Match Number Five: Tamina Snuka and AJ Lee versus Cameron and Naomi
Tamina and Cameron start things off and Cameron tries for a rollup but Tamina kicks her away. Cameron with a head scissors and she goes for a wheelbarrow move but Tamina drops Cameron on the top rope and Tamina throws her vest on Cameron and she gets a near fall. Tamina with a waist lock on Cameron.
Tamina with a slam and AJ wants to be tagged in. AJ with a neck breaker and she skips around Cameron and gets a near fall. AJ with a reverse chin lock but Cameron with a jawbreaker. AJ keeps Cameron from making the tag. AJ knocks Noami off the apron and AJ with a Shining Wizard for the three count.
Winners: Tamina Snuka and AJ Lee
After the match, Tamina attacks Cameron but Naomi sends AJ into the turnbuckles and Naomi with leg lariats to Tamina. Naomi gives AJ the Rear View.
Randy Orton is looking for Triple H and Stephanie in the back. We go to commercial.
We are back and Randy Orton wants to know from Kane where the Authority is. He says that he is put in an unnecessary match at the Royal Rumble, Brock Lesnar is looking for him and Batista is coming back.
Kane says that he does not know where they are but Orton can take out his frustrations on Kofi Kingston tonight.
We are slightly more than 42 days away from the debut of the WWE Network so there are only a few thousand more mentions of the Network.
On the evening before Wrestlemania, the Hall of Fame will be inducting new people and the first inductee is the Ultimate Warrior.
Renee Young is in the interview area with Paul Heyman. She asks Paul about the events on last week’s Raw when Big Show physically dominated Brock Lesnar.
Renee asks how will Brock fare against Big Show.
Paul says that we are 13 days away from the Royal Rumble and as luck would have it, Big Show would try to impress his client by attacking an old man. Paul says that the removal of the pituitary gland could lead to a rampant case of stupidity. It was a boneheaded move to have Big Show pick a fight with his client, Brock Lesnar. It is one for Big Show to choke slam an All American or knock out his illegitimate grandpa, but he is not impressed and Brock is not impressed. He reminds Renee that Brock was a National Champion. Brock is the number one contender for the WWE World Championship.
Match Number Six: Randy Orton versus Kofi Kingston in a Non Title Match
Orton with a kick and forearm to the back. Orton sends Kofi to the floor and he connects with a European uppercut. Orton sends Kofi into the ringside barrier and then he gives Kofi a clothesline. Orton rolls Kofi back into the ring and he gets a near fall. Orton kicks Kofi in the corner. Orton with an Irish whip but Kofi gets his feet up and then he kicks and punches Orton.
Orton with a clothesline for a near fall. Orton with a boot to the back. Orton drops Kofi on the top rope and Kofi falls to the floor. Orton goes to the floor and he tries to send Kofi into the announce table but Kofi blocks it and Kofi sends Orton into the announce table a few times.
They go back into the ring and Orton sends Kofi into the turnbuckles. Orton puts Kofi on the turnbuckles and sets for a superplex and he hits it but he can only get a two count. Orton with boots to Kofi and then he stomps on the arm. Orton with a leaping knee drop for a near fall. Orton poses over Kingston and then he tries to punch Kofi but Kofi blocks it and Kofi with punches.
Kofi with a kick and he clotheslines Orton over the top rope to the floor. Kofi teases a dive to the floor but he bounces off the ropes. Orton moves when Kofi goes for a baseball slide. Orton tries to send Kofi into the ring steps but Kofi blocks it. Kofi with a clothesline from the apron and we go to commercial.
We are back and Orton with a belly-to-back suplex onto the ringside barrier. Orton sends Kofi into the announce table. Orton sends Kofi back into the ring and Randy gets a near fall. Orton with a reverse chin lock. Kofi with elbows and he hits a belly-to-back suplex and both men are down.
Kofi with punches but Orton holds on to the ropes when Kofi tries for Trouble in Paradise. Orton with a back body drop that sends Kofi over the top rope to the floor. Orton sends Kofi into the ring steps and then they return to the ring. Orton with a boot to the head and he gets a near fall. Orton with a reverse chin lock. Orton with a forearm to the back followed by an Irish whip but Kofi with an elbow.
Kofi with chops followed by a drop kick attempt but Orton knew it was coming and he swats it away. Orton with a boot to the back of the head. Orton points to the imaginary Wrestlemania sign in the sky and then he picks up Kofi. Orton tries for a European uppercut but Kofi counters with a back slide for a near fall.
Orton with a European uppercut and then he applies a quarter nelson and chin lock. Orton turns it into a side head lock. Orton misses a knee drop. Kofi with a leaping clothesline and then he goes for the Boom Drop but Orton moves. Orton picks up Kofi and sends him to the apron for the IEDDT but Kofi gets back into the ring and Kofi with the SOS for the three count.
Winner: Kofi Kingston
After the match, Orton takes out his frustrations on the ring steps and then the announce table gets attacked for laughing at Orton’s loss. Orton attacks John Cena’s father but security pulls Orton away.
John Cena comes to ringside to check on his dad and Orton runs to the back. Orton checks on his father as we go to commercial.
We are back and John Cena’s father is being stretchered out of the building after the attack by Randy Orton.
Match Number Seven: Goldust and Cody Rhodes versus Curtis Axel and Ryback in a Non Title Match
Goldust and Axel start things off. Goldust with an arm drag. Axel with punches to Goldust. Goldust with a kick and drop down uppercut. Ryback tags in and he lock up and puts Goldust in a side head lock and shoulder tackle. Ryback wants a test of strength and Goldust with a punch. Cody tags in and Goldust sends Ryback into a boot from Cody and then Cody hits a moonsault for a near fall.
Goldust tags in and he punches Ryback. Axel tries to attack Goldust from behind but Goldust with an elbow. Axel with a clothesline that misses but the second one connects to the back of the head. Axel with kicks and punches in the corner. Axel with a drop kick and he gets a near fall. Axel with a knee and forearm to the back.
Ryback tags in and Axel with an elbow and Ryback with a splash for a near fall. Ryback with a reverse chin lock. Goldust with punches but Ryback presses Goldust over his head and he hits a power slam. Ryback gets a near fall. Ryback with kicks to the back. Axel tags in and he punches Goldust. Goldust with a back elbow out of the corner.
Ryback tags in and he punches Goldust and Irish whips him. Goldust with a boot and bulldog and both men are down. Cody tags in and he clotheslines Axel and then he floats over and gets a near fall with a sunset flip. Cody with a drop down uppercut and then he kicks Axel in the abdomen and follows with a springboard drop kick.
Cody goes up top for a moonsault but Ryback goes after him on the apron. Cody with Beautiful Disaster to Ryback and Goldust knocks Ryback off the apron. Axel with a rollup for a near fall and then Rhodes hits Cross Rhodes for the three count.
Winners: Goldust and Cody Rhodes
Rey Mysterio walks in the back as we go to commercial.
We are back with a Batista video package. Remember that he is coming back next week.
Rey Mysterio appeared in the Goldman Box and he says that he lasted the longest in the Royal Rumble match when he won and he will win again.
Match Number Eight: Rey Mysterio versus Alberto Del Rio
They lock up and Del Rio with a kick and punches to Rey. Del Rio with a slam for a near fall. Rey with a head scissors that sends Alberto into the ropes but Del Rio cannot bounce away from the ropes and he gets stuck. Del Rio gets to the floor when Rey starts for the 619. Rey with a seated splash off the apron.
Rey goes up top and he hits another seated splash. Del Rio with a back heel kick. Del Rio with a sunset flip but Rey rolls through and kicks Del Rio in the head and gets a near fall. Del Rio with divorce court and then he punches Rey. Del Rio with an arm bar.
Rey with a forearm but Del Rio with a tilt-a-whirl back breaker. Del Rio wraps the arm in the ropes and the referee warns Alberto. Del Rio with an Irish whip but Del Rio goes for a shoulder into the corner but Rey moves and Del Rio hits the post and Del Rio falls to the floor.
Del Rio runs into boots from Rey. Del Rio gets sent into the ropes on a head scissors and Rey hits the 619 but Del Rio stops Rey and Rey hangs from the turnbuckles. Del Rio with a super kick to the back of the head. Del Rio calls for the cross arm breaker and he applies it and Rey taps out.
Winner: Alberto Del Rio
After the match, Alberto asks Batista what he thinks about what happened to his friend Rey Mysterio. If Batista shows up next week, the same thing will happen to him. The Hero will become a Zero after Alberto eliminates Batista in the Royal Rumble. The ignorance will end and people will talk about Alberto Del Rio.
We go to commercial.
We are back and did you know that the WWE will have a network debuting in about 6 weeks?
CM Punk is in the office and he wants to know where The Authority is. Kane tells Punk that they aren’t here. Punk says that it is convenient that he had to deal with The Shield for months and now he has to deal with Hunter’s friends, the New Age Outlaws. Punk says that Hunter doesn’t have to hide behind anyone.
Kane tells Punk that he could main event Wrestlemania. CM Punk is going to be in the Royal Rumble match. Kane tells Punk that if he has a problem with that, then Kane has a problem with him.
Punk has no problem with that, but he has a problem with Kane.
We go to comments from the Usos. They say that they are completely prepared and their preparation is at its peak. He tells them to move aside because here they come.
The cage is ready (sans the cage lowering music).
We go to commercial.
We are back and Goldust and Cody Rhodes will be facing Billy Gunn and BG James.
Before the match starts, Kane brings the official Authority chain and lock for the cage door.
Match Number Nine: Bray Wyatt and Daniel Bryan (with Erick Rowan and Luke Harper) versus Jimmy Uso and Jey Uso in a Steel Cage Match
Wyatt and Bryan with punches but Jey with an elbow to Bryan and then Jey with a drop kick to Bray. Bryan has a punch blocked by Jimmy and Jimmy with a punch to Wyatt. Wyatt sends Jimmy into the cage. Bryan uses the cage on Jey while Wyatt works over Jimmy. Bryan with a drop kick to the back while Jey hangs between the ropes and the cage. Wyatt catapults Jimmy into the cage. Jey with punches to Bryan but Bryan sends Jey into the cage but Jey climbs the cage.
Bryan and Jey fight on the top of the cage and they give each other head butts and Jey sends Bryan’s head into the top of the cage. Wyatt grabs Jey and he pulls him back into the cage. Wyatt sends Jey into the cage and he falls to the mat. Jimmy pulls Wyatt off the ropes and to the mat. Jimmy hits Bryan from behind.
Jimmy with a side Russian leg sweep off the top rope and both men are down. We go to commercial.
We are back and Bryan with a European uppercut to Jey but Jey with punches. Jimmy with a kick to Wyatt and then they climb the turnbuckles. Jimmy kicks Bray away and Jimmy with a corkscrew senton on Wyatt and he gets a near fall. Bryan sends Jimmy into the cage. Bryan puts Jey in the tree of owe and he kicks Jey in the chest. Bryan with a baseball slide. Bryan climbs to the top of the cage but Jimmy tries to stop him. Jey pulls himself out of the tree of owe and they hit a double belly-to-back superplex.
Wyatt breaks up a cover. Wyatt sends Jey into the cage and then he blocks a super kick from Jimmy. Bray goes for Sister Abigail on Jimmy but Jey with a super kick to Wyatt and everyone is down. Jey tries to get Jimmy up and climb the cage. Wyatt and Bryan stop them while Harper and Rowan watch.
Bryan and Jey fight on top of the cage while Wyatt and Jimmy fight on the top rope. Jey head butts Bryan off the cage and it crotches Wyatt. Jey with a cross body onto Rowan to get to the floor and then Jimmy hits the floor to win the match.
Winners: Jimmy Uso and Jey Uso
After the match. Wyatt yells at Bryan. Wyatt whispers in Bryan’s ear again and Bryan assumes the position. Wyatt prepares to give Bryan Sister Abigail, but Bryan refuses. Wyatt yells at Bryan and he tells him if he wants to hurt him, go ahead. Bray gets on his knees and he tells him to bring it.
Bryan does nothing and Wyatt calls Bryan a coward. Wyatt misses a charge into the corner and Bryan with kicks followed by three drop kicks in the corner. Bryan with kicks to the chest and a round kick to the head.
Rowan and Harper try to get into the cage while Daniel Bryan removes his Wyatt Family issued suit. Bryan sends Wyatt into the cage to knock Harper and Rowan off the cage. Bryan with the flying knee.
Bryan climbs to the top of the cage and we go to credits with the crowd chanting ‘YES’ with him.
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