John Cena opened up the show by saying how grateful he was to the 'WWE Universe' for their support and for basically letting him do what he loves for a living, so basically sucking up again really. He also mentioned the fact that CM Punk was now lacking a number one contender to the WWE Championship, which cued Alberto Del Rio to join in and claim how he got robbed out of the title after Punk snake eyed him into an exposed turnbuckle in their title match on last weeks Raw. Then everybody's favourite 'Hash Tag Heel' Dolph Ziggler explained why he deserved the next World title shot ahead of those two after his recent series of wins at Survivor Series and over Orton last week. The Miz gave his own points as to why he should challenge next also. The duller-then-watching paint-dry-John Laurinaitis cleared things up by announcing that each man would compete on Raw and whoever won their match would be entered into the Tables, Ladders and Chairs match for the WWE Championship at TLC.
The Miz defeated Randy Orton to qualify first into the title match. The bout was decent enough and one of the better ones of the night. Miz got the win after Wade Barrett once again distracted Orton, thereby leading him away and allowing the referee to count him out.
Backstage Laurinaitis explained to John Cena and Zach Ryder that as part of a "social experiment" he was going to pit the two of them against each other as part of Cena's qualifying match. But he also added that if Ryder won, he would get his United States championship match against Ziggler.
Once again we were shown backstage where David Otunga (who I think has fitted well into this new 'assistant to Laurinaitis' role) told Kevin Nash that at TLC he would face Triple H in a sledgehammer on a ladder match. What a ridiculous match, it's sounds like a Vince Russo idea. Nash can barely walk, never mind climb a ladder. Why didn't they just have the WWE title match a ladder match with something that's actually valuable for grabs at the top and make the Nash vs Triple H bout a TLC match where there's more options for the limited Nash?
Alberto Del Rio defeated Daniel Bryan in a senseless match where Del Rio fairly quickly made Bryan tap out. After all the good work they've been doing with Bryan lately and they then have to tarnish it by having a submission specialist like himself submit. I'm not saying he should never tap out but if he does it should be saved for special opponents in a special match, not Del Rio in a televised qualifying bout.
Kelly Kelly and Eve Torres defeated Beth Phoenix and Natalya in a quick tag team match where Kelly got another roll up pin victory. I've grown tired of the likes of Kelly and Fox grabbing fluke wins over Natalya and Phoenix, it's just dampening their Divas of Doom aura. WWE should have booked them to be far more dominant then they have been, they could have really revitalised the Divas division if they had.
John Cena defeated Zach Ryder in an average match. The only real positive to take from it was that Ryder was made to look competitive against the unstoppable Cena, but other then that it pretty forgettable.
After the bout Cena went backstage to talk to Laurinaitis to try and persuade him to give the hard working Ryder an opportunity he's earned for the US title. Laurinaitis agreed to give Zach one more chance but only if he wins another match and if Cena gives up his spot in the WWE title match at TLC. Cena agreed to the terms, noting that he had been successful in his career not only from his hard work but from being given opportunities along the way too, like he was doing for Ryder now.
Zach Ryder defeated Mark Henry in a no disqualification match to earn his chance at the United States Championship. The match was brief but not bad. Ryder fought valiantly against the powerful Henry, but just as the World champion was dominating John Cena ran out and applied an Attitude Adjustment to Henry and dragged Ryder over him for the win, much to the crowds delight. Now if Ryder doesn't win the US title after all of this, the booking team should all be fired on the spot.
Kevin Nash defeated Santino Marella in a predictable squash match. Afterwards Nash threatened Marella with a sledgehammer that he'd brought out with him, but left him and walked back up the ramp instead.
Sheamus defeated Dolph Ziggler in probably the best match of the night. The two went back and fourth and the crowd seemed to get into it a fair bit. Sheamus won after Ryder distracted Ziggler at ringside. After the bout Ryder Rough Rydered Ziggler. Ziggler has been on superb form as of late and with booking decisions such as him pinning Orton last week, management clearly have a lot of faith in him too. It would make sense for him to drop the title to Ryder and then challenge Punk for the WWE Championship in the near future.
For the final segment of the show we had a contract signing for the WWE title match at TLC between CM Punk, The Miz and Alberto Del Rio. As soon as Punk arrived he moved the chairs and the table, explaining that it was such a stereotypical contract signing where they'd all inevitably start to fight anyway so he might as well move them aside. Each competitor took their turn to explain why they will win the title match. In a funny moment The Miz was explaining how he took out R-Truth and John Morrison, to which Punk answered back with "You took them out? Like on a date? Wait; Where did you take them? Based on how you're dressed, your faux hawk and your prima-donna attitude; Imma go ahead and guess that you took them to see that new Twilight flick. Not like there's anything wrong with that." They then all signed the contract and as predicted by Punk, began to fight. Punk came out on top as he (very nicely) bulldogged Del Rio through the table and applied the GTS to Miz.
The Raw was decent enough, although again there was a lack of actual decent match ups, but I'm happy that Ryder is finally getting his title shot and I'm very pleased with the set up for what should be a very good TLC Triple Threat match for the WWE Championship. And as for the no show of Brodus Clay once again? I just think they're either dragging this for too long and people are going to start getting bored of him already before he even debuts on Raw, or he's going to make a major interference very soon. We'll see...
The Miz defeated Randy Orton to qualify first into the title match. The bout was decent enough and one of the better ones of the night. Miz got the win after Wade Barrett once again distracted Orton, thereby leading him away and allowing the referee to count him out.
Backstage Laurinaitis explained to John Cena and Zach Ryder that as part of a "social experiment" he was going to pit the two of them against each other as part of Cena's qualifying match. But he also added that if Ryder won, he would get his United States championship match against Ziggler.
Once again we were shown backstage where David Otunga (who I think has fitted well into this new 'assistant to Laurinaitis' role) told Kevin Nash that at TLC he would face Triple H in a sledgehammer on a ladder match. What a ridiculous match, it's sounds like a Vince Russo idea. Nash can barely walk, never mind climb a ladder. Why didn't they just have the WWE title match a ladder match with something that's actually valuable for grabs at the top and make the Nash vs Triple H bout a TLC match where there's more options for the limited Nash?
Alberto Del Rio defeated Daniel Bryan in a senseless match where Del Rio fairly quickly made Bryan tap out. After all the good work they've been doing with Bryan lately and they then have to tarnish it by having a submission specialist like himself submit. I'm not saying he should never tap out but if he does it should be saved for special opponents in a special match, not Del Rio in a televised qualifying bout.
Kelly Kelly and Eve Torres defeated Beth Phoenix and Natalya in a quick tag team match where Kelly got another roll up pin victory. I've grown tired of the likes of Kelly and Fox grabbing fluke wins over Natalya and Phoenix, it's just dampening their Divas of Doom aura. WWE should have booked them to be far more dominant then they have been, they could have really revitalised the Divas division if they had.
John Cena defeated Zach Ryder in an average match. The only real positive to take from it was that Ryder was made to look competitive against the unstoppable Cena, but other then that it pretty forgettable.
After the bout Cena went backstage to talk to Laurinaitis to try and persuade him to give the hard working Ryder an opportunity he's earned for the US title. Laurinaitis agreed to give Zach one more chance but only if he wins another match and if Cena gives up his spot in the WWE title match at TLC. Cena agreed to the terms, noting that he had been successful in his career not only from his hard work but from being given opportunities along the way too, like he was doing for Ryder now.
Zach Ryder defeated Mark Henry in a no disqualification match to earn his chance at the United States Championship. The match was brief but not bad. Ryder fought valiantly against the powerful Henry, but just as the World champion was dominating John Cena ran out and applied an Attitude Adjustment to Henry and dragged Ryder over him for the win, much to the crowds delight. Now if Ryder doesn't win the US title after all of this, the booking team should all be fired on the spot.
Kevin Nash defeated Santino Marella in a predictable squash match. Afterwards Nash threatened Marella with a sledgehammer that he'd brought out with him, but left him and walked back up the ramp instead.
Sheamus defeated Dolph Ziggler in probably the best match of the night. The two went back and fourth and the crowd seemed to get into it a fair bit. Sheamus won after Ryder distracted Ziggler at ringside. After the bout Ryder Rough Rydered Ziggler. Ziggler has been on superb form as of late and with booking decisions such as him pinning Orton last week, management clearly have a lot of faith in him too. It would make sense for him to drop the title to Ryder and then challenge Punk for the WWE Championship in the near future.
For the final segment of the show we had a contract signing for the WWE title match at TLC between CM Punk, The Miz and Alberto Del Rio. As soon as Punk arrived he moved the chairs and the table, explaining that it was such a stereotypical contract signing where they'd all inevitably start to fight anyway so he might as well move them aside. Each competitor took their turn to explain why they will win the title match. In a funny moment The Miz was explaining how he took out R-Truth and John Morrison, to which Punk answered back with "You took them out? Like on a date? Wait; Where did you take them? Based on how you're dressed, your faux hawk and your prima-donna attitude; Imma go ahead and guess that you took them to see that new Twilight flick. Not like there's anything wrong with that." They then all signed the contract and as predicted by Punk, began to fight. Punk came out on top as he (very nicely) bulldogged Del Rio through the table and applied the GTS to Miz.
The Raw was decent enough, although again there was a lack of actual decent match ups, but I'm happy that Ryder is finally getting his title shot and I'm very pleased with the set up for what should be a very good TLC Triple Threat match for the WWE Championship. And as for the no show of Brodus Clay once again? I just think they're either dragging this for too long and people are going to start getting bored of him already before he even debuts on Raw, or he's going to make a major interference very soon. We'll see...
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