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We are live at the ROH Tenth Anniversary show in New York! You can order the iPPV by clicking the link above.
Coverage will commence at 5 PM. I will be handling live play by play while Stu Carapola will be posting his live, ongoing thoughts from the show as well.
Pre-Show Notes: Visiting at the show are Quiet Storm and Brian XL...ROH management was very happy with last night's Sinclair TV taping....There will be some CHIKARA involvement as Grand champion Eddie Kingston is here....They are playing old theme songs from the early days of ROH as fans enter the venue....Several wrestlers from Womens Superstars Unleashed are also in the house, including Marti Belle.
ROH Tenth Anniversary Internet PPV Coverage.
Your commentary team is Kevin Kelly and Nigel McGuinness. They got a huge ovation. The crowd chanted for Nigel and then for Kevin Kelly.
The crowd then chanted for Cary Silkin.
They went live on the air. Nigel and Kelly welcomed everyone. Nigel said that ten years ago, ROH was formed to show that pro wrestling wasn't dead. He said that ten years later, ROH is alive and kicking and so is pro wrestling. He said that is thanks to everyone who is in ROH, everyone who helped build the company and all the fans of ROH.
They sent it to a pre-taped promo from the All Night Express.
Charlie Haas & Shelton Benjamin vs. The All Night Express.
All Night Express have new outfits. They went face to face and argued with the former champs before the bell.
Benjamin and Rhett Titus opened up. Titus worked him over with hard chops in the corner and drilled him with a running clothesline in the corner. He followed up with a running bulldog and brought him into the Express' corner. Kenny King worked over Benjamin and worked him over on the mat. Benjamin fought to his feet and they went back and forth. Benjamin cut him off with a kick to the gut. He and Haas began working over King in the corner. Haas mocked the crowd, which was all over him.
Haas whipped King into the ropes but King ducked a big boot and nailed a dropkick. The Express went for a double team but Haas avoided it. He tossed King to the floor but was caught by Titus with a neckbreaker. Benjamin hit the scene but the Express tossed them to the floor and hit a double flip dive out of the ring to the floor.
Back in the ring, Haas covered up as Titus worked him over. The referee held Titus back. Haas shoved King, and the referee stopped King from getting in the ring. That allowed Benjamin to attack Titus' bad knee from behind. Haas and Benjamin began taking turns working over Titus' knee. Haas brought him into the corner and tied his leg in the ropes, then charged and drilled it with a knee. Benjamin brought him over to the ringpost and locked in a figure four on the rail. King tried to help but was cut off by Haas and thrown out hard to the floor.
Back in the ring, Titus tried to make the tag but was cut off by Benjamin and was caught in a leg submission. He tried to roll over and pin Benjamin while trapped in it to no avail. Titus fought him off but was cut off. Haas tagged in and continued working him over. Haas finally missed a punch and King made the hot tag. King wet nuts with offense, allowing Titus to nail an enziguri to Benjamin.
King locked in a one legged crab on Haas but Benjamin attacked. King was sent into the corner but came off with a moonsault for a two. The Express double teamed him with dropkicks. Titus covered Benjamin for a two count. Haas hit the scene but was nailed a kick. He came back with a big boot and a big German suplex.
King tagged in but was caught with a Haas inverted atomic drop and a big boot by Benjamin for a two count. The crowd tried to rally the Express as Rhett fired up with a series of punches and worked over Haas. He nailed a clothesline that sent them both over the top to the floor. Benjamin and King went into a series of near fall reversals until King finally caught Benjamin and scored the pin.
Your winners, The All Night Express!
Really, really strong opener. They had some great back and forth action and Benjamin doing what I believe may have been his first pinfall loss in ROH was a real shock to the audience. Haas and Benjamin were absolutely great as heels. Great kickoff.
Mike Bennett (with Bob Evans & Maria Kanellis) vs. Homicide
The crowd was all over Bennett when he came out, chanting CM Punk at Kanellis. Bennett said they are talking about the Best in the World and said he was going to do to Homicide what he should do the entire city, take a big old crap on it. Homicide hit the ring and attacked Bennett. Homicie was wearing his outfit from the first-ever ROH show when he was one half of the Natural Born Sinners. No rubber chicken though!
They rang the bell and Homicide worked Bennett over, beating the hell out of him all over the outside, running him into the rail. Bennett started making a comeback but Homicide tossed him to the floor. He went for the tope con hilo to the outside but Evans pulled Bennett out of the way and nailed Homicide. Bennett worked over Homicide and tossed him back into the ring. He worked over Homicide with a series of rights and suplexed him over for a two count.
He whipped Homicide into the corner and clotheslined him then dropkicked him for a near fall. He whipped Homicide into the ropes but put his head down and Homicide kicked him. Homicide rebounded off the ropes but was caught with a spinebuster. He ripped a Yankees shirt off of Homicide and wiped his rear with it. That fired up Homicide who nailed an Ace Crusher. They fought to their feet and battled back and forth. Homicide nailed him with a powerbomb, then locked on an STF. Shout out to Samoa Joe! Homicide led the move go and went after Bob Evans.
Bennett tried to charge him but was nailed with a back elbow. He went to the top but was cut off by Bennett. Bennett went for a superplex but Homicide cut him off and teased a Pepsi Plunge off the top. Bennett backdropped him into the ring. Homicide cut off Bennett and nailed a neckbreaker. He called for the GTS but Maria got on the ropes. Bennett slipped out and charged. Homicide moved and Maria was almost nailed. Homicide grabbed Bennett and nailed the GTS. He started screaming at Maria and made the CM Punk straightedge symbol.
Bennett grabbed Homicide from behind and rolled him up, hooking the tights for the pin.
Your winner, Mike Bennett!
Homicide immediately laid out Bennett and then Bob Evans. He went after Maria, who was in the ring but they pulled her out of the ring.
Homicide took the mic and put over the fans and the promotion afterward, ripping on Boston in he process.
A solid match. I loved the old school Homicide look.
CHIKARA Grand champion Eddie Kingston was introduced. Kevin Kelly said that ROH will be cross-promoting events across the country. He said the first would be 4/28 in Chicago with CHIKARA. Kingston said that he was happy to be here and happy to be in NYC. He said that he was most excited to see ROH champion Davey Richards. He said that he had an idea. Richards' music played but then changed and out came Kevin Steen, carrying a tennis racquet and eating a banana.
Steen came that it was really good to see Kingson, but he was wondering what exactly happened. He asked Kingston when he became such a bitch. He said that he heard Kingston was talking about how great it was to be here. He says that Kingston said it was great to be back, but he used to be here until Jim Cornette came and took over and you disappeared. He said that he thinks that's not what Kingston thinks inside. He said that he knows people would like to see them fight but he also thinks a lot of people would want to see them tear down the business together. He said they could destroy CHIKARA and ROH and rebuild it. Kingston said that CHIKARA was his home and where he was born and where he was die. He said that teaming with Steen would be cool but he's not about destroying anything. Steen said ROH was cool until Cornette took over but Steen is taking care of that. He said that if he loves CHIKARA that's fine but it's a bullsh** Mickey Mouse promotion. Kingston told Kelly to get out of the ring. He said that he lost his wife and his kids for CHIKARA and he'll live and die for CHIKARA and he would "f***ing kill Steen" for running his mouth. It was an awesome promo. Steen backed off and said he didn't come to fight but plans change. They brawled. A ton of ROH officials and ring crew pulled them apart. Kingston was pulled from the ring and the CHIKARA belt was left in the ring with Steen. Steen teased pulling his penis out and pissing on the belt, which brought CHIKARA stars the Colony out. They worked over Steen and threw him out of the ring. Red Ant then hit a big dive onto everyone on the floor. A super hot angle and segment.
The House of Truth (Roderick Strong & Michael Elgin with Truth Martini) vs. The Amazing Red & TJ Perkins
Big pop for the return of Red. The crowd chanted "House of Glory" (Red's school) and "F*** TNA." Perkins and Elgin started off. They went back and forth. Red tagged in and was sent into the corner. Red went for a waistlock but was unable to move the big man. Red was able to use a dropkick to take Elgin to his knees and work him over. Strong hit the scene but was hit with some offense, sending him to the floor with a flying head scissors. Red and Perkins hit a double springboard bodypress.
It settled down to Elgin and Perkins. Perkins tried to come off the ropes with a tornado DDT but was caught and turned into an over the shoulder powerslam for a two count. Strong tagged in and nailed a backbreaker, then locked in a rear chinlock. Red nailed a ton of spinkicks and a dropkick off the ropes on Strong but was attacked by Elgin. Red hit a twisting move that turned into a DDT for the pin.
Red hit a pescado to the floor. Perkins and Red then did stereo twisting splashes on Martini and Strong on the other side. Red and Perkins worked over Elgin. Red nailed the Code Red on Elgin. They went back and forth with an insane series of moves and near falls until Strong shot Red into the air for a backbreaker and Elgin caught him with a stiff lariat for the pin.
Your winners, The House of Truth!
Really HOT match. Perkins and Red made a hell of a team. Imagine them against the Bucks or Express or Briscoes? I really thought this was the best House of Truth ever looked overall. Just an impressive match.
In between each match, the crowd is doing the Daniel Bryan "YES!" as a chant. Pretty cool way to show respect for someone who put the place on the map.
ROH TV champ Jay Lethal vs. Tommaso Ciampa (with The Embassy)
They locked up and went back and forth. Ciampa went to the outside and Jay hit a springboard dropkick off the corner, sending him to the floor. He went for a dive and took out RE Evans on the floor but Ciampa clotheslined him on the outside. Ciampa worked over Jay on the floor, sending him into the railing and beating him.
Ciampa worked over Lethal. Lethal tried to come back with a handspring elbow but was dropkicked in the face while upside down. Ciampa began picking him apart on the mat, then whipped him into the ropes and drilled him with a back elbow. Ciampa continued working Lethal over but Lethal began firing back with chops. They went back and forth with chops until Lethal drilled him with a series back into the corner. He whipped Ciampa into the opposite corner but it was reversed and Ciampa dropkicked him into the corner.
Ciampa worked over Lethal in the corner with a series of running knees but when he went for another, Lethal snapped him with a superkick. Lethal worked him over with chops and clotheslines. Lethal nailed the handspring elbow for a two count. They battled back and forth on the top and Lethal nailed Ciampa off the ropes and back into the ring. Lethal hit the flying elbow and scored a two count.
Ciampa and Lethal battled back and forth on the apron, chopping each other. Ciampa ducked one and nailed the Air Raid Crash on the apron outside with two minutes remaining. The referee began counting them out and it looked like it would end up a double countout but they returned at the 19 count with a minute remaining.
Lethal fired up on Ciampa but The Embassy got on the apron. They were all nailed by Lethal, except for Mia Yim, who's dress was grabbed and ripped by Lethal. Lethal beat the hell out of Ciampa, who started firing back as the time limit expired.
15 Minute Draw.
Lethal tried to call for five more minutes, which the crowd wanted but Ciampa attacked him and nailed the powerbomb over the knees, leaving Lethal laying. Ciampa took the TV title belt and walked out with it. When Lethal recovered and realized they stole the belt, he ran to the back.
The next event here is Sunday 6/24. We are now at intermission!
They began playing "Final Countdown", which was Bryan Danielson's theme here and the place went NUTS!
They followed that by playing Punk's old theme song, and they even ran the old lighting effects. That was pretty damn awesome. We are a long way from the Murphy Rec Center.
ROH Tag Team champions The Briscoes vs. The Young Bucks.
The Bucks attacked the Briscoes during the ring introductions but the Briscoes nailed a double clothesline. They sent Nick Jackson to the floor then hit a double Beel over the top on Matt, sending him onto his brother on the floor. The Briscoes went to the floor and worked over the challengers, sending them into the railing. All four battled around ringside with the Briscoes trashing the Bucks.
Back in the ring, Jay worked over Matt Jackson, nailing a leaping clothesline in the corner. Mark joined in the beating, slamming him into the apron. The champs began working over Matt in the corner. They drilled him with a pair of dropkicks. They slammed him and drilled him with a double shoulderblock for a two count. Nick went after Jay, who chased him around ringside. When they hit the ring, Matt grabbed Jay in a standing headscissors and Nick dropkicked him, turning the tide.
The Bucks began working over Jay but Mark hit the scene. It turned into a brawl. Matt ducked, sending Mark ove r the top. The Bucks worked him over but Mark began nailing a series of chops on Matt. Matt backdropped him. Mark landed on his feet but was superkicked by Nick, who then hit a pescado to the floor on Jay.
The Briscoes worked over Mark in their corner. Mark fought his way out and drilled Matt with a series of headbutts. He made the hot tag to Jay, who clotheslined him. Mark killed him with a stiff dropkick. Jay stomped the hell out of Matt. Nick tried to springboard in but was caught and slammed onto his brother. The Briscoes hit an awesome powerbomb neckbreaker combination on Matt for a two count. Nick pulled Mark to the floor and superkicked him. He then springboarded in and drilled Jay with an X-Factor. Matt rolled him up for a two count.
They hung Jay on the ropes and Nick came off the ropes with a 450 splash for a two count. The Bucks battled with Jay Briscoe. They nailed him with a pair of stereo superkicks for a two count. They set up Jay for More Bang for Your Buck but Mark sent Matt off the top to the rail. The Briscoes nailed the Doomsday Device on Nick Jackson, scoring the pin.
Your winners and still ROH Tag Team champions, The Briscoes!
Good back and forth tag match.
Kevin Steen vs. Jimmy Jacobs (with Steve Corino) - No DQ
Corino took the mic and said he was going to explain what's going to happen here. He told Steen that it's gone too far. He said Steen beat his ass all over the ring at Final Battle and he hasn't wrestled since. He asked if he believes Corino is going to let this continue, he's crazy. He said that it's time to move on. He said that he and Jacobs talked about it and this will be an unpopular decision but there's not going to be a No DQ match tonight. Steen took the mic. He told Corino that the man he knew would have punched him in the face for taking the mic, but Corino just stands there sulking.
Jacobs attacked Steen while Corino was confused. He removed his jacket to reveal the jacket he wore the night he stood under a gushing Jay Briscoe at the Chicago PPV. Corino was telling him not to do it but joined the announcers. Jacobs tossed chairs into the ring. Jacobs sat Steen in a chair in the aisle and did a running dive off the top onto Steen.
Jacobs tried to nail Steen with a chair but Steen ducked. They battled over it and Steen pulled Jacobs towards it. Steen hit a cannonball in the corner. Steen plowed Jacobs into the barricade. They brawled all over the aisle. Steen climbed atop the rail but was grabbed and slammed hard by Jacobs. Steen came back to ram Jacobs into a ringpost, then followed up with a steel chair. He pulled a piece of the barricade out and slammed Jacobs on it. Steen nailed him with another chair. They continued waging war on each other by the stage.
They brawled back to the ring, where Jacobs covered Steen for a two count. Jacobs began beating Steen's head into the chairs on the mat. He set up a table on the floor. He attempted to suplex Jacobs out of the ring onto the table but Steen blocked it and dragged him into the ring. He tried to powerbomb Jacobs outside but Jacobs escapes. He dropped down when Jacobs charged, sending him over the top to the floor. He then powerbombed Jacobs on the apron and did it again on a second side of the ring.
Steen gets in Corino's face and returns to Jacobs. He tries to powerbomb him off the apron onto the table but Jacobs landed on his feet. They battled on the apron. Jacobs speared Steen through the ropes through the table. Back in the ring, Jacobs went for a Contra Code off the ropes onto some chairs but Steen caught him and sent him into the chairs for a two count. Steen ascended to the top rope. Steen nailed a swanton but Jacobs gets his knee up.
Jacobs pulled out the spike he used duiring the Age of the Fall He charged and missed stabbing the turnbuckle. Steen nailed the F5 but was too tired to make the cover. He finally went for it, but changed his mind and set up a chair in the middle of the ring. He then set up another as Corino stood up, shaking his head. He sets the chairs back to back and goes for an F5 onto the chairs. Jacobs fought out, grabbed the spike and stabbed Steen, who was busted open. Jacobs began staring at the spike, then dropped it, shocked at what he did.
Steen grabbed the spike and spiked him in the crotch, then nailed the F5 onto the chairs. He covered Jacobs for the pin.
Your winner, Kevin Steen!
ROH champ Davey Richards & Kyle O'Reilly vs. Eddie Edwards & Adam Cole
Cole and Kyle started off but before they could lock up, Richards tagged himself in. Richards backed him into the corner and there was a clean break. Richards brought hm down to the mat, working over his arm. They went back and forth with some nice reversals, until Cole dropkicked Richards. Richards shoulderblocked him down, but was caught in a sunset flip. They went into a series of reversals leading to Cole going for a kick but Richards evaded. They faced off.
They tagged out to their partners. They went into a knucklelock test of strength and began headbutting each other. Edwards took him down to the mat for a near fall. They went back and forth until Kyle caught him with an armbar. Edwards turned that into a leg submission and they finally faced off. Cole tagged in as did Richards.
Richards began tagging Cole with a series of kicks to the chest. They went back and forth until Richards nailed a dropkick as Cole was rebounding off the ropes. Kyle tagged in and he drilled Cole, who came back with a series of shoulderblocks. Kyle cut him off with a back suplex and tagged Richards. He cinched in an Indian Death Lock. Edwards and Richards tagged in and they went back and forth. Richards drilled Edwards with a running forearm, then hit a dive to the outside on Cole. Edwards nailed a back suplex off the ropes but Eddie fought out of it. He and Kyle went back and forth, killing each other with disgustingly stiff chops.
Kyle began throwing some stuff kicks. Edwards chopped him in the neck and went for another but Kyle blocked and hit a sick back suplex for a two count. Cole tagged in and tried to roll up Kyle, who shoved him off. Cole nailed a leg lariat fora two count. Cole caught Kyle on the ropes and slammed him for a two count. They battled back and forth with forearms. Cole was caught with a leaping knee and Richards leapt into the ring and drilled him with a kick for a two count.
Richards locked in the Texas Cloverleaf. Edwards was trying to interfere so Kyle warded him off and assisted in the submission. Kyle began doing a series of rolling butterfly suplexes for a two count. Cole fired back against Richards and Kyle. Richards went for an enziguiri but Cole ducked and Kyle was nailed. Cole maneuvered Kyle into DDTing Davey. Edwards tagged in and nailed a leaping missile dropkick on both. He worked over Davey with a brainbuster for a two count.
They battled back and forth. Edwards backdropped his own partner over the top on Davey and Kyle on the floor. Edwards and Richards returned to the ring. Richards went to the top but was kicked by Edwards and superplexed off. Cole hit a top rope splash and Edwards covered him for a two count. Richards fired back with several elbows to the neck but was flipped over with a suplex into a sitdown slam for another two count. Cole and Edwards went for the American Wolves finisher but Richards fought them off and rolled through with an anklelock on Cole. Edwards went to break it but Kyle attacked him and locked on a submission. It tuirned into several reversals, leading into the former Wolves locked on submissions while face to face and slapping the hell out of each other.
Cole and Kyle grabbed their opponents and nailed back suplexes, then traded vicious strikes and punches. Cole then hit a nasty looking Cactus clothesline to the outside. Richards and Edwards began exchanging strikes and kicks, laying each other out. They made the tag to Cole and Kyle, who faced off. They charged each other with kicks, mirroring each other. They went for suplexes on Edwards and Richards but it was reversed with all four tumbling out of the ring to the floor.
All four battered men returned to the ring. Cole and Richards battling in one corner, Edwards and Kyle in the other. Richards and Eddie kept trying to one up each other with chops and kicks. They then faced off in the center of the ring, chopping and kicking each other stiffly. Richards nailed a sick clothesline that folded Edwards upside down in half. This left Kyle and Cole to battle it out with sick slaps, kicks and chops, with Cole finally getting the best of it and a near fall. Cole kicked Richards off the apron. He and Edwards used a lungblower into a backstabber for another two count on Kyle.
Kyle fought back with kicks on both his opponents but was nailed off the top with a sitdown F5 off the top. Cole covered Kyle but Richards dove in to break up the pinfall. Edwards whipped Cole into Kyle who kicked him off, then sent Edwards to the floor. Kyle nailed the leaping knee off the apron on Eddie. Richards nailed a double stomp on Cole, who kicked out. Cole was drilled with several kicks until a punt to the face and a back suplex but kicked out again.
Richards slapped him but Cole kicked him. Kyle nailed a brainbuster on him as Richards kicked him. Edwards broke it up and nailed a top rope stomp on Richards. Cole superkicked Richards in mid-air. They nailed the Wolves old finish on Richards for another two count. Edwards and Richards battled on the top rope. Richards fought him off but Edwards nailed a running knee and hit a top rope rana into the ring. Edwards powerbombed Richards onto Cole's knees but it went wrong. The crowd knew it too. Kyle hit the scene for the save and slapped them but both Cole and Eddie hit a double big boot to the face. Edwards went for a powerbomb, but saw Cole hit a tornado DDT onto Kyle off the apron to the floor.
Richards small packaged him for a two count. They went into a series of reversals. Edwards went for the codebreaker off the second rope but Richards turned it into a anklelock. Cole tagged in and nailed a bodypress off the ropes and pinned Richards, shocking the crowd.
Your winners, Adam Cole & Eddie Edwards!
Really great match with a shocking finish that brought Cole up to the next level.
Richards took the mic and started to speak but stopped. He then congratulated Cole on getting the win. They shook hands and faced off. Kyle refused and said he doesn't shake hands with anyone he doesn't respect. Richards got mad. Kevin Steen showed up in the balcony and said he doesn't respect any of them and he wasn't going to let the Anniversary show end with a "Davey Richards b**chfest." He said he wishes he had a Colt 45 to shoot Richards and said "Young Wolves Rising" was the worst name he ever heard. He said the show should have been titled Kevin Steen steals the show. He said that the future is ugly and it's him. He said it should have been Richards vs. Kevin Steen for the title. He said that some people think it's not happening because Davey is scared. He said that the truth is Cornette is afraid. He said Davey is the one person that can change Cornette's mind. He said that until Davey gets Cornette to change his mind, Steen is going to haunt him until he makes it happen. He said that Davey is a jiu-jitsu jackoff and "that's trending worldwide."
That's it from NYC everyone. Thanks for logging in with us tonight on PWInsider.comWe are in Buffalo, New York and your announcers are Michael ‘Will anyone mind this Brett Hull sweater’ Cole and Jerry ‘How about some Buffalo Wings to go with last week’s Sonic’ Lawler?
We have the old announce table and the WWF era jackets. Jerry and Michael wonder what Undertaker’s entrance at the start of the show meant.
CM Punk and Paul Heyman make their way to the ring.
Punk says that he should be main eventing this year’s Wrestlemania. He should be defending his championship in the main event of this year’s Wrestlemania, but he is not. Not because of anything he did or didn’t do. He is not in the main event of Wrestlemania or the champion because of the fans. They stole from him what he holds most precious.
Punk tells specific fans they screwed him. In screwing him, they only screwed themselves. If he is not going to be in the main event of Wrestlemania, there is no point for CM Punk to be at Wrestlemania.
What the world just saw gives him that purpose. They took from him and now he is going to take from them. He is going to beat the Undertaker at Wrestlemania. If the people like the 20-0 streak, but they roll their eyes at a 434 day title reign? Punk says that he backs it up when he says that he is the best. Nobody else has done anything great in their lives. If they steal from him, he steals from them.
Punk has a new number for the fans. That number is 20-1. That one is drug free, alcohol free, and straight edge. That one is CM Punk and he stands in front of you on Raw. He will beat the streak and he tells everyone to deal with it.
Randy Orton’s music plays and he has something to say. Randy tells Punk that he shouldn’t be so confident. Randy reminds Punk that he beat him at Wrestlemania. Randy reminds Punk that he faced the Undertaker eight years ago at Wrestlemania and he came close. Randy says that he is no longer a rookie. He is the most dangerous man in the locker room. He is the apex predator.
Randy asks the WWE Universe who they would rather see face the Undertaker at Wrestlemania.
Not to be outdone, a third man has thrown his hat into the ring and that is the Big Show. Show tells them that they are running off at the lip about facing the Undertaker. What do they think they have to beat the Undertaker. Show says that he faced the Undertaker, but he didn’t have his fist back then.
If you are going to take on the phenom and beat the streak, you need to be more than a Viper or Straight Edge. You need to be a Giant. That giant is going to knock that streak into oblivion.
Sheamus makes his way onto the stage and he says that everyone has been talking about how they are going to beat the Undertaker. Sheamus says that he has never faced the Undertaker so he has never lost to him. With the streak on the line, it will take more than a big fist, a GTS, or an RKO to put the big man down. Maybe it will take his big boot, all the heart in the world, and a little luck to achieve the impossible. When you have the luck of the Irish on your side, anything is possible.
Vickie Guerrero comes out and says that the man who will beats the Undertaker and ends the streak at Wrestlemania will cement their legacy as the best of all time. In order to determine who gets to break the streak, there will be a fatal four way match. The winner will face The Undertaker at Wrestlemania.
Ryback is walking in the back and he will face Antonio Cesaro because it feels like the feud has been going for twenty years.
We go to commercial.
We are back and Antonio Cesaro is in the Goldman Box and he says that he speaks five languages. Like most people Ryback barely speaks one language and he calls Ryback a Neanderthal.
Match Number One: Ryback versus Antonio Cesaro in a Non Title Match
Cesaro with drop kicks to stagger Ryback but Ryback with a body block. Ryback with chops in the corner followed by a shoulder and then he hits a power slam but Cesaro rolls to the floor. Ryback punches Cesaro on the apron and then he hits a delayed vertical suplex on Cesaro.
Cesaro with a head butt followed by punches and kicks. Ryback sends Cesaro to the apron but Cesaro drops Ryback on the top rope. Cesaro goes up top and Ryback presses Cesaro over his head and he drops Cesaro on his chest. Ryback clotheslines Cesaro over the top rope to the floor.
Ryback chases Cesaro around the ring and Cesaro is kicked by Ryback. Cesaro sends Ryback into the turnbuckles and then he connects with a running boot that knocks Ryback off the apron and into the guardrails. Ryback returns to the ring and Cesaro gets a near fall. Cesaro punches Ryback.
We go to commercial.
We are back and Cesaro with a sleeper on Ryback. Cesaro with knees and then he slaps Ryback and calls him stupid. Ryback with elbows and a back bodry drop. Ryback with a spinebuster and then he signals for the lariat but Cesaro with a European uppercut and he tries for the Gotch Style Neutralizer but Ryback blocks it and hits the marching muscle buster for the three count.
Winner: Ryback
After the match, Mark Henry makes his way into the arena. We have a stare down between these two men but Mark Henry makes his way to the ring.
Match Number Two: Mark Henry versus Zack Ryder
Henry throws Ryder into the turnbuckles and Ryder with forearms. Henry with an Irish whip and clothesline. Henry with the World’s Strongest Slam for the three count.
Winner: Mark Henry
Dolph Ziggler, Big E Langston, and AJ Lee walk in the back. We go to commercial.
We are back and Miz has something to say . . . as soon as the mic works. Since WWE is paying tribute to Old School, Miz introduces a man who personifies Old School and New School. He makes his corner look at lot better than Ziggler’s. He brings out his friend and mentor, Ric Flair.
Match Number Three: Dolph Ziggler (with Big E Langston and AJ Lee) versus Miz (with Ric Flair)
They lock up and they try to get an advantage but they go to a stalemate. They lock up again and Ziggler with a knee and forearm to the back. Ziggler with a punch and he tells Flair to pay attention. Miz with kicks and punches but Ziggler with a kick and punches of his own.
Ziggler with a chop that is not quite up to Flair’s level of intensity. Miz with a punch and kick that sends Ziggler to the floor. Flair gets on the apron and then he struts. Miz with a strut of his own.
We go to commercial.
We are back and Ziggler with a neck breaker and he gets a near fall. We see footage from the commercial break when Miz tried for Reality Check but only hit the first neck breaker and Ziggler with a drop kick. Back to the action in the ring and Ziggler with a reverse chin lock and bridge to add more pressure. Miz with elbows but Ziggler with a punch. Miz with a kick and punch.
They exchange kicks and Miz with punches. The referee pulls Miz out of the corner. Miz is sent to the apron and Miz slides under and gets a near fall with a sunset flip. Miz with Reality Check for a near fall. Ziggler with an inside cradle for a near fall. Miz with kicks and then he goes for Ziggler’s knee and he clips him.
Ziggler with a leaping DDT and Ziggler gets a near fall. Ziggler goes for a sleeper but Miz pushes him away. Miz misses a running boot and Ziggler is able to apply the sleeper and he gets Miz down to his knee.
Miz escapes and then he sends Ziggler into the air and Dolph lands on his chest. Miz hits the Awesome Clothesline and then he goes up top and hits the double sledge. AJ gets on the apron and the referee is distracted. Langston hits Miz and Flair throws his jacket over Langston’s head and he chops Langston but Langston is not amused.
Miz with a baseball slide to Langston and Ziggler with a rollup for a near fall. Miz applies the figure four and Ziggler taps out.
Winner: Miz
After the match we get Classic Flair in the ring.
We go to commercial.
We are back and it is time for the Rock to make his way to the ring.
Rock says that he needs everyone to understand something. He just came in from Panama where it 95 degrees every single day. The Rock knew that he was coming to Raw and he was excited. He packed his clothes, his boots, and his boots to asses boots. Rock was asked at the airport if he needed a jacket and he said that he don’t need a jacket.
He has electricity coming out of his body. Enough to melt an igloo. Rock arrived in Buffalo and it is cold. It is so cold that he had icicles forming on the People’s nipples. Rock says that he landed with a smile. It meant that after ten long years . . .
FINALLY . . . the Rock has come back to Buffalo.
Rock says that he has circled this date on his calendar for a long time because we are a little more than a month away from Wrestlemania. We see the sign and then . . .
We hear John Cena’s music and he makes his way to the ring.
John says that Rock is right about it being 34 days away. John says that he has been waiting for this moment for a year. Rock cannot know why because he is Dwayne “The Rock” Johnson. The man who conquered the WWE in the Attitude Era. He conquered Hollywood and then he conquered the WWE again and is the WWE Champion. John says that Rock doesn’t know what it feels like to tell the people who care about that you had to do something and fail.
Last year at Wrestlemania, John said that he needed to win that match, but he failed. It makes you feel worthless. It makes you feel like a crowd of hate is falling upon you. That match at Wrestlemania was not just a loss to the Rock, it sent his life into a tailspin. Right after Wrestlemania his life fell apart professionally and personally. He could not get the win that he claimed that he demanded.
The loss caused his failure, but it also caused his rejuvenation. The night that Rock won the WWE Title, he won the Royal Rumble. The following week, he finally beat CM Punk. This is more than a match for him, it is a shot at redemption. John says that he has been given a second chance to right the biggest failure of his life. He is not throwing this chance away.
Rock says that fire and desire makes him happy. That was the man who said he would beat CM Punk last week and he did. There was only one man who the Rock wanted to face at Wrestlemania and it was John Cena. He knows what this means to John Cena. He knows that when John runs to the ring and does everything, it matters. There is no one in the locker room who has that passion and fire to be the best. No one has that . . .
Except the Rock.
As much as it matter to John, it matter so much more to him. When his music hits and he walks down that ramp and enters the ring and connects with every single person in this arena it matters to him.
In 34 days, John Cena is not getting redemption, he is getting his ass kicked.
John says that those were strong words. Cena says that he wants to quote one of the great philosophers of his time and he quotes Mike Tyson. Mike Tyson is responsible for one of the most powerful quotes and it reminds him of Rock. In order to be the greatest who ever lived, you have to beat everyone living. Cena says that he has accomplished every single goal in his career except for beating The Rock.
At Wrestlemania 29, Rock’s time is up . . . his time is now.
Rock tells John that he is sorely mistaken. Rock’s time has just started. Rock has a quote for John. Winning is about heart, you just gotta have it in the right place. That man was Lance Armstrong. That man was full of crap and so is Cena.
Cena appreciates Rock’s confidence. In thirty-four days, history will not repeat itself. He will make history. He will become the WWE Champion.
Rock says that Cena just crystallized everything that is Rock and John Cena. John thinks he can beat Rock, but Rock says that he knows that he will beat John Cena. Rock says that he will beat John Cena . . . again. Rock tells John to smell what he is cooking.
We go to commercial.
We are back and it is time to remember what happened at the start of the show when a gong went off and the building was bathed in a sea of blue.
Match Number Four: Jack Swagger (with Zeb Colter) versus Jim Duggan (with Dusty Rhodes and Sergeant Slaughter)
Duggan gets a USA chant started and Swagger goes to the floor and he takes the 2x4. Duggan wants Swagger to put the board down. Swagger hits Duggan in the midsection and then he hits Slaughter and Dusty with it.
Swagger points at the Wrestlemania sign and yells ‘We the People’ before applying the ankle lock. The referee tries to get Swagger to release the hold.
No Contest
We take a look at Marine 3.
Daniel Bryan and Kane are walking in the back as we go to commercial.
We are back and Josh Mathews wants to know how Jack can be so disrespectful. Jack says that this is his America. Standing up for the honor of the Americans who were taken down in the ring, it is Mexican Alberto Del Rio who attacks Jack.
Ted DiBiase is at ringside for the next match.
Match Number Five: Daniel Bryan and Kane versus Darren Young and Titus O’Neil (with No Stupid Stipulations)
Young and Kane start things off and Darren with a side head lock. Kane with a shoulder tackle followed by an uppercut. Bryan tags in and he goes up top for a double sledge to the arm. Bryan with kicks of No to Young followed by a hammer lock. Young with an elbow. Bryan with a drop kick and he gets a near fall.
Titus tags in and Bryan with elbows and forearms but Titus with a clothesline and he barks. Titus with boots to Bryan and he tags Young back in. Titus sends Young onto Bryan with a gourdbuster. Young with a fist drop or two for a near fall as they try to impress Ted DiBiase. Titus tags in and he applies a reverse chin lock.
Titus with a forearm and then he misses a charge into the corner and hits the turnbuckles hard with the shoulder. Kane and Young tag in and Kane with a punch to the midsection followed by a boot to the head and a drop kick. Kane with an Irish whip and clothesline into the corner. Kane with a second one and he hits the side slam and gets a near fall. Titus breaks up the cover and he tries to sent Bryan to the floor but Bryan lands on the apron. Titus goes to the floor and Bryan with a running knee off the apron.
Young comes off the turnbuckles and Kane with a choke slam for the three count.
Winners: Kane and Daniel Bryan
After the match, Ted DiBiase takes a hundred dollar bill and he stuffs it in Darren’s mouth.
Bryan goes back to take the money from Darren’s mouth.
The Honky Tonk Man is in the back . . . at least it is his back and we go to commercial.
We are back and Heath Slater says that nobody came to see Honky Tonk Man or hear him sing. 3MB is the future of music. He tells Honky that he has to go back to Las Vegas to be with the Elvis
Match Number Six: Tensai and Brodus Clay (with Cameron, Naomi, and th Honky Tonk Man) versus Heath Slater and Drew McIntyre (with Jinder Mahal)
McIntyre and Tensai start things off and Drew with punches and kicks. Drew misses a splash into the corner and Tensai with a rollup for the three count.
Winners: Tensai and Brodus Clay
After the match, we have some dancing and then Honky Tonk Man has his music play. Slater interrupts and he gets hit in the head by the guitar.
We go to commercial.
We are back and it is time to take a look at Wade Barrett at the World Premiere of Dead Man Down.
Fandango says that is inappropriate. He says that he will not make his debut until you learn how to pronounce his name. Justin tries again but Fandango tells him that he needs to feel it. He needs to let the ‘A’s breathe. He says that he will not stand here and watch Justin Roberts butcher his name. Tonight is a night that everyone will remember. Tonight was the night that you almost got to see the debut of Faaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaandannnnnnnnnnnnnnnnnnnnnnnnnnnngoooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooo
We go to commercial.
We are back and it is time to remember what happened last week on Raw between Triple H and Brock Lesnar.
It is Game Time and Triple H makes his way to the ring with his leather jacket and water bottle. After a week off, the Game Fountain has returned.
He says that the last time he was in the ring with a mic, it was eight days after he lost to Brock Lesnar at SummerSlam. Hunter says that he thought he was done that time. Hunter says that he doesn’t know if he was trying to convince the fans or himself. The second that cast was off, he was back in the gym. He says that he had no real purpose. Hunter was the COO and he cut his hair.
Hunter says that he was training every day and he was in the best shape in years. He was waiting for a reason. Hunter says that he was sitting next to a man who had just had hip surgery. That old man is the guy who created all of this. Put aside that it was his wife and kids who were crying at bedside. Hunter says that he had a smile inside and he found his reason.
When that crazy ass old man got out of that bed to challenge Paul Heyman to a fight. When Paul turned to Brock Lesnar, Hunter was ready. He tells Brock to feel those staples on the top of his head if he thought they were done at SummerSlam. They are just getting started.
Hunter says that it doesn’t take a rocket scientist to know why he is in the ring. They are five weeks from the Big Dance and he is calling Brock out. Brock is usually the guy who does the destruction, but last week, he split Brock wide open. He wants to finish what they started. Hunter says that the asskicker is back. The King of Kings is back. The Game is back and he is calling Brock out for Wrestlemania. Will Brock show up at Wrestlemania to fight or is he going to sit there and bleed?
Hunter drops the mic and he leaves the ring.
We go to commercial.
We are back with the WWE Rewind: The Shield facing off with Sheamus and Randy Orton on Friday.
We have a response that was pre-recorded by the Shield. They pick up the Camcorder and they introduce themselves. Dean says that everyone wants to make history. They are all going to throw their hat in the ring to face the Undertaker. Good for Randy and Sheamus. Maybe they are forgetting something.
Seth points out that Undertaker at 20-0 is impressive. Taker is not the only person riding an impressive undefeated streak. The Shield is undefeated.
Dean says that the eye of justice is always watching. Even the Big Show.
Reigns says that he got in a cheap shot, but that is the only one.
Dean says that no one can beat them.
Match Number Seven Wade Barrett versus Alberto Del Rio (with Ricardo Rodriguez)
Barrett with a kick and punches. Del Rio with an Irish whip and Del Rio puts Wade in the ropes and he connects with forearms and hits a lungblower. Barrett rolls to the floor while Swagger and Colter make their way into the arena.
Del Rio rolls Barrett back into the ring and Barrett with the Black Pool Slam and he gets a near fall. Barrett with elbow drops to Del Rio and he gets a near fall. Barrett with a side head lock and Del Rio with a knee. Del Rio with an Irish whip but Barrett sends Del Rio to the apron. Barrett with a punch and he chokes Del Rio in the ropes.
Del Rio with a cross arm breaker in the ropes and he releases at four. Barrett with a boot to Del Rio to knock him off the apron. Barrett puts Del Rio over the apron and Barrett with knees to the head and then he connects with a boot to the head and Del Rio falls to the floor. Barrett with a near fall.
Barrett misses an elbow drop from the turnbuckles when Del Rio moves. Del Rio with two clotheslines and he avoids a clothesline and hits a tilt-a-whirl back breaker. Del Rio sets for the super kick and he connects for a near fall.
Del Rio charges into the corner but Barrett moves. Barrett with a super kick and then he tries for a pump handle slam. Del Rio escapes and Barrett tries for another Black Pool Slam but Del Rio counters with the float over into the cross arm breaker and Barrett taps out.
Winner: Alberto Del Rio
We go to commercial.
We are back with the latest Zeb Colter video. This week’s topic is about Political Correctness.
The New Age Outlaws make their way to the ring and it is time for someone to suck it.
Match Number Eight:New Age Outlaws versus Epico and Primo (with Rosa Mendes)
Epico and Road Dogg start things off and Epico with punches. James with punches and then he drops a knee to Epico and gets a near fall. James punches Primo on the apron but Epico with a drop kick for a near fall. Primo tags in and he kicks James. Epico tags back in and he kicks James. Primo tags back in and hits a slingshot senton and kicks James some more. Epico tags back in and hits a slingshot elbow drop.
Epico with a reverse chin lock. Epico and James bump heads and they are down. Gunn tags in and he punches Epico and Primo and then he hits a tilt-a-whirl slam on Primo. Epico and James go to the floor. Gunn with a kick and Fameasser for the three count.
Winners: New Age Outlaws
We take a look back at the comments from John Cena and Rock earlier tonight.
We go to commercial.
We are back with some Touts (which is very Old School) about Undertaker’s return.
We are in the back and the wrestlers are on the stage to celebrate Mae Young’s 90th birthday. Mean Gene Okerlund comes out to introduce Mae. The Divas bring her out to see her cake.
CM Punk interrupts the celebration and he makes his way to the ring for the main event.
We go to commercial.
Match Number Nine: Big Show versus Randy Orton versus Sheamus versus CM Punk in a Who Gets to Face Undertaker at Wrestlemania Match
Punk leaves the ring and then Orton and Sheamus join Punk on the floor. Punk returns to the ring and he backs into Show. Show with a head butt. Show sends Sheamus to the floor. Orton drops Show on the top rope and he kicks and punches Show. Show with a head butt to Orton and he tries to sent Orton into the ring post but Orton counters and he sends Show into the ring post.
Sheamus and Orton are in the ring while Punk and Show stay on the floor. Orton and Sheamus exchange punches. Sheamus with a forearm. Orton with a back breaker and Punk covers Sheamus and gets a near fall before going back to the floor. Orton with European uppercuts to Orton but Orton with a kick. Sheamus with the uranage back breaker and he tries to get the cover on Orton. Sheamus pulls Punk back into the ring and Orton and Sheamus throw Punk over the top rope. Show with a punch to Orton and a chop to Sheamus.
We go to commercial.
We are back and Punk with punches to Orton followed by a snap mare and knee drop for a near fall. We see Big Show and Sheamus laid out on the floor. We see Orton hit the Super IEDDT on Big Show during the commercial.
Orton with a clothesline as he comes out of the corner on an Irish whip. Orton with another clothesline and then he avoids a clothesline and hits a power slam. Orton with an exploder suplex for a near fall. Orton tries for the IEDDT but Punk gets into the ring and he back body drops Orton to the floor. Sheamus with a slingshot shoulder tackle and he gets a near fall.
Sheamus with the ‘JBL wishes Sheamus would do this to Josh Mathews’ series of forearms across the chest. Show with the Final Cut for a near fall and Punk breaks up the cover. Punk with knees and forearms to Show but Show knocks out Punk, but Sheamus punches Show. Show with punches and an Irish whip. Sheamus with shoulders in the corner followed by a knee lift.
Sheamus with a flying forearm and Show is down. Sheamus tries for White Noise but Show with a forearm to the back. Show misses the elbow drop from the turnbuckles. Sheamus gets Show up for White Noise and he hits it but only gets a near fall.
Sheamus looks around and he lets out a FELLA and then he gets ready for the Brogue Kick by punching his chest. Orton with a power slam to Sheamus for a near fall. Show grabs Orton by the throat and then he does the same to Sheamus and punches him away. Show with a choke slam to Orton. Show blocks the Brogue Kick and he hits a choke slam on Sheamus for a near fall.
Show gets ready for the knockout punch on Sheamus and Sheamus avoids it and Sheamus hits the Brogue Kick but Show goes to the floor. Orton with the RKO to Sheamus. Punk with the Go To Sleep to Orton and he gets the three count.
Winner: CM Punk
After the match, we hear the GONG and the lights go blue. We have a stare down as we go to credits.
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