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Smackdown: (3/8/2013) Albany, NY
Swagger is carrying a bag around and says that he has a surprise for Cesaro.

Cole and JBL tell us that Christian will return in three days on Raw.


JTG & MASON RYAN vs. THE USOS-
A few minutes into the match, Big Show runs down to the ring and attacks everyone, hitting them all with WMDs. Show says that Sheamus beat all four guys in singles matches, but he just took them all out in a four-on-one situation.


Miz & Barrett once again argue about whose fault it was that they didn’t get to pin Orton. They agree that they will each face Orton one-on-one and not interfere with the other’s match.


WWE INTERCONTINENTAL TITLE MATCH: Jack Swagger(c) vs. Dolph Ziggler (w/Vickie Guerrero)-
Cesaro attacks Swagger from behind on his way down to the ring and gives him a Gotch-Style Neutralizer on the stage, leaving him as easy pickings for Ziggler, who chokes him out with the Sleeper Hold and wins the IC Title


Matt Striker asks Dean Ambrose for his reaction to The Rock’s comments on Raw. Ambrose says
something to the effect of “I’m not scared. People have come for me before and I’ve taken them down”


Truth wins the Battle Royale for a title shot against Sheamus on next week on SD. The match gets a good thirty minutes. Almost like a mini-Royal Rumble. All of the top names who don’t already have Mania matches or aren’t injured are in this match

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Raw: (3/11/2013)- Indianapolis, IN
As the opening pyro is going off, PTP storm the ring and demand a match with Primo and Epico right now. Primo and Epico say they will only accept a match if the titles are on the line. PTP say that is okay with them.

WWE WORLD TAG TEAM TITLE MATCH: The Prime Time Players(c) vs. Primo & Epico (w/Rosa Mendes)-
Primo & Epico win the belts in twenty minutes after Rosa distracts the ref allowing Epico to hit Young with a low blow and get the roll up.


Punk comes out to the ring, mic in hand.
Punk: If there is one type of person that I hate in this world, it’s liars. A common mistake that people like myself who fight the good fight make is believing that everyone else who claims to be fighting the good fight is as noble as we are, and I made that mistake.
I have always stood for hard work and dedication. I have always believed that the cream should be allowed to rise to the top. I have always believed that you should earn things, rather than being given them… and I thought that Paul Heyman stood for that, too.
Four months ago Paul Heyman stood in this very ring and said that there would be no free handouts anymore. He said that the old way of the McMahons was dead… and yet here he is, giving John Cena WWE Title shots that he didn’t earn, simply because he knows that Cena vs. Rock will make him a lot of money.
I had one more WWE Title defense scheduled under the Thirty Days Rule between now and Wrestlemania, and I have no problem defending my WWE Title against someone who has actually earned a title shot. Just ask Randy Orton. But Paul Heyman has been quite insistent that the next WWE Title shot will go to John Cena in the hopes that Cena will beat me so that he can do Rock vs. Cena II at Wrestlemania… but John Cena doesn’t deserve to headline Wrestlemania against The Rock. I deserve to headline Wrestlemania. I have been the WWE Champion for 477 days!
Since Paul has decided to sell his soul for money and to ensure that Cena gets something he doesn’t deserve, I was left with no choice but to make sure that I get what I deserve… so I am going to accept Paul Heyman’s offer to waive my Thirty Days requirement until Wrestlemania and to allow me all of the time I want to train for my WWE Title defense at Wrestlemania against The Rock… and John Cena.


Backstage, Sandow and Naomi are cutting a quick promo about their match tonight. About half way through, in the background, we hear AJ say “well they want people to be polite, so why don’t we just ask politely?” We then hear Dragon say that it is worth a shot. We then see AJ and Dragon waiting patiently in the background while Sandow and Naomi finish their promo. AJ and Dragon then walk up to Sandow and Naomi and ask very politely (remember to say please) Sandow and Naomi will give them a shot at the Mixed Tag Team Titles.
Sandow and Naomi confer and say that because Dragon and AJ have been polite, they will give them the chance to present an convincing logical argument for why they should have a title shot and why Sandow and Naomi should risk allowing the silliness that is the Mixed Tag Team Titles back into the public eye. This will take place at a fancy restaurant (later this week in Fort Wayne, “because the dining hear in Indianapolis is simply disgusting”).


RANDY ORTON (w/Bo Dallas) vs. THE MIZ (w/Corey Graves)-
Orton wins clean in twelve minutes


R-Truth cuts a backstage promo about wanting to win the World Heavyweight Title and main event Wrestlemania.


The Rock cuts an in-ring promo on Punk but is interrupted by Cena (“I guess it’s both of us now, huh”). They then invite Punk to come out with them, but he doesn’t show. They agree that he is a coward and a poor representative for the WWE Universe. They agree that he cannot be allowed to leave Mania with the WWE Title.


DEAN AMBROSE vs. HEATH SLATER-
Heath is once again mocking Dusty Rhodes during his entrance and during the match. On the way down to the ring, he tells fat jokes to make fun of Dusty. They go for a few minutes before someone jumps the guardrail and charges at Ambrose. IT’S MICK FOLEY! Foley and Ambrose brawl around ringside (Slater runs away) and Foley eventually comes out of it on top, smashing Ambrose’s head into the ringpost and finishing his assault off with a piledriver onto a steel chair. Foley then grabs a mic and says that Dean Ambrose got exactly what he wanted. He got rid of Mick Foley… but now he has to deal with CACTUS JACK! BANG! BANG!


Briley Pierce is interviewing Christian. Christian explains to us that he still won’t be able to wrestle for a few weeks, but he wanted to be back in front of the WWE Universe. Briley asks him what he is going to do now that he finally got his big win over Tyson Kidd at UltraClash. Christian gets angry and says “no. I didn’t beat Tyson Kidd” and walks off.


Before his match Cesaro cuts a promo bragging about how he cost Jack Swagger the Intercontinental Title on Smackdown, then gives his whole spiel about how having a European as the US Champion proves Europe’s dominance over the US. He then says he will prove that dominance right now by beating Alex Riley, a man from the US capital city of Washington D.C.
ALEX RILEY vs. ANTONIO CESARO (w/Aksana)-
Cesaro wins clean in eight minutes. After the match, Cesaro grabs the mic and starts to brag some more but Jack Swagger charges down the ramp at him with his bag from last week in hand. Cesaro charges out to meet him but Swagger lays Cesaro out by hitting him with the bag. As the announcers wonder what could be in the bag that could lay Cesaro out like that, Swagger goes and gets a mic.
Swagger: Cesaro, you say that having a European as the United States Champion proves that Europe dominates America? Well before my Intercontinental Title match last week, I had a meeting with Paul Heyman about the Intercontinental Title and he approved my little surprise for you. So if you think it shames America to have a European as the United States Champion (*Swagger reveals the contents of his bag: a championship belt!*), you must be feeling pretty shamed to have an All-American American as the newly reinstated WWE European Champion!


Paul Heyman comes out to the ring to do some live negotiating with Alberto Del Rio to try to get Del Rio to come back to work. Del Rio points out that Foley, who doesn’t even work for the WWE, just jumped the guardrail and assaulted a WWE employee, and for two straight weeks, The Undertaker, who also isn’t a WWE employee has been able to get into the ring, so clearly WWE isn’t a safe working environment right now. Del Rio says that he will come back to work when he can ensure that mad men like Mick Foley, Tyson Kidd, and Rey Mysterio Jr. aren’t running around attacking people.


DAMIEN SANDOW & NAOMI vs. ZACK RYDER & KAITLYN-
Sandow & Naomi win in seven minutes when Sandow pins Ryder.
Backstage Briley Pierce is about to interview Dolph Ziggler (throw in an in-joke here or something) and Vickie Guerrero. He first congratulates Ziggler on his newly-won IC Title and Ziggler brags about his title win a bit until Seth Rollins interrupts him. Rollins says that he thinks the way Ziggler won the title was BS and dares Dolph to prove that he really deserves the title by putting it on the line against him. Ziggler says that Rollins has no right to be making challenges to him. After all, Ziggler won his recent title shot but Rollins lost his. Dolph is pretty annoyed at Rollins interrupting him, though, and offers to teach Rollins a lesson on Smackdown… in a non-title match.


SHEAMUS vs. KOFI KINGSTON-
Sheamus wins clean in twelve minutes.


Paul Heyman comes out to answer the Undertaker’s challenge for Wrestlemania. He says no. Brock Lesnar then comes out and tells Paul that he really wants the match with Taker. He wants to be the one to break The Streak, and he knows he can beat Taker because he has done it before. Heyman says that there is too much on the line to risk a loss. Brock gets angry and tells Heyman that after everything Brock has done for him, the time has come for him to do something for Brock. After all of the trust that Lesnar has put in him, Paul now needs to put his trust in Brock. After a brief staredown Heyman asks Brock if he really believes, in his heart of hearts, that he can do something that no one else has even done before. Brock says yes, and Heyman agrees to the match… with one added stipulation.


THE BIG SHOW vs. RYBACK-
Show wins clean in fifteen minutes after a WMD.



NXT: (3/13/2013)
Two announcements are made at the top of the show. The first is that next week’s main event will be Steamboat vs. Harper vs. Kruger for the title. The second is that R-Truth had to cancel his match here because he is training for his big World Heavyweight Title match this Friday on Smackdown.
Roman Reigns comes out and once again calls Truth a coward. Richie Steamboat comes out and says that Reigns will never get anywhere if he doesn’t start showing the guys on the main roster some respect. Reigns points out that Richie himself isn’t going anywhere either because he can’t beat anyone from the main roster and thus will never make it out of NXT like Seth Rollins did… but tonight might well be Richie’s lucky night because Reigns says that he hasn’t forgotten his promise to take out anyone form the main roster who comes to steal his spotlight in NXT, and if takes Rollins out, even Richie should be able to beat him. Richie asks Reigns not to interfere in his match with Rollins. Reigns says that he will stay out of the match… if Richie gives him a shot at the NXT Title (assuming he retains next week).
SETH ROLLINS vs. RICHIE STEAMBOAT (w/Ricky “The Dragon” Steamboat)-
Rollins wins clean in twenty minutes. Both Kruger and Harper are on commentary and they get into an argument.

Main Event: (3/13/2013)
CURT HAWKINS vs. KOFI KINGSTON-
Kofi wins clean in eight minutes

SANTINO MARELLA vs. JTG-
Santino wins clean in three minutes

WADE BARRETT vs. TITUS O’NEIL (w/Darren Young)
Wade wins clean in ten minutes

DAMIEN SANDOW (w/Naomi) vs. BO DALLAS-
Sandow wins clean in fourteen minutes




Smackdown: (3/15/2013)- Fort Wayne, IN
SETH ROLLINS vs. DOLPH ZIGGLER (w/Vickie Guerrero)-
Rollins has Ziggler down for the count multiple times but Vickie distracts the referee. Ziggler has a lot of trouble putting Rollins away and is forced to resort to a shot with the IC Title belt to put him away.


Backstage, Matt Striker asks PTP about when they will use their contractually obligated rematch. They says they will use it at Wrestlemania, so they can make millions of dollas, but that doesn’t mean that they still aren’t pissed and that they don’t want to get their hands on Primo & Epico before that.

*Cut to commercial*


Matt Striker is interviewing R-Truth about his World Heavyweight Title match tonight when he is interrupted by the Big Show. Show says to Truth “deep down, you know that you don’t want to win tonight, because you know that I am the most dominant force that WWE has ever seen and that I will obliterate whoever I face at Wrestlemania even quicker than Sheamus did to Daniel Bryan last year.” Truth says he isn’t afraid of Big Show. Show tells him that he should be. Truth shoves Big Show! Show shoves Truth back! Truth charges at Show and throws a few punches but security quickly pours in and pulls them apart.


An angry Damien Sandow comes out to the ring and announces that the fancy dinner he and Naomi had with the Bryans was a disaster. He says that he is friends with the owner of the restaurant so they had their own private dining room. Sandow also says that he taped the dinner (with AJ & Dragon’s knowledge) so that he could use the footage for class on dining manners that he teaches in his spare time (yeah, I know it is a contrived and flimsy explanation that borders on stupid, but I needed some way to be able to show the dinner).
AJ and Dragon show up totally underdressed (Sandow is in a tux and Naomi is in a long gown with evening gloves on, but Dragon is wearing a polo shirt and khakis while AJ is wearing a colorful sundress). Through ignorance, Dragon and AJ do a whole bunch of things that really piss Sandow and Naomi off. They use the wrong forks, try to tell dirty jokes (Sandow or Naomi cut them off before we hear an actual punchline, to save face for being PG), when Sandow and Naomi order fine wines Dragon and AJ ask for soft drinks, they have no knowledge whatsoever about all of the fancy foods Sandow and Naomi have brought to the table, go a bit overboard with a PDA… you get the picture (not sure I’d go so far as to have them talk with their mouths full, but everything on that side of the politeness line is fair game. AJ and Dragon keep trying to bring up the Mixed Tag Team Titles but every time they do they make some sort of faux pas or act in what Sandow and Naomi consider to be an uncultured manner and Sandow and Naomi correct them.
After watching the clips, Sandow cuts a promo on how uncultured AJ and Dragon are. He then says that the Mixed Tag Team Titles are silly and that it is silly for anyone to think that they can make up their own titles. He says he will do what Dragon and AJ can’t do and win a real, sanctioned title. He also says that he has some major aggression to work out right now so he makes an open challenge. That open challenge is answered by John Cena.


JOHN CENA vs. DAMIEN SANDOW-
Sandow wins in eight minutes after CM Punk comes out and distracts Cena, allowing Sandow to get a roll-up.


Rey Mysterio Jr. cuts a backstage promo announcing that after five long months, he will be medically cleared to compete very soon

WADE BARRETT vs. RANDY ORTON (w/Bo Dallas)-
The match is decently event for a few minutes but Randy starts to gain an advantage. The Miz and Corey Graves then come out and, while Bo and Graves brawl, Miz jumps in the ring and attacks Orton, causing a DQ. Barrett gets pissed at Miz but Miz convinces him to help beat Orton down instead.


Christian grabs a mic and calls out Paul E. He asks for Paul to reinstate Tyson Kidd so that they can have a match, but Paul E won’t do it. He says that Del Rio is thinking about suing WWE for putting him and Ricardo in an unsafe working environment. Obviously Heyman doesn’t want to have to deal with a lawsuit, so he needs to do things to convince Del Rio that the working environment is a safe one. Even more importantly, if Del Rio does decide to sue, Heyman needs to make sure that he doesn’t do things that could create an unsafe working environment, and unsuspending a man who was suspended for excessive punishment after a match is not something he can afford to do right now. Christian is frustrated, but walks away.


WORLD HEAVYWEIGHT TITLE MATCH: Sheamus(c) vs. R-Truth-
Sheamus wins clean in fifteen minutes. Big Show is on commentary for the match. After the match Sheamus helps Truth up but Show slides into the ring and punches Truth out.

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Matches for tonight’s Raw include Dean Ambrose vs. Santino Marella, Primo Colon vs. Titus O’Neil, and a big six man main event pitting The Miz, Corey Graves, & Wade Barrett against Randy Orton, Bo Dallas, & Jack Swagger. Smackdown will feature the Big Show taking on R-Truth and Epico Colon taking on Darren Young! Also, don’t miss this week’s big NXT Title match in which Richie Steamboat will defend his title in a triple threat match against both Leo Kruger and the massive Luke Harper!
Word is going around the office that WWE COO and General Manager of both Raw and Smackdown, Paul Heyman has beefed up security for all WWE shows in order to create a safer working environment for all WWE employees.



Raw: (3/18/2013)- Pittsburgh, PA
KOFI KINGSTON vs. DAMIEN SANDOW (w/Naomi)-
Sandow wins clean in ten minutes


CM Punk cuts an in-ring promo:
Punk: For the past week I have been hearing everyone say “CM Punk vs. John Cena vs. The Rock at Wrestlemania for the WWE Title! YAY!” and getting so damn excited about this match… and this really pisses me off because all of those people are missing the damn point. This historic WWE Title reign of mine? This didn’t start 484 days ago. It started eighteen years ago, when I first decided that I wanted to be a professional wrestler. It started that day when I dedicated my life to being the greatest professional wrestler of all time. The day I decided that I wanted to be remembered alongside the likes of Ric Flair, Bruno Sammartino, Ricky Steamboat, Hulk Hogan, and Randy Savage. This record-setting reign is me on my way to my destiny. This is the pay-off I get for years and years and years of busting my ass. I busted my ass in wrestling school. I busted my ass on the independents… and when I was finally noticed by WWE I busted my ass in developmental… even though I was already too damn good for it… so that I would get noticed by the people in charge and brought up to the main roster. My opportunity finally came when WWE relaunched ECW… and I busted my ass on ECW and became the ECW Champion. Then, when I was drafted to Raw I busted my ass there, and I climbed up the card, and won championships on Raw and Smackdown, but whether I was the champion or not, whether I was the opener or the main event, I busted my ass every single time I came out here.
Then, in the spring of 2011, when WWE management showed that they didn’t appreciate me, I could have gotten lazy and pulled a Kevin Nash. I could have slacked off for the rest of my contract and earned a hell of a lot of money for doing not very much… but I didn’t. I committed myself to working even harder to ensure that I would get I what I wanted. I earned a WWE Title match against John Cena at Money in the Bank in my hometown of Chicago. I don’t need to tell you what happened then because everyone remembers… and everyone always will remember what happened that night. I became part of wrestling history.
And that could have been the happy ending to the story… but it wasn’t enough for me. I wanted to come back and bust my ass some more. To prove that I was the greatest of all-time. To beat legends like Triple H and The Undertaker, to beat contemporaries I hadn’t yet beaten like Christian, Big Show, and Randy Orton… and to prove that when they reach their prime, I could beat the rising stars like Wade Barrett, Alberto Del Rio, Sheamus, and Daniel Bryan… and this title reign… this is me doing that!
I am well on my way to becoming one of the greatest professional wrestlers of all-time, and it is because of three things: The support of my friends and family, my natural talent, and most importantly, because of my own hard work.
You see, whether we mean to or not, everyone stands for something. Everyone becomes a symbol of something, and I am a symbol of what hard work can accomplish. Look at me. I don’t look like your prototypical professional wrestler, do I? I’m all tatted up, and pierced, I’m not cut from granite, and I’m certainly on the smaller side, as far as wrestlers go, historically… but my hard work got me where I am today, and I believe that hard work can do that for anyone.
Eight months ago most WWE fans hadn’t even heard of Seth Rollins, and now he has main evented Pay-Per-Views with guys like me and Randy Orton, Brock Lesnar and John Cena… and he even pinned a legend like Booker T. Look at Tyson Kidd: One of the hardest workers I have ever seen in my life, and WWE did nothing with him. Then, when Bret Hart gave him an opportunity, he won the Intercontinental Title and has been rising up the card ever since.
The sad part is that these are just the guys who got noticed by smart people like Bret Hart and Paul Heyman. There have been other extremely talented hard workers who haven’t been noticed. Look at Zack Ryder: a hard worker, extremely talented, and he went out and got over and made WWE give him the opportunity… but the minute he got injured they shoved him back down to limbo and buried him. Look at guys like Luke Gallows and Colt Cabana. Two of the most talented and hardest working people I have ever worked with, but WWE refused to notice them. They were never given the opportunity to succeed. Why? Because while some people get things that they deserve, there are others who get a lot of things that they don’t.
I’m not going to criticize John Cena’s work ethic because John works every bit as hard as I do, but in some ways, John has become a “victim” of his own success. You see, the WWE front offices really like John Cena. And I mean they REALLY like John Cena. A lot. And it’s easy to see why; John is a talented guy who works hard, and the fans love him for it. And because of this, the fans will pay to see John, so WWE decided to put money over integrity and gave John a few more opportunities than John earned.
Now John works very hard to make up for this and he gives every moment of his life for this company and its fans, but anyone who is willing to be honest with themselves can easily see that John is rewarded in the ring for things he does outside of it. Whereas the rest of us have to earn our way into contendership matches and title matches, John is just put in them because the fans love John Cena.
Then, one day a few years ago, a funny thing happened: we started to hear chants of “CENA SUCKS!” Many of the fans fell out of love with John Cena, but the office didn’t, and kept giving John title shots and main event spots that he didn’t deserve. Unwittingly, and, I think unwillingly, John Cena became a symbol of corporate favoritism in WWE. Like I said two years ago, John. ‘I don’t hate you. I hate this idea that you’re the best.’ This idea that you are better than other hard workers who are even more talented than you. This idea that you should get the opportunities that guys like Tyson Kidd and Colt Cabana deserved! The opportunities that, for years, I deserved.
So I am going to disprove this myth. Just like I did on Smackdown, I am going to do whatever I can short of actually interfering in his matches to make sure that John doesn’t win. To make it as hard as possible for WWE management… and this includes you, too, Heyman, you corporate sellout!... to come up with some sort of flimsy justification for giving you opportunities that you don’t earn.

And speaking of people getting opportunities that they don’t earn, let’s talk about Dwayne for a second, shall we? Dwayne didn’t earn his opportunity, either, but I can’t screw him out of matches because he is too busy being a big shot Hollywood movie star to actually wrestle! Let’s take a trip back in time for a second. Survivor Series 2011: the day I beat Alberto Del Rio for the WWE Title to start my historic title reign… and I’m not even the main event. Instead, the main event is a regular old tag team match pitting Awesome Truth against… surprise, surprise… John Cena and Dwayne. Then we go to Wrestlemania XXVIII, where I am having my big showdown with one of the all-time greats, Chris Jericho… and again it’s John Cena and Dwayne on top of the card. Then, at the 1,000th Raw, Dwayne shows up and announces that despite only having wrestled two matches in the past eight years… he has been given the WWE Title shot at Royal Rumble… and I looked around the locker room at the faces of guys like Tyson Kidd, Kofi Kingston, Zack Ryder, R-Truth, Christian… each and every one of those guys who work their asses off each and every night of the year in the hopes of earning a shot at the WWE Title… and I made myself a promise: that I would not let Dwayne Johnson, the man who used to be The Rock, win the WWE Title at Royal Rumble... because he didn’t earn it.
Now I know a lot of you are going to be up in arms about that, but it’s true. The Rock was a legend in our business… but then he walked away from it. And now Dwayne Johnson is back and WWE management saw fit to give him a WWE Title shot because they- and, sadly, most of the fans- don’t realize that he isn’t The Rock anymore. He is Dwayne Johnson, the man who used to be The Rock… he is the symbol of an era gone by and of the people who can’t accept that fact. The Attitude Era is over, the Cena Era is over, and although you might refuse to accept it, The Punk Era is here! You have twenty more days to hide your heads in the sand… but when Wrestlemania is over, and I have beaten John Cena and The Rock, I’m going to pull your head out of the sand and rub your face in it!


Matt Striker is interviewing Miz and Corey Graves about tonight’s main event, but they are interrupted by Wade Barrett who tells Miz and Graves that they can beat Orton tonight… but only if they work as a team.

DEAN AMBROSE vs. ZACK RYDER-
A few minutes into the match, Cactus Jack jumps the guardrail and tries to attack Dean Ambrose, and gets about half way into the ring before he is grabbed by about forty security guys. With half of Foley’s body in the ring, Ambrose has the opportunity to get a few stomps to the head in before Ryder tackles him. Paul Heyman comes out and orders for Foley to be removed from the building and placed in police custody. The match continues with Ambrose going over in a total time of about seven minutes.

PRIMO (w/Rosa Mendes & Epcio) vs. DARREN YOUNG (w/Titus O’Neil)-
Primo wins by roll-up when Darren is angry and this causes him to make a mistake.

Antonio Cesaro cuts a backstage promo saying that Swagger is shaming Europe by holding the European Title and as a European he won’t stand by and let it happen.
When Cesaro is done with his promo, Damien Sandow walks up to him, politely says hello, list some of his recent victories and asks to be given a US Title shot. Cesaro says that he likes Sandow’s cultured style and says that Sandow is the closest thing he has ever found in America to his European sensibilities (which Sandow takes as a complement) and agrees to give Sandow a title shot on Smackdown.

DOLPH ZIGGLER (w/Vickie Guerrero) vs. MASON RYAN-
Ziggler wins clean in eight minutes. Whoever the heel announcer is talks up how impressive this is, but Seth Rollins, on guest commentary, says that he isn't impressed by a champion who can't beat him cleanly. He says that he has proven that he can beat Dolph in the past, and, given a clean match, could take the IC Title.

We are shown some quick footage of both John Cena and Sheamus doing publicity tours overseas to hype up Wrestlemania. We also get come clips of The Rock hyping up Wrestlemania during his own various media appearances.

Paul Heyman comes out to the ring to try to negotiate an end to Alberto Del Rio’s strike once again. They are doing the negotiations live via satellite, with Paul E. in the ring and Del Rio up on the Tron. Paul E. points out how quickly security was able to subdue Mick Foley after he jumped the guardrail as evidence that he is taking steps to make WWE a safer working environment but Del Rio still doesn’t want to come back. Rey Mysterio Jr. comes out and claims that the only reason Del Rio won’t come back is because he is afraid of him. Del Rio denies this and once again claims that it is not a sage working environment for not only himself, but especially for his poor, defenseless ring announcer, Ricardo Rodriguez, who Rey savagely assaulted, and says that he is thinking about suing on Ricardo’s behalf and naming WWE, Paul Heyman, and Rey Mysterio Jr. all as defendants. Rey says this is a bunch of BS and says that he knows how to get Del Rio to come back to work. He will give Del Rio the chance to do the thing he has always wanted to do: End Mysterio’s career. Rey says he will put his career on the line at Wrestlemania if Del Rio ends his strike. Del Rio accepts.

R-Truth cuts a backstage promo telling everyone to watch NXT this week to see how he deals with young punks. Big Show then walks up to him and says that he wants Sheamus to watch his match with Truth on Friday so he can see what is coming to him at Wrestlemania.

AJ BRYAN & DANIEL BRYAN vs. ROSA MENDES & EPICO (w/Primo)-
Rosa & Epico get the win after Sandow and Naomi come out, distracting Dragon and AJ, allowing Rosa to pin AJ.

Backstage, Paul Heyman is cutting a promo saying that he is going to give Taker until Smackdown to reconsider challenge at Wrestlemania. Heyman says that Taker is a legend, and he would hate for the last image the fans have of the Undertaker to be Taker getting wheeled out on a stretcher because he was destroyed by Brock Lesnar.
Christian comes in towards the end of the promo and asks Paul if, now that Del Rio has agreed to come back, he can reinstate Tyson Kidd. Heyman agrees, but says that, in the interests of Christian’s own safety, Kidd will not be allowed back in an arena until Christian is medically cleared to wrestle.

RANDY ORTON, JACK SWAGGER, & BO DALLAS vs. THE MIZ, COREY GRAVES, & WADE BARRETT-
The heels are in control of the match and do a great job isolating Orton and working him over, but when it comes time to pin him, Miz and Barrett once again try to break up each others’ pins. They argue, allowing Orton to make the hot tag to Bo, who spears all three members of the heel team in quick succession, getting the pin.



WWE.com reports that Paul Heyman has talked with all parties involved and a tentative agreed has been reached for the following blockbuster match for Wrestlemania: Dean Ambrose vs. Mick Foley! Please remember that this is a tentative agreement, so some factors of the match will likely change, but at this point WWE.com can report that Foley and Ambrose will collide in some form in a match at Wrestlemania!

Also signed is the US Title match between Antonio Cesaro and Damien Sandow for this week’s Smackdown.


Main Event: (3/20/2013)
JUSTIN GABRIEL vs. JOHNNY CURTIS-
Gabriel wins clean in eight minutes
MICHAEL MCGILLICUTTY vs. JINDER MAHAL-
McGillicutty wins clean in ten minutes.

THE GREAT KHALI vs. DAMIEN SANDOW (w/Naomi)-
Sandow wins clean in fifteen minutes. Sandow uses his superior smarts to overcome the size disadvantage. He takes Khali’s legs out and then just pounds on Khali. Whenever Khali gets some offense in, Sadnow cuts him off by going back to the knees to knock Khali down, then pounding away on his head and neck. Sandow eventually picks up the win by getting Khali down to his knees, then hitting him with the Terminus. Cesaro is on commentary for this match and puts Sandow over, saying he is looking forward to their title match


NXT: (3/20/2013)
Truth comes to the ring at the beginning of the show and calls out Reigns. Instead of Reigns coming out, the NXT GM comes out and tells Truth that there is a message for him from Reigns and they play it on the TitanTron. Reigns says that last week Truth made him wait so he could he train for his World Heavyweight Title shot against Sheamus, so this week Reigns will make Truth wait so he can train for his NXT Title shot against the winner of tonight’s main event. (It’s lame, I know, but I needed to wait a week and figured the announcers could put this over as mind games or some such)
Truth says that since he is here, he might as well wrestle, and makes an open challenge to anyone in the back who wants to try their luck against a guy on the main roster. The challenge is answered by Percy Watson.
R-TRUTH vs. PERCY WATSON-
Truth wins clean in seven minutes, but offers Watson a handshake and puts him over on the mic after the match.

KASSIUS OHNO vs. COREY GRAVES-
Ohno wins clean in ten minutes

NXT TITLE MATCH: Richie Steamboat(c) vs. Luke Harper vs. Leo Kruger-
Richie wins clean in fifteen minutes, pinning Kruger.

[Big Red Machine]

Smackdown: (3/22/2013) Cincinnati, OH
JOHN CENA vs. JINDER MAHAL
Punk comes out to distract Cena again, leading to Jinder getting a nearfall on a roll-up, but Cena kicks out. Cena then goes into his usual ending sequence and stares right at Punk as he hits the Attitude Adjustment.

We quickly cut backstage where Alberto Del Rio and Rey Mysterio Jr. have already gotten into a brawl. Security, backstage personnel and other wrestlers quickly come to break it up. When Paul Heyman gets there, he is furious, and declares that, until Wrestlemania, Del Rio will only be on Smackdown while Rey will only be on Raw.

WWE UNITED STATES TITLE MATCH: Antonio Cesaro(c) (w/Aksana) vs. Damien Sandow (w/Naomi)-
Cesaro wins in ten minutes after Daniel Bryan interferes, kicking Sandow in the head, allowing Cesaro to hit the Gotch-style Neutralizer and get the pin.

Dean Ambrose backstage promo:
“All week people have been saying to me ‘looks like your wish came true, Dean… you got rid of Mick Foley, but now you’re stuck dealing with Cactus Jack.” As if this was a bad thing. I know exactly what I want, and that is to get rid of Mick Foley/Cactus jack/Mankind/Dude Love/whatever you want to call him, and this was the best way to do it. The difference between Cactus Jack and Mick Foley’s other personas is that Cactus Jack doesn’t think. Cactus Jack has desires and he wants those desires fulfilled, but he doesn’t actually think about what the consequences will be. Cactus Jack makes mistakes… and he made the biggest- and last- of his career on Raw when he accepted my challenge to a match at Wrestlemania.

Tyson Kidd is being interviewed by Michael Cole via satellite (because Christian won’t be cleared to wrestle until next week, so Kidd is not allowed in the arena). Kidd vows to make Christian regret his decision to ask that Kidd be reinstated every single day. Christian comes out and interrupts the interview and says that the next time they face each other, he will win. Paul Heyman comes out and says that he is sick and tired of the constant backstage brawls ruining his shows, and he doesn’t want them to start brawling the minute they are in the same building. He says he will give them one last match to work out their problems with each other, and that match will take place at Wrestlemania… but if they fight before that, he will suspend them both and the match will never happen.

BIG SHOW vs. R-TRUTH-
Sheamus does guest commentary for this match. Show wins clean in twelve minutes with the WMD, pointing to Sheamus before he hits it.

Wade Barrett is cutting a promo backstage when The Miz walks up to him. Barrett is very hostile towards Miz, but Miz says he has another plan to beat Orton. Last week they proved that if they work together, they can kink Randy’s butt. The problem is that only one of them can get the pin… in a normal match, that is. Miz proposes that he and Barrett take on Orton and Bo at Wrestlemania in a 2 out of 3 falls match. Barrett accepts.

EPICO (w/Rosa Mendes & Primo) vs. TITUS O’NEIL (w/Darren Young)-
Epico wins by roll-up when Titus is angry and this causes him to make a mistake.

Undertaker’s mystical powers allow him to hijack the TitanTron and he cuts a promo saying that he will save the WWE from Paul Heyman at Wrestlemania. No one breaks The Streak. Not even Brock Lesnar.

JACK SWAGGER, RANDY ORTON, BO DALLAS, KOFI KINGSTON, & SETH ROLLINS vs. DEAN AMBROSE, PRIMO COLON, HEATH SLATER, ALBERTO DEL RIO, & DOLPH ZIGGLER (w/Vickie Guerrero, Ricardo Rodriguez, & Rosa Mendes)
The babyfaces win clean in fifteen minutes when Rollins Ziggler up. After the match Ziggler attacks Rollins. Bo, Orton, and Swagger come to make the save but are attacked by the other heels. Kofi Kingston sees the big brawl starting and decides not to take part. Things are pretty even until Epico comes out to help the heels , giving them the advantage, but the Prime Time Players come out to turn the tide. Now that the babyfaces seem to be winning, Heath Slater bails, leaving the babyfaces in control until Barrett, Miz & Graves come out, quickly followed by Cesaro, and the huge group of heels beat down the babyfaces to end the show.



WWE.com has several major Wrestlemania-related pieces of news today: The first is that the proposed 2-out-of-3 Falls Match between Wade Barrett & The Miz and Randy Orton & Bo Dallas has been made official. Another new match announced for Wrestlemania is an Intercontinental Title match between Dolph Ziggler and Seth Rollins. In other Mania-related news, Mick Foley will appear live tonight on Raw to address his match with Dean Ambrose.
Also tonight on Raw, Tyson Kidd and Christian will be in the same room together for the first time since UltraClash in order to sign the contract for their match at Wrestlemania… but will they be able to contain their hatred for long enough to sign the contract? Or will they brawl right then and there on Raw and both be suspended indefinitely as per WWE COO Paul Heyman?
On Smackdown this week, Paul Heyman has signed a huge grudge match stemming from the ending of last week’s Smackdown. It will be the team of Seth Rollins, Jack Swagger, The Prime Time Players, Randy Orton, Bo Dallas & Alex Riley taking on Dean Ambrose, Dolph Ziggler, Primo, Epico, Antonio Cesaro, The Miz, & Wade Barrett in a huge fourteen-man elimination match!

As if all of this wasn’t enough, John Cena will make a rebuttal to CM Punk’s comments from last week’s Raw on this week’s show, and on Smackdown, The Rock returns to “the people’s show” to make his rebuttal.




Raw: (3/25/2013)- Philadelphia, PA
Damien Sandow cuts a promo on AJ & Dragon. He calls Dragon a “barbarian,” for attacking him during his US Title match on Smackdown. He says it is sad that AJ and Dragon are so uncultured because they have shown themselves in the past to be very smart people, but instead they choose to be uncultured and indecent. As evidence of this, he plays a clip of them making out that is par tof their entrance video and calls it “smut.” He ends by saying that he will never give them a chance to win the belts back.

SETH ROLLINS vs. JINDER MAHAL-
Rollins wins clean in five minutes. Ziggler is on commentary and complains about having to put the title up against Rollins at Mania.

Briley Pierce interviews PTP and baits them about their lack of recent success against the Colons, but the PTP say they realize this and that they know they need to calm down, so they will go back to being themselves.
DANIEL & AJ BRYAN vs. TENSAI & PAIGE (w/Christian)-
Dragon pins Tensai in eight minutes.

At different points during the show the Big Show and Sheamus each claim to be the dominant force in the WWE.

John Cena cuts a big promo. He talks first about his need to be The Rock, then talks about how CM Punk has turned his back on the fans.

Jack Swagger makes an open challenge to defend his European Title. It is answered by Drew McIntyre.
WWE EUROPEAN TITLE MATCH: Jack Swagger(c) vs. Drew McIntyre-
Swagger makes McIntyre tap to the Patriot act in ten minutes. After the match Cesaro comes out and says that he will not stand for Swagger holding that title any longer and demands that Swagger put the belt on the line against him at Wrestlemania. Swagger says he will do that if Cesaro will put up the US Title as well. Cesaro agrees.

Rey Mysterio cuts a promo about his match with Del Rio at Mania, saying that he has been waiting months to get his hands on Del Rio again. He also says that he would hate to have to retire without getting to wrestle on Raw one last time, so against doctors’ advice, he will wrestle next week.

Primo, Epico, and Rosa cut a promo about how much they enjoyed the end of last week’s Smackdown because of how much the WWE Universe hated it, and they would love to have a repeat of it on Smackdown this week.

ALEX RILEY vs. BO DALLAS (w/Randy Orton)-
Bo wins clean in twelve minutes, but both he and Randy give Riley a handshake after the match.

Foley challenges Ambrose to make their match a street fight. Ambrose accepts.

CHRISTIAN AND TYSON KIDD CONTRACT SIGNING- Before they sign the contract, they cut promos no each other. Christian says that he is so determined to beat Tyson Kidd that the only way he will stay down is if Kidd beats him so badly that he can’t get up anymore. Kidd says that is just what he is planning on doing. He says that Christian had Paige hurt Nattie so badly that she couldn’t walk for over a month, so he will make sure that Christian can’t walk for even more time than that. Paul Heyman comes out and suggests that they make it a Last Man Standing match and both men agree.

The Miz cuts a promo dissing Bo & Orton for showing respect to a loser like Alex Riley and says that they should be training for their match against him and Wade Barrett at Wrestlemania instead.

Brock Lesnar cuts a promo saying that he is confident because he can beat Taker. If Taker couldn’t beat him ten years ago when Taker was in his prime and Brock was young and inexperienced, what chance does Taker have now? Brock says that he will break The Streak.



NXT: (3/27/2013)
Truth shows up and cuts a promo on Reigns, calling him out, but Reigns doesn’t come out, so Truth sits down at the commentary table.
KASSIUS OHNO vs. RICK VICTOR-
Ohno wins clean in nine minutes, via Ohno Blade.

A backstage interviewer peaks into Richie Steamboat’s locker room to try to get an interview with him. He sees Ricky “The Dragon” Steamboat giving Ricky some advice. “Don’t let him overwhelm you, son. They are two different issues. That has nothing to do with this. This is a match you know you can win.”

Right before the main event, Roman Reigns comes out. Truth starts to get up to fight him but Reigns tells him that he just got out of the GM’s office and, while the NXT GM has no real power over Truth, he is a member of the WWE management structure and can make recommendations to WWE COO Paul Heyman. Reigns continues, saying that the GM has said that if Truth interferes in this match, he will recommend a harsh suspension from WWE management for ruining such a major match-up for NXT. Truth says he is fine doing commentary, but that Reigns had better watch his back the minute the match is over, because when it comes to disrespectful punks like Reigns, Truth has no problem kicking a guy when he is down.

NXT TITLE MATCH: Richie Steamboat(c) vs. Roman Reigns-
After twenty minutes of back and forth action, they spill to the outside in a brawl that leads them near the announcers’ table. R-Truth makes sure to get out of the way, but at one point he locks eyes with Reigns, and Richie, too, seems to stare at Truth. As the match progresses, Richie starts to occasionally look over at Truth. One of these brief distractions ends up costing Richie, as it allows Reigns to hit him with the Moment of Silence and get the pin to become the new NXT Champion. Truth charges into the ring to fight Reigns, and they have a brawl that is broken up by security.




Smackdown: (3/29/2013)- Hershey, PA
NOAMI (w/Damien Sandow) vs. KAITLYN-
Naomi wins clean in five minutes. After the match come out and AJ and Dragon offer Sandow & Naomi a deal: If they give them a shot at the IG Titles and AJ and Dragon lose, they will agree follow Sandow & Naomi’s cultured, polite ways. Sandow and Naomi confer and say that they will think about it.

Alberto Del Rio cuts a promo saying that at Wrestlemania, he will finally rid the WWE of Rey Mysterio Jr.

R-TRUTH vs. CHRISTIAN (w/Paige)-
Christian wins clean in ten minutes

TYSON KIDD vs. JTG-
Kidd wins clean in three minutes. He is extremely vicious and aggressive.

The Rock cuts a big promo saying that the night after Wrestlemania last year he promised The People he would become WWE Champion again and he will not let anything stop him. He also counters Punk’s claim that he didn’t deserve the title shot he got at the Royal Rumble by pointing out that he not only beat John Cena clean at Wresltemania and beat Awesome Truth at Survivor Series, but that he never got a rematch after he lost the title to Brock Lesnar at Summer Slam 2002.

FOURTEEN MAN ELIMINATION TAG TEAM MATCH: Seth Rollins, Jack Swagger, the Prime Time Players, Bo Dallas, Randy Orton, & Alex Riley vs. Wade Barrett, The Miz, Dolph Ziggler, Antonio Cesaro, Primo, Epico, & Dean Ambrose (w/Corey Graves, Vickie Guerrero, Rosa Mendes, & Aksana)-
The match goes a good half hour and is intended to get the follow ideas over:
1) Wade & Miz can work as a team. They make tags often and as a unit, they get the better of Randy, but when they try to go for the pin, others always come in to make the save. They get several nearfalls this way on Randy with a two-man powerbomb.
2) PTP can keep their cool when in there with the Colons. They get this across by not being as angry (not almost getting DQed for not breaking in the corner, etc, etc)
3) Rollins and Ziggler are dead even when Ziggler doesn’t cheat. Rollins is eliminated from the match when Ziggler takes advantage of the ref being distracted to hit Rollins with a low blow, then a Zig Zag.
Ambrose gets a clean pin on Bo Dallas. Soon after that the babyfaces rally but are cut off when Ambrose grabs a chair and beings hitting babyfaces with it. The other heels follow suit and the babyfaces are once again laid out, but Ambrose is particularly vicious, and even the other heels seem to be a bit scared of him.



Raw: (4/1/2013)- Washington D.C.
Seth Rollins cuts a promo saying that he is very excited for Wrestlemania. He says he will win his first championship in the WWE on his first Wrestlemania.

We get a contract signing for the mixed tag team titles. Sandow says that before they sign the contract for the match at Mania, he wants AJ & Dragon to understand what they are getting themselves into, so he has prepared some sample rules that they will have to follow.
Rule #1) Always say “please” and “thank you”
Rule #2) No public displays of affection
Rule #3) You should become well educated in classical music and forsake less cultured forms of music such as rock n’ roll, hip-hop, or country music
Rule #4) Only t-
AJ: How many more of these are there going to be?
Sandow (louder and angrier than before): Rule #4- Do not interrupt others while they are talking!
Rule #5) only take one appetizer per tray at cocktail parties.
AJ and Dragon promise to follow all of these rules and more if they lose at Wrestlemania and everyone signs the contract.

Dolph Ziggler cuts a promo saying that Rollins will choke like he always does.


RANDY ORTON & BO DALLAS vs. PRIMO & EPICO (w/Rosa Mendes)-
Miz, Barrett, and Graves come out and distract Randy, resulting in the Colons being able to hit Bo with their finish and get the win. Miz, Barrett, and Graves all attack Randy. Graves quickly eats an RKO but Miz and Barrett beat Randy down and hit him with a double powerbomb, then take turns pinning him while the other counts the three.

Matt Striker asks Cesaro for a comment about his Title vs. Title match with Jack Swagger at Wrestlemania. Cesaro says he has beaten every American he has come up against, but Swagger interrupts him and tells him that that isn’t correct. One American has beaten him. Back on the December 24th episode of Main Event, Cesaro was defeated by none other than Jack Swagger. Cesaro says that he lost that match because Dragon distracted him and says that Dragon won’t be a factor in this match because he will be too distraught at not winning back the Mixed Tag Team Titles.

REY MYSTERIO JR & ALEX RILEY vs. DREW MCINTYRE & MICHAEL MCGILLICUTTY-
Rey pins Drew in six minutes. After the match Riley attacks Rey from behind and hits him in the arm with a chair.

SHEAMUS-BIG SHOW CONTRACT SIGNING- this is the first time these two have been in a ring together in a while and the announcers play that up, not being sure if they will brawl or shake hands. Before signing the contract, they cut promos on each other. Show says that he is the most dominant force the WWE has ever seen, and points out that he is the only person Sheamus has defended the title against since becoming champion that he hasn’t beaten (Show won their match back at Night of Champions by DQ when Cena interfered). Sheamus says that he has been champion for a year now and he is going to cement his title reign as a legendary one with a Wrestlemania victory over the Big Show. They sign the contract and then shake hands, but Show pulls Sheamus forward and delivers a WMD with his other hand. Show then chokeslams Sheamus through the table.

Matt Striker interviews Alex Riley, asking him why he attacked Rey. Riley says he was paid off by Del Rio.

WWE DIVAS TITLE MATCH: Tamina Snuka vs. Alicia Fox-
Tamina wins clean in seven minutes.

Brock and Taker have a contract signing. It is just as tense as the one between Show and Sheamus, but there is no violence this time. They announce that some sort of outside review board will review the match afterwards to determine if any questionable refereeing calls were made.

TYSON KIDD vs. HEATH SLATER-
At one point during the match, Heath Slater tries to bring a chair into the ring but the ref tells him not to so Heath drops the chair on the outside. Later in the match Paige comes out and picks up the chair, and when the ref is distracted with Slater, she jumps up onto the ring and hits Kidd with it. Kidd manages to get his hands up to block it but gives Slater time to sneak up behind him and get a roll-up for the win. Paige, still standing on the apron, taunts Tyson Kidd. Kidd charges at her but she hops down… but Tyson Kidd manages to grab her hair and pull her into the ring. Kidd grabs the fallen chair goes to hit Paige with it but she manages to escape. Kidd grabs a mic and says that at Wrestlemania, he will make sure that neither Christian nor Paige can answer a ten count.

Dean Ambrose cuts a promo about his upcoming match with Mick Foley. He says that there is a famous saying: “He who fights with monsters might take care lest he thereby become a monster himself.” Ambrose realizes that in order to punish Mick Foley for the lives he has ruined, he will have to become the hardcore monster he despises, if only for one night, but he has embraced that. What he did on Smackdown is just a taste of what he will do to Foley at Wrestlemania.


JOHN CENA vs. KOFI KINGSTON-
Punk comes down to try to distract Cena but Cena once again ignores him and finishes his match with Kofi cleanly, picking up the win. Punk runs in to try to hit Cena with the title belt but Cena ducks it and they brawl unil The Rock comes out and takes them both down with clotheslines. Raw ends with Rock, Punk and Cena all standing ready in the ring with the fallen WWE Title in the middle of the ring between them.



NXT: (4/3/2013)
KASSIUS OHNO vs. BRADEN TRAVEN-
Ohno wins clean in three minutes via Ohno Blade

An interviewer interviews Richie Steamboat about his title loss. Richie says that he doesn’t care about losing the title. He is going put all of his energy into beating a member of the main WWE roster so he can make it to the next level.

NO DISQUALIFICATIONS MATCH: Roman Reigns vs. R-Truth-
Reigns wins a hard-fought battle in thirty minutes. After the match Reigns grabs a mic and shouts for the officials to “get that unconscious piece of trash out of MY NXT ring!”



I'm really sorry for how rushed the last two week's worth of shows seem, but I really wanted to get this done. My kayfabe and legit excuse for not having so many matches is that no one wants to get hurt going into Mania.

[Big Red Machine]

WWE.com runs a news story saying the Primo and Epico are boycotting this year's FAN ACCESS, but the Prime Time Players have stepped up to take on all of their appearances.



WRESTLEMANIA RUNDOWN:
Pre-Show:
MIXED TAG TEAM TITLE MATCH: Damien Sandow & Naomi(c) vs. Daniel & AJ Bryan
- If the Bryans lose, they must follow Sandow's Rules for Civilized Conduct

Main Show:
WWE INTERCONTINENTAL TITLE MATCH: Dolph Ziggler(c) (w/Vickie Guerrero) vs. Seth Rollins

2 OUT OF 3 FALLS MATCH: Randy Orton & Bo Dallas vs. Wade Barrett & The Miz (w/Corey Graves)

TITLE VS. TITLE MATCH: Jack Swagger(European Title) vs. Antonio Cesaro(US Title) (w/Aksana)

WWE WORLD TAG TEAM TITLE MATCH: Primo & Epico(c) (w/Rosa Mendes) vs. The Prime Time Players

IF REY LOSES, HE MUST RETIRE: Rey Mysterio Jr. vs. Alberto Del Rio (w/Ricardo Rodriguez)

LAST MAN STANDING MATCH: Tyson Kidd vs. Christian

LEGENDS CEREMONY

STREET FIGHT: Dean Ambrose vs. Mick Foley

WORLD HEAVYWEIGHT TITLE MATCH: Sheamus(c) vs. The Big Show

IF TAKER WINS, HE GETS CONTROL OF THE WWE: Brock Lesnar (w/Paul Heyman) vs. The Undertaker (w/Stephanie McMahon Helmsley)-

WWE TITLE MATCH: CM Punk(c) vs. The Rock vs. John Cena

[Big Red Machine]

WRESTLEMANIA XXIX- (4/7/2013)- East Rutherford, NJ

Pre-Show:
MIXED TAG TEAM TITLE MATCH: Damien Sandow & Naomi(c) vs. Daniel & AJ Bryan
- If the Bryans lose, they must follow Sandow's Rules for Civilized Conduct

AJ & Dragon win the titles clean in fifteen minutes with Dragon pinning Sandow


Main Show:
WWE INTERCONTINENTAL TITLE MATCH: Dolph Ziggler(c) (w/Vickie Guerrero) vs. Seth Rollins
Rollins wins clean in seventeen minutes. This match is pretty much intended to do it's best to steal the show.

2 OUT OF 3 FALLS MATCH: Randy Orton & Bo Dallas vs. Wade Barrett & The Miz (w/Corey Graves)-
About five minutes in we get a ref bump, then Kane jumps the guardrail and pulls Randy off the apron. Kane assaults Randy, chokeslamming him through an announce table and giving him a Tombstone Piledriver on the ring steps. The heels drag Randy in the ring and Miz pins him. Bo drags Randy to his corner and makes the tag to Randy's lifeless body. Bo tries his best to fight back and even catches Miz in a roll-up but he is eventually beaten down by the two-on-one. Graves distracts the ref and the heels pull Randy into the ring, making the ref think a tag has been made. Barrett pins Randy but Randy kicks out. Randy tries to make it back to his feet but is cut off by a Barrett Barrage and pinned (total time about 11 minutes)

TITLE VS. TITLE MATCH: Jack Swagger(European Title) vs. Antonio Cesaro(US Title) (w/Aksana)
Cesaro wins clean in about fourteen minutes

WWE WORLD TAG TEAM TITLE MATCH: Primo & Epico(c) (w/Rosa Mendes) vs. The Prime Time Players
The Colons cheat to retain the belts in about ten minutes

IF REY LOSES, HE MUST RETIRE: Rey Mysterio Jr. vs. Alberto Del Rio (w/Ricardo Rodriguez)
Rey wins in fifteen minutes, catching Del Rio with a roll-up, but Del Rio jumps him as he is celebrating and rips his mask off

LAST MAN STANDING MATCH: Tyson Kidd vs. Christian
After a very violent twenty-five minutes, Tyson Kidd comes out victorious. At one point late in the match Paige tries to interfere but Natalya Neidhart returns and takes her out.

LEGENDS CEREMONY- Heath Slater interrupts the ceremony for the new Hall of Famers and is a giant asshole, but someone jumps the guardrail and attacks him... it's Cody Rhodes!

STREET FIGHT: Dean Ambrose vs. Mick Foley
About fifteen or twenty minutes of whatever Mick can do. Ambrose goes over.

WORLD HEAVYWEIGHT TITLE MATCH: Sheamus(c) vs. The Big Show
Sheamus wins clean in twenty, kicking out of the WMD and putting Show down with the Brogue Kick.

(I'm really not sure which of these two should main event the show)
IF TAKER WINS, HE GETS CONTROL OF THE WWE: Brock Lesnar (w/Paul Heyman) vs. The Undertaker (w/Stephanie McMahon Helmsley)- Taker wins clean in 30-40 minutes

WWE TITLE MATCH: CM Punk(c) vs. The Rock vs. John Cena
Rock pins Punk to become the new WWE Champion in 30-40 minutes.

[Big Red Machine]

Decided to pick this up again in some form or another, but with the following disclaimer:
It occurs to me that if I am in charge of creative, I can have some say in the PPV names and the touring schedule. For that reason, I will no longer be bound by the touring schedule, PPV names (and even themes) that WWE uses. I'm not going to constantly change everything, but there are a few switches I would rather make, both because I like them better and because they will help some angles, so if something is different, that is why.
The first of these changes is that the May PPV (still in St. Louis) will now be Payback and the June PPV in Chicago will now be Judgment Day.

With any luck, I should have some things caught up decently soon.

[Big Red Machine]

WWE.com reports that Randy Orton will be out for a few weeks due to the injuries he suffered when Kane attacked him at Mania.

During the first Raw, an announcer asks Kane why he assaulted Orton. Kane says that he wants to be a monster again. Being a monster is a state of mental being. It is a zone he needs to go to. A zone where he is invincible, both physically and mentally. Where the pain he suffers is drowned out by the desire to cause others pain. Where he has no remorse whatsoever for any actions he decides to take. Throughout the past few years, whenever he has gotten close to being able to get to that zone, Randy Orton has done something that has robbed him of it. By taking Randy out, he is removing the obstacle that has prevented him from becoming a monster and once again unleashing an unstoppable reign of terror on the WWE.

Also during the first Raw, Dean Ambrose cuts a promo saying that he has gotten rid of Mick Foley for good and he can now stop doing hardcore things and return to wrestling the way it is supposed to be.

The Rock cuts a promo about how happy he is to be WWE Champion again.

We get a backstage segment where an interviewer is asking Tamina about her next challenger, who will be determined in a tournament. The Rock stops by and congratulates Tamina. In the background, AJ and Dragon sit there with their Mixed Tag Team Titles, looking a bit dejected as they watch the WWE Champion and the Divas Champion shine their belts up.

Rey cuts a promo on the importance of masks and how Del Rio has disrespected him by removing his. He promises payback, and later he interferes in Del Rio’s match, causing him to lose by DQ.

An interviewer asks Cena for his thoughts on his loss at Wrestlemania. Cena tries to joke about “doing better this time” because he didn’t get pinned, but it is clear he is still bothered by the loss.

Cody Rhodes calls out Heath Slater, but Slater doesn’t come out.

The show ends with Taker coming out and saying that he doesn’t care about the money that comes from owning the WWE… he cares about the fans, and he wants to make sure that they get the best WWE that they can get. He also says that he knows his limitations… and management is not one of his strengths, so he is handing the company over to Hunter & Steph. He gives them a warning not to abuse their power, and tells them “what I giveth, I can taketh away.”

Punk says he wants a rematch with the Rock on the WWE shows in England.

On the first Smackdown, AJ and Dragon announce that they are retiring the Mixed Tag Team Titles and will be rededicating themselves to focusing on the WWE and Divas titles.

WADE BARRETT vs. DEAN AMBROSE-
They wrestle for a few minutes until Barrett develops an advantage. Ambrose gets very frustrated, go to the outside and grabs a chair which he tries to hit Barrett with. Barrett leaves the ring and the ref tries to wrestle the chair away from Ambrose but Ambrose shoves the ref, causing a DQ.

WWE INTERCONTINENTAL TITLE MATCH: Seth Rollins(c) vs. Dolph Ziggler (w/Vickie Guerrero)-
Rollins retains clean.

Most of the build is to those shows (the third Raw and SD after Mania).
Ambrose has matches on both the second Raw and SD that end like his match on Smackdown. After the match on Smackdown he asks Steph to give him time off, which she does. Meanwhile Kane is running around assaulting people at random, Dragon, Ryback, Punk, Cena, and Barrett are all picking up wins. Dolph Ziggler cuts a promo saying he doesn’t care about the IC Title belt anymore because he will now dedicate himself to becoming a World Champion. He, too, starts to pick up wins.
The tournament for #1 contendership to the Divas Title ends in a double pinfall in a match between Layla and Paige, resulting in both of them getting title shots in the UK.

Rey and Del Rio brawl a lot. Sheamus is given the chance to pick who he would like to defend the World Heavyweight Title against in the UK, and he picks Rey, who he calls a legend and whom he hasn’t beaten. Del Rio threatens to ruin the match, so Steph tells him that he won’t be part of the UK tour.
We also build up to The Rock vs. CM Punk for the WWE Title (Punk’s rematch). Cesaro says he wants to defend his titles against Europeans in the UK. Cody keeps wanting to face Clater but Slater always no-shows. When it is announced that Cody will be missing the UK tour because of a small injury, Slater signs up for the UK Tour.

The UK shows:
Raw:
Orton cuts a promo saying he will be back at Payback and he will get his revenge on Kane in a No DQ’s match.
WWE DIVAS TITLE MATCH: Tamina(c) def. Paige (w/Christian)-
Antonio Cesaro makes an open challenge to any European on the roster. The challenge is answered by Finlay, who loses a US Title match.
WORLD HEAVYWEIGHT TITLE MATCH: Sheamus(c) vs. Rey Mysterio Jr-
Del Rio ruins the match, attacking Rey (causing a DQ) and pulling Rey’s mask off. He later cuts a promo saying he flew himself over with his own money. He hates Rey and won’t let Rey win the title. Steph makes a rematch for Smackdown and tells Del Rio that if he ruins the match, he will be suspended indefinitely and will never get his hands on Rey again… and to make sure that he doesn’t attack Rey if he is suspended, she decrees that every time he attacks Rey, she will fine him $5,000… which will be used to give free Rey Mysterio masks to underprivileged children all over the world.

HEATH SLATER vs. DAMIEN SANDOW (w/Naomi)-
Sandow wins clean

WADE BARRETT vs. JOHN CENA-
Barrett wins clean with the Barrett Barrage

WWE TITLE MATCH: The Rock(c) def. CM Punk clean to retain.

Smackdown:
WWE DIVAS TITLE MATCH: Tamina(c) def. Layla

Wade Barrett cuts a promo claiming that Sheamus is ducking him. He says Sheamus knows that his Barrett Barrage can put him down for the count, which is why Sheamus chose to face Rey instead of him.
CM PUNK vs. DOLPH ZIGGLER (w/Vickie Guerrero)-
Ziggler wins clean.

NATALYA vs. PAIGE (Tyson Kidd & Christian are barred from ringside)-
Nattie wins clean in a blow-off grudge match.

HEATH SLATER vs. DANIEL BRYAN (w/AJ Bryan)-
Dragon wins clean

Antonio Cesaro makes an open challenge to any European on the roster. The challenge is answered by Regal, who loses a European Title match.

WORLD HEAVYWEIGHT TITLE MATCH: Sheamus(c) vs. Rey Mysterio Jr-
Sheamus wins clean

From here we build to Payback.
Cena asks Rock for a WWE Title shot based on the fact that Cena didn't get pinned at Mania. Rock agrees.
Sheamus agrees to face Barrett for the title.
Punk has started a losing streak but he will try to snap it against Dragon.
After Slater no-shows another match with Cody, Steph makes a match between them for Payback and announces that Slater will be fired if he doesn’t show up.
Swagger invokes his rematch clause to get a rematch for the European Title. Sandow gets some wins and claims that because he didn’t lose cleanly in his US Title match back in March, he deserves a US Title match. Cesaro says he will prove how superior he is to American wrestlers by defending both of his titles in one night.
Kofi picks up some wins and uses the fact that he never got a rematch for the IC Title after he lost it at UltraClash to get himself an IC Title match against Rollins.
Del Rio keeps trying to unmask Rey. Rey tells Del Rio the only way he will ever get Rey’s mask off again is if he takes it off of Rey’s dead body, so they have a Last Man Standing match set.
Kane runs around attacking everyone to keep in the “monster zone” so Orton won’t be able to knock him out of it again.
We also build to Big Show vs. Ryback, Ziggler vs. Kidd, and Tamina will defend against Nattie.

NXT Angles: Richie faces off against a babyface member of the main roster and turns heel using the ropes to finally get a win over a member of the main roster. Reigns continues to defend the title, but also talks of moving up to the main roster.



WWE Payback: (5/19/2013)- St. Louis, MO

PRE-SHOW MATCH:
FATAL FOUR WAY MATCH: Christian (w/Paige) def. The Miz (w/Corey Graves) vs. Bo Dallas vs. R-Truth
Truth wins clean in ten, pinning Miz

WWE UNITED STATES TITLE MATCH: Antonio Cesaro(c) (w/Aksana) vs. Damien Sandow (w/Naomi)-
Cesaro wins clean in ten minutes

TYSON KIDD (w/Natalya) vs. DOLPH ZIGGLER (w/Vickie Guerrero)-
Ziggler wins clean in fifteen minutes

RYBACK vs. THE BIG SHOW-
Ryback wins clean in seven minutes

WWE EUROPEAN TITLE MATCH: Antonio Cesaro(c) (w/Aksana) vs. Jack Swagger-
Cesaro is clearly affected by his other match. Swagger out wrestles him and out-runs him. Cesaro manages to retain via a low blow and a roll-up.

CODY RHODES vs. HEATH SLATER-
Immediately after the match starts, Slater hits Cody with a low blow then bloodies him with a steel chair before walking off, leaving Cody in a pool of his own blood.

WWE DIVAS TITLE MATCH: Tamina Snuka(c) vs. Natalya-
Tamina wins clean in seven

WWE INTERCONTINENTAL TITLE MATCH: Seth Rollins(c) vs. Kofi Kingston-
Rollins wins clean in twelve

LAST MAN STANDING MATCH: Rey Mysterio Jr. vs. Alberto Del Rio (w/Ricardo Rodriguez)-
Del Rio wins after hitting Rey in the head a bunch of times with various weapons. He then takes Rey's mask off (Rey's face is not seen).

CM PUNK vs. DANIEL BRYAN (w/AJ Bryan)-
Dragon wins clean in 20 minutes

WORLD HEAVYWEIGHT TITLE MATCH: Sheamus(c) vs. Wade Barrett-
Sheamus wins clean in thirteen minutes. He manages to avoid the Spinning Backfist finishing par tof the BArrett Barrage every time Barrett goes for it, and pins Barrett with a Small Package after ducking it.

NO DISQUALIFICATION MATCH: Kane vs. Randy Orton-
Kane wins in fifteen minutes.

WWE TITLE MATCH: The Rock(c) vs. John Cena-
Cena wins clean in twenty. Rock shakes his hand afterwards

[Big Red Machine]

WWE.com reports Rey Mysterio Jr. has been diagnosed with a concussion suffered in his match at Payback and will be out indefinitely. In semi-related news, the man who gave Mysterio that concussion, Alberto Del Rio, has requested a week off to recover from that match and General Manger Stephanie McMahon-Helmsley has granted that request.

The Miz has his work cut out for him this week with two big matches: On Raw he will face Daniel Bryan, and on Smackdown, he will face the man Bryan defeated at Payback, CM Punk.

[Big Red Machine]

In an updated injury report, two more WWE superstars will be out of action for an unknown amount of time due to injuries suffered at Payback: Randy Orton and Cody Rhodes

[Big Red Machine]

Raw: (5/20/2013)- Kansas City, MO
Raw opens with Stephanie McMahon-Helmsley in the ring, along with Primo, Epico, and Rosa. Steph announces that she and the tag team champions have come together to create a tournament for the #1 contendership to the WWE World Tag Team Titles that will take place over the next three weeks, with the winners receiving a WWE World Tag Team Title match on the June 7th episode of Smackdown. The teams in this tournament will be: International Airstrike 2.0 (Adrian Neville & Justin Gabriel), Drew McIntyre & Michael McGillicutty, and two wild-card pairings: Jack Swagger & Cody Rhodes, and Kofi Kingston & Christian). The first match of the tournament will take place on next week’s Raw. Primo, Epico, and Rosa then go on to talk about how their tournament will be much better than the silly-named tournament PTP had last winter.

R-TRUTH vs. CHRISTIAN (w/Paige)-
Truth wins clean in twelve. The announcers put this over as a bit of an upset for Truth, who lost to a guy on NXT last month, to pin someone like Christian, who had a big undefeated streak going last year.

CM Punk cuts a backstage promo saying that he has been on a bit of a losing streak recently, but he is going to pick himself up, dust himself off and get back to winning… and that starts with his match against The Miz this Friday night on Smackdown.

John Cena cuts an in-ring promo about how happy is to be WWE Champion again. He says that now that he has gotten the massive monkey off of his back and finally beaten The Rock, he has a new goal to shoot for: He is going to break CM Punk’s 504 day record for the longest WWE Title reign of the modern era.
Wade Barrett cuts a promo admitting that Sheamus was the better man last night, but if he ever manages to hit Sheamus with the Barrett Barrage, Sheamus will be out like a light.

DANIEL BRYAN (w/AJ Bryan) vs. THE MIZ (w/Corey Graves)-
Dragon makes Miz tap in seven minutes.

Heath Slater cuts a backstage promo about how he outsmarted Cody Rhodes last night at Payback and left him just the way he left his father and brother… lying in a pool of his own blood. Tyson Kidd then gets in Slater’s face about him having no respect for the history of the business. They start to shove each other, but it is quickly broken up by backstage personnel

JACK SWAGGER vs. THE BIG SHOW-
Swagger makes Big Show tap in ten minutes. As Big Show is limping his way up the ramp, still selling, Kane assaults him out of the blue, injuring his leg and tossing him off of the stage. Kane laughs manically while Big Show is being stretchered away.

Antonio Cesaro announces that he has decided to retire the European Title. The babyface announcers speculate that this might be because he is afraid of losing it to an American, like he almost lost it to Jack Swagger last night at Payback. When the heel announcer calls them out on it, they point out that Cesaro had to cheat to retain the belt. The heel announcer then counters that he only cheated to even up the odds because Swagger was fresh and he wasn’t.

MAIN EVENT SIX WAY MATCH, ONE FALL TO A FINISH: Sheamus vs. Seth Rollins vs. Kofi Kingston vs. Ryback vs. Damien Sandow (w/Naomi) vs. Dolph Ziggler (w/Vickie Guerrero)-
Ziggler wins clean in twenty minutes, pinning Sandow.





Main Event: (5/22/2013)
BRODUS CLAY (w/Cameron) vs. DANIEL BRYAN (w/AJ Bryan)-
Dragon makes Brodus tap clean in eight.

HEATH SLATER vs. ZACK RYDER-
Slater cheats to get a win in seven minutes

Tamina makes an open challenge to any woman in the building. It is answered by NXT’s Emma, leading to…
TAMINA SNUKA vs. EMMA-
Tamina squashes Emma in ninety seconds.

R-TRUTH vs. JACK SWAGGER-
Truth wins clean in fifteen minutes




SUPERSTARS: (5/23/2013)-
R-TRUTH vs. SIN CARA-
Truth wins clean in twelve minutes.

ZACK RYDER & TED DIBIASE JR. vs. KOFI KINGSTON & CHRISTIAN (w/Paige)-
Kofi & Christian win clean in eight minutes.

JACK SWAGGER vs. DANIEL BRYAN (w/AJ Bryan)-
Dragon makes Swagger tap clean in fifteen minutes.




WWE.com reports that Big Show will be out for an indefinite length of time due to the vicious assault on him by Kane. WWE doctors can also report that Randy Orton is expect to be out of action for a few more weeks. We still have no idea how long Rey Mysterio Jr. will be out of action, but we are certain that a return date is not close. In happier injury-related news, it appears that Cody Rhodes should be ready to return to action in time for next week’s Smackdown, when he and Jack Swagger will team up in the first round of the WWE World Tag Team Titles #1 Contendership Tournament for face Drew McIntyre & Michael McGillicutty.

In addition to Miz vs. CM Punk, the following matches have been signed for this week's Smackdown:
Heath Slater vs. Tyson Kidd
Dolph Ziggler vs. Bo Dallas
Wade Barrett vs. Sin Cara
Kofi Kingston, Christian, & Damien Sandow, & Antonio Cesaro vs. R-Truth, John Cena, Brodus Clay, & Daniel Bryan
Also on Smackdown, Alberto Del Rio will address the WWE Universe live via satellite from his mansion in Mexico.




Smackdown: Omaha, NB (5/24/2013)
HEATH SLATER vs. TYSON KIDD (w/Natalya Neidhart)-
The match only goes for a minute or two before Kane comes down to the ring. Slater bails but Tyson tries to stand up to Kane. He gets a few good shots in before Kane manages to floor him with a big clothesline, then hits him with a chokeslam. Kane walks off and laughs maniacally.

Matt Striker asks Sheamus for his thoughts on Wade Barrett’s comments on Raw. Sheamus says that Barrett may be right… if he gets hit with the Barrett Barrage, it might just be enough to put him down for the three count... but Wade didn’t manage to hit him with the Barrett Barrage, so it doesn’t matter. He is done with Wade and is now looking forward to his next challenge as World Heavyweight Champion.

BO DALLAS vs. DOLPH ZIGGLER (w/Vickie Guerrero)-
Dolph wins clean in six. The announcers talk about this being the beginning of an important time in Bo’s career, as he is now alone in the big scary world of the WWE without his mentor, Randy Orton.

PTP cut a promo saying that Primo & Epico left them out of the tag title tournament because they are scared of them.

Barrett cuts a promo telling us that his mistake was that he underestimated Sheamus’ speed, so he asked for a match with Sin Cara so he could train himself to hit the Barrett Barrage on quicker opponents.
WADE BARRETT vs. SIN CARA-
The general story of the match is Barrett going for the Barrett Barrage but Cara avoiding it until Barrett finally hits it and gets the pin.

We next get Del Rio addressing us live via satellite. He brags about his lavish mansion and how awesome of a party he is throwing. The party includes a Rey Mysterio piñata, and he even shows us the special Rey Myterio toilet paper he had made for the party. Tons of mean tasteless stuff towards Rey.

CM PUNK vs. THE MIZ (w/Corey Graves)
Miz wins in seven minutes, taking advantage of a distraction by Graves to roll Punk up.

Backstage, Matt Striker asks Jack Swagger for his thoughts on Antonio Cesaro re-retiring the Europena Title which Swagger himself had unretired a few months ago. Swagger says that Cesaro is just scared of losing it, and brings up the fact that Cesaro had to cheat to beat him at Payback.

KOFI KINGSTON, CHRISTIAN, ANTONIO CESARO & DAMIEN SANDOW (w/Paige, Aksana, & Naomi) vs. JOHN CENA, DANIEL BRYAN, R-TRUTH, & BRODUS CLAY (w/AJ Bryan & Cameron)-
The babyfaces win clean in fifteen minutes when Truth pins Sandow.

[Big Red Machine]

Raw: (5/27/2013)-
R-TRUTH vs. TENSAI-
Truth wins clean in ten minutes.
The announcers talk about what a turnaround Truth has made, getting a lot of major victories in the past eight days.

Del Rio comes out to cut a promo talking himself up for having put Rey out of the WWE for good and crapping all over Rey. Cena comes out and interrupts him, saying that he wants to beat some respect into Del Rio. Cena charges down the ramp and Del Rio bail and Ricardo bail.

KANE vs. TYSON KIDD (w/Natalya Neidhart)-
Tyson fights valiantly, but Kane wins clean in six minutes after two straight chokeslams. After the match, Kane picks Tyson Kidd up and gives him another chokeslam, just for good measure.

A backstage interviewer asks Primo & Epico about their feelings on Del Rio’s disgusting video and the disrespect he has shown Hispanic icon Rey Mysterio Jr. Primo & Epico say that they don’t care about Rey because the WWE Universe embraced Rey but it didn’t embrace them, even though they are much more talented than Rey ever was.

SETH ROLLINS & JACK SWAGGER vs. DOLPH ZIGGLER & ANTONIO CESARO (w/Vickie Guerrero & Aksana)
During the match, Swagger seems to have pulled a muscle in his leg. During a ref bump, Kane comes down to the ring and chokeslams everyone. Seeing that Swagger is already hurt, Kane wraps Swagger’s leg around the ringpost a few times. After Kane leaves and everyone recovers, Swagger does his best to continue but Ziggler and Cesaro target his injured leg and Ziggler makes him tap.

Backstage, The Miz brags about beating Punk. Punk comes up to him and says that Miz only won because of Corey Graves and challenges Miz to a rematch. Miz agrees.

BO DALLAS vs. HEATH SLATER-
Slater wins clean in seven minutes.

TAG TEAM TITLE #1 CONTENDERSHIP TOURNAMENT FIRST ROUND MATCH: International Airstrike 2.0 vs. Kofi Kingston & Christian (w/Paige)-
Christian & Kofi win clean in twelve minutes.

WADE BARRETT vs. YOSHI TATSU-
Barrett wins in five after managing to nail Tatsu with the Barrett Barrage.

We get a backstage segment with Steph and Sheamus. Sheamus asks Steph who his next challenger will be. Steph says that she isn’t sure yet, but she suggests that Sheamus take a more active role in picking a challenger by scouting the roster from ringside. Sheamus thinks this is a good idea and announces that, starting with tonight’s main event, he will be doing commentary for all matches of interest to him.

FATAL FOUR WAY MATCH: AJ Bryan vs. Kaitlyn vs. Aksana (w/Antonio Cesaro) vs. Naomi (w/Damien Sandow)-
Kaitlyn wins clean in five minutes, pinning Aksana. The announcers tell us that Dragon isn’t at ringside with AJ because he is preparing for his big match with Ryback, which is just after this commercial break.

RYBACK vs. DANIEL BRYAN (w/AJ Bryan)-
Dragon pins Ryback via roll-up in fifteen minutes. The announcers put this over as a HUGE deal.




WWE.com reports that Swagger’s match for Main Event has been cancelled and his status from SD is questionable. Also missing this show due to injury is Tyson Kidd, who is recovering from injuries sustained in his match with Kane. He should be back soon, though. A replacement main event has been signed, though: The Miz vs. CM Punk. Also on Main Event, R-Truth, Ryback, & Daniel Bryan will team up to face Seth Rollins, John Cena, & Christian.




Main Event: (5/29/2013)
JOHN CENA, SETH ROLLINS, & CHRISTIAN (w/Paige) vs. R-TRUTH, RYBACK, & DANIEL BRYAN (w/AJ Bryan)-
There is a bit of friction between Christian and his two tag team partners because they are faces and he is a heel, but it doesn’t get in the way. The match goes for twenty minutes before Dragon manages to make Christian tap. Sheamus, who is on commentary, mentions how impressed he is with everyone involved in the match.

CM PUNK vs. THE MIZ (w/Corey Graves)-
Miz def. Punk in eleven minutes via low blow while Graves distracts the ref.

SUPERSTARS : (5/30/2013)
DANIEL BRYAN (w/AJ Bryan) vs. ALBERTO DEL RIO (w/Ricardo Rodriguez)-
They wrestle for a few minutes before Cena comes out to try to attack Del Rio, but Del Rio bails once again, giving Dragon the win by count-out.

MASON RYAN vs. DOLPH ZIGGLER (w/Vickie Guerrero)-
Dolph wins clean in nine minutes.

KAITLYN vs. LAYLA-
Kaitlyn uses her strength advantage and wins clean in five.

CM PUNK vs. R-TRUTH-
They go about even for about ten minutes until Punk gets Truth up for a GTS. Truth struggles to get out of it and while he isn’t successful, his flailing legs do accidentally take out the referee. Punk manages to hit the GTS but Graves comes out and distracts him, allowing Miz to sneak up behind him and hit him with a Skull-Crushing Finale. Miz then rolls Truth onto Punk and a new ref cones down and counts the pin.

WWE.com airs footage of an angry R-Truth saying that he didn’t ask for Miz’s help and he didn’t want Miz’s help.
WWE.com reports that Jack Swagger will not be able to compete in his WWE World Tag Team Title #1 Contendership Tournament match night. Stephanie McMahon is still looking for a replacement partner for Cody Rhodes. Also signed for tonight are Bo Dallas vs. Mason Ryan and The Miz vs. R-Truth.

Smackdown: (5/31/2013)-
Cody Rhodes comes out to the ring, gets a mic, and says that he wants to know who his partner will be tonight. He wants to get this tag team title match out of the way as quickly as possible so he can go back to avenging the beatings Heath Slater has put on his family.
Unfortunately for Cody, Slater sneaks put though the crowd and low blows him, then starts to viciously beat him down again. Security comes out to break them up and Steph tells Slater that these attacks aren’t getting him anywhere. Once Cody Rhodes is back, she will make certain that he has his chance for the proper revenge on Slater, so he had best take it like a man.
Steph then says that now that Cody is injured as well, she needs two people to replace Cody and Swagger in the tournament. PTP come out and volunteer themselves, and Steph puts them in the tournament.

TAG TEAM TITLE #1 CONTENDERSHIP TOURNAMENT FIRST ROUND MATCH: The Prime Time Players vs. Drew McIntyre & Michael McGillicutty-
PTP win clean in seven minutes

Backstage, Primo, Epico, and Rosa cut promos complaining about Steph putting PTP in the tournament.

R-TRUTH vs. THE MIZ (w/Corey Graves)-
The go even for about seven minutes until a ref bump. Graves tries to interfere but Punk runs down to the ring and hits him with a GTS. Miz and Truth wrestle for a few more minutes until a new ref comes out and Truth eventually wins with the Corkscrew Scissors Kick.

TENSAI vs. DANIEL BRYAN (w/AJ Bryan)-
Dragon wins clean in eight minutes, making Tensai tap.

Mason Ryan is about to cut a backstage promo but he is assaulted by Kane.

Bo Dallas comes out for his match but he has no opponent because Kane injured Mason Ryan. He makes an open challenge, which is answered by Del Rio.

BO DALLAS vs. ALBERTO DEL RIO (w/Ricardo Rodriguez)-
Del Rio makes Bo tap clean in five minutes.
After the match Cena comes after Del Rio but Del Rio bails again. Primo & Epico come out and ask why Cena gives a damn about Rey. Cena cuts a promo putting over Rey as an underdog who always overcomes adversity, a talented wrestler with a special connection to the fans, etc. etc. He tells Primo and Epico that if they disagree with him, they should come down to the ring and do something about it. This results in…

JOHN CENA vs. PRIMO (w/Epico)-
Primo gets a nearfall in when Rosa comes down and distracts him, allowing Primo to get a roll-up and another nearfall when Rosa distracts the ref, allowing Epico to hit Cena with a title belt, but Cena still kicks out and eventually gets the submission win with the STFU. Epico then comes in and tries to hit Cena with the title belt again but Cena dodges it. Cena goes for an AA but Del Rio sneaks back down through the crowd and chop-blocks him. The Colons and Del Rio then beat Cena down until Sin Cara comes out and makes the save.

NATALYA NEIDHART vs. KAITLYN-
Kaitlyn wins clean in seven minutes.

SETH ROLLINS vs. vs. WADE BARRETT vs. ANTONIO CESARO (w/Aksana) vs. DOLPH ZIGGLER (w/Vickie Guerrero)-
Ziggler wins clean in fifteen minutes. The finish comes when Barrett manages to hit both Cesaro and Rollins with the Barrett Barrage one after the other but Ziggler sneaks up behind him and pins him with a roll-up.
On commentary, Sheamus puts everyone’s performance over.

[Big Red Machine]

WHOOPS! Just realized I totally forgot to finish up my angle with Richie, so I just added it to the end of my big summary leading up to Payback.

[Big Red Machine]

Announced for Raw are two big matches: First, it will be CM Punk vs. Corey Graves, and later on we will determine the #1 contender top the WWE Title when two of the hottest stars in the WWE right now collide: Daniel Bryan vs. R-Truth!

[Big Red Machine]

Raw: (6/3/2013)
Raw opens with Cena in the ring, demanding that Del Rio come out and face him like a man. Del Rio shows up on the stage and says that he will only face Cena if Cena puts the WWE Title on the line. Cena says fine. Steph comes out and says that she will sign off on the match, but to ensure that Del Rio can’t run away from the much-deserved beating John Cena is going to give him for disrespecting a legend like Rey Mysterio Jr., she is going to make this a steel cage match… in which the only way to win is by pinfall or submission.

WADE BARRETT vs. JUSTIN GABRIEL-
Wade wins clean in seven minutes. Same story as Wade’s recent matches: He tries to hit the fast guy with the Barrett Barrage, misses once or twice, then finally hits it for the win.

Before the match, Primo, Epico, & Rosa cut a promo saying that they are very mad that Steph put PTP in the #1 contendership tournament. They aren’t afraid of PTP. Just the opposite. They don’t think PTP are a championship caliber team. Sin Cara then comes out for their match:
SIN CARA vs. EPICO (w/Primo & Rosa Mendes)-
Cara wins clean in nine minutes

KAITLYN vs. PAIGE-
Before the match, Tamina comes out to do guest commentary. Kaitlyn wins clean in seven minutes, using her power advantage, throwing the much smaller Paige around the ring. The announcers put this over, but Tamina doesn’t think Kaitlyn’s power is very impressive.

Kofi and Christian cut a promo saying that they are going to win the tag team title #1 contendership tournament.

SETH ROLLINS, BO DALLAS, & TYSON KIDD (w/Natalya Neidhart) vs. DOLPH ZIGGLER, HEATH SLATER, & ANTONIO CESARO (w/Vickie Guerrero & Aksana)-
Ziggler pins Bo in nine minutes.

PTP cut a promo saying that they will win the tag team title #1 contendership tournament and telling PTP that they are coming for the titles.


WINNER BECOMES #1 CONTENDER TO THE WWE TITLE: R-Truth vs. Daniel Bryan(w/AJ Bryan)-
Dragon wins clean in fifteen minutes.

Matt Striker interviews Sheamus, asking him how his scouting of possible challengers for the World Heavyweight Title is going. Sheamus lists of some possible names, like Ziggler, Kane, Big Show if he returns from his injury, Cena if he loses. He even says that despite losing tonight, R-Truth is still near the top of his list.

CM PUNK vs. COREY GRAVES (w/the Miz)-
Graves wins in eight minutes after Miz distracts Punk.

Dolph Ziggler cut a promo saying that the only reason that Dragon is the #1 contender to the WWE Title is because he wasn’t in the match. He says that he is the best wrestler in the world.

STEEL CAGE MATCH FOR THE WWE TITLE: John Cena(c) vs. Alberto Del Rio (w/Ricardo Rodriguez)-
Cena def. Del Rio to retain the WWE Title in 25 minutes





Main Event: (6/5/2013)
KAITLYN vs. AJ BRYAN (w/Daniel Bryan)-
Kaitlyn wins clean in seven minutes

R-TRUTH vs. ALBERTO DEL RIO (w/Ricardo Rodriguez)-
Truth wins clean via roll-up in twelve minutes.
TAG TEAM TITLE #1 CONTENDERSHIP TOURNAMENT FINALS: PTP vs. Kofi Kingston & Christian (w/Paige)-
PTP win clean in fifteen minutes. The Colons assault PTP with steel chairs after the match.



WWE.com reports that Jack Swagger will return to action tonight on Smackdown. He first contest back will be a tough one, as he will take on Christian.
WWE COO Stephanie McMahon-Helmsley has announced that despite the heinous attack on the Prime Time Players, WWE will deliver on it's promise to have a tag team title on tonight's Smackdown. An announcement will be made later tonight. Additionally, Sheamus has announced that he has come to a decision about who he will defend the World Heavyweight Title again in Chicago at Judgment Day.

[Big Red Machine]

Smackdown: (6/7/2013)
Smackdown opens with Steph making some announcements. First, she has signed two matches for Judgment Day: After taking some personal time off Dean Ambrose will make his return to the ring… against Ryback… and Cody Rhodes will finally get his chance for vengeance against Heath Slater… and to make sure that Slater can’t worm his way out of this by DQ or by running away, it will be a Falls Count Anywhere match!
Third, for tonight, since PTP aren’t able to compete tonight due to the heinous attack on them by the Colons, they won’t be challenging for the tag titles. Instead, the Colons will defend the belts against two men who have gotten the better of them recently and who have a bone to pick with them about the disrespect they have shown Rey Mysterio Jr: John Cena and Sin Cara.

WADE BARRETT vs. TYSON KIDD (w/Natalya Neidhart)-
Barrett keeps trying to hit the speedy Tyson with the Barrett Barrage but Tyson keeps avoiding it and eventually manages to pin Barrett with a roll-up after ducking the Barrett Barrage.

Sheamus cuts a promo informing us that he has his eye on two men in particular as possible challengers to the World Heavyweight Title, but he wants to face the very best… so Steph has authorized him to book tonight’s main event: a #1 contnedership match between R-Truth and Dolph Ziggler.

JACK SWAGGER vs. CHRISTIAN (w/Paige)-
Swagger makes Christian tap clean.

We get a video package about Cena, Sandow, Cesaro, and Bo doing some charity stuff, explaining why they’re not here tonight.

We then have an in-ring segment with Tamina performing various weightlifting feats and dares any diva to match them. Kaitlyn comes out and not only matches them, but surpasses them. An angry Tamina then jumps Kaitlyn from behind and beats her up.


WWE WORLD TAG TEAM TITLE MATCH: Primo & Epico(c) (w/Rosa Mendes) vs. John Cena & Sin Cara-
The Colons win in fifteen minutes after Del Rio shows up, distracting the babyfaces, allowing the Colons to hit their finish on Cara and pin him.

Jack Swagger cuts a quick promo backstage about his return from injury. Seth Rollins comes up to him and says that it sucks that Swagger had to miss out on a shot at the tag team titles due to his injury and he was impressed with Swagger’s win over Christian tonight, so he offers Swagger a shot at the IC Title at Judgment Day. Swagger accepts.

Daniel Bryan cuts a promo about wanting to win the WWE Title.

CM PUNK vs. THE MIZ (w/Corey Graves)-
Punk seems to be in control until Miz grabs a mic and tells Punk that he isn’t on his level. Miz points out that he has beaten Punk multiple times in the past few months… while Punk can’t even beat Miz’s NXT protégé Corey Graves. This enrages Punk who gets more aggressive, which leads to him making a mistake and allowing Miz to roll him up for the win. Miz and Graves flee from ringside as Punk start angrily throwing things.

Kofi starts to cut a backstage promo but is interrupted by Kane, who assaults him. After a chokeslam on the hard arena floor, Kane walks off, laughing maniacally.

WINNER BECOMES #1 CONTENDER TO THE WORLD HEAVYWEIGHT TITLE: R-Truth vs. Dolph Ziggler (w/Vickie Guerrero)-
The match goes to some sort of double-pin finish.





WWE.com reports that Raw tonight will feature a rematch between Dolph Ziggler and Wade Barrett, as well as a big opportunity for NXT star Aiden English as he goes one-on-one with WWE Superstar Heath Slater. Also CM Punk says he has a big announcement to make.





Raw: (6/10/2013)

WADE BARRETT vs. ADRIAN NEVILLE-
Barrett wins via Barrett Barrage.

We get a backstage promo from the Usos and Del Rio. The Usos put Del Rio over as a true Hispanic icon and Del Rio says that any friend of Rey’s is an enemy of his.

JACK SWAGGER vs. TYSON KIDD (w/Natalya Neidhart)-
Swagger makes Kidd tap clean in eight minutes. Rollins is on commentary to scout Swagger, but he also puts him over a lot.

Punk cuts a promo about how he will start his rise back to the top in his home town of Chicago. This will truly be a Judgment Day for him because if he can’t win in Chicago, the city that stuck by him no matter what… then what’s the point.

BRODUS CLAY (w/the Funkadactyls) vs. DANIEL BRYAN (w/AJ Bryan)-
Dragon wins clean in eight minutes. Cena is on commentary and puts Dragon over. After the match, Dragon points at Cena, then does the standard “I’m going to win the title” hand motion.

Ryback cuts a promo saying that it doesn’t matter how much time Dean Ambrose has had to mentally prepare for their match at Judgment Day. He will be just another meal for Ryback.

HEATH SLATER vs. AIDEN ENGLISH-
Before the match, Slater says that he wants a warm-up match for his match at Judgment Day against Cody Rhodes, so he challenges English to a Falls Count Anywhere match. English accepts, but Slater winds up beating the crap out of him, leaving him in a pool of his own blood on the stage.

TAMINA SNUKA vs. ALICIA FOX-
Tamina beats Alicia clean in about four minutes. She gets on the mic and proclaims herself the strongest Diva there is. Kaitlyn then comes out and they have a brawl during which Kaitlyn outpowers Tamina and wins.

Antonio Cesaro cuts a backstage promo on Swagger and Rollins, calling them typical Americans who don’t know the value of hard work. Title shots are something that must be earned, not just given away because you feel sorry for someone. He says that the reason he won’t be defending his title at Judgment Day is because no one has earned a title shot.

SIN CARA vs. BO DALLAS vs. DAMIEN SANDOW (w/Naomi) vs. CHRISTIAN (w/Paige)-
Cara wins clean in ten minutes, pinning Sandow. After the match, Kane goes to assault everyone. Christian runs away but Bo and Cara try to double team Kane… it doesn’t work, and Cara, Bo, and Sandow all eat chokeslams. Kane walks off, laughing maniacally.

The Miz cuts a backstage promo saying he would be happy to humiliate Punk in his own home town.

WINNER BECOMES #1 CONTENDER TO THE WORLD HEAVYWEIGHT TITLE: R-Truth vs. Dolph Ziggler (w/Vickie Guerrero)-
The match goes to a double count-out. After the match Sheamus comes out and decides that he will take on both men at Judgment Day in a triple threat match.





WWE.com runs an article about the Chicago crowd’s history of being anti-Cena (MITB 2011, WM22), and wonder if that will affect the WWE Title match at Judgment Day.




WWE.com reports that Sin Cara has challenged Alberto Del Rio to a match on Smackdown, and Del Rio has accepted. Also signed for Smackdown is a match between Kane and Kofi Kingston. Be sure that you don’t miss the star-studded main event on tonight’s Smackdown: a six way match involving The Great Khali, Christian, the #1 contender to the WWE Title Daniel Bryan, the World Heavyweight Champion Sheamus, the Intercontinental Champion Seth Rollins, and the United States Champion Antonio Cesaro!

CM Punk will not be in action on Smackdown, as he has asked for some time off to mentally prepare himself for his match with The Miz at Judgment Day. In other Judgment Day-related news, Stephanie McMahon has signed a new match for that PPV: Tamina Snuka vs. Kaitlyn for the Divas Title.





Smackdown: (6/14/2013)
Wade Barrett comes to the ring and says that he has his all of the fast guys in the WWE with the Barratt Barrage aside from one man, and he won’t consider himself ready to face Sheamus until he can hit it on this one man. He calls out Tyson Kidd and asks him for a rematch. Kidd accepts.

Kaitlyn cuts a backstage promo about wanting to win the Divas Title. Tamina walks up to her and tells that she will crush her on Sunday. They have a pull-apart brawl.

SIN CARA vs. ALBERTO DEL RIO (w/Ricardo Rodriguez)-
The match only goes a few minutes before the Colons come out and Cara suffers a 3-on-1 beatdown until the Prime Time Players return to make the save.

Dolph Ziggler cuts a promo about wanting to win the World Heavyweight Title to prove to all of the doubters that he is the best wrestler in the WWE.

Dean Ambrose cuts a promo form his home, live via satellite, saying that he is ready to come back to the WWE and that he will beat Ryback on PPV.

We get a graphic showing us that PTP & Sin Cara vs. The Colons and Del Rio has been signed for Judgment Day.

KOFI KINGSTON vs. KANE-
Kane wins clean in eight minutes
Jack Swagger cuts a promo saying that Antonio Cesaro had a point in his promo on Raw. Swagger really hasn’t earned the IC Title shot he is getting at Judgment Day. Title opportunities don’t come often, so he is going to take it, but when he wins, he promises that he will show everyone that he was worthy of receiving this title shot by being the most fighting champion the IC Title has ever seen.

RYBACK SQUASH

Cody Rhodes also cuts a promo from his home, live via satellite, but while he is cutting his promo, Heath Slater comes out to the ring and starts to mock the Rhodes family. The announcers put over how despicable this is.

Truth cuts a promo about wanting to win the World Heavyweight Title.

Miz cuts a backstage promo saying that he has beaten Punk so many times over the past few weeks that there is no doubt in his mind that he will be able to do so again at Judgment Day.

We get an in-ring segment where Cena addresses the possibility of a very hostile crowd at this Sunday’s PPV. Cena says that no matter how much the crowd supports Dragon, no matter how good Dragon is, Cena he focused on his goal of surpassing Punk’s title reign and he will do what he has always done with hostile crowds. He will tune them out and draw on the support of the minority of the crowd that will be cheating him and use that to drive himself to win the match.

SIX WAY MATCH: The Great Khali vs. Christian vs. Sheamus vs. Seth Rollins vs. Antonio Cesaro (w/Aksana) vs. Daniel Bryan (w/AJ Bryan)-
Dragon wins clean in 25 minutes, pinning Khali. The announcers put over the fact that Dragon has just won a match featuring two former World Heavyweight Champions, the current World Heavyweight Champion, the current IC Champion, and the current US Champion.



JUDGMENT DAY RUNDOWN:
PRE-SHOW MATCH: Wade Barrett vs. Tyson Kidd (w/Natalya)-

MAIN SHOW:
THE PRIME TIME PLAYERS & SIN CARA vs. ALBERTO DEL RIO & THE COLONS (w/Ricardo Rodriguez & Rosa Mendes)

DEAN AMBROSE RETURNS: Dean Ambrose vs. Ryback

WWE DIVAS TITLE MATCH: Tamina Snuka(c) vs. Kaitlyn

CM PUNK vs. THE MIZ (w/Corey Graves)

FALLS COUNT ANYWHERE MATCH: Heath Salter vs. Cody Rhodes

WWE INTERCONTINENTAL TITLE MATCH: Seth Rollins(c) vs. Jack Swagger

TRIPLE THREAT MATCH FOR THE WORLD HEAVYWEIGHT TITLE: Sheamus(c) vs. R-Truth vs. Dolph Ziggler (w/Vickie Guerrero)

WWE TITLE MATCH: John Cena(c) vs. Daniel Bryan (w/AJ Bryan)

[Big Red Machine]

WWE Judgment Day 2013: (6/16/2013)- Chicago, IL

PRE-SHOW:
CM Punk cuts a promo once again implying that if he can't beat The Miz here in Chicago tonight, he will need to take some time away from the ring to think about if he can wrestle at the level he wants to anymore, and possibly might even retire. He acknowledges the Chicago crowd for their support of him, and hopes that he will be able to wrestle in front of them again.

WADE BARRETT vs. TYSON KIDD (w/Natalya Neidhart)-
This time Barrett manages to catch Tyson with the Barrett Barrage and wins clean in eight minutes.

Christian tries to cut a backstage promo complaining about not being booked on tonight's show, but Kane shows up and Christian runs away. Kane turns to the cameraman who starts to scream in terror and drops the camera, breaking it, so we never see what sort of horrible things Kane does to him.

MAIN SHOW:
THE PRIME TIME PLAYERS & SIN CARA vs. ALBERTO DEL RIO & THE COLONS (w/Ricardo Rodriguez & Rosa Mendes)-
At one point during the match Titus has Epico pinned, but Rosa has the ref distracted. At a later point in the match, the same thing happens when Darren Young has Primo pinned. Eventually the heels win when the Colons hit Sin Cara with their finish. Total time is about fifteen minutes.

DEAN AMBROSE vs. RYBACK-
They go for a few minutes in the ring, shining Ryback, then they start to brawl intensely on the floor near the announcers' tables. Ambrose pokes Ryback in the eye, then takes advantage of the time this has bought him to grab one of the monitors out of the announcers' table and hit Ryback in the head with it. This causes a DQ, but that doesn't seem to register to Ambrose, who gets on top of Ryback and starts pummeling him. The ref tries to pull Ambrose off of Ryback, and this seems to make Ambrose realize what has happened. Ambrose gets frustrated and walks off.

Antonio Cesaro comes out to the ring and cuts a promo about how none of the Americans on the roster have earned a shot at his US Title... especially no one from a crappy place like the Mid West. He then says that he will be generous and offers an open challenge to any American in the back for a non-title match, right here, right now. The challenge is answered by the returning Evan Bourne.

ANTONIO CESARO vs. EVAN BOURNE-
Bourne wins clean in twelve minutes, upsetting the US Champion.

FALLS COUNT ANYWHERE MATCH: Cody Rhodes vs. Heath Slater-
Slater immediately tries to run away, but Cody gives chase. Slater tries to get to the parking garage to get to his car but Cody manages to catch him before he gets into the car. The fight a bit in the parking lot, then Cody drags Slater back into the arena. They brawl through the backstage areas, through the Gorilla Position, and onto the stage. Cody motions to the back, and Dusty and Dustin come out and all three Rhodes beat down Heath Slater as one happy family, then hug and pose on the stage.
Total time- about 20 minutes.

WWE DIVAS TITLE MATCH: Tamina Snuka(c) vs. Kaitlyn-
Both try to out-power the other, but Tamina winds up getting the pin in about seven minutes after her big Samoan Drop.

CM PUNK vs. THE MIZ (w/Corey Graves)-
They go through the finishes of their other matches (Graves interfering or distracting Punk, Miz getting Punk angry and Punk making a mistake leading to a roll-up, etc.) as false finishes. Punk winds up hitting Graves with a GTS but Miz then sneaks up behind him and rolls him up, using the ropes for illegal leverage...

ONE!


TWO!




THRE-NO!
Punk kicks out! It is all Punk from there and CM Punk picks up the victory in his home town of Chicago (approx. 10 minutes)


WWE INTERCONTINENTAL TITLE MATCH: Seth Rollins(c) vs. Jack Swagger
Rollins wins clean in fifteen minutes

TRIPLE THREAT MATCH FOR THE WORLD HEAVYWEIGHT TITLE: Sheamus(c) vs. R-Truth vs. Dolph Ziggler (w/Vickie Guerrero)-
Sheamus wins clean in eighteen minutes, pinning Truth after a Brogue Kick.

WWE TITLE MATCH: John Cena(c) vs. Daniel Bryan (w/AJ Bryan)-
After about thirty-five minutes of back and forth action, Dragon reverses Cena's spin-out powerbomb with a flash pin of some sort to get the three count and win the WWE Title (figured that would pop the smarky Chicago crowd). Dragon & AJ celebrate in the ring, and Cena respectfully hands the belt over to Dragon. Other babyfaces like Rollins, Punk, Kidd, Sheamus, Truth, and Swagger come out, and Dragon is given the heroic treatment, carried off on the shoulders of other babyfaces.

[Big Red Machine]

Raw: (6/17/2013)- Grand Rapids, MI

Raw opens with Daniel Bryan (& AJ) coming out to celebrate with his newly-won WWE Title. Steph comes out to congratulate him, and Triple H even makes a surprise appearance to put Dragon over as a future megastar. Dragon starts to make a passionate speech about how much it means to him to be the WWE Champion, and talks about how he will be a fighting champion but he is interrupted by John Cena. Cena puts Dragon over, but tells him not to get too comfy with the title, because Cena still has his contractually obligated rematch, and he will be coming for Dragon soon.
Cena heads to the back and Dragon reiterates that he is going to be the fighting-est champion of all time, and defend his belt against all comers. Dragon is one again interrupted, this time by Tyson Kidd. Tyson talks Dragon up as being a symbol of hope to all of the smaller guys in the back that if you have a enough skill and natural talent and work hard, you can overcome the size disadvantage and become the WWE Champion. That being said, Tyson tells Dragon that he wasn’t the only one who grew up dreaming of being WWE Champion… so if Dragon says he is going to be a fighting champion and defend his belt against all comers… why not start right now?
Dragon is about to accept the challenge when Steph interrupts him and says that out of fairness to Cena, Dragon won’t be allowed to defend the belt against anyone until Cena gets his rematch. She tells them that if they want to have a non-title match, though, they can have one right now!

TYSON KIDD vs. DANIEL BRYAN (w/AJ Bryan)-
The match goes a good thirty minutes, and ends when Tyson Kidd hits Dragon with every move he has used as a finisher in the WWE in succession, ending with the Blockbuster and pins WWE Champion Daniel Bryan cleanly in the middle of the ring in Dragon’s first match as champion. The announcers put the fact that Dragon lost cleanly in his first match as champ as a very bad sign and wonder if Dragon might be a fluke.
After the match, Striker tries to get a reaction interview with Dragon, but he shoves Striker out of the way. AJ, who is hurrying after Dragon, trying to catch up with him, stops to apologize to Striker, then hurries after Dragon. The camera follows them and we see them get in their car and drive away.

ROMAN REIGNS vs. BO DALLAS-
Reigns wins clean in six minutes

Evan Bourne cuts a backstage promo about his triumphant return from injury last night with a victory over US Champion Antonio Cesaro. He says that he wants a US Title shot.

KANE vs. CHRISTIAN (w/Paige)-
Kane wins in ten minutes, pretty much dominating Christian, getting in about 80% of the offense. After the match, Kofi comes out to check on Christian.

Ryback cuts a backstage promo saying that he is very pissed off about being assaulted by Dean Ambrose last night and that he is going to channel all of that aggression into his match tonight against The Miz. The announcers say that they feel sorry for Miz.

RYBACK vs. THE MIZ (w/Corey Graves)-
Ryback destroys Miz.

Matt Striker is backstage and knocks on the door of Tyson Kidd’s locker room, hoping to get a word with him. There are loud, happy-sounding noises and music coming from the locker room. After a short delay, Tyson answers the door. Inside, there is a very celebratory atmosphere. All of Tyson’s friends (Justin Gabriel, Adrian Neville, Evan Bourne, Brodus Clay, Cameron… um… just pretend it has been established that he is friends with these people) are in there, hanging out and celebrating. Tyson starts to talk about how this was the biggest win of his career so far, but he is interrupted when Nattie comes over and starts to shoo Striker away and pulls Tyson back into the locker room.

*cut to commercial*

When we get back from commercial, Steph is in the ring. She says that now that everyone has had some time to calm down from the excitement of the first half of the show (which she phrases in such a way that it is clear she is talking about the Dragon vs. Kidd match), she has some important business to go over.
First, she officially announces the Money in the Bank ladder matches for the Money in the Bank Pay-Per-View. There will be one for the WWE Title contract and one for the World Heavyweight Title contract. Each will have eight participants, and those participants will be decided over the next few weeks on WWE TV. Everyone will have to earn their way in by winning a qualifying match… except for one man, who is being given a bye as per the stipulations in his newly-signed WWE contract. That man is Michigan’s favorite son… ROB VAN DAM!
She also says that RVD isn’t the only star who will be returning to a WWE ring soon.
She announces that Evan Bourne will receive a US Title match against Antonio Cesaro this week on Smackdown as a result of beating Cesaro last night at Judgment Day. She also says that she is working on signing a tag team title match between the Prime Time Players and the Colons, but says that the Colons are being difficult to deal with. She says that she has talked with Dean Ambrose and they have mutually decided that after his actions last night, Ambrose needs some more time off.


John Cena cuts a backstage promo thanking Dragon for pointing out a weakness in his game. Cena says “I guess I need to work on my fundamentals a bit more,” and says that when they have their rematch, he will be ready for all of Dragon’s tricky roll-ups.

SIN CARA, SETH ROLLINS, & JACK SWAGGER vs. ALBERTO DEL RIO & THE COLONS (w/Rosa Mendes & Ricardo Rodriguez)-
The heels win when Primo hits Swagger with a low blow while Rosa has the ref distracted. PTP come out and brawl with them after the match.

CM Punk makes a speech about regaining his confidence and vowing to work hard and become world champion once again.

Wade Barrett cuts a backstage promo saying that he is now confident that he is fast enough to hit Sheamus with the Barrett Barrage and put him down for the count.

LUKE HARPER vs. MOJO RAWLEY-
Harper squashes him.

We get a video package of Cody, Dustin, and Dusty celebrating together after Cody’s win over Slater and their reunion last night.

Dolph Ziggler cuts a backstage promo complaining about not being pinned in last night’s match and saying that he deserves a one-on-one rematch against Sheamus.

FATAL FOUR WAY MATCH: Tensai vs. R-Truth vs. Sheamus vs. Antonio Cesaro (w/Aksana)-
Tensai wins clean, pinning Truth

[Big Red Machine]

On Tuesday, WWE.com releases on a video of John Cena saying that, in order to sure up his fundamentals and technical skills, he decided to train with one of the best: Fit Finlay. We then get a montage of Finlay training Cena, with special attention being paid to roll-ups and how to block them.

WWE.com announces that, after consulting with Stephanie McMahon-Helmsley, Finlay has lined up some challenges for Cena this week. On Main Event, he will face Jack Swagger, on Superstars, he will face Dolph Ziggler, and on Smackdown, he will face a mystery opponent specially lined up for him by Finlay.




WWE.com also announces that Christian will be out of action for a week due to the injuries he suffered in his match against Kane.

WWE.com airs a special feature following Cody and the Miz as they do promotional touring in Australia to promote WWE's tour there next month.

Main Event: (6/19/2013)
MITB QUALIFIER: Kofi Kingston vs. Damien Sandow (w/Naomi)-
Sandow wins clean in ten.

TENSAI vs. BRODUS CLAY (w/Cameron)-
Tensai wins clean in eight minutes

JACK SWAGGER vs. JOHN CENA (w/Fit Finlay)-
Cena wins when Swagger goes for the same roll-up that Dragon used to beat Cena, but Cena counters it with a roll-up of his own.



Superstars: (6/20/2013)
CM PUNK vs. BRODUS CLAY (w/Cameron)-
Punk wins clean

DOLPH ZIGGLER (w/Vickie Guerrero) vs. JOHN CENA (w/Fit Finlay)-
Cena wins clean in about 25 minutes, once again blocking a roll-up attempt by Ziggler with a roll-up of his own (think of something like Bulldog vs. Bret from Summer Slam 92, but not that exact finish).


WWE.com announces that the Bella Twins will be returning to the WWE tonight! Also on tonight's Smackdown, John Cena will face a mystery opponent lined up for him by Fit Finlay, Evan Bourne will challenge Antonio Cesaro for the US Title, and Roman Reigns will face the biggest challenge of his young career when he steps into the ring against CM Punk.



Smackdown: (6/21/2013)

Smackdown opens with an in-ring negotiation between Steph, PTP, and the Colons to try to hammer out a date for PTP’s tag team title shot. Before bringing them out, Steph warns both teams that there will be consequences for any physical altercations: If PTP start it, they will lose their title shot, and if the Colons start it, she will strip them of the titles. The Colons keep trying to worm their way out of various dates for the title defense, claiming that they have various other important family events or that they have bad luck in whatever city it is in, etc.
Steph finally points out to them that, per the 30 days rule, they must defend the belts in the next nine days. The Colons finally relent and a tag team title match is officially signed for next week on Smackdown.

Dragon cuts a promo commenting on the fact that people have been saying that his loss to Tyson Kidd in his first match as champion means he is a fluke. Dragon says he will do anything and everything it takes to prove that he isn’t a fluke.

THE BELLA TWINS vs. LAYLA EL & KAITLYN-
Even after taking over a year off, the Bella Twins have not changed their cheating ways, and they use Twin Magic to get the pin.

Kofi Kingston cuts a promo telling us that Christian will be back in action next week on Raw, and on behalf of their team, he is challenging Kane to find a partner and face the two of them on Raw!

CM PUNK vs. ROMAN REIGNS-
Punk wins clean in twelve minutes, but Reigns has a good showing.

Sheamus cuts a backstage promo saying that he will defend the title against Dolph Ziggler any day (though he includes a snide comment about how he is being generous because Ziggler’s recent loss to Cena doesn’t really make Sheamus think Ziggler really deserves a title match).

WWE UNITED STATES TITLE MATCH: Antonio Cesaro(c) (w/Aksana) vs. Evan Bourne
Cesaro wins in fifteen minutes. The finish comes when Aksana distracts the ref while Cesaro hits Bourne with a low blow, then hits the Gotch-style Neutralizer for the win.
Jack Swagger is on commentary for this match. He points out that Seth Rollins beat him clean at Judgment Day, but Cesaro needed to cheat to beat him at Payback, just like Cesaro just cheat to beat Evan Bourne.”

Backstage, Matt Striker asks Kane if he has found a partner for his tag match on Raw against Kofi and Christian. Rather than answer the question, Kane viciously assaults Striker, including giving him a tombstone on the cement floor. Striker is stretchered off.

Corey Graves cuts an in-ring promo claiming that his win over Punk should have gotten him a bye into MITB (like RVD is getting). Steph tells him that one win is impressive, but it isn’t enough to qualify him for MITB. She says she will give him a qualifier on Raw.

TENSAI vs. SIN CARA-
Tensai wins clean in six minutes

Ryback cuts a promo about wanting to win MITB

SETH ROLLINS & TYSON KIDD (w/Natalya Neidhart) vs. WADE BARRETT & ALBERTO DEL RIO (w/Ricardo Rodriguez)-
The babyfaces win clean in fifteen minutes when Kidd pins Del Rio clean.

Tamina cuts a backstage promo saying that she likes the fact that the Bellas are back in the WWE because it is “fresh meat” for her.

Fit Finlay comes out and says that John Cena has progressed well in his training, but John made one major mistake. He went to Fit to help him train, rather than going to the absolute best technical wrestler and teacher in WWE’s employ… and that man will be Cena’s opponent tonight:
JOHN CENA (w/Fit Finlay) vs. WILLIAM REGAL-
Cena wins clean in fifteen minutes, once again blocking a roll-up.




WWE.com reports that the injuries Matt Striker suffered at the hands of Kane were very extensive, and Striker will be out indefinitely.



John Cena puts out a Tout saying that he will give Daniel Bryan the chance to prove to the world that he is not a fluke by invoking his rematch clause this week on Raw.



Tonight’s Raw will be one of the biggest in history, as not only will Daniel Bryan defend the WWE Title against John Cena, but Sheamus wil defend the World Heavyweight Title against Dolph Ziggler. In addition, CM Punk will face Alberto Del Rio, Kofi Kingston & Christian will face Kane and partner of Kane’s choice, and Corey Graves will have his Money in the Bank Qualifying match. WWE Officials seem to be very excited about who Grave’s opponent will be, but are being very tight-lipped about it. When asked, General Manager Stephanie McMahon-Helmsley said that she “wouldn’t want to spoil the surprise.”



This just in… as if Raw couldn’t get any bigger, there will now be a second Money in the Bank Qualifying match instead of the match scheduled to take place on this week’s Superstars.




Raw: (6/24/2013)- Charleston, SC

Raw opens with Corey Graves coming out and demanding to know who his opponent will be for his MITB qualifier. Steph comes out and introduces his opponent… Randy Orton.
MITB QUALIFIER: Corey Graves vs. Randy Orton (w/Bo Dallas)-
Randy wins clean in seven minutes

TENSAI vs. ROMAN REIGNS-
Tensai wins clean in ten minutes, but Reigns once again looks strong in defeat.

We get a backstage segment with Dragon and AJ. AJ is giving Dragon a pep talk, telling him that he’s not a fluke. If he were a fluke, he wouldn’t have made it to the WWE, never mind become the WWE Champion.

MONEY IN THE BANK QUALIFYING MATCH: Jack Swagger vs. Damien Sandow (w/Naomi)-
Sandow wins in seven minutes when Naomi distracts the ref, allowing Sandow to hit him with a foreign object he had hidden in his trunks to get the win.

*cut to commercial*

Kofi & Christian come out and call out Kane, asking him if he found a tag partner for tonight. Steph comes out and says that no one backstage wanted to team with Kane. NXT wrestler Mike Dalton comes out and says that he won’t waste any opportunity to make his mark in the WWE, so he volunteers to be Kane’s partner. Kane comes out, completely ignoring Dalton and goes to the ring for the match. Dalton tentatively follows behind Kane and gets up on the apron.

KOFI KINGSTON & CHRISTIAN vs. KANE & MIKE DALTON-
Kane and Christian start off the match, with Kane once again dominating. Dalton calls for a tag, so Kane walks over to him, grabs him by the throat, and chokeslams him off the apron to the floor. Christian takes this opportunity to make the tag to Kofi, and Kofi uses this distraction to get some offense in on Kane, but Kane manages to regain the upper hand and starts to destroy Kofi. Kane gives Kofi a chokeslam, then picks him up for another one. Christian seems to think about trying to break it up, but instead starts walking backstage. After the second chokeslam, Kane picks Kofi up for a Tombstone Piledriver. Christian sees this and starts back towards the ring, but doesn’t get more than a few steps before he thinks better of it and heads to the back.
After hitting Kofi with the Tombstone Piledriver, Kane drags Kofi out of the ring (the match is officially a double count-out) and chokeslams him off of the stage. Medical personnel attend to Kofi and he is stretchered out.

The Prime Time Players cuts a promo saying they are going to win the tag titles this week on Smackdown, and they are going to do it for the WWE Universe. Standard babyface stuff.

CM PUNK vs. ALBERTO DEL RIO (w/Ricardo Rodriguez)-
Punk wins clean in twenty minutes

The Bellas cut a promo saying that they are here to dominate the WWE

SETH ROLLINS & ZACK RYDER vs. THE COLONS (w/Rosa Mendes)-
A distraction by Rosa allows Primo to get the roll-up pin on Rollins. The announcers put over how big it is that Primo beat the IC Champion. The heel announcer says that this is grounds for a title shot, and that Primo could become a double champion. The face announcers reminds him that The Colons have to get through PTP on Smackdown first.

Tyson Kidd cuts a promo about wanting to win MITB

WADE BARRETT vs. EVAN BOURNE-
Barrett wins clean in eight minutes after hitting Bourne with the Barrett Barrage

WORLD HEAVYWEIGHT TITLE MATCH: Sheamus(c) vs. Dolph Ziggler-
Sheamus wins by count-out in ten minutes after hitting a Brogue Kick on the outside at nine and just barely making it back in the ring in time to beat the ten-count.

Antonio Cesaro cuts a backstage promo on Jack Swagger. He says that Swagger's accusations that he has cheated in his matches against Swagger and Bourne are ridiculous. He says that Swagger, like a typical American, cannot admit that his losses are his own fault, and thus he seeks to claim that everyone else is a cheater. He says that Swagger will probably cry foul after his loss in his MITB qualifier tonight, too.

WWE TITLE MATCH: Daniel Bryan(c) (w/AJ Bryan) vs. John Cena-
After about ten minutes of wrestling, Cena has the advantage with Dragon down on the floor recovering. Mark Henry then comes out and jumps Cena, causing a DQ. Henry repeatedly rams Cena's back into the ringpost before finishing him off with a World's Strongest Slam on the stage.

[Big Red Machine]

WWE.com reports that John Cena will be out for a few weeks recovering from the brutal, unprovoked assault by Mark Henry on Raw. Kofi Kingston will be out of action indefinitely following the brutal assault by Kane.