Dogg" Jesse James and "Bad Ass" Billy Gunn).
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The Shield (Dean Ambrose, Seth Rollins, Roman Reigns) show up. Dean Ambrose says there are no ego problems or dissent in The Shield, and Rollins and Reigns confirm that.
Dean Ambrose guests on commentary for the next match.
The Usos (Jimmy and Jey Uso) beat The Shield (Seth Rollins and Roman Reigns) by disqualification when Dean Ambrose interferes. CM Punk runs in and cleans house with the Usos! Then Vickie Guerrero shows up...
Vickie Guerrero makes The Shield (Dean Ambrose, Seth Rollins, Roman Reigns) vs. The Usos (Jimmy and Jey Uso) and CM Punk for tonight!
Xavier Woods guests on commentary for the next match.
R-Truth beats Fandango after The Funkadactyls (Cameron and Naomi) distract Fandango.
Renee Young interviews Big E Langston. Curtis Axel laughs at Big E when he mentions Mark Henry's beating at the hands of Brock Lesnar on Raw Monday.
Cody Rhodes and Goldust retain the WWE Tag Team Championships against The Wyatt Family (Luke Harper and Erick Rowan).
Nikki Bella beats Aksana.
Big E Langston beats Curtis Axel.
Paul Heyman says Brock Lesnar is back thanks to the WWE and World title unification, and that Lesnar will be on Raw next week.
Bad News Barrett laughs at our New Year's Resolutions.
The Usos (Jimmy and Jey Uso) and CM Punk beat The Shield (Dean Ambrose, Seth Rollins, Roman Reigns).
CM Punk shows up and talks about his 2013. For 2013, he has plans for The Shield (Dean Ambrose, Seth Rollins, Roman Reigns)...who show up as soon as they're name dropped. CM Punk wants a match against one member of The Shield...the best member. He wants Roman Reigns. Dean Ambrose thinks this is a joke, and Seth Rollins wants CM Punk instead. Brad Maddox returns and pits Punk against Rollins...right now!
CM Punk beats Seth Rollins.
Brad Maddox - who plans to take a step forward as Raw General Manager - meets Stephanie McMahon and Triple H. Kane isn't here, but Daniel Bryan is! He wants Bray Wyatt one on one, but Maddox makes it so that he has to take on Luke Harper and then Erick Rowan before he can face Wyatt. Meanwhile, Stephanie is about to announce the Royal Rumble main event.
Stephanie McMahon comes out and announces Randy Orton will defend the WWE World Heavyweight title in a tratditional championship match - no interference or stipulations - against John Cena at Royal Rumble after showing a video package of Randy Orton's career.
Triple H has a big announcement as well...
Dolph Ziggler beats Curtis Axel.
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Big E Langston retains the WWE Intercontinental Championship against Fandango.
Booker T and the locker room almost have a New Year's Spinaroonie, but Bad News Barrett spoils it by saying 2013 is a step closer to the apocalypse.
Renee Young interviews Damien Sandow. Sandow says that if he doesn't win tonight, he'll quit!
Damien Sandow finds out he faces The Great Khali tonight.
Damien Sandow beats The Great Khali.
Xavier Woods joins on commentary for the next match.
Thanks to Xavier Woods and the Funkadactyls' (Cameron and Naomi) distraction, R-Truth beats Brodus Clay.
Triple H shows up...and welcomes Brock Lesnar back to WWE. Paul Heyman is with him, and they head to the ring. Triple H and Heyman gets the mic. According to Heyman, Lesnar is back to become World Heavyweight champion, and will challenge whoever wins the title at Royal Rumble: Randy Orton or John Cena. Lesnar dares anyone to challenge his #1 contendership to the title. Mark Henry shows up and makes a beeline towards Lesnar, which starts an all-out brawl which ends with Henry eating an F5 after being plowed through a crowd barricade.
The True Divas (Rosa Mendes, Alicia Fox, Kaitlyn, Summer Rae and Aksana) beat the Total Divas (Brie and Nikki Bella, Cameron, Naomi and Eva Marie) in a 10-Diva tag match.
Brad Maddox has been on Triple H and Stephanie McMahon's good graces.
Cody Rhodes and Goldust put the WWE Tag Team Championships on the line against Luke Harper and Erick Rowan on SmackDown this Friday!
Daniel Bryan beats Luke Harper.
Daniel Bryan beats Erick Rowan.
The Wyatt Family (Bray Wyatt, Erick Rowan, Luke Harper) when Bray walks into the ring. Bray tells D-Bry this is the end, D-Bry tells him "You're right." He goes on about how "the machine" would never let him win even with the crowd on his side, and tells Bray "I'm yours." D-Bry joins the Wyatt Family, then eats a Sister Abigail. Rowan and Harper take him away, but Daniel Bryan begins to stand upright. He looks at the crowd for about a minute, then walks to the back with Bray Wyatt.
Triple H, Stephanie McMahon and Kane show up to pass some candy around and wish everyone a merry Christmas. The "Bad Santa," Damien Sandow, takes on the "Good Santa," Mark Henry! The Wyatt Family (Bray Wyatt, Luke Harper, Erick Rowan) take on Cody Rhodes, Goldust and Daniel Bryan! The Shield (Dean Ambrose, Seth Rollins, Roman Reigns) take on Big E Langston, CM Punk and John Cena! Randy Orton shows up, wishes us all a merry Christmas, and thanks Triple H and Stephanie for their support. He gives them a gift: himself, after getting the night off. Kane starts the show off with his recognizable pyro.
AJ Lee guest on commentary for the next match.
The Total Divas (Cameron, Naomi, Brie Bella, Nikki Bella, Natalya, Eva Marie) beat the True Divas (Vickie Guerrero, Aksana, Summer Raw, Alicia Fox, Tamina Snuka, Kaitlyn) in a 12-Diva Jingle Belles match.
Sin Cara beats Curtis Axel.
The Bad Santa, Damien Sandow, tells a little girl Christmas will be cancelled.
"The Animal" Dave Batista returns to the WWE on January 20th!
Bad News Barrett rings a bell as people put change in a bucket at least twice during the show. Huh?
The Wyatt Family (Bray Wyatt, Luke Harper, Erick Rowan) beat Cody Rhodes, Goldust and Daniel Bryan...then continue to assault Daniel Bryan.
Mark Henry reassures a young boy, saying Christmas won't be cancelled this year!
Jinder Mahal and Drew McIntyre lose a caroling contest to R-Truth, Xavier Woods, The Great Khali and Santino Marella. When they strike back, they just get their clocks cleaned before the rest of the participants end the proceedings on a high note.
Fandango beats Dolph Ziggler in a Christmas Present on a Pole match. He faces Big E Langston for the WWE Intercontinental Championship next week.
The Prime Time Players (Darren Young and Titus O'Neil) want a tag team title shot for Christmas. We'll see.
The Usos (Jimmy and Jey Uso) beat The Prime Time Players (Darren Young and Titus O'Neil)...and they all do the Millions of Dollars Dance.
Mark Henry beats Damien Sandow. The Good Santa saves Christmas!
Renee Young interviews CM Punk. He brings out Big E Langston and John Cena, who are all too happy to beat The Shield (Dean Ambrose, Seth Rollins, Roman Reigns)!
Los Matadores (Fernando and Diego) beat The Real Americans (Jack Swagger and Antonio Cesaro).
Ryback beats Kofi Kingston.
Bad News Barrett tells us the money he's raised went straight to him.
CM Punk, John Cena and Big E Langston vs The Shield (Dean Ambrose, Seth Rollins, Roman Reigns) ends in a disqualification...but Punk's team cleans house!
CM Punk enters the ring. He now knows that he was attacked by The Shield (Dean Ambrose, Seth Rollins, Roman Reigns) last night for supposedly criticizing Triple H...so he criticizes them even more! Stephanie McMahon shows up, saying he's pointing the finger at hi. She then brings out Kane, the Director of Operations. Kane says Triple H and Stephanie McMahon have nothing to do with this. CM Punk dares Kane to get in the ring with him, but Stephanie stops Kane and The Shield show up. CM Punk grabs a steel chair, and Stephanie stops the attack, and Punk is put in a handicap match against all three members of The Shield at TLC.
What will be the combined WWE and World championships be called after TLC? The Unified Championship? The Undisputed WWE Championship? The Undisputed World Championship? Vote now on the WWE App!
Big E Langston guests on commentary for the next match.
Damien Sandow beats Dolph Ziggler to become the #1 contender for the WWE Intercontinental Championship.
Natalya and The Bella Twins (Brie and Nikki Bella) beat Summer Rae, AJ Lee and Tamina Snuka.
Wade Barrett is back as #BadNewsBarrett! His good news is good, but his bad news is...insulting.
Randy Orton welcomes Bad Maddox back...and wans him to tell Triple H and Stephanie McMahon to recognize him as the best of all time.
Daniel Bryan beats Erick Rowan...then Bray Wyatt tells his men (Rowan and Luke Harper) to back down. Bray says he was wrong about Daniel Bryan and that he can see the monster in him, implying that Daniel join him.
R-Truth and Xavier Woods beat Tons of Funk (Brodus Clay and Tensai). After the match, Brodus gets mad at Tensai.
Sin Cara returns...and beats Alberto Del Rio. (It is later revealed on the Internet that it's Hunico under the mask and not the real Sin Cara.)
Renee Young interviews John Cena. He can't wait to be the unified champion after TLC.
The Shield (Dean Ambrose, Seth Rollins, Roman Reigns) mock CM Punk.
The Shield (Dean Ambrose, Seth Rollins, Roman Reigns) beat Cody Rhodes, Goldust and Big Show.
Renee Young interviews CM Punk, who breaks out into song before making it known he plans to take The Shield (Dean Ambrose, Seth Rollins, Roman Reigns) down with him.
Wade Barrett aka #BadNewsBarrett makes fun of Thanksgiving.
Ryback and Curtis Axel beat The Miz and Kofi Kingston. Miz slaps Kofi yet again after the match.
Los Matadores advertise for WWEShop.com...and El Torito goes nuts.
Mark Henry beats Fandango...but not before trying to bust out some moves on Summer Rae.
CM Punk takes on a member of The Shield (Dean Ambrose, Seth Rollins, Roman Reigns) on SmackDown this Friday!
The Real Americans (Jack Swagger and Antonio Cesaro) beat The Prime Time Players (Darren Young and Titus O'Neil) after the Cesaro Swing almost makes O'Neil sick again.
After TLC, the winner of the combined WWE and World titles will be the WWE Unified Champion, according to the WWE App Vote.
Triple H and Stephanie McMahon show up and bring out John Cena and Randy Orton for their contract signing. Both men sign the contract, then they have their say. Cena calls out Orton as a lazy talent who has a silver spoon in his mouth, and dares him to make a move. This leads to an all-out brawl between both men where John Cena comes out on top and lifts both the WWE and World titles into the air to end the show.
We open the show with Renee Young conducting an in-ring interview with Randy Orton. He talks about his win over Big Show at Survivor Series and when he is asked about TLC, he walks out at the middle of the interview.
There's a Thanksgiving feast backstage hosted by Smackdown GM Vickie Guerrero. A food eating contest takes places between Titus O'Neil and The Great Khali.
Mark Henry scores the quick victory over Curtis Axel w/ IC Champion Big E. Langston and Ryback at ringside.
We come back to the food eating contest on the TitanTron. Titus O'Neil defeats Khali after Khali fell face first into his plate. Titus gets a match with Antonio Cesaro later on tonight.
Los Matadores & El Torito defeats The Plymouth Rockers formerly known as "3MB".
Brodus Clay has a bone to pick with the new comer Xavier Woods.
Brodus Clay & Tensai defeated R-Truth & Xavier Woods in a another quick bout after Brodus hits the splash on Xavier.
Bray Wyatt cuts a promo on Daniel Bryan saying that he's safe with them and that he may enter a man, but he will come out a monster.
CM Punk is interviewed by Renee Young backstage. He says that he hasn't heard from Daniel Bryan since he was attacked by The Wyatt Family and he doesn't know why The Shield attacked him, but he assumes that the authority told them to.
Antonio Cesaro defeats Titus O'Neil via DQ after Daren Young interferes due to Titus getting sick because of the big swings and all of the food he ate. After the match, Titus began vomiting everywhere: in JBL's hat, on Michael Cole and Zeb Colter. Titus, stop eating so much!
In a match for the WWE Tag Team Championship, Cody Rhodes & Goldust retain via DQ when Dean Ambrose interfered. CM Punk comes out and cleans house until Vickie Guerrero appears up on the TitanTron and sets up a six-man tag.
Mid-match, the lights go out and The Wyatt Family appears. All hell breaks loose until Rey Mysterio & The Usos come out to make the save. Then, a 12-man tag team match is set up and CM Punk's team gets the win after Rey Mysterio hits the 619 on Erick Rowan and Punk hits him with the GTS for the win!
Randy Orton comes to the ring. He plans to retain the WWE title against Big Show at Survivor Series. Since Triple H and Setphanie McMahon aren't here tonight, he's in charge. Brad Maddox comes out and says he's still General Manager of Raw, but Kane shows up and says that he's in charge tonight as per his Director of Operations duties from Triple H and Stephanie McMahon. Maddox wants to put Orton in a match against Cody Rhodes, but Kane wants Orton to face Goldust. As Maddox and Kane argue, Vickie Guerrero shows up and puts both Rhodes and Goldust in a 2-on-1 handicap match against Orton.
Randy Orton flees from Goldust and Cody Rhodes, losing to them in a 2-on-1 handicap match by count-out. Big Show then runs out to the ring and annihilates Orton, putting him through the announce table.
Santino Marella and Los Matadores (Fernando and Diego) beat The Union Jacks aka 3MB (Heath Slater, Drew McIntyre, Jinder Mahal).
Randy Orton is angry with Kane, Brad Maddox and Vickie Guerrero.
Damien Sandow beats Kofi Kingston.
Curtis Axel retains the WWE Intercontinental Championship against Dolph Ziggler.
Brad Maddox and Kane finally agree on something: John Cena will be in a 2-on-1 handicap match against The Real Americans (Antonio Cesaro and Jack Swagger). They also agree on The Shield (Dean Ambrose, Seth Rollins, Roman Reigns) vs Daniel Bryan and CM Punk in a 3-on-2 handicap match later tonight!
Zack Ryder advertises WWEShop.com.
Tamina Snuka beats Nikki Bella.
The Shield (Dean Ambrose, Seth Rollins, Roman Reigns) talk to Randy Orton. It doesn't go very well after they tell him they only got to the arena an hour ago and that they don't work for Vickie Guerrero, Brad Maddox or Kane.
Fandango beats Tyson Kidd.
Alberto Del Rio shows up as John Cena takes on The Real Americans (Jack Swagger and Antonio Cesaro).
John Cena beats The Real Americans (Jack Swagger and Antonio Cesaro) in a 2-on-1 handicap match. After the match, Alberto Del Rio attacks Cena. The three referees that show up aren't able to break up the Cross Arm Breaker until Big E Langston rushes in and makes the save!
Antonio Del Rio meets with Kane. Brad Maddox and Vickie Guerrero to brag about what he did to John Cena. Kane tells Del Rio to tell Big E how Cena feels...physically.
R-Truth sneaks in a victory against Ryback.
Alberto Del Rio beats Big E Langston with the Cross Arm Breaker.
This Friday on SmackDown: Alberto Del Rio vs. John Cena in an arm-wrestling contest!
Paul Heyman (in a wheelchair and neck brace) and Curtis Axel are here! Heyman bitches about Ryback's failures against CM Punk, and blames the WWE Universe for them. He plans to get revenge on CM Punk, but Punk shows up. Punk makes quick work of Axel, then grabs a kendo stick, spins Heyman out of wheelchair and gives him the beating of his life...again.
The Wyatt Family (Bray Wyatt, Luke Harper, Erick Rowan) show up as The Shield (Dean Ambrose, Seth Rollins, Roman Reigns) take on Daniel Bryan and CM Punk. The Family and The Shield go at it, but then see Punk and Bryan and realize they have a common enemy. It's almost a 6-on-2 beatdown, but Cody Rhodes, Goldust and The Usos (Jimmy and Jey Uso) rush in and even the odds!
John Cena comes out and says he's back, and there's still a difference of opinion, but he wants to thank one doubter and calls JBL out by name. Cena says he had to listen to JBL for weeks talk about how he wasn't ready, but Cena is there to thank him for motivation and he was wrong. He says the new champ is here, and he's here to fight on RAW on Smackdown, so he may have to ice his arm once in a while but he is ready to go. Cena says Alberto Del Rio has a rematch coming, so he should come get it if he wants it, and he's not going anywhere because he runs the show. Damien Sandow cuts him off and says the uncrowned champ is here, and Cena might be fooling people, but he isn't fooled.
Sandow says it's impossible for a triceps to heal this quickly, and he knows Cena's more hurt than he is showing, and his speech is all a charade. Sandow says Cena is afraid he will cash in on him, then he says he can cash in right now and hands the briefcase to the referee. He pulls it back and says maybe another time, then he kicks Cena and beats him with the case before slamming Cena's arm off the ringpost. Sandow whips him shoulder first into the barricade, then he picks him up and throws him into the ring steps before he gets a chair. He puts Cena's arm on the steps and smashes it with the chair, then he says his time is now and calls for a referee and hands him the briefcase.
World Heavyweight Championship: John Cena def Damien Sandow to retain
United States Championship: Big E. Langston def Dean Ambrose via DQ
Big E. gets the DQ win after the other members Rollins and Reigns attack him. The Usos then make the save, setting up a six man tag team match.
6 Man Tag Team Match: The Shield def Big E. Langston &The Usos
The Shield pick up the win after Reigns hit the double spear and then pinning Jey Uso.
Shawn Michaels comes out and says he knows he owes the fans an explanation, but more importantly he owes Daniel Bryan one and invites him to the ring. Bryan comes out and Shawn says he knows he's not happy, but he didn't intend for anything to happen and he was impartial. Shawn says all hell broke loose and they might not understand, but Triple H is his friend and that will always go above everything else. He says HHH was always there for him so he had to be there for his friend, and he knows he taught Bryan a lot, but Bryan took it a lot further. Shawn says his final lesson to him is to not trust anyone here, and he is trying to apologize him so Bryan should shake his hand.
Bryan shakes his head 'no' and Shawn calls him a little puke, and he says he's had Bryan's back this entire time but now he isn't so sure about it. Shawn calls himself a 'A+ player' and demands that Bryan shakes his hand, then Bryan obliges but ends up putting him in the YES Lock! Bryan pulls back on Shawn's neck and makes him tap out, but Bryan refuses to let go until a group of referees run out and pull them apart. Renee Young finds Bryan backstage and asks for his thoughts on what just happened, then Renee backs away as the lights go out. Bryan is heard being attacked, then the lights come up and we see The Wyatt Family punching Bryan on the floor. They throw him into a ladder before Bray picks him up and hits Sister Abigail, then he backs away and slams an equipment case into his head before leaving.
Los Matadores def 3MB
Divas Champion A.J. Lee & Tamina def The Bella Twins
Kane def The Miz
After the match, Stephanie McMahon comes out to meet with Kane. Then he UNMASKS himself.
CM Punk comes out and says it might not look like it, but he slept like a baby for the first time in months because he finally got his hands on Paul Heyman. He says he beat him with a kendo stick and put him to sleep, so he wants to hear it from the crowd because Heyman is history. Punk says there's one thing left to do, and he will take care of Ryback because he's nothing without Heyman and he's excited for the match stipulation. He says he beat Ryback once, and he is a man of his word so he is going to beat Ryback based on how the fans vote, and he promises to do it.
Street Fight: CM Punk def Ryback via Submssion
This was a #RAWActive match voted by WWE fans, which saw Punk pick up the win after he elbow dropped Ryback through the table and made him tap to the Anaconda Vise.
The Real Americans (w/ Zeb Colter) def WWE Tag Team Champions Cody Rhodes & Goldust
The Real Americans pick up the win with the Ankle Lock.
Alberto Del Rio comes out and says he doesn't care what Damien Sandow did, because John Cena is a thief and he stole his World Heavyweight Championship. He says Cena's win guarantees his rematch, and he is going to hurt him, targeting his arm and attacking him until he breaks it. Alberto says the title belongs to hi, but they already know that, then he raises the Mexican flag in the air and taunts the crowd.
Natalya def Summer Rae via Submission
Thanks to a distraction by the melee between Hornswoggle, Khali, & Fandango, Nattie was able to make Summer tap to the Sharpshooter for the win!
The locker room is shown standing on the stage as Triple H and Stephanie McMahon make their way to the ring, and The Shield join them in the ring. HHH says he saw the future ten years ago, when he put a born star into Evolution and let him learn from him and do horrible things. He says the monster he found ended up maturing and becoming a A+ star, and he fulfilled the prophecy by becoming WWE Champion, and the face of the company. HHH introduces Randy Orton to the crowd, then he joins them in the ring and they all embrace in a group hug. Stephanie says Orton is their champion, then she tells the roster that he represents them too, so they should show the respect he deserves. Orton says being champion makes him better than them, and he was born better than most people so he's not only face of WWE, but he's their superior.
Big Show's music cues up and he marches to the ring, taking on The Shield, but The Usos, Cody Rhodes and Goldust run The Shield off. Show gets in the ring and Orton and the McMahons run away, but Show says he can't sit there and watch this unfold. Show says this lawsuit he has will bankrupt HHH and the company, and he doesn't care how long it takes because he has nothing to lose. Orton hits Show from behind with his title, then HHH tries to get in the ring but Show gets up and knocks Orton out before setting his sights on HHH. He dares HHH to get in the ring, then HHH takes his jacket off and feigns getting in the ring, but he retreats with Stephanie and Show taunts him for backing off.
ALL Credit due to my good friend, PrinceWatercres!
The Shield (Dean Ambrose, Seth Rollins, Roman Reigns) guard the ring for Triple H, who shows up. After a recap of the SummerSlam main event, he declares that Daniel Bryan has made it personal last week after insulting him and Stephanie McMahon. He's willing to put this under the bridge, then brings out Randy Orton. Triple H congratulates Orton, and rewards him with a Cadillac Escalade. Orton thanks Triple H, but before he can check the Caddy out, Daniel Bryan shows up. He compliments the new ride, then thanks the WWE Universe for their support, John Cena for theSummerSlam match for the WWE title...and Triple H for showing his true colors after said match. He plans to beat Orton at Night of Champions and win the WWE title again. Triple H then verbally craps on him before putting him in a gauntlet match tonight with The Shield. CM Punk accepts Curtis Axel's challenge. There are now three stipulations to choose from: Paul Heyman is banned from ringside, Paul Heyman is the special guest referee, or Paul Heyman has to fight CM Punk again if Punk wins. Damien Sandow guests on commentary for the next match.
Cody Rhodes & The Miz def Damien Sandow & Fandango
Rhodes & The Miz (with the returning Rosa Mendes) defeated Fandango & Sandow when Fandango walked out on Sandow.
Also, here's the match that led to the tag team match:
Los Matadores: WWE Debut hype!
Josh Mathews interviews Christian. He meets Randy Orton, who stops him before he can say anything about Triple H's SummerSlam actions and emerging new regime. He challenges Christian, and Christian accepts.
Regardless of the situation, CM Punk is ready to beat Curtis Axel...and maybe get his hands on Paul Heyman, too. Meanwhile, Curtis Axel tells Paul Heyman that he has the situation under control.
The stipulation for CM Punk vs Curtis Axel? Paul Heyman has to face a victorious Punk if Punk wins!
CM Punk def Inertcontinental Champion Curtis Axel
Punk defeats Axel. Security forces Heyman in the ring with Punk, but subsequently gets attacked by both Heyman and Axel with a Kendo Stick.
Jojo is special guest ring announcer for this next match.
Brie defeats Nattie in a Summerslam rematch, After that, Divas Champ A.J. Lee comes out a drops the bomb on the whole cast of Total Divas, cutting a badass promo!
RVD def WHC Alberto Del Rio
Muxh thanks to Ricardo Rodriguez, RVD defeats Del Rio (again) to become the #1 Contender for the World title!
Josh Matthews interviews Ryback, only to be bullied by him.
Renee Young interviews Paul Heyamn and Curtis Axel. They're proud of how they manhandled CM Punk.
WWE Champion Randy Orton def Christian
Orton defeats Christian. After that, Bryan shows up on the TitanTron with the trashed Escalade (much like what Kofi Kingston did to his last "car"). The YES-calade!
Randy Orton, Triple H and Brad Maddox check out the now-vandalized Cadillac Escalade. Triple H now thinks the entire locker room has an agenda, and tells Brad Maddox that if anyone gets involved in Daniel Bryan's gauntlet match, they're out the door.
Titus O'Neil def Jack Swagger
Bray Wyatt tells the story of Sister Abigail.
CM Punk refuses medical attention, and wants a match against Paul Heyman and Curtis Axel out of Brad Maddox. He gets a handicap elimination match against them, and if Heyman backs out, he won't be seen in WWE again.
Renee Young, interviews...anyone from the entire locker room, who is at the ramp to watch the main event as per Triple H. Dolph Ziggler, Big Show and The Miz stay silent
The gauntlet match between Daniel Bryan and The Shield (Dean Ambrose, Seth Rollins, Roman Reigns) ends in a Shield beat-down. Triple H stares down the entire locker room as D-Bry eats a three-man power bomb. Randy Orton shows up, then gets the okay from Triple H to level D-Bry with an RKO.
