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The show starts with footage from Hell in a Cell, when referee Brad Maddox gave Ryback a low blow to help CM Punk win the match and retain the title. We then see a photo of Ryback giving CM Punk the marching muscle buster on top of the cell.
We are live from Charlotte, North Carolina and your announcers are Jim Ross and Michael Cole.
CM Punk does what he has done for the last three hundred forty-four days as he holds the WWE Championship. CM Punk’s ribs are bandaged and he limps to the ring while Paul Heyman holds the title over his head.
Punk says that they all thought that he was unbeatable. You all said it couldn’t be done. You all thought . . . you all knew that he would be just another victim left in a trail of bodies by the monster Ryback. Punk says that he proved you all wrong.
Punk tells Jim Ross that he was wrong. He tells Cole that he was wrong. He tells the Spanish announcers that they were wrong. Punk goes around the ring and points out how everyone was wrong. He proved everyone wrong. For 344 days, he has proven everyone wrong. Since day one he has been proving everyone wrong. He has defeated every one of their heroes. He has survived everything that they have thrown at him.
Rey thought that he could fly at his expense, but he caught him out of the sky and put him to sleep. The Apex Predator of Raw said that he would send him to the hospital but he proved that the Anaconda Vice was stronger than the Viper.
There is the resident Superman in John Cena, but time and time again, he has beaten John and showed him what kryptonite is.
As far as Ryback is concerned, he is not in the conversation.
Punk wants to talk about his monumental victory, which should be applauded. The victory has been shrouded in controversy. Punk has been blamed for getting a referee to put his hands on Ryback. Punk says that he had nothing to do with it.
Punk says that he was on Ryback’s shoulders and he thought he was going to get Shellshock, but he was shocked. The only thing that he is guilty of is taking advantage of a situation caused by a rogue official.
Punk says that the official’s name is Brad Maddox. Punk says that Brad was hired by former General Manager AJ Lee, so that shows that he is incompetent. He wonders if Brad was returning the favor for costing him in a match a few months ago. Punk says that he had nothing to do with it.
Punk says that you can hate him, but the list goes on and on. Triple H . . . Vince McMahon. The entire TitanTower machine has tried to erase him from the record books, but he is unerasable. He can proudly say that now he looks at Ryback in a completely different way. Ryback is in his rear view mirror because he is done. There is no rematch.
Mick Foley’s music plays and he makes his way to the ring and Punk says that he will not be interrupted.
Punk says that it is the homeless man who has been displaced by the storms in the northeast.
Foley likes how Punk makes light of the situation. Foley says that 24 hours ago, he was left splattered on top of the cell after Shellshock by Ryback.
Punk wants to know why Mick is here. The last time Mick was on television, he got his ass kicked by Punk. He thinks that Foley is out here to embarrass him.
Foley says that he did not come out in . . . Charlottte, North Carolina to embarrass him. Punk did enough to embarrass himself inside the cell.
Punk wants to know if Foley is here to judge him.
Foley says that he gave Punk a choice last month to see if he would be a legend or a statistic. Foley says that Punk blew it.
Punk shows the scars and he says that is the tradition that he earned. Punk says that this is what Foley’s tradition does to its stars.
Punk says that if Foley wants to bark to him about tradition. He says that 344 days shows tradition. Punk says that they have a traditional Survivor Series match. Team Foley against Team Punk.
Foley thinks about it and Punk is on.
Punk says that whoever Foley picks . . .
We are interrupted by Ryback’s music and he makes his way to the ring and he is on a mission. Punk waits for Ryback but he leaves the ring.
We go to commercial.
Match Number One: Ryback versus JTG
Ryback grabs JTG and sends him to the mat. Ryback with a slam. Ryback with an Irish whip but he misses a splash into the corner. Ryback with a Thesz Press and he slams JTG’s head into the mat while he calls JTG stupid. Ryback with a lariat and it is time for some Shellshock and the three count.
Winner: Ryback
After the match, Josh Mathews asks Ryback if he has an appetite for revenge. Ryback takes the mic and he says that revenge is a confession of pain. He is not hurt, he is hungry. When feasts again, it will be on CM Punk.
We go to commercial.
Match Number Two: Randy Orton versus Wade Barrett in a Rematch from Smackdown Match
They lock up and Barrett with a clean break. They lock up again and Barrett with a side head lock. Orton with a drop kick and Barrett goes to the floor. Orton follows but misses a clothesline. Barrett focuses his attack on the injured arm and he tries to slam the arm into the ring steps but Orton stops him and Orton sends Barrett into the ring steps and the announce table.
They return to the ring and Orton with the Garvin Stomp followed by a knee drop. Barrett with punches but Orton with elbows. Barrett with more punches. Orton avoids a big boot and Randy clotheslines Barrett to the floor and we go to commercial.
We are back and Barrett works on the wrist and shoulder. We see footage from the commercial break when Orton’s shoulder was sent into the ring post. Orton with head butts and Barrett fires back with a knee to the midsection. Barrett with a near fall. Barrett slams the injured arm into the mat.
Barrett with a hammer lock and he sends Orton into the turnbuckles. Barrett with an arm wringer for a near fall. Barrett puts Orton in the ropes and continues to work on the arm before connecting with knees to Orton and then he connects with a running boot and Orton goes down on the apron.
Barrett with a near fall and then he returns to the arm bar. Orton with a snap mare and two clotheslines followed by a missed clothesline from Barrett. Orton with a powerslam. Barrett goes to the apron but Orton gets Barrett into the IEDDT position and he hits it.
Orton looks around and he twists to the mat. Barrett avoids the RKO and Barrett with the Blackpool Slam for a near fall. Barrett gets ready for the Souvenir but Orton ducks it and hits the RKO for the three count.
Winner: Randy Orton
AJ is in Vickie’s office and Vickie enters. She says that she asked AJ to come here tonight to explain her affair with John Cena. AJ says that they were just friends. Vickie says that the board has considered bringing AJ back as a Diva. Vickie says that she needs to see if AJ can succeed under her administration.
AJ apologizes to Vickie. She wants to compete.
Vickie asks AJ what she considers to be her biggest weakness. AJ says that she can become too emotionally attached to her job.
Vickie asks AJ if she is telling her that she is crazy. Vickie says that she wants one good reason why she should give AJ a contract. We go to commercial.
Match Number Three: Daniel Bryan and Kane versus Darren Young and Titus O’Neil
Bryan and Young start things off and they lock up. Young with forearms and then Bryan with a dragon screw leg whip. Bryan with kicks to Young and Kane tags himself in. Young drops Kane’s arm on the ropes but Kane with an uppercut. Kane with an Irish whip and splash into the corner. Bryan tags in.
Bryan with the running drop kick into the corner. Kane is unable to tag himself in because Bryan is too fast. We get a duck season/rabbit season deal and Titus tags in and hits a running shoulder to Bryan and then he slams Bryan and barks. Bryan with punches and kicks. Titus pushes Bryan to the mat and hits a power slam for a near fall.
Young tags back in and they hit a double shoulder and then Young with a rear chin lock. Bryan with elbows and forearms. Young with a knee followed by belly-to-back attempt but Bryan lands on his feet and he hits a flying clothesline. Kane tags in and he punches Young in the corner. Kane with a side slam for a near fall. Kane knocks Titus off the apron.
Young with forearms to Kane but Kane with a choke slam. Kane pushes Titus over the top rope to the floor. Bryan tags in and he applies the No Lock on Young and Darren taps out.
Winners: Daniel Bryan and Kane
After the match, Bryan celebrates being the tag team champions. Kane signals for his pyro and Kane takes back one of the belts as they argue over who am the tag team champions.
Vickie Guerrero is walking in the back as we go to commercial.
We are back with an Earlier Tonight Moment with CM Punk’s comments about the actions of Brad Maddox. Then we see Mick Foley’s challenge for Survivor Series.
Michael mentions that Brad Maddox was brought in when Raw was extended to three hours. We see Brad Maddox missing Punk’s foot on the ropes and he gave a victory in a tag match to John Cena.
Vickie Guerrero makes her way to the ring and she says that she is here to reassure everyone that this is a new era of Monday Night Raw. It will have integrity and credibility. All week, she promised that she would bring forth hard evidence that John Cena and AJ Lee have an inappropriate relationship. Tonight, she has kept her promise.
Vickie brings out John Cena.
John thanks everyone for putting up with this. Her actions last week were outrageous. John mentions Vickie’s claim that she has proof. He is here to clear things up.
Vickie shows footage of John Cena asking AJ out on a date three weeks ago on Raw.
John mentions some of the other things he has said in the ring. Cena says that they were jokes.
Vickie laughs awkwardly and then we see what happened last week. We see a super duper slow mo of the hug between Cena and AJ.
Cena says that AJ just lost her job because of Vickie. It was a job that AJ never thought she would have. It was a job that AJ lost because of Vickie’s allegations. He was being a good friend and he was trying to console her.
Vickie asks John if good friends meet for intimate dinners. We see a photo of John and AJ at dinner. John says that it was something that he told everyone about.
Vickie says that John is pathetic and he has an answer for everything.
We see footage at a hotel when AJ entered the same elevator as John.
Vickie tries to come up with the conversation between AJ and John as they entered an elevator together.
John says that AJ was looking for Vickie and he told AJ not to confront Vickie because it was a bad idea.
Vickie wants to know if it is humanly possible to enter into an elevator together and not do something.
John says that he walked AJ to her door and that was it.
Vickie insults AJ and John tells Vickie to stop. Cena says that AJ is resilient and more attractive than Vickie.
Vickie tries her attempt at impeaching Cena and Cena gets a little tongue tied.
Dolph Ziggler’s music plays and he comes out. He says that we have seen enough to draw our own conclusion. Because of John’s inability to control his sophomoric urges, everyone sees Cena for what he is.
Cena grabs Ziggler by the collar and tells him never to mention his name and AJ’s in the same sentence again. Cena pushes Ziggler to the mat and leaves.
We go to commercial.
Antonio Cesaro says that while traveling this country as Your United States Champion, he has discovered something. America has the fattest children in the world. To make things even worse, Halloween is coming up. That silly American holiday where obese children go door to door begging for candy without the idiot parents realizing that they are looking at the problem dressed like a fat Power Ranger. That is why we need him as the United States Champion.
Match Number Four: Antonio Cesaro versus Kofi Kingston in a Champion versus Champion Non Title Match
Cesaro with an elbow drop followed by punches. Kofi with a cartwheel to counter a hip toss. Kofi with a pendulum kick and he goes up top but Cesaro trips Kofi and follows wit a kick to the midsection and a fallaway slam. Cesaro with a slam and then he leaps onto Kofi’s chest. Cesaro with a key lock.
Kofi with an elbow and then he hits a running drop kick that sends Cesaro to the floor. Cesaro pulls Kofi to the floor and Kofi uses the steps for a Superman punch. Kofi focus on Miz and Cesaro with a forearm. Kofi sends Cesaro over the announce table onto Miz.
Kofi rolls Cesaro back in and Miz attacks Kofi. The referee calls for the bell.
Winner: Kofi Kingston (by disqualification)
Miz and Cesaro attack Kofi and Truth makes his way to the ring and he goes after Cesaro. Truth works over Cesaro and clotheslines him over the top rope to the floor.
We go to commercial.
We are back and AJ is still in Vickie’s office. Vickie says that she must have heard John Cena’s lies.
AJ says that nothing is going on and Vickie knows it. Vickie asks AJ about the pillow talk. Vickie says that she will put AJ on the roster if she admits to having feelings for John Cena.
AJ says that she will not do that because it is not true. AJ tells Vickie that the WWE means everything to her, but it is not worth lying to keep her job. AJ says this interview is over. Vickie tells AJ to wait. Vickie tells AJ that she is hired but under one condition. If AJ ever lays a hand on Vickie, she will never be allowed around this company. Vickie tells AJ that her first match back will be against Beth Phoenix.
Michael Cole mentions the Three Man Band and we go Behind the Music with Myld Stallyns.
Heath says that 3MB is much more than any three man band. They are transcendant and they connect with the people. Jinder says that they are all talented musicians. Jinder says that he is the class clown. He is the fun one. Drew says that when you think of rock stars, you think of scrawny people. Heath says that things are going great.
They get defensive when asked about performing and they end the interview.
Match Number Five: Zack Ryder and Santino Marella versus Heath Slater and Jinder Mahal (with Drew McIntyre)
Ryder and Mahal start things off and he kicks Ryder and connects with a forearm and Irish whip. Ryder gets his knees up and hits a missile drop kick. Ryder with a running forearm and he sets for the Broski Boot and he connects. Slater distracts Ryder and the referee. Mahal goes to the apron and he drops Ryder on the top rope.
Slater tags in and he connects with kicks to Ryder. Slater with a hard Irish whip and he tags Mahal back in. They kick Ryder. Slater tags in and he connects with a forearm and gets a near fall. Mahal tags back in and Mahal with a high knee for a near fall. Slater tags in and he snap mares Ryder and applies a reverse chin lock.
Ryder with punches but Slater backs Ryder into the corner. Slater with kicks and punches. Slater misses a running forearm. Santino tags in and he punches Slater. Santino with a split and hip toss followed by a diving head butt. Mahal breaks up the cover. Ryder clotheslines Mahal over the top rope. Santino goes for the cobra and he is distracted by Drew. Santino hits McIntyre with the cobra but he is not in the match. Slater with a kick and Play of the Day for the three count.
Winner: Jinder Mahal and Heath Slater
We are back and speaking of being back, Jerry Lawler will be back on Raw in two weeks.
Match Number Six: AJ Lee versus Beth Phoenix
Beth backs AJ into the ropes and she tells AJ that she should be scared. AJ gets in Beth’s face but Beth pushes AJ away. Beth calls AJ a failure and she pushes AJ to the mat. Beth dares AJ to do something. AJ with punches to Beth and the referee warns her. AJ climbs on Beth’s back but Beth with a snap mare and kicks to the back.
Beth rubs AJ’s face into the mat. Beth sends AJ to the floor. Beth follows after AJ and Beth picks up AJ and runs her back into the apron. Beth sends AJ back into the ring and Beth gets a near fall.
AJ with an inside cradle for the three count.
Winner: AJ Lee
After the match, Vickie Guerrero comes out and she tells AJ for someone who wants to be a superstar more than anything in the world, she demands a lot more from her.
Beth attacks AJ from behind. Vickie tells AJ that she will need to pay more attention.
Vickie restarts the match.
Match Number Seven: Beth Phoenix versus AJ Lee . . . The Rematch
Beth gets AJ up for the Glam Slam and Beth gets the three count.
Winner: Beth Phoenix
We go to commercial.
We are back and in case you missed it live or on the replay, we take a look back at CM Punk’s comments about Brad Maddox and then his confrontation with Mick Foley to set up a Survivor Series Match.
Sheamus makes his way to the ring to address the WWE Universe and he seems okay with the fact that he lost the World Title last night.
Sheamus asks everyone how they are doing. Sheamus says that he is standing out here tonight without a championship around his waist but with a smile on his face. Some may ask why he has a smile on his face after losing the title last night. He says that he is disappointed that he lost.
Sheamus says that last night Big Show was the better man. Show knocked him out, even though it took two punches to do it. Sheamus says that he did not come to WWE to always win. He came here to fight. Last night was the greatest fight of his entire life. He stood toe to toe with a seven foot five hundred pound giant. He pushed him to the limit.
In the end, Big Show scored the decisive blow and won the match. He won the battle, but the war is far from over. Sheamus says that he is dying to get back into the ring with the Big Show and he wants another fight. The next time they meet in the ring, it will not be a fight or a battle. It will be an all out war. When that war is over, he will be standing here with a smile on his face and the World Title will be back around his waist.
Big Show makes his way to the ring.
Show says the title belt looks good on his shoulder. Show told everyone he could do it. Sheamus is smiling like all is fine and dandy. Sheamus is smiling because he is hiding the truth that both of them know. Sheamus gave Show everything he had, including the Brogue Kick, but he came up short. Show did exactly what he said he would do. He came in there, he knocked Sheamus out, and he walked out with the World Title.
Show says that Sheamus can talk about battles and wars and rising above. Show says that no one has made him dig that deep to want something that bad. It was like a nice bright light. There is no stopping him. If Sheamus comes after him like another war, it will be like Custer’s Last Fight. It is like bringing a cup of water to a burning building. It won’t be enough. He likes wiping smiles off people’s faces and he will enjoy doing it to Sheamus.
Show tells the red headed Ginger Snap that he cannot beat him and he will never take this championship from him.
Sheamus says that was a magnificent speech. He congratulates Show and he asks if he has ever seen a Ginger Snap. Sheamus gives Show White Noise.
Sheamus leaves the ring.
We go to commercial.
We are back and John Cena tells AJ that they will have everything worked out. Of course Vickie is in the background and she did not really see everything but that won’t stop her. Beth thanks Vickie for restarting the match. Vickie tells Beth that if she would have done her job the first time, she would not have to restart the match. Vickie fires Beth Phoenix.
Match Number Eight: Damien Sandow and Cody Rhodes versus Sin Cara and Rey Mysterio
Cody and Rey start things off and they lock up. Rhodes with a side head lock and shoulder tackle for a near fall. Rey with a drop kick to Cody and he gets a near fall. Sandow and Cara tag in. Cara with hand springs and Sandow demands the referee intervene. Sandow with a kick and hammer lock. Cara with elbows and a snap mare. Rhodes tags back in.
Cara with a kick to the leg followed by a back heel kick. Rey tags in and Rey with a snap mare and then they connect with stereo kicks. Rhodes with a punch to Rey and then he tags Sandow in. Sandow with a snap mare and near fall. Rhodes tags back in and he kicks Rey. Rhodes with a punch to the midsection followed by an Irish whip. Rey with a drop toe hold into the turnbuckles and Cara sends Rey into Cody for a seated splash. Cara with an Asai moonsault onto Rhodes and Rey with a senton onto Sandow on the other side of the ring as we go to commercial.
We are back and Sandow gets a few near falls on Cara. Rhodes tags back in and he gives Cara a delayed vertical gourdbuster for a near fall. Rhodes works on the arm. Cara rolls through and kicks Cody but Sandow is tagged in and he kicks and chokes Cara. Sandow with a front face lock and he keeps Cara from making the tag.
Rhodes tags in and he sets for the Alabama Slam but Cara with a sunset flip for a near fall. Cara with La Mistica and both men are down. Cody grabs the leg but Cara is able to tag in Rey. Rey with a seated senton followed by a head scissors. Rey with a kick and then he goes under the ropes but he rolls through and he gives Cody a shoulder from the apron. Rey goes for a springboard move but Sandow with a forearm to stop Rey.
Sandow tags back in and he kicks Rey. Sandow with a side Russian leg sweep and he rolls through for the Elbow of Disdain. Rhodes tags in and he kicks Rey. Sandow tags back in and he punches Rey. Sandow tries for a suplex but Rey with an inside cradle for a near fall. Sandow grabs the leg to stop Rey from making the tag. Rhodes tags in and connects with a knee drop to the back.
Cody with kicks to Rey and he gets a near fall. Rhodes with a running knee and he gets a near fall. Sandow tags back in and they stop Rey from trying to make the tag. Rey counters a double suplex attempt with a double DDT and all three men are down. Cara tags in and he hits a springboard cross body to both men. Cara with a handspring back elbow followed by an enzuigiri to Sandow for a near fall.
Cara with a kick to the hand and legs. Cara uses the ropes for an arm drag and then he hits a drop kick. Cody comes in and Cara with a head scissors that sends Cody into the ropes. Rey sets for the 619 but Cody goes to the floor. Rhodes avoids a baseball slide and Cody sends Rey into the steps. Cara with a corkscrew pescado.
Sin Cara with an enzuigiri and he goes up top but Rhodes pushes Cara off the turnbuckles. Sandow with Terminus for the three count.
Winners: Damien Sandow and Cody Rhodes
Sandow with a victory cartwheel.
Mick Foley is showing Kaitlyn the legends on WWE 13.
Paul Heyman wonders which face of Foley feels it is more important to talk about video games than prepare his team. Foley says that he does not have to enlist Superstars to be part of Team Foley. Paul says that they are backing up because Foley has a target on him. The target has been placed on him by CM Punk. He will personally victimize Foley and prove that he is the best in the world.
We go to commercial.
Vince McMahon and the roster are on the stage while we go to John Cena in the ring with a few representatives of the Susan G. Komen Foundation. John Cena says that every WWE employee and Superstar agreed that they should help the fight. John Cena says that the WWE Universe joined the fight and thanks to their generosity, they are presenting a check to the Susan G. Komen Foundation for One Million Dollars.
We go to commercial.
Match Number Nine: Alberto Del Rio (with Ricardo Rodriguez) versus Justin Gabriel
Del Rio with a kick and he sends Gabriel into the turnbuckles and kicks him some more. Del Rio with a suplex for a near fall. Del Rio with a snap mare and kick for a near fall. Gabriel with a monkey flip and Gabriel with a clothesline from the turnbuckles and he gets a near fall. Gabriel with a head scissors to Del Rio and then he sends Del Rio back into the ring.
Del Rio kicks Gabriel to the apron and then works on the injured elbow in the ropes and he gets a near fall. Del Rio with a key lock. Gabriel with punches but Del Rio with a tilt-a-whirl back breaker for a near fall. Del Rio with a kick to the back. Del Rio works on Gabriel’s elbow and then Del Rio with a belly-to-back suplex for another near fall.
Del Rio with another key lock on Gabriel. Gabriel with punches but Del Rio sends Gabriel back to the mat. Del Rio with a leaping boot to the head and then he kicks Gabriel again. Del Rio with another near fall and then he returns to the key lock. Gabriel with elbows and he avoids a tilt-a-whirl back breaker. Gabriel with kicks to Del Rio followed by a drop kick. Gabriel with a quebrada for a near fall.
Gabriel misses a splash into the turnbuckles and Del Rio with the step up enzuigiri. Del Rio signals for and applies the cross arm breaker and Gabriel taps out.
Winner: Alberto Del Rio
We go to commercial.
We are back and Paul Heyman is in the ring and he says that he is honored to introduce the man who is the WWE Champion, the man on the cover of WWE 13, and the man who is the Best in the World. He brings out CM Punk.
We see the cover of WWE 13 over the ring. Paul says that CM Punk is the greatest WWE Champion of all time. Paul says that when Punk asked him to put together Team Punk, he is here to do so at the behest of the World Champion.
The first man is a reality star and a movie star. He is a former WWE and Intercontinental Champion. He brings out The Miz.
The next people are a future Tag Team Championship team and the next tag team champions. He brings out Cody Rhodes and Damien Sandow.
The final man on the team is someone who could be his co-captain. Paul introduces Alberto Del Rio.
CM Punk tells everyone to shut up and listen to someone who knows what he is talking about. It is going to be a celebration at Survivor Series. It will be a celebration of one year as champion. What better way to take a delusional and disrespectful so called legend and put him out of his misery. Punk says that Foley wants the spotlight but Foley’s time is gone. The spotlight that he craves will cost him the final two teeth in his head. He teaches Foley respect and how to survive at Survivor Series.
Mick Foley makes his way to the ring. If Punk wants to talk about survival. Is what happened last night ‘surviving’? Foley calls it weaseling. He weaseled his way into retaining and then out of the ring tonight. He has no problem referring to Punk as the champion, but he has trouble calling Punk a man. A legend does not recruit a crooked referee.
Punk says that he had nothing to do with the official last night. Punk wants to see Foley’s team.
Foley says that he has a team. He says that he would walk to the Gates of Hell with this team. First is Kofi Kingston. He has a team, the Tag Team Champions, Kane and Daniel Bryan. The next member is someone who does not like Foley, but it is someone who dislikes the members of Team Punk more. That man is Randy Orton.
Punk says that is a hell of a team. They are all champions in their own rights. Punk says that their goal is to eliminate Kofi, Randy, and those two to get it down to Mick Foley to show what it is like to be a champion.
Foley says that is a great plan, but Foley is not the weak link of the team because he is not competing. Foley introduces the final man and it is Ryback.
Eight of the men battle in the ring while Pun waits for Ryback and then Punk leaves the ring. Ryback stands in the center of the ring while there are four battles around him.
Punk holds his title belt over his head as he stares at Ryback. Ryback with a lariat and Shellshock. We go to credits.