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Friday
Smackdown
Date: November 16, 2012
Location: Quicken Loans Arena, Cleveland, Ohio
Commentators: Josh Matthews, John Bradshaw Layfield
We're two days away from Survivor Series and did you know Sheamus is fighting Big Show again? That's a serious question actually as it's been passed over even more than most Smackdown main event matches have been in recent memory. Other than that this is likely going to be used to talk about Foley vs. Ziggler some more, because there's no real reason for that match to happen, but it's happening anyway because WWE has no idea what they want to do right now. Let's get to it.
They do the voiceover nonsense again to preview the show. It's a recap of Raw and a quick discussion of Sheamus vs. Show.
Sheamus is in the parking lot and waiting on Show I think.
Here's the freshly face Miz to open the show with MizTV. This will help the face reactions but it'll be interesting to see what happens when he's not in his hometown. He gets a Miz Is Awesome chant and welcomes us to his show before talking about his match on Sunday. Miz sucks up to the fans about voting him into the PPV but thinks it might be because he's on the poster.
He talks about how he's accomplished more than anyone else in the match, including Ziggler. This brings him to the guest of the evening: Mick Foley. Foley immediately goes for the cheap pop but Miz says this is his hometown so he gets the cheap pop. After a cheap plug for Foley's new book, Mick talks about how Miz is a new person at the moment. However, he isn't sure which Miz is going to show up at Survivor Series. Will it be the one that beat Cena in the main event of Wrestlemania or the one that is always taking vacations and growing a weak beard?
Miz thinks there's no point to asking that question because Miz is the last person who Foley has to worry about. There's the guy that stole the Intercontinental Title from Miz and tag champions that don't like each other. Foley brings out those three people (Kofi and HELL NO) along with Orton, which is all of Team Foley. Foley tells someone to start the conversation, leading to an argument between Bryan and Kane.
Kane says his back feels better from not having to carry Miz on Monday. Bryan says because of him, Kane isn't roaming basements and scaring little children. Kane: I roam basements and scare little children regardless. Kofi breaks up the argument so Miz yells at Kingston for playing peacekeeper. He didn't like Kofi kicking him in the face last week and Foley has to break up another argument.
Orton talks about his history with Foley but says he likes Foley more than anyone else on the team. Orton shoves down part of the set and here's Team Ziggler. I completely forgot Barrett was on that team at all. Ziggler says that team is pretty sad even for Foley, which is kind of a stretch I'd think. Dolph talks about team unity but keeps having to call down Del Rio for talking to Ricardo too much.
Del Rio wants to be team leader and an argument breaks out until Foley says he has match making power tonight. Well sure, why not. It's Ziggler/Del Rio vs. Miz/Orton. Ziggler says Barrett is better than Miz so it's Barrett vs....Kane? Bryan yells NO a lot but Sandow demands SILENCE. He runs down the team but Kofi cuts them off and it's Kingston vs. Damien right now.
Damien Sandow vs. Kofi Kingston
Non-title of course and the pink trunks are back. Kofi snaps off some armdrags as we see the backdrop that hurt Cody. Kofi sends Sandow to the floor and hits a dropkick back inside for two. More kicks put Damien down for two and we head back to the floor for a suicide dive by Kofi. We take a break and come back with Kingston hammering away but Damien hitting a running flip neckbreaker for two.
The Wind-Up elbow gets two more and it's time for Kofi's comeback. He fires off forearms and a Boom Drop for two, followed by the top rope cross body for the same. Sandow kicks him in the knee and rolls Kofi up with trunks for the pin at 6:05 shown of 9:35. It's just as quick and out of nowhere as it sounds.
Sheamus is still in the back.
We recap (as in reair) the AJ/Cena/Vickie stuff from Raw.
Natalya/Layla/Kaitlyn vs. Alicia Fox/Eve Torres/Aksana
We start with Natalya beating on Aksana before Layla beats on her a bit. Off to Alicia for a mat slam by the hair for two before it's off to Eve for a flip splash on Layla for two. JBL tries to talk about the Kaitlyn attack storyline as if anyone cares anymore. Off to Alicia who gets kicked away and the tag is made to Kaitlyn. House is cleaned and the crowd is dead. Kaitlyn dropkicks Alicia into Eve and hits the reverse DDT for the pin at 3:42.
Booker comes up to Sheamus and says Big Show isn't going to show up with Sheamus in the parking lot. Sheamus says if Show has any guts he'll meet Sheamus in the ring. Booker threatens consequences if anything happens.
Randy Orton/The Miz vs. Dolph Ziggler/Alberto Del Rio
Miz and Ziggler start things off at a fast pace with Miz hitting a flapjack for two. JBL and Josh continue to be hilarious. Josh: Of course Orton was the sole survivor of JBL's Survivor Series team. JBL: I'm about to be the sole survivor of this commentary booth if you bring that up again. Miz misses a charge and hits the floor as Del Rio knocks Orton to the outside as well.
We take a break and come back with Orton fighting out of a Ziggler chinlock. A knee to the ribs and elbow drop get two for Dolph and it's back to Alberto. After he does nothing of note, Ziggler comes in for a foot on the chest for two. Orton starts another comeback but gets kicked in the face for his efforts. A clothesline puts Ziggler down and it's off to Miz. The hometown boy pounds on Ziggler in the corner and hits the top rope ax handle for two.
Miz goes up again but a Ricardo distraction lets Alberto shove Miz off the top and out to the floor. Ziggler and Del Rio take some cheap shots on Miz and Alberto hits a running kick in the corner to Miz's arm. Miz avoids a charge and sends Del Rio to the floor, allowing for the hot tag to Orton. Both heels take powerslams and there's the Elevated DDT to Del Rio. Miz tags himself in though and hits the Finale on Alberto for the pin at 7:24 shown of 10:54.
Orton is annoyed at Miz post match and gives him an RKO to a good deal of booing.
Here's Sheamus to confront Big Show. Sheamus rants about Big Show attacking Regal on Raw and being a bully. Well Sheamus wants to BE A STAR and wants to fight. Maybe he isn't being a star after all. Here's Show who says Sheamus should thank him for not coming down there. Sheamus comes up the aisle but Booker says no and tells Sheamus to leave the building. Sheamus goes for Show again and we go to a break.
In the back, Show acts like he's Booker's buddy but Booker doesn't see it that way. Booker puts Show in the main event against a surprise opponent. It's not Sheamus though. Booker says no one is bigger than the show. Ok then.
Kane vs. Wade Barrett
This has potential. Barrett immediately pounds away and hits the Winds of Change for no count. Kane boots him down and clotheslines Barrett to the floor....and here's Team Ziggler for the DQ at 57 seconds.
Bryan comes in for the save and there are no other partners with him. Oh wait here's Kofi but the numbers are too great. Orton finally makes the save and it's RKO's all around for Team Ziggler. Miz comes out to glare at Team Foley.
We recap the Raw World Title stuff from Raw.
Antonio Cesaro vs. Sin Cara
Truth comes out for commentary. Cesaro takes him to the mat to start but Cara grabs his arm and hits a rana out of the corner. Antonio immediately comes back with a tilt-a-whirl backbreaker for two followed by the gutwrench suplex. A European Uppercut to the back of Cara's head puts him down but a big spinning headscissors takes Cesaro down. West Coast Pop gets two for Cara but Cesaro throws him into the air for the uppercut followed by the Neutralizer for the pin at 2:20. Just a squash for the most part.
R-Truth quotes Jim Duggan and starts a USA chant.
Big Show vs. Great Khali
Non-title of course. This is going to be your standard battle of the giants with a lot of slow offense. Khali stomps him down in the corner but Show slugs away at him. A spear puts Khali down for two but Khali breaks up the chokeslam and chops Show down for two. The Punjabi Plunge is broken up and the KO Punch gets the pin at 3:32.
Sheamus' music plays but he doesn't come out so it's back to Show's music.
Post match Show walks to the back but Sheamus jumps him as he gets on his bus. Show fights back and shoves Sheamus through the windshield of a car, but Shemaus dives off the car and rams Show into another windshield. Booker pulls Sheamus off to end the show.
Results
Damien Sandown b. Kofi Kingston Rollup with a handful of trunks
Natalya/Kaitlyn/Layla b. Alicia Fox/Eve Torres/Aksana Reverse DDT to Fox
Randy Orton/The Miz b. Alberto Del Rio/Dolph Ziggler Skull Crushing Finale to Del Rio
Kane b. Wade Barrett via DQ when Team Ziggler interfered
Antonio Cesaro b. Sin Cara Neutralizer
Big Show b. Great Khali KO Punch
Saturday
It doesn't look like Cody Rhodes will be able to go on Sunday. No word on a replacement yet.
Sunday
Survivor Series 2012
Date: November 18, 2012
Location: Bankers Life Fieldhouse, Indianapolis, Indianapolis
Commentators: Michael Cole, Jerry Lawler, John Bradshaw Layfield
We're up to one of the Big Four PPVs and I really don't care. Seriously, what reason is there for me to care about this show? We have a rematch from last month and a triple threat with Cena involved this time but no Cell. Oh and a Survivor Series match between two teams with captains that have talked all of maybe twice ever since we decided to change the main event after a week. Let's get to it.
Pre Show: 3MB vs. Santino Marella/Zack Ryder
It's Slater and Mahal here. Ryder vs. Mahal gets things going as Striker rips on Ryder for being so prominent on Facebook and Twitter. That may indeed be stupid, but if Ryder ever gets out of wrestling, he can legitimately call himself a creator of a successful web series, and that'll likely get him a job in the real world. Not bad for some social media geek is it? Off to Santino who works on Mahal's arm before it's off to Ryder again to beat on Slater. A running elbow in the corner gets two as the announcers talk about music.
McIntyre trips up Santino and the heels take over. That lasts so short of an amount of time that I don't have anything to type about it before Santino comes in and beats up the band members. Slater gets in a knee to the ribs and 3MB takes over again. A clothesline to the back of the head gets two and it's chinlock time. Santino dives away from Mahal and there's the hot tag to Ryder. House is cleaned and the Broski Boot hits Mahal. The Rough Ryder puts Slater down but McIntyre blasts Zack in the back of the head with a cast. A full nelson slam from Mahal gets the pin on Ryder for the pin at 6:11.
The opening video is the same history deal they've done for the last five years or so. Is there any show that does that? They talk about the two world title matches as well, but the Survivor Series isn't mentioned at all.
David Otunga is replacing Rhodes.
Team Clay vs. Team Tensai
Brodus Clay, Sin Cara, Rey Mysterio, Tyson Kidd, Justin Gabriel
Tensai, Prime Time Players, Primo, Epico
My goodness they're USING THE BIG FREAKING ROSTER THEY HAVE. This is a smart move that they never use for some reason. I miss the King's stupid lines. Apparently the fans got to pick Rosa's dress tonight. Uh....sure. Kidd and Epico start things off with Kidd taking it down to the mat quickly. Off to an armbar by Kidd before Epico bridges into a backslide. This is some awesome stuff actually. Kidd sends him to the floor but Epico slams him face first into the apron to take over.
Off to Gabriel for some kicks and a legsweep before it's right back to Kidd. Scratch that as it's Young vs. Mysterio now as this is hitting a bit of a dull spot. Cara and Mysterio hit a combination wheelbarrow slam/X-Factor for two for Cara. Primo comes in and takes the Tajiri Elbow and a rana to send him into the corner. Primo slams him down and it's off to the Big Bald. JBL rattles off some NJPW stats for Tensai and it's off to O'Neal.
That also goes nowhere so it's off to Epico again for a camel clutch. Cara finally escapes and hits an enziguri before making the tag to Brodus. Everything breaks down and the four tag team guys on the heel team are sent to the floor. Kidd and Gabriel hit stereo suicide dives to take out the Puerto Ricans and the masked guys hit stereo Asai Moonsaults to take out the Players. Awesome sequence there.
This leaves the two monsters left in the ring alone in a match we've seen a lot of times before. Clay tries his overhead suplex attempt but it basically turns into a Downward Spiral, which makes me wonder if there's more to Ryback not being able to Shell Shock Tensai. Brodus misses a splash in the corner and gets shoulder blocked down. The backsplash from Tensai takes out Clay and we're down to 5-4.
Kidd tries to fire off some kicks but gets run over as well. Off to Titus again with an abdominal stretch to slow things down. A backbreaker from Titus puts Gabriel down and the backsplash from Tensai gets two. A second attempt misses and Justin rolls him up for the pin. Back to O'Neal as we're down to what this match likely should have been in the first place.
Epico comes in to chop away and hit a butterfly suplex for two on Gabriel. Off to some chinlockery but Epico misses an elbow drop and there's the hot tag to Kidd. Scratch the hot part as he's immediately sent to the floor and stomped on by Primo. Back to Titus for more pounding but a big boot misses and O'Neal crotches himself on the top rope, allowing Kidd to hook his spinning sunset flip for the elimination.
Young immediately comes in to stomp away as it's Cara/Mysterio/Kidd/Gabriel vs. Epico/Primo/Young. Epico comes in and rolls some belly to back suplexes but Kidd sweeps the legs and it's a Sharpshooter for the elimination. It is Survivor Series after all. Primo comes in now and suplexes Kidd down, only to dive off the top onto some knees.
There's the hot tag to Rey who speeds things up and kicks Primo in the head for two. The seated senton by Rey gets two and La Magistral leaves Young on his own. There's the 619, a Swanton from Cara, a top rope Lionsault from Justin, a top rope elbow from Kidd and a top rope splash from Rey to END Young for the win at 18:27.
Kaitlyn is heading to the ring when some blonde chick attacks her. Oh it's Aksans in a wig. Eve comes up and pretends to know nothing about this. Kaitlyn shoves her down and makes fun of her.
Divas Title: Kaitlyn vs. Eve Torres
Eve is defending after ducking Kaitlyn for a few months now. It's a catfight to start with Kaitlyn throwing the wig in her face. Kaitlyn pounds away on her as you can see how bad she really is out there. She has no idea what she's doing for the most part and is doing stuff that looks like she's imitating wrestling more than anything else. Eve tries to run into the crowd and is thrown into the barricade for her efforts.
Back in and Eve kicks Kaitlyn down to take over. Kaitlyn gets choked in the corner and the champ drops an elbow for two. Off to that triangle choke that Eve uses to fill in some time while giving us some good shots of Eve's legs. Eve loads up the moonsault but gets shoved down to the apron. Kaitlyn comes back and pounds away some more with a gutbuster getting two. Eve trips her up and hits her spinning neckbreaker out of nowhere to retain at 7:02.
We get a clip from the preshow where Del Rio and Ziggler argue over the tag match. Team Foley argued too until Foley calmed them down and said he needed all of them to work together.
US Title: Antonio Cesaro vs. R-Truth
Truth is challenging for no apparent reason at all. Cesaro makes fun of Thanksgiving before the match because Americans have nothing to be thankful for. He makes fun of how bad things are in America compared to Europe and the energy Cesaro has here is good stuff. Truth quickly rolls him up twice for two each and punches him in the head a few times. Cesaro comes back with some punches in the corner of his own as JBL talks about Antonio trying to learn Russian.
Off to a double arm submission attempt followed by a gutwrench to slow Truth down. This is REALLY not the kind of a match they needed to wake up a crowd that is kind of dead so far. The gutwrench suplex gets two and the uppercut gets the same. Back to the freaking gutwrench before Truth fights up and gets two off a spin kick and the same off a Stunner. The ax kick misses and it's the uppercut and Neutralizer to retain the title at 6:58.
TLC ad which is like an Otunga law ad.
We watch the AJ/Cena/Vickie segment from Raw. THIS IS A FREAKING PAY PER VIEW. WHY ARE WE WATCHING A SEGMENT FROM RAW??? Oh, because here's AJ for ANOTHER segment in this story that no one cares about BECAUSE IT DOESN'T MATTER. They're both single but apparently Vickie is just being evil and oh what's the freaking point. She accuses Vickie of having a secret of her own and here's Vickie to yell some more.
We get stupid fake Photoshopped images of Vickie and Ricardo Rodriguez sharing burritos. There's another one of her with JR and one with her and Brodus. They admit this is stupid and stare at each other a bit until AJ says that if either touches the other, they're fired. SO WHAT ARE WE BUILDING TOWARDS THEN??? Oh apparently it's Tamina Snuka we're building to, as she jumps AJ and beats her down. You know, because this feud doesn't have enough worthless people in it already.
Heyman talks about how Punk is the 8th longest reigning WWE Champion ever and how he's the best in the world.
We recap Sheamus vs. Big Show. They had a great match at HIAC where Show won the title off a pair of KO Punches. Tonight is the rematch and Sheamus is MAD.
Smackdown World Title: Sheamus vs. Big Show
Show is defending in case you're rather stupid. We get some big match intros and we're ready to go. Sheamus pounds away to start but Show punches him down to take over. The chops in the corner have Sheamus in trouble but he comes back with a shoulder to take out Show's leg. We go old school to have Show tied up in the ropes where Sheamus pounds away. The ten forearms in the ropes hit but Show rolls to the floor to avoid a Brogue Kick.
Back in and Sheamus tries the top rope shoulder but Show spears him out of the air. This is one of those battle of the giants which is always cool. There's not much better than two big guys beating on each other. Sheamus gets knocked to the floor for a bit as Show is in full control. Back in and Cole talks about Show winning the world title in the main event of Survivor Series 1999 in, and I quote, one of the greatest Survivor Series matches ever. Does anyone even remember that match? If you don't, trust me when I say it's not anything great.
Show works over the arm for some reason before pounding him down even more. This is a slow match but it's not terrible or anything. Sheamus gets knocked to the floor but comes back in with the slingshot shoulder. Not that it means anything as Show kicks him down and gets two off an elbow. It's nerve hold time followed by a side slam for two. Sheamus fights up and goes with the classic strategy of choking Show out while on his back.
Sheamus pounds away but misses a charge, sending him shoulder first into the post. Show loads up the Vader Bomb but in the HOKEY SMOKE spot of the match, Sheamus counters into an electric chair drop for two. They slug it out from their knees with Sheamus taking over. A KO Punch misses and there's a shoulder to take Show down. A double ax does the same followed by Sheamus escaping the chokeslam and hitting White Noise for two. Here comes the Brogue Kick but Show pulls the referee in the way. With the referee being checked on, Show knocks out Sheamus and pins him to retain at 14:40.
Oh and one more thing: JBL is great on commentary here in the vein of Jesse Ventura. He was cheering for Sheamus at the end because Sheamus earned his praise by being tough during the match. It's nice to see commentators who can be swayed during the match like that.
Show gets disqualified by another referee and Sheamus wins. Well sure why not. Sheamus destroys Show and his knee with a chair and Brogue Kicks Show while Show is on one knee. Methinks a chairs match is obvious now.
Show literally crawls up the aisle as the fans cheer for Ziggler. He gets on a knee and we go to a Rolling Stones concert ad. According to a live report I read, Show got up and walked to the back like it was fine. You know, because limping is too much to ask for of him.
Team Ziggler vs. Team Foley
Dolph Ziggler, Damien Sandow, David Otunga, Alberto Del Rio, Wade Barrett
Randy Orton, The Miz, HELL NO, Kofi Kingston
If you can figure out why Foley and Ziggler are feuding, you're smarter than I am because for all I can tell, they've spoken about twice ever. Otunga and Kofi get things going with Kingston getting a rollup for two. Trouble in Paradise is teased but David heads to the floor and gets dived on. Off to Bryan for the fans to chant YES a lot but Otunga comes back with a side slam for two.
Sandow comes in for the Wind-Up Elbow for two and it's off to a chinlock. Bryan fights up and hits a running knee in the corner and some hard kicks to keep Sandow in trouble. Damien starts walking out but Kane throws him back in for a chokeslam and the first elimination. Bryan and Kane argue some more until Kane shoves Bryan to the floor. The distraction allows Ziggler to Zig Zag Kane down for the elimination. That move really does look all that great, especially when Kane is completely fresh.
Miz and Orton get in an argument before Randy gets to fight Dolph. Off to Kofi for another version of a match that is almost always good. A big monkey flip sends Ziggler flying and it's off to Bryan for more chanting from the fans. Ziggler takes over again and here's Barrett to kick Bryan in the ribs. Otunga comes in with a shoulder block but gets quickly pulled into the NO Lock for the tap out.
Alberto comes in and hooks a chinlock on Bryan as things slow down for a few seconds. A tilt-a-whirl backbreaker puts Bryan down but Daniel comes back, sending Del Rio to the floor. There's the tag to Kofi but the fans don't seem that interested at the moment. Trouble in Paradise is broken up but there's a big spinning cross body off the top for two. Barrett gets the tag and the Winds of Change set up the Bull Hammer to make sure the IC Champion is pinned again.
To recap it's Barrett/Del Rio/Ziggler vs. Miz/Bryan/Orton. It's Orton coming in to face Barrett and a suplex puts the Brit down. Orton reaches for a tag but Miz wants nothing to do with it. Instead here's Bryan to work on the arm and get two off a middle rope missile dropkick (JBL: THE FLYING GOAT!). Barrett clotheslines him down and brings in Del Rio as this match continues to take forever. The NO Lock doesn't work on Alberto so there's the running enziguri in the corner and the Armbreaker gets the submission from Bryan.
Here's Miz for the first time and he doesn't really do much before it's back to Orton for the circle stomp. Ziggler comes in and gets thrown into the air in a big crashing bump from Orton. There's the hot tag to Miz who gets a decent reaction from the crowd and sends Ziggler to the floor. The top rope double ax puts Wade down and after escaping the pumphandle slam, Miz gets the elimination on Barrett after the Finale.
A German suplex from Del Rio puts Miz down for two and the corner enziguri eliminates him, making it Orton vs. Del Rio and Ziggler. Del Rio and Orton slug it out and a Ziggler distraction lets Del Rio get a fast two count. Off to Ziggler who does nothing of note and Orton makes his comeback. He stops for an Elevated DDT attempt on Ricardo but Ziggler makes the save. There's Socko to Ricardo and Ziggler accidentally dropkicks Del Rio. Randy sends Ziggler into the post and RKOs Del Rio to get us down to one on one.
Orton looks over at Ziggler who is pretty much out cold in the corner and it's time to load up the RKO, but Ziggler holds the ropes and hits the Zig Zag for two. The place is WAY into Orton here and both guys are down. The Fameasser misses and there's the Elevated DDT. Orton is bleeding from the mouth. He sees the blood and loads up the Punt instead of the RKO. Instead he charges into a superkick and Ziggler gets the 100% clean pin at 23:44.
Fans TOUT IT OUT about who Rock should face at the Rumble.
We recap the triple threat. Punk is champion, Ryback got screwed out of the title, Cena is Cena. That's all I've got, but the recap shows EVERYTHING in this feud, which isn't really even a feud.
Raw World Title: John Cena vs. CM Punk vs. Ryback
Cena has a new shirt focusing on how he's been around for ten years. Ryback comes out third and most people don't seem thrilled. Punk immediately bails to the floor and both challengers chase after him. It's Cena that catches up with him but the challengers get in an argument over who gets to fight him. Ryback boots Punk down and Cena adds a bulldog until we get the big showdown.
Before there's any contact, it's time for the dueling chants. Cena tries a quick AA but Ryback escapes and runs him over with a shoulder. Ryback knocks him to the floor and Punk is back in to beat on the bald guy. Punk knocks him down and is immediately gorilla pressed down by Ryback. Cena tries a chinlock on Ryback but Punk breaks it up with a top rope ax handle for some reason.
Ryback takes an ax handle as well but Punk's attempt at a second one is caught in mid air. Punk gets rammed into the corner but Cena comes back in and walks into a Punk DDT for two. Punk puts Cena in the Last Chancery but Ryback pulls him up and powerslams him down for two. Cena hits the spinning slam on Ryback but it's completely no sold. Ryback sends him to the floor and Cena is sent into the steps as things continue to not really slow at all here.
Punk hooks a chinlock on Ryback in the ring but it's easily broken up. The Meat Hook sets up the Shell Shock but Cena stops Ryback before he can drop Punk. There's the STF on Ryback, so Punk takes FOREVER going up top and pointing into the air before dropping the Macho Elbow to break it up. Punk and Cena slug it out so Ryback clotheslines them both down at once. Both guys get sent to the floor by the monster where he tries a double Shell Shock on the floor.
Since that would likely kill one of them, Punk escapes and joins forces with Cena for a double suplex to put Ryback through the announce table. Back in the ring and Cena cranks things up with the shoulders and the Shuffle. The AA is countered and the GTS gets two, as does the AA that follows it. Punk fires off kicks and blocks an STF attempt.
The running knee in the corner hits but the bulldog is countered into the STF. Ryback makes the save and kills them both with Meat Hooks. Punk gets Shell Shocked but Cena makes the save at the last second. There's a Shell Shock for Cena....and here are Seth Rollins, Roman Reigns and Dean Ambrose from FCW to beat up Ryback. Cole says all of their names and they hit a triple powerbomb on Ryback through the other announce table. Punk pins the dead Cena to retain at 17:56.
Punk celebrates a lot to end the show.
Results
Team Clay b. Team Tensai Top Rope Splash to Young
Eve Torres b. Kaitlyn Spinning Neckbreaker
Antonio Cesaro b. R-Truth Neutralizer
Sheamus b. Big Show via DQ when Show pulled the referee in the way of a Brogue Kick
Team Ziggler b. Team Foley Superkick to Orton
CM Punk b. John Cena and Ryback Punk pinned Cena after a Shell Shock
Quick Results
Monday Night Raw
Randy Orton b. Dolph Ziggler Rollup
Alberto Del Rio/Dolph Ziggler b. Kofi Kingston/Randy Orton Enziguri to Kingston
Big Show b. William Regal Chokeslam
Kaitlyn b. Layla Reverse DDT
Rey Mysterio/Sin Cara/Justin Gabriel/Tyson Kidd b. Prime Time Players/Primo/Epico 450 to Young
R-Truth b. Tensai Little Jimmy
Ryback b. Brad Maddox Shell Shock
Kane/Miz b. Rhodes Scholars Chokeslam to Rhodes
John Cena b. CM Punk Attitude Adjustment
NXT
Ascension b. Yoshi Tatsu/Percy Watson Fall of Man to Tatsu
Corey Graves b. Oliver Gray Rolling Leg Lock
Layla b. Aksana High Kick
Roman Reigns b. Chase Donovan Belly to Back Slam
Jinder Mahal b. Bo Dallas Camel Clutch
Impact Wrestling
Rob Van Dam b. Kid Kash Five Star Frog Splash
Jesse Godderz b. Eric Young Stunner
Kurt Angle/Garrett Bischoff b. Aces and 8's Rollup to Masked Man
Mickie James won a battle royal last eliminating Gail Kim
Bobby Roode b. James Storm Rollup with a handful of trunks
Smackdown
Damien Sandown b. Kofi Kingston Rollup with a handful of trunks
Natalya/Kaitlyn/Layla b. Alicia Fox/Eve Torres/Aksana Reverse DDT to Fox
Randy Orton/The Miz b. Alberto Del Rio/Dolph Ziggler Skull Crushing Finale to Del Rio
Kane b. Wade Barrett via DQ when Team Ziggler interefered
Antonio Cesaro b. Sin Cara Neutralizer
Big Show b. Great Khali KO Punch
Survivor Series 2012
Team Clay b. Team Tensai Top Rope Splash to Young
Eve Torres b. Kaitlyn Spinning Neckbreaker
Antonio Cesaro b. R-Truth Neutralizer
Sheamus b. Big Show via DQ when Show pulled the referee in the way of a Brogue Kick
Team Ziggler b. Team Foley Superkick to Orton
CM Punk b. John Cena and Ryback Punk pinned Cena after a Shell Shock
Smackdown
Date: November 16, 2012
Location: Quicken Loans Arena, Cleveland, Ohio
Commentators: Josh Matthews, John Bradshaw Layfield
We're two days away from Survivor Series and did you know Sheamus is fighting Big Show again? That's a serious question actually as it's been passed over even more than most Smackdown main event matches have been in recent memory. Other than that this is likely going to be used to talk about Foley vs. Ziggler some more, because there's no real reason for that match to happen, but it's happening anyway because WWE has no idea what they want to do right now. Let's get to it.
They do the voiceover nonsense again to preview the show. It's a recap of Raw and a quick discussion of Sheamus vs. Show.
Sheamus is in the parking lot and waiting on Show I think.
Here's the freshly face Miz to open the show with MizTV. This will help the face reactions but it'll be interesting to see what happens when he's not in his hometown. He gets a Miz Is Awesome chant and welcomes us to his show before talking about his match on Sunday. Miz sucks up to the fans about voting him into the PPV but thinks it might be because he's on the poster.
He talks about how he's accomplished more than anyone else in the match, including Ziggler. This brings him to the guest of the evening: Mick Foley. Foley immediately goes for the cheap pop but Miz says this is his hometown so he gets the cheap pop. After a cheap plug for Foley's new book, Mick talks about how Miz is a new person at the moment. However, he isn't sure which Miz is going to show up at Survivor Series. Will it be the one that beat Cena in the main event of Wrestlemania or the one that is always taking vacations and growing a weak beard?
Miz thinks there's no point to asking that question because Miz is the last person who Foley has to worry about. There's the guy that stole the Intercontinental Title from Miz and tag champions that don't like each other. Foley brings out those three people (Kofi and HELL NO) along with Orton, which is all of Team Foley. Foley tells someone to start the conversation, leading to an argument between Bryan and Kane.
Kane says his back feels better from not having to carry Miz on Monday. Bryan says because of him, Kane isn't roaming basements and scaring little children. Kane: I roam basements and scare little children regardless. Kofi breaks up the argument so Miz yells at Kingston for playing peacekeeper. He didn't like Kofi kicking him in the face last week and Foley has to break up another argument.
Orton talks about his history with Foley but says he likes Foley more than anyone else on the team. Orton shoves down part of the set and here's Team Ziggler. I completely forgot Barrett was on that team at all. Ziggler says that team is pretty sad even for Foley, which is kind of a stretch I'd think. Dolph talks about team unity but keeps having to call down Del Rio for talking to Ricardo too much.
Del Rio wants to be team leader and an argument breaks out until Foley says he has match making power tonight. Well sure, why not. It's Ziggler/Del Rio vs. Miz/Orton. Ziggler says Barrett is better than Miz so it's Barrett vs....Kane? Bryan yells NO a lot but Sandow demands SILENCE. He runs down the team but Kofi cuts them off and it's Kingston vs. Damien right now.
Damien Sandow vs. Kofi Kingston
Non-title of course and the pink trunks are back. Kofi snaps off some armdrags as we see the backdrop that hurt Cody. Kofi sends Sandow to the floor and hits a dropkick back inside for two. More kicks put Damien down for two and we head back to the floor for a suicide dive by Kofi. We take a break and come back with Kingston hammering away but Damien hitting a running flip neckbreaker for two.
The Wind-Up elbow gets two more and it's time for Kofi's comeback. He fires off forearms and a Boom Drop for two, followed by the top rope cross body for the same. Sandow kicks him in the knee and rolls Kofi up with trunks for the pin at 6:05 shown of 9:35. It's just as quick and out of nowhere as it sounds.
Sheamus is still in the back.
We recap (as in reair) the AJ/Cena/Vickie stuff from Raw.
Natalya/Layla/Kaitlyn vs. Alicia Fox/Eve Torres/Aksana
We start with Natalya beating on Aksana before Layla beats on her a bit. Off to Alicia for a mat slam by the hair for two before it's off to Eve for a flip splash on Layla for two. JBL tries to talk about the Kaitlyn attack storyline as if anyone cares anymore. Off to Alicia who gets kicked away and the tag is made to Kaitlyn. House is cleaned and the crowd is dead. Kaitlyn dropkicks Alicia into Eve and hits the reverse DDT for the pin at 3:42.
Booker comes up to Sheamus and says Big Show isn't going to show up with Sheamus in the parking lot. Sheamus says if Show has any guts he'll meet Sheamus in the ring. Booker threatens consequences if anything happens.
Randy Orton/The Miz vs. Dolph Ziggler/Alberto Del Rio
Miz and Ziggler start things off at a fast pace with Miz hitting a flapjack for two. JBL and Josh continue to be hilarious. Josh: Of course Orton was the sole survivor of JBL's Survivor Series team. JBL: I'm about to be the sole survivor of this commentary booth if you bring that up again. Miz misses a charge and hits the floor as Del Rio knocks Orton to the outside as well.
We take a break and come back with Orton fighting out of a Ziggler chinlock. A knee to the ribs and elbow drop get two for Dolph and it's back to Alberto. After he does nothing of note, Ziggler comes in for a foot on the chest for two. Orton starts another comeback but gets kicked in the face for his efforts. A clothesline puts Ziggler down and it's off to Miz. The hometown boy pounds on Ziggler in the corner and hits the top rope ax handle for two.
Miz goes up again but a Ricardo distraction lets Alberto shove Miz off the top and out to the floor. Ziggler and Del Rio take some cheap shots on Miz and Alberto hits a running kick in the corner to Miz's arm. Miz avoids a charge and sends Del Rio to the floor, allowing for the hot tag to Orton. Both heels take powerslams and there's the Elevated DDT to Del Rio. Miz tags himself in though and hits the Finale on Alberto for the pin at 7:24 shown of 10:54.
Orton is annoyed at Miz post match and gives him an RKO to a good deal of booing.
Here's Sheamus to confront Big Show. Sheamus rants about Big Show attacking Regal on Raw and being a bully. Well Sheamus wants to BE A STAR and wants to fight. Maybe he isn't being a star after all. Here's Show who says Sheamus should thank him for not coming down there. Sheamus comes up the aisle but Booker says no and tells Sheamus to leave the building. Sheamus goes for Show again and we go to a break.
In the back, Show acts like he's Booker's buddy but Booker doesn't see it that way. Booker puts Show in the main event against a surprise opponent. It's not Sheamus though. Booker says no one is bigger than the show. Ok then.
Kane vs. Wade Barrett
This has potential. Barrett immediately pounds away and hits the Winds of Change for no count. Kane boots him down and clotheslines Barrett to the floor....and here's Team Ziggler for the DQ at 57 seconds.
Bryan comes in for the save and there are no other partners with him. Oh wait here's Kofi but the numbers are too great. Orton finally makes the save and it's RKO's all around for Team Ziggler. Miz comes out to glare at Team Foley.
We recap the Raw World Title stuff from Raw.
Antonio Cesaro vs. Sin Cara
Truth comes out for commentary. Cesaro takes him to the mat to start but Cara grabs his arm and hits a rana out of the corner. Antonio immediately comes back with a tilt-a-whirl backbreaker for two followed by the gutwrench suplex. A European Uppercut to the back of Cara's head puts him down but a big spinning headscissors takes Cesaro down. West Coast Pop gets two for Cara but Cesaro throws him into the air for the uppercut followed by the Neutralizer for the pin at 2:20. Just a squash for the most part.
R-Truth quotes Jim Duggan and starts a USA chant.
Big Show vs. Great Khali
Non-title of course. This is going to be your standard battle of the giants with a lot of slow offense. Khali stomps him down in the corner but Show slugs away at him. A spear puts Khali down for two but Khali breaks up the chokeslam and chops Show down for two. The Punjabi Plunge is broken up and the KO Punch gets the pin at 3:32.
Sheamus' music plays but he doesn't come out so it's back to Show's music.
Post match Show walks to the back but Sheamus jumps him as he gets on his bus. Show fights back and shoves Sheamus through the windshield of a car, but Shemaus dives off the car and rams Show into another windshield. Booker pulls Sheamus off to end the show.
Results
Damien Sandown b. Kofi Kingston Rollup with a handful of trunks
Natalya/Kaitlyn/Layla b. Alicia Fox/Eve Torres/Aksana Reverse DDT to Fox
Randy Orton/The Miz b. Alberto Del Rio/Dolph Ziggler Skull Crushing Finale to Del Rio
Kane b. Wade Barrett via DQ when Team Ziggler interfered
Antonio Cesaro b. Sin Cara Neutralizer
Big Show b. Great Khali KO Punch
Saturday
It doesn't look like Cody Rhodes will be able to go on Sunday. No word on a replacement yet.
Sunday
Survivor Series 2012
Date: November 18, 2012
Location: Bankers Life Fieldhouse, Indianapolis, Indianapolis
Commentators: Michael Cole, Jerry Lawler, John Bradshaw Layfield
We're up to one of the Big Four PPVs and I really don't care. Seriously, what reason is there for me to care about this show? We have a rematch from last month and a triple threat with Cena involved this time but no Cell. Oh and a Survivor Series match between two teams with captains that have talked all of maybe twice ever since we decided to change the main event after a week. Let's get to it.
Pre Show: 3MB vs. Santino Marella/Zack Ryder
It's Slater and Mahal here. Ryder vs. Mahal gets things going as Striker rips on Ryder for being so prominent on Facebook and Twitter. That may indeed be stupid, but if Ryder ever gets out of wrestling, he can legitimately call himself a creator of a successful web series, and that'll likely get him a job in the real world. Not bad for some social media geek is it? Off to Santino who works on Mahal's arm before it's off to Ryder again to beat on Slater. A running elbow in the corner gets two as the announcers talk about music.
McIntyre trips up Santino and the heels take over. That lasts so short of an amount of time that I don't have anything to type about it before Santino comes in and beats up the band members. Slater gets in a knee to the ribs and 3MB takes over again. A clothesline to the back of the head gets two and it's chinlock time. Santino dives away from Mahal and there's the hot tag to Ryder. House is cleaned and the Broski Boot hits Mahal. The Rough Ryder puts Slater down but McIntyre blasts Zack in the back of the head with a cast. A full nelson slam from Mahal gets the pin on Ryder for the pin at 6:11.
The opening video is the same history deal they've done for the last five years or so. Is there any show that does that? They talk about the two world title matches as well, but the Survivor Series isn't mentioned at all.
David Otunga is replacing Rhodes.
Team Clay vs. Team Tensai
Brodus Clay, Sin Cara, Rey Mysterio, Tyson Kidd, Justin Gabriel
Tensai, Prime Time Players, Primo, Epico
My goodness they're USING THE BIG FREAKING ROSTER THEY HAVE. This is a smart move that they never use for some reason. I miss the King's stupid lines. Apparently the fans got to pick Rosa's dress tonight. Uh....sure. Kidd and Epico start things off with Kidd taking it down to the mat quickly. Off to an armbar by Kidd before Epico bridges into a backslide. This is some awesome stuff actually. Kidd sends him to the floor but Epico slams him face first into the apron to take over.
Off to Gabriel for some kicks and a legsweep before it's right back to Kidd. Scratch that as it's Young vs. Mysterio now as this is hitting a bit of a dull spot. Cara and Mysterio hit a combination wheelbarrow slam/X-Factor for two for Cara. Primo comes in and takes the Tajiri Elbow and a rana to send him into the corner. Primo slams him down and it's off to the Big Bald. JBL rattles off some NJPW stats for Tensai and it's off to O'Neal.
That also goes nowhere so it's off to Epico again for a camel clutch. Cara finally escapes and hits an enziguri before making the tag to Brodus. Everything breaks down and the four tag team guys on the heel team are sent to the floor. Kidd and Gabriel hit stereo suicide dives to take out the Puerto Ricans and the masked guys hit stereo Asai Moonsaults to take out the Players. Awesome sequence there.
This leaves the two monsters left in the ring alone in a match we've seen a lot of times before. Clay tries his overhead suplex attempt but it basically turns into a Downward Spiral, which makes me wonder if there's more to Ryback not being able to Shell Shock Tensai. Brodus misses a splash in the corner and gets shoulder blocked down. The backsplash from Tensai takes out Clay and we're down to 5-4.
Kidd tries to fire off some kicks but gets run over as well. Off to Titus again with an abdominal stretch to slow things down. A backbreaker from Titus puts Gabriel down and the backsplash from Tensai gets two. A second attempt misses and Justin rolls him up for the pin. Back to O'Neal as we're down to what this match likely should have been in the first place.
Epico comes in to chop away and hit a butterfly suplex for two on Gabriel. Off to some chinlockery but Epico misses an elbow drop and there's the hot tag to Kidd. Scratch the hot part as he's immediately sent to the floor and stomped on by Primo. Back to Titus for more pounding but a big boot misses and O'Neal crotches himself on the top rope, allowing Kidd to hook his spinning sunset flip for the elimination.
Young immediately comes in to stomp away as it's Cara/Mysterio/Kidd/Gabriel vs. Epico/Primo/Young. Epico comes in and rolls some belly to back suplexes but Kidd sweeps the legs and it's a Sharpshooter for the elimination. It is Survivor Series after all. Primo comes in now and suplexes Kidd down, only to dive off the top onto some knees.
There's the hot tag to Rey who speeds things up and kicks Primo in the head for two. The seated senton by Rey gets two and La Magistral leaves Young on his own. There's the 619, a Swanton from Cara, a top rope Lionsault from Justin, a top rope elbow from Kidd and a top rope splash from Rey to END Young for the win at 18:27.
Kaitlyn is heading to the ring when some blonde chick attacks her. Oh it's Aksans in a wig. Eve comes up and pretends to know nothing about this. Kaitlyn shoves her down and makes fun of her.
Divas Title: Kaitlyn vs. Eve Torres
Eve is defending after ducking Kaitlyn for a few months now. It's a catfight to start with Kaitlyn throwing the wig in her face. Kaitlyn pounds away on her as you can see how bad she really is out there. She has no idea what she's doing for the most part and is doing stuff that looks like she's imitating wrestling more than anything else. Eve tries to run into the crowd and is thrown into the barricade for her efforts.
Back in and Eve kicks Kaitlyn down to take over. Kaitlyn gets choked in the corner and the champ drops an elbow for two. Off to that triangle choke that Eve uses to fill in some time while giving us some good shots of Eve's legs. Eve loads up the moonsault but gets shoved down to the apron. Kaitlyn comes back and pounds away some more with a gutbuster getting two. Eve trips her up and hits her spinning neckbreaker out of nowhere to retain at 7:02.
We get a clip from the preshow where Del Rio and Ziggler argue over the tag match. Team Foley argued too until Foley calmed them down and said he needed all of them to work together.
US Title: Antonio Cesaro vs. R-Truth
Truth is challenging for no apparent reason at all. Cesaro makes fun of Thanksgiving before the match because Americans have nothing to be thankful for. He makes fun of how bad things are in America compared to Europe and the energy Cesaro has here is good stuff. Truth quickly rolls him up twice for two each and punches him in the head a few times. Cesaro comes back with some punches in the corner of his own as JBL talks about Antonio trying to learn Russian.
Off to a double arm submission attempt followed by a gutwrench to slow Truth down. This is REALLY not the kind of a match they needed to wake up a crowd that is kind of dead so far. The gutwrench suplex gets two and the uppercut gets the same. Back to the freaking gutwrench before Truth fights up and gets two off a spin kick and the same off a Stunner. The ax kick misses and it's the uppercut and Neutralizer to retain the title at 6:58.
TLC ad which is like an Otunga law ad.
We watch the AJ/Cena/Vickie segment from Raw. THIS IS A FREAKING PAY PER VIEW. WHY ARE WE WATCHING A SEGMENT FROM RAW??? Oh, because here's AJ for ANOTHER segment in this story that no one cares about BECAUSE IT DOESN'T MATTER. They're both single but apparently Vickie is just being evil and oh what's the freaking point. She accuses Vickie of having a secret of her own and here's Vickie to yell some more.
We get stupid fake Photoshopped images of Vickie and Ricardo Rodriguez sharing burritos. There's another one of her with JR and one with her and Brodus. They admit this is stupid and stare at each other a bit until AJ says that if either touches the other, they're fired. SO WHAT ARE WE BUILDING TOWARDS THEN??? Oh apparently it's Tamina Snuka we're building to, as she jumps AJ and beats her down. You know, because this feud doesn't have enough worthless people in it already.
Heyman talks about how Punk is the 8th longest reigning WWE Champion ever and how he's the best in the world.
We recap Sheamus vs. Big Show. They had a great match at HIAC where Show won the title off a pair of KO Punches. Tonight is the rematch and Sheamus is MAD.
Smackdown World Title: Sheamus vs. Big Show
Show is defending in case you're rather stupid. We get some big match intros and we're ready to go. Sheamus pounds away to start but Show punches him down to take over. The chops in the corner have Sheamus in trouble but he comes back with a shoulder to take out Show's leg. We go old school to have Show tied up in the ropes where Sheamus pounds away. The ten forearms in the ropes hit but Show rolls to the floor to avoid a Brogue Kick.
Back in and Sheamus tries the top rope shoulder but Show spears him out of the air. This is one of those battle of the giants which is always cool. There's not much better than two big guys beating on each other. Sheamus gets knocked to the floor for a bit as Show is in full control. Back in and Cole talks about Show winning the world title in the main event of Survivor Series 1999 in, and I quote, one of the greatest Survivor Series matches ever. Does anyone even remember that match? If you don't, trust me when I say it's not anything great.
Show works over the arm for some reason before pounding him down even more. This is a slow match but it's not terrible or anything. Sheamus gets knocked to the floor but comes back in with the slingshot shoulder. Not that it means anything as Show kicks him down and gets two off an elbow. It's nerve hold time followed by a side slam for two. Sheamus fights up and goes with the classic strategy of choking Show out while on his back.
Sheamus pounds away but misses a charge, sending him shoulder first into the post. Show loads up the Vader Bomb but in the HOKEY SMOKE spot of the match, Sheamus counters into an electric chair drop for two. They slug it out from their knees with Sheamus taking over. A KO Punch misses and there's a shoulder to take Show down. A double ax does the same followed by Sheamus escaping the chokeslam and hitting White Noise for two. Here comes the Brogue Kick but Show pulls the referee in the way. With the referee being checked on, Show knocks out Sheamus and pins him to retain at 14:40.
Oh and one more thing: JBL is great on commentary here in the vein of Jesse Ventura. He was cheering for Sheamus at the end because Sheamus earned his praise by being tough during the match. It's nice to see commentators who can be swayed during the match like that.
Show gets disqualified by another referee and Sheamus wins. Well sure why not. Sheamus destroys Show and his knee with a chair and Brogue Kicks Show while Show is on one knee. Methinks a chairs match is obvious now.
Show literally crawls up the aisle as the fans cheer for Ziggler. He gets on a knee and we go to a Rolling Stones concert ad. According to a live report I read, Show got up and walked to the back like it was fine. You know, because limping is too much to ask for of him.
Team Ziggler vs. Team Foley
Dolph Ziggler, Damien Sandow, David Otunga, Alberto Del Rio, Wade Barrett
Randy Orton, The Miz, HELL NO, Kofi Kingston
If you can figure out why Foley and Ziggler are feuding, you're smarter than I am because for all I can tell, they've spoken about twice ever. Otunga and Kofi get things going with Kingston getting a rollup for two. Trouble in Paradise is teased but David heads to the floor and gets dived on. Off to Bryan for the fans to chant YES a lot but Otunga comes back with a side slam for two.
Sandow comes in for the Wind-Up Elbow for two and it's off to a chinlock. Bryan fights up and hits a running knee in the corner and some hard kicks to keep Sandow in trouble. Damien starts walking out but Kane throws him back in for a chokeslam and the first elimination. Bryan and Kane argue some more until Kane shoves Bryan to the floor. The distraction allows Ziggler to Zig Zag Kane down for the elimination. That move really does look all that great, especially when Kane is completely fresh.
Miz and Orton get in an argument before Randy gets to fight Dolph. Off to Kofi for another version of a match that is almost always good. A big monkey flip sends Ziggler flying and it's off to Bryan for more chanting from the fans. Ziggler takes over again and here's Barrett to kick Bryan in the ribs. Otunga comes in with a shoulder block but gets quickly pulled into the NO Lock for the tap out.
Alberto comes in and hooks a chinlock on Bryan as things slow down for a few seconds. A tilt-a-whirl backbreaker puts Bryan down but Daniel comes back, sending Del Rio to the floor. There's the tag to Kofi but the fans don't seem that interested at the moment. Trouble in Paradise is broken up but there's a big spinning cross body off the top for two. Barrett gets the tag and the Winds of Change set up the Bull Hammer to make sure the IC Champion is pinned again.
To recap it's Barrett/Del Rio/Ziggler vs. Miz/Bryan/Orton. It's Orton coming in to face Barrett and a suplex puts the Brit down. Orton reaches for a tag but Miz wants nothing to do with it. Instead here's Bryan to work on the arm and get two off a middle rope missile dropkick (JBL: THE FLYING GOAT!). Barrett clotheslines him down and brings in Del Rio as this match continues to take forever. The NO Lock doesn't work on Alberto so there's the running enziguri in the corner and the Armbreaker gets the submission from Bryan.
Here's Miz for the first time and he doesn't really do much before it's back to Orton for the circle stomp. Ziggler comes in and gets thrown into the air in a big crashing bump from Orton. There's the hot tag to Miz who gets a decent reaction from the crowd and sends Ziggler to the floor. The top rope double ax puts Wade down and after escaping the pumphandle slam, Miz gets the elimination on Barrett after the Finale.
A German suplex from Del Rio puts Miz down for two and the corner enziguri eliminates him, making it Orton vs. Del Rio and Ziggler. Del Rio and Orton slug it out and a Ziggler distraction lets Del Rio get a fast two count. Off to Ziggler who does nothing of note and Orton makes his comeback. He stops for an Elevated DDT attempt on Ricardo but Ziggler makes the save. There's Socko to Ricardo and Ziggler accidentally dropkicks Del Rio. Randy sends Ziggler into the post and RKOs Del Rio to get us down to one on one.
Orton looks over at Ziggler who is pretty much out cold in the corner and it's time to load up the RKO, but Ziggler holds the ropes and hits the Zig Zag for two. The place is WAY into Orton here and both guys are down. The Fameasser misses and there's the Elevated DDT. Orton is bleeding from the mouth. He sees the blood and loads up the Punt instead of the RKO. Instead he charges into a superkick and Ziggler gets the 100% clean pin at 23:44.
Fans TOUT IT OUT about who Rock should face at the Rumble.
We recap the triple threat. Punk is champion, Ryback got screwed out of the title, Cena is Cena. That's all I've got, but the recap shows EVERYTHING in this feud, which isn't really even a feud.
Raw World Title: John Cena vs. CM Punk vs. Ryback
Cena has a new shirt focusing on how he's been around for ten years. Ryback comes out third and most people don't seem thrilled. Punk immediately bails to the floor and both challengers chase after him. It's Cena that catches up with him but the challengers get in an argument over who gets to fight him. Ryback boots Punk down and Cena adds a bulldog until we get the big showdown.
Before there's any contact, it's time for the dueling chants. Cena tries a quick AA but Ryback escapes and runs him over with a shoulder. Ryback knocks him to the floor and Punk is back in to beat on the bald guy. Punk knocks him down and is immediately gorilla pressed down by Ryback. Cena tries a chinlock on Ryback but Punk breaks it up with a top rope ax handle for some reason.
Ryback takes an ax handle as well but Punk's attempt at a second one is caught in mid air. Punk gets rammed into the corner but Cena comes back in and walks into a Punk DDT for two. Punk puts Cena in the Last Chancery but Ryback pulls him up and powerslams him down for two. Cena hits the spinning slam on Ryback but it's completely no sold. Ryback sends him to the floor and Cena is sent into the steps as things continue to not really slow at all here.
Punk hooks a chinlock on Ryback in the ring but it's easily broken up. The Meat Hook sets up the Shell Shock but Cena stops Ryback before he can drop Punk. There's the STF on Ryback, so Punk takes FOREVER going up top and pointing into the air before dropping the Macho Elbow to break it up. Punk and Cena slug it out so Ryback clotheslines them both down at once. Both guys get sent to the floor by the monster where he tries a double Shell Shock on the floor.
Since that would likely kill one of them, Punk escapes and joins forces with Cena for a double suplex to put Ryback through the announce table. Back in the ring and Cena cranks things up with the shoulders and the Shuffle. The AA is countered and the GTS gets two, as does the AA that follows it. Punk fires off kicks and blocks an STF attempt.
The running knee in the corner hits but the bulldog is countered into the STF. Ryback makes the save and kills them both with Meat Hooks. Punk gets Shell Shocked but Cena makes the save at the last second. There's a Shell Shock for Cena....and here are Seth Rollins, Roman Reigns and Dean Ambrose from FCW to beat up Ryback. Cole says all of their names and they hit a triple powerbomb on Ryback through the other announce table. Punk pins the dead Cena to retain at 17:56.
Punk celebrates a lot to end the show.
Results
Team Clay b. Team Tensai Top Rope Splash to Young
Eve Torres b. Kaitlyn Spinning Neckbreaker
Antonio Cesaro b. R-Truth Neutralizer
Sheamus b. Big Show via DQ when Show pulled the referee in the way of a Brogue Kick
Team Ziggler b. Team Foley Superkick to Orton
CM Punk b. John Cena and Ryback Punk pinned Cena after a Shell Shock
Quick Results
Monday Night Raw
Randy Orton b. Dolph Ziggler Rollup
Alberto Del Rio/Dolph Ziggler b. Kofi Kingston/Randy Orton Enziguri to Kingston
Big Show b. William Regal Chokeslam
Kaitlyn b. Layla Reverse DDT
Rey Mysterio/Sin Cara/Justin Gabriel/Tyson Kidd b. Prime Time Players/Primo/Epico 450 to Young
R-Truth b. Tensai Little Jimmy
Ryback b. Brad Maddox Shell Shock
Kane/Miz b. Rhodes Scholars Chokeslam to Rhodes
John Cena b. CM Punk Attitude Adjustment
NXT
Ascension b. Yoshi Tatsu/Percy Watson Fall of Man to Tatsu
Corey Graves b. Oliver Gray Rolling Leg Lock
Layla b. Aksana High Kick
Roman Reigns b. Chase Donovan Belly to Back Slam
Jinder Mahal b. Bo Dallas Camel Clutch
Impact Wrestling
Rob Van Dam b. Kid Kash Five Star Frog Splash
Jesse Godderz b. Eric Young Stunner
Kurt Angle/Garrett Bischoff b. Aces and 8's Rollup to Masked Man
Mickie James won a battle royal last eliminating Gail Kim
Bobby Roode b. James Storm Rollup with a handful of trunks
Smackdown
Damien Sandown b. Kofi Kingston Rollup with a handful of trunks
Natalya/Kaitlyn/Layla b. Alicia Fox/Eve Torres/Aksana Reverse DDT to Fox
Randy Orton/The Miz b. Alberto Del Rio/Dolph Ziggler Skull Crushing Finale to Del Rio
Kane b. Wade Barrett via DQ when Team Ziggler interefered
Antonio Cesaro b. Sin Cara Neutralizer
Big Show b. Great Khali KO Punch
Survivor Series 2012
Team Clay b. Team Tensai Top Rope Splash to Young
Eve Torres b. Kaitlyn Spinning Neckbreaker
Antonio Cesaro b. R-Truth Neutralizer
Sheamus b. Big Show via DQ when Show pulled the referee in the way of a Brogue Kick
Team Ziggler b. Team Foley Superkick to Orton
CM Punk b. John Cena and Ryback Punk pinned Cena after a Shell Shock