WWE 2013: A New Season

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Backstory

The Road to Wrestlemania 2013 led to one of the most memorable Wrestlemania's ever. It was truly the showcase of the immortals as two of the greatest sports entertainers of all time faced against each other for one of the most coveted prizes in sports entertainment history. A real wrestling legend was honored by a future hall of famer. Vengeance was successfully captured. A proud immigrant showcase his patriotism to the country that he was made in. And redemption was captured. The following night, the new WWE season kicked off with an electrifying crowd that brought joy to many, and ended up to be one of the best Monday Night Raw episodes in recent memory. The question for many is what's next after the April 8th Monday Night Raw? What's next is May 19th. The day of the most brutal and graphic wrestling event of the year, Extreme Rules. When the WWE goes extreme, everything turns serious. At this time of year, any wrestler can turn into the most vicious creature that there is on this planet. There will be no mercy at Extreme Rules.

CM Punk returns to Monday Night Raw: What will the "Best in the World" will have to say about his loss to the Undertaker at Wrestlemania, and what's next for one of the most controversial wrestlers in WWE history?

Ryback attacks John Cena: Last Monday Night Raw, Ryback sent a strong message to the WWE Champion to let him know that he's coming for the WWE title, and this isn't Cena's only problem, as he also has to worry about the World's Strongest Man Mark Henry. Who will be the #1 Contender for the WWE Championship?

Dolph Ziggler Cashes in on Alberto Del Rio: The Show Off has done it. Dolph Ziggler has seized the opportunity, and cashed in his Money in the Bank briefcase to become the new World Heavyweight Champion. Del Rio on the other hand is looking to regain back the title that he prides himself on, and swears to get back the World Heavyweight Championship.

Team Hell No unites with the Undertaker: The Shield's plan to attack The Undertaker was foiled as Undertaker's brother Kane and "The Dazzler" Daniel Bryan came out to make the odds even against The Shield. How will The Shield react to the alliance of The Undertaker and Team Hell No?

Info about this BTB

This BTB will start with the April 15th edition of Monday Night Raw, and will have two seperate shows of Monday Night Raw and Friday Night Smackdown. The brand split has been re-enforced, however, the new brand split is pretty loose, and isn't as strict as the old one. Smackdown wrestlers and Raw wrestlers get to appear on the opposite brand their assigned to for only a certain amount of time. All champions, #1 contenders, tag teams, and Divas are exempt from this rule. Monday Night Raw episodes will be shortened back to two hours, with some episodes going to 2 hours and 30 minutes.

Monday Night Raw Roster​

John Cena
CM Punk
Chris Jericho
Mark Henry
Ryback
Undertaker
Kane
Daniel Bryan
Roman Reigns
Seth Rollins
Dean Ambrose
Zack Ryder
Antonio Cesaro
R-Truth
Fandango
Rey Mysterio
Sin Cara
Christian
Santino Marella
Brock Lesnar
Titus O'Neil
Darren Young
David Otunga

Smackdown Roster​

Dolph Ziggler
Sheamus
Randy Orton
Big Show
Big E Langston
Damien Sandow
Cody Rhodes
Hunico
Heath Slater
Jinder Mahal
Drew McIntyre
Jack Swagger
Brodus Clay
Tensai
Wade Barrett
Kofi Kingston
Alberto Del Rio
Primo
Epico
Jey Uso
Jimmy Uso
Evan Bourne​

Divas Roster​

Kaitlyn
AJ Lee
Natalya
Nikka Bella
Bri Bella
Cameron
Naomi
Rosa Mendes
Alica Fox


Commentary
Raw: Michael Cole and JBL
Smackdown: Josh Matthews and Matt Striker​

NOTE: The roster list may not always be up to date.

 

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MONDAY NIGHT RAW
APRIL 15, 2013
GREENVILLE, SOUTH CAROLINA

Video Package: The video package starts off with John Cena giving his opening promo to last week's, and shows the crowd reactions that he received during the promo. The video package then cuts to Mark Henry saying that he deserves to be the #1 contender, and with Cena responding by willingly putting his title on the line. The package then cuts to Booker T coming out saying that Mark Henry must beat John Cena to become the #1 Contender for the WWE Championship. The package shows highlights of Cena vs Henry, and then shows Ryback making his way to the ring after Cena won by countout. The video package ends with Ryback attacking John Cena to conclude last week's episode of Monday Night Raw.

“The Night” by Kromestatik plays as the opening pyro goes off.

Cole: Welcome to Monday Night Raw. I'm Micheal Cole, and alongside with me is JBL, and tonight, Raw is coming off the heels of one the greatest episodes of Raw.

JBL: We don't agree on a lot of things Cole, but I have to agree with what you just said. The crowd made the episode very special along with everything that happened on Raw.

Cole: Yes indeed. Tonight we have a huge main event as Ryback and Mark Henry will face against each other in a #1 Contender's Match for the WWE Championship.

The sound of static goes off, and is followed by “Cult of Personality”. CM Punk walks out to a mostly negative reaction. CM Punk walks down the ramp with a microphone in his hand with a serious look on his face. CM Punk enters the ring and listens to the crowd reaction. The crowd continues to give Punk massive heat along with minor “CM Punk!” chants in the background. Punk procceds to talk.

Punk: I know that everyone of you in this arena tonight are ready to point and laugh at me for losing to The Undertaker at Wrestlemania. Because I fell to the Tombstone Piledriver, and got pinned to the mat 1, 2, 3, I guess that makes everything I set myself to do is a failure. Well the truth is that it didn't matter whether I won or lost at Wrestlemania to the The Undertaker. What matters I that no one has been able to outsmart The Undertaker and mess with him physically and mentally like I have done. I proved to The Undertaker that I'm the Best in the World, and I proved to be The Undertaker's toughest Wrestlemania opponent in the history of the streak, and that's the truth. Undertaker, you know that you can't deny that. I have nothing against Paul Bearer, but it was so easy manipulating you Taker. I actually had fun playing mind games with you. I busted the myth that The Undertaker is the “master of tricks and mind games”. I outsmarted The Undertaker and no one but me is able to say that.

The crowd boos Punk heavily after the last sentence he made.

Punk: Enough with the past, let's talk about the future. The Extreme Rules pay per view is next month, and that pay per view is my favorite pay per view of the year. Extreme Rules shows the brutality and the pain of what a person can go through. The pay per view can break bones, it could define careers, it could end careers.....

Punk pauses for awhile.
Punk: It can end lives. Not only I'm the Best in the World, but I'm also the most dangerous man in the world. I'm the most hardcore person in the WWE and it's been proven. I've been brought up through this company by Paul Heyman and worked in the re-launch of ECW, and even the ECW “extremists” say I'm too hardcore for them. I've been watered down for the entire time I've been in this company and I think that it's time now that I show my true colors. My hardcore roots. My crusade to becoming the most dangerous man in the world.

“Just Close Your Eyes” plays, and the crowd goes wild. Christian walks out onto the stage with a mic in his hand, and looks at the crowd around. He smiles as he enjoys the massive pops that he receiving from the crowd. Christian walks down the ramp and enters the ring.

Christian: God it's been a long time since I've wrestled here on Monday Night Raw, and it's nice to be back in the WWE, but I think we had enough of your rhetoric CM Punk.

Punk: What are you doing out here interrupting my speech to these ignorant people. Shouldn't you be in a retirement home with Edge.

The crowd is shocked as they heard what Punk has just said, and continues to give him more heat.

Christian: What you've just said is the main reason I've come out here tonight. Your lack of respect to the WWE roster is sickening. And the worst display of your lack of respect was shown during your battle with The Undertaker.

Punk: You're criticizing my lack of respect to everyone in the WWE when no one in the WWE respects me? I've been preaching respect during the greatest WWE Championship reign of all time. I've held the WWE Championship for 434 days, and people still refuse to respect me. Since everyone refuses to respect me, I'll have to beat respect into everyone, and Christian, you can become my first victim.

Christian: CM Punk I think you are forgetting who I am. In the Attitude Era, I defined hardcore with Edge through the use of tables, ladders, and chairs. It is because of those weapons why my best friend doesn't wrestle anymore and for you to disrespect my best friend angers me. CM Punk I have no problem with kicking your ass tonight. We can fight right now.

CM Punk: That sounds like a good idea, except that you haven't earned my respect. When you step toe to toe with someone like The Undertaker and is able to beat him, then you will have my respect. Until then, get out my ring!

Christian: I have no problem in facing against one of the greatest wrestlers of all time tonight on Monday Night Raw, and if you want me to leave the ring, then you're going to have to kick my ass to do it.

Christian and CM Punk stare at each other with anger face to face, as the crowd eggs them on to fight. A loud gong is heard, and the lights go dim. Undertaker's music plays as The Phenom slowly walks out onto the stage. CM Punk quickly exits the ring and goes to sit at the commentary table. Christian takes off his shirt, and remains in the ring as he is prepared to fight The Undertaker.

Cole: And what a tremendous way to kick off Monday Night Raw. Christian vs. The Undertaker.

JBL: This match definitely has the potential to become a five star classic.

Cole: And with us we have CM Punk.

CM Punk: Shut up Cole, I don't need an introduction as everyone knows who I am. What makes me sick here is that Christian is trying to take the spotlight away from me by interrupting my speech. I'm going to make him pay, and he's going to be the first person to know why I am the most dangerous man in the world.

JBL: I agree with you Punk. If Christian wanted to make his return, then he should've waited after you was finished.

The Undertaker enters the the ring and the arena lights turns back to normal. Undertaker takes off his robe and waits for the bell to ring.

MATCH 1: CHRISTIAN VS UNDERTAKER ONE ON ONE​

The bell rings for the match to start, and Christian and Taker locks up. Taker pushes Christian back into a corner goes for a punch, but Christian moves out of the way, throws Taker in the corner, and gives Taker a couple chops to the chest. Christian backs up, and charges at Taker, but Taker moves out of the way, and gives Christian a couple of boxing jabs to the stomach. Taker, then bodyslams Christian down onto the match, and goes for a leg drop, but Christian moves out of the way. Christian then dropkicks the Undertaker as he tries to get up. Christian tries to climb up to the top rope as Undertaker gets up, but Undertaker charges at Christian, and big boots him off the top rope. Christian falls outside the ring and onto the floor in pain. Undertaker waits for Christian to get up, and hits his signature dive outside the ring to Christian. The crowd is amazed by the move as the match goes into commercial break

*COMMERCIAL BREAK*​

The match resumes with Christian outside the ring at the count of 8, and with Taker already inside the ring. The ref counts to 9, and Christian quickly makes it back into the ring. Taker clutches Christian's throat signaling for a chokeslam, but Christian kick's Taker in the gut, and gives him a hard DDT to the mat. Christian goes for the pin.
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Undertaker kicks out. Christian gets Taker in a headlock, and the crowd claps for Taker to get up. Taker gets up after being a headlock for awhile, and gives Christian a back suplex. Taker follows the back suplex up with a leg drop. Taker goes for the pin.
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Christian kicks out of the pin. Taker stands up Christian, and drags him into a corner. Undertaker gets on the top rope, and walks along the top rope holding Christian's arm. Taker tries to go for Old School, but Christian yanks down on Taker's arm, and Taker's groin crashes onto the ropes, and Taker remains at the seated position on the ropes, as Christian climbs to the top rope. Christian dives off the rope, and hits Undertaker out of the seated position and onto the floor outside the ring with a flying clothesline. Christian climbs the top rope again, and dives off of it with a crossbody to the outside of the ring, but Taker catches Christian, and drives Christian into the steel post. Taker rolls Christian back into the ring with Christian's head sticking out past the bottom rope. Taker climbs onto the apron, and delivers a guillotine leg drop to Christian. Undertaker gets back into the ring, and goes for the pin.
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Christian kicks out of the pin. Taker picks up Christian in a powerslam position, and drops Christian onto a turnbuckle going for Snake Eyes. Taker tries to follow it up with a big boot, but Christian ducks the big boot, bounces off the ropes, and hits a float over DDT to Undertaker. Taker holds his head in pain, and tries to get up, but Christian goes for a hurracrana. Taker amazingly converts the hurracrana into The Last Ride, and the crowd erupts. Undertaker goes for the pin.
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Christian weakly kicks out at 2 ½, and the crowd is shocked. Undertaker stands up Christian, and drags him towards the corner to for another Old School, but Christian drives the Undertaker into the corner with his shoulder. Undertaker falls onto the mat as Christian goes to second rope. Christian dives off the second rope with a European uppercut as Taker tries to get up, and connects it. Christian goes for the pin.
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Undertaker kicks out of the pin. Christian claps his hands together signaling for the Killswitch. Christian tries to hit Taker with the Killswitch, but Taker pushes Christian into the ropes. Christian uses the momentum from the ropes, and charges at Taker, but Taker clutches Christian's throat and hits the chokeslam on Christian. Taker goes for the pin.
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Christian kicks out of the pin. Taker does the slit throat motion signaling for the Tombstone Piledriver. Taker picks up Christian, but Christian escapes behind Taker, and delivers a neckbreaker to Taker. Christian backs up into the corner as the crowd chant's “Spear!” Christian waits for Taker to get up and charges at Taker with the spear, but Taker reverses the spear into a DDT. Taker waits for Christian to get up, as he is trying to go for the Tombstone Piledriver again.

“Special Op” plays, and the crowd boos heavily. The Shield appears in the crowd, and walks down the steps. Dean Ambrose and Seth Rollins is seen on one side of the arena, while Roman Reigns is seen on another side. Dean Ambrose and Roman Reigns climb over the barricade, while Seth Rollins jumps over the barricade, and rolls onto the floor. Rollins, Reigns, and Ambrose surrounds the ring as Undertaker and Christian gets prepared to fight The Shield.

Cole: This itself is an injustice. The Shield are about to beat down two of the most respected men in the WWE. Why do they have to do this?

JBL: They are doing this to right all the wrongs in the WWE. Their mission is to bring justice to the WWE.

Cole: But how is attacking The Undertaker and Christian bringing any justice to the WWE? What have they done wrong?

Punk leaves the commentary table, and also surrounds the ring with The Shield.

Cole: Now CM Punk is going to get in on the attack to. This is going to be hard to watch for all of us here tonight.

The Shield and CM Punk proceeds to enter the ring, but flames erupts from the stage as “Veil of Fire” plays. Kane and Daniel Bryan runs down the ramp, and enters the ring to save Undertaker and Christian. The Shield and CM Punk backs away from the ring, and the crowd gives them heat. CM Punk smiles at Team Hell No, Christian, and The Undertaker, and heads backstage. The Shield jumps over the barricade, and leaves through the crowd, as Team Hell No, Christian, and The Undertaker all stare at them.

Cole: I'm glad that this didn't end in The Shield and CM Punk beating down Undertaker and Christian. Those two didn't deserve to get beat down especially when they put out a pay per view quality match out here tonight.

JBL: Eventually someone will get beaten down. The Shield are probably the smartest group I've ever seen in wrestling, and they probably are planning something big in the near future.

Cole: Well we might have already seen that tonight. Noticed how CM Punk joined with The Shield to attack Christian and The Undertaker?

JBL: Are you trying insinuate that CM Punk is part of The Shield. You must be stupid to think that. CM Punk got involved because he has something with The Undertaker and Christian.

Cole: It might be deeper than that JBL. Anyways stay tuned as we head to commercial.

*COMMERCIAL BREAK*​

Raw resumes with the screen black . A man with a thick Russian accent begins to talk with the screen still black.

“What you are about to see is man who used to be proud of his country. A man that used to wrestle here in WWE, and provided entertainment for all of you. He marched down the ring showing his pride to Russia. He made children in the audience smile every time he came out the ring with Santino Marella. His career in the WWE was short lived, and he returned home to Russia after his WWE career had ended. Many of you aren't aware that before his WWE career, Vladimir Kozlov was a highly decorated military soldier.” The titantron showed pictures of Vladimir Kozlov in a military uniform. “I cannot mention his rank or the awards that he received, but I when I met Vladimir in the military, I saw that Kozlov was a brutal and cold killing machine. He had no problem with exterminating the opposition, which led him to become one of the best soldiers the Soviets were able to have.” The titantron show pictures of him with his wife. “What changed Vladimir after the military was that he settled down. He turned from a killing machine into a family man. He was one of the nicest people you could know.” The titantron goes back to black. “That was until about a year ago, when Vladimir had discovered that his wife had been murdered. This incident brought Vladimir back to the brutal killing machine he was. I cannot explain what Vladimir did to the people who murdered his wife, but lets just say that they are in a fiery place right now. Kozlov will return to WWE as the most vicious beast that anyone has every seen. Kozlov will dominate the opposition and terrorize the competition when he returns, and Kozlov will return will one ultimate goal. That goal is vengeance, and if anyone gets in his way, they will meet the same fate as the murderers.” The titantron ends by showing Vladimir Kozlov's cold stern face in black and white.

Cole: Welcome back to Monday Night Raw and in the ring right now is Team Hell No getting ready for their match.

“Booyaka 619” plays and the crowd goes crazy. Rey Mysterio and Sin Cara walks out onto the stage and enjoys the pop that they receive from the crowd. Sin Cara and Rey Mysterio walks down the ramp, and enters the ring. The both waits for the bell to ring for the match to start.

Cole: Sin Cara has fully healed up from his injuries, but I'm shocked to see Rey Mysterio out here tonight. It looked like he would be out for a long time, but it's nice to see that he has made speedy recovery, and we should get some good tag action tonight.

JBL: I have a long history with Rey Mysterio, but despite the stuff that we went through in the past, I'm glad to see him return on Monday Night Raw.

MATCH 2: REY MYSTERIO AND SIN CARA VS TEAM HELL NO TAG TEAM MATCH​

The bell rings, and Sin Cara and Daniel Bryan are in the ring to start things off. Daniel Bryan hits at quick arm drag to Sin Cara. Cara gets back up and also delivers a quick arm drag to Bryan. Bryan gets up and quickly dropkicks Sin Cara. Bryan runs to the ropes and bounces off them while Cara gets up, and hits a flying elbow to Sin Cara. Bryan picks up Sin Cara and delivers a vertical suplex to him. Bryan goes for the pin.
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Sin Cara kicks out. Bryan drags Cara to the corner and tags in Kane. Kane grabs Sin Cara along with Daniel Bryan, and they both hit a double gutbuster to Sin Cara. Kane goes for the pin.
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Sin Cara kicks out. Sin Cara slowly gets up, and Kane goes for a punch, but Sin Cara ducks the punch, and kicks Kane in the shins a couple of times. Sin Cara then delivers a hurracrana to Kane. Kane gets back up and goes for another punch, but Sin Cara ducks the punch again and tags Mysterio in the corner. Mysterio quickly climbs to the top rope, and hits a body splash to Kane, and knocks Kane down to the ground. Mysterio then stomps on Kane's gut, which makes Kane sit up, and Mysterio kicks him again in the chest. Mysterio goes for the pin.
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Mysterio springboards off the rope with a crossbody as Kane gets up, but Kane hits a stiff uppercut to Mysterio. Kane tags in Daniel Bryan. Bryan climbs to the top rope, and goes for the flying headbutt, but Mysterio moves out of the way. Daniel Bryan crashes into the mat. Mysterio stands up Daniel Bryan, and hits a Sunset Flip bomb. Mysterio holds on for the pin.
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Bryan kicks out. Mysterio stands up Bryan and goes for a hurracrana, but Bryan converts the hurracrana into a powerbomb. Bryan waits for Mysterio to get up on on his knees, and then kicks Mysterio a couple of times in the chest shouting “NO! NO! NO!” Bryan follows the series of kicks with a strong roundhouse kick. Bryan pins Mysterio.
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Mysterio kicks out. Bryan stands up Mysterio, but Mysterio quickly dropkicks Daniel Bryan's legs, and Bryan falls onto the the second rope, Mysterio backs up and secretly tags Sin Cara, while Kane secretly tags Daniel Bryan. Mysterio runs, and hits the 619 to Daniel Bryan. Mysterio climbs to the top rope, and dives off of the with a dolphin splash, but Kane quickly enters the ring, and catches Rey Mysterio, by clutching his throat. Kane delivers a chokeslam to Mysterio, but Sin Cara, from out of nowhere, flies into the ring with a missle dropkick to Kane. Sin Cara climbs to the top rope, and jumps off of it with a swanton bomb, but Kane moves out of the way. Kane picks up Sin Cara, and chokeslams him. Kane goes for the pin.
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The winner of the match by pinfall.....TEAM HELL NO!

Cole: That was a very entertaining match, and despite losing tonight to the tag team champions, Rey Mysterio and Sin Cara has shown that they can still function very well as a team together.

Daniel Bryan enters the ring, and argues with Kane about tagging him while in 619 position, and Kane argues back. Daniel Bryan and Kane leaves the ring with the WWE Tag Team titles frustrated, and heads backstage.

Cole: However I guess you can't say the same for Team Hell No.

JBL: What do you mean Cole? They are the Tag Team Champions, and you are saying that they can't function together as team? My god, I hate sitting here with you every week.

Cole: Well you can leave if you want.

The titantron shows Matt Striker backstage with Wade Barrett.

Striker: Wade, how do you...

Barrett: Shut up Striker. Let me do the talking, and you'll listen.

Striker gives Barrett the mic, and backs away.

Barrett: Tonight, I will defend my Intercontinental Championship for the very last time against The Miz, and I'm glad that this match between us will be a No Disqualification Match. The Miz doesn't know who he's dealing with tonight. I'm a bare knuckle boxing champion. I've split people's skulls in half with one punch, while The Miz was on some stupid reality show. I've more people's bones than the times The Miz always says his stupid catch phrase. Listen here Mike, I'll try my very best to knock you out into oblivion, where you belong, and I'll prove why I am the greatest Inter...

The Miz then appears, standing face to face with Barrett.

Miz: You think you can split my skull open Barrett? You think can easily break one of my bones? At Wrestlemania, I beat you for the Intercontinental Title, and I'll beat you again to get back what's mine. I'll do anything tonight to get that title back like breaking your disfigured nose, making you have another scar just like the one you have on your...

Barrett punches The Miz, and The Miz fights back. Wade and Miz fight each other throughout backstage. Wade throws Miz into a wall , and charges at Miz, but Miz moves out of the way. Miz repeatedly punches Wade, and Wade fights back. Wade and Miz fight from the backstage area all the way to the arena. Wade starts to get the upper hand on Miz, and beats him down on the stage. Wade drags The Miz to the ring, and throws him in the ring. Wade enters the ring, and the match starts.

MATCH 3: WADE BARRETT VS THE MIZ NO DISQUALIFICATION INTERCONTIENTAL CHAMPIONSHIP MATCH​

Wade Barrett prepares his elbow pads to hit the Bullhammer Elbow on The Miz. Miz stands up, and Wade goes for the Bullhammer Elbow, but The Miz tackles Wade down, and punches him repeatedly in the head. The Miz gets up, and the crowd heavily cheers for him. The Miz waits for Wade to get up, and hits the Reality Check to him. The Miz exits the ring, gets a chair from the timekeepers area, and enters the ring. The Miz beats Wade with the chair a couple of times across the body and goes for the pin.
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Wade kicks out of the pin. The Miz grabs the chair and sets it up in the corner. Miz tries the irish whip Barrett into the chair, but Barrett counters with a irish whip of his own. Miz goes headfirst into the chair. Wade sets The Miz up in the ropes, and knees The Miz in the head a couple of times. Wade steps back, and big boots Miz out of the ring. Wade exits the ring, and grabs The Miz. Wade bangs Miz's head on the Spanish announce table three times, and then throws Miz into the steel steps. Wade tears of the Spanish announce table, and grabs a monitor. Wade hits The Miz in the head with the monitor, and then lays The Miz onto the Spanish announce table. Wade enters the ring, and climbs to the top rope. Barrett dives off the top rope with his signature elbow drop, but The Miz moves out of the way. Wade goes through the announce table, as The Miz rests on the floor. The match goes to a commercial break

*COMMERCIAL BREAK*​

The match resumes with the action return inside the ring. The Miz stands Barrett up, and gives him a kick to the gut, followed by a snap DDT. Miz goes for the pin.
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Wade kicks out of the pin. Miz irish whips Wade into the corner, and goes for a flying clothesline, but Barrett comes out of the corner, and hits The Miz with the Winds of Change. Wade goes outside the ring, and pushes a table inside the ring. Wade also gets a ladder a ladder from under the ring, but The Miz dives outside the ring into Wade, and also crashes into the ladder along with Barrett. The Miz weakly gets up, and grabs a kendo stick from under the ring. Miz hits Barrett with the kendo stick ten times across the body. Miz then grabs Barrett, and delivers a Russian leg sweep with the kendo stick. The Miz gets another table from under the ring, and sets it up outside the ring. The Miz enters the ring, and sets the ladder up. The Miz climbs the ladder, while Barrett slowly enters the ring. The Miz reaches to the top of the ladder, but Barrett pushes the ladder down. The Miz falls off of the ladder to the outside of the ring, through a table. The crowd is shocked as The Miz lays in the carnage outside of the ring. Barrett goes outside the ring, and picks up The Miz dead-weight body, and pushes him outside the ring. Barrett enters the ring and goes for the pin.
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The Miz weakly kicks out of the pin, and crowd is shocked again. Wade gets frustrated, and sets up the table that's inside the ring. Wade picks up The Miz in a fireman's carry position and tries to go for the Wasteland, but Miz escapes, and bangs Barrett's head on the table. The Miz gets on top of the table along with Barrett, and hits the Skull Crushing Finale to Wade Barrett through a table. The Miz lays on the mat, still affected from the table crash from earlier, while Barrett is also out on the mat. After a while, The Miz weakly pins Wade Barrett.
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Wade kicks out of the pin, and The Miz couldn't believe it. Miz tries to go for the Figure 4 Leglock, but Barrett pushes The Miz off of him. Barrett gets up, but The Miz grabs Barrett, and hits the Mizard of Oz. The Miz goes for the pin.
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Barrett kicks out of the pin. The Miz goes outside the ring, and goes a chair. The Miz enters the ring with the chair, and charges at Barrett with the chair, but Wade hits a quick Bullhammer Elbow to the chair, knocking The Miz out cold. Barrett goes for the pin.
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The winner of the match by pinfall, and still the Intercontinental Champion.....WADE BARRETT!

JBL: That was one hell of a match. We've seen tables, ladders, chairs, and kendo sticks being used in this match. Wade Barrett has proven himself to be a true fighting champion.

Cole: I agree with you, but I hope that The Miz is ok as several trainers are tending to him now.

The ref gives Barrett, and Barrett celebrates his successful title defense, as the crowd boos him. Barrett heads backstage as the refs look at The Miz to make sure he's ok.

Paul Heyman is shown on the titantron in the locker room area talking to someone on the phone.

Heyman: No, Brock Lesnar will not be here tonight on Raw.....What do you mean I promised that he will be here tonight? Nobody here is worthy of facing Brock Lesnar.....You know what. You are wasting my time and you don't deserve to speak with me anymore more.

Heyman hangs up the phone, and Christian appears.

Heyman: What do you want?

Christian: I want a match with CM Punk at Extreme Rules.

Heyman: Why the hell are you talking to me for that?

Christian: Because I know that you can convince CM Punk to face me at Extreme Rules. After all CM Punk is a “Paul Heyman Guy”.

Heyman: Let me tell you something Christian. I remember when I managed ECW, I watched guys like you and your friend Edge trying to imitate our style of hardcore wrestling. You thought that you were the most hardcore badasses there were on this planet using tables, ladders, and chairs. Christian, you don't even come close to being hardcore let alone being extreme. You don't stand a chance facing CM Punk in a hardcore environment. CM Punk is the most dangerous man in the world, and you will end up just like Edge if you face against him at Extreme Rules. Consider this your warning because the WWE Universe wouldn't want to see you end up like Edge, where he was a idiot pretending to be hardcore, and his frail body couldn't handle the easy crap that he was doing.

Christian gets angry and shoves Heyman into one of the lockers.

Christian: You shut up about Edge. I don't care who about who you and what CM Punk claims himself to be, but if you don't do anything to make a match betwe....

CM Punk comes in and beats Christian down with a lead pipe. CM Punk hits Christian with a lead pipe ten more times, and then drops the pipe.

CM Punk: Christian, you want a match with the most dangerous man on this planet at Extreme Rules? Well you've got one, but consider this match to be your death sentence because after Extreme Rules your neck will be in the same condition as Edge's.

CM Punk grabs the pipe and hits Christian with the pipe three times in the neck. Punk and Heyman leaves the area, and Christian lays on the ground in pain.

*COMMERCIAL BREAK*​

Raw returns with Layla inside the ring.

Cole: Welcome back to Monday Night Raw, and this match is #1 contender's for the Divas Championship.

JBL: This should be my favorite match of the night.

“Light It Up” plays as AJ Lee comes out little negative reaction. She skips down the ramp and enters the ring.

JBL: Oh lord. A crazy chick could possible become the champion.

Cole: I think that would be entertaining.

MATCH 4: AJ LEE VS LAYLA #1 CONTENDER'S MATCH FOR DIVAS CHAMPIONSHIP​

The bell rings for the match to start. AJ and Layla both circles around the ring for a while before any action starts. Layla charges at AJ, but AJ slips underneath between Layla's legs, and appears behind her. AJ gives Layla a dropkick to the back. Layla gets up, and AJ follows it up with a hurracrana. AJ goes after Layla, as Layla tries to get up, but Layla gets AJ into a quick small package pin.
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AJ kicks out, and follows it up with a school boy pin.
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Layla kicks out of the pin, and follows it up with another small package pin.
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AJ kicks out. Layla grabs AJ, and hits a neckbreaker on her. Layla waits for AJ to get up, and hits AJ on the head with her butt. Layla climbs to the top rope, as AJ lays on the mat. Layla dives off of the top rope with a splash, but AJ quickly gets up, and kicks Layla right in the gut in mid air. AJ goes for the pin
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Layla kicks out. Layla tries to get up, but AJ hits her with a quick running enziguri. AJ goes for another pin.
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Layla kicks out again. AJ stands Layla up, and kicks her in the shins repeatedly before following it up with a spinning back kick to the stomach. AJ runs, bounces off the ropes, and charges at Layla, but Layla counters it with a clothesline. Layla, grabs AJ and hits a quick DDT on her. Layla goes for the pin.
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AJ kicks out of the pin. Layla grabs AJ by the neck, and goes for the Layout, but AJ elbows her way out of the move. As Layla is stunned from the elbows, AJ gives Layla the Zig Zag, and proceeds to pin Layla.
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The winner of the match by pinfall and the #1 contender for the Divas Championship.......AJ LEE!

Kaitlyn is shown backstage watching the match in disgust.

Cole: Wow! What a way to win the match. AJ Lee uses her boyfriend's finishing maneuver to get the win.

JBL: AJ Lee hitting the Zig Zag on Layla shows how great of a couple Dolph Ziggler and AJ Lee are. Kaitlyn better watch out or her reign as Divas Champion may end soon.

Cole: And with that match, that brings us to two matches set for Extreme Rules.

Alive and Kicking by Nonpoint plays as the match card for Extreme Rules 2013 is shown.

Cole: At Extreme Rules, it will be AJ Lee vs. Kaitlyn for Divas Championship, and it will be CM Punk vs Christian, and a stipulation hasn't been decided yet for that match.

JBL: That match is gonna be brutal and hellacious. I wouldn't be surprised if CM Punk vs Christian turns out to be match of the year.

Cole: Indeed, and also we will have another match set for Extreme Rules after Monday Night Raw ends, as Ryback takes on Mark Henry in a #1 Contender's Match for the WWE Championship as our main event tonight for Monday Night Raw. Also on Friday Night Smackdown, it will be Alberto Del Rio vs Jack Swagger in a No Disqualification Match to determine who will be the #1 contender for the World Heavyweight Championship.

JBL: We have a good week ahead of us.

Cole: That's right. Stay tuned as we will return to Monday Night Raw.

*COMMERCIAL BREAK*​

Monday Night Raw returns with Dolph Ziggler alone backstage with his World Heavyweight Championship around his waist.

Dolph Ziggler: You people already know who I am. I am the show stealing, heart stopping, charismatic champion of the WWE, and I've shown the world that I am the most talented wrestler on this roster! Zeb Colter said that Jack Swagger is the main reason why I won the World Heavyweight Championship. That statement is deeply incorrect. I won the World Heavyweight Championship because I picked the right time to do. I cashed in on the perfect opportunity to win the title, and I did it successfully. My message for you Jack Swagger is that if you stay out of my way, then we won't have any problems with each other, but if you choose to interfere with my business, then you will have to pay some huge consequences.

The camera shows Big E Langston standing next to Dolph Ziggler.

Ziggler: As for you Alberto. I know that we will have another encounter with each other soon, an whether if it's next week on Monday Night Raw, or if it's at Extreme Rules. I'll be ready to choke you out on that mat, and send you to the back of line. The point is that if anyone steps up to face against The Show Off, then prepare to have your dreams of becoming World Heavyweight Champion demolished. Show..........Off!

 

[Arcade]

“The Truth Has Set Me Free!” R-Truth's theme song plays, as he walks out onto the stage to a good positive reaction from the crowd. R-Truth walks down the ramp, talking to himself, and enters the ring. R-Truth talks to his invisible friend Little Jimmy, and then waits for his opponent.

Cole: I see that R-Truth is still good friends with Little Jimmy.

JBL facepalms

JBL: Somebody needs to take R-Truth to a mental hospital, especially when he's 40 years old with an imaginary friend.

“ChaChaLaLa” plays as a female dancer dances on the stage to Fandango's theme song. Fandango dances out onto the stage as receives deeply negative reaction from the crowd. Fandango dances with the female ballroom dancer on stage, and then walks down the ramp with her. Fandango enters the ring with the dancer. The dancer does a split inside the ring, as Fandango does his signature pose with the pink logo of himself above him.

JBL: This is one of the best entrances I've ever seen, and we get to see this every week. God Bless America.

Cole: His entrance is one of the reasons why Fandango was able to become an international sensation.

MATCH 5: R-TRUTH VS FANDANGO ONE ON ONE​

The bell rings, and Fandango dances around the ring. R-Truth gets a bit angry, and delivers a hard right hand to Fandango's jaw. The blow to the jaw knocks Fandango down to the ground, and Fandango backs up in the corner. R-Truth goes to the corner, and delivers more punches to Fandango. The ref starts the five count, and R-Truth eases up on Fandango at the count of four. Fandango quickly gets out of the corner, and tackles down R-Truth. Fandango rapidly punches R-Truth in the head, and then gets off of him. Fandango picks up R-Truth, and hits a back suplex on him. Fandango goes for the pin.
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R-Truth kicks out of the pin. Fandango stands up R-Truth and punches him in the head hard about three times. Fandango, then irish whips R-Truth to the ropes, but R-Truth bounces off the ropes, and hits Fandango with the Lie Detector. R-Truth goes for the pin.
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Fandango kicks out of the pin. R-Truth runs to the ropes, and bounces off them as Fandango is still on the ground. R-Truth dances around the ring signaling for his signature leg drop. R-Truth goes for the leg drop, but Fandango moves out of the way. R-Truth lands on his butt, and Fandango grabs him. Fandango hits a sitout facebuster, and goes for the pin.
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R-Truth kicks out of the pin. Fandango dances around the ring for a little awhile, but a loud cheer from the crowd is heard, as Chris Jericho walks out onto the stage with number cards in his hand. Fandango sees Jericho, and gets angry. Fandango picks up R-Truth and hits a vertical suplex. Jericho holds up the number four in the air. Fandango gets even more pissed off, and beats down on R-Truth. Jericho holds up the number one in the air. Fandango jumps up to the top rope, and jumps off of with his leg drop, but R-Truth moves out of the way. R-Truth picks up Fandango and hits the Truth or Consequences (suplex stunner). R-Truth runs the ropes, bounces off of them, dances around the ring, and then hits his signature leg drop to Fandango. R-Truth goes for the pin.
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Fandango weakly kicks out of the pin. R-Truth waits for Fandango to get up. Fandango gets up, and R-Truth goes for the Little Jimmy, but Fandango pushes R-Truth off of him, and delivers a quick superkick to R-Truth. Fandango jumps up to the top rope again, but R-Truth gets ups and climbs to the same top rope that Fandango is one. The two trade punches for awhile, until R-Truth starts to get the upper hand. R-Truth, then grabs Fandango, and hits a superplex off the top rope. Jericho holds the number ten in the air immediately after the superplex. Both men lay out on the mat for awhile until R-Truth goes for the pin.
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Fandango kicks out of the pin. R-Truth and Fandango both weakly gets up at the same time. The two trade punches with each other as the crowd cheers for R-Truth's punches, and boos for Fandango's punches. Fandango starts to get the upper hand on R-Truth, and runs to the ropes as R-Truth is stunned from the punches. Fandango bounces off the ropes, and charges at R-Truth, but R-Truth kicks Fandango in the gut. R-Truth bounces off the ropes, and hits the corkscrew axekick to Fandango. R-Truth goes for the pin.
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Fandango kicks out, and the crowd is shocked. R-Truth grabs Fandango, and goes for the Little Jimmy again, but Fandango pushes R-Truth off of him, and quickly hits a spinning reverse STO on R-Truth. Fandango goes for the pin.
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The winner of the match by pinfall.......FAN.....DAN......GOOOO!

JBL: That match is probably Fandango's greatest match ever. Fandango and R-Truth had one helluva match with each other.

Fandango looks at Chris Jericho, and says “Bring it!” Jericho drops the scorecards, runs down the ramp, and enters the ring, but as soon as Jericho enters the ring, Fandango exits the ring. Fandango walks up the ramp with the female ballroom dancer, and says “Not today!” Fandango and the dancer goes backstage, as Jericho looks at them with a pissed off look on his face.

*COMMERCIAL BREAK*​

“Somebodies Gonna Get It” plays as Mark Henry slowly walks out onto the stage receiving a huge negative reaction from the crowd. Mark Henry walks down the ramp with an intimidating look on his face. Mark Henry enters the ring, and waits for his opponent.

Cole: Two of the most dominant and destructive men in the WWE will face off against each here tonight in a #1 Contender's Match for the WWE Championship, I'm sure Henry would want opportunity to be in a title match after what happened last week.

JBL: Losing by countout is always a pretty disappointing way the lose, especially when you know that you can beat the person that you are facing against.

“Meat on the Table” plays as Ryback walks out onto the stage. Ryback raises his arms up three times, and then looks down. Ryback slowly raises his head up, and shouts “Wake up!”. Ryback quickly walks down the ramp as the crowd chants “Feed Me More!” Ryback enters the ring and stares at Mark Henry. Ryback waits for the match to start.

Cole: This match is perfect match for Ryback to get back on win on Mark Henry, since Ryback lost to Henry at Wrestlemania.

JBL: Even though Henry has beaten Ryback before, he can't take Ryback lightly at all in this match. Ryback has two goals in this match. To get a win on Mark Henry to settle the score with him, and to move one step closer on winning the WWE Championship.

MATCH 6: RYBACK VS MARK HENRY #1 CONTENDER'S MATCH FOR THE WWE CHAMPIONSHIP​

The bell rings, and Ryback and Mark Henry lock up. Ryback and Henry are in the lock up for awhile, until Henry pushes down Ryback. Ryback gets up, and hits Henry with a clothesline, but Henry doesn't go down at all, and is not affected by the clothesline. Ryback hits another clothesline on Henry, but Henry still doesn't go down. Ryback charges at Henry with one last clothesline, but Henry counters Ryback's clothesline with a clothesline of his own. Ryback easily gets knocked down to the mat. Mark Henry picks up Ryback and bodyslams him to the mat. Henry bounces off the ropes, and uses all of his weight to crash down on Ryback with a splash. Henry goes for the pin.
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Ryback kicks out. Henry stands up Ryback, and repeatedly delivers hard shots to Ryback's stomach. Ryback gets on one knee, and Mark Henry big boots Ryback in the temple. Henry, then drags Ryback near the corner, and climbs to the second rope. Henry jumps off the second rope with a splash, but Ryback moves out of the way. Mark Henry crashes into the mat, while Ryback gets up and backs into a corner. Ryback shouts “Feed Me More!” as he sets up for the Meathook Clothesline. Henry gets up, and Ryback successfully hits the Meathook Clothesline on Henry. Ryback goes for the pin.
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Mark Henry kicks out. Ryback picks up Mark Henry in a military press, but Henry shifts his weight down onto Ryback, and falls down on Ryback. Henry goes for the pin.
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Ryback kicks out of the pin. Mark Henry grabs Ryback, and irish whips Ryback into the corner. Henry charges at Ryback and hits a corner body splash to Ryback. Henry, the picks up Ryback, and hits a fallaway slam on Ryback. Henry shouts “That's what I do!” Ryback tries to get up, but Henry keeps pushing Ryback down to the ground. Henry shouts “Stay down!” Henry picks up Ryback, and applies a bear hug on Ryback. The ref asks Ryback if he wants to tap, and Ryback says no. Ryback starts to pass out as Henry applies more pressure to the bear hug. Ryback punches Henry in the back of the head, and is finally able to escape the bear hug. Ryback picks up Mark Henry, and delivers a backbreaker to Henry. Ryback, then grabs Henry's head and shoves it down to the mat three times. Ryback climbs to the top rope as Henry is still down on the mat, and waits for Henry to get up. Mark Henry gets up, and Ryback dives off the rope with a diving Meathook Clothesline, but Mark Henry catches Ryback in mid-air into the World's Strongest Slam position, but Ryback elbows Mark Henry and gets out of the position. Ryback, the picks up Mark Henry, and hits a backpack stunner to Henry. Ryback goes for the pin.
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Mark Henry kicks out, and Ryback takes a breather for little bit, as Henry lays on the mat. Henry tries to get up, but Ryback grabs Mark Henry, and goes for Shell Shocked, but Mark Henry shifts his weight down onto Ryback again, and falls down on him. Henry goes for the pin.
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Ryback kicks out of the pin. Henry gets frustrated, and picks up Ryback. Henry delivers a strong powerslam to Ryback.
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Ryback barely kicks out at 2 ½. Mark Henry picks up Ryback, and goes for the World's Strongest Slam again, but Ryback escapes out of it, and delivers a powerful belly to belly suplex to Mark Henry as most of the crowd is on their feet cheering for Ryback. Ryback picks up Mark Henry, marches around the ring, and hits Shell Shocked on Mark Henry. Ryback goes for the pin.
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The winner of the match by pinfall, and the #1 contender for the WWE Championship, RYBACK!

Cole: What an amazing match by these two powerful men. Ryback moves onto the next stage to face the man that he attacked last week, John Cena.

JBL: And we still haven't figured out why Ryback attacked John Cena at the end of last week's Monday Night Raw.

Ryback raises his arms up, and chants “Feed Me More!” with the crowd, until John Cena quickly enters the ring, and hits Ryback from behind with the WWE Championship. A huge mixed reaction comes from the crowd as John Cena waits for Ryback to get up. Ryback gets up, and John Cena hits Ryback with the Attitude Adjustment. The crowd erupts as Cena does the “You can't see me!” taunt to Ryback, as Ryback is laid out on the mat. “The Time is Now” plays as Cena grabs his WWE title, and exits the ring, as Ryback is on the mat in pain from the Attitude Adjustment. Cena walks up the ramp with a smile on his face as Raw comes to an end.

*END OF SHOW*​

Quick Results​

Christian vs Undertaker(No Contest)
Team Hell No def. Mysterio and Sin Cara
Wade Barrett def. The Miz
AJ def. Layla
Fandango def. R-Truth
Ryback def. Mark Henry​

 

[Arcade]

Typo fixes:
"I've broken more people's bones than the times The Miz always says his stupid catch phrase."

"What matters is that no one has been able to outsmart The Undertaker and mess with him physically and mentally like I have done."

 

[JamJam]

Having Punk open the show was alright and it certainly generated interest right away. However, I wasn’t sure the direction of the promo was the best. I don’t think being proud of taking the Undertaker to the limit is a great accomplishment especially since Punk is a pretty established star. It just seemed pretty immature to gloat about ALMOST winning against the Undertaker. I think this promo would’ve been good if someone like an up-and-comer faced the Undertaker ala Randy Orton back in the day. Christian returning is great, I’m a big fan. But for ‘Taker to randomly show up and agree to wrestle Christian like that just seems highly unlikely. As for the match, I think it was alright for you to not have an ending. I guess the whole point of getting Christian and ‘Taker on the show is so that you can set up something with The Shield. Though it wasn’t the best execution, I’ll just go with it.

The Kozlov vignette seemed a bit much. I don’t think WWE would ever mention murder on live television. Also, you’re really gonna bring back Kozlov? He sucks, lol. But anyway, it seems you’re high on him so I look forward to seeing what you do with him. So what exactly did the Mysterio/Cara/Team Hell No match accomplish? You always want a match to advance a story so this match just seemed useless. The Miz/Barrett feud should end soon so yeah, I really have nothing else to say on that. I think you’re using the “attack from behind” route a bit too much. It’s already happened two times, almost three times with The Shield but it didn’t happen. There are other ways to advance a story so yeah, you might want to change it up. AJ using the Zig-Zag is pretty sweet. Hope you build up the divas division again since it could actually be entertaining.

The World Title has been reduced to a upper midcard title so I think it was a little underwhelming for Ziggler to only appear in a backstage interview. But this was actually your best promo of the night imo. But you’ll improve as you write more shows. The Fandango/Jericho feud is fine, I like that you’re not letting them get physical as of yet. Let the fuel burn more between them then let them fight. As for the main event, I would’ve liked to seen this but I’m not a fan of the ending. I know Ryback is a strong guy, but you could’ve added more details in to say that Ryback struggled to finish Henry off with the Shellshock. With the way you wrote it, it seemed like it was fairly easy for Ryback to do it. Kind of hurts Henry’s gimmick as the World’s Strongest Man. So some attention to detail is in order for sure. Again, you had Cena come from behind and attack Ryback. You’ve used this route almost the entire night. Also, it doesn’t match what Cena would do. Cena is a “by the rules” guy and you didn’t portray him that way. A lot of work to do man.

Overall, you have a lot of work to do to improve your shows. The format isn’t the best but you can improve on that easily. Promos need work, booking needs work. I say that because you used the “attack from behind” route almost the entire show, so you’ll need to lessen that. The first show is always the hardest to post so now that you’ve got that out of the way, you know what to do next. Don’t mean for this review to be negative, just trying to help you improve. If you have anymore questions, just shoot me PM man. Goodluck! Onto the next show.

 

[Arcade]

Thanks man for the review. I'll definitely use your advice on future shows, but you probably won't see the changes I make to my show except for format on this week's Smackdown, since I've done about 80% of the show so far. My comments in rrepsonse your review are in bold.

Having Punk open the show was alright and it certainly generated interest right away. However, I wasn’t sure the direction of the promo was the best. I don’t think being proud of taking the Undertaker to the limit is a great accomplishment especially since Punk is a pretty established star. It just seemed pretty immature to gloat about ALMOST winning against the Undertaker. I think this promo would’ve been good if someone like an up-and-comer faced the Undertaker ala Randy Orton back in the day. Christian returning is great, I’m a big fan. But for ‘Taker to randomly show up and agree to wrestle Christian like that just seems highly unlikely. As for the match, I think it was alright for you to not have an ending. I guess the whole point of getting Christian and ‘Taker on the show is so that you can set up something with The Shield. Though it wasn’t the best execution, I’ll just go with it.

Punk in his promo explained that he didn't care whether he won or loss against the Undertaker (which is a cover up for his disappointment for losing to Taker), he explains that no one was able to outsmart The Undertaker like he did in his feud against him, which makes Punk thinks he's the smartest in the business, and that he's the Best in the World. I understand on what you said about Christian and Taker. The match was setup mainly for the very end of the match to build a storyline for The Shield leading up to Extreme Rules.

The Kozlov vignette seemed a bit much. I don’t think WWE would ever mention murder on live television. Also, you’re really gonna bring back Kozlov? He sucks, lol. But anyway, it seems you’re high on him so I look forward to seeing what you do with him.

Looking back on it, I also realized the Kozlov segment was a bit much, but I wanted to bring up a wrestler to have a pretty deep and complex backstory and a complex character. Because of his backstory and what I have planned for him later, he won't be another generic monster heel or another generic foreign heel. Also I chose Kozlov since he's the only Eastern European wrestler I could think of lol.

So what exactly did the Mysterio/Cara/Team Hell No match accomplish? You always want a match to advance a story so this match just seemed useless.

Right now, it seems like the tag team match between Sin Cara and Rey Mysterio vs Team Hell No was just a random pointless match, but later on you will see that it's part of big storyline.

The Miz/Barrett feud should end soon so yeah, I really have nothing else to say on that. I think you’re using the “attack from behind” route a bit too much. It’s already happened two times, almost three times with The Shield but it didn’t happen. There are other ways to advance a story so yeah, you might want to change it up. AJ using the Zig-Zag is pretty sweet. Hope you build up the divas division again since it could actually be entertaining.The World Title has been reduced to a upper midcard title so I think it was a little underwhelming for Ziggler to only appear in a backstage interview. But this was actually your best promo of the night imo. But you’ll improve as you write more shows.

The main reason Ziggler wasn't a huge part a Raw tonight, and most likely from now on is because I'm trying to make Smackdown seem important again, and Smackdown will be the WHC show. With the biggest stars from Smackdown appearing on every Raw, it will make it seem like there's no reason to watch Smackdown. Ziggler and future WHC champions will still appear on Raw, but not as much as like it is right now in real life.

The Fandango/Jericho feud is fine, I like that you’re not letting them get physical as of yet. Let the fuel burn more between them then let them fight. As for the main event, I would’ve liked to seen this but I’m not a fan of the ending. I know Ryback is a strong guy, but you could’ve added more details in to say that Ryback struggled to finish Henry off with the Shellshock. With the way you wrote it, it seemed like it was fairly easy for Ryback to do it. Kind of hurts Henry’s gimmick as the World’s Strongest Man. So some attention to detail is in order for sure. Again, you had Cena come from behind and attack Ryback. You’ve used this route almost the entire night. Also, it doesn’t match what Cena would do. Cena is a “by the rules” guy and you didn’t portray him that way. A lot of work to do man.

Overall, you have a lot of work to do to improve your shows. The format isn’t the best but you can improve on that easily. Promos need work, booking needs work. I say that because you used the “attack from behind” route almost the entire show, so you’ll need to lessen that. The first show is always the hardest to post so now that you’ve got that out of the way, you know what to do next. Don’t mean for this review to be negative, just trying to help you improve. If you have anymore questions, just shoot me PM man. Goodluck! Onto the next show.

 

[Arcade]

FRIDAY NIGHT SMACKDOWN
CHARLOTTE, NC
4/19/13

Alberto Del Rio is seen on the titantron in the locker room with Ricardo Rodriguez.

Del Rio: Hey Ricardo, I think it's best for you to stay here in the locker while I face Jack Swagger later tonight on Smackdown. If you stand at ringside, then I'm afraid that Jack Swagger and Zeb Colter might hurt you. You already have a broken leg, and that's my fault, but I don't want to see you get injured any worse than you are right now.

Ricardo: Relax Alberto, I understand that you don't want me at ringside because of what Jack Swagger might do to me, but I'm prepared for whatever tricks him and Zeb Colter have to attack me with. Since you are really concerned about my health, I'll stay here in the locker room, and watch the match from here. Tonight don't worry about me at all, you need to focus on beating Jack Swagger.

Del Rio: Thanks Ricardo. You've been a really good friend to me.

Del Rio leaves the locker room area, as Ricardo watches him leave.

“Born 2 Run” by 7 Lions plays as the opening pyro for Smackdown goes off.

Matthews: Hello I'm Josh Matthews, and alongside with me is my partner Matt Striker, and we have a packed Friday Night Smackdown tonight.

Striker: That's right as Friday Night Smackdown is sold out here in Charlotte, North Carolina. I actually can't wait for this show to get kicking. We have Jack Swagger vs Alberto Del Rio in a No Disqualification Match. Winner is the #1 Contender for the World Heavyweight Champion, Randy Orton and Sheamus teaming up with each other to face Mark Henry and Big Show, and even more.

“Here To Show the World” plays as Dolph Ziggler walks out onto stage with Big E Langston and AJ Lee. Dolph Ziggler walks down the ramp with the World Heavyweight Championship around his waist and enters the ring, receiving a largely negative reaction from the crowd. Big E Langston and AJ Lee also enters the ring with Dolph Ziggler. Dolph Ziggler gets a mic, and talks.

Ziggler: Hello everyone, and welcome to FRIDAY NIGHT ZIGGLER!!!!

The crowd gives Ziggler heat after saying that.

Ziggler: Since I am the World Heavyweight Champion, Friday Night Smackdown is my show! Each and every single week, I will open and close this show. I will headline and main event this show. I will steal the show and show the world why Dolph Ziggler will never lose his World Heavyweight Title to anyone on this damn roster. Tonight, I will be ringside at the announcers table closely watching the match between Alberto Del Rio and Jack Swagger because I have to let both of these guys know who they are going to be dealing with at the Extreme Rules pay per view. Because at Extreme Rules, Alberto Del Rio or Jack Swagger will be dealing with “ Former Mr. Money in the Bank turned into World Heavyweight Champion”, “The Show Stealing Show Off,” Dolp...

“Rap Sheet” plays as the General Manager of Friday Night Smackdown, Booker T walks out onto the stage. Booker T salutes to the crowd, and receives a big pop in return.

Booker T: Now hold on man, Smackdown isn't your show. It's my show, and Dolph Ziggler you won't have an easy night tonight because you will be in a match tonight.

Ziggler throws a fit in the ring.

Booker T: Calm down, I'm not finished yet. Your opponent will be against someone who hasn't competed on WWE TV for over a year, and he will be making his return to the WWE to face you. Your opponent is.......

“Born To Win” plays as Evan Bourne makes his way out onto the stage. Bourne receives a nice pop from the crowd.

Booker T: EVAN BOURNE! And the match starts right now!

Evan Bourne shakes Booker T's hand, and walks down the ramp. Bourne salutes to the fans and enters the ring, as Dolph Ziggler takes his shirt off. Big E Langston and AJ exits the ring.

Matthews: Oh my god! Evan Bourne has made his return to WWE action on Friday Night Smackdown. He's been out for over a year due to an injury he suffered in a motorcycle crash.

Striker: Wow Evan looks a lot more ripped than he was before. I wonder how this will affect his performance in the ring.

MATCH 1: EVAN BOURNE VS DOLPH ZIGGLER ONE ON ONE​

The bell rings for the match to start. Bourne and Ziggler lock up with each other. Bourne slithers behind Dolph Ziggler into a rear waistlock. Bourne, then delivers a quick German suplex to Ziggler. Ziggler holds his back in pain, and backs up into a corner amazed at what Bourne was able to do. Bourne and Ziggler lock up again. Ziggler gets Bourne into a side headlock, but Bourne elbows Ziggler , and pushes Ziggler to the ropes. Ziggler rebounds off the ropes, and goes for a fameasser, but Bourne moves out of the way, which causes Ziggler to fall on the mat. As Ziggler tries to get up, Bourne hits a couple of quick karate kicks to Ziggler's stomach. Bourne, then picks up Ziggler, and delivers a gourdbuster to Ziggler. Bourne goes for the pin.
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Bourne kicks out. Ziggler repeatedly hits multiple elbow drops on Bourne, and then hits one big elbow drop on Bourne again. Ziggler gets Bourne into a headlock, and does a handstand. Ziggler gets out of the handstand, and applies more pressure to the headlock, as the crowd claps for Bourne to get up. Bourne slowly gets up, and pushes Ziggler off of him. Ziggler tries to hit another superkick, but Bourne moves out of the way, springboards off of the ropes, and hits a savate kick to Ziggler. Bourne follows the move up with a standing moonsault.
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Ziggler kicks out of the move. Bourne climbs to the top rope, but AJ Lee distracts the ref. Bourne tries to go for the Shooting Star Press, but Big E Langston pushes Evan Bourne off of the top rope as AJ distracts the ref. Ziggler waits for Bourne to get up. Ziggler tries to go for the Zig Zag, but Bourne grabs the ropes, causing Ziggler to fall on his back. Bourne holds onto the ropes, and springboards out of the ring with a body press to Big E Langston. Bourne gets up, and enters the ring, but Ziggler hits a nasty dropkick to Evan Bourne. Ziggler, then picks Bourne up, and hits a sitout facebuster to Evan Bourne. Ziggler goes for the pin.
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Bourne kicks out. Ziggler grabs Bourne, but Bourne delivers a couple of quick kicks to Ziggler's shins. Bourne follows the kicks with a hurracrana. Ziggler tries to get up, but Bourne runs towards Ziggler, and hits a standing double knee drop to Ziggler. Bourne, then goes up to the top rope, and dives off of the rope rope with a shooting star press, but Ziggler puts his knees up in the air. Bourne crashes onto Ziggler's knees, and holds his stomach in pain. Ziggler puts Bourne into a ground sleeper hold, and strongly applies pressure to Bourne's neck. Evan Bourne looks like he is about to pass out, but he is able to reach towards the bottom rope, and hold on to hit. Ziggler holds onto the sleeper hold until the ref's count of four, and lets go of the sleeper hold. Ziggler climbs to the top rope, as Evan Bourne gets up. Ziggler dives off of the top rope with a diving fameasser, but Bourne moves out of the way. Bourne grabs Ziggler, and delivers the “Here We Go” driver (pumphandle driver) to Ziggler. Bourne thinks about going for the pin, but instead, he climbs to the top rope. Bourne dives off of the top rope with the shooting star press, but Ziggler moves out of the way. Ziggler gets up, and waits for Bourne to get up. Evan Bourne weakly gets up, and Ziggler quickly hits the Zig Zag on Evan Bourne. Ziggler goes for the pin.
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And your winner of the match by pinfall....DOLPH ZIGGLER!

Ziggler celebrates his victory over Evan Bourne, while AJ Lee and Big E Langston enters the ring. Ziggler hugs AJ Lee, and then grabs his title. The trio leaves the ring, and heads backstage as Bourne lies in the ring in pain.

Matthews: What an amazing match we just saw between Bourne and Ziggler. Along with his bigger body, it seems like Bourne also has a new set of moves, and they are damn good.

Striker: I thought that driver that Bourne did at the near end of the match would end it, but Bourne made a costly mistake by going for the Shooting Star Press again, instead of going for the pin.

Matthews: True, but he did give the World Heavyweight Champion one hell of a match. Nice to see Bourne back on WWE TV again. Stay tuned as we head to a commercial break.

*COMMERCIAL BREAK*​

Smackdown returns from a commercial break, by showing Kozlov's vignette from Monday Night Raw.

A man with a thick Russian accent begins to talk with the screen still black. “What you are about to see is man who used to be proud of his country. A man that used to wrestle here in WWE, and provided entertainment for all of you. He marched down the ring showing his pride to Russia. He made children in the audience smile every time he came out the ring with Santino Marella. His career in the WWE was short lived, and he returned home to Russia after his WWE career had ended. Many of you aren't aware that before his WWE career, Vladimir Kozlov was a highly decorated military soldier.” The titantron showed pictures of Vladimir Kozlov in a military uniform. “I cannot mention his rank or the awards that he received, but I when I met Vladimir in the military, I saw that Kozlov was a brutal and cold killing machine. He had no problem with exterminating the opposition, which led him to become one of the best soldiers the Soviets were able to have.” The titantron show pictures of him with his wife. “What changed Vladimir after the military was that he settled down. He turned from a killing machine into a family man. He was one of the nicest people you could know.” The titantron goes back to black. “That was until about a year ago, when Vladimir had discovered that his wife had been murdered. This incident brought Vladimir back to the brutal killing machine he was. I cannot explain what Vladimir did to the people who murdered his wife, but lets just say that they are in a fiery place right now. Kozlov will return to WWE as the most vicious beast that anyone has every seen. Kozlov will dominate the opposition and terrorize the competition when he returns, and Kozlov will return will one ultimate goal. That goal is vengeance, and if anyone gets in his way, they will meet the same fate as the murderers.” The titantron ends by showing Vladimir Kozlov's cold stern face in black and white.

“Break The Walls Down” plays as the arena lights goes off. Jericho's flashing lights from his jacket are seen in the dark. The arena lights turns on again as the pyro goes off. Jericho walks down the ramp with a smile on his face, and receives a huge pop from the crowd. Jericho enters the ring, and waits for his opponent.

Matthews: It's nice to see Chris Jericho out here on Friday Night Smackdown. Earlier this week on Raw, it seemed like he had some unfinished business with Fandango. I wonder how Fandango will get involved with Jericho here on Smackdown tonight.

Striker: Hopefully he doesn't interrupt this match that is about to come up. This match could be just as good as Bourne and Ziggler from earlier tonight.

“SOS” plays as Kofi Kingston comes out to a nice reaction from the crowd. Kofi does his signature taunt on the stage as the pyro goes off. Kofi Kingston walks down the ramp, and salutes to the crowd. Kingston enters the ring, and waits for the match to start.

MATCH 2: KOFI KINGSTON VS CHRIS JERICHO ONE ON ONE​

The bell rings for the match to start. Kingston and Jericho shakes hands with each other before any action starts. Kingston and Jericho both circles the ring, and waits for each other to make a move. Kingston goes after Jericho, but Jericho gets Kingston in a rear waistlock, and get Kofi down with a belly to back takedown. Jericho grabs Kingston, and gets him into a armlock, but Kingston knees Jericho out of the armlock. Kingston bounces off of the ropes, and jumps over Jericho. Kingston bounces off the ropes on the other side of the ring, as Jericho turns around, jumps in the air, and hits a clothesline on Jericho. Jericho gets up, and Kingston gets Jericho with a hard chop to the chest. Jericho lays on the mat as Kingston bounces off of the ropes. Kingston goes for the Boom Boom Drop, but Jericho moves out of the way. Kofi falls on the mat in pain, and Jericho goes for the Lionsault. Kingston puts his knees in air, but Jericho lands a perfect backflip off of the Lionsault, avoiding Kofi's knees, and tries to put Kingston into the Walls of Jericho. Kingston pushes Jericho off of him, and gets up. Jericho quickly goes for the Codebreaker, but Kingston grabs Jericho's legs and stops the Codebreaker attempt. Kofi holds onto Jericho's legs, and hits a legs drop to the groin area on Jericho. Kofi goes for the pin.
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Jericho kicks out of the pin. Kingston goes for a hurracrana as Jericho gets up, but Jericho converts the hurracrana into a powerbomb. Jericho, then climbs to the top rope, and waits for Kingston to get up. Kingston gets up, and Jericho jumps off of the top rope with a crossbody, but Kingston hits Jericho with a dropkick as Jericho was in mid air. Kofi bounces off the ropes as Jericho lays on the ground, and successfully hits the Boom Boom Drop to Chris Jericho. Kingston goes for the pin.
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Jericho kicks out of the pin. Kofi does his boom taunt, as Jericho gets up, and goes for the Trouble in Paradise, but Jericho grabs Kingston's legs while he was doing the Trouble in Paradise, and puts Kingston into the Walls of Jericho. Kofi yells out loud as he's in intense pain. Jericho starts to apply more press, as Kofi looks like he is about to tap out, but Kofi slowly crawls to the ropes, and holds on to them. Jericho lets go of the hold immediately. Kofi tries to get up, but Jericho hits a flying forearm smash to Kingston. Kingston gets back up, and Jericho hits a dropkick to Kingston. Kingston gets back up again, and Jericho finishes the combo off with an enziguri. Kofi lays on the out cold as Jericho springs off of the ropes with a Lionsault, and hits it. Jericho goes for the pin.
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Kofi weakly kicks out of the pin. Jericho waits for Kofi Kingston to get up, but Fandango's music plays. Jericho looks over to the stage, as Fandango comes out with his dancer, and watches the match from the stage. Kofi gets up as Jericho looks over at the stage, and waits for Jericho to turn around. Jericho turns around, but Kofi doesn't go for the Trouble in Paradise to show good sportsmanship. Jericho smiles and continues the match with Kofi. Kingston and Jericho locks up with each other. Kingston irish whips Jericho to the corner, and charges at him. Kingston jumps up onto Jericho's shoulders and hits 10 punches to Jericho's head as the crowd counts along. Kingston gets off of Jericho's shoulders, and tries to follow it up with an uppercut, but Jericho moves out of the way, and puts Kingston in the corner. Jericho hits Kofi with a couple of chops to the chest. Jericho, then bounces off the ropes as Kingston comes out of the corner, and hits a one handed bulldog to Kingston. Jericho goes for the pin.
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Kingston kicks out. Jericho climbs to the top rope, and waits for Kingston to get. Kofi gets up, and Jericho goes for a diving double axe handle, but Kingston catches Jericho with the Trouble in Paradise in mid air. The crowd is amazed, as Kingston goes for the pin.
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And the winner of the match by pinfall.......KOFI KINGSTON!

Kingston celebrates his win over Jericho

Matthews: Oh my god! What an ending to this match! Kingston was able to perfectly hit the Trouble in Paradise while Jericho was in mid air.

Striker: Kofi continues to amaze me in every match that he's in.

Fandango slowly walks down the ramp, as Kofi exits the ring. Fandango reaches to ringside, and tries to enter the ring, but Kofi blocks his entrance to the ring. Fandango gets frustrated, and walks up the ramp, as Kofi helps up Jericho, and shakes hands with him.

Matthews: It seemed like Fandango was going to attack Jericho, but Kofi wasn't going to allow that.

Striker: Kofi has to be aware that he's probably now on Fandango's list of enemies.

Matthews: Stay tuned, as Smackdown heads to commercial.

*COMMERCIAL BREAK*​

 

[Arcade]

Evan Bourne is shown on the titantron in the backstage area with Kofi Kingston.

Kofi: It's nice to see you here again Evan. I was worried that you would never make it back to the WWE since your injury seemed pretty serious, but I don't have to worry about that anymore.

Bourne: It took lots of hard work and training to get where I'm at right now, and I feel that I'm in the best shape in my life right now. I don't want this opportunity that I have now to go to waste, so I'm going to give all I got to get a title shot here.

Kofi: That's what I like to here. How about we reunite Air Boom and go for tag team gold?

Bourne: That sounds like a good idea, but I don't want to jump into tag team action too quickly. You see, I...

Big E Langston attacks Evan Bourne from behind, and beats Bourne down to the ground. Kofi tries to fight Big E, but Ziggler hits Kofi Kingston from behind in the head with the World Heavyweight Title. Big E Langston repeatedly rams Evan Bourne into the wall five times, as Ziggler pounds down on Kofi Kingston. Big E picks up Bourne, and hits the Big Ending to him.

Ziggler looks down at Evan Bourne.

Ziggler: This is what you get when you mess with the one of the most powerful men in the WWE.

Langston and Ziggler walks away from the backstage area, as Evan Bourne and Kofi Kingston both lay on the ground in pain.

“Realeza V2” plays as Alberto Del Rio walks out onto the stage to a nice pop. Del Rio walks down the ramp without Ricardo Rodriguez, and salutes the crowd. Del Rio enters the ring, and waits for his opponent to come out.

Matthews: If you are wondering where Ricardo Rodriguez is, Alberto Del Rio told Ricardo to stay backstage at the beginning of the show to avoid any trouble with Jack Swagger and Zeb Colter.

Striker: That's probably the smartest thing for Ricardo to do. Anyways, I'm excited for this No Disqualification match that is about to happen here on Smackdown. It's the perfect way to set the tone for Extreme Rules, and not only that, but Del Rio and Swagger are bitter rivals, so this should be a pretty extreme match.

Matthews: Indeed.

“Patriot” plays, but Jack Swagger and Zeb Colter doesn't show up. Del Rio and the crowd starts to wonder where Jack Swagger and Zeb Colter are. Del Rio waits in the ring for a bit longer, and Swagger and Colter still doesn't come out to the ring. Suddenly, Zeb Colter is shown on the titantron in the locker room backstage with Jack Swagger behind him, and Ricardo Rodriguez laying on the floor in pain.

Colter: Del Rio! Since you and Ricardo refuse to go back across the border where you belong on your own will, we'll just have to beat you back across the border, starting with your friend Ricardo Rodriguez.

Swagger grabs a steel chair, as Ricardo says “Please don't hurt me anymore! Please show some mercy!” Swagger repeatedly beats Ricardo with the steel chair five times as Ricardo yells in pain.

A furious Del Rio starts to leave the ring to go after Swagger and Colter.

Colter: Hold it Del Rio! Don't you move! If you come looking for us, then we'll make your friend's life a living hell. We wouldn't have to do this to poor Ricardo if you both stayed in Mexico, and didn't leech over here illegally to the great United States of America. Swagger, go ahead an beat Ricardo some more.

Swagger beats Ricardo with the chair some more, and then braces the chair around Ricardo's injured ankle.

Del Rio starts to exit the ring again.

Colter: Think about the consequences if you leave that ring Del Rio!

Ricardo tries to get his ankle out of the chair brace, but Swagger punches Ricardo in the head to make him stay down. Del Rio exits the ring and goes backstage to save Ricardo, as Colter gives Swagger the order to injure Ricardo. Swagger stomps down onto chair that's braced around Ricardo's ankle, and then puts Ricardo in the Patriot Lock. Colter leaves the locker room with Swagger, as Swagger drags Ricardo with him by the ankle using the Patriot Lock. The titantron now shows Del Rio backstage looking for Swagger and Colter.

Del Rio: Ricardo! Where are you!

Del Rio walks around the backstage area some more, continuing to look for Ricardo. As he walks towards to the end of the backstage area into the parking lot, Del Rio looks at a set of steel pipes, and grabs one. Del Rio leaves backstage, and enters the parking lot. Swagger, Colter, and Ricardo are seen near a black car, with Ricardo laying down on the ground with his leg resting on seat of the car inside. Swagger repeatedly slams the car door onto Ricardo's leg, as Del Rio rushes over to save Ricardo. Colter tries to stop Del Rio, but Del Rio jabs Colter in the stomach with the steel pipe. Del Rio starts to beat down Colter with the pipe until Swagger tackles down Del Rio. Swagger mounts punches on Del Rio's head, and then grabs the steel pipe that Del Rio has used earlier. Swagger violently wacks the steel pipe all over Del Rio's body for about 8 times. Swagger, then stands up Del Rio, and leads him to car. Swagger grabs onto Del Rio's head, and slams it into the car window, completely shattering it. The crowd is shocked, and is filled with concern for Del Rio, as Swagger drags Del Rio out of the parking lot, through backstage, and out to ringside. Swagger picks up Del Rio, pushes him into the ring, and enters the ring. Swagger waits for Del Rio to get up, as the ref asks Del Rio if he wants to start the match. Del Rio says “Yes”, and the bell rings.

MATCH 3: JACK SWAGGER VS ALBERTO DEL RIO: NO DISQUALIFICATION #1 CONTENDER'S MATCH​

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Del Rio gets up, and Swagger charges at Del Rio. Del Rio moves out of the way, and Swagger crashes into the steel post in the corner. Swagger falls onto the mat, and tries to get up, but Del Rio gives Swagger a swift superkick to the jaw. Del Rio exits the ring, and gets a chair from the timekeeper's area , as Swagger lays in the ring out cold. Del Rio enters the ring with chair, and hits Swagger three times across the stomach with the chair. Del Rio drops the chair and goes for a pin.
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Swagger kicks out. Del Rio stands up Jack Swagger, but Swagger knees Del Rio in the gut. Swagger pushes Del Rio back into the corner and viciously knees him in the gut five times. As Del Rio lays on the mat, Swagger runs, springs off of the second turnbuckle, and hits the Swagger Bomb on Del Rio. Swagger grabs the chair that Del Rio used earlier, and shouts “Not done yet!” Swagger hits Del Rio across the stomach with the chair five times. Swagger, then stands up Del Rio, and throws him out of the ring. Swagger exits the ring, grabs Del Rio, and tries to irish whip him, but Del Rio reverses with an irish whip of his own, and irish whips Swagger into the barricade. Del Rio looks under the ring, and gets a trash can. Del Rio throws the steel trash can at Swagger, as Swagger tries to get up. Swagger gets hit in the head with the trash can, and lays on the floor. Del Rio picks up Jack Swagger, and bodyslams him on the steel trashcan. Swagger holds his back in pain, as Del Rio salutes to the crowd. Del Rio, then walks to the Spanish announce table, and clears the table. Swagger is seen secretly grabbing something under the ring as Del Rio is trying to clear off the table. Del Rio walks towards Swagger, and tries to grab him, but Swagger jabs a kendo stick into Del Rio's stomach. Del Rio kneels over onto his knees, and Swagger smacks the kendo stick across Del Rio's back ten times. Swagger drags Del Rio near the Spanish announce table, and picks him up. Swagger tries to go for the gutwrench powerbomb, but Del Rio converts the move into a hurracrana onto the Spanish announce table. Swagger lays on the table as Del Rio gets inside the ring, and climbs to the top turnbuckle. Del Rio dives off of the top turnbuckle with an diving elbow drop, and hits Swagger through the table with it. The match goes to commercial break as Del Rio and Swagger both lay out on top of the carnage that formerly was the Spanish announce table.

*COMMERCIAL BREAK*​

The match resumes with Del Rio struggling to push Swagger back into the ring. Del Rio finally gets Swagger back into the ring, and goes for the pin.
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Swagger barely kicks out of the pin. Swagger tries to get up, but Del Rio goes for another superkick, but Swagger stops Del Rio's superkick, by grabbing Del Rio's right foot, and putting him into the Patriot Lock. Swagger locks the Patriot Act on Del Rio tightly, as Del Rio yells in pain. Del Rio stretches out his arm, and looks like he's about to tap out, but he sees the chair used earlier in the match beside him, and grabs it out of desperation. Del Rio wildly swings the chair towards Swagger, and catches Swagger with the chair on the hip. Swagger releases the Patriot Lock and holds his hip in pain, as Del Rio struggles to get up with a bad ankle. Del Rio hits Swagger with the badly dented chair three times across the side of Swagger's body, which brings Jack Swagger down on the mat. Del Rio, then jams the chair repeatedly onto Swagger's right arm. Del Rio wedges the chair around Swagger's right arm, and stomps on the chair using his uninjured leg. Swagger rolls around the ring in pain, while Del Rio exits the ring, and gets a table from under the ring. Del Rio enters the ring with the table, and sets it up, while Swagger is still holding his arm in pain. Del Rio grabs Swagger, bashes his head onto the table, and lays Swagger on the table. Swagger is laying on the table at a semi-conscious state as Del Rio slowly climbs to the top turnbuckle, with his right ankle still bothering him. By the time Del Rio makes it on top of the top turnbuckle, Swagger gets off of the table, and quickly climbs up to the same top turnbuckle that Del Rio is on. Swagger tries to go for a superflex, but Del Rio blocks the suplex, and reverses it into a superflex of his own to the outside of the ring! Both men slam onto the hard floor outside of the ring, and lay there as the match goes to another commercial break.

*COMMERCIAL BREAK*​

The match resumes with a tired, fatigued, and bruised Del Rio weakly getting up from the superflex that happened before the commercial break. Swagger is also seen struggling to get up. Del Rio limps toward Swagger, but Swagger uses everything he has in him to get up, and charges towards Del Rio. Swagger clips Del Rio's injured leg, by using his injured arm. Del Rio falls onto the floor holding his leg in pain, while Swagger holds his badly injured arm in pain. Swagger walks over to timekeeper's area and grabs a ring bell, as Del Rio tries to get up. Del Rio finally gets up, but Swagger jabs the ring bell into Del Rio's stomach. Swagger drops the ring bell, and throws Del Rio in the ring. Swagger enters the ring, and waits for Del Rio to get up. A dazed Del Rio tries to get up, and Swagger grabs Del Rio by the waist. Swagger delivers a terribly excuted Gutwrench Powerbomb through the table that was set up eariler in the match, due to his right arm giving out during the move. The crowd once again is shocked, as Del Rio lay unconscious on the table remains. Swagger again holds his arm, and yells in pain, as the ref checks on Swagger. The ref asks Swagger if he wants to continue the match, and Swagger nods to the ref saying “Yes.” Swagger rests for awhile in the corner to rest his injured right arm. Swagger, then walks towards Del Rio, and goes for the pin.
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A weakened Del Rio raises his shoulder up as Jack Swagger, along with the crowd, couldn't believe he just saw. A frustrated Swagger runs to corner, springs off of it, and tries to hit the Swagger Bomb, but Del Rio moves out of the way. Swagger crashes to the mat, and holds his stomach in pain as Del Rio gets up. Swagger tries to get up, but Del Rio delivers a beautiful enziguri to the side of Swagger's head, which knocks Swagger out. Del Rio goes for the pin.
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Swagger raises his shoulder off of the mat at 2 and ¾. Del Rio grabs a barely conscious Swagger, and sets up the Cross Armbreaker. Del Rio applies the Cross Armbreaker to Swagger's right arm, and Swagger immediately taps out to avoid further damage to his right arm.

And the winner of the match by submission........ALBERTO DEL RIO!

Del Rio limps around the ring celebrating his victory over Jack Swagger, as the referees and trainers tends to Jack Swagger, and his injured right arm. Another group of trainers comes toward Del Rio, and checks out his injured right ankle.

Matthews: Tonight, Alberto Del Rio proved to be a true warrior inside of the ring, as he dedicated this match towards his best friend, Ricardo Rodriguez.

Striker: After that match, I have a new found respect for both men, especially for Del Rio. This match was an all out war, as both, Swagger and Del Rio, wanted to make each other go through hell in this No Disqualification Match. The after tonight's match is how badly injured Jack Swagger and Alberto Del Rio are? Del Rio will have a title match against the World Heavyweight Champion Dolph Ziggler at Extreme Rules, and to beat Ziggler, Del Rio needs to be at 100%.

Matthews: That's true, and we will have an update on both, Swagger and Del Rio's condition soon on WWE.com. Stay tuned as Smackdown continues.

*COMMERCIAL BREAK*​

Smackdown is back on air, as the titantron shows WWE Hall of Famer Ricky “The Dragon” Steamboat talking to his son Richie Steamboat in the locker room.

Ricky: You've come a long way Richie, and tonight is the night where you make your impact here in the WWE. You already proved yourself that you belong here by becoming one of the top developmental talents on NXT. Now it's time to take your skill and showcase your talent to the world.

Richie: Ok I'll see you at ringside.

Richie Steamboat leaves the locker room area as Ricky watches him leave. Wade Barrett, the Intercontinental Champion, walks up behind Ricky Steamboat.

Barrett: Well, well, well. Looks like another fresh newcomer is making his debut here in the WWE.

Ricky: What do you want Wade?

Barrett: I'm just here to remind you that if I had knocked you out cold with the Bullhammer Elbow in our encounter with each other on Raw awhile back, then you would be laying on a hospital bed on life support. I find it very sad and pathetic that your son has to hide behind a senile old man like yourself to make it in the WWE. If you weren't here right now, your son would've been packing his bags back to NXT, where he belongs.

Ricky: You know what Wade, If I was 20 years younger, or maybe even if I was 10 years younger, I would beat the living hell out of you right now. I have to ask what's your problem with these NXT prospects? What do you have against me and my son?

Barrett: What I have against those green rookies is that they haven't went through any of the things I've gone through in my life time. I fought on bloody streets of the roughest and darkest areas of Europe against some of the most ruthless men on this planet. At one point of my life, I nearly died out on the middle of the street due to a coward with a knife tried to take my prize money from beating one of the top barenuckle fighters in the world. These NXT rookies wouldn't survive a second of what I went through in my life. What these idiots do is they spend thousands of dollars on wrestling school, like Bo Dallas, learn how to wrestle, and now they think they can beat anyone down, and in other cases, these rookies were descended from wrestlers, like your son, and think that they've inherited the ability to wrestle. I'm the Intercontinental Champion for a reason Ricky, and I can make your son's life a living hell if I wanted to. Maybe it'll be a good thing having me beat down your son worse than the coward who tried to kill me with a knife. It'll send a strong message to the current NXT rookies saying that they need to toughen up.

Ricky: I swear if you lay a single hand on my son tonight, or mess with anyone else from my family...

Barrett: Or what old man? Beat me with a walking cane and call me a whipper snapper? Your lucky that your still standing on your two feet right now because I could've made this encounter between you and me right now get really violent. Now I suggest that you get out of out of my way right now, and go watch your son's match or I'll make what I just said a reality.

Ricky Steamboat looks at Wade Barrett for a little while with disgust, and then leaves the locker room, as Wade Barrett smiles.

“More Than One Man” plays as a confident Heath Slater walks out onto the stage, and receives some heat from the crowd. Slater air guitars his way down the ramp, and enters the ring. Slater air guitars once more in the ring, and then waits for his opponent to come out.

Matthews: The reason why Drew McIntyre and Jinder Mahal aren't here with Slater tonight is that Slater told Mahal and McIntyre that he didn't need any help from them tonight since he was facing against a new comer.

Striker: Hey I'm a 3MB fan, but it seems like Slater is a bit over-confident tonight as he will face off against the debuting Richie Steamboat.

Matthews: Wait, you're a 3MB fan? You might be the only 3MB fan on this planet.

Striker: And I'm proud to be one too.

“Resistance to Resilience” by Reluctant Hero plays as a charismatic Ricky Steamboat makes his way out onto the stage, with his father Ricky “The Dragon” Steamboat receiving a nice pop from the crowd. Richie Steamboat walks down the ramp, and enters the ring, as his father watches him from ringside. Richie waits for the match to start.

Matthews: This match here will mark the debut of Richie Steamboat, and a few minutes ago, we've seen his father get into a bit of trouble with Wade Barrett, the Intercontinental Champion.

Striker: Even though Barrett seemed to be a little disrespectful towards a WWE Hall of Famer, he's right about he said about today's NXT rookies. I think that these new guys need to toughen up a bit, and Wade Barrett is the perfect guy who can do that.

MATCH 4: RICHIE STEAMBOAT VS HEATH SLATER​

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The bell rings for the match to start. Richie and Slater lock up with each other to start the match off. Slater easily gets Richie into a side headlock, but Richie pushes Slater off of him into the ropes. Slater bounces off of the ropes, and goes for a clothesline, but Steamboat ducks clothesline, bounces off of the ropes, and hits a high dropkick to Slater's head, knocking Slater down to the mat. Slater tries to get up, but Richie knocks him down with a shoulder block. Slater gets up again, and Richie knocks him down with another shoulder block. Slater tries to get up again, but Richie grabs Heath Slater, and delivers an impressive Falcon Arrow to him. Richie Steamboat goes for the pin.
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Heath Slater kicks out of the pin. Richie stands up Slater, and irish whips Slater to the corner. Richie Steamboat charges towards Slater, but Slater puts his foot up at the last second, and catches Richie Steamboat with a boot to the jaw. Steamboat falls down onto the mat holding his jaw in pain, while Slater waits for him to get up. Steamboat slowly gets up, and Slater hits a devastating running neckbreaker on Richie Steamboat. Slater goes for the pin.
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Richie kicks out of the pin. Slater plays the air guitar in the ring taunting Richie Steamboat, as Steamboat tries to get up. Slater kicks Steamboat in the gut, and tries to go for the Smash Hit, but Richie converts the Smash Hit into a Northern Lights Suplex. Steamboat, then picks up Slater and delivers a gory neckbreaker to him. Richie Steamboat goes for the pin.
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And the winner of the match by pinfall...... RICHIE STEAMBOAT!

Matthews: What a nice win for Richie Steamboat. Getting a win on his debut match shows that the future is very bright for this young star.

Ricky “The Dragon” Steamboat enters the ring to celebrate with his son Richie, until Wade Barrett walks out onto the stage, giving Richie Steamboat a slow applause. Barrett stands on the stage smiling with his arms folded, while Richie and Ricky stare at Barrett with discontented looks on their faces.

*COMMERCIAL BREAK*​

Smackdown resumes with a video of the backstage area being shown. The camera that is laying on the ground is picked up by Dean Ambrose of The Shield.

Ambrose: We don't need to introduce to you who we are. You all already know that were the most destructive force that the WWE has ever seen. Team Hell No, after this past Monday Night on Raw you think that you now have the upper hand on us because you came out to save The Undertaker? If you two, along with Taker, truly believe that you have us backed up into a corner, well you guys can be nothing more than wrong. And to prove that we are the biggest threats in ending your reign of injustice on the WWE, we are issuing a challenge for the tag team titles at Extreme Rules in a 6 Man Tag Team Match. The Shield vs Kane, Daniel Bryan.....and The Undertaker.

Reigns: And that's not all we have in store for you Team Hell No and Undertaker.

Rollins: We are also issuing another challenge to you that we like to call “The Shield Challenge”. On Monday Night Raw, I'll go against Daniel Bryan.

Ambrose: And I'll go against the so called “Big Red Monster” Kane.

Reigns: And on Friday Night Smackdown, I'll go against you Taker.

Ambrose: Now you guys don't have to accept the challenge. You can cower away and decline the challenge, or you can challenge the validity of justice, only to learn that justice prevails over EVERYTHING!

Rollins: You have until Monday Night Raw to accept or decline our challenge.
Reigns: Believe in The Shield!

Ambrose puts the camera back on the floor, and The Shield walks away from the area.

“Voices” plays as Randy Orton walks out onto the stage, receiving a thunderous positive reaction from the crowd. Randy Orton slowly walks down the ramp with a emotionless look on his face, and enters the ring. Orton climbs to the top turnbuckle, and does his signature pose. Orton climbs down from the top turnbuckle, and waits for his partner.

Matthews: And here it is. The main event for tonight's Smackdown is about to take place, and the team of Randy Orton and Sheamus, aka the Celtic Vipers, will go against the strongest and largest athletes in the world, Mark Henry and Big Show.

Striker: Orton and Sheamus have been functioning well as a team together ever since they united with each other to face against The Shield at Wrestlemania, but I wonder if they can get the job done tonight as they will face against what I like to call Show and Henry “The Twin Towers”.

“Written On My Face” plays as Sheamus walks out onto the stage, also receiving a huge positive reaction from the crowd, beats his chest, and then spreads his arms open shouting “FELLA!” Sheamus walks down the ramp with a slight grin on his face, and enters the ring. Sheamus shakes hands with Randy Orton, and the both of them waits for their opponents to come out.

“Somebodies Gonna Get It” plays as the World's Strongest Man, Mark Henry walks out onto the stage with the camera facing to his back, receiving huge heat from the crowd. Mark Henry slowly walks down the ramp with a mean look on his face, and stops at ringside. Henry shouts “Y'all don't want none of this yet!” at Sheamus and Randy Orton, as Orton and Sheamus look back at Henry.

Striker: Looks like Mark Henry is already having some fun with his opponents before the match has even started. Some may argue that Henry shouldn't tease around with his opponents like that before matches, but what they critics forget to realize is that Mark Henry is the World's Strongest Man, and he can dominate anyone in the ring, including Randy Orton and Sheamus.

Matthews: I agree that Henry is the strongest man in the WWE, but you are say that he can easily dominate Randy Orton and Sheamus tonight? We will see if that's true in a few minutes.

“Crank It Up” plays as the Big Show walks out onto the stage, also receiving huge heat from the crowd. Big Show walks down the ramp, and enters the ring with Mark Henry. The referee tries to keep Show/Henry and Orton/Sheamus separated before the match starts, as the two teams starts to get a bit aggressive each other before things kicks off.

MATCH 5: SHEAMUS AND RANDY ORTON VS BIG SHOW AND MARK HENRY TAG TEAM MATCH​

Sheamus and Mark Henry are inside the ring to start things off. Sheamus engages in a lock up with Mark Henry, and the two struggles to get any type of control on each other. After what seems to be a stalemate in the lock up, Mark Henry is able to get the upper hand on Sheamus in the lock up, and transitions into a rear waistlock. Henry, then picks up Sheamus off of his feet, and delivers a belly to back suplex to Sheamus. Sheamus holds his stomach, showing signs of some pain, and uses the ropes to get up. Henry walks over to Sheamus, and shoves him into the corner. Henry repeatedly rams his shoulder into Sheamus's stomach, and then backs up. Henry charges at Sheamus, and hits a corner splash on Sheamus, crushing him. Henry goes for the pin.
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Sheamus kicks out of the pin at two, and tries to get up, but Mark Henry picks up Sheamus again, and applies a bear hug to him. Sheamus starts loses his breath, and starts to lose consciousness as he is in the bear hug. Sheamus uses the last ounce of strength that he has to get out of the bear hug, by elbowing Mark Henry in the head, but Henry converts the bear hug into a powerful spinebuster. Henry goes for the pin again.
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Sheamus kicks out of the pin at 2 ½. Sheamus crawls over to the corner as Orton has his hand stretched out for the tag, but Henry drags Sheamus all the way to the other side of the ring, and tags Big Show in. Henry stands up Sheamus, and grabs the both of his arms from behind, as Big Show delivers a couple of powerful jabs to Sheamus's stomach. Mark Henry lets go of Sheamus, and exits the ring, as Big Show puts Sheamus into the corner, and shushes the crowd. Big Show, then delivers a huge slap to Sheamus's chest, knocking Sheamus down onto the mat. Sheamus holds his visibly crimson chest in pain, as Big Show steps onto Sheamus's chest, and walks on his chest. Big Show, then runs and bounces off of the ropes, and goes for a splash, but Sheamus moves out of the way at the last second. Big Show holds his stomach in pain as Sheamus slowly gets up. Big Show get up, but Sheamus drives Big Show in to the corner, using his shoulder, and rams Big Show in the gut three times using his shoulder. Sheamus, then grabs the Big Show, and attempts a White Noise on Big Show. Sheamus struggles a bit on executing the White Noise on a 500 pound giant, but he still successfully hits the move on Big Show. Sheamus goes to his corner, and tags in Randy Orton. Orton violently pounds on the mat with a bitter and venomous look, and waits for Big Show to get up. Big Show gets up, and Orton goes for the RKO, but Big Show pushes Orton off of him. Orton quickly gets up off of the mat, but Big Show goes for the WMD. Orton ducks the WMD, bounces off of the ropes, and hits an RKO out of nowhere on Big Show. Orton goes for the pin.
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Mark Henry breaks up the pin, as he entered the ring immediately after Orton went for the pin. Sheamus quickly enters the ring, and clotheslines Mark Henry out of the ring. Sheamus exits the ring as Orton pounds on the mat again, setting up for a second RKO on Big Show, but Sheamus tags Orton's foot, while Orton was pounding on the mat. Sheamus tries to go after the Big Show, but Orton stops Sheamus, and argues with him about blind tagging him. At the end of the argument between the two, Orton is heard saying “Forget it” and leaves the ring, while a confused Sheamus looks at Orton. Orton slowly heads up the ramp, while Sheamus is pissed off at him. Big Show gets up, turns Sheamus around, and hits the WMD right in the jaw of Sheamus. Sheamus falls out onto the mat out cold, and Big Show goes for the pin.
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And the winner of the match by pinfall.....BIG SHOW AND MARK HENRY!

Orton watches what just happened from on top of the stage, and then heads backstage, as Sheamus lays in the ring unconscious, and Big Show and Mark Henry celebrate their victory.

Matthews: You have got to be kidding me! Randy Orton ditched his own teammate, and left him there to fend for himself.

Striker: Sheamus got what he had deserved. If he never made the blind tag to Orton, then they might have possibly won the match.

Matthews: But that shouldn't be a good enough reason to ditch your partner in the ring like that. The question after tonight is that what will happen to the friendship that developed between Sheamus and Randy Orton? Find out on next week's episode of Friday Night Smackdown.

END OF SHOW​

Quick Results:
Dolph Ziggler def. Evan Bourne
Kofi Kingston def. Chris Jericho
Alberto Del Rio def. Jack Swagger
Richie Steamboat def. Heath Slater
Big Show and Mark Henry def. Sheamus and Randy Orton​

 

[GCB]

GCB FEEDBACK (SMACKDOWN):

OK, mate, feedback time. Start with basics: formatting is OK, I do like the use of quotes for the matches - I use them too - but I think the promos could use a bold or two colours to make it clear. You'll develop your format over time and it'll improve as you go.

Your match writing is solid enough - just enough detail for the TV shows although I, personally, prefer to see a bit more detail for the main event. I expect more for PPV matches as well. I'd look at the way you show pinfalls. Bold it, centre it, do something with it to make it look better than it does.

Promos are hit and miss - you nailed Barrett quite well but your Del Rio and Ricardo was, honestly, awful. Couldn't hear him saying that at all, particularly RR. Again, you'll get better at these the more you do them but try to read it back and listen to it in the voice of the guy saying it if you can.

The actual show. I'm not sure that starting with a simple conversation between ADR and RR was the way to start a show; to go on before the pyro/credits, it needed to be a really big piece of information for me. It also kinda made it too obvious that something was going to happen to Ricardo when ADR left him, surprise element lost.

Good to see Bourne back, you made him look good on return though I wouldn't have had him lose his first match back. But Ziggler needed the win too so it was the booking here. Bourne now needs some big wins and fast, maybe a good feud. EDIT: the Big E Langston thing could be fun.


Kozlov's vignette was good, I liked it. I didn't mind Kozlov as a heel, hated his babyface gimmick with Santino though. If he ploughs through people and is a mean ass kicking heel, that is good for me. One tip here though: did you need to put murder into it?

Didn't like the way Kofi protected Jericho, made Y2J look weak. IMO. Big E and Ziggler targeting Kofi and Bourne was interesting, is Kofi moving up to the main event? Hmm. I'd like to see but he'd need building. (and that is my copyright, I think you'll find! )

As I said before, Zeb/Swagger's attack on Ricardo was signposted a mile off. The attack to ADR when he went backstage gave away the ending of the match there too. There was no way you weren't having ADR win against all odds with all that before it! Sometimes, it is obvious where you're going but you have to try and keep people guessing. I don't think you got this storyline right in this show tonight. ADR should face Ziggler now I guess, I'm not sold on that. IT'll need something creative, mate. Ziggler has to go over and face Mr. Orton ...

Which brings me to the main event. In a moment, anyway. First off, I like the use of Barrett as a guy who "welcomes" the rookies into the WWE - Bo Dallas and Richie Steamboat for starters. However, you're painting yourself into a corner. Either the rookies win or Barrett wins. If the rookies win, Barrett's star will fade. If Barrett wins, the rookies don't get the big win to kickstart their careers. Tough one. I'd have 3MB in the role of losing to rookies - it could give one of 3MB, i.e. Drew Mc, a reason to split from the band too - rather than a guy like Barrett. Also, the father/son thing is done too much. IMO. Again.

Main event - no build for it in the show. Mistake. I never realised it was the main event until the END OF SHOW thing after it. The main event should be the exciting match of the night that you've built to in some way. Orton's heel turn is good, I wanted to see it IRL, but it wasn't as impactful because there was no build. Where was the Sheamus/Orton conversation backstage, where was the announcement of the main event? Orton turning on Sheamus = Orton vs. Sheamus at Extreme Rules but now what happens with Henry and Show?

Overall, a good start with a lot of promise. Things to work on though. Hope this helps.

GCB