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WWE RAW REPORT: MATCHES ANNOUNCED FOR TLC; DANIEL BRYAN IS BACK; A 'TRADITIONAL WRESTLING' CONTRACT SIGNING; AN UPSET IN THE RING; AND MORE

By Richard Trionfo on 2013-12-02 23:00:54
We are back and Renee Young is in the interview area with John Cena. She asks John about his historic match at TLC. She asks him what will it mean if he wins at TLC. John talks about the tradition of the World and WWE Titles. Which one stands taller? It has been a debate for the last five decades. If you lived in the South, the World Title meant the most. In the north, it was the WWE Championship. John says that it is time for change. He has been a WWE Champion and he is the World Champion. There is only one WWE now. They deserve one champion. He says that it means everything.

The Shield is in Sin Cara’s alternate locker room. Dean says that CM Punk couldn’t beat him. Seth says that Punk wouldn’t last with his muay thai fighting. Roman tells him to stay away from him. Dean tells Punk to believe in the Shield.

Match Number Six: Big Show, Cody Rhodes, and Goldust versus Dean Ambrose, Seth Rollins, and Roman Reigns

Show and Ambrose start things off and Ambrose with a waist lock but Show with a side head lock take down. Show with an elbow drop. Show with an Irish whip to the sternum and Ambrose goes down. Show with a Shhhhh chop to Ambrose. Show with another Shhhhh chop to Ambrose.

Rollins tags in and he kicks Show in the leg. Show with a shoulder tackle that flips Rollins. Show with a slam to Rollins. Show with an elbow drop to Rollins for a near fall. Show pushes Rollins into the corner so he can get a piece of Reigns.

Reigns tags in and they get face to chin. Reigns pushes Show and Show with forearms to the back and punches to the midsection. Reigns is sent into the turnbuckles and Show with a Shhhhh chop to Reigns. Reigns with a chop of his own but Show fires back to show Reigns how it is done.

Ambrose tags in and he kicks Show and connects with a head butt. Ambrose goes up top and Show grabs Ambrose and press slams him across the ring. Show with a wrist lock and Goldust tags in. Goldust with a punch to the ribs and then the head. Goldust sends Ambrose into the turnbuckles and follows with a snap mare.

Punk watches from the back while Cody tags in and hits Ambrose with a punch from the turnbuckles. Rhodes with a running boot to the head. Rollins tags in and Cody with a hip toss and gourdbuster. Goldust tags in and he punches Rollins. Goldust with a shoulder tackle but Rollins misses a leap frog when Goldust stops short. Goldust with a forearm for a near fall followed by an arm bar.

Cody tags back in and he punches Rollins and then gives Rollins an Irish whip followed by a back body drop for a near fall. Rollins punches Cody in the head and then he runs Cody into the corner and connects with shoulders and chops.

Rollins tags in Ambrose but Cody with a punch and he hip tosses Ambrose into the ring and he knocks Reigns off the apron. Cody with a moonsault to Ambrose and he tries for Cross Rhodes but Ambrose goes to the floor and he sends Cody’s arm into the ring post and then he wrings the arm and sends Cody to the mat. Ambrose gets a near fall.

We go to commercial.

We are back and Rollins with an arm bar on Rhodes. Ambrose tags in and he stomps on Rhodes’ abdomen and then he slams Cody’s arm into the mat. Reigns tags in and he punches Rhodes and he applies a key lock into an arm bar. Rhodes tries for Beautiful Disaster but Reigns with a forearm to the chest and Rhodes goes down. Rollins tags in and he kicks Rhodes.

Rollins with a forearm in the corner and then he kicks Rhodes while taunting him. Rollins runs his forearm across the face. Rollins misses a splash in the corner. Ambrose tags in and Cody drops Ambrose on the top rope and then he hits a springboard double drop kick to Rollins and Ambrose. Reigns tags in and misses an elbow drop.

Show is tagged in and he connects with two clotheslines. Show with an Irish whip into the corner followed by a back body drop. Show with a butt splash into the corner but when Show sets for the shoulder tackle as he comes off the ropes, Ambrose pulls the ropes down and Show goes over the top rope to the floor.

The referee starts his count and Show has some trouble getting back to his feet. Show gets in at eight and Reigns with kicks to Show. Rollins tags in and Punk is still watching the match. Rollins with a knee off the top turnbuckle and Show goes down. Rollins with kicks and then he kicks Show in the head. Rollins gets a near fall.

Ambrose tags in and he slides to block Show from getting to his corner and then he kicks Show. Rollins gets in a kick while Ambrose is talked to by the referee. Show with a shot to the midsection but Ambrose with kicks. Reigns tags in and he connects with a head butt. Show with a punch but Reigns with a front face lock.

Reigns with a flying clothesline and he gets a near fall. Ambrose tags in and Reigns holds Show for Ambrose to hit a snap elbow drop for a near fall. Ambrose with a reverse chin lock into a sleeper. Show with a Saito suplex to get out of the hold. Show with a choke slam to Reigns and both men are down.

Goldust and Rollins tag in and Goldust with clotheslines followed by a drop down uppercut and a reverse atomic drop. Goldust with punches in the corner but Rollins escapes. Goldust with a rana followed by a spinebuster for a near fall. Ambrose sends Rhodes to the apron and Ambrose drop kicks Rhodes off the apron. Rollins has Goldust up but Ambrose comes off the ropes and Show pulls down the ropes and Ambrose falls to the floor.

Goldust with a power slam to Rollins. Reigns with a spear to Show on the floor. Rhodes with a splash onto Reigns on the floor. Goldust sets for a superplex on Ambrose but Rollins is the legal man and he moves out of the way and Rollins gets the three count.

Winners: Dean Ambrose, Roman Reigns, and Seth Rollins

We go to commercial.

We are back and Renee Young is with CM Punk. She asks him about the announcement about his match at TLC.

Punk says that he is a kid at Christmas. He wants to kiss the cheek of the creative genius who came up with this match. Punk says that he feels pretty and he starts to sing.

Punk says that was not his reaction. He says that he is going down. He knows that he is going down. The question is, how many of the Shield is he taking down with him.

We have another Bad News Barrett Break from the Barrett Lectern. Barrett says that he has some bad news. This past Thursday, you Americans celebrated Thanksgiving. You ate turkey, stuffing, gravy, and pumpkin pie. As a result, your arteries are now clogged, you sweat when you eat, and you are all constipated.

Miz and Kofi Kingston are in the back and they are now friends because they will be facing Ryback and Curtis Axel.

We go to commercial.

Match Number Seven: Kofi Kingston and Miz versus Ryback and Curtis Axel

Miz and Axel start things off and Axel with a waist lock but Miz with a standing switch. Axel with an elbow and punch followed by a chop and punch in the corner. Miz floats over on an Irish whip and Miz with a clothesline. Kofi tags in. Miz with a snap mare and Kofi with a kick for a near fall. Kofi tags Miz back in and he goes up top for a double sledge to the arm.

Miz tries for a figure four leg lock but Axel gets to the ropes. Axel misses a clothesline but he does not miss with a Northern Lariat. Ryback tags in and Axel with an elbow to Miz and Ryback with a splash in the corner. Ryback with a slam and splash for a near fall.

Miz with kicks and punches but Ryback with kicks to Miz. Ryback with a delayed vertical suplex for a near fall. Ryback with a bear hug to Miz and he turns it into a waist lock. Miz with elbows and Ryback pulls Miz to the mat. Ryback sends Miz into the turnbuckles and he tags Axel back in.

Axel with a drop kick for a near fall. Ryback tags back in and he kicks MIz. Ryback with a snap mare and back heel kick to Miz for a near fall. Ryback with a bear hug. Ryback runs into an elbow from Miz. Kofi with a springboard clothesline but Ryback catches Kofi and sends him into the turnbuckles. Ryback hits Miz on the apron. Kofi with a double jump cross body for a near fall. Kofi with punches in the corner and he punches Axel off the apron but Ryback with a clothesline to Kofi on the apron.

Ryback with the musclebuster for the three count.

Winners: Ryback and Curtis Axel

After the match, Miz checks on Kofi and he helps Kofi up. Miz slaps Kofi and leaves.

It is time for Los Matadores and El Torito to sell merchandise.

Match Number Eight: Fandango (with Summer Rae) versus Mark Henry

They lock up and Henry sends Fandango to the mat. Mark scares Fandango back to the ropes. Fandango dances before trying for a kick and Henry picks up Fandango and he slams Fandango. Henry with a clothesline. Henry walks across Fandango’s chest. Mark dances in front of Summer and she gets on the apron but the distraction fails miserably and Henry with an elbow to Fandango.

Henry with an Irish whip. Henry with another Irish whip and he misses a splash in the corner. Fandango with punches and a kick to Henry. Fandango with punches and Henry pushes him away but Fandango with a drop kick to the knee followed by a DDT for a near fall. Fandango with kicks to the head.

Fandango goes up top but Henry catches him but he cannot hold on to Fandango and Fandango gets a near fall. Fandango with a punch but Henry with a clothesline and body block. Henry with the World’s Strongest Slam for the three count.

Winner: Mark Henry

After months of not doing recaps of Smackdown, we take a look back at last week’s show when Titus showed everyone what he ate.

We are back and Titus O’Neil and Darren Young are in the ring. We also found out that CM Punk will face a member of The Shield on Friday night.

Zeb Colter says that they are not glad to see the people of Oklahoma. What kind of men likes to puke on another man? That man is standing in front of them tonight. Titus gives new meaning to the letters ‘PTP’. It now stands for Prime Time Pukers. Deviant behavior like that will not be tolerated in the ring or in America.

Match Number Nine: Antonio Cesaro and Jack Swagger (with Zeb Colter) versus Titus O’Neil and Darren Young

Swagger and Titus start off and they lock up and go around the ring. Swagger with a knee and forearm to the back. Swagger with punches. Titus floats over and he connects with a splash in the corner. Titus with a kicks and he connects with a big boot to the chest and he barks. Titus with a fallaway throws but he runs into boots from Swagger in the corner.

Cesaro tags in and he punches Titus and kicks him. Cesaro sends Titus to the floor and he tags Swagger back in. Swagger with a clothesline on the floor. Swagger rolls Titus back into the ring and he gets a near fall. Swagger with a front face lock but Titus tries to get to his corner but Swagger runs Titus into his corner. Titus with punches but Swagger runs Titus into the corner again. Cesaro drops Titus on the top rope while the referee was not looking. Swagger with the double jump Swagger Bomb and Cesaro tags in and hits the leap frog double stomp.

Darren breaks up the cover but the referee sends him back to the apron. Cesaro with European uppercuts followed by a dead lift side salto and Swagger is tagged back in. Swagger and Cesaro with a double back elbow and Swagger gets a near fall. Cesaro tags in and he hits a suplex and gets a near fall.

Titus with an arm drag but Cesaro takes Titus down and he sets for the Giant Swing but he waits for the ruling from Zeb and Swagger but Cesaro decides to do it. Colter tells Cesaro to stop. Titus gets to his knees and he looks woozy and he falls into his corner.

Young tags in and he kicks Cesaro and connects with a clothesline and an overhead belly-to-belly throw. He knocks Swagger off the apron. Young with a clothesline into the corner followed by a Northern Lights suplex for a near fall. Young with a power slam to Swagger when he tries to interfere. Young with a kick and he comes off the turnbuckles but Cesaro with a European uppercut for the three count.

Winners: Jack Swagger and Antonio Cesaro

After the match, Titus looks like he is going to have a relapse from Friday night but he holds it down.

We are back and it is time to see what the WWE Universe wants the winner of the match at TLC to be called. They want the person to be known as the Unified Champion.

Triple H and Stephanie McMahon, a principal owner of WWE, make their way to the ring down the ramp past chairs, ladders, and tables.

Hunter says in two weeks at TLC, one of the most monumental matches in WWE has been scheduled. For the first time, the WWE Title and the World Title will be hanging above this ring. John Cena and Randy Orton will compete in a Tables, Ladders, and Chairs Match. The winner will walk out, not only as a Champion, but THE Champion.

Stephanie says that there will be one unified undisputed champion. Stephanie says that they guarantee it.

She brings out Randy Orton first. He is followed by John Cena.

Hunter thanks them for coming out to the ring. He tells them they can sit or stand.

Stephanie says that she got the message that Randy is bigger than the WWE.

Hunter says that Randy holds a title with a rich history. From Buddy Rodgers to Bruno Sammartino to Bob Backlund to Steve Austin to the Rock. Stephanie mentions that Triple H has held that title too.

John Cena is the World Champion. A title with a longer lineage. Going back to Gotch, Thesz, O’Connor, Harley Race, Ric Flair, Dusty Rhodes, Undertaker, Shawn Michaels. Stephanie mentions that Triple H held that title too.

This match was not made based on the suggestion of John Cena, but before they could commit to the match, they had to know that both men could carry on as the face of the WWE.

Both men have earned their place in history, but with the whole world watching, they have a moment in time to cement their legacy forever.

Hunter wants them to make it official. Randy signs it first and then John signs it.

Stephanie says that both men have an opportunity to Speak about this historic match up.

Randy goes first. He tells honey that she is right. Some of the biggest names have held these titles. No matter how great they were, Randy says that he is better than all of them, even Hunter. That is why they chose him to be the face of the WWE. They share something in common with the WWE Universe. They don’t like John Cena very much. Randy says that Hunter knows that he is the only one who can beat Cena and shut him up. He will walk out with both titles.

John interrupts and introduces himself to Randy and Randy says that he knows who John is and he reminds John about the time he kicked John’s father in his head.

Randy says that he has been turning the hopes and dreams of so many into nightmares. There is a reason he is called the Apex Predator. The only reason John was put on this Earth was to lose . . .

John tells Randy to shut up. He mocks Randy and he asks where Randy got ‘turning dreams into nightmares’. The only dream he did that to was Triple H because ten years ago Hunter tried to elevate Randy but it failed. John says that Randy is the most gifted WWE Superstar ever. He makes everything in the ring look easy. Randy got cocky, had a bad attitude, and then he got lazy.

Randy was the youngest WWE Champion in history. He was given mentors to lead him but Orton lost to a guy in a t-shirt and ball cap. John says that he is the first to enter and the last to leave. Orton is steaming mad about how he thinks he should be given the opportunities because of his family or his talents.

Randy was given his title while John says that he earned his title. If Randy gets anything from John at TLC, it will be because he earned it. He is not the Apex Predator, he is John Cena.

John tells Randy that he has two options. He can leave or he can make a move. He tells Randy that if he makes one single move to him right here, right now, this audience will be reminded of what a TLC match really is. He will bend a steel chair over his back. He will get close to a ladder, and he will be put through a table. John asks Randall if he is going to step up or step aside.

Orton pushes the chair away and then he tries to flip the table on Cena. Orton and Cena fight to the floor. Cena grabs the ladder and he hits Orton with it. Cena punches Orton and Orton with a head butt. Orton Irish whips Cena into the ring post. Orton readjusts the announce table. Cena grabs a ladder and he hits Orton with it.

Cena grabs a chair and he hits Orton in the ribs and back with it. Cena hits Orton again with the chair. Orton is hit in the head with the mic. Cena sends Orton head first into the ring steps. They go back into the ring and Cena takes too long to get back in the ring and Orton hits Cena with a ladder. Orton hits Cena in the back with the chair. Orton drives the chair into Cena’s abdomen. Orton clears some superfluous items from the ring while he sets up a table.

Orton sets up a table but Cena punches Orton and Cena sends Orton through a table propped up in the corner. Cena gives the thumbs down and then he gets Orton on his shoulders for an Attitude Adjustment through the table and then he sends Orton through the table. Cena stands over Orton with both title belts in his hands.

Triple H and Stephanie watch as we go to credits.


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