Backstory -
- After the 2011 draft, Alex Riley was drafted to SmackDown. The Miz, desperate to keep Riley at his side, teamed up with his assistant and won the tag team titles from Big Show & Kane for the sole purpose of keeping Riley in his corner. With Riley as 1/2 of the Tag Team Champions, he was able to remain on RAW by The Miz's side and helped him retain the WWE Championship at Extreme Rules. The RAW prior to the I Quit Match at Over the Limit, Miz and Riley lost the tag team titles to The New Nexus, and Riley was forcibly removed from the arena by John Cena, leaving Miz to face Cena on his own. Without Riley by his side, Miz was easily squashed by Cena, saying I Quit after Cena threatened to shock The Miz with a car battery.
- On SmackDown, Cody Rhodes & Ted DiBiase attempted to bully Riley, making homophobic slurs in regards to his former relationship with The Miz. Riley turned face by attacking Ted, while Cody just stood there and watched, hoping that Ted would "man up" and "handle his business." Riley had a series of matches with Ted, which Riley won every encounter. Ted filed a complaint to Teddy Long and Riley was sent back to RAW. Cody turned on Ted, embarrassed and disgusted that Ted wouldn't "took the cowards way out" and didn't "handle his business like a man." turning Ted face as a result.
Riley returned to RAW, and began feuding with The Miz, who was pissed at Riley for "abandoning" him. Riley & Miz are now mortal enemies. The Miz has also formed an alliance with R-Truth, as they feel they are held back by a con-spiracy. R-Truth has also helped Miz out in his never ending feud with Riley, as R-Truth, having had a similar break up with his own sidekick Johnny Curtis (Curtis helped R-Truth attack Morrison in the infamous Long Island episode of RAW, but walked out on Truth out of guilt), saw Miz as a kindred spirit.
- CM Punk cut his epic shoot promo, won the WWE Championship and walked out on the WWE. Vince McMahon fired John Cena as a result. Triple H returned and was announced as the new COO, relieving Vince of his duties. Triple H rehired Cena, but suspended him indefinitely for failing to retain the WWE Championship.
Alberto Del Rio cashed in the Money in the Bank, hoping that in doing so, he would automatically be awarded the new WWE Championship. However, Triple H instead forced him to face the winner of the WWE Title tournament. The finals of the tournament came down to The Miz vs. Alex Riley, having the blowoff match for their feud. Riley won the tournament, but lost the title match the following week after Miz interfered, saying that if he couldn't have the title, Riley wouldn't either.
CM Punk made his return and at Summerslam, he and Del Rio fought to become the Undisputed WWE Champion. Also at Summerslam, Cena won a Fatal 4Way involving Miz, R-Truth and Riley, to become #1 contender for the title at Night of Champions. Del Rio retained, defeating Cena with the cross armbreaker. Cena did not submit, but he was unable to escape the hold after 4 minutes, even after dragging Del Rio across the ring with his freakish strength, and the referee saw no choice but to stop the match to protect Cena from injury.
Christian retained the World Heavyweight Championship against Orton and never turned heel. He successfully defended the title against a then heel Sheamus at Over The Limit and lost the title to Orton at Summerslam. Christian and Mark Henry fought for the #1 contendership on the following SmackDown and Henry won. Henry went on to defeat Orton and Night of Champions, and Orton demanded a rematch the following SmackDown, which he lost due to interference by Cody Rhodes. Christian began his One More Match campaign, attempting to defeat Henry on multiple occasions but losing over and over again. Christian, despite being a face, joined David Otunga's new alliance, but has no real interest in the other superstars' demands.
At Night of Champions, The Miz & R-Truth brutally attacked Air Boom before their scheduled Tag Title match could even get started, saying that they had bigger fish to fry than competing for the tag team Championship (interfering in the CM Punk/Triple H match). Vickie Guerrero chose this opportunity to bring Jack Swagger & Dolph Ziggler out and challenge the tag champions. Kofi and Evan, being the valiant fighters they were, accepted the challenge despite not being 100%. Although Dolph had competed earlier in the night, having successfully defended the U.S. title against Alex Riley, Swagger was still fresh which gave Vickie's team the advantage and Swagger won the match and the titles for their team after making Evan Bourne tap out to the ankle lock.
Miz & R-Truth were fired at the beginning of the following RAW, but Triple H gave them the opportunity to fight for their jobs by taking on the entire RAW Roster (All of the faces + Alberto Del Rio & Ricardo Rodriguez) in an elimination handicap match. Miz & Truth managed to eliminate all of the undercard guys, but were completely dominated by Cena, Punk, Del Rio, & Ricardo. Del Rio & Ricardo chose to walk out of the match. This angered Cena who chased them down, getting himself counted out, leaving CM Punk against Miz & Truth on his own. Triple H then came out during the match with his sledgehammer, and nailed CM Punk with it, purposely getting Miz & Truth disqualified. Triple H sent out the entire roster out to throw Miz & Truth out of the arenan.
WWE Champion: Alberto Del Rio
World HEavyweight Champion: Mark Henry
WWE Intercontinental Champion: Cody Rhodes
WWE United States Champion: Dolph Ziggler
WWE Tag Team Champions:
The All American Perfection (Dolph Ziggler & Jack Swagger).
WWE Diva's Champion: Beth Phoenix. Beth Phoenix won the Diva's Championship at SummerSlam.
RAW
Alberto Del Rio
Beth Phoenix
The Bella Twins
CM Punk
Curt Hawkins
Dolph Ziggler
Drew McIntyre
Evan Bourne
Eve
Jack Swagger
John Cena
John Morrison
JTG
Kelly Kelly
Kofi Kingston
Mason Ryan
Primo
Rey Mysterio
Ricardo Rodriguez
Triple H
Tyler Reks
SmackDown
Alicia Fox
Cody Rhodes
Christian
Ezekiel Jackson
The Great Khali
Jimmy & Jey Uso
Jinder Mahal
Kane
Mark Henry
Matt Striker
Natalya
Randy Orton
Rosa Mendes
Sheamus
Sin Cara
Sin Cara
Tamina
Ted DiBiase
Trent Baretta
Tyson Kidd
William Regal
Yoshi Tatsu
NXT:
The NXT Roster consists of all NXT alumni with special appearances by former NXT pros. The NXT Superstars are allowed to appear on the main shows, but usually only the more over ones do so while the rest compete mostly on NXT.
Alex Riley (cross branded with RAW)
A.J.
Aksana
Brodus Clay (cross branded with SmackDown)
Byron Saxton
Conor O'Brian
Daniel Bryan (cross branded with SmackDown; appears on special episodes of RAW)
Darren Young
David Otunga (Cross branded with RAW)
Derrick Bateman
Heath Slater (cross branded with SmackDown)
Johnny Curtis (cross branded with SmackDown; occasionally main events Superstars)
Justin Gabriel (cross brand with SmackDown)
Kaitlyn
Maxine
Michael McGillicutty
Percy Watson
Naomi
Titus O'Neil
Wade Barrett (Crossbranded with SmackDown; appears on special episodes of RAW)
Former Pros occasionally appear on NXT
Alberto Del Rio (& Ricardo Rodriguez)
Alicia Fox
The Bella Twins
Christian
CM Punk
Cody Rhodes
Daniel Bryan
Dolph Ziggler (& Vickie Guerrero)
John Morrison
JTG
Kelly Kelly
Kofi Kingston
Mark Henry
The Miz
Primo
R-Truth
Ted DiBiase
Tyson Kidd
Yoshi Tatsu
Zack Ryder
Tag Teams
RAW
Awesome Truth (The Miz & R-Truth; occasionally appear on NXT due to both being former pros)
The All American Perfection (Dolph Ziggler & Jack Swagger)
Air Boom (Kofi Kingston & Evan Bourne)
The Major Broskis (Zack Ryder & Curt Hawkins)
SmackDown
Jimmy & Jey Uso
NXT
Derrick Bateman & Johnny Curtis (crossbranded with SmackDown)
South Beach PArty Boys (Percy Watson & Darren Young)
Heath Slater & Justin Gabriel (cross branded with SmackDown)
- After the 2011 draft, Alex Riley was drafted to SmackDown. The Miz, desperate to keep Riley at his side, teamed up with his assistant and won the tag team titles from Big Show & Kane for the sole purpose of keeping Riley in his corner. With Riley as 1/2 of the Tag Team Champions, he was able to remain on RAW by The Miz's side and helped him retain the WWE Championship at Extreme Rules. The RAW prior to the I Quit Match at Over the Limit, Miz and Riley lost the tag team titles to The New Nexus, and Riley was forcibly removed from the arena by John Cena, leaving Miz to face Cena on his own. Without Riley by his side, Miz was easily squashed by Cena, saying I Quit after Cena threatened to shock The Miz with a car battery.
- On SmackDown, Cody Rhodes & Ted DiBiase attempted to bully Riley, making homophobic slurs in regards to his former relationship with The Miz. Riley turned face by attacking Ted, while Cody just stood there and watched, hoping that Ted would "man up" and "handle his business." Riley had a series of matches with Ted, which Riley won every encounter. Ted filed a complaint to Teddy Long and Riley was sent back to RAW. Cody turned on Ted, embarrassed and disgusted that Ted wouldn't "took the cowards way out" and didn't "handle his business like a man." turning Ted face as a result.
Riley returned to RAW, and began feuding with The Miz, who was pissed at Riley for "abandoning" him. Riley & Miz are now mortal enemies. The Miz has also formed an alliance with R-Truth, as they feel they are held back by a con-spiracy. R-Truth has also helped Miz out in his never ending feud with Riley, as R-Truth, having had a similar break up with his own sidekick Johnny Curtis (Curtis helped R-Truth attack Morrison in the infamous Long Island episode of RAW, but walked out on Truth out of guilt), saw Miz as a kindred spirit.
- CM Punk cut his epic shoot promo, won the WWE Championship and walked out on the WWE. Vince McMahon fired John Cena as a result. Triple H returned and was announced as the new COO, relieving Vince of his duties. Triple H rehired Cena, but suspended him indefinitely for failing to retain the WWE Championship.
Alberto Del Rio cashed in the Money in the Bank, hoping that in doing so, he would automatically be awarded the new WWE Championship. However, Triple H instead forced him to face the winner of the WWE Title tournament. The finals of the tournament came down to The Miz vs. Alex Riley, having the blowoff match for their feud. Riley won the tournament, but lost the title match the following week after Miz interfered, saying that if he couldn't have the title, Riley wouldn't either.
CM Punk made his return and at Summerslam, he and Del Rio fought to become the Undisputed WWE Champion. Also at Summerslam, Cena won a Fatal 4Way involving Miz, R-Truth and Riley, to become #1 contender for the title at Night of Champions. Del Rio retained, defeating Cena with the cross armbreaker. Cena did not submit, but he was unable to escape the hold after 4 minutes, even after dragging Del Rio across the ring with his freakish strength, and the referee saw no choice but to stop the match to protect Cena from injury.
Christian retained the World Heavyweight Championship against Orton and never turned heel. He successfully defended the title against a then heel Sheamus at Over The Limit and lost the title to Orton at Summerslam. Christian and Mark Henry fought for the #1 contendership on the following SmackDown and Henry won. Henry went on to defeat Orton and Night of Champions, and Orton demanded a rematch the following SmackDown, which he lost due to interference by Cody Rhodes. Christian began his One More Match campaign, attempting to defeat Henry on multiple occasions but losing over and over again. Christian, despite being a face, joined David Otunga's new alliance, but has no real interest in the other superstars' demands.
At Night of Champions, The Miz & R-Truth brutally attacked Air Boom before their scheduled Tag Title match could even get started, saying that they had bigger fish to fry than competing for the tag team Championship (interfering in the CM Punk/Triple H match). Vickie Guerrero chose this opportunity to bring Jack Swagger & Dolph Ziggler out and challenge the tag champions. Kofi and Evan, being the valiant fighters they were, accepted the challenge despite not being 100%. Although Dolph had competed earlier in the night, having successfully defended the U.S. title against Alex Riley, Swagger was still fresh which gave Vickie's team the advantage and Swagger won the match and the titles for their team after making Evan Bourne tap out to the ankle lock.
Miz & R-Truth were fired at the beginning of the following RAW, but Triple H gave them the opportunity to fight for their jobs by taking on the entire RAW Roster (All of the faces + Alberto Del Rio & Ricardo Rodriguez) in an elimination handicap match. Miz & Truth managed to eliminate all of the undercard guys, but were completely dominated by Cena, Punk, Del Rio, & Ricardo. Del Rio & Ricardo chose to walk out of the match. This angered Cena who chased them down, getting himself counted out, leaving CM Punk against Miz & Truth on his own. Triple H then came out during the match with his sledgehammer, and nailed CM Punk with it, purposely getting Miz & Truth disqualified. Triple H sent out the entire roster out to throw Miz & Truth out of the arenan.
WWE Champion: Alberto Del Rio
World HEavyweight Champion: Mark Henry
WWE Intercontinental Champion: Cody Rhodes
WWE United States Champion: Dolph Ziggler
WWE Tag Team Champions:
The All American Perfection (Dolph Ziggler & Jack Swagger).
WWE Diva's Champion: Beth Phoenix. Beth Phoenix won the Diva's Championship at SummerSlam.
RAW
Alberto Del Rio
Beth Phoenix
The Bella Twins
CM Punk
Curt Hawkins
Dolph Ziggler
Drew McIntyre
Evan Bourne
Eve
Jack Swagger
John Cena
John Morrison
JTG
Kelly Kelly
Kofi Kingston
Mason Ryan
Primo
Rey Mysterio
Ricardo Rodriguez
Triple H
Tyler Reks
SmackDown
Alicia Fox
Cody Rhodes
Christian
Ezekiel Jackson
The Great Khali
Jimmy & Jey Uso
Jinder Mahal
Kane
Mark Henry
Matt Striker
Natalya
Randy Orton
Rosa Mendes
Sheamus
Sin Cara
Sin Cara
Tamina
Ted DiBiase
Trent Baretta
Tyson Kidd
William Regal
Yoshi Tatsu
NXT:
The NXT Roster consists of all NXT alumni with special appearances by former NXT pros. The NXT Superstars are allowed to appear on the main shows, but usually only the more over ones do so while the rest compete mostly on NXT.
Alex Riley (cross branded with RAW)
A.J.
Aksana
Brodus Clay (cross branded with SmackDown)
Byron Saxton
Conor O'Brian
Daniel Bryan (cross branded with SmackDown; appears on special episodes of RAW)
Darren Young
David Otunga (Cross branded with RAW)
Derrick Bateman
Heath Slater (cross branded with SmackDown)
Johnny Curtis (cross branded with SmackDown; occasionally main events Superstars)
Justin Gabriel (cross brand with SmackDown)
Kaitlyn
Maxine
Michael McGillicutty
Percy Watson
Naomi
Titus O'Neil
Wade Barrett (Crossbranded with SmackDown; appears on special episodes of RAW)
Former Pros occasionally appear on NXT
Alberto Del Rio (& Ricardo Rodriguez)
Alicia Fox
The Bella Twins
Christian
CM Punk
Cody Rhodes
Daniel Bryan
Dolph Ziggler (& Vickie Guerrero)
John Morrison
JTG
Kelly Kelly
Kofi Kingston
Mark Henry
The Miz
Primo
R-Truth
Ted DiBiase
Tyson Kidd
Yoshi Tatsu
Zack Ryder
Tag Teams
RAW
Awesome Truth (The Miz & R-Truth; occasionally appear on NXT due to both being former pros)
The All American Perfection (Dolph Ziggler & Jack Swagger)
Air Boom (Kofi Kingston & Evan Bourne)
The Major Broskis (Zack Ryder & Curt Hawkins)
SmackDown
Jimmy & Jey Uso
NXT
Derrick Bateman & Johnny Curtis (crossbranded with SmackDown)
South Beach PArty Boys (Percy Watson & Darren Young)
Heath Slater & Justin Gabriel (cross branded with SmackDown)