Tonight's RAW Supershow opens with the BRUTAL outcome of last night's Three Stages of Hell match between CM Punk and Chris Jericho. We go to the RAW video package and the pyro goes off as J.R. and King welcome us to a sold-out Nutter Center in Dayton, Ohio.
We go to the ring and Lillian Garcia introduces the NEW FULL-TIME GENERAL MANAGER OF MONDAY NIGHT RAW--STEPHANIE MCMAHON! The Billion Dollar Princess makes her way to the ring and puts the RAW Locker Room on notice, proclaiming that "THE BITCH IS BACK!" Stephanie issues congratulations to her 7-man team for a hard-fought victory last night and issues an extra special thank you to the Undertaker for closing the deal in last night's main event.
Steph goes about the business of announcing her first order of business as full-time GM when she's interrupted by Chris Jericho. Jericho is VISIBLY banged up from last night's war with Punk, limping in on a set of crutches, his arm in a sling, head heavily bandaged and numerous stitches running the length and surface of his battered and bruised face.
Barely able to speak, Jericho tells Stephanie McMahon that first of all, he demands an answer for The Rock's actions at the conclusion of the Main Event last night. Jericho rolls the footage of Rocky drilling a bloodied Jericho with a Spinebuster and The People's Elbow before polishing him off with a Rock Bottom from the ring apron through four tables. Secondly, Jericho insists on a rematch with Punk for the World Heavyweight Championship at Over The Limit.
Punk interrupts and makes his way to the ring with the World Heavyweight Championship draped over his shoulder. The champ is pretty banged up himself, but clearly the 20 pounds of gold over his shoulder helps numb the pain a little. Punk offers to shake Jericho's hand, but Jericho declines for the moment. Punk shrugs it off and gets back to his point. Punk congratulates Stephanie on her promotion, tells Jericho that he can have a rematch for the gold whenever he's physically ready to do so and tells the GM that since everyone is out here demanding explanations, he'd like to hear one from RAW's newest acquisition, JEFF JARRETT. Punk rolls the footage of Jarrett returning and smashing a thumbtack-filled guitar over Punk's face before dropping Jericho with The Stroke and dragging him to the cover for the second fall of the match.
Stephanie tells Jericho that he'll have to get his explanation some other time because The Rock isn't here tonight. As Steph turns her attention to Punk, Jeff Jarrett hits the ring and gives him the explanation he so desires. Jarrett tells Punk that his issue is with BOTH him and Jericho. Jarrett tells Jericho that he did what he did as a LONG overdue response to Y2J walking out of WCW, just as Double J was hitting his stride as the World Champion. Jarrett says Jericho couldn't handle playing second fiddle to El Kabong and moved to WWE where his efforts, much like Jarrett's himself, went unappreciated for TWO YEARS before Vince sat up and took notice and made him World Champion.
Jarrett tells Punk that he has NO RESPECT for him. Jarrett tells Punk that all he asked from his contracted employees over in TNA was brand loyalty and Punk wasn’t content with that, he had to keep jumping ship to ROH. Punk cuts him off and tells him not to paint it like that incident was his fault. Jarrett says it was his fault, saying that even though he put him in a HIGH PROFILE angle with RAVEN of all people, he and Julio Dinero still couldn’t hack it.
Punk gets in Jarrett’s face and tells him that it wasn’t because they couldn’t hack it or because they didn’t connect with the fans, “it’s because YOU, JARRETT can’t recognize PURE TALENT when it’s sitting right in front of your face.” Punk continues, saying that he and Dinero got the job done, but because of what “The King of The Mountain” perceived, “YOU kept us off TV, YOU kept us from having any programs, YOU single-handedly fumbled the ball with CM PUNK! So yeah, I jumped ship back to ROH, and you FIRED me because of some stupid little contractual obligation that kept your boys from making appearances for Independent promoters. You can say you hate the McMahon family, Jarrett, but at the end of the day, you lost out on CM Punk because you were more like VINCE McMAHON than you care to admit and that eats you alive, doesn’t it Jeff?! I’m a pretty good dog, Jarrett, but if you don’t throw me a bone every once in a while, of COURSE I’m gonna show up on someone else’s porch.”
Jarrett casts an icy stare at Punk and says that he was hand-picked by Jim Cornette to turn this company on its ear in the event that control should fall back into the hands of the McMahon family. Jarrett says that much like Punk does now, he too, connects with the fans and they grow tired of the same old, same old very quickly. Jarrett says he came back for one reason, to win The World Heavyweight Championship, because given a position of power, he could take control and make life HELL for the McMahon family empire. Jarrett says he plans to do that by removing the gold from the waist of the most ungrateful employee he ever had the displeasure of working with at Over The Limit.
Finally, Stephanie McMahon chimes in and tells all three men that in order to get a shot at the title, they have to earn it tonight. Steph tells Jarrett and Jericho that they will have an opportunity to qualify for the World Title match tonight, as will eight others, because there will be a series of qualifying matches leading up to six participants in a CHAMPIONSHIP SCRAMBLE MATCH for the World Heavyweight Championship. The new GM tells CM Punk that she has accepted Teddy Long’s offer from last night and CM Punk will go one-on-one with the new WWE Champion tonight in the main event. Jericho pleads with Stephanie to reconsider the qualifying matches, as he’s in no condition to compete tonight. The GM tells him that she will accept a surrogate to compete on his behalf and recommends that he leave the ring and get searching. Steph tells Jarrett that his match is next and wishes him luck as we go to commercial.
Back from break as Jeff Jarrett awaits his qualifying match opponent and it’s CHRISTIAN.
JEFF JARRETT def. CHRISTIAN to qualify for the Championship Scramble
Great opening match. Lots of back and forth. Christian connected mid-match with a Spear, but Jarrett got his foot on the bottom rope. Finish came as Christian went for the Killswitch, but Jarrett countered out, threw Christian to the ropes and hit the Stroke on the rebound for the three count. Jeff Jarrett becomes the first challenger to Punk’s World Title at Over The Limit.
Back from break and we get stills of the elimination tag match from last night, including Randy Orton's elimination of Cody Rhodes in the first minute of the match and later elimination of Jack Swagger.
Randy Orton makes his way out for his qualifying match, entering to a sick remix of Voices and Burn In My Light with an extended intro. After the way he was eliminated last night, The Viper looks determined as ever to get back in the title picture. Orton awaits his opponent and it's another superstar who came up just short in his match last night--ROB VAN DAM. The bell rings and here we go.
RANDY ORTON def. ROB VAN DAM to qualify for the Championship Scramble
Good in-ring chemistry between these two. Van Dam and Orton went at it for fifteen solid minutes with no clear-cut advantage until the closing minutes. Orton hit a nasty powerslam and went for the Viper DDT, but Van Dam climbed off the rope back into the ring and countered with a Monkey Flip. RVD answers back with Rolling Thunder and goes up for the Five-Star Frog Splash, but before he can execute, KOFI KINGSTON jumps up on the ring apron and hits Trouble In Paradise, knocking Van Dam from his perch. With RVD lying helplessly on the top turnbuckle, Orton comes back with a vicious elevated RKO for the one, two, three. Orton now joins Punk and Jarrett in the Championship Scramble at Over The Limit.
Kofi steps into the ring with a mic and looks over the fallen Van Dam before explaining that last night he had an epiphany. Kofi says somewhere between falling victim to the 619 less than three minutes into the match and watching Rey Mysterio walk away with yet another title, he realized that being the "good guy" was getting him absolutely nowhere in WWE. Kofi says in order for him to get where he wants to be, heads have to start rolling and they will, because he'll be the one kicking them off of people's shoulders. Kofi issues a one-on-one challenge to Rey Mysterio for the Intercontinental Championship at Over The Limit and says he isn't waiting long for an answer. Kofi slams down the mic and heads to the back.
We get more footage from last night, including Lesnar's fury being unleashed on HBK and Triple H as well as Batista's steel chair rampage. We get a graphic for Batista versus Brock Lesnar coming up next.
Brock Lesnar hits the ring and says that he demanded this match for two reasons; First, he went into Extreme Rules last night with one objective, to ensure that Stephanie McMahon and the McMahon family wouldn't continue to reign over this business. Since his team came up short, he must destroy them one-by-one himself, starting with Triple H. Lesnar challenges The Game to a Street Fight at Over The Limit and says for every week he doesn't get an answer, he will decimate someone close to The Cerebral Assassin until there is no one left. This brings him to Batista and his second reason for this match; because for one brief moment at the start of last night's match, he had Batista locked in the Kimura and almost felt the arm break, had it not been for the mass disruption that broke the hold. Lesnar says he's here tonight to finish the job and get to Triple H by putting Batista on the shelf. Lesnar paces the ring as we head to commercial.
Back from break as Batista's music hits and the Animal charges the ring and immediately begins exchanging blows with Lesnar, exploding into an all-out brawl.
BATISTA def. BROCK LESNAR by Reverse Decision
Just an absolute melee from the beginning. Batista had the advantage for the majority of the match until executing a Spinebuster that fell perfectly in line for Lesnar to cinch in the Kimura Lock. After several minutes of extended torque, Batista taps out, but Lesnar isn't finished. Lesnar keeps the Kimura locked in until the referee and several other officials have to bum rush the ring to try and separate the two.
The referee informs Lillian that he has reversed the decision and rewarded the match to Batista by disqualification. This sends Lesnar into a bitter rage and he snaps the arm in half using the Kimura Lock. As Batista screams out in agony, Lesnar releases the hold, scares off the officials and drops the already victimized Animal with an F5. Lesnar rolls down out of the ring as the ref signals for EMTs and the officials strap Batista to the flat board and carry him from the ring on a stretcher. Lesnar gets face to face with the camera and tells Triple H "The quicker you answer, the better off you'll be..." Batista is wheeled from the ring as we go back to commercial.
Back from break and we get more footage from last night's Tag Team Turmoil Match including The American Wolves taking the belts and then later dropping them to The Fortunate Sons, a surprise last-second entry in the match.
Backstage with Stephanie McMahon and Wade Barrett. Barrett tells Steph that she made a HUGE mistake not including any members of Camp Cornette in the qualifying matches tonight. Steph says that's not true, because The Miz will be competing later on tonight. Barrett smirks and tells her that he meant any members of Camp Cornette that were actually dedicated to the cause and didn't turn their back on the team last night. Stephanie tells him her decisions are final and to do something about it if he doesn't like the call. Barrett flashes an evil grin and tells her that she doesn't know the half of it before walking off.
The Usos are in the ring awaiting their Tag Team Championship Match as the NEW champions, The Fortunate Sons--Ted DiBiase and Joe Hennig make their way to the ring.
THE FORTUNATE SONS def. THE USOS to remain TAG TEAM CHAMPIONS
Good match. The Usos had DiBiase and Hennig going for a while, but the finish came as The Fortunate Sons connected with their new tag finisher--The Perfect Balance--a combination Running High Knee (DiBiase) and McGillicutter (Hennig)--for the duke.
After the match, the tag champions celebrate heading up the ramp as Wade Barrett and Dolph Ziggler make their way down to the ring. Barrett and Ziggler proceed to administer a completely unprovoked assault on The Usos, punctuated by Ziggler hitting the Zig Zag on Jey and Barrett planting Jimmy with Wasteland before leaving the ring.
We get another look back at Extreme Rules, with The Miz first working over Jeff Hardy, then tagging to Ziggler and dropping him with a Skull Crushing Finale before leaving the ring and taking the count-out elimination. The Miz is advertised for his qualifying match coming up next.
Back from break and The Miz comes out to a modified theme and a MASSIVE POP. WOW. Miz tells the WWE Universe to boo him if they want, cheer him if you choose, but his only objective is to get back into the World Title picture and once again become champion.
Miz says since he jumped to WWE, he’s had two missions: to make it to the top and stay there and to either earn the respect he has coming to him or take it by force. Miz admits that he’s had his fair share of critics and detractors since he showed up; none louder than JOHN BRADSHAW LAYFIELD. Miz says he doesn’t give a damn about JBL’s admiration or respect, but that he fully intends to make a believer out of him tonight when he drops him on his face and moves on to the Championship Scramble at Over The Limit. Miz tells JBL to stop worrying about how he and the rest of his fellow Wall Street money whores caused our society collapsed, get his Transplant-Texan ass out to the ring and find out just how much of a “Joke” The Miz truly is. JBL’s limo hits the ramp and a visibly angered JBL steps out of the back. A great qualifying match is on it’s way as we head to break.
Back from commercial and JBL has made it into the ring. JBL grabs a mic and just before he decides to speak, drops the mic and smacks Miz across the face. Miz fires back with a BEAUTIFUL right hook that takes JBL off his feet. Miz takes JBL to the mat and begins wailing on his face which draws another huge pop. The ref separates the two and the bell rings to get this match under way before things spiraled out of control.
THE MIZ def. JBL to qualify for the Championship Scramble
Miz came away with a win, but not without a severe beating. Miz fought scrappily for several minutes, even getting in several good licks against the brutish JBL, but JBL established firm control with a Fallaway Slam from the top rope. JBL whipped Miz to the buckle and followed in, but Miz would move and attempt his corner clothesline, only to have JBL dodge and attempt to answer back with the Clothesline From Hell. Miz ducks and JBL goes crashing into the ropes. The resistance sends JBL rebounding into position for a Skull-Crushing Finale and Miz picks up the stunning victory. The Miz is greeted with a standing ovation after the match and now joins Randy Orton, Jeff Jarrett and World Champion CM Punk in the Championship Scramble at Over The Limit.
We go backstage and Triple H is talking with Stephanie regarding Brock Lesnar’s challenge at Over The Limit. The Game tells his wife that he’s not going to reward Lesnar for his reckless abandon and lack of regard for anyone’s safety. Lesnar walks by at this moment and tells Triple H that that’s unfortunate. Brock tells Hunter not to think about it as rewarding him, think of it as Triple H doing what is best for the personal welfare of his superstars and the personal benefit of his company. Lesnar tells Triple H to his face that the onslaught will get more brutal and more personal until he gets the answer he wants.
Stephanie tells Triple H that she’s organized a Street Fight to help him work out his aggressions and tells him to head to the ring and meet Shawn out there. The crowd ERUPTS as Steph tells him it will be DeGeneration X in action Next!
Back from break as DX heads out to an ENORMOUS pop and run through their usual routine...(For the thousands in attendance...For the millions watching at home...and for Brock Lesnar...Who only understands violence and barely understands English...LLLLLLLLLLLLLLLLLLLLLEEEEET'S GET READY TO SSSSSSSSSSSSSSSSUUUCK IIIIIIIIIIIIIIIT!!!!) And then the music hits...
BEER! MONEY!!!!!!!!!!!!!!
James Storm and Bobby Roode make their way to the ring in streets and begin throwing some heavy-handed punches back and forth with DX and here we go.
DX def. BEER MONEY in a Tornado-Style Tag Team Street Fight
Weapons flying everywhere. At one critical turning point, Michaels counters DWI into a rare Frankensteiner, sending Storm flying to the floor. Finish comes as Storm goes for Last Call, but Michaels ducks and Triple H interrupts an incoming Spear from Roode with a Double A Spinebuster. Michaels rebounds with Sweet Chin Music to Storm and Storm staggers directly into a Pedigree on top of a garbage can for the duke.
After the match, Trips grabs a mic and tells Lesnar that he has nothing to prove to him and that Lesnar won't be able to bully his way into a Street Fight with him at Over The Limit. The Game tells him that a fight is the last thing Lesnar wants even if he thinks it's the first.
We go backstage and Chris Jericho is still frantically hobbling around searching for a surrogate, when Stephanie McMahon comes up and informs him that he's been summoned to the ring to get an explanation from The Rock via satellite up next. Jericho sneers and limps away toward the ring as we go to break.
Back from commercial and Jericho is in the ring with a mic and says that he has found someone to step up in his place for the qualifying match tonight and demands an answer from the Rock for his actions in last night's main event. Rock appears on the tron via satellite and tells Jericho that the reasons for his actions last night were fairly simple. First, The Rock couldn't stand the idea of his monkey ass carrying the World Heavyweight Championship again and secondly The Rock was repaying a thirteen-year-old favor. Rock asks Jericho if the city of Chicago had any relevance to him. Rock tells him it should: It was August 9, 1999; The Rock was doing what he does best, laying the verbal Smackdown on some big, fat ugly 500 pound hermaphrodite; the next thing he knows a clock starts winding down on the titantron and Fabio is standing on the stage in a silver-sequined jacket, talking down to the Rock like he was the greatest thing to ever set foot in a WWE ring, that The Rock wasn't the Most Electrifying man in the business and ratings were suffering because of HIM.
"The fact of the matter is Jericho, NO ONE steps on The Rock's time when he is speaking and you learned the hard way last night that if there's ONE MAN who can still ELECTRIFY, ONE MAN who can still STEAL THE SHOW simply by stepping on the stage, stepping into the ring and laying the Smackdown on some delusional, spike-haired candy ass it's THE ROCK. So you want a match with me, by all means name the time and place, but take your time, because after I smacked the holy blue Hell out of you last night, I want 'The Best In The World At What He Does' stepping into the ring at 100%. Until next time, Jabroni..." The signal cuts out on the tron and Jericho is SEETHING. He throws down the mic and rolls out of the ring as DREW McINTYRE steps in to help him earn his spot in the Championship Scramble Match. Out comes McIntyre’s opponent and it’s the new Intercontinental Champion, Rey Mysterio.
DREW McINTYRE def. REY MYSTERIO (Chris Jericho qualifies for the Championship Scramble)
The last two men in last night’s Six-Pack Challenge have a decent return match with another seesaw battle. Finish comes as Mysterio sets up for the 619 and KOFI KINGSTON arrives at ringside to protect McIntyre from the blow. The ref turns his attention to getting Kingston away from ringside. As this happens, Jericho climbs up on the ring apron and shatters one of his crutches across the back of Mysterio’s head. McIntyre picks up the scraps and drills Rey with Future Shock to pick up the three count. Jericho qualifies for the Championship Scramble at Over The Limit alongside Orton, Jarrett, Miz and Punk in spite of his numerous injuries.
After the match, Kofi connects with Trouble In Paradise again and out comes Barrett and Ziggler again. Another beatdown similar to the Usos. Mysterio gets drilled with Wasteland and left lying in the ring.
Backstage with Stephanie McMahon, who releases a statement saying that the final qualifying match of the night will be the final match of someone’s career. The stakes could not be higher as THE UNDERTAKER will go one-on-one with GOLDBERG. The winner will earn the final spot in the Championship Scramble, the loser will be FIRED.
Taker and Goldberg are seen in split-screen headed to the ring as we go to commercial.
Back from break as Goldberg begins his march down to the ring and The Undertaker follows with his slow, ominous procession to ringside. The bell rings and we get an intense staredown as these two meet for the first and for one, anyway, last time.
THE UNDERTAKER def. GOLDBERG to qualify for the Championship Scramble
Match of the night, hands down. Goldberg comes from out of nowhere with a Spear, but the Undertaker kicks out. Taker fires back with the Last Ride, Old School and a chokeslam, but Goldberg instinctively kicks out at two. Taker locks in Hell’s Gate, but Goldberg fights and reaches the bottom rope.
Finish comes as Goldberg sets up for the Jackhammer, only to have Undertaker block with a Leg Hook and counter with a Tombstone Piledriver. Taker drops Goldberg with two more Tombstones for good measure and gets the three. After the match, Goldberg gets back to his feet to a ROAR of applause and a standing ovation. Goldberg heads back up the ramp, thanking fans all the way before bowing out and heading through the curtain as we go to commercial.
Back from break as Goldberg heads to the back to a round of applause from his colleagues as he makes his way to the door. Goldberg thanks them all and shakes a few hands before making his way out the door.
CM Punk heads to the ring for his one-on-one match with the WWE Champion, BRYAN DANIELSON. A wrestling clinic is sure to follow as we got to our last break.
CM PUNK versus BRYAN DANIELSON ends in a No Contest
OUTSTANDING chain wrestling in this match. Danielson goes for a YES Lock, but Punk rolls through and returns to his feet with a Roundhouse Kick. Punk applies the Anaconda Vice, but Danielson fights out. Punk sets up for the GTS, but Danielson drops out and locks in Cattle Mutilation. Punk flails to the rope and latches his foot on the bottom to break the hold. Punk hits the GTS and goes up top for a Savage Elbow.
Just as Punk is about to polish off the WWE Champion, WADE BARRETT comes walking down the ramp, drawing a distraction. Barrett and Punk have a staredown from the ramp as he makes his way to ringside. At this moment, cameras capture sight of the likes of DOLPH ZIGGLER, TED DiBIASE, JOE HENNIG, DREW McINTYRE and KOFI KINGSTON walking through the crowd from all directions. Each of them climbs over the barricade to ringside and begin pounding on Danielson. Ziggler throws Danielson into the ring steps and Kofi and McIntyre work Danielson over before sandwiching his arm between the ring post and the steps and smashing the hell out of the WWE Champion with a steel chair.
At this point, The six men surround the ring, climb up on the ring apron and step in to encircle Punk. Punk shrugs it off and begins taking on all comers, but the numbers game quickly catches up. DiBiase and Hennig hit their finishers, McIntyre brains Punk with Future Shock, Kofi waits as the rest help Punk back to his feet and crushes him with Trouble In Paradise. Ziggler with the Zig Zag and Barrett finishes Punk off with Wasteland. The Nexus goes about the business of beating the Hell out of the timekeeper, cameramen, referees and road agents before turning their attention to Lawler.
McIntyre grabs an escaping Lillian Garcia by the back of the head, rolls her into the ring and Ziggler puts her out with a Sleeper Hold. Barrett drops Lawler through the announce table with Wasteland and takes J.R. out with a sucker punch before rolling him to the ring. Barrett hits Wasteland again as the rest tear up the canvas, unscrew ringposts, tear ropes apart, rip apart the announce tables in the broadcast area, and shred the padding from ringside barricades and mats from the arena floor. More tables upset, broadcast chairs thrown up on the entrance ramp.
The ringside area is in utter carnage as JIM CORNETTE makes his way down to the epicenter of disaster. Cornette grabs a mic and says he warned Stephanie that he would push the detonator and Jarrett was only the Primary Wave of this seismic earthquake he was going to send through the WWE. Cornette tells Steph to get ready for the aftershocks. The six men who destroyed the arena convene around Cornette who produces a box of T-shirts. Barrett unfolds his first to reveal the IMMEDIATELY recognizable Black “N” on a Yellow Shield. Ladies and Gentlemen, JAMES E. CORNETTE has reformed THE NEXUS.
Barrett grabs the mic and explains that the problem with Nexus was that the group was established with a bunch of rookies who hadn’t the slightest clue what they were doing; same thing when Punk took over, and same thing when John Cena thought he could take charge last November. Barrett promises a much more dangerous Nexus as all of these recruits have been around long enough to know how to finish the job and have been held down long enough for things to turn violent. Ziggler and the rest put on their Nexus tees and raise their arms in solidarity. It seems Jim Cornette has opened a new chapter on RAW that The McMahon family might not recover from as RAW Supershow goes off the air!
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