The ongoing saga of AJ and Kaitlyn added a new chapter during this match between Kaitlyn and Layla. With AJ distracting her old friend and current enemy, the beauty from England nails Kaitlyn with the “bombshell” to get the pin.
On a side note, the referee of this match was Jason Ayers, recently moved to the WWE from the NXT roster. Ayers got his start as a referee in HPW an Indy promotion that DTRT Wrestling covers regularly.
I am prepared for my presentation at RAW!”evidence” is shippedvia private courier to Charlotte, NC @johncena @wweajlee
— Vickie Guerrero (@ExcuseMeWWE) October 26, 2012
If you have read my columns in the past you know that I love Vicky – but I’m not sure I like where this is going.
Ed Boston
Co-Founder, DTRT Wrestling News
Michael Cole announced that Raw GM AJ Lee tweeted that she had been called to an emergency meeting at the WWE headquarters earlier.
Tag Team Tournament #1 Contender Finals: Rey Mysterio & Sin Cara vs Team Rhodes Scholars, Team Rhodes Scholars win. They will face Team Hell No for the Tag Team Championship Sunday at Hell In A Cell.
New Intercontinental Champion Kofi Kingston vs Michael McGillicutty, Kofi wins.
John Cena made his way out to the ring, Cena talked about Hell In A Cell & CM Punks reign as WWE Champion. Cena said Punk was right when before Punk became Champion – that there was going to be change. Cena said we will see change at Hell In A Cell in the form of Ryback. Cena said Ryback stands for one thing – destruction. Cena said the face of the WWE will change this Sunday. Punk with Paul Heyman came out, Punk said he has done everything he said he was going to do. He bragged about being WWE Champion for 337 days & that he is the best in the world. Punk promised he will walk out of Hell In A Cell as WWE Champion. Punk said he likes Cena’s role as Ryback’s cheerleader & that Cena realized that he can’t beat Punk. Cena said it’s not that he can’t beat Punk , it’s that he wasn’t allowed. Cena said he is now officially medically cleared & wanted to whoop Punk tonight, Punk made his way to the ring climbed onto the ring apron, Heyman talked Punk out of getting in the ring with Cena.
Antonio Cesaro vs Justin Gabriel, Gabriel wins.
Mr. McMahon & AJ arrived in a limo, AJ didn’t look happy.
Mr. McMahon & AJ in the ring. McMahon said AJ had a meeting with the Board of Directors about her tenure as Raw GM. McMahon let AJ tell the results of the meeting. AJ said because of allegations that she had been fraternizing with a member of the Raw roster, she is resigning as GM. AJ said the allegations are false. AJ said some of her decisions may have been unorthodox & some people thinks she is unstable but she thinks some people just like crazy chicks. AJ talked about growing up just 15 minutes from the arena & that she had gone from being homeless to the boss, she thought she was always going to be a poor girl. AJ thanked the fans & Mr. McMahon. Heyman came down to the ring, he wanted McMahon to name him as the new GM of Raw, McMahon told him no. McMahon introduced Vickie Guerrero as the new Managing Supervisor of Raw. Heyman asked Vickie to undo McMahon decision of putting Ryback in the Hell In A Cell match against CM Punk. Vickie said Ryback is still going to face Punk at Hell In A Cell, & she booked Punk for the nights main event against Sheamus in the largest Lumberjack match in WWE history. Vickie said she knew all along that AJ wasn’t fit to be Raw GM. Vickie said AJ had an affair with a member of the Raw roster. Vickie ordered AJ to leave & go to the back & pack her bags. Vickie kept running her mouth & AJ pounced on Vickie & they brawled.
Ryback vs The Miz. Ryback wins.
Kaitlyn confront Eve backstage, she said she has proof that Eve was the one behind the attack on her. They get into a brawl & Layla came by & got involved until referees broke it up.
Daniel Bryan vs Dolph Ziggler, Kane came down to ringside. Kane got the crowd chanting YES! Bryan didn’t like it & chanted NO! Bryan got distracted, Ziggler attacked Bryan from behind & Ziggler got the win.After the match Kane & Bryan argued, Matt Striker came out & announced that Vickie booked them in a therapeutic game show against Team Rhodes Scholars & Strike was going to be the host. Striker had Bryan & Kane introduce themselves & they argued until Team Rhodes Scholars came out to the stage & said they would not take part in the game show. Striker announced Team Hell No as the winners do to forfeit. Striker headed up the ramp to the stage & said he doesn’t wish Team Hell No luck at Hell In A Cell. Big Show came out & grabbed Striker & tossed him across the stage.
Big Show vs Kane, Big Show wins. after the match Team Rhodes Scholars attack Team Hell No.
Cena came up to AJ backstage & told her to asked if there is anything he could do. AJ mentioned that Vickie said she had an affair & the person that the allegation of an affair is with is Cena. Cena said all we had was a business dinner. Cena said he will take care of it. Cena told McMahon that nothing happened between him & AJ – that it was just a business dinner.
Alberto Del Rio vs Zack Ryder, Del Rio wins.
Cena confronted Vickie backstage & called her a liar. Vickie said Cena’s girlfriend AJ can’t keep business from pleasure. Cena said it was just a business dinner. Vickie said Cena asked AJ out on Raw, went out with her & now AJ got what she deserved. Vickie said Cena cost AJ her job.
Punk & Heyman are backstage, Punk isn’t happy with the main event match & that he already misses AJ. Heyman told him not to worry about her. Heyman said that next Monday people are going to have to face the fact that Punk has defeated Ryback at Hell In A Cell.
Lumberjack Match: CM Punk vs Sheamus, Big Show choked slammed Sheamus which allowed Punk to get the win. After the match Ryback came to the ring Punk tried to leave but the lumberjacks threw him back in the ring Ryback slammed Punk. Punk tried to leave again but the lumberjacks threw him back in & Ryback slammed him again, Punk tried to escape again but was tossed back in the ring, Ryback pressed him over his head & tossed him out of the ring.
The 25th Anniversary edition of Summerslam is now in the books and in my humble opinion it was a solid but unspectacular PPV. Some excellent matches and then there was the FIGHT that took place between HHH and Brock Lesnar. All in all, I believe we got our money’s worth and that’s what we deserve.
Here’s a recap of the matches and the winners. My comments will be in red and italics.
Pre-show:
Antonio Cesaro def. United States Champion Santino Marella
Cesaro was impressive and the humorous spot in the match was when Marella pulled out the 2nd Cobra from the rear of his tights and the announcer saying “That’s what you call a backup plan”.
Chris Jericho def. Dolph Ziggler
My personal favorite match of the night – not the best match of the night, but my favorite. I make no bones about being a huge Jericho fan, and both he and Dolph put it all on the line for us fans. It was good to see Jericho prove Ziggler wrong about not being able to win the big one any more. Right after the PPV ended, Zigglar touted his demand for a rematach. http://www.tout.com/m/yzzs1v
Daniel Bryan def. Kane
I had to step away during this match so I will let WWE.com give this recap: At SummerSlam, two hotheads collided as Daniel Bryan defeated Kane in a thrilling back-and-forth encounter that had both Superstars seeing red.
Intercontinental Champion The Miz def. Rey Mysterio
Great work by both superstars! Nothing more to add than you know The Miz is a great heel, because I can’t stand him!
World Heavyweight Champion Sheamus def. Alberto Del Rio
Can’t really believe I’m typing this, but Sheamus stole this one from Del Rio. Rodriquez attempted to throw a shoe to Del Rio but instead, Sheamus caught it and blasted Del Rio with it. Then on the cover, the referee missed Del Rio’s leg on the rope as Sheamus pulled his leg down after the 3 count so the ref wouldn’t see it.
WWE Tag Team Champions Kofi Kingston & R-Truth def. The Prime Time Players
I will just take this quote directly from our live blog tonight: “Truth and Kofi retain! What a cross body from Kofi on Titus from the top turn buckle to the floor just before the pin by Truth”. Here is the link to the archive of the DTRT Wrestling News Live Blog of SummerSlam – http://blyve.com/event/f02d3150647a406ebc000000
WWE Champion CM Punk def. John Cena, Big Show
Show pretty much dominated until both Punk and Cena applied submission holds AT THE SAME TIME on the giant. Show tapped out, but referee didn’t know what to do. Hit Raw GM AJ Lee’s music. She skips to the ring in her business suit, and after Punk gave us a plug (well not really, but he told AJ to Do The Right Thing), she said RESTART THE MATCH, and that included Big Show who had tapped out. Cena hit the Attitude Adjustment on Big Show, but Punk quickly threw Cena out of ring and pinned Show to retain the title. Not sure Punk is going to gain that RESPECT he wanted from Cena when Cena did the work and Punk got the pin. That’s a Triple Threat Match for you though.
It should also be noted that earlier in the match Cena was about to do U Can’t C Me on Big Show when Punk broke it up and then mocked Cena by waving his own hand in front of his face while laughing at Cena.
I have no inside information, but I’m thinking Punk vs Cena tomorrow night for the main event on Raw. We’ll see if I’m right.
Triple H vs. Brock Lesnar
Ok, this wasn’t a match, it was a fight. That’s what Lesnar said it would be and that is what it was. The Game held his own and when he hit his second Pedigree on Lesnar it looked like The Cerebral Assassin might pull of the stunning upset. However, Lesnar had worked over HHH’s left arm all night and when he once again locked in the submission hold that had broken both The Game’s and HBK’s arms – HHH tapped out.
Some random observations on the match: the crowd was mostly quiet during the match, which I believe was because they were in awe of how brutal this match was; for those who think this is all fake – I would ask how did Lesnar get those big whelps under each eye; The Game seemed to be apologizing and tearing up after refusing medical attention on his left arm; Michael Cole asks if this is the end of Triple H. I was a little disappointed in the crowd chanting “You tapped out” as Hunter stayed alone in the ring at the end of the PPV.
There you have it folks. As I said earlier, a solid PPV. I wish they would have used Raw GM AJ Lee a little better tonight. Her one line of restart the match was uneventful and her talent is much better than being under used that way, and besides with Big Show tapping out, why didn’t they have Cena and Punk finish one on one? I didn’t care for the end of the Sheamus vs Del Rio match either. It just didn’t feel right to me. Other than that, put another great big thank you down to the WWE for providing a great evening of Sports Entertainment!
Ed Boston
Co-Founder of DTRT Wrestling News
And BTW I just now saw a tout rebuttal from Jericho to “Zoggler” http://www.tout.com/m/f311y5
Ed’s thoughts on the backstage fallout:
I must admit (and I’m not saying this just for my partner Trevor’s benefit), but I have to agree with the Crazy Chick, that The Age of AJ is off to a fantastic start. While newly turned heel CM Punk wouldn’t agree (he screams “Are you crazy” at AJ as the show ends), it’s my opinion that AJ did a much better job as GM than Punk did as a heel.
Being a huge Jericho fan, I am excited that he is fueding with Dolph Ziggler and that it appears he will be a face again for a while. I love hearing the crowd pop for The Ayatollah of Rock ‘n’ Rolla when he comes out to Break the Walls Down! I also thought that Jericho and Christian worked great together.
While it is funny and good entertainment, how long can Kofi put up with “Little Jimmy” getting in the way of the progress for the tag champions (notice Kofi shaking his head at the end of that part). And I’ve got 2 “what’s up with……” issues with AW. 1) What’s up with AW being a sissy and throwing a shoe at Kofi, and 2)What’s up with AW having a live mic during the entire match. Someone needs to find his mute button.
We were shocked – shocked, we say – when CM Punk seemingly snapped on Raw 1,000 and GTS-ed The Rock into a catatonic state after The Great One interfered following Punk’s WWE Title Match against John Cena to close the show. The Second City Saint left without another word as boos rained down upon him for the first time since the “pipe bomb,” with Rock splayed in ruin across the canvas and a thousand questions echoing in the WWE Universe’s collective mind. Elsewhere, Cena found himself on the wrong side of history, and Raw got itself the unlikeliest of General Managers by appointment of Mr. McMahon himself. Here are five things to look out for on Raw 1,001.
The year was 2009 and after wrestling with WSU wrestling April Mendez who at the time was going by the ring name “Miss April” officially announces she is leaving the promotion after signing her developmental deal with World Wrestling Entertainment. Which lead her to move to Florida where she began her time in WWE’s training territory of FCW before making her WWE debut in 2011.
As much as April and her tag team partner Brooke Carter tried to make this a promo it was obviously emotional as you can hear April get emotional at the very end as she says “I’m going to miss you”
Talk about adding insult to injury… After AJ left Daniel Bryan at the altar this past Monday on Raw Sheamus decided to have a little fun with Daniel Bryan. Sheamus gives Daniel a reminder of his Wrestlemania loss which he blamed on AJ and what caused their original breakup.
Let’s not forget that starting this Monday AJ is Daniel’s new boss after she accepted the position of Raw General Manager offered by Mr. McMahon during the Raw 1000 episode celebration in St. Louis.
There’s no time to waste now that AJ is the new general manager of Raw. This past Monday during the 1000th episode of Raw Mr. McMahon approached AJ about the position which she accepted. On Tuesday via Twitter AJ let followers know that her week is filled with meetings at World Wrestling Entertainment headquarters in Stanford CT.
AJ tweeting to her followers saying “Big meetings this week at WWE HQ. Things are about to get VERY interesting.”
What will the 10001 episode be like with the always unpredictable AJ in charge? Tune in live this coming Monday at Raw’s permanent new start time 8/7ct on the USA Network.
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