Smackdown Results 09/28/12

Smackdown results from Buffalo, NY:

The opening had Big Show come to the ring to vow that he was the only one on the roster who can defeat Sheamus for the World Heavyweight Championship.  That brought Randy Orton out to talk about how Show has to go through him first.  Orton suggested Show might fall victim to an RKO later, and Show said maybe he'll get hit by a KO instead.  Alberto Del Rio came out to interrupt them, and got in the ring, only to get hit by Orton's RKO.  Orton left the ring with Show watching from inside.

Antonio Cesaro defeated Santino Marella by pinfall to retain the United States Championship.  Late in the match, Cesaro went for the Neutralizer from the corner ropes, but Santino did a backdrop to throw him down to the mat.  However, Santino missed on a diving move from the ropes.  That gave Cesaro the opportunity to hit the Neutralizer for the victory, to retain the title.  Aksana was not present during the match.

Matthews and Cole returned on camera to talk about Dr. Shelby's latest therapy for Kane and Bryan.  They replayed the first segment from Raw where they were in the diner with Kane dressed up as a water named "Gerald."

Beth Phoenix defeated Natalya by pinfall.  Beth extended her hand and Natalya shook as the match began.  They had a Tout before the match from Eve saying she takes her position very seriously and there will be series consequences for Kaitlyn's attacker.  Cole said Beth Phoenix called Eve a liar on Twitter.  During the match, Natalya managed to get the Sharpshooter on, with Beth ultimately able to crawl her way to the bottom rope to break it.  Moments later, Beth managed to hit the Glam Slam on Natalya, but Nat surprisingly kicked out of the pinfall.  From the corner, the two divas traded pitfalls with Beth able to roll through and pin Natalya.  Beth cried after the win with Cole saying it was an outpouring of emotions from this week.

Post-match, Eve's music hit and she came onto the stage.  Eve apologized to Beth for what happened on Raw.  Eve said all they know now is the assailant is a blonde.  Eve told Beth until the investigation is finished she is indefinitely suspended.  Beth was shocked and started arguing with Natalya, who took offense and kept saying "I had nothing to do with this."

Backstage, Teddy Long commended Booker on the tag team division lately.  Booker said he's proposed an 8-team single elimination tournament with the winners facing Kane and Daniel Bryan at Hell in a Cell.  All of a sudden, Beth Phoenix burst into the office asking if Booker saw what just happened with her getting suspended.  Booker was shocked by it, as Eve came in and told Booker she was acting in the best interests of his office.  Booker told Eve he didn't know of this and the decision was overturned.  Eve apologized to Booker and Beth.  After Beth left, Eve pretended that Teddy had recommended this to Eve, and then she said it's apparent Teddy is jealous of Booker being in charge and trying to make his administration look incompetent.  Teddy was flabbergasted by that and after Eve left, asked Booker if he really believed all that.

They did the Raw Rebound which covered Mick Foley on Raw, and CM Punk attacking him after the show.  The show ended with Ryback showing up to stare down Punk.

Wade Barrett defeated Zack Ryder by pinfall.  Early in the match, Barrett kicked Ryder hard in the gut, then hit a huge Gutwrench slam for a near fall.  He began punching away on Ryder in the corner, then yelled at the ref to back off.  One spot saw Barrett pick up Ryder and drop his legs against the rope to springboard Ryder onto a backbreaker.  Ryder made a late comeback, throwing a huge punch on Barrett to set him up in the corner for the Broski Boot.  Barrett rolled to the outside, but Ryder still connected on the Broski Boot.  Back in the ring, Ryder went to run against the ropes, with Barrett rushing over and clotheslining him to the outside.  Barrett rolled Ryder back in then hit the Souveneir Elbow for the big win.

The Rhodes Scholars defeated The Uso's by pinfall in Round 1 of the tag team elimination tournament.  Late in this match, the Uso's went on a huge run with Jey hip checking Rhodes in the corner.  Jey Uso hit a big Superkick on Rhodes.  The Uso's set up on the corner for a move, but Sandow yanked the one out of the ring.  The other Uso went for the big jump off the corner and Rhodes put his knees up.  From there, Cody hit Cross Rhodes to get the pinfall win.

The Rhodes Scholars will take on winner of Santino/Ryder vs. Gabriel/Kidd in the semifinals.  The other first round matchup has Prime Time Players vs. Kofi Kingston & R-Truth.

They showed the Bryan and Kane segment from Raw with Dr. Shelby at the diner, where Bryan and Kane each had to take a bite of the other's preferred meal.

Ryback defeated Tensai via pinfall.  Tensai had some early offense including a splash on Ryback in the corner followed by a series of punches.  Ryback blocked one, and then did a huge slam on Tensai to rile the crowd up.  Ryback went for his big clothesline with Tensai blocking it and then doing a huge Spinebuster for a near fall.  Ryback kicked out several times.  The conclusion saw Ryback able to hoist Tensai up on his shoulders and hit the Shellshock for the big win.  Ryback led the crowd in his "Feed Me More" chant after the win.

They showed Randy Orton walking backstage on his way out for the upcoming match.  Alberto Del Rio came out of nowhere and attacked Orton, knocking him to the ground and then shoving a big piece of set equipment on wheels into Orton. A referee showed up to get Del Rio out of there and check on Orton.  Cole said "we're supposed to have a #1 contender's match" as Smackdown hit break.

Big Show arrived to the ring, but when Orton's music hit, Alberto Del Rio came out instead.  Del Rio got on a mic on stage saying he'd be taking Orton's place tonight in the match.  All of a sudden, Orton appeared from backstage and attacked Del Rio, tossing him into the big WWE logo up on stage.  Orton, favoring his ribs, slowly made his way down the ramp with Show taunting from in the ring.

Big Show defeated Randy Orton via pinfall to become new #1 contender for the World Heavyweight Championship.  Late in this one, Orton kicked Show as he was trying to get in from the apron.  Orton tried to suplex Show from the apron, with Show punching Orton in the gut and getting back in the ring.  Show set up for the KO punch, but Orton surprised him with an RKO.  Orton crawled slowly over for a pin with Show kicking out before 3.  Cole said it had to be the ribs injury which lessened the impact of the RKO.  Orton set up for a Punt Kick but as he charged Show grabbed him by the throat and chokeslammed him.  Orton kicked out of that, and an enraged Show picked him up for a second chokeslam to get the win.  Big Show will go on to face Sheamus at Hell in a Cell PPV for the title.

Post-match, Orton was getting back to his feet in the ring.  Show got back in and landed a WMD KO punch to lay him out on the mat.  Show got on the mic and delivered a message telling Sheamus "I guess I'll see you at Hell in a Cell."

Smackdown Results 09/21/12

Smackdown Results from Philadelphia, PA:

The opening segment featured WWE Hall of Famer Edge, who came out to question how Daniel Bryan and Kane are now getting along.  Both guys eventually came to the ring, and Edge questioned their ability to get along and handle their anger.  He especially questioned Kane who he said has tortured him and beat him up in the past.  Kane said he wanted to clear all that up and went for the hug.  Bryan screamed "NO!" and then Edge suggested a group hug.  Damien Sandow came out to interrupt things calling them miscreants and saying they are humiliating Smackdown with their hug sessions.  Edge tells Sandow he'd rather watch them hug it out then listen to Sandow speak.  Edge invites Sandow to get in the ring since he keeps trash talking, but Sandow declines.  Edge asks the WWE Universe who is behind it, but Sandow says their opinion doesn't count.

Damien Sandow defeated Kane by pinfall.  Late in the match, Kane had control after his big clothesline off the ropes.  Kane prepares for a chokeslam but Bryan starts yelling "I'm the tag team champion!"  Bryan gets on the apron as he and Kane yell back and forth.  Sandow is able to use that to hit a neckbreaker for the pinfall win.

Backstage, Kane is ripping the place apart looking for Bryan, when Dr. Shelby shows up telling him to calm down.  Kane says he's going to rip each hair off Bryan's goat face beard.  Bryan pops out of a dumpster and says he doesn't have a goat face. Shelby ends up talking them to a truce, and says he'll go talk to Booker to ask if Bryan can compete tonight.  Kane says that might help calm him down.

Backstage, Alberto Del Rio complained to Booker about reinstating the Brogue Kick for Sheamus at NOC right before the match.  Del Rio said that ended up costing him the win.  Booker reiterated his findings but said he did feel it may have been unfair.  Del Rio suggested he deserves another title shot, but Booker told him he'd have to earn it.  Booker puts Del Rio in a tag match with Dolph Ziggler and their opponents are Orton and Sheamus.

Layla defeated Natalya by pinfall.  Eve was on commentary for the match and her distraction allowed Natalya to take control.  However, later on Layla countered a slam attempt by Natalya.  Natalya tried for the Sharpshooter, but Layla escaped then hit the Lay-Out to get the win.

Randy Orton and Sheamus defeated Dolph Ziggler and Alberto Del Rio by pinfall.  Late in the match, Ziggler goes off the ropes but Sheamus hits the Irish Curse on him.  Ziggler tags in Del Rio who goes for the Cross Armbreaker on Sheamus.  Sheamus shoves Del Rio away towards Orton, who hits the RKO.  Sheamus follows with the Brogue Kick for the big win.

Cody Rhodes defeated Daniel Bryan by pinfall.  Bryan was ready to put the No Lock on Rhodes late in this one, but Kane's pyro hit and he came down towards the ring.  Rhodes used the distraction to get Bryan from behind and hit Cross Rhodes for the win.

Backstage, Bryan and Kane got into it again.  Bryan said Kane is upset because Bryan's the better wrestler.  Bryan suggests Kane needs to go to a dark dusty basement.  Kane tells Bryan to go to a petting zoo with his goat face.  Bryan turns around and sees Damien Sandow with Cody Rhodes watching.  They make fun of the two for being unable to get along as tag champions.  Kane suggests it will be Rhodes and Sandow vs. Kane and Bryan later tonight.  As Sandow and Rhodes walk away, Kane and Bryan keep on arguing.

Brodus Clay defeated Heath Slater due to disqualification.  Late in the match, Clay was ready for the win but got attacked by Drew McIntyre and Jinder Mahal.  The three men kept attacking post-match, with each hitting their big move on Clay to leave him down on the mat.  They all took a bow after beating up Clay.

Santonio Marella defeated Antonio Cesaro by pinfall in a non-title match.  Late in the match, Cesaro hit a big uppercut to knock down Santino.  However, when Cesaro went for the pin, the ref was distracted by Aksana.  Cesaro yelled at her to get out of the ring.  Santino gets the rollup pinfall from behind on Cesaro.  Post-match, Cesaro tells Aksana they're finished and walks off.

Daniel Bryan and Kane defeated Cody Rhodes & Damien Sandow due to DQ in a Lumberjack Match.  Late in this main event, Kane hit a big chokeslam on Damien Sandow.  However, Cody Rhodes came into the ring with a steel chair and smashed it on Kane from behind to cause the DQ.  Post-match, Rhodes goes to hit Kane with the chair again, but Bryan grabs it away.  Kane knocks down Rhodes.  Bryan goes to hit Rhodes with the chair but stops and gives it to Kane instead.  Kane hits Rhodes with the chair.  Bryan gets another chair and the tag champs smile at each other before both smashing their chairs down on Sandow.  The show closed out with them beating up the rest of the lumberjacks.

Smackdown Results 08/17/12

Smackdown Results from Austin, TX:

Alberto Del Rio comes out to start off the show, demanding he get his championship match at SummerSlam.  Chris Jericho comes out to interrupt, calling Del Rio a yapping dog, and speaking Spanish at him.  Jericho says he'll take Del Rio's spot at SummerSlam.  Booker T sets up Jericho vs. Del Rio for later on, but holds to the fact that Sheamus won't wrestle at SummerSlam.

Rey Mysterio & Sin Cara defeated Cody Rhodes & The Miz by pinfall.  Mysterio hit the 619 while Cody was trying to remove Sin Cara's mask, then did his top rope dive for the pinfall win.  Post match, Miz tried for a sneak attack on Rey but was hit by the 619.

Curt Hawkins and Tyler Reks defeated two amateur wrestlers.  They have a new "Magic Mike" stripper dance gimmick now.

They had a segment with William Regal trying to tell Eve how powerful he was when he ws the General Manager.  Some workers come up and ask Regal to take the trash out.

Eve defeated Kaitlyn by pinfall in a quick match.  With the win, Eve becomes Booker's new assistant.

Randy Orton defeated Daniel Bryan by pinfall.  During the match, Kane's entrance music and lights hit but he didn't show up.  Bryan was distrated and got him by the RKO from Orton, then pinned.

Antonio Cesaro defeated Zack Ryder by pinfall in a very quick match.  Santino Marella was on commentary during the match, and then hit Cesaro post-match.

Alberto Del Rio defeated Chris Jericho by pinfall.  When Jericho was making his entrance, Ziggler attacked him.  The match still started, with Jericho hurt.  Del Rio dominated the match, attacking Jericho's ribs.  Ziggler interfered twice, and Del Rio won after connecting on a Shining Wizard kick.

Post-match, Ziggler and Del Rio start a double team attack on Jericho.  Sheamus rushed out to make a save, with Del Rio escaping through the crowd.  Booker T comes out and says Sheamus shouldn't be there.  Sheamus demands he put the rematch against Del Rio back onto the SummerSlam card.  After a bunch of pleading with Booker, Sheamus finally gets the match reinstated.

Raw Results 05/28/12

WWE Raw Results from New Orleans, LA:

The special holiday episode opened with a 2012 Memorial Day tribute video in honor of all the troops protecting us then and now.  A video came up after the Raw intro theme to recap the latest incidents involving John Cena, Big Show, and John Laurinaitis.

Show came out to address the crowd wearing a business suit as the kept chanting for Cena.  He talked about how Cena disappointed him when he didn't stick up for Show losing his job.  He had a clip shown from Cena making jokes at Laurinaitis in the ring.  Show said he plans to do something that "won't be pretty" at the No Way Out PPV.  He said he plans to make this the biggest loss of Cena's career and that puts a smile on his face.

Alberto Del Rio defeated Santino Marella by submission in a non-title match.  Del Rio avoided The Cobra, and got Santino down in the Cross Arm Breaker to make him tap out.  Post-match, Ricardo Rodriguez got on the mic and in Santino's face on the mat to keep announcing Del Rio as winner.

They showed Alex Riley backstage telling Eve how she's doing a great job right now.  Big Show came up and Eve told hm Mr. Laurinaitis said he could pick his opponent tonight.  Riley acted worried he would be the choice, but Show told him to relax.  He said he's going to send a message to the locker room, then slammed Riley into the wall.

Kofi Kingston and R-Truth defeated Dolph Ziggler and Jack Swagger to retain the WWE Tag Team Championships.  Late in the match, Truth hit his finisher the Little Jimmy on Swagger for the pin.  Post-match, Swagger was irate and yelled "I'm better than this," then left the scene without Swagger.

They showed Santino getting helped backstage by a trainer/med staff for his arm.  Big Show came in and the trainer told him that Santino's hurt.  Show said Santino might be his opponent tonight, since Santino went on like everything was fine after Show got fired.  Show asked him if it was funny now.  Brodus Clay came in and said he heard Show was talking behind his back, and told him to say it to his face.  Brodus said to pick him as his opponent tonight and he'd give Show something else to cry about.  Show told Brodus to forget about dancing, since he won't be walking after tonight.  Show left, and Clay's dancers came into the scene with him.

John Laurinaitis rode out to the ring on his scooter, with Eve and David Otunga with him.  He unveiled the cover of the new WWE 13 video game which had his picture on the front.  He said the game will be bigger than "Pac-Man" and kids will love it.  CM Punk came out to interrupt and had the real cover shown, as a huge banner dropped down which showed him on the real game cover.  He told Laurinaitis the Board of Directors is watching his every move so don't give them more ammunition.  He told JL to get out of the ring since he has a match next against Daniel Bryan.  JL wished him good luck.  After he left the ring, Punk kicked the Laurinaitis poster of the game set up in the ring.

Daniel Bryan defeated CM Punk by pinfall in a non-title match.  AJ came to ringside for the match wearing a Punk t-shirt.  At one point in the match, Bryan pulled a turnbuckle cover off and the ref didn't see it.  AJ got on the apron to tell the ref but he yelled at her to get down.  Punk told her she couldn't be out there like that.  Punk ran at Bryan after, but Bryan picked him up and dropped Punk on the exposed turnbuckle before pinning him.

Post-match, Bryan was doing his "Yes!" chant repeatedly when Kane came out to the ring and smashed him with a chair.  Kane then did a chokeslam on Bryan.  AJ slid a chair in the ring to Punk who hit Kane with it until he fled the ring.

Christian defeated The Miz in a non-title match.  Cody Rhodes sat ringside to help provide commentary.  Late in the match, Miz went for Skullcrushing Finale.  Christian countered into an attempted Killswitch.  Miz broke free of it, but moments later Christian hit the move and then his new Frogsplash move for the pinfall win.  Christian showed the belt to Cody Rhodes who left to go backstage.

They had a backstage segment in Laurinaitis' office where he talked to Eve and Otunga.  Eve sent Teddy Long away to go get coffee for her.  JL told Eve and Otunga he was disappointed in recent events on Smackdown and needed to know he can count on them.  They said he can.  Teddy returned with a coffee for Eve.  She spit it out on him saying it was cold, but Teddy told her it was ice coffee.

The Miz stayed in the ring after losing to Christian.  He began ranting about how his latest match wasn't even for the Intercontinental title and he wants it stricken from the record books.  He said he won the WrestleMania match for Team Johnny, and questioned where his contract, video game cover and championship matches were.

Randy Orton's music hit and he interrupted Miz.  Orton came to the ring with Miz talking trash at him.  Orton dropped him with the RKO without even saying a word.

They showed Dolph Ziggler backstage with Vickie, pointing to Orton on the monitor.  He said that needs to be him, and told Vickie to get him out of the tag team scene and out there by himself.

Sheamus defeated David Otunga by pinfall in a non-title match.  They reminded fans that Sheamus will defend his World Championship against Del Rio at No Way Out.  Late in the match, Otunga was up on the apron and Sheamus repeatedly bashed his fist on his chest.  He followed with White Noise, then backed up to the corner and began pounding his chest.  As Otunga got up and turned around, Sheamus connected on the Brogue Kick to take him down for the pinfall.

They showed Brodus Clay walking backstage with his Funkettes dancing by his side.  Cole said Brodus won't be walking after his match tonight, according to Big Show.


The Big Show and Brodus Clay match never officially started.  Brodus Clay made his entrance with the Fukadactyls.  They danced in the ring before Clay's pyro went off.  Show's music hit and he arrived out on stage with a mic in his hand.  He said he actually admired Clay, and brought up how Show felt like a sellout back at the Wrestlemania he wore a diaper for a sumo match.  He said Clay's selling out on a nightly basis.  He said maybe Clay can put on some makeup and be the next "Doink the Clown."  Show said only thing is Doink actually had talent.

Clay was upset by the trash talk and got down out of the ring to the bottom of the ramp.  Show kept talking and then finally rushed down to spear tackle Clay down into the ringside area.  He kept beating up on him around the ringside area, with Clay trying to come back with some punches.  Show slammed him into the ringpost several times.

Kofi Kingston rushed to the ring and tried to jump off the steel steps at Show. Show caught him mid-air and then saw R-Truth running over, so he threw Kofi onto Truth.  The tag team champs were layed out near the barrier, as Show walked over to the commentary table and scared Cole/Lawler away.  He stepped through the table to break it, then took one of the side pieces of the table to smash on Brodus Clay.

Show kept tossing everyone around, including throwing Truth against the ropes from the outside of the ring, and tossing Kingston through the timekeepers area.  He finally wound up his WMD KO punch and clocked Clay in the face, then glared at the audience.

Cole and Lawler recapped what Show just did, showing replays of all of the big spots.  Show walked around the ring and stopped at a fan in the front row holding a Sellout sign.  Show's theme song played as he started to walk up the ramp.

John Laurinaitis came out on the stage with his crutch to greet Show.  Laurinaitis raised up Show's hand smiling.  Cole said things will be different next week when John Cena is back on Raw.  Clay was shown layed out ringside before another shot of Show and Laurinaitis was seen as Raw went off air.

Raw Preview 05/13/12

Last week's episode of Raw saw more of the John Laurinaitis "People Power," as the General Manager continued to flex his corporate muscles.  Laurinaitis had attacked John Cena just a week prior, and informed the injured star that they'll be fighting at the Over The Limit Pay-Per-View.  Cena appeared live via satellite for last week's show to let everyone know he may be down, and hurt, but he's going to make sure he shows up to compete at OTL.  Will John Cena show up for tonight's episode of Raw?  If he does, what will his boss have in store for him?

Last week also saw WWE champion CM Punk face Daniel Bryan and Lord Tensai in a 2-on-1 handicap match.  The finish of the match saw Tensai put Punk down using his claw grip for a pinfall.  The aftermath saw Punk's future OTL opponent, Daniel Bryan, slap on the Yes! Lock to punish the champion even more.  Bryan has been boldly stating in recent times that he will become WWE champion at Over The Limit.  Will CM Punk have a response for Bryan on tonight's episode of Raw?

And finally, it seems like a trying time for The Big Show.  On last week's edition of Raw, he made the mistake of mocking his boss John Laurinaitis.  That brought Eve to the ring to chastise him and force an apology.  Laurinaitis further called out Big Show on Smackdown and told him he'll give another public apology on Raw.  Will Big Show humble and humiliate himself in front of the boss again, or will he have something else to say?

Make sure to watch tonight's episode of Raw starting at 9PM EST on USA!

WWE Smackdown Results 05/04/12

WWE Smackdown Results from Toledo, OH:

The show opened with Josh Matthews welcoming fans to the show.  He was joined on commentary by Michael Cole and Booker.  Cole brought up a bunch of recent developments from Raw that would be discussed on tonight's show.

Sheamus defeated Daniel Bryan due to disqualification.  Late in the match, Sheamus gained control of things.  He almost lost it with the referee but gained his composure and tossed Bryan to the outside.  Suddenly, Sheamus got hit by a surprise high cross body from Ricardo Rodriguez.  That led to Alberto Del Rio locking his Cross Armbar on Sheamus.  Moments later, he gave it up, and Daniel Bryan put on the Yes Lock.  Bryan eventually released the hold and Sheamus crawled up the ramp.  Bryan and Del Rio argued over things in the ring.

R-Truth and Kofi Kingston defeated Hunico and Comacho by pinfall in a non-title match.  Late in the match, Kofi made the hot tag to Truth who came in like a wrecking ball.  At one point, Truth helped tossed Kofi over his head onto Hunico.  Kofi hit a headscissors to toss Hunico out through the ropes.  Comacho tried to attack Truth, but he did his breakdance split to avoid his strike, then connected with the Little Jimmy for the win.  Abraham Washington was on stage with Rosa Mendes, Primo and Epico watching the whole match.  He held them off from going down to the ring post-match.

Brodus Clay defeated Jack Swagger by countout.  Clay had control late in the match and was about to do his running splash move.  Swagger rolled out of the ring wanting no part of the finisher.  Vickie and Dolph retreated with him up the ramp leading to the countout.  Post-match, Clay and his Funkettes did their dancing in the ring with some kids from the audience.

The commentators fed to a video highlight package of what John Laurinaitis did to John Cena on Raw this past Monday with the help of Lord Tensai and his assistant.  Michael Cole said JL isn't even there to run Smackdown tonight, saying he took a personal day.

Daniel Bryan and Del Rio were quarreling backstage over Sheamus and whether or not they should face him.  Eve was there on behalf of Laurinaitis and said she would make a decision on whether or not Sheamus can compete after the ringside physicians check him out.  She ordered both guys to leave her office.

Damien Sandow made his debut on Smackdown with Hallelujah as his theme music.  Lilian Garcia announced him as the "Intellectual Savior of the Masses."  Derrick Bateman was his chosen opponent.  Sandow cut a promo saying he was not going to compete with the likes of an ignoramus like Bateman for the entertainment of all the people.  Sandow left and headed backstage.  Bateman got on the mic to talk about how he earned this spot by winning on NXT.  He said he wants a match now, so Ryback came out from backstage.

Ryback defeated Derrick Bateman by pinfall.  Bateman tried to get an early attack in, but it was shortlived.  Ryback flattened him with a big boot.  Later, Bateman tried to jump on Ryback's back to put a hold on  him.  Ryback dropped to the mat and hit a jawbreaker.  He followed with a huge clothesline and then his finisher with Bateman up on his shoulders, slamming him to the mat.  There were chants of "Goldberg" during the match.

Big Show and Randy Orton defeated Kane and Cody Rhodes by pinfall. Late in the match, all chaos broke out as Show was preparing a chokeslam on Rhodes.  Kane flew off the corner and took down Big Show.  Orton came in and hit the RKO on Kane, but then Rhodes came in the ring and tossed Orton shoulder first into the corner ringpost.  The close saw Show take over though as he batted down Cody on a Beautiful Disaster kick attempt.  From there, Show revved up his WMD punch and KO'd Rhodes for the pinfall win.  Cole said that Show gets his Intercontinental Championship rematch this coming weekend/week at live WWE events.

Matt Striker was standing by outside of Sheamus' locker room saying he was going to get an update on his condition.  All of a sudden, Sheamus burst out through the door with his arm taped up.  Striker asked his condition and Sheamus said he came to fight tonight and that's what he's going to do.  Striker was surprised and said "the match is on!"


Layla defeated Natalya by pinfall in a non-title match.  Natalya had early control hitting big moves including a huge clothesline to level the champion.  However, Layla was able to roll through a pinfall move at the end and hit her finisher the "Lay Out" for the win.

Josh Matthews brought up that John Cena is a guest star on SyFy's "Dream Machines" this coming week.  They showed footage including behind the scenes from the upcoming episode.  The episode airs on Tuesday night at 10pm EST on SyFy.

Backstage, Aksana was having makeup put on.  Eve came in to direct a photo shoot.  The new wrestler Antonio came in for the photoshoot with Aksana all over him.  Eve said something didn't look right, and said Antonio needs some oil on him.  The makeup lady came over to apply it, then Eve told her not to.  She called Teddy in instead and ordered him to.  Teddy reluctantly rubbed oil on Antonio's back.  Aksana told Teddy he forgot the front, so Teddy slapped oil on Antonio's chest as well.


Alicia Fox and Kaitlyn were talking backstage when AJ came into the scene.  AJ said she can't believe what she did to her last week and can understand if she won't forgive her.  Kaitlyn said she felt betrayed last week when AJ slapped her.  AJ said that wasn't her.  Kaitlyn said she was just looking out for her, and she needs to stop this little pity party over Daniel Bryan.  AJ looked at her and then slapped her hard, causing Kaitlyn to fall to the ground.

They showed the Raw Rebound.  It focused on Brock Lesnar having an in-ring confrontation with WWE COO Triple H.  Lesnar ended up attacking Triple H from behind and locking in an arm hold to snap HHH's arm.

Alberto Del Rio arrived out with Ricardo Rodriguez introducing him.  Matthews said Del Rio came here tonight in a $185k Bentley 2-door coupe.  Cole recapped the earlier incident with Ricardo attacking Sheamus so Del Rio could put the Cross Armbreaker on him.  Del Rio joined the commentary team for the main event match.

Sheamus defeated Daniel Bryan by pinfall in a non-title match.  Throughout the match, Bryan kept attacking the taped-up injured shoulder of Sheamus.  Del Rio chuckled and laughed from ringside watching.  Despite Bryan having control, Sheamus reversed Bryan's attempt to throw him into the corner ringpost, and threw Bryan into it instead.  From there, Sheamus grabbed Bryan against the ropes from the apron and smashed his fist on Bryan's chest repeatedly.  He backed off for a moment, then repeated it again before suplexing Bryan back into the ring.

Sheamus set up for his Celtic Cross move on Bryan, but Del Rio got up from the commentators table and got onto the apron.  Bryan tried to attack Sheamus from behind, but Sheamus grabbed him and tossed him into the ropes causing Del Rio to fall over the top rope into the ring.  Sheamus went after Del Rio who rolled out of the ring and retreated up the ramp.  Meanwhile, Bryan tried to get up on the top rope and jump at Sheamus for a missile dropkick.  Sheamus was ready with the Brogue Kick for the big win.  Del Rio was shown seething up on the ramp with Ricardo Rodriguez as Sheamus hoisted up his championship belt from the ring.

WWE Superstars Results 04/19/12

WWE Superstars Results for 04/19/12:

Jinder Mahal defeated Yoshi Tatsu by submission.  Late in the match, Tatsu had control and hit a running elbow on Jinder.  However, Mahal eluded Yoshi's buzzsaw kick and then kneed him in the back of the head.  Mahal slapped on the Camel Clutch to get Yoshi to tap out.

Eve defeated Kelly Kelly by pinfall.  Kelly managed to get her legs up late in the match to block Eve's senton bomb attempt.  Kelly did several moves on Eve in preparation for a win.  However, Eve got a quick rollup pin and put her legs on the ropes to help get leverage.

R-Truth defeated Jack Swagger by pinfall.  Late in the match, Swagger was in control, but Truth started a comeback after hitting a Tornado DDT.  Swagger regained control after hitting a powerslam.  He set up for the running Swagger Bomb off the corner, but Truth got his foot up to block it.  R-Truth then hit the Little Jimmy to finish Swagger off.

WWE Superstars Results 03/22/12

WWE Superstars Results for 03/22/12:

Primo and Epico defeated Alex Riley and Mason Ryan by pinfall in a non-title matchip.  Alex Riley had control against Epico and Primo late in the match.  Rosa Mendes got on the apron to distract Riley, allowing Primo and Epico to hit a doubleteam Backstabber move.  Primo scored the pinfall for the win.

Eve Torres and Beth Phoenix defeated Taminia Snuka and Natalya by pinfall.  Late in the match, Natalya knocked down Eve and tagged in Tamina.  Tamina was ready for the Superfly Splash, but Beth Phoenix distracted her.  Eve knocked Tamina off the corner and followed with her moonsault for the win.

Titus O'Neil defeated Yoshi Tatsu by pinfall.  Late in the match Yoshi went for his Buzzsaw kick.  Titus caught him though and hit Clash of the Titus for the win.

Drew McIntyre defeated Ezekiel Jackson by pinfall.  Jackson was ready to do the Torture Rack late to finish off Drew, but Drew escaped and then dropkicked Zeke in the knee.  He followed with the Future Shock DDT to win it.

WWE News: John Cena, Laurinaitis, Divas & More!

It's been an interesting past week in the WWE.  While no championships have changed hands, the Road to Wrestlemania 28 is in full swing.  A recent incident between WWE Champion CM Punk and singer Chris Brown stirred up WWE and music fans.  Now it seems like the interim Raw GM is trying to get involved.

From February 21st through 24th, Laurinaitis has been trying to get his name in on the Punk-Brown Twitter battle.  Two tweets regarding the online feud read:

If @chrisbrown ever stole my phone, I'd be forced to take my jacket off...


I don't always agree with @CMPunk. But when I do, it's probably about @chrisbrown.

Seems the GM (and/or WWE) will try anything to get more media attention.  Meanwhile, Laurinaitis has more serious business-related tweets lately.  Basically he's saying he'll "right the wrong" from Friday's Smackdown involving the double pin finish between Daniel Bryan and CM Punk.

Former WWE champion John Cena will be at the Daytona 500 on Sunday as the Honorary Starter.  This is the 54th edition of the race in its history.  The Daytona 500 has a TV start time of 1PM EST, according to WWE's report.  More exclusive photos of Cena's experiences in Daytona can be seen on his Facebook page.

The Eve Torres and Zack Ryder situation is an interesting one.  The biggest question seems to be where Eve's character is heading with this.  Many are believing she's going heel.  Will she become Kane's evil assistant?  There's been rumors Ryder will face Kane at Wrestlemania 28, so hopefully WWE creative has a good plan heading towards the event.

Speaking of Divas, Kelly Kelly is up for a 2012 Nick Kids' Choice Award for "Favorite Buttkicker."  Yes it's true, many of Kelly's biggest fans may want her to win different awards, but if you believe in her skills in the ring, you can vote online.  She's got some tough competition in Jessica Alba, Taylor Lautner and Tom Cruise.

Don't forget that on Monday night, The Rock will return to Raw.  It's going to be an interesting face-to-face confrontation between he and Cena ahead of their epic Wrestlemania 28 match!

Raw Results 02/20/12

Raw opened with video covering the highlights of the John Cena vs. Kane feud over the weeks.  It finished with last week's incident where Kane shoved Zack Ryder off the stage in a wheelchair, then Ryder was taken away in an ambulance.

They had Eve talking to the Bellas backstage.  The Bellas asked how she was holding up after Ryder was hurt last week.  Eve laughed after the Bellas called Ryder a great guy and a good friend.  She said she was just using him to get to the bigger fish, John Cena.  She gave her cell phone to the Bellas so they could film her walking up to Cena, but Cena walked up to Eve first and frightened her.  Cena smirked and walked off.

Back in the arena, John Cena's music hit and he came to the ring.  Before he could start a speech, Eve came walking down the ramp to the ring.  She said she can explain, and her comments were taken out of context.  Cena cut her off saying she's just trying to use her assets to further her career.  Cena blamed Eve for him losing his Broski friend.  Cena said Eve's a lot like the Rock, they're both "scandalous bitches."  Eve fell to her knees and started to cry.  Cena went to comfort her and Eve tried to hug him.  Cena backed off and refs pulled Eve away.  She ended up going up the ramp in tears as the crowd chanted "Broski! Broski!"

They showed an Undertaker video with Taker saying he will write Hunter's ending tonight.

Sheamus defeated Mark Henry by pinfall.  Sheamus nearly hit the Brogue kick but Henry blocked it then clotheslined him down.  Henry had Sheamus up for the World's Strongest Slam, but Sheamus escaped, then connected on the Brogue Kick.

They had a backstage segment with John Laurinaitis talking himself up to David Otunga.  Smackdown GM Teddy Long came in and said he was there for business.  JL insisted he didn't expect Del Rio, Christian and Mark Henry to come out to the ring last night to support him as permanent GM for both shows.  Long said he agrees with the idea one person should run both shows.  Long said it should be up to the fans, but Laurinaitis says he only cares what the Board thinks.  He then said he booked a 10-man battle royal to determine who faces CM Punk for the title at Wrestlemania 28.  Laurinaitis told Long he can book David Otunga in a match tonight against anyone from Smackdown.

They announced that The Rock will be on the Raw show in Portland next Monday.  What will he have in store for John Cena?

Kofi Kingston and R-Truth defeated Primo & Epico by pinfall.  Late in the match, Rosa Mendes tried to provide a distraction, but Kofi Kingston still managed to hit Trouble in Paradise kick on Primo to get the win.  Lawler said Kofi and Truth should be up for a title shot after this win.

They announced Ron Simmons as one of the WWE Hall of Fame inductees for 2012.  They showed a video package including a "DAMN!" skit and other highlight moments including his football career, WCW world title win, and highlights of Simmons from the APA tag team with JBL.

Josh Matthews finally got an interview with Chris Jericho backstage after what happened at Elimination Chamber.  Jericho had been knocked out of the chamber by Punk and never formally eliminated by pinfall or submission.  Jericho complained to Matthews asking how a champion could let that sort of victory stand.  He said tonight is the end of the world as you know it, and everyone in the battle royal will understand what he's saying.


The Undertaker arrived to the ring wearing a dark hood and not showing his hair.  He talked about the mental anguish and hell that has tormented him about the beating he took from Triple H last year at Wrestlemania 27.  He said he and Triple H are the last of a dying breed and that HHH can lie to everyone about not wanting to do this, but he can not lie to him.  Taker said Triple H will come out there and look him in the eyes, because it's bigger than both of them, it's the apocalypse.

After a few moments, Triple H's music hit and The Game came out wearing a suit with the COO label shown under him on the screen.  HHH started talking, but Undertaker interrupted him telling him to "shut up" and called Hunter pitiful for coming up with excuses not to do this.  Triple H agreed it's the end of an era, but their fate is not to end it, but to make sure it carries on.  He said his job is to make sure WWE is there for the future.  Triple H told Taker he's the leader who needs to carry the torch and lead the way.  Hunter said it's bad for business if he extinguishes that flame.

Triple H started to leave the ring, but Taker stopped him and posted the question - "Is it bad for business because I'll be gone, or is it bad for business, because you'll be gone?"  Triple H retorted "It's just plain bad for business, Deadman."  Triple H said Taker wants him to put and end to him, but he's not gonna be the one to do it.  Taker told Hunter he can put whatever spin he wants on this but at the end of the day all he's going to see "is a coward."  Triple H got frustrated and paced around before charging right up to Taker to yell in his face.  He stopped himself though and said he sees what Undertaker's trying to do, it's not going to work.  HHH said "Sorry but the answer's no."

Undertaker was left standing in the ring as HHH walked up the ramp.  Taker got on the mic once again saying he's figured it all out, that HHH knows he can't do what Shawn Michaels did, because Shawn was always better than him.  HHH ripped off his suit coat and put it down, loosened his tie and unbuttoned his shirt, then stormed back to the ring.

HHH rushed right up to Taker saying it has nothing to do with Shawn Michaels.  HHH raised his voice telling Taker if he wants this and for it all to come to an end, "You got it."  HHH said if they do this, they go all the way, with no return, uncertainty - they fight in a Hell in a Cell match.  Taker stared into HHH's eyes, then patted him on the shoulder before leaving the ring, with no response.

They showed some still images from the Smakdown Elimination Chamber with Big Show beating Daniel Bryan up around the ring after breaking into his pod.  Michael Cole said despite the beating he took inside the cell last night, Bryan is still the champion.  Cole said it's also known that Bryan will defend the championship against Sheamus at Wrestlemania 28.  Cole also confirmed that Undertaker and Triple H will face off inside Hell in a Cell at Mania.

Daniel Bryan arrived to the ring and cut a brief promo about how the people love him and idolize him.  After he finished, Santino Marella arrived out for a non-title match.

Daniel Bryan defeated Santino Marella by submission in a non-title match.  Late match, Santino retrieved the Cobra sock and went to put it on, but Bryan bashed him down from behind.  Santino tried for a surprise rollup pinfall, but Bryan escaped and managed to get the Lebell Lock on.  Santino struggled trying to grab the Cobra sock but had to tap.


They showed a WWE factoid, John Cena has over 10 million Facebook fans, while The Rock has over 5 million.

The Bella Twins defeated Kelly Kelly and Aksana by pinfall.  Late in the match, the legal Bella grabbed Aksana's tights and threw her into the ropes.  Kelly Kelly tried to get in the ring but the ref backed her away.  Meanwhile, the non-legal Bella came in the ring while the other ran outside the ring and over to the apron.  The illegal Bella face-planted Aksana for the pinfall win.

They showed John Cena backstage on his way out to the ring to address The Rock.


John Cena came to the ring saying now that he's handled "Skankasaurus" he needs to address Dwayne.  He talked about how Rock came back saying he left before but wouldn't leave the fans again, then left again.  Cena claimed it was just to promote "Fast Five" and build up his Twitter following.  Cena said this match on April 1st means everything to him because he's fighting for everyone in the back who ever wanted to be there in the business.  Cena vowed to defeat The Rock in his hometown of Miami at Wrestlemania.

CM Punk arrived out in a suit jacket with his wrestling trunks and championship belt on his waist.  Punk told Lawler it's made of camel fur and said maybe "camel fur" will get trending on Twitter.

They held a 10-man battle royal to determine CM Punk's opponent for the WWE Championship at Wrestlemania 28.  Fighting in the match were Big Show, Cody Rhodes, R-Truth, Dolph Ziggler, Wade Barrett, The Great Khali, The Miz, Kofi Kingston, Santino Marella and Chris Jericho.

Khali got dumped out first by a bunch of wrestlers together, as Raw went to break.  At one point, R-Truth was on a roll with eliminations but Santino dumped him out.  Ziggler quickly dropkicked Santino to the mat.  However, Big Show was right behind and picked up Ziggler then threw him out of the ring onto Truth and Barrett.  Med staff brought a stretcher out for Barrett.  Moments later, it was noted that Barrett was hurt, possibly with a broken arm, while Ziggler seemed to be OK.

It came down to a final four of Santino, Big Show, Ziggler and Rhodes.  Everyone ganged up on Big Show.  Moments later, Santino managed to skin the cat and hung onto the top rope, then came back in and landed the Cobra punch on Jericho.  Rhodes quickly eliminated Santino then bragged about it.  Show eliminated Rhodes.

It came down to Show and Jericho.  Show went for a chokeslam but Jericho turned it into a DDT.  They ended up on the apron with Jericho trying to suplex Show out of the ring.  Cody Rhodes rushed over to give an assist and pull Show out.  Jericho is the winner.

Post-match, CM Punk stood up on the commentators table with his championship belt, then dropped down and got into the ring.  Punk and Jericho eyed each other, then Punk offered a handshake, but Jericho backed away smirking, to leave Punk in the ring.  Punk's theme song played on as he hoisted his belt up from the corner of the ring and Jericho watched from outside the ring.

Eve Kisses Cena, Kane Pushes Ryder

Last night's Raw started to push things further towards the upcoming WWE Elimination Chamber 2012 PPV.  One of the biggest storyline plot twists of the night involved the John Cena and Kane saga which included Zack Ryder and Eve Torres.

Fans saw Ryder back again, in a wheelchair, and a neckbrace again.  Cena tried to play the good guy and keep Ryder out of harm's way.  That all backfired as Cena had to play hero and save Eve from Kane during the show.  After Eve escaped an ambulance and jumped into Cena's arms, she kissed him.  That move right there was witnessed by Ryder and all the fans.  Right after the show plenty of hate tweets were going around Twitter about Eve, since she later told Ryder she just wanted to be friends.  Ouch.

Later in the night, Ryder came to the ring to confront and slap Cena.  Ryder ended up leaving the ring, and getting up the ramp to his wheelchair.  Kane delivered yet another promo on the big screen about how Cena sunk lower than he ever would, ruining the love of his best friend.  After that, Kane emerged from backstage to grab Ryder's wheelchair and shove him off the side of the ramp.  Last thing seen was Ryder being taken away on a stretcher from Raw, yet again.

Is this going to lead to anything for Ryder when he comes back?  He should ultimately have beef with Kane, the dude who keeps injuring him, but the heart is a delicate muscle too.  Maybe he'll go after Cena as a heel.  What about Eve?  Is she going to become Cena's ringside girl now, appearing with him for the match against The Rock at Wrestlemania?  That could be interesting.

Meanwhile, a new match was announced on Raw, which will have Tamina battling Beth Phoenix for the WWE Divas Title at the Chamber PPV.  Tamina makes a great opponent, but don't forget that Kharma recently appeared as the only diva in the Royal Rumble.  That's something that Beth Phoenix has done as well, so Tamina may just be another opponent, before Kharma vs. Beth happens at Wrestlemania.

The Raw Elimination Chamber match had a bit of an amusing in-ring debate, especially thanks to R-Truth's antics.  The main point of it though was to set up Jericho vs. Punk.  There's no reason to believe these two won't be in a title match at Wrestlemania 28, but the question is which of them will be holding the title then?  That right there will make the Raw Chamber match intriguing on this coming Sunday.

What did you think of the latest Raw?  Will anything happen in the aftermath with Ryder, Eve and Cena, or was it more to setup Cena's match with Kane and The Rock?

Raw Results 02/13/12

Raw Results from San Diego, CA:

After a video package about the Kane, John Cena, Eve and Zack Ryder saga, Kane was shown backstage.  He said tonight two things will happen: Cena will embrace the hate, and someone will take a ride in an ambulance.

They had an in-ring debate with all of the competitors for the Elimination Chamber, hosted by Jerry Lawler.  John Laurinaitis came out with David Otunga to interrupt, talking about how happy he was to be out there tonight due to the Board of Directors.  Punk glared out at him with arms folded.

Each guy then spoke about why he'd win the Elimination Chamber match.  Truth talked about crazy stuff including trading Ziggler/Vickie to Smackdown for Hornswoggle and a box of spiders.  He acted like it was a presidential debate.  It involved a lot of trash talking, with Jericho telling everyone he is better than everyone else, and his accomplishments outweigh those of the other 5 guys in the ring.

Lawler said there would be a series of singles matches tonight involving all the competitors, starting with Kofi Kingston vs. Jericho.  Jericho bumped past Kingston, then walked over to taunt Punk.  Punk held up the championship belt.  As Jericho turned around he got kicked down by Kofi.

Chris Jericho defeated Kofi Kingston by pinfall.  At one point, Jericho and Kofi were arguing with the ref.  Jericho got a thumb to Kofi's eye, then hit Codebreaker for the win.

Shawn Michaels was shown walking backstage and found Triple H, then gave him a hug.  Cole suggested maybe there will be a DX reunion tonight.

Backstage, John Cena was with Zack Ryder in a wheelchair and neckbrace.  Ryder said he had flowers to give Eve for Valentine's Day.  Cena warned Ryder to stay right there and he'll bring Eve to him, because Kane's on the loose, looking to hurt Ryder.

Backstage, David Otunga was discussing matters with John Laurinaitis.  He said it's great the board allowed him to stay as interim GM, but they didn't make him "permanent."  Otunga said he knows a way that Laurinaitis can be permanent GM of Raw, and Smackdown.  JL contemplated that idea as the camera cut back to Cole and Lawler.

Big Show defeated Randy Orton due to DQ.  Daniel Bryan was watching the match ringside.  At one point, Orton did his DDT but with Show from the top rope on the side.  Late in the match, Orton hit the RKO but Daniel Bryan rushed in and clocked Orton with the title belt.  Bryan then hit the Big Show with the belt as well.

Shawn Michaels came out to the ring to make his plea towards Triple H trying to end Taker's streak this year at Wrestlemania.  Triple H came out and talked about his responsibilities as a boss now and how ending Taker would be bad for the brand.  Michaels continued to try to incite Triple H to take the challenge, with HHH saying he won't be the one for HBK to live through vicariously since he couldn't get the job done.

Michaels tried to yank HHH towards him and told him to look in his eyes and tell him he doesn't want to end the streak.  HHH took his jacket off and looked at the WM28 logo before saying "No."  Hunter dropped the mic and Michaels looked him up and down.  Michaels walked past HHH and left the ring as H-B-K chants hit the arena.

Right after HBK looked back in the ring where HHH was by himself, the gong struck and lights went low.  A new Undertaker video came on the screen.  This time Taker stood up from his chair and was walking past pohtos and newspaper articles about WM27.  He said he will get what he wants.  Taker cut locks off his hair, then yelled for Triple H to give him what he wants "Immortality."  The segment ended with HHH looking out from the ring contemplating what he just saw.  He left the ring as Raw went to break.

R-Truth defeated Dolph Ziggler by pinfall in a very quick match.  Ziggler kept showing off, so Truth scored a quick rollup pinfall to win it.

Tamina defeated Brie Bella by pinfall after hitting the Superfly Splash.  Post-match, Beth Phoenix who was on commentary at ringside, and Tamina locked eyes with each other.  They'll be competing in a title match on Sunday at the PPV.

Backstage, John Cena had an interview with Josh Matthews.  However, they were interrupted when they heard screams from nearby.  Eve was shown getting into the back of an ambulance with Kane closing the doors shut.  John Cena rushed in and smashed Kane into the ambulance.  Cena yelled for Eve to open the door to get out.  Kane continued to fight back and beat up Cena.

He got into the driver's side to get away, but Eve jumped out of the back and into Cena's arms.  Kane drove away in the ambulance.  Eve planted a kiss on Cena, and Cena was puzzled asking what that was for.  Eve didn't have an answer.  Zack Ryder was shown off-camera in his wheelchair.

Later, backstage Eve caught up with Ryder as he was wheeling away in his wheelchair.  She told him it was just a heat of the moment thing because Cena had saved her just in time.  Eve said she just wants to be friends with Ryder.  Ryder wheeled off and Eve tried to get herself back together.

CM Punk defeated The Miz by submission.  Late in the match, Punk hit the Macho Man elbow drop on Miz.  He went for the GTS, but Miz escaped and went for Skullcrushing Finale.  Punk countered the move into the Anaconda Vice.  Miz tapped on Punk's shoulder to give him the win.  Post-match, Chris Jericho was shown backstage watching the match on a flatscreen.

They showed the ambulance backing up backstage into the parking garage.

The final segment of the night had John Cena arrive out after Cole and Lawler plugged the ambulance match for Sunday's PPV.  Cena talked about this must be Kane's plan, to turn his friends and the WWE Universe against him.  He said that's how Kane is trying to get him to "embrace the hate" and it might have worked on anybody else, but he's not anybody else.

Cena absorbed several chants from parts of the crowd including "we all hate you" and "Fruity Pebbles."  Cena said he'll adapt and continue to win.  He brought up Sunday's match and vowed that Kane will leave in an ambulance.  Then Cena brought up Rock, with a message for him about Wrestlemania.  Just then, Zack Ryder came wheeling out onto the ramp.  He stood up and used the crutches he had with him and started to walk to the ring, looking upset.  Ryder struggled to get up the steel steps and into the ring, standing toe to toe with Cena.  Cena tried to urge him not to, and tried to apologize, but Ryder hit the mic away.  Cena walked up to him trying to reason with Ryder, but Ryder slapped him in the face.  Cena looked angry, took off his dog tags and kissed them, then tore off his shirt.

Ryder kept yelling at Cena, saying you were my friend John.  He tried to strike Cena, but Cena caught his arm and stopped him.  He tried to pull away but it caused Ryder to fall back towards the ropes.  Ryder told Cena to get the hell away from him, then left the ring and got his crutches to walk back up the ramp.  Cena looked dejected in the ring.  Just then, Kane appeared on the Titantron saying "Johnnn, oh Johnnn."  Kane told Cena he stole the true love of his best friend.  Kane said Cena has sunken to depths he could only think of.  Kane said Cena has embraced the hate, but Kane feeds off hate.  Kane said on Sunday, Cena'ss body and soul will be leaving the WWE in an ambulance.  Kane said before he leaves to have a round of applause for John Cena.

Cena tried to ask for a mic as Kane's picture went off the big screen.  As Ryder sat down in his wheelchair, suddenly Kane emerged from backstage and rushed up to take hold of Ryder's chair.  He wheeled it over fast to the side of the stage and shoved Ryder off towards the crowd.  Ryder fell to the floor on his face.  Cena rushed out of the ring and grabbed some nearby WWE personnel and ordered them to go up and help.  Cena ran up to look at Ryder as well.  Eve also arrived out and knelt down before Ryder crying about it.

A replay was shown several times of what Kane did to Ryder.  Eve and Cena looked on as Ryder was loaded onto a stretcher to be taken away and Raw went off the air.

Raw Preview 02/12/12

Tonight's Raw will have several ongoing storylines going on as the latest supershow arrives!  For starters, the "Showstopper" Shawn Michaels will be a part of Raw.  This was revealed last week by John Laurinaitis to Triple H.  While it wasn't announced why Michaels will be on the show, fans might expect he'll talk to his pal Triple H about The Undertaker's Wrestlemania rematch challenge.  Will HBK try to persuade Hunter to take on Taker one more time, or will he do his best to talk him out of it?

With that in mind, Triple H has seemed unwilling to accept The Phenom's big challenge.  After last week's in-ring speech, Hunter was stopped as The Undertaker delivered a message by video on the Titantron.  Taker talked about how he wasn't satisfied with last year's Wrestlemania 27 result and wants his "vengeance."  It hasn't seemed to be enough to fire up "The Game" for a rematch though.  Will Undertaker have more to say towards the man that nearly snapped "The Streak" last year?

Also, last week's Raw ended with the terrifying segment featuring Kane terrorizing Eve.  Kane didn't harm Eve physically, but the damage seems to be done mentally.  As the show was ending Kane talked about how Eve, John Cena, and the WWE Universe should all be afraid.  Kane even admitted he was afraid of himself for the first time ever.  Will the Big Red Monster have more terror in store for John Cena on tonight's show?  What's next as these two are heading towards a violent ambulance match at Elimination Chamber?

For all the latest WWE action, catch the Raw Supershow tonight at 9PM EST on USA!

Raw Results 02/06/12

Triple H arrived out and first addressed how he was all set to fire John Laurinaitis last week and fully intended to, but was interrupted.  He said that decision is currently hanging in the balance as JL made a plea to the board, so they will have the final say.

He turned his attention to Taker's request for a rematch, saying he used to get butterflies in his stomach and a nervous feeling when he looked into Taker's eyes, but not anymore.  He talked about Taker having to be carried away from their match last year, and he knows that this time around he'd have to finish it off.  Triple H said he'd prefer Taker be remembered for his impressive streak and rolled the highlight clip.

Triple H's music hit after he was done for him to leave the ring, but then stopped. His in-ring appearance was interrupted when a video cut in from The Undertaker.  It showed Undertaker watching highlight footage from his match against Triple H at Wrestlemania 27, with Hunter making comments after the match about Taker being carried out.  Taker said he won't let that be the image of him remembered through the ages.  Taker asked Hunter to give him what is his, "vengeance" as he looked at newspaper clippings of Triple H and the match.  Taker said it is not over yet.  The arena stayed dark with Triple H staring forward, looking puzzled after that all happened.


Big Show defeated Daniel Bryan by countout in a non-title match.  The finish saw Show going after Bryan outside the ring and nearly smashing AJ into the ring steps by mistake.  After a pause, Bryan grabbed AJ by the hand to flee up the ramp for safety, causing his countout.

Post-match, Bryan grabbed a mic to scream at Show that he's a freak for trying to hurt AJ again.  He said the fact Show prevented himself from hitting AJ this time showed he could've done that previously.  Bryan said his love for this woman is more important than winning or losing a match, but at the Chamber things will remain the same when he leaves as Daniel Bryan, a vegan, and still World Champion.

David Otunga came to the ring in street clothes to give his praises for John Laurinaitis.  He kneeled down to pray for JL, then Justin Roberts announced "per Triple H, Otunga will compete tonight."

Sheamus defeated Otunga in about two minutes after connecting on the Brogue Kick.

Chris Jericho came out to finally deliver a lengthy promo, saying Punk is a liar for saying he's best in the world when he's not.  Jericho said he's best in the world and didn't need it on back of his t-shirt to prove it.  He talked up his accomplishments including being first-ever undisputed champion and eliminating Orton from the Rumble in his hometown.  Now Jericho said he's back to reclaim what is his.

CM Punk's music hit to bring the champion down to the ring.  He walked up to Jericho and dropped the mic at his feet then raised up the WWE title belt for him to see.  Punk turned his back on Jericho smirking and left the ring, with Jericho all upset in the ring.  Jericho called Punk a wannabe as Cult of Personality played and Punk walked up the ramp with the title held high up.



Randy Orton & The Great Khali defeated Cody Rhodes & Wade Barrett by pinfall.  Orton gained control against the heels after a scoop slam on Barrett and a clothesline on Rhodes.  He did the DDT with Rhodes from the middle rope then started to prepare for his next move.  As Orton backed up though he was near Khali who slap tagged him to get in the match.  Rhodes kicked Khali in the gut and tried to hit Beautiful Disaster kick from the ropes, but instead Khali chopped him from the air and got the pin.  Post-match, Khali and Orton faced off with Khali grabbing Orton around the neck.  Randy ducked a clothesline and hit the RKO on Khali.

They talked about the Twitter war going on between The Rock and John Cena, showing several recent tweets from the two.  From there, it was another showing of the video about John Cena.

Eight divas tag match saw Eve, Kelly, Tamina and Alicia Fox defeated Natalya, Beth Phoenix and The Bella Twins.  They had a video from Beth Phoenix saying it's getting boring for her because she's beaten everyone on the rosters, and there's nobody left to fight.  The heels worked on Eve for most of the match, but one of the Bellas started taunting Beth asking "is that good enough for you?"  Tamina tagged in during the incident allowing her to gain the advantage.  Tamina closed the match getting up on the corner and looking at Beth Phoenix before doing the Superfly Splash on one of the Bellas.

They showed a clip to promote tonight's "The Tonight Show" featuring The Rock in an interview about leaving wrestling and now going back to the ring. Rock talked about how he can't wait to go back for Wrestlemania.

Triple H was on the cell phone backstage talking about the board with a decision.  John Laurinaitis came in to interrupt him, saying he met with the board earlier today and they seem like nice, fair people.  JL said he suggested to the board that Shawn Michaels come back next week.  JL also said he suggested a match for Elimination Chamber with John Cena vs. Kane in an Ambulance Match.  HHH said it was a good idea, then asked if there was an ambulance there tonight with a heart monitor they could hook JL's career to and see when it flatlines.  HHH told him to get out of the office before he makes his career flatline.

Michael Cole announced that the decision on the future of John Laurinaitis will be announced on WWE.com as of 10 AM EST Tuesday morning.

Josh Matthews caught up with Laurinaitis backstage.  He said he's made mistakes, but can admit to them and learn from them.  He brought up how Triple H is refusing to take on The Undertaker and he's not sure the board wants someone cowardly running Raw.

The main event was a six pack challenge, with the Elimination Chamber participants involved (Truth, Miz, Jericho, Punk, Ziggler and Kingston).  The winner gets to be the last participant in the Raw Chamber match at the PPV.  At one point in the match, Jericho and Miz worked together and helped Superplex Punk with Ziggler from the corner.  They each took pinfalls but Punk and Ziggler kicked out.

The close saw Jericho block Trouble in Paradise and put Kofi into a Walls of Jericho submission.  Punk kicked Jericho from behind, and tossed Y2J out of the ring.  From there Ziggler tried to steal a pinfall on Punk, with Punk kicking out and avoiding the ZigZag.  Punk hit GTS and had the pinfall, but he was close to the ropes so Y2J yanked him out of the ring.  Jericho threw Punk across the commentators table and then tossed the table cover on top of him.  From there Y2J slid into the ring to steal the pinfall on Ziggler.

As Jericho gloated in the ring holding the WWE championship belt, Punk was shown clutching his arm behind the announce table.  Female screams became audible and they cut backstage to show Kane cornering Eve who was screaming in terror.  Kane told Eve he hopes Cena embraces the hate soon, because otherwise he's afraid for Eve, Cena, and everyone.  Kane said for the first time in his life "I'm afraid of me."  Raw closed with a closeup of Kane's eyes through the mask as Eve was cowering below him in fear.

Raw Results 01/30/12

Raw Results from Kansas City, MO:

John Laurinaitis came out to start the show, talking about how he feels he'll be kept on as permanent GM of Raw since his review is being done by one of the "greatest of all time," and a friend, Triple H.  JL ran down who will be the Raw competitors for next month's Elimination Chamber match with CM Punk, Kofi Kingston, Dolph Ziggler, The Miz, R-Truth, and Chris Jericho.

CM Punk came out to put  down JL saying it will be his final night as Raw GM.  JL tried to get Punk to apologize or thank him for not screwing him out of the WWE title.  Daniel Bryan arrived out, as he's booked to face Punk in tonight's main event non-title match.  Bryan and Punk traded jabs with Punk claiming he's best in the biz, and Bryan saying he'll stick the pipe bomb where the sune doesn't shine.

Sheamus came out next and reminded everyone who won last night's Royal Rumble.  He teased that he could challenge for either of the two titles and reminded them the Elimination Chamber is coming up.  Sheamus wished them good luck and said he hopes Triple H kicks Laurinaitis to the curb.  Sheamus left the ring, then Bryan and Punk came face-to-face.  Punk put out his hand and Bryan shook it after thinking a moment.

Randy Orton defeated Dolph Ziggler by pinfall in over 11 minutes.  Late in the match, Orton clotheslined Ziggler to the outside and tossed him into the guardrail.  He did his DDT from the ropes in the ring and then hit the RKO for the win.  Wade Barrett was shown sitting up in a skybox frowning about the result.

Laurinaitis shook hands with random WWE staff backstage before stopping at William Regal.  He asked how his son is doing and Regal said "daughters," then told him he keeps them in the attic.  Laurinaitis greeted Curt Hawkins before Raw went to break.

Brodus Clay defeated Tyler Reks in about a minute.  Late in the match, Clay withstood a dropkick to the knee, then hit his belly to belly suplex.  He followed with the "What the Funk?" bodysplash on Reks for the pinfall win.

Daniel Bryan and CM Punk had a segment backstage with Punk questioning how Bryan called himself a role model.  Bryan questioned what "straight edge" is and Punk defended his lifestyle.  He said he doesn't claim to be a role model though, just the best wrestler in the world.

Daniel Bryan defeated CM Punk by DQ in a non-title match.  The match went back and forth with great action.  Towards the end, Punk had kicked Bryan onto the apron.  Suddenly, Chris Jericho appeared ringside and tossed Bryan away to cause the DQ.  He hit a Codebreaker on CM Punk then glared as he stared down at Punk in the ring.  Lawler questioned why Jericho made that attack.

They did a video package for the latest WWE Hall of Fame inductee for 2012, Mike Tyson.  Michael Cole noted that TMZ broke the story with ESPN also covering it today.

Kofi Kingston defeated The Miz by pinfall.  The two wrestlers had traded near finishing moves in the finale, with Kofi suddenly hitting Trouble in Paradise for the win.  R-Truth was doing guest commentary during the match.


Beth Phoenix defeated Eve by pinfall after about 30 seconds.  Eve was distracted and nervous glancing around to see if Kane was lurking somewhere.  Beth took advantage and hit the Glam Slam to retain her Divas title.

Post-match, the arena turned red with Kane appearing up on the big screen.  He talked about how everything that happened to Zack Ryder could've been avoided if John Cena had "embraced the hate."  Kane said Cena's ignoring him, looking ahead to Rock at Wrestlemania.  Kane said he plans to inflict as much pain as humanly possible on Ryder until Cena embraces the hate.  He said tonight he'll use Eve as a conduit to pass the message along.  The pyro shot off with Eve frozen in the ring.  Kane snuck into the ring scaring Eve across the ring.

John Cena's music hit and he rushed down to save Eve, battling Kane.  Cena and Kane traded strikes, eventually going to the outside where Cena whipped Kane into the steel steps.  He kept bashing Kane with the steps each time he got up, then ripped apart the commentators table.  He pulled Kane over to the table to go for the AA, but Kane slipped out of it and escaped into the crowd.  Cena's music played on as Cena celebrated in the ring.  Cole said something happened to Cena at the Rumble last night and he's snapped.

They showed Laurinaitis backstage walking on his way out for the big job review.  Various divas were seen laughing in the background.  Cole said Triple H is up next.

The main segment featured John Laurinaitis in the ring trying to convince the fans he had done a good job as the Raw GM.  He said he did a self-evaluation and gave him self 5 out of 5 on many categories.  Triple H came out to interrupt and talked about how bad a job Laurinaitis has done.  He teased the idea of JL joining the "Kiss My Ass" club like Vince had to save his job.  HHH said he wasn't going to do any of that silly stuff though, just what's been needed.  Just as Triple H prepared to speak, the gong sounded and lights went out.  Lightning and the smoke entered the arena, before the Undertaker made his big return.

Taker got into the ring and circled HHH, before looking at the big WM28 banner and doing the "slash throat" signal.  He looked back at the logo, then at HHH.  Triple H nodded and put his hand on Taker's shoulder almost to say "no" to the idea.  Triple H left the ring and walked up the ramp to go backstage.  Undertaker remained in the ring and looked at the WM28 banner, before his gong went off.  Taker looked out towards the entrance stage as Raw went off the air.

WWE Superstars Results 06/09/11

Here are the latest WWE Superstars results for the 06/09/11 episode shown via WWE.com. This weeks episode featured matches including JTG vs. Chris Masters, a Raw WWE Divas tag match, and Tyson Kidd with another new manager as he took on Yoshi Tatsu.

Chris Masters defeated JTG via submission with the Masterlock hold in under 5 minutes.

Maryse & Melina defeated Gail Kim & Eve Torres by pinfall. Melina scored a leg-split drop on Gail for the pin, after avoiding Gail's Eat Defeat move.

Mark Henry came to the ring for a match against Johnny Curtis, who never showed up. Striker interviewed Henry about opponents being afraid to face him. Henry said it's the same with all of the fans, they're afraid of what he'll do. He left the ring and threw the steel stairs around.

Vickie Guerrero came out as Tyson Kidd's latest manager-to-be. She talked about her resume prior to the match and said she's the best person to manage a young stud.

Yoshi Tatsu defeated Tyson Kidd by pinfall after his roundhouse kick connected to KO Kidd. Post-match, Kidd and Vickie argued outside the ring. Vickie yelled at Kidd that he needs to follow her advice.

That was the conclusion of this week's WWE Superstars episode on WWE.com.

Raw Results 05/30/11

Raw Results from Omaha, NE:

The show opened with no audio and audio technicalities as R-Truth was on a rampage. He was backstage tossing apart concession stands and merchandise areas. Truth went out to the audience and found a young kid and his father, calling them Little and Big Jimmy wearing their Cena T-Shirts.

Cena finally came out to the ring to confront Truth, calling him crazy. Cena and Truth were about to go at it, but the anonymous Raw GM sent an email to interrupt. Cole got up to read and announced that the GM had made the match official. He added "there will be no Lil' Jimmies at ringside." Truth asked if it was a joke, then told Cena "you gonna get got" and left the ring.

They looked at footage of Kharma breaking down in tears in the ring last week. Cole said she'll speak live tonight.

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Kofi Kingston vs. Dolph Ziggler

Down the stretch, Kofi went for the SOS, but Ziggler held onto the ropes to knock him down. As Kofi staggered up, Ziggler hit the Zig Zag on him for the big pinfall win. Vickie celebrated as Cole talked about how important a win it was for Ziggler over the US Champion tonight.

Winner: Dolph Ziggler wins via pinfall over Kofi Kingston.

Cole questioned Alex Riley's actions against his mentor, The Miz, last week. Cole said he'll find out what was behind it all and get an apology from Riley later tonight.

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Ricardo Rodriguez introduced Alberto Del Rio to the crowd. Del Rio drove out in a $100k Audi car, with Cole talking about how they drove around in it earlier. Del Rio talked about what happened to Big Show last week, and they had the footage shown of the tag titles lost to New Nexus, and Show getting run over by Del Rio's car backstage, causing a serious leg injury.

Del Rio had Ricardo speak in Spanish about what happen. Del Rio said Big Show made a mistake and brought all this on himself. He then added that Big Show owes him money for damaging his car so he'll send him a bill. Del Rio then said for Big Show to "get well soon." Lawler and Cole talked over Del Rio's attitude and the damage to Del Rio's car.

They showed the divas warming up backstage for a divas tag match, with Eve and Kelly Kelly vs The Bella Twins.

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Eve & Kelly Kelly vs. The Bella Twins

In under 3 minutes, Kelly was able to make a hot tag in to save Eve from the doubleteaming and eventually hit the Rocker Dropper to get the pinfall win.

Winner: Kelly Kelly and Eve win via pinfall over The Bella Twins.

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Cole interviewed and confronted Alex Riley about what he did to his mentor, brother and father, The Miz last week. Riley eventually snatched away the mic and told Cole to shutup. After Cole called Riley a bastard, Riley shoved him down to the mat and playfully kicked him around. Suddenly, The Miz rushed into the ring behind Riley to attack him.

However, as the fight continued, Riley got the upperhand on his mentor and fought him outside the ring. Eventually Miz took off running through the crowd. Riley got back in the ring and stood tall as the crowd cheered on their newfound hero.

Rey Mysterio vs. CM Punk

In the final stages of this match, Punk and Rey traded counters. Finally, Punk got in an enziguiri kick which was able to drop Rey to the mat, giving Punk the pinfall victory. Punk left the ring celebrating with Mason Ryan.

Winner: CM Punk wins via pinfall over Rey Mysterio.

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WWE Diva Kharma appeared in the ring to talk about her dreams of becoming a WWE Superstar. She said on Season Two of Tough Enough, Jim Ross said she was too fat to be a WWE Diva. She said she took those words with her to Japan to learn to become a wrestling master.

Kharma noted that her other dream was to become a mother, and she is now pregnant. She said it's a high-risk pregnancy, which prevents her from competing in the ring. Kharma thanked everyone for letting her share her dream, then vowed to be back.

The Bella Twins' music hit and they came out to mock Kharma. They said they can't believe she's pregnant because they just thought she was really fat. In the ring, Kharma scared the Bellas, then said she hopes the Bellas are there when she comes back in a year.

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Evan Bourne vs. Jack Swagger

Swagger called out Bourne for this match based on what happened last week. Early in the match, Swagger cockily rolled Bourne into the ring from outside then made a pinfall attempt. Bourne escaped it and Swagger did some pushups on Bourne's back. Swagger started to play around and Bourne capitalized, quickly rolling him up for a surprise pinfall. Cole called it a major upset for Bourne. Swagger was visibly upset in the ring.

Winner: Evan Bourne wins via pinfall over Jack Swagger.

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John Cena vs. R-Truth

In the main event, Cena nearly got the Attitude Adjustment, but Truth escaped it and left the ring. He went into the stands, with Cena chasing after him. Truth clotheslined Cena down hard to the floor. He jumped back over the guardrail then got in the ring to see Cena get counted out.

After the decision was given to Truth, he went back over to the little kid and his dad from the intro of Raw. He took the kid's soda and threw it in the dad's face before taking off. Cena came over and checked on them all, then gave the little boy his armband. Cena was just standing next to the family looking confused as Raw ended.

Winner: R-Truth wins due to countout of John Cena.

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Raw Preview 04/18/11

Last week's Raw saw the surprise announcement from the Rated-R Superstar Edge. Tonight's show will feature followup to last week's other major events including the new #1 contenders for the WWE Championship. Those contenders, R-Truth and John Cena, were decided in a five-man gauntlet match. Due to The Miz interfering in the final moments of the match, the Raw GM said both men will face Miz at Extreme Rules PPV. While Cena and Truth seemed friendly after the announcement, a bit of shoving started. Will Cena and Truth be at odds on tonight's show?

Last week also saw Jerry Lawler face Jack Swagger in an important match. Lawler was able to win thanks to help from Jim Ross at ringside, who fought off Michael Cole. With the win, Lawler was able to decide on a stipulation for his rematch against Michael Cole at Extreme Rules. Lawler chose a tag team match, just moments after he saw Cole slap Swagger. Swagger was livid with Cole, leading to Lawler's clever idea to make them tag partners. Jim Ross will team with Lawler at the PPV, but what will go down next between Cole and Lawler on Raw?

Finally, the past episode of Raw also saw a brand new champion crowned in the ring. Brie Bella went up against Eve Torres for the Divas Championship. Before the match, Eve had the referee put a black X on Nikki's hand with a magic marker. This was to make sure there was no "Twin magic" trickery going on. The Bellas still went for the switch, but Eve and the ref were able to prevent it. However, that distraction allowed Brie to grab Eve and hit a finisher on her for the big victory. This marks Brie's first reign as Divas Champion. Will Eve invoke her rematch clause on tonight's Raw? Will anyone be able to prevent the Bellas from using their tricks to keep winning?

Catch Monday Night Raw tonight at 9PM EST on USA!

WWE Raw Results 04/11/11

WWE Raw Results from Bridgeport, CT:

After Michael Cole got a separate intro to start the show, he taunted Lawler at the commentary area before getting into his Cole Mine to hide.

John Cena's music hit, bringing Cena to the ring to talk about last week's big announcement involving The Rock and Wrestlemania 28. Cena noted that the match will be for the WWE Championship, the biggest prize in the business. Cena said he issues a challenge right now to The Miz, to give another Wrestlemania moment tonight. Instead of The Miz, out came Randy Orton to dispute Cena's idea.

Orton said Cena's business with Miz over the WWE Championship is over, because he lost. Orton suggested that someone who won their Wrestlemania match get the opportunity now. Cena went to respond, but John Morrison arrived out to interrupt that. He said he's seen this show before, but it's not as good as it could be, unless he's in it.

Vickie Guerrero walked out Dolph Ziggler, suggesting that Dolph deserves the championship opportunity instead. Ziggler made his case but R-Truth came out in the midst of that speech. Truth said he's never had a WWE Championship match and that's "What's Up!"

As they all started arguing, in came the email to Cole from the anonymous Raw GM. The Raw GM said they have come up with a new 5-man concept gauntlet match to determine the #1 contender for the WWE Title. That contender faces The Miz at WWE Extreme Rules in May.

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A new promo clip was shown of an unseen female wrestler with braids holding a blonde doll in her heads. With a child's theme song playing, she flicked the head off the doll and started laughing maniacally. Cole and Matthews questioned what that was, then said it was definitely disturbing.

Brie Bella vs Eve Torres
WWE Divas Championship Match

Eve pulled out a magic marker before the match and asked the ref to put a big X on Nikki's hand so they couldn't pull their "Twin magic" trick of switching places.

In the match, Eve hung Brie up in the corner for repeated kicks. However, as the ref took Eve away, the Bellas made a switch. Eve saw it and grabbed the illegal Bella's arm to try to show the ref. However, Nikki pulled herself out of the ring. Brie got back in and grabbed Eve to slam her face first to the mat and got the winning pinfall to become new divas champion.

Winner: Brie Bella won via pinfall over Eve Torres to win the WWE Divas Championship.

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Backstage, Eve was sitting down in the locker room looking upset over her loss. Gail Kim came in to say she got the short end of the stick. Eve told her save it, she knows how the divas are, everyone's just looking for their next chance at the title. Eve went to walk off, but Natalya came up to her to say she was sorry. Eve told her to save it too. Natalya and Gail looked at each other saying they aren't like that, are they? Tamina walked in and shot them both a look.

Sin Cara vs. Primo

Sin Cara made his Raw wrestling debut with a match against Primo Colon. A Sin Cara chant started up right as Primo started to make a big attack. However, Sin Cara exploded with a comeback, usin a variety of moves including a dive over the top ropes into a headscissor take down on Primo.

Primo took control again late, but when he charged Sin Cara in the corner, the newcomer moved away then came back with chops to the chest. Sin Cara hit an impressive Sunset Flip pin after Primo tried for a Powerbomb.

When Primo went for a high risk move, Sin Cara hit him with the enziguiri kick. However, when Sin Cara was on the top rope initially, someone botched the final move. Primo made it look like he countered it and Sin Cara spilled to the outside, but got right back up. They redid the enziguiri kick and then Sin Cara did the planned finisher a flip and face first slam to the mat for the win.

Winner: Sin Cara wins via pinfall over Primo.

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WWE Slam of the Week was the in-ring showoff skills between The Rock and Cena last week. Both wrestlers hit their main moves on members of The Corre to see who could one up the other.

All four members of The Corre were standing in the ring as Raw returned. Barrett talked about their failed attack last week on Raw. He started looking over at Gabriel and Slater as if they were the weak links. They all took turns getting on the mic and in Barrett's face to tell why they are the best in the ring.

As they all started to argue out came Santino Marella along with Evan Bourne, Daniel Bryan and Mark Henry. Santino said if The Corre is in the ring, then they're "The Apple." A graphic on the Titantron said APPLE stands for "Allied People Powered by Loathing Everything" Corre stands for. Santino said they challenge Corre to a fight, and all four members of "Apple" headed to the ring, although Henry was reluctant to do the hands in team unity thing.

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The Apple vs The Corre

This match broke down towards the end with everyone getting in the ring. Several guys spilled to the outside. Bryan ran across the ring and did a dive into Barrett on the outside. Santino was left with Slater. He prepared for The Cobra. Justin Gabriel hit a kick on Santino's head from the apron. That allowed Slater to hit his finisher on Santino for the win.

Winners: The Corre wins via pinfall over Apple.

Josh Matthews and Lawler started talking about Lawler's chance against Swagger tonight. If Lawler wins he gets a rematch against Michael Cole at Extreme Rules. If he loses, Cole gets to retire undefeated.

Jim Ross made his way down the ramp, with Cole getting on the mic to insult him. JR walked over and stared Cole down, then tried to open the Cole Mine door. He started shaking the Cole Mine to get Cole worried. Meanwhile, Swagger snuck in and tried to attack Lawler. Refs rushed in to restrain JR and get the match under order as Raw went to break.

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Jerry Lawler vs Jack Swagger

JR was ringside for Lawler, while Cole was ringside for Swagger. Cole kept talking trash to Lawler and JR during the match, while he yelled for Swagger to "punish him."

Late in the match, King made his comeback after pulling the straps down. He hammered away on Swagger but then Jack got a kick in. He went for a running slam, but Lawler slid off his back and dropkicked Swagger into the corner. Lawler stood up and went over to get Swagger, but Cole got on the apron to distract him. JR went over and yanked Cole by the leg off the apron. Cole fell to the outside floor. Swagger reached out to grab JR, which allowed King to roll up Swagger for the suprise winning pinfall.

Post-match, JR celebrated with Lawler on the outside, while Cole was in disbelief. Cole got in the ring asking Swagger what the heck just happened. Cole started berating Swagger in the ring about the loss, but Swagger took exception to all the finger pointing and shoving. Cole finally slapped Swagger in the face, causing Swagger to become enraged.

Cole escaped the ring and backed up the ramp, but Lawler got on the mic to announce his match stipulation. He said he wants a tag team match at Extreme Rules. He said it'll be Lawler and Ross taking on Cole and Swagger. Cole tried to mouth an apology from the ramp to Swagger, but Jack wasn't having it.

Winner: Jerry Lawler wins via pinfall over Jack Swagger. Lawler will get a rematch with Cole at Extreme Rules, with a stipulation of Lawler's choice.

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Josh Matthews introduced highlight video of the big match between Triple H and The Undertaker from Wrestlemania 28. This video package had comments from other wrestlers including Christian, Stone Cold, Big Show, CM Punk, Edge, The Rock and John Cena.

After the video ended, John Cena was shown backstage having a friendly chat with Edge. They shook hands and Edge started to walk away. Matthews said Edge has a big announcement to make regarding his career.

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Justin Roberts introduced the World Heavyweight Champion Edge. Jim Ross was now on commentary along with Matthews and Lawler, as they discussed what Edge's big news might be about.

Edge talked about how many people think WWE doesn't hurt, but if you haven't been in the business you don't know. Edge said 8 years ago he broke his neck, which involved spinal fusion surgery. Edge said he'd be wrestling on borrowed time after that surgery. He said he's been losing feelings in his arms, and was able to pass strength tests.

Edge said WWE encouraged him to get more tests. Edge said he had an MRI done and they've said he needs to retire, but luckily won't have to be in a wheelchair. Edge started showing tears and fighting them back. The crowd gave a "thank you Edge" chant. Edge talked about the emotional roller coast ride he's been on, and then how talking to his friend Christian has helped him. He said he's a huge fan of WWE just like the rest of the WWE audience.

Edge said he couldn't dream of a better way to go out, retiring as World Heavyweight Champion. He said he's been wrestling for 19 years and has grown up in front of many fans. He said he's become a man in front of the fans as well. He talked about his career, being in The Brood, teaming with Christian, and his live sex celebration with Lita.

Edge said he's going to miss this, but he doesn't have to wear tights tomorrow and he's going to eat a whole lot of ice cream tonight. Edge said he would do it all over again, even the surgeries if he had to. Edge thanked the fans for all their support and got a standin ovation from the Bridgeport, CT crowd. He did a final pose up on the stage and his music started up again, before Edge walked backstage.

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Raw returned to show Edge backstage hugging a bunch of the superstars on his way through. The commentators, Matthews, Lawler and JR, said this was a shocking announcement. JR said this was the last thing he expected with tonight's show.

The Miz arrived out next to break the silence. Alex Riley was with him and both were in suits. Miz joined the commentators to watch the #1 Contender's Gauntlet match.

#1 Contender 5-Man Gauntlet Match

Randy Orton was the first competitor announced. The second wrestler introduced was Dolph Ziggler. These two would start off the gauntlet and would have to make it through four others to become #1 contender. Josh Matthews noted that next week's show is in London.

In the first pairing, Orton gained major momentum and hit his DDT on Ziggler through the ropes. He dropped down to prepare for the RKO. However, just as he was getting up, several Nexus guys showed up at ringside. Otunga and McGillicutty distracted Orton, allowing Ziggler to steal the pinfall win. Mason Ryan came into the ring and leveled Orton wit ha huge boot. The Nexus guys continued to scream at and decimate Orton, with Ryan getting a huge Powerbomb, Batista-style.

The second pairing saw R-Truth hit the ring to take on Ziggler. Miz kept bragging about leaving Wrestlemania 27 still the WWE Champion. Truth hit a huge counter late in this one to smash Ziggler face first into the mat. He took the winning pinfall to eliminate Ziggler, bringing John Morrison out next, as Raw hit commercial.

John Morrison battled R-Truth in the third pairing of the gauntlet. Morrison hit his springboard mule kick late in the matchup, then pulled Truth towards the corner. He went for Starship Pain, but Truth rolled out of harm's way. As Morrison got back up, Truth hit his finisher again, to take his second straight pinfall victory.

That left John Cena versus R-Truth for the #1 contender's spot. It went to commercial after Cena made his ring entrance. A commercial during break advertised that Edge will surrender his World Heavyweight Championship on Friday's Smackdown.

Cena got momentum late as he hit the Five Knuckle Shuffle. He set up for the Attitude Adjustment, but Alex Riley and Miz rushed into the ring to attack. The ref called for the bell with no winner in the Gauntlet as it was a double disqualification.

Miz got on the mic and said both guys are losers and there's no #1 contender. However, the lights flashed and email sound chimed. Lawler got up to read from the laptop. The email said Miz is right there's no #1 contender for the WWE Title, but that's because there's no two contenders. The GM said the WWE Championship match at Extreme Rules will be a Triple Threat match between Miz, R-Truth and John Cena. Cena and Truth popped back up to attack Riley and Miz.

Cena hit Attitude Adjustment on Riley before his music hit, but then he and Truth faced off. They shook each other's hand, but then started to shove each other. It got serious at one point, but Truth backed off and left the ring to his music, smirking about it.

Winner: R-Truth and John Cena fight to a double DQ to become the dual #1 contenders for the WWE Championship at Extreme Rules.

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WWE Superstars Results 03/17/11

WWE Superstars Results 3/17/11:

The show kicked off with a Smackdown match and commentators Jack Korpela and Matt Striker calling the action. Smackown star, JTG, is out first, followed by Tyler Reks, looking all sorts of angry.

JTG vs Tyler Reks

Late in the match, Reks had backed JTG into the corner. Reks yelled at the audience, and JTG responded by attacking. He fought back to get the upperhand and had three near falls, with Reks kicking out each time. JTG and Reks ended up outside the ring for a brief bit of action. Back inside the ring, JTG got a takedown, but Reks kicked out again. JTG tried to finish him off by jumping from the top rope. Reks catches him though, and hits the Burning Hammer finisher.

Winner: Tyler Reks wins via pinfall over JTG.

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They showed what happened this past week on Raw involving Vickie Guerrero vs Trish Stratus, with special guest Snooki at ringside. Trish was dominating the match, until Dolph Ziggler showed up to intervene in the ring. John Morrison rushed out to attack Ziggler. Michelle McCool and Layla rushed in to the ring and attacked Trish. Michelle knocked her down with a huge boot kick, allowing Vickie to score a pinfall victory. Post-match saw Snooki get into it with Michelle and then attack Layla in the ring. Eventually a match was booked with Snooki, Trish and John Morrison vs Michelle, Layla and Ziggler.

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Vladimir Kozlov & Santino Marella vs. The Usos

Late in this match, Kozlov had control against Jimmy Uso. He went for the pin, but Jey rushed in to break things up. Jey and Santino ended up fighting outside the ring. Santino is able to knock down Jey outside the ring and return to the apron for a tag from Kozlov. With the match under control, Santino hits The Cobra for the win on Jimmy Uso.

Winners: Santino Marella & Vladimir Kozlov win via pinfall over The Usos.

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They showed the Raw Recall which highlighted Cena vs Del Rio. Cena had the AA ready on Del Rio, but his bodyguard Brodus Clay intervened in the match. Del Rio lost due to the DQ. Del Rio and Clay start beating up Cena in the ring, until The Rock's theme music hits. Instead of The Rock arriving to the ring, it's The Miz dressed as him. The Miz hits the Rock Bottom on Cena in the ring, and then beats him up around the ring and to the top of the ramp, eventually hitting Skullcrushing Finale on Cena to close the show out.

Josh Matthews and Scott Stanford ran down the list of Wrestlemania 27 matches so far, including the two big championship bouts. They also noted that The Rock will be special guest host for the event.

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8 Divas Tag Match

On one team in the match were Natalya, Tamina, Gail Kim and Eve. They went against Alicia Fox, Melina and The Bella Twins.

Late in the match, one of the Bellas had control against Natalya, preventing her from getting a tag. The Bella twin tagged in Melina who started up a choke hold on Natalya. Natalya nearly got over to make a tag, but the Bellas rushed around ringside and yanked all of her partners off the apron. Tamina is able to take out both of the Bellas though. Natalya finally escapes to tag in Eve. Eve gets on the top rope and hits the Moonsault on Melina for the big win.

Winners: Eve, Tamina, Gail Kim and Natalya win via pinfall over The Bella Twins, Melina and Alicia Fox.

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