Raw Recap 12.14.09 - 2009 Slammy Awards

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Tonight's episode of Raw was the special 3 hour presentation of the 2009 Slammy Awards, hosted by comedian/actor and radio talk show host, Dennis Miller.

WWE Raw opened with a video to intro tonight's 3 hour Slammy Awards show, in which the thrilling and exciting moments from WWE the past year will be relived. After the intro piece, they rolled the Raw entrance video by Nickleback.

Michael Cole said tonight the four men for the Superstar of the Year award will square off in a four man tournament. The winner of the tournament will be named 2009 Superstar of the Year. Randy Orton faces Undertaker, while Cena faces CM Punk. Those two winners meet in the finals to determine 2009 Superstar of the Year.

Justin Roberts introduced tonight's Raw guest host, Dennis Miller who came out to the Slammy Awards set on the ramp. Miller took a spot at the podium then went into some standup jokes to mixed reactions. Miller made a joke where they posted up a pic of Nancy Pelosi side-by-side with Vickie Guerrero. Miller also had a pic of DX shown, with George Bush and Dick Cheney's faces plastered on their bodies. Then he had Obama and Cena images up on the screen saying "one of these guys was just put through a table, the other has yet to bring anything to one". Miller discussed USACares.org, his organization he sponsors, and Tribute to the Troops.

Tag Team of the Year Slammy

R-Truth and Jillian Hall came out to present the first Slammys of the night for Best Tag team of the Year. Jillian said she wanted to do a rendition of "Whoomp There it is!" by Tag Team. Truth interrupted Jillian, and said he just changed his song lyrics to "Shut Up" instead of What's up. Tag teams nominated for the Tag team of the year were D-Generation X, Chris Jericho & Big Show, Legacy and The Hart Dynasty.

Jericho arrived out in dark suits. Show held up his award smiling, but Jericho was looking pissed off. Jericho asked if the fans were expecting someone else. Jericho thanked Edge for being cowardly and selfish, getting injured so he could relinquish the tag title. Jericho thanked himself for choosing a dominant partner such as Big Show. Show spoke next saying despite what happened at the PPV last night, they will regain their titles in the near future. Jericho said he is invoking the rematch clause to fight for the titles tonight.

Winners: Chris Jericho & Big Show win Tag Team of the Year Slammy.

The Raw-Slammy commentary team consisted of Michael Cole, Jerry Lawler and Matt Striker from Smackdown, who were all on hand for last night's TLC PPV. Cole said Sheamus' win last night was the biggest surprise of 2009 TLC PPV results. In the WWE Table match, Sheamus shoved Cena off the top rope and crashing through the table in the ring to claim the WWE title. Cole said Irishvoice.com site is quoted with the headline of "Sheamus is here to stay". Raw went to its first commercial break of the night.

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Raw returned with Cole saying fans can vote at WWE.com for 2009 Diva of the Year Slammy award winner (voting now closed). William Regal, Ezekiel Jackson and Vladimir Kozlov were in the ring to make a statement. Highlights were shown from ECW on Tuesday where Kozlov and Jackson got into it outside the ring, causing their team to lose via countout in the six man tag match against Christian, Yoshi Tatsu and Shelton.

Regal said tonight he's happy to announce all three men are on the same page now. Regal said he challenged Christian to find 2 other men to team with him to face them in the ring tonight. Christian came out first wearing the ECW belt and holding a mic in hand. Christian was limping down the ramp, so Regal told him to announce his partners now. Christian said he can barely walk but he found 2 guys willing to put their differences aside tonight to annihilate Regal and his men. Kane's pyrotechnics went off, and out came Kane along with Great Khali. All three men headed to the ring for a six man tag match.

Christian, Kane & Great Khali vs. William Regal, Ezekiel Jackson & Vladimir Kozlov

Christian became the easy target for the heels towards the end of the match as they pounded on him from corner to corner, keeping him from a tag. He finally made the hot tag to Kane who came in to take it to Regal. After a side slam on Regal, he went to the top rope and hit a flying clothesline to take him down for a near fall. Kozlov came in to break up the pin. Ezekiel Jackson came in and leveled Kane with a clothesline. Kozlov made a blind tag as he slapped Jackson's back. Jackson was surprised by it and stared down Kozlov. Kozlov paused a moment before charging at Kane. Kane gave him a big boot then tagged in Khali. Khali delivered a big right hand chop to take down Kozlov for the pinfall. Regal was clearly upset outside the ring, as was Jackson.

Winners: Christian, Kane and The Great Khali win via pinfall over William Regal, Vladimir Kozlov and Ezekiel Jackson.

Breakout Star of the Year Slammy

Dennis Miller was back out to the podium. He introduced ECW GM Tiffany and Smackdown GM Teddy Long, to present Breakout Star of the Year. Nominees were Drew McIntyre, Sheamus, Yoshi Tatsu and Abraham Washington from ECW.

Sheamus arrived out to the ramp wearing the WWE Championship belt. He took the Slammy Award trophy and shook Teddy's hand, smirking the whole time. Sheamus began gloating how he beat Cena and put him through a table to take the title. Sheamus named off WWE HOFer's who have never won the title like Steamboat and Paul Orndorf. The crowd chanted "You suck" at Sheamus. Sheamus sent a message out to Cena that he's never getting the title back from him. Sheamus held up both his Slammy and the WWE belt before Raw went to commercial.

Winner: Sheamus wins the 2009 Slammy award for Breakout Star of the Year.

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Raw returned with a look at all the nominees for 2009 Superstar of the Year, CM Punk, The Undertaker, John Cena and Randy Orton. The commentators reminded fans of Undertaker vs Orton and John Cena vs CM Punk for the Tournament to determine the award winner.

Kofi Kingston vs. Cody Rhodes

Kofi arrived to the ring with his shoulder bandaged from last night's Punt kick he took from Orton in a loss at TLC.

Kofi began to go on a tear late in the match as he knocked Rhodes down then did the Boom Boom leg drop. Just then, Ted Dibiase rushed into the ring to attack Kingston. Immediately, Evan Bourne ran down to make a save. Legacy retreated out of the ring to the bottom of the ramp. Dennis Miller came out to the podium holding a trophy saying he wins the Slammy award for best announcement of a match formerly ending in DQ but changed to a tag team match. Miller said "Jeremy Piven and Al Sharpton, Suck it! ring the bell!" Kofi and Bourne ran and dove out through the ropes to take out Legacy as Raw went to commercial.

Winner: Kofi Kingston wins due to disqualification, match restarted as a tag match.

Evan Bourne & Kofi Kingston vs. Legacy

Late in this restarted match, Kofi Kingston escaped Dibiase using a backdrop. Bourne came into the ring on fire to face Rhodes. Bourne with several quick and high-flying moves on Rhodes, then knocked Dibiase off the apron. Bourne did a high flying double knee takedown on Rhodes then tried for a pinfall. Dibiase was in to boot him in the face breaking it up. Bourne sent Dibiase to the outside where Kofi was. As Bourne turned he ducked a clothesline by Rhodes. Rhodes hung onto the ropes, and Bourne tried to rush at him. Rhodes avoided his move and grabbed Bourne, pulled him to center ring and hit his finisher.

Winners: Legacy wins via pinfall over Evan Bourne and Kofi Kingston.

Matt Striker said the fight is on for tonight. Chris Jericho invoked the tag team title rematch clause so he and Big Show will face DX for the titles, tonight.

Shocker of the Year Slammy Award

Dennis Miller was back out and said he apologized that he didn't know the format of the show was to just come out and yell "Suck it!" and you're a genius. He introduced Vickie Guerrero and Santino Marella who came out to present the next Slammy for "Shocker of the Year". Up for nomination were Orton sinking to a new low by DDTing Stephanie McMahon, Batista turning against Rey Mysterio, CM Punk retiring Jeff Hardy, and Sheamus slamming Mark Cuban through a table on Raw.

CM Punk was the winner and came out celebrating by throwing his fists in the air. Punk came out and hugged Vickie then yanked the Trophy award from Santino without a handshake. Raw went to a commercial break as Punk was celebrating and kissing the trophy.

Winner: CM Punk wins the Slammy Award for Shocker of the Year.

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Raw returned with Punk inside the ring, mic and trophy in hand. Punk thanked himself for the great year he had this year, winning Money in the Bank and the World Heavyweight title twice. Punk said he's also the only man in the WWE with the courage to tell them they're throwing their lives away. Punk said his crowning achievement was getting rid of the "Charismatic enabler" Jeff Hardy from WWE. Punk said he's the only Straight-Edge slammy award winner, and will take his place as 2009 Straightedge Superstar of the Year.

John Cena vs. CM Punk
Superstar of the Year Tournament match #1

The commentators revisited still images from last night's Table match where Sheamus defeated Cena for the WWE title.

Punk used his bulldog move in the latter stages of the match. He tried to wear Cena down on the mat with a hold on his arm/shoulder. Cena powered to his feet and kicked Punk in the gut. Punk got him up for GTS, but he didn't connect. Cena countered to slap on the STF. Punk crawled to the bottom rope, so Cena pulled him back to the center of the ring. Punk quickly tapped out to give Cena the victory.

Cena got on the mic post match with the fans chanting his name. Cena offered his congratulations to Sheamus on winning the WWE title. Cena said he wants to apologize to anyone he let down last night. Cena said sometimes you can be so prepared and still fail, and that's painful. Cena said a man's character is judged by how he deals with a tough defeat. Cena said you pick yourself up, brush yourself off and overcome! Fans went wild, with a few still booing. Cena said some fans may have lost faith in him, and he respects their decision. Cena said tonight he speaks to the fans who still support him. Cena said what happened at TLC will never happen again, and his Road to Wrestlemania starts now. Cena said he won't be and can't be stopped. Cena offered a headline for WWE.com "I will not lose another match until I become WWE Champion again".

Winner: John Cena wins via submission over CM Punk to advance to the Tournament Finals for 2009 Superstar of the Year.

The commentary team reviewed the bracket for the Superstar of the Year tournament. Cena faces the winner of Undertaker vs. Orton in the finals.

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2009 Match of the Year Slammy

Dennis Miller introduced HHH to present the award. Nominees were HBK vs Undertaker (WM25), Cena vs Orton (Breaking Point I Quit), Jeff Hardy vs. Edge (Extreme Rules Ladder match), Team Smackdown vs. Team Raw (Bragging Rights). The winning match was HBK vs. Taker. HBK came out to accept the award, dicsussed how much work it took and challenged Taker to a rematch for WM26.

Winner: Shawn Michaels vs. Undertaker wins the 2009 Match of the Year Slammy.

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Undertaker vs Randy Orton
Superstar of the Year tournament, match #2

It was a good match throughout, with Orton and Taker eventually fighting outside near the ramp. Legacy came down and Taker kept walking towards them to back them up the ramp. It gave enough time for Orton to recover and hit the RKO on Taker outside the ring. The ref's count neared 10, with Orton sliding in the ring at 9 to win it.

After the victory, Legacy tossed Taker in the ring for a beating. Orton was recovering near the corner. Taker sat up on the mat and grabbed Rhodes & Dibiase, then shoved them over the top rope. Orton came at him but ended up getting Chokeslammed.

Winner: Randy Orton wins by countout over Undertaker to advance to the 2009 Superstar of the Year Slammy finals match against John Cena.

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2009 Raw Guest Host of Year

Vince McMahon was out to present this award. He said he came up with the idea for guest host (although they said it was Trump's idea before). Nominees were Seth Green, Bob Barker, Shaq and The Osbournes. Bob Barker won it and they showed a pre-recorded video of his acceptance. He thanked WWE for treating him well and a fun time, then added they helped him sell a lot of his new books to help out his charity, so they thank everyone too.

Vince McMahon asked host Dennis Miller who he'd suggest as a good guest host for Raw. Miller said how about Bret "Hitman" Hart, and the fans went wild. Vince wasn't happy with that suggestion and walked backstage.

Winner: Bob Barker wins 2009 Guest Host of Year Slammy.

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Dennis Miller was talking on a cellphone backstage when Chris Jericho came in. He thanked Miller for finally being one guest host who shows him proper respect and allowed his request for a tag titles rematch to stand. Miller told Jerich to cut the crap because he seems to think the universe revolves around him. Miller said Jericho's agenda needs to go somewhere besides Raw, so he's allowing DX to get rid of him tonight in the match. Jericho said he'd prove everyone wrong and left the scene.

Chris Jericho & Big Show vs. D-Generation X
Unified Tag titles rematch

Not long into the match, Shawn Michaels got in the ring and got down on all fours behind the ref. Hunter shoved the ref who fell backwards over HBK. THe ref was upset, got up and called for the bell. Match was a DQ in favor of JeriShow with DX keeping the belts. HHH got on a mic and told Jericho that was his one rematch clause shot. He said now it's time for Jericho to leave Raw, and called out a gang of superstars from backstage. Cryme Tyme, Christian, Shelton, Primo, R-Truth, Finlay and Cryme Tyme were all there to make sure Jericho left the ring. Michaels superkicked him down, and then the other guys made sure they escorted Jericho up the ramp and backstage, eventually out of the arena, kicking and screaming the whole way.

Winners: Chris Jericho & Big Show win due to disqualification, DX retains the tag team titles.

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2009 Extreme Moment of the Year Slammy

Carlito, Chris Masters & Eve were out to present the next award. Carlito began to talk about the extreme moments in the WWE and how he's been part of many of them. Masters kept making his pec muscles move and Eve was giggling over it. Carlito finally snapped and told Masters to quit it. Then he asked Eve if she can do that with her chest, and she said he'll never find out.

Nominees were: Kofi Kingston doing his leg drop on Orton in the audience at MSG, Big Show tossing Cena into a Spotlight during a WWE title match, Jeff Hardy diving off a tall ladder to Swanton Bomb CM Punk, and Triple H's invasion of Randy Orton's home.

Jeff Hardy's Swanton won it, so Matt Hardy came out to accept. He tried to make a speech but Carlito interrupted. Matt told him to show some respect for his brother's win. Carlito backed away, then came back to deck Hardy, knocking him down. Carlito grabbed the Slammy and accepted it for himself, giving a speech. Masters came over and put the Masterlock on, then Eve pulled the trophy away. Hardy got back up and punched Carlito down, then took the trophy back.

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When Raw returned the commentary team hyped up the upcoming DVD & Blu-ray of "The Marine 2" starring Ted Dibiase Jr. A trailer was shown for the plot synopsis which said inspired by true events. The DVD & Blu-ray are out on 12/29/09.

Yoshi Tatsu, Mark Henry & John Morrison vs. The Miz, Zack Ryder & Drew McIntyre

The brand new Intercontinental champ was out to team with Miz and Ryder. Late in the match, Morrison tagged in and tackled McIntyre down to punch away on him. McIntyre eventually got away and made a tag to Ryder. Ryder came in and demanded Yoshi Tatsu, so Morrison made the tag. Yoshi came in and did some quick moves to elude Ryder's attacks. Ryder backed off and did a taunt along with his "Woo Woo Woo", but then ate a roundhouse kick from Yoshi which gave his team the win.

Winners: Yoshi Tatsu, Mark Henry & John Morrison win by pinfall over The Miz, Zack Ryder & Drew McIntyre

The Bellas, Maria, Melina, Kelly Kelly, Mickie James & Gail Kim were shown walking arm in arm backstage, all wearing evening gowns. The presentation of Diva of the Year slammy is next.

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7 on 7 Divas Tag match

The Bellas, Maria, Melina, Kelly Kelly, Mickie James & Gail Kim took on Michelle McCool, Layla, Maryse, Alicia Fox, Natalya, Beth Phoenix and Rosa Mendes. It started off as a bit of a catfight in the ring until the ref broke things up to get it started. Rosa Mendes went right at Mickie James so those were the two starting divas, and really the only ones who fought. Rosa took the early advantage for a bit. She whipped Mickie to the corner and charged at her, but Mickie jumped up and got her in a headscissors then tossed her to the mat. Next up was Mickie's finishing move DDT for the win. No other divas were in the match. After the win, the face divas chased any heel divas out of the ring.

Winners: The Bellas, Maria, Melina, Kelly Kelly, Mickie James & Gail Kim win via pinfall over Michelle McCool, Layla, Maryse, Alicia Fox, Natalya, Beth Phoenix and Rosa Mendes.

Immediately after the match, Goldust and MVP made their way out to the podium up on the ramp to present 2009 Diva of the Year.

2009 Diva of Year Slammy

Maria was chosen by the fans who voted on WWE.com as 2009 diva of the year. She was shocked by it, as were the commentators. She ran up the ramp slapping hands with fans then thanked everyone on the mic. Batista came out to interrupt her. He said really this is about him tonight, and he should win "Screwjob of the Year" for how he was screwed out of the title last night at TLC. He said he should be up for superstar of the year. Two cops came out to escort him backstage.

Winner: Maria wins the 2009 Diva of the Year Slammy.

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2009 "Oh My" Moment of the Year Slammy

Abraham Washington, Tony Atlas & Big Dick Johnson were out to present this one. Atlas kept laughing hysterically and pointing at Johnson who was all oily and gyrating. Abe did a "why me?" looking up to the heavens, then kept talking. At one point, Johnson pulled out some spectacles and put them on so he could deliver a intro speech full of big words.

The nominees were Masters' dancing pectoral muscles, Shawn Michaels Superkick on little girl at his cafeteria job, Michael Cole drunk and puking on Jericho's shoes at Smackdown party, and Santino getting pied on Thanksgiving Raw, then smashing a pie in Vickie Guerrero's face. The winner was the Michael Cole incident. Cole was ecstatic at the win and jumped out of his announcers seat, then hugged his co-commentators, before running up to hug Big Dick Johnson and the other guys. He said this is a new era of commentary, beyond his mentor JR's old slobber knocker style. Cole said now is the time for "Vintage" and the Hook em' Horns Texas commentary style.

On-stage: Dennis Miller came back to the podium and said he needs to "take his freaking eyes out with a power drill" after seeing Johnson. Miller ran down the ramp and handed the "Oh My" Slammy award announcement card to a kid on the front row near the tunnel. Miller discussed the Tribute to the Troops and USA Cares before plugging the main event Superstar of the Year up next.

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Backstage, DX was in merchandise mode as HHH discussed all the great holiday gifts from WWE Shop. Michaels pointed out that he had set up a cool WWE Ladder match with ring plastic toy with wrestlers in it. He said he spent a long time putting it together this year so it would be ready for the kids to play with on Christmas. HHH leanded on and it all fell apart. He apologized but HBK was in a shock and had to sit down. HHH asked if he wanted a blanked, but Michaels said he needs use of his arms to reach stuff. Hunter pulled out a DX snuggie with camoflauge theme and Michaels put it on.

After giving Michaels a cup of tea, Hunter plugged the new History of the World Title DVD. They showed HHH vs Michaels during their 2002 match. Hornswoggle came in to the scene to give DX presents. He gave them a WWE Shop gift card and then showed off his new DX Army shirt to them, with his image on it. DX tried to grab Hornswoggle, but he ran away through a cartoon Roadrunner style hole in the wall. HHH started punching at the Snuggie, thinking Hornswoggle was in it, but it was Michaels. HBK was down on the floor as Horney took off. Horney re-entered and put a Santa hat on Michaels' head, then grunted out a Christmas tune to finish the skit.

Next week Raw will be guest hosted by Johnny Damon of the New York Yankees.

Randy Orton came out for the main event match which decides who wins the 2009 Superstar of the year trophy.

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John Cena vs. Randy Orton
Superstar of the Year Tournment Finals

Late in this one, both men were on top of their games. Cena went for his finisher, but Orton blocked and tried the RKO. Cena blocked it and attempted the STF. Orton countered that so Cena got the Attitude Adjustment. HE had a near fall, but Orton grabbed the bottom rope to break it. Orton went to the outside to recover. He was able to catch Cena coming out of the ring and DDT'ed him from the apron into the outside padded floor. He rolled Cena back into the ring for a very close fall with Cena barely kicking out. Orton waited for Cena to get up so he could do a running punt kick. Cena avoided it and hit the Attitude Adjustment in the middle of the ring for the pinfall win.

Winner: John Cena wins via pinfall over Randy Orton to become 2009 Superstar of the Year.

As Cena was celebrating his Slammy match win, Sheamus came out to show off his newly won WWE title. Cena called him down to the ring, but Sheamus didn't oblige. Instead he smirked from up on the ramp displaying the WWE title belt before Raw went off the air.

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