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WWE Royal Rumble 2013 - Toronto, Ontario, Canada

The WWE opening promo plays.

A video package runs hyping the goal of winning the Royal Rumble and the history of the match. We then get a video hype for the WWE Championship match between John Cena and Goldberg.

A graphic opening hits welcoming us to the 2013 WWE Royal Rumble. We go live inside the Air Canada Centre where a huge display of pyro goes off. Michael Cole notes we are sold out tonight in Toronto. Cole is joined by Jerry "The King" Lawler and JBL on commentary.

The Steel Cage begins to lower as the World Heavyweight Championship match will be the opening contest. Cole mentions that it's the 2nd Royal Rumble in a row that begins with a Steel Cage match for the World title. The World Heavyweight Champion Dolph Ziggler is out first to a big pop from the crowd. The challenger Sheamus comes out next to a decent crowd reaction.

Steel Cage match for the World Heavyweight Championship
Dolph Ziggler(c) vs. Sheamus

Ziggler tries escaping when the bell rings and Sheamus pulls him down. Ziggler takes a big shoulder block from Sheamus. Sheamus then splashes Ziggler against the side of the cage two times. Ziggler ducks the third splash and Sheamus hits the cage face first. Ziggler tries to escape again, but Sheamus pulls him back down by his leg and launches him back inside the ring. Ziggler with a big clothesline to Ziggler in the corner. Sheamus hits the rolling fireman's carry for a nearfall. Ziggler slips out of a powerslam attempt and shoves Sheamus to the side of the cage but Sheamus holds on before his face can meet the cage. Sheamus grabs Ziggler by the head and launches him into the cage. Ziggler dodges a Brogue kick and hits a dropkick. Ziggler drops a few elbows and gets a nearfall. Ziggler hits a neckbreaker for another nearfall. Ziggler with a big DDT for yet another nearfall. Sheamus counters a fameasser attempt and powerbombs Ziggler into the side of the cage. Sheamus then sling shots Ziggler face first into the side of the cage. Sheamus goes to do that again but Ziggler counters into the sleeperhold. Sheamus breaks it backing Ziggler against the side of the cage. Sheamus connects with the White Noise for a close nearfall. Ziggler avoids a Brogue kick and drop-toe-holds Sheamus sending him neck first against the middle rope. Ziggler stands on top of Sheamus' back and taunts him. Ziggler jumps up to the top of the cage and Sheamus follows. Ziggler kicks Sheamus but Sheamus catches him in a powerbomb position. Ziggler counters and hits the fameasser from the top rope. Both men are down and Ziggler eventually gets up first. Ziggler stalks Sheamus as he tries to get up. Ziggler goes for the Zig-Zag but Sheamus counters sending him face first against the side of the cage. Ziggler is now behind the ropes leaning against the cage and Sheamus goes for a Brogue kick but Ziggler ducks it and Sheamus kicks the cage. Cole says that this is how Sheamus lost at Armageddon. Ziggler hits the Zig-Zag, hooks the leg but Sheamus manages to kick out. Ziggler gets frustrated at first but then he decides to climb his way out. Sheamus is up and he follows as Ziggler reaches the top of the cage. Sheamus hammers away on Ziggler while on top of the cage. Sheamus goes for what looks to be a superplex but Ziggler elbows out. Ziggler slips out of Sheamus' hold and falls to the ground to get the win as a frustrated Sheamus looks on.

Winner & Still World Heavyweight Champion: Dolph Ziggler!

After the match, Ziggler takes some time to recover before the referee hands him the World title belt. We get highlights of the match leading to the finish asZiggler walks up the ramp holding the World title high above his head.

A promo for the WWE No Way Out PPV airs.

A video package runs hyping Shawn Michaels in preparation for HBK vs. The Rock at Wrestlemania 29.

The Divas Champion AJ comes out looking extremely excited for her up coming title defense. Tamina comes out next followed by her manager Vickie Guerrero.

Divas Championship
AJ(c) vs. Tamina (with Vickie Guerrero)

Lock-up to start things off, but Tamina drives AJ face first to the mat, showing off her power as Vickie lauhgs. Tamina with a knee to the side of the head but misses with the elbow, as AJ rolls out of the way. AJ of the ropes and slides under the legs of Tamina, evading her. AJ then goes into a wheelbarrow position, setting up possibly a bulldog out, but Tamina with her power hot shots AJ throat first across the top rope. Tamina with a forearm uppercut that sends AJ hard to the mat. Tamina then connects with a neckbreaker and locks in a Camel Clutch as the referee asks AJ if she wants to give up. AJ says no as the crowd starts to get behind her. AJ back to her feet tries to fight out of the hold, but Tamina again drives her face first to the mat. Tamina then with a stiff kick to the ribs as she locks back in the Camel Clutch. AJ tries to fight out, but Tamina nails her hard with a crossface shot, and locks back in what is now a chinlock. AJ again back to her feet and tries to break out of the hold with a kick to the knee of Tamina, but Tamina drills her with a headbutt to the side of the head, sending AJ back down to the mat. Tamina then with 2 kneedrops right to the head of AJ, but only gets a nearfall. Tamina, a little frustrated, argues with the official about the count, but then goes right back to the chinlock. Crowd once again tries to get AJ back into this match as for a 3rd time, AJ gets back to her feet. AJ kicks the shin of Tamina, finally breaking the hold. But again, Tamina then drives AJ back down to the mat, this time back of the head first. Tamina lifts AJ for a slam, but AJ rolls off the shoulders and delivers a kick to the back of Tamina's legs. AJ starts to head off the ropes, but Tamina grabs her by the hair and drives her once again back down to the mat. Tamina with a leg drop and places AJ in position, as Tamina goes up top. AJ rolls out of the way and Tamina misses with the Superfly splash. AJ hits a few dropkicks and gets pumped up. AJ hits a DDT for a nearfall. AJ goes up top but Tamina catches her in mid-air with a Samoan drop for a nearfall. Tamina lifts AJ up and AJ gets off of her and hits a neckbreaker for a nearfall. AJ hits the ropes and Tamina catches her with a superkick to the face for a nearfall. Tamina with a bodyslam and she goes up top again. AJ crotches Tamina and then delivers a frankensteiner knocking her off the top. AJ follows up with a shining wizard for the victory.

Winner & Still Divas Champion: AJ!

After the match, AJ celebrates in the ring like crazy as the ref hands her the title. Tamina gets out of the ring and Vickie starts screaming at her. AJ heads to the ramp celebrating with her title.

A video package runs hyping The Rock in preparation for HBK vs. The Rock at Wrestlemania 29.

Backstage, Matt Striker is with the WWE Champion John Cena. Cena says that tonight he goes to war against a veteran, a former World Champion, a man that went undefeated for 173 matches in WCW. He says that most people would lock themselves in a closet to avoid this situation but he's not one of those people. He says that tonight he will fight and he will defeat Bill Goldberg to make sure that he heads to WrestleMania with the WWE Title in hand. Cody Rhodes walks up and says that Cena might consider dropping the WWE Title tonight to avoid getting embarrased at the main event of WrestleMania when he loses to the Royal Rumble winner Cody Rhodes. Cena says that if he wasn't focused on his match tonight he would really laugh his ass off right now.

A video package runs hyping The WWE Championship match tonight.

Bill Goldberg makes his way down the ring looking to fullfil his promise of bringing the WWE Championship to his match against the Undertaker at WrestleMania. John Cena comes out next to the regular crowd reaction. This is Goldberg's first match in a WWE ring in nine long years.

They did ring introductions for the Champion Cena and the Challenger Goldberg.

WWE Championship
John Cena(c) vs. Goldberg

The bell rings and they go nose to nose. Goldberg picks up John Cena and launches him to the corner right away. Goldberg connects with big shoulder charges in the corner. Goldberg attempts a suplex and Cena blocks holding the ropes. Cena fires a few right hands and connects with two clotheslines on Goldberg. Goldberg smiles at Cena so Cena punches him in the jaw making Goldberg angry. Goldberg shoves Cena to the corner and strikes with big knees to the ribs of Cena. Goldberg taunts and then hits a belly to belly suplex on Cena. Cena jumps up and charges Goldberg with shots in the corner. Goldberg clubs him down and hits a big knee to the ribs of Cena on the mat. Goldberg hits another belly to belly suplex. Goldberg with a vertical suplex, hangs on, hits a second, hangs on and hits a third into a cover with Cena keeping his shoulders up. Goldberg now with more shoulder charges to Cena in the corner.

Cena fires back at Goldberg with big rights but Goldberg drops Cena with a huge clothesline. Goldberg trash talks and hits a few forearms to the back of Cena. Cena fights back, hits the ropes and Goldberg catches him with an overhead belly to belly suplex. Goldberg stomps at Cena and whips him hard into the corner. Goldberg with a gorilla press but Cena slides off and chop blocks him down. Cena goes an STF but Goldberg kicks him away. Cena with right hands backing Goldberg to the corner. Goldberg with shoulder charges to Cena in the corner and Cena falls to the mat. Cena comes back with an elbow and big rights to Goldberg. Goldberg catches him with a knee to the gut and hits a gutwrench suplex. Goldberg lifts Cena up and drives him back first into the corner. Cena with an AA out of no where on Goldberg and Goldberg quickly kicks out after two. Cena goes for STF but Goldberg kicks him away again. Goldberg goes for Spear but Cena counters with a rop-toe-hold and he gets the STF applied. Goldberg fights out, rolls over and punches away at Cena. Goldberg drills Cena with a huge spinebuster. Goldberg seizes Cena and hits a thunderous Spear! Goldberg sets up the Jackhammer but Cena counters into a 2nd AA. Cena with the STF on Goldberg now as Goldberg is pulling himself to the bottom rope. Cena breaks the STF, drags Goldberg back to the middle of the ring and reapplies the STF. Goldberg is dragging himself again to the ropes. Goldberg gets the rope. Cena pulls Goldberg back again and applies the STF. Cena breaks it and drops in a third AA. As Cena goes in for the cover, but Goldberg kicks out and Cena can't believe it! Cena argues with the referee and then gets another Spear by Goldberg! Goldberg now calls for the Jackhammer but the lights go out. The Druids bring out a Casket and place it next to the ring apron. Goldberg hesitates a little but then he opens the Casket which is revealed to be empty. Goldberg then turns into a forth AA by Cena and Cena gets the pinfall!

Winner & Still WWE Champion: John Cena!

After the match, Cena rolls out of the ring and celebrates with the WWE Title. We get a couple of highlights from the match leading to the finish. Cena heads up to the ramp celebrating as the Casket opens up again and this time the Undertaker comes out of it! Goldberg slides out of the ring and wants nothing to do with the Undertaker right now. Undertaker goes after Goldberg and Chokeslams him through the announce table! Undertaker stands above Goldberg's corpse and points at the WrestleMania sign.

A promo runs hyping that Wrestlemania 29 is 63 days away.

A video package runs focusing on the history of the Royal Rumble.

Justin Roberts announces the rules for the Royal Rumble match. Every 80 seconds a new superstar will enter the contest.

The Big Show comes out entering the Royal Rumble match as number 1. The newcomer Big E Langston comes out as number 2.

The 2013 Royal Rumble Match

The bell rings and the two big men have a staredown. They talk some trash to each other and then Big Show pushes Big E. Big E kicks and punches Big Show. Big Show pushes him to the corner and charges into a boot. Big E comes back with some right hands, but Big Show soon punches back. Big Show puts him in the corner and kicks away at him. Big Show with some body shots before charging into a back elbow. Big E hits the ropes to hit an avalanche. Big E hits an impressive belly-to-belly side suplex as time expires.

#3 Cesaro

Tonight's poster man comes out and quickly goes after Big E with right hands. Cesaro with a few uppercuts and Big E comes back with a big clothesline. Big E goes for the Big Ending but Cesaro counters into a German suplex. Cesaro hits a European uppercut to the corner followed by a powerslam. Big Show goes to Chokeslam Cesaro but Cesaro catches him with an uppercut followed by a huge body slam to the giant! Cesaro gets a big ovation for that spot! Big E comes off the middle rope with a diving shoulder block on Cesaro as time expires.

#4 Wade Barrett

The former World Champion comes out and he lushes out on Big E. Barrett hits a pumphandle slam to Big E before dropping Cesaro with a big boot. Barrett stomps at Big Show in the corner and taunts the crowd. Barrett kicks away at Cesaro and works on him in the corner. Big E splashes Show in the corner and then he hits the ropes but Big Show runs him over with a Spear! Barrett goes after Big Show but gets a head-butt. Cesaro and Barrett now both goes after Show and they try a double suplex but Big Show counters into a double suplex of his own. Time expires.

#5 Randy Orton

The viper rushes out to the ring, ducks a right hand by Big Show and drops the Giant with a chop block followed by a DDT. Orton ducks a clothesline by Big E and drops him with a dropkick. Orton clotheslines Barrett down, ducks a clothesline by Cesaro and hits hm with an RKO. Orton dumps Barrett to the apron and hits the suspended DDT. Orton ducks a WMD by Big Show and hits an RKO to the giant. Big E and Orton have a staredown. They start trading blows with Big E coming on top. Big E whips him to the ropes but lowers his head and eats a kick. Orton then runs into a belly to belly suplex. Big E goes for the Big Ending but Orton counters into the inverted backbreaker as time expires.

#6 Alberto Del Rio

The 2011 Rumble match winner comes out and kicks away at Orton. Del Rio hits a side kick to the head of Orton before catching Cesaro with an enziguiri in the corner. Del Rio ducks a clothesline by Barrett and hits a back-stabber. Big Show is on one knee and Del Rio charges but Show grabs him by the neck. Big Show hits a chokeslam to Del Rio. Barrett catches Big Show with the Bull Hammer elbow and Big E dumps Big Show over the top rope to the floor!

Big Show has been elimnated!

Big E ducks a Bull-Hammer but runs into the Winds of Change by Barrett. Barrett gets Orton up for a Wasteland but Orton counters out and dumps Barrett to the outside!

Wade Barrett has been eliminated!

Cesaro clotheslines Orton from behind and nails the Neutralizer as time expires.

#7 The Miz

Miz rushes out to the ring and gets a big boot from Cesaro. Cesaro charges at Big E and Big E back-drops him over the top rope to the floor!

Cesaro has been eliminated!

Cesaro's elimination gets a few boos from the crowd as Miz clotheslines Del Rio in the corner. Miz works on Del Rio in the corner but Del Rio fights back. Big E gets Orton up to his shoulder and tries to eliminate him but Orton fights back as well. Big E ends up hitting the Big Ending on Orton. Del Rio counters out of a Skull Crashing Finale and hits a step-up enziguiri to Miz. Big E ducks an enziguiri by Del Rio and he dumps Del Rio to the outside!

Alberto Del Rio has been eliminated!

That was Big E's third elimination for the night. Big E splashes The Miz in the corner as time expires.

#8 Kane

Cole points out that if Kane is able to eliminate more than three wrestlers in this year's Rumble, he will pass Shawn Michaels for the most overall eliminations in history. Kane catches Big E with a big boot to the face and then he clotheslines Orton in the corner. Kane then runs into a boot by Miz and Miz follows up with a missle dropkick off the middle rope. Miz then hits a snap DDT before hitting a leg-drop on Kane. Kane sits up and Miz kicks him back down. Kane sits up again and he catches Miz by the throat. Miz breaks free, hits the ropes but Kane grabs him again and drops him with a Chokeslam. Orton tries for an RKO but Kane pushes him off and then catches him with a sidewalk slam. Big E and Kane now exchange blows. Kane with an uppercut but he runs into a back elbow. Big E then hits a knee to the midesction, he whips him to the ropes but lowers his head and Kane hits a DDT. Time expires.

#9 Seth Rollins

Another newcomer, Seth Rollins comes out. Rollins springboards and catches Kane with a diving knee to the side of the head. Rollins hits the Curb Stomp on Big E. Rollins then dropkicks Orton in the corner and then hits the Skywalker. Miz then catches Rollins with the backbreaker/neckbreaker combo. Miz clotheslines Kane in the corner and stomps at him. Rollins is back up and he catches Miz with an enziguiri to the back of the head. Rollins with a side kick to Orton followed by a kick to the face and then a spinning heel kick to the jaw. Rollins is on fire but Big E catches him with a German suplex that saw Rollins landing on his front. Big E runs into a boot by Kane and Kane Chokeslams Big E. Kane goes for the Tombstone on Orton but Orton counters out and hits an RKO. Time expires.

#10 Shelton Benjamin

The US Champion rushes out and hits a springboard bull-dog to Orton. Benjamin splashes Miz in the corner twice and then hits a T-Bone suplex to Rollins. Miz misses a clothesline, blocks a kick and Shelton answers with a spinning kick to the face. Benjamin hits the Paydirt to the Miz. Rollins catches Benjamin with a dropkick. Rollins goes to Curb Stomp Orton but Orton ducks it and drops Rollins with an RKO. JBL mentions that this is Orton's 4th RKO so far. Orton clotheslines Miz over the ropes to the outside.

The Miz has been eliminated!

Orton charges at Big E who back-drops him to the apron. Orton with an elbow to Big E but Kane strikes Orton with a big uppercut knocking him to the floor!

Randy Orton has been eliminated!

Big E then clotheslines Kane over the ropes to eliminate him.

Kane has been eliminated!

Big E stands tall in the ring with Miz and Rollins down as time expires.

#11 Dean Ambrose

The explosive newcomer rushes out to the ring and goes after Big E. Big E ducks a clothesline and goes for a German suplex but Ambrose lands on his feet and hits the Dirty Deeds on Big E. Ambrose with a running dropkick to Miz in the corner and then he and Rollins have a showdown. They trade blows with Ambrose coming on top. Ambrose goes for Dirty Deeds Rollins elbows out of it. Ambrose bounces off the ropes and levels Rollins with a huge clothesline. Ambrose with the Curp Stomp on Rollins! Miz comes from behind with the Skull Crashing Finale to Ambrose. Big E gets Rollins up to a gorilla press and tosses him to the floor.

Seth Rollins has been eliminated!

Miz with a chop-block to Big E as time expires.

#12 Kofi Kingston

Kingston comes off the top rope with a cross-body to both Miz and Big E. Kingston hits the Boom-Drop on both men at once. Benjamin with a back suplex but Kofi lands on his feet, Shelton ducks Trouble in Paradise, goes for a German suplex, Kofi lands on his feet again and backs to the corner. Benjamin charges into a pendulum kick and Kingston hits a springboard clothesline. Ambrose starts working on Miz in the corner as Kingston focuses on Big E in the other corner. Time expires.

#13 Sheamus

The Celtic Warrior has a 2nd chance in life tonight as he enters the match. Sheamus unloads on everybody in the ring. Sheamus catches Miz with a running knee-lift followed by a powerslam. Sheamus hits an Irish-Curse backbreaker to Ambrose before dropping Benjamin with a rolling fireman's carry. Sheamus blocks Trouble in Paradise and catapults Kingston into the corner. Sheamus shoulders Kingston in the corner and tries to eliminate him. Big E works on Miz in the corner but gets jumped by Ambrose. Ambrose and Benjamin try to eliminate Big E as time expires.

#14 "Mr. Big Time" Aaron Stevens

The Intercontinental Champion rushes to the ring and goes after Miz in the corner. Stevens hits a Russian leg-sweep followed by a big elbow drop. Big E fires back at Ambrose and Benjamin but they hit him with a double DDT. Meanwhile, Kingston hits a cross-body off the top on Stevens. Sheamus clotheslines Benjamin down but gets a dropkick by Ambrose. Ambrose ducks Trouble in Paradise and drops Kofi with the Dirty Deeds. Stevens comes from behind and dumps Ambrose to the floor.

Dean Ambrose has been eliminated!

Big E clotheslines Stevens down and hits the Big Ending on Benjamin. Big E tries to do the same to Sheamus but Sheamus counters out and dumps him to the apron. Big E holds on but Sheamus knocks him to the floor with a Brogue kick!

Big E has been eliminated!

Big E is out with five eliminations in his first Rumble match. Sheamus now works on Kingston in the corner as time expires.

#15 Drew McIntyre

The former World Champion comes out and goes after Sheamus. Sheamus and McIntyre trade blows now and McIntyre goes for Future Shock DDT but Sheamus counters into a back body drop. Drew ducks a Brogue kick and hits the Future Shock DDT on Sheamus. Meanwhile, Benjamin tosses Kingston over the ropes but Kingston holds on and catches Shelton with a rana sending him out of the ring.

Shelton Benjamin has been eliminated!

McIntyre goes after Kingston now. Kofi is whipped into the ropes and bounces back with a jumping clothesline. Kingston with a pair of clotheslines followed by a dropkick. Stevens clotheslines Kingston down as time expires.

#16 Cody Rhodes

Rhodes rushes down to the ring and ducks a clothesline by Stevens before connecting with the Disaster kick. Rhodes hits the Cross Rhodes on Kingston and then he catches McIntyre with the Alabama Slam! Sheamus then catches Cody with the Irish-Curse backbreaker. Stevens rolls to the apron and eats a Brogue kick that knocks him into the floor.

Aaron Stevens has been eliminated!

Sheamus now works on McIntyre in the corner. McIntyre fights back and now Rhodes jumps Sheamus from behind. Rhodes and McIntyre hit a double back suplex on Sheamus. Rhodes and McIntyre now trade blows. Kingston hits the ropes and hits both men with a running cross-body as time expires.

#17 Chris Jericho!

Y2J is in the Rumble! The crowd goes nuts as Chris Jericho makes his way to the ring. Jericho quickly goes to work with a running bull-dog to Kingston followed by Lionsault. Jericho ducks a Disaster kick and gets Cody into the Walls of Jericho. Jericho ducks a boot by McIntyre thus releasing the Walls. Jericho catches McIntyre with the Codebreaker! Codebreaker to Kingston as well! Sheamus blocks his Codebreaker and pushes Jericho to the ropes. Sheamus goes for Brogue kick but Jericho ducks it and Sheamus' leg gets hanged on the top rope. Rhodes drops Jericho from behind and he quickly pulls Sheamus' other leg over the ropes sending him to the floor outside!

Sheamus has been eliminated!

Rhodes taunts the crowd but then turns into a Codebreaker by Jericho. Time expires.

#18 Kevin Nash

It's Big Daddy Cool Diesel himself! Kevin Nash is here in the Rumble! Nash gets in the ring as the crowd has gone wild with two back-to-back surprise entries in this year's Rumble. Nash and Jericho has a brief staredown. Jericho with a few right hands and some chops but Nash barely moves. Jericho hits the ropes and eats a back elbow. Nash whips him hard into the corner and clotheslines him down before possing. Nash hits the Jack-Knife powerbomb to Kingston. Jericho goes for Codebreaker but Nash blocks it and drops him down with force. Jericho is whipped into the ropes and he runs into a big boot. Nash then hits the Jack-Knife powerbomb on Jericho. Rhodes chop-blocks Nash from behind before capitalizing to dump Jericho out of the ring!

Chris Jericho has been eliminated!

Lots of boos for Jericho's early elimination. Rhodes punches and kicks away at Nash. McIntyre and Rhodes double team Nash as time expires.

#19 Jimmy Uso

Coming down on his first Rumble match, Jimmy Uso heads up top and comes down with a big cross-body on McIntyre. Jimmy splashes McIntyre in the corner as Rhodes kicks away at Nash. Jimmy hits the running butt-bump to Drew in the corner before turning into Trouble in Paradise by Kingston. Kofi charges at McIntyre in the corner but McIntyre back-drops him head-first into the steel post behind the turnbuckles. McIntyre then dumps Kingston to the floor.

Kofi Kingston has been eliminated!

Meanwhile, Nash shoves Rhodes down hard and Rhodes rolls under the bottom rope to retreat at ringside. Nash now turns his focus on Jimmy as time expires.

#20 Jey Uso

As if this was scripted, Jimmy's brother Jey is the next one in and he helps out his bro against Kevin Nash. Nash misses a double clothesline and the Usos hit a double superkick to the jaw. Nash leans against the ropes but bounces back only to get a 2nd double superkick. Nash goes to lean back against the rope but this time Cody pulls the top rope down sending Nash to the floor!

Kevin Nash has been eliminated!

Now Rhodes and McIntyre unite to fight off the fresh Usos. They go at it with Jimmy and Rhodes in one corner and Jey and Drew in the other. Cody and Drew are whipped hard at each other and both fall victims of Samoan Drops by the Usos. Both Usos go up top for double Superfly splashes but both brothers miss as Drew and Cody moved out of harms way in time. Rhodes hits Cross Rhodes to Jimmy Uso. McIntyre tries to hit the Future Shock DDT to Jey but Rhodes catches him with a Disaster kick before dumping him out of the ring!

Drew McIntyre has been eliminated!

Rhodes dropkicks Jey down as time expires.

#21 Christian

Captain Charisma comes out and he goes at it with Rhodes right away.  Christian sends him to the corner, but he runs into a boot. Christian quickly comes back with a flapjack and he gets the crowd pumped up. Rhodes pushes him to the corner and counters a pendulum kick. Rhodes sits him up and dropkicks him to the apron. Rhodes snaps the arm off the top rope,but Christian holds on. Christian hits a pendulum kick from the apron before going up top and coming down with a diving European uppercut on Rhodes. Jimmy charges and Christian back-drops him to the apron. Jey charges but Christian moves and Jey bumps against his brother sending him to the floor!

Jimmy Uso has been eliminated!

Christian quickly hits the Killswitch on Jey. Christian ducks a clothesline from Rhodes and strikes him with a Spear. Time expires.

#22 Sin Cara

It's the International Sensation coming out now. Cara springboards to the ropes and catches Christian with a rana. Sin Cara hits a pair of dropkicks and then a headscissors takedown on Christian. Cara tries to eliminate Christian now as Rhodes clotheslines Jey over the ropes to the outside.

Jey Uso has been eliminated!

Rhodes now goes after Cara dumping him on the apron. Cara hits a pele kick to the skull followed by a slingshot senton on Rhodes. Christian goes for Killswitch but Cara pushes him off. Cara hits an enziguiri to Christian. Cara jumps on Rhodes for a rana but Rhodes drops him with a powerbomb instead. Time expires.

#23 Tyson Kidd

Tyson rushes out and hits the Code-Blue on Rhodes.  Kidd quickly takes Sin Cara down with a hammerlock but Cara quickly fights up. Cara elbows out and hits a high angle snapmare. Kidd hip tosses him onto the apron but Cara holds on, flips back in, and takes Kidd down with an arm drag. Cara ducks a clothesline and hits a twisting arm drag that sends Kidd into the corner. Kidd avoids a splash in the corner and kicks him in the knee. Kidd hits a running dropkick to the side of the head and taunts. Kidd forearms him in the face and kicks him down. Kidd goes to the apron and goes for a springboard elbow drop but Cara gets the knees up. Cara kicks away at him but has a whip reversed. Cara takes him down and punches away at him. Kidd kicks him and sends him to the ropes. Cara hits a handspring back elbow and a hurricanrana. Cara kicks him in the corner but has another whip reversed. Kidd charges into a backdrops that sends him to the apron. Kidd catches Cara with a pele kick and heads up top. Rhodes dropkicks the ropes and Kidd is laid out up there. Cara then goes to hit the backflip slam off the top but Christian pushes him off the top sending him crashing to the floor outside!

Sin Cara has been eliminated!

Christian with a frankensteiner on Kidd from the corner as time expires.

#24 Curt Hawkins

Hawkins comes out now and he goes after Christian as Rhodes tries to eliminate Kidd. Hawkins works on Christian in the corner as Rhodes tosses Kidd over the ropes. Kidd holds on and flips back in. Hawkins almost gets Christian eliminated but the veteran manages to stay in. Meanwhile, Kidd gets Cody locked in the Sharpshooter. Hawkins breaks it up and hits a DDT to Kidd. Christian with a Spear on Hawkins. Rhodes comes from behind and dumps Christian over the ropes to the outside! Just like that!

Christian has been eliminated!

JBL notes that this is Cody's 6th elimination tonight. Rhodes stomps away at Kidd as time expires.

#25 Roman Reigns

The last newcomer for the evening is Roman Reings! Reigns rushes to the ring and unloads to Rhodes with a pair of jumping clotheslines followed by a Samoan Drop. Hawkins now goes after Reigns but gets a big uppercut to the face. Reigns with a powerslam to Hawkins followed by a big vertical suplex. Reigns calls for the Superman punch and he nails it. Reigns then gets pumped up for a Spear and he nails that as well. Reigns dumps Hawkins out of the ring.

Curt Hawkins has been eliminated!

Kidd springboards but Reigns catches him in mid-air with a huge Spear! Rhodes then kicks Reigns downstairs with a low blow. Rhodes tosses Kidd out of the ring.

Tyson Kidd has been eliminated!

Rhodes stalks Reigns and goes for the Disaster kick but Reigns catches him in mid-air with a Spear. Time expires.

#26 RVD

It's the Whole Damn Show! RVD is here! RVD gets in the ring and has a face-off with Reigns. They lock up and Reigns powers RVD to the corner before kneeing him in the midsection. Reigns knees him in the face before throwing him across the ring. RVD sits up and tells him to bring it. Reigns catches him with a belly-to-belly side suplex but RVD again sits up and comes back with a step-over wheel kick. Reigns rolls under the bottom rope and RVD hits a baseball slide knocking him to the floor. Reigns was not eliminated since he didn't get thrown over the top rope. RVD gets to the apron and he goes for a moonsault from the apron, but Reigns moves. RVD lands on his feet, and Reigns clothesline him down. Reigns puts him in the ring, and runs into a spinning heel kick to the face. RVD goes for the Five Star Frog Splash Reigns moves and RVD crashes to the mat. Reigns then destroys RVD with a Spear. Reigns then notices Rhodes and he charges but Rhodes pulls the ropes down sending Reigns to the floor!

Roman Reigns has been eliminated!

Rhodes taunts the crowd before picking up RVD's corpse and tossing it to the outside.

RVD has been eliminated!

Rhodes is all alone in the ring as time expires.

#27 Booker T

The former World Champion comes out for the last surprise entry in this year's Rumble match. The former rivals go at it in the ring. Booker knees him in the midsection a few times, and he clubs him down in the corner. Booker sends him to the ropes and hits a back elbow. Rhodes knees him in the midsection and punches him a few times. Rhodes hits some jabs, and he kicks him in the midsection. Rhodes sends him to the corner hard, and Booker goes down. Rhodes kicks him in the face, and he tries to eliminate him. Booker elbows out, and he chops the chest a few times. Booker sends him to the ropes, and he hits a big back body drop. Booker twists the arm, and he delivers a high back kick to the face. Booker gets the crowd into it, and he chops the chest a few times. Booker throws him over the top rope, but Rhodes hangs on and skins the cat. Booker is waiting for him, and he clotheslines him over the top rope but again Rhodes barely holds on with one feet touching the floor. Booker doesn't realize that Rhodes was not eliminated so he does a spin-a-roonie! Rhodes comes from behind and dumps Booker out of the ring!

Booker T has been eliminated!

With 10 eliminations Rhodes needs one more to tie Kane record for most eliminations in a single Rumble match. Time expires.

#28 Daniel Bryan

Fan favorite Daniel Bryan comes out as the "YES" chants begin. Bryan kicks away at Cody, but Rhodes comes back with a flapjack into the ropes. Rhodes kicks away at him and hits a front suplex, but Bryan soon comes back with a flying elbow. Bryan catches him with a dropkick in the corner followed by a missle dropkick from the top rope. Bryan now hits a pair of kicks to the chest followed by a big roundhouse kick to the head. Bryan gets the crowd into it and he tries to eliminate Rhodes. Bryan hits a running dropkick and Rhodes falls to the outside through the middle rope. Bryan gets a head of steam and hits a suicide dive taking out Rhodes on the floor. Bryan whips Rhodes into the barricade but Rhodes jumps up and hits a Disaster kick from the barricade! Rhodes sends Bryan back in and goes for Cross Rhodes but Bryan counters into the Yes-Lock! Rhodes taps out as time expires.

#29 Mason Ryan

As Ryan goes to get in the ring, Bryan hits a baseball slide sending the monster to the floor. Bryan attempts a plancha, but Ryan catches him. Bryan slides off, and he throws Ryan into the stairs. Bryan gets on the apron, and he takes Ryan down with a running knee to the face. Bryan gets to the apron, he springboards but Rhodes catches him in mid-air with a dropkick. Rhodes tries to eliminate Bryan but Bryan fights back and hits a German suplex. Ryan is in and he clotheslines Bryan's head off of his shoulders! Ryan then hits two consecutive powerbombs to Bryan. Rhodes chop-blocks Ryan from behind and he dumps Bryan over the ropes but Bryan holds on. Rhodes tries to kick him off but Ryan grabs him from behind and tosses him to the other side of the ring. Rhodes tries to beg Ryan off but Ryan shoulders him in the corner and drills him with a running spinebuster. Time expires.

#30 CM Punk

The last entry in this year's Rumble match is the Straight Edge superstar CM Punk. Punk hits a springboard clothesline to Ryan taking the monster down. Punk with a running knee to the jaw of Rhodes in the corner followed by a running bulldog. Punk ducks a clothesline by Ryan and hits a roundhouse kick to the temple. Punk goes for a GTS but Ryan elbows out. Ryan goes for a powerslam but Punk counters into a big DDT. Punk goes up top and hits the Macho diving elbow-drop on Ryan. Rhodes goes for the Disaster kick but Punk catches him in mid-air and hits the GTS. And now Punk has a face-off with Bryan. JBL just realized that this is our final 4. Mason Ryan, Cody Rhodes, CM Punk and Daniel Bryan. One of these four men will win the Rumble for the first time in their careers and go on to main event WrestleMania. The crowd is shared as Bryan and Punk begin to trade blows. Punk gets a side headlock applied, but Bryan whips him off. Punk takes him down with a shoulder block and avoids a dropkick. They trade takedowns and headlocks for a stalemate. Ryan then clotheslines them both down. Ryan hits a powerbomb on Punk before powerbombing Bryan on top of Punk. Ryan then powerbombs Rhodes on top of both Bryan and Punk. Ryan tries to lift all three men at once but he is unable to. He gets Rhodes up to his shoulder but Rhodes counters out and hits Cross Rhodes. All 4 men are down. Bryan avoids a running knee by Punk in the corner and then Punk sidesteps a running dropkick by Bryan in the same corner. Bryan ducks a roundhouse kick and misses with one of his own as well. Rhodes is up and he gets a double roundhouse kick by both Punk and Bryan. They notice Ryan getting up so they each go to a separate corner and climb up. Bryan and Punk hit a double missle dropkick on Ryan now. It's now the two of them again. Punk catches him with a knee to the midsection. Punk goes for a whip, but Bryan catches him with a modified arm breaker. Bryan kicks away at him in the corner and sends him across the ring. Bryan runs into a boot. Punk goes for a slingshot cross-body, but Bryan sidesteps him. Bryan wrenches the arm and snaps it off his shoulder. Bryan sets the arm up and stomps on it a few times. Bryan kicks him down a few times, and he bends Punk’s arm. Punk punches out, but Bryan takes him down with a slam. Bryan sets the arm up and stomps on it again. Bryan tries to eliminate Punk so Punk tries to fight out, but Bryan takes him back down with a German suplex. Punk ducks a roundhouse and hits a back suplex. They’re both down. Rhodes now stomps away at both men. Ryan grabs him and lifts him up with a gorilla press. Rhodes avoids the elimination and chop-blocks Ryan down. Rhodes goes for a Disaster kick but as his foot touches the middle rope, Bryan pushes him over the top rope sending him to the floor!

Spoiler:

Cody Rhodes is stunned. His best Rumble performance to date has just met it's end. Cody Rhodes with the most eliminations and the most time spend in the ring tonight has to go to the locker room. Back in the ring, Ryan charges at Bryan and Bryan dropkicks the knee sending him bumping against the turnbuckles. Bryan hits the ropes but Ryan catches him with a shoulder block. Punk then jumps with a high knee to the jaw of Ryan stunning him. Punk with another knee followed by the GTS. Ryan is still standing but dazed. Bryan hits a running high knee to the face of Ryan knocking him down. Ryan rolls to the apron and tries to get up. Punk connects with a running knee to the jaw and Ryan drops to the floor!

Spoiler:

And now we are down to two men. This is down to CM Punk and Daniel Bryan with the crowd chanting "This is Awesome". They go at it and Punk kicks away at Bryan. Punk sends him into the ropes and hits a nice jumping calf kick. Punk hits a clothesline, and Bryan twists the arm. Punk ducks a kick and goes for the GTS, but Bryan gets out. Bryan goes for the Yes-Lock, but Punk fights out of that. Bryan avoids a roundhouse and goes for a back suplex but Punk lands on his feet. Punk hits a roundhouse kick to the skull and clotheslines Bryan over the ropes but Bryan holds on somehow. Punk charges into an elbow and Bryan slingshots over the ropes but Punk catches him into his shoulders for a GTS. Bryan elbows out of it and tosses Punk over the ropes but Punk holds on. Punk catches Bryan with a forearm and he goes for a springboard clothesline but Bryan catches him into the Yes-Lock. Punk manages to reverse it into the Koji Clutch. Bryan looks to have faded out as "Let's Go Bryan/Let's Go Punk" chants fill the arena. Punk let's go and tosses Bryan over the ropes but he hangs on. Punk hits a running knee to the jaw and Bryan still holds on with one hand. Punk goes for another running knee but Bryan slides into the ring from the bottom rope and Punk goes over the ropes by himself. Punk hangs on the apron. Bryan hits the ropes and charges but Punk slingshots over the ropes and they collide with each other! Both men are down. It appears as if their heads collided with each other as both men grab their heads now.They are slowly back up and they trade blows. For the first time fans cheer for both men when they deliver a shot. They throw punches and kicks at each other. They hit each other in the head with roundhouse kicks. Both men are down again. They regroup in opposite corners now. They charge at each other and Punk hits a spinning neckbreaker. Punk whips Bryan into the corner and Bryan flips over the corner but Punk catches him into his shoulders and goes for GTS but Bryan blocks it grabbing Punk's knee on the way down. He tosses him over the ropes sending him to the floor!

Spoiler:

Spoiler:

After the match, we see highlights of the Royal Rumble match leading to the final elimination. Back live, Daniel Bryan celebrates in the ring as the crowd explodes with "YES" chants. Punk looks on from the ramp as Bryan celebrates chanting "Yes". We get more highlights from the contest. Punk returns to the ring and shakes hands with Bryan. They embrace as the crowd cheers them on. Punk exits the ring and starts clapping for Bryan's victory. Daniel Bryan celebrates up on the top turnbuckle as pyro goes off around the Wrestlemania 29 logo and in the entrance area. D-B points at the WM 29 logo as we go to credits.

WWE Smackdown Results
February 15, 2013
Little Rock, Arkansas
Commentators: JBL & Michael Cole


IF YA SMELL...


The Rock's theme song hits as the crowd gets hot in the arena. The most electrifying man in sports entertainment comes out to a huge crowd reaction. Rock gets in the ring after a long possing time.

Rock gets a mic and says that "Fin'Ly, The Rock has come back to Aaaarkansas!

Rock acknowledges that WrestleMania is on the horizon and it will be the most electrifying show of all time! It will be the biggest WrestleMania of all time when the Great One, the Rock takes on the man that superkicked him two weeks on Raw and the man that many call the greatest in ring performer  in WWE history... Shawn Michaels.

Huge reaction from the crowd when they hear Shawn's name. Rock says that Shawn is not here tonight in the arena. He says that Shawn is in San Antonio and instead of coming here and addressing the Rock he choose to stay home. Rock says that's ok because they still have plenty of time from now until WrestleMania. He says that he is not here just to talk about HBK.

He says that he is here to say all the things he never got to say when Michaels interrupted him two weeks ago. He says that he should take this from where he left it...

This time Rock is interrupted by the World Heavyweight Champion Dolph Ziggler! Ziggler walks down to the ring and holds up the World title in front of the Rock.

Rock tells Ziggler that the Rock getting interrupted by a Hall of Famer Icon, like HBK, is understandable. But the Rock getting interrupted by a rat-faced, doggy-style loving, Aunt Vickie's pie eating junk is far from understandable. He tells Dolph to get lost or the Rock will shove his big boy boot up his tiny little girl making go wild ass!

Ziggler tells Rock that his jokes and his attitude have become old. He says that nobody cares about the Rock or Shawn Michaels anymore. He says that nobody gives a damn about figures of the past, everybody cares about the future and the future of the WWE is Dolph Ziggler! Ziggler recalls that four years ago, the Rock appeared on SmackDown via satelite and he asked "Who in the blue hell is Dolph Ziggler!" Ziggler says that after all these years he's finally able to answer that question up close and personal, he is Dolph Ziggler, the World Heavyweight Champion!

Rock says that there is very good chance that Ziggler won't be the World Champion come WrestleMania but even if he does, there is no way, and The Rock means no way that Dolph Ziggler is leaving WrestleMania as the World Heavyweight Champion. Ziggler says that no one can beat him because he is the best thing going on in the WWE. He says that no one can touch him.

Rock recalls his first WWF Title reign where he thought that no one could touch him. And then he got a Stunner by Stone Cold Steve Austin. Huge pop for Austin by the crowd. Rock says that all that Ziggler needs right now is someone to shut him up because at the end of the day Ziggler has nothing important or interesting to say. He says there is nothing interesting about Dolph besides his ladies underwear.

Ziggler says that he had enough of this. He says that he is the World Heavyweight Champion and he demands respect. Rock says that the first thing Dolph needs to learn is the you never demand respect, you earn it. He says that if Ziggler holds the World title until WrestleMania and then retains the title at WrestleMania, the Rock will personally come into the ring, shake his hand and tell him that he has his respect. But if he loses the World title this Sunday, Rock and all the people around the world will call him an ass-clown dwarf.

The crowd starts chanting "ass-clown dwarf". Ziggler yells at the crowd to shut up. Rock tells Ziggler that the 2nd thing he needs to know is that you never tell the people to shut up especially when the Rock is in the ring with you. Rock then nails Ziggler with a Rock-Bottom! Rock's music hits and the Great One celebrates in the ring and the crowd cheers him on.


One Kick and We'll Be Flying High


Sheamus, the Celtic Warrior comes out for our opening contest to a big pop from the crowd. We get a replay from last Monday on Raw where Sheamus went face to face with the Beast Brock Lesnar.

Christian comes out next as Captain Charisma will be taking on his old nemesis tonight.

Christian vs. Sheamus

The bell rings, and Christian talks some trash to Sheamus before slapping him in the face a few times. Christian quickly bolts from the ring as Sheamus chases him. Sheamus catches him, pulls him out of the ring and sends him into the barricade. Sheamus uppercuts him before sending him into the barricade again. Sheamus sends him into the ring, and he stands on his leg before stomping him. Sheamus chokes him with his boot before hitting a delayed body slam. Sheamus then drops a knee for a two count. Christian reverses a whip to the ropes, and he knees Sheamus in the midsection. Christian kicks him before standing on his throat. Christian taunts the fans before punching him. Sheamus fights back with a club and a short-arm clothesline.

Christian comes back with a slap to the face, and then hits him with an Irish Curse Backbreaker to pick up a nearfall. Christian reverses a whip, but Sheamus lowers his head and eats a kick to the face. Christian gives him a back body drop over the top rope and baseball slides him down. Sheamus sidesteps a plancha, and Christian hits the mats hard. Sheamus sends him into the steps before putting him on his shoulder but Christian slides off and sends him shoulder first into the steel ring post. Christian taunts Sheamus as we take a break.

Commercial Break

We come back from the break to see Christian go to the second rope, and Sheamus rips him off. Sheamus goes to the top rope, and Sheamus fights him back. Christian then throws him off the top rope to the outside. Christian goes outside and throws him into the timekeeper’s area. Christian throws him back into the ring for a nearfall. Christian continues assaulting Sheamus wish some vicious kicks before he rolls to the apron. Christian clotheslines him on the apron before dragging him into the ring and stepping on his face while taunting the fans. Sheamus fights back, but Christian comes back with a back suplex. Christian taunts the fans before going to the top rope. Sheamus then rolls out of the way of a Frog Splash.

Sheamus pushes Christian to the corner, but Christian kicks him. Christian goes for a cross-body, but Sheamus catches him, puts him on his shoulders, and hits a rolling fireman’s carry for a nearfall. They trade punches with Sheamus coming out on top. Sheamus hits an Irish hammer before hitting a shoulder thrust in the corner. Christian avoids a knee lift, and Sheamus sends him to the apron. Sheamus goes to club the chest, but Christian fights out. Christian jumps off the top rope, but Sheamus catches him and hot shots him. Sheamus hits the Beats of the Bodhrán before hitting a high knee. Sheamus then hits the ropes and hits a second high knee for a nearfall. Christian tries to beg Sheamus to leave him alone. Christian pushes him to the corner and catches him with a reverse DDT. Christian goes to the top rope and hits a Frog Splash for a nearfall!

Christian cannot believe it now. Christian goes for Killswitch, Sheamus counters into a back suplex attempt but Christian flips over and lands on his feet. Sheamus then catches him with White Noise for a close nearfall! Sheamus sets up a Brogue kick now but Christian ducks it and rolls him up for a nearfall. Christian backs into the corner and Sheamus runs into a pendulum kick. Christian goes to the top rope and dives right into a Brogue kick by Sheamus in mid-air! Sheamus picks up the pinfall!

Winner: Sheamus!

After the match, Sheamus celebrates in the ring as we get highlights from the match leading to the finish.


Backstage, Dolph Ziggler catches up with Theodore Long. Ziggler is furious about being disrespected by the Rock and he wants Teddy to take action! Long says that he is glad Ziggler showed up because he was looking for him. He says he can't do anything about the Rock but he has already made a change to the main event between Ziggler and Orton. It will now be a No DQ Match! Ziggler asks how this helps him in any way and Teddy says that this will help him get his frustrations out on Orton.


Ain't No Stopping Me Now


The US Champion Shelton Benjamin comes out for the following contest as he will be defending his title against Sin Cara this Sunday at No Way Out.

Tyson Kidd is out next accompanied by his wife Natalya as we take a replay from last week where Kidd lost to Sin Cara in a #1 contender's match and then he attacked Cara but Benjamin made the save.

Shelton Benjamin vs. Tyson Kidd (with Natalya)

They circle the ring before locking up and Benjamin immediately hooks Tyson's leg and lifts him over his head! - That's the move Chris Benoit used when he accidentally broke Sabu's neck, giving him the nickname, "The Canadian Crippler". Benjamin forearms Tyson a few times and hits a Northern Lights Suplex with a bridge for a two count!

Benjamin gets Kidd up and suplexes him before he floats over into a cover for a two count! Benjamin picks him up and Irish whips him but lowers his head and pays for it with a kick to the face! Tyson comes back with some right hands but has an Irish whip reversed on him, he ducks a clothesline, goes back into the ropes, and goes for a cross-body but Benjamin goes down and Kidd flies out of the ring with a thump!

Benjamin goes outside to retrieve Tyson as Natalya looks on. Benjamin then has a whip into the barricade reversed on him! Kidd sets up the steps and runs, jumping off the stairs with a clothesline on Benjamin against the barricade! Sin Cara comes out now and he will be watching the rest of the match from ringside as we go to a break.

Commercial Break

We come back from the break to see Benjamin locked up in a chin-lock. Benjamin fights back but Tyson quickly hits a backbreaker on his knee for a two count! Kidd picks Shelton up with a traditional backbreaker and stretches Benjamin across his knee! The fans chant for Benjamin and he eventually punches out but can't do anything.

Tyson lays Benjamin against the second rope and digs his knee into his back twice. Tyson backs up and charges but Benjamin back body-drops him over the top rope however Kidd hangs on to the top rope and stays on the apron. Benjamin goes to suplex him back in the ring but Kidd lands on his feet and goes for his neckbreaker only for Shelton to hold on to the top rope. Kidd hits a back suplex and then a big kick to the back for a nearfall. Kidd then goes into the ropes and hits a low dropkick to the face, covering Benjamin for a two and a half count!!

Kidd blows a kiss to his soon to be wife and goes for the Sharpshooter but Benjamin counters into a small-package for the win!

Winner: Shelton Benjamin!

After the match, Kidd is furious so he attacks Benjamin from behind. Sin Cara springboards into the ring with a hurricanrana sending Kidd in position. Sin Cara hits a 619 and Kidd rolls to the outside. Cara then hits a seated senton to Benjamin! Sin Cara holds up the US Title but then he drops it down as Benjamin slowly gets up. Cara bows to Benjamin before rolling out of the ring. Shelton picks up his title and he points at Sin Cara.


Drop the Boom


We get the Raw Rebound highlighting the contract signing between Daniel Bryan and Cody Rhodes for their match at No Way Out, and the announcement that Mick Foley will be the special guest referee.


Heath Slater and Hunico come out together and they are still celebrating their victory over Air Boom last week.

Kofi Kingston and Evan Bourne come out next as they will be looking to settle a score with Heathico tonight.

Air Boom vs. Heathico

The bell rings and Heath Slater will start the match out against Kofi Kingston. Hunico distracts Kingston, and Slater quickly capitalizes by punching away at Kingston. Hunico is tagged in, and he viciously beats Kingston down. Hunico punches him in the corner and whips him across the ring, but runs into some boots in the corner, and Kingston gets a tag to Evan Bourne.

They hit a double-team face-buster, and Bourne gets a one count. Bourne hits a running hurricanrana and dropkicks Hunico in the corner. Bourne sends Hunico to the corner and charges, but Hunico back-drops him to the apron, and Bourne quickly comes back with a big kick to the head. Slater quickly distracts Bourne, and Hunico clubs him off the apron. Slater quickly clotheslines Bourne on the outside. Hunico goes outside, and he punches Bourne down as we go to commercial.

Commercial Break

We come back from the break to see Bourne fight up from Slater's headlock and punch out. Slater quickly takes him down and tags in Hunico. Slater holds Bourne as Hunico kicks him in the midsection. Hunico hits a running kick to the head, and Slater quickly follows up with a big boot, giving Hunico a two count. Hunico goes to the front face lock and cinches it in. Bourne kicks out and attempts to make a tag to Kingston, but Hunico holds him. Bourne then ducks a clothesline and hits an enzuigiri.

Slater and Kingston are tagged in as Kingston takes Slater down with some punches, chops, and a big dropkick. Kingston gets the crowd into it and goes for the Boom Drop, but Slater rolls away. Slater avoids Kingston in the corner, but Kingston comes back with a springboard cross-body. Hunico breaks the pinfall attempt up, Bourne runs in, and he takes Hunico out with a high knee and a plancha. Kingston runs into a boot from Slater, Slater goes for a clothesline but Kingston blocks it and hits the SOS for the three!

Winners: Air Boom!

After the match, Kingston and Bourne celebrate in the ring as they avenge their loss from last week. Kingston and Bourne head to the back celebrating while back in the ring, Slater is helped up by Hunico.

Slater pushes Hunico and blames him for their loss. Primo then comes out along with Rosa Mendes. Slater gets in Primo's face but Hunico pulls him back. Slater shoves Hunico down but Primo catches him from behind with the Backstabber! Primo helps up Hunico and they shake hands. Primo, Hunico and Rosa leave together then as Slater is down in the ring.


St. Valentine...Give Me Your...Heart this February

We come back with The Miz coming out to the ring as we get a replay from last week's triple threat contest between Cesaro, Miz and Ziggler which was won by Ziggler.

The Swiss Superman Antonio Cesaro comes out next looking to make a statement just three nights before the biggest match of his career.

The Miz vs. Antonio Cesaro

The bell rings as they circle the ring before locking up. Cesaro gets a front face lock applied before transitioning to a side headlock. Miz whips him off and gets a rollup for a nearfall. Cesaro quickly knees him in the face for a nearfall of his own. Cesaro hits a huge double stomp to the chest for another nearfall right away. Cesaro dead lifts him for a gutwrench suplex for yet another nearfall. Cesaro grabs him by the ear and applies a neck vice but Miz comes back with some punches.

Cesaro reverses a whip, but Miz hangs on to the ropes. Miz elbows him in the face, hits a high knee, and finishes him off with a big boot. Miz hits his patented corner clothesline before hitting a top rope axe handle. Cesaro kicks him off before he can apply the Figure Four Leglock and Miz sidesteps him as he tries for a running knee. Miz then dropkicks him in the knee and applies the Figure Four Leglock but Cesaro manages to get to the ropes.

Cesaro hits a waistlock takeover and rolls around on him before he deadlifts him and hits a gutwrench suplex. Miz applies a side headlock, but Cesaro turns it and whips him off. Cesaro counters a leapfrog into a tilt-a-whirl backbreaker for a two count.  Miz boots him in the face before sending him into the ropes, but Cesaro twists to the apron. Cesaro boots Miz in the face and goes to the top rope, but Miz lays him out ribs first on the turnbuckle. Miz goes for a superplex but Cesaro blocks it and tosses Miz down to the mat face first! Cesaro then comes off the top rope with a European uppercut to the jaw of The Miz! Cesaro quickly follows up with the Neutralizer for the win!

Winner: Antonio Cesaro!

After the match, Cesaro celebrates in the ring as we get highlights from the match leading to the finish. Back live, Cesaro celebrates in the ring some more and he points at the WrestleMania sign.


Ruthless Aggression


The Legendary "Rowdy" Roddy Piper comes out as we get replays from the Piper's Pit this past Monday when Roddy Piper helped the Ruthless Barrage beat down the Usos.

Roddy Piper cuts a promo to talk about how much he despises the Usos and their family that think they own everything in the WWE. He says that he sees in the Usos what he always saw in their daddy, their cousins and their entire annoying family tree: Failure! He says that then he looks at Drew McIntyre and he sees the Son he always wished he had. And then he sees Wade Barrett and realizes that the WWE is not giving the right chances to the right people. He says that from now on he will guide those two boys in the path of glory and fame! He introduces the most dominant tag team in the WWE's history: The Ruthless Barrage!

The WWE Tag Team Champions, Drew McIntyre and Wade Barrett come out and they shake hands with Roddy Piper.

The Prime Time Players come out next and they will be taking on the Tag Team Champions tonight.

The Prime Time Players vs. The Ruthless Barrage (with Roddy Piper)

The bell rings as Drew McIntyre will start things off against Darren Young. McIntyre powers Young to the corner and uppercuts him a few times before he hits a headlock takeover. Young powers up and whips him off, but McIntyre shoulder blocks him down for a one count. McIntyre stomps him and hits the ropes, but Young takes him down with a clothesline. Young punches him to the corner, but McIntyre boots him in the face. Young sidesteps him in the corner and hits the ropes, but McIntyre takes him out with a dropkick.

Wade Barrett tags in and he drops Young to the apron before knocking him to the floor with a boot. Barrett goes outside and he punches Young in the midsection before sending him crashing into the barricade. Barrett throws him back into the ring and hits a running boot to the face for a nearfall. McIntyre is tagged in, and he steps on Young. Young ducks a short-arm clothesline takes McIntyre down with a back suplex.

Titus O’Neil is tagged in, and he levels McIntyre with a shoulder tackle and a clothesline. O’Neil picks McIntyre up and tosses him aside before knocking Barrett off the apron which angers Piper. HMcIntyre kicks him, but O’Neil slingshots over him and hits a body slam. O’Neil then big boots him down for a 2 count. O’Neil splashes McIntyre in the corner, but he puts the brakes on when he sees Piper on the apron. Barrett tags in and he catches O'Neil coming with a blackhole slam but Young breaks up the pin. McIntyre gets in and boots Young down before dumping him to the outside. O'Neil then clotheslines McIntyre over the ropes to the outside but then he turns into a Bull-Hammer elbow by Barrett which gives the Ruthless Barrage the victory!

Winners: The Ruthless Barrage!

After the match, McIntyre puts Young into the ring and along with Barrett, they start beating him down as Piper gets in the ring holding a coconut. Barrett and McIntyre hold Young still and Roddy Piper cracks the coconut into Young's head before congratulating him for entering the "Coconut Hall of Fame". Piper then holds up the arms of Barrett and McIntyre as the Ruthless Barrage celebrate in the ring.


This Is Gonna Hurt


The Viper Randy Orton comes out to a massive pop from the crowd in Arkansas for tonight's main event. The winner of this match will be the last man to enter this Sunday's World Heavyweight Championship Elimination Chamber match.

The World Heavyweight Champion Dolph Ziggler comes out next as we get replays from Ziggler's confrontation with The Rock at the beggining of the show.

No DQ Match
Dolph Ziggler vs. Randy Orton

They lock up and fight for position before breaking apart in a stalemate. They circle the ring and lock up again. Ziggler whips Orton off the ropes, but quickly gets shoulder blocked down. Orton applies a chin lock, but Ziggler fights up and twists out. Orton reverses a whip, and they crisscross in the ropes but Ziggler takes him down with a headlock takeover. Orton fights up and whips Ziggler off. Orton shoulder blocks him down a pair of times for a no count. Ziggler catches his breath in the corner.

Ziggler kicks Orton and executes a headlock takeover. Orton twists out and goes for his patented backbreaker, but Ziggler twists out and rolls him up for a two count. Ziggler quickly goes for a neckbreaker, but Orton gets out and rolls him up for a nearfall. Orton sweeps the legs and kicks Ziggler in the midsection a few times.

Orton backs up to the corner and charges out to drop a knee on Ziggler for a nearfall. Orton applies an arm bar, but Ziggler fights up so Orton sends him to the corner and runs into some boots. Ziggler kicks him around before applying a modified chin lock. Orton fights up, but Ziggler stops him with a punch. Orton gets a cold look on his face, and that causes Ziggler to run out of the ring. Orton chases him outside, and drops him with a clothesline.

Orton pulls Ziggler over the barricade and attempts a suspended DDT on the floor but Ziggler fights off and rams Orton back-first into the steel ring post. Orton then reverses a whip sending Ziggler crashing into the steel ring steps. Orton grabs a kendo stick from under the ring and unloads on Ziggler's back until Ziggler slides into the ring and crals away to avoid him. Orton gets in the ring but Ziggler rolls out quickly as we go to our final commercial for the evening.

Commercial Break

We come back from the break to see Orton whip Ziggler to the corner. Orton charges into a back elbow, and Ziggler follows up quickly with a dropkick for a two count. Ziggler stomps away at him in the corner. Orton punches back, goes into the ropes, and Ziggler drops him with a knee to the midsection for a two count. Ziggler applies a variation of the Rings of Saturn now but Orton fights up and gets Ziggler on his shoulders. Ziggler quickly slides off and drops him with a jumping DDT for a nearfall.

Ziggler goes outside and brings a table into the ring. Ziggler gets to the apron and Orton kicks him before going for the suspended DDT again but Ziggler counters into a back-drop sending Orton crashing to the outside. Ziggler sets the table to lay in the corner and goes outside but Orton sends him over the announce table. Ziggler quickly jumps off the table and takes Orton down. Ziggler puts Orton back into the ring before taunting the crowd. Ziggler goes to the top rope, but Orton quickly crotches him up there. Orton scales the turnbuckle, and he hits Ziggler with a superplex to pick up a nearfall on Ziggler.

Orton and Ziggler go back and forth with punches now until Orton comes out on top with an uppercut. Ziggler reverses a whip, but lowers his head and eats a kick. Orton hits a pair of clotheslines, ducks a Ziggler clothesline, and drops him with a nice scoop slam. Orton gets the crowd pumped up before he yanks Ziggler to the apron, and he finally drops him with a suspended DDT. Orton now drops to the mat and signals for the RKO as the crowd goes wild. Ziggler however pushes him off, and he stuns Orton with a superkick for a nearfall! Ziggler cannot believe it! Ziggler now goes for the fameasser but Orton blocks it as he holds Ziggler into his shoulders. Orton spins him around and powerbombs him through the table that Ziggler set up in the corner earlier! Orton goes for the cover but suddenly, Antonio Cesaro rushes to the ring and attacks Orton. Cesaro hits the Neutralizer on Orton! Cesaro stands tall in the ring as the crowd boos him. The Miz comes out now and he goes after Cesaro before clotheslining him over the ropes to the outside. Miz folows him out and dumps him over the barricade into the crowd. Miz and Cesaro now exchange blows in the crowd! Back in the ring, Christian has showed up and he sets up a Spear as both Orton and Ziggler are trying to get up. Christian can't figure out who to hit first but eventually he goes for Orton, only though Orton leapfrogs over him as he charged! Ziggler then catches Christian with a superkick which sends Christian into an RKO by Orton! Ziggler goes to superkick Orton but Orton blocks it, spins him around and levels him with an RKO! Orton hooks the leg and gets the win!

Winner: Randy Orton!

After the match, the Apex Predator celebrates in the ring as he just earned the advantage of being the last person to enter this Sunday's World Heavyweight Championship Elimination Chamber match. We get a couple of highlights from the match leading to the finish. Back live, Orton celebrates in the corner but then he turns into a Brogue kick by Sheamus who came out of nowhere! Sheamus grabs the World title and he holds it up as he stands tall in the ring to close the show...

Celebrating the one year anniversary of RED's World Wrestling Entertainment since it's first show on February 13th 2012, the 2/11/13 edition of Monday night Raw will feature a special Elimination Chamber match.