On This Day: August 23, 2012 – Superstars:
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August 23, 2012
Location: Save Mart Center, Fresno, California/Rabobank Arena, Bakersfield, California
Commentators: Scott Stanford, Matt Striker
For the sake of context, this is four days after Summerslam.
Damien Sandow vs. Yoshi Tatsu
We get a LONG recap of Lesnar vs. HHH from Summerslam as well as the fallout on Raw.
Drew McIntyre vs. Alex Riley
Drew has a bad hand here and milks it a bit before Riley grabs the wrist. A dropkick puts Drew on the floor but Riley misses a dive. Off to an armbar from McIntyre followed by some stomps to the leg. This is going really slowly. Drew tries the FutureShock but Riley sends him into the corner. Drew heads up but gets rolled up off the top for the pin for Riley out of nowhere.
Video on the Asian tour.
Video from the end of Raw with Cena confronting Punk before Punk beat up Lawler.
Justin Gabriel vs. Cody Rhodes
Back to more work on the arm, this time in the form of a hammerlock. Justin starts a quick comeback but misses a top rope Lionsault to give Cody control again. Off to a short arm scissors but Gabriel gets off his back to break the hold. A monkey flip puts Cody down as does a spinning kick to the face. Justin hits a kind of sitout powerbomb for two but a slam is countered into the Cross Rhodes for the pin for Cody out of nowhere. Nice counter.
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