Monday Night Raw – December 10, 2012: WWE Is Inching Closer To Being On A Roll
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Night Raw
Date: December 10, 2012
Location: Prudential Center, Newark, New Jersey
Commentators: Michael Cole, Jerry Lawler
Cue Sheamus who spends about two minutes talking and says he’ll win and Ziggler will lose on Sunday. Show comes out and says both of them are delusional and that he’ll beat either of them. Sheamus says he can’t attack Show before Sunday, but he can have contact with someone else. He shoves Ziggler off the ladder and out to the floor. Nice guy that Sheamus.
Vince is here.
R-Truth vs. Wade Barrett
Kofi hits a springboard cross body to Barrett post match.
Prime Time Players vs. Rhodes Scholars vs. Usos vs. Epico/Primo
Alicia Fox vs. Eve Torres
Eve calls the ringside photographer into the ring to take pictures of her post match.
Punk and Heyman are here with the champ on crutches.
We recap the announcement of Vickie vs. AJ, which is literally just the match being announced. Why bother showing this?
Sheamus vs. Dolph Ziggler
Khali and Horny come in to help Vickie stretch when Vince walks in on a compromising position. Vince: “I thought this was supposed to be a family show.”
Alberto Del Rio vs. Zack Ryder
Ryder comes back with a sunset flip but walks into a German suplex for two. After another chinlock, Ryder comes back with a backdrop over the buckle in the corner to send Del Rio outside. There are the double knees in the corner but the Broski Boot misses. Cross Armbreaker ends this at 6:30.
AJ vs. Vickie Guerrero
AJ goes nuts and turns over some ladders at ringside before slapping the ring announcer.
Post break AJ is still going nuts when Cena comes up to try to calm her down. He hugs AJ and the look on his face is a bit awkward.
Kofi Kingston vs. Antonio Cesaro
An elbow drop gets two on Kofi but he finally starts his comeback. Antonio rolls away from the Boom Drop so Kofi monkey flips him down instead. Cesaro gets a boot up in the corner and we take a break. Back with Kofi escaping a body vice and getting two off a sunset flip. The gutwrench suplex gets two for Cesaro as does a spinebuster. Back to the body vice for a bit but Kofi comes back for a bit.
The SOS is broken up though and a European Uppercut to the back of the head puts Kofi down for two. The SOS connects but Cesaro grabs the bottom rope. In an AWESOME move, Kofi goes up for the cross body but Cesaro pulls him out of the air and into a tilt-a-whirl backbreaker. The Neutralizer gets the pin at 13:46.
John Cena vs. Big Show
We take a break and come back with Cena countering a chokeslam into a DDT. Show comes back with a side slam for two as Ziggler says Cena is actually impressing him here. Cena fires away with some punches but Show spears him down for two. A BIG elbow drop gets the same for Show and we hit the bearhug. Cena fights out but the STF is easily shrugged off.
Results
R-Truth b. Wade Barrett – Rollup
Rhodes Scholars b. Prime Time Players, Primo/Epico and Usos – Cross Rhodes to Jimmy Uso
Eve Torres b. Alicia Fox – Spinning Neckbreaker
Sheamus b. Dolph Ziggler via DQ when Ziggler used a chair
Alberto Del Rio b. Zack Ryder – Cross Armbreaker
Vickie Guerrero b. AJ – Rollup
Antonio Cesaro b. Kofi Kingston – Neutralizer
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