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Re: Diverging Paths - A Current WWE BTB
Raw (January 12th)
Explanations & Announcements
Raw kicked off this time around with The Legacy making their way to the ring. The crowd expected Orton to speak first, but instead it was Ted Dibiase Jr who opened his mouth. He said that when he was at the hospital, he wanted nothing more than to get his hands on Orton, and destroy him. But as time went by, and he healed, he realized that he didn't really hate Orton. He respected him. Randy does what he wants, when he wants, and he has the ability to back all of his talk up. That was why he looked up to him, that was why he was willing to forgive Orton for punting him, that was why he wanted to ally himself with Orton, and that was why he was going to learn from one of the best, and wear WWE gold around his waist again.
Dibiase shook hands with the other three members of the group, but their celebrations of sorts was marred by Raw GM Stephanie McMahon. Steph informed Orton that Dibiase's words were far from true. He couldn't do whatever he wanted whenever he wanted. At the Royal Rumble, he won't be participating in the Main Event like he desired, instead, he would be facing Finlay. She had had a talk with Finlay earlier, and the two of them agreed on the stipulations for the match. It would be a Belfast Brawl, and if Orton lost, he would be banished from the WWE.
Understandably, Orton was far from happy. He told Stephanie that there was no way he was going to waste an opportunity like the Royal Rumble, and step into the ring with a disgrace of a wrestler like Finlay. He added that if she knew any good, she would listen to him, because he was the future of the company, and the single greatest commodity of the brand. Steph replied by saying that even though she detested doing so, she would have to agree with some of what Randy was saying. That was since Finlay picked his stipulations for the match, Orton will get to pick two of his own.
Cody Rhodes tried getting his voice heard, telling Steph that there was no way that Randy would waste his time with Finlay but Orton cut him off. He accepted the match, and told Steph that he would announce his chosen stipulations next week. Before anyone could leave, Orton went on, saying that now that there were some spots free, it was only fair for them to be filled by those truly worthy, which was why he was lobbying for Ted, Cody and Manu to be entered into the Rumble. After some thought, Stephanie yielded, and the three were inserted into the match.
Monster vs Monster
Last week Kane laid out an attacking Snitsky, who had attempted to stop him from participating in his match with JBL. Not content with the damage he had done, he demanded a match against his aggressor this week, and his demands were met.
In a brutal match between two men with a long history, the two gave it their all. Stiff clotheslines, hard punches and ring-shaking slams aplenty, the match finally ended when Kane caught Snitsky's foot in the air as he attempted a Big boot, and chokeslammed his opponent, getting his 3rd consecutive win.
Winner: Kane
Women who Wear Pants
Backstage, Natalya and Beth Phoenix came face to face, trading insults and threats regarding their match at the Rumble. Just as they were reaching breaking point, with Santino making things worse by loudly deluding himself into believing that they were fighting over him, Beth issued a challenge for tonight. She told Natalya that their fight could wait until the Rumble, but tonight, she could pick anyone from the Raw roster to fight in her place against Beth's man, Santino. With great timing, Dolph Ziggler appeared to introduce himself.
After a short promo about the Rumble, Santino stepped into the ring, followed by Dolph. In a surprisingly good, technical match, both arrogant men showed off their abilities, although in the end it was Ziggler who triumphed, getting a roll-up win after Santino was distracted by Beth's shouting at Natalya. The two divas once again came face to face, although things didn't end as calmly as last time, when Natalya slapped the champion, leading to a cat fight in the ring, which forced security to step in and separate them.
Winner: Dolph Ziggler
Backstage, Jericho was in Stephanie's office, and he was outraged that she would negotiate like she did with Orton. She was slowly but surely driving the show to the ground, like Shane told her she would. Stephanie calmly retorted by saying that she was fine without being subjected to Jericho's 'constructive criticism', but since he was so disposed to opening his yap, she would have to get someone to close it for him, which was why she placing him in a handicap match later in the night.
Double Date
The animosity between the pair of William Regal & Layla and CM Punk & Kelly Kelly was practically tangible. What with Punk being the #1 Contender to Regal's title, and the long history between the two divas, the duos were simply bound to face off. Before the match, Punk informed Regal that he was going to challenge for the IC Title next week, and the bout between Punk & Kelly and Regal & Layla started.
Quite in the fashion of good vs evil, the former pair showed off their constantly improving wrestling skills with some excellent spots, whilst the latter couple cheated their way on top. Despite Kelly hitting the K2 on Layla, she had tagged Regal in, who showed no qualms over hitting a woman, and hit the Regal-plex on Punk's girl, covering her for the win before Punk could make it into the ring, and hastily making his exit, leaving Layla behind.
Winners: William Regal & Layla
The Return
A short promo airs: a man shrouded in darkness is walking along a sinister hallway, his footsteps echoing, the shot pans up over his body. You can only make out the outline of the man who extends his hand to a scrawny figure on the floor, helping the man stand up. A flash of lightning ends the promo, but the identity of the man is not revealed by the flash of light.
1 vs 2
Stephanie McMahon couldn't have picked a better choice for who Jericho should face. After all, she wanted someone to shut him up, and who better than two people who would rarely shut up themselves?
Y2J first faced JTG, and dominated the entirety of the latter's duration in the ring, hitting several of his high-impact moves, such as the Enziguri and the Lionsault. He cunningly avoided Shad's corner of the ring, in order to stop him from tagging his partner in, and cheap-shotting the bulky street thug whenever he could. Just when Shad couldn't take in anymore, Jericho revealed just how smart he really is, avoiding the incoming attack and hitting the Codebreaker on Shad, before placing JTG in the Walls of Jericho and getting the submission win.
Winner: Chris Jericho
Visibly content, Jericho celebrated in the ring, grabbing the mic and telling the WWE Universe and Steph that it would take more than two 50 cent wannabees to 'shut him up'. More than happy with his day's work, he made his way backstage.
Champion's Words
Todd Grisham was backstage, and before conducting his interview with John Cena, he announced that he had just gotten word that the Main Event of the night would feature The Legacy taking on 3 of Raw's top stars. With that out of the way, he asked Cena about who he thinks he would face at the Rumble, and what will JBL say after the Main Event. The champ said that he fully expected Shawn Michaels to do the right thing and give the fans the fight they want to see, HBK vs Cena at the Rumble. He added that he didn't care what JBL had to say, but that he would be listening just in case, because you never can trust someone like him.
Main Event
It was time for the final match of the night. Lilian Garcia announced that it would a 3 vs 3 Elimination Tag Team match and Ted Dibiase, Cody Rhodes and Manu stepped into the ring, accompanied by their leader Randy Orton and ready to prove their dominance on Raw. Their opponents: Batista, Kofi Kingston and Rey Mysterio all made their way to the ring.
Manu and Kofi started up, and the long match saw every pairing possible between the 6 take place. Manu wound up being the first eliminated, being hit with a Trouble in Paradise from Kingston after a 619 from Rey. Cody stepped in to take his place, and dominated Kofi for a few minutes before hitting the Roll of the Dice on him. Rey quickly tried to stop the pin, but Manu, who stayed at ringside with Orton, stopped him from doing so, hitting him with the Samoan Shock. This led to an all out brawl between the 3 men and Batista, which saw The Animal lay everyone out only for Orton to come up from behind and RKO him.
After that, Dibiase made Rey submit with a Cobra Clutch and then also pinned the RKOed Batista for the win.
Winners: The Legacy (Cody Rhodes, Ted Dibiase Jr. & Manu w/ Randy Orton)
What will he do?
John Bradshaw Layfield made his way to the ring with the same confidence and haughtiness that accompanied him to the ring every week. He made his way to the podium at the centre of it and grabbed the mic saying that after weeks of planning and fighting off mindless brutes, he's done it. He IS the #1 Contender for Cena's title, and he WILL be facing him at the Rumble. Why? Because Shawn Michaels made some bad decisions, and one man's misfortunes is another's bliss. Tonight, HBK will surrender his title shot at the Rumble and hand it over to his employer, in the only arrangement possible. That was why he was officially relinquishing his spot at the Royal Rumble, and with that, JBL asked Shawn to come out into the ring, which he did.
When Michaels entered the ring, without the theatrics and crowd-hyping, JBL pulled out a document from his jacket, and a pen. He placed the contract on the podium and told Shawn to sign it, saying that it was time for him to officially become the #1 Contender. Shawn, hesitantly, neared the podium and grabbed the pen, but did not sign. Beginning to get irritated, JBL told Michaels to sign, now without the confidence and haughtiness, but with a double serving of menace. Shawn's hand moved closer to the piece of paper, and, still hesitating, was about to sign when- 'My Time is Now' hits and John Cena stood on the ramp.
John told HBK that he couldn't believe this was what he had become. He couldn't believe that money had destroyed his integrity and his principals so completely. But he added that what was most unfortunate was that Shawn was so immersed in his own problems, and his judgment so clouded by JBL, that he wasn't even reading the contract he was signing. JBL tried cutting Cena off, but he went on, telling a bemused Michaels that he had a copy of the #1 Contender's contract Michaels was about sign over to JBL in his hand. He then told Shawn to read a particular clause, but before he could do so, JBL attacked, going for the Clothesline from Hell. Years of experience allowed HBK to duck, and he hit JBL with Sweet Chin Music as Cena ran to the ring.
HBK could finally read what Cena had pointed out, and realised, as Cena made clear to the WWE Universe, that the WWE had recently included a monetary bonus to those who become #1 Contender's, and even bigger one to those who wind up becoming Champions. Walking over to the knocked out JBL, Shawn tore up the contract over his head, and told Cena that nothing was going to stop him from facing him at the Rumble, prompting the two to shake hands. But, he added, he was going to pull out all the stops, and he expected Cena to do the same. The Champ replied by saying that he could be sure of that, and with the image of the two Rumble opponents shaking hands, Raw went off the air.
Find out that and more next week on Raw! Don't forget to tune in to ECW tomorrow night for more WWE action!
Quote:
Kane def. Snitsky
Dolph Ziggler def. Santino Marella
William Regal & Layla def. CM Punk & Kelly Kelly
Chris Jericho def. Cryme Tyme
The Legacy (Cody Rhodes, Ted Dibiase Jr. & Manu w/Randy Orton) def. Batista, Rey Mysterio & Kofi Kingston
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Confirmed Matches:
- 30-Man Royal Rumble Match -
(Batista, Big Show, Chris Jericho, CM Punk, Cody Rhodes, Hurricane Helms, Kane, Kofi Kingston*, Manu, Mr. Kennedy, Rey Mysterio, R-Truth, Shelton Benjamin, Ted Dibiase Jr., The Brian Kendrick, Triple H, Umaga, Undertaker, William Regal)
- WWE Title Match -
(Jeff Hardy (c) vs. Edge)
- World Heavyweight Title Match -
(John Cena (c) vs. Shawn Michaels)
- ECW Title Match -
(Matt Hardy (c) vs. Vladimir Kozlov)
- Undisputed Women's Title Match -
(Beth Phoenix (c) vs. Natalya Neidhart)
- Belfast Brawl Match** -
(Finlay vs. Randy Orton)
Card subject to change
* Announced by the commentary team during the Main Event
** If Orton loses, he leaves the WWE
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