COMPLETE IMPACT WRESTLING REPORT: TEAM 3D TEAM ON TV FOR THE FIRST TIME IN OVER TWO YEARS, JEFF HARDY'S RETURN DATE IS ANNOUNCED, MICKIE JAMES CELEBRATES HER TITLE WIN, AJ STYLES BATTLES KEN ANDERSON IN THE MAIN EVENT, AND MORE

Welcome to the Impact Wrestling Report here on PWInsider.com!

We look back at last week's events surrounding Bully Ray, Sting, and the Hogans, as well as AJ Styles turning on Aces & Eights after turning on TNA, then we go to the Aces & Eights clubhouse where Bully Ray says that tonight's order of business is AJ Styles, AJ Styles, and AJ Styles. D-Lo Brown tells Ken Anderson he's sorry it didn't work out since they thought AJ was joining, and the rest of the gang walks out of the clubhouse leaving Anderson and D-Lo alone. Anderson motions to D-Lo to go first, then Anderson suckerpunches D-Lo from behind and smashes his face into the wall, leaving D-Lo out cold on the floor.
Bully Ray and Devon come out to the ring and Bubba says it's three days until Slammiversary, three days until his brother Devon takes out Joseph Park once and for all, and three days until he faces Sting. Bubba's not taking anything away from Sting, and runs down the list of men he's defeated: Ric Flair, Bubba's father-in-law Hulk Hogan, Kurt Angle, and Jeff Hardy. Bubba says he beat Hardy too and did it to win the TNA World Title, but he took Hardy out just like he's going to take Sting out this weekend. He says that he and Devon are fighting Sting and Park tonight, and tells them to come on out so they can fight right now.
Team 3D vs Sting & Joseph Park
Sting and Park rush the ring and an out of control immediately breaks out. The fight spills right out to the floor as Sting and Park take it to Team 3D, but Bubba rams Park into the ringpost and starts drilling him with right hands. Park dodges a wild chairshot as Devon drills Sting with a stiff uppercut on the other side of the ring and then they fight onto the entry ramp. Sting goes into the ringpost as we go to commercial.
We're back and Team 3D is in firm control, working Park over while blocking him from getting to Sting. Park suddenly powers up and slams Devon a couple of times, but takes too long going to the second rope and gets kicked off by Bubba, who then gives him a shot in the back of the head for good measure. Bubba tags in and puts the boots to Park before taking a cheap shot at Sting for good measure. Devon stops to pose like Hulk Hogan before getting Park in a chinlock, Park breaks free but takes a flying back elbow from Devon for 2. Park finally makes the tag and Sting comes in and cleans house on Team 3D. He kicks Devon's leg out and goes for the Scorpion Deathlock, Park tackles Bubba and goes for one of his own, but Bubba kicks Park into Sting and they both go down. Sting hits a Stinger Splash on Devon and then tries one on Bubba, but Bubba moves and Sting hits the corner, they hit a double team neckbreaker on Sting, Bubba slams Park and they go for WHAZZUP, but Abyss' music hits and they stop to stare at the top of the ramp. Abyss doesn't show, but his music provides enough of a distraction for Sting to sneak in and hit the Deathdrop on Devon for the win.
Winners: Sting & Joseph Park
Team 3D's first televised match as a team in something like two years ends in defeat.
Dixie Carter is backstage, and she's...WALKING!
Kurt Angle is backstage and says it's all well and good that AJ Styles didn't end up joining Aces & Eights, but there's a price for his actions. He's going to be watching AJ's match tonight very closely.
TNA President Dixie Carter comes out to the ring to wave at her subjects and proclaim that they'll be celebrating 11 years of business this Sunday at Slammiversary. She says there have been some great men and women to compete in TNA over the years, so this weekend, they'll be announcing the next inductee into the TNA Hall of Fame to join Sting, who will be challenging Bully Ray for the TNA World Title this weekend. She wishes Sting luck and gets ready to talk about more stuff, but the Aces & Eights music hits and Doc, Garett Bischoff, and Wes Brisco come out to the ring. Garett sexually harasses Christy Hemme by snatching the microphone out of her hand and gets in the ring to ask Dixie where the love is for Aces & Eights is. He doesn't hear her wishing Bully Ray luck, and he knows she's excited about her announcement this weekend, but Garett says it's going to feel more like a funeral. Doc and Brisco get into the ring and back Dixie into the corner, but Samoa Joe and Brutus Magnus come running out to chase them off. Joe says he spent a month at home picking stitches out of his face and waiting to get ahold of them. Tonight, the wait is over because he doesn't know who gave Garett permission to talk, but he wants to see how lippy he gets when Joe is beating him into the man he'll never be. A referee comes out and Garett jumps Joe, and it looks like we have an impromptu match!
Samoa Joe vs Garett Bischoff
Joe wipes the mat with Garett and we go to commercial.
We're back and Joe is still wiping the floor with Garett, but he gets distracted by Doc and Brisco on the floor. Magnus takes them out, but it gives Garett enough of an opening to hit a clothesline on Joe and then go out to the floor to join in the beatdown on Magnus. The bell rings at this point as Joe comes through the ropes with a diving forearm and takes Aces & Eights out.
NO CONTEST
I guess it's now grounds for DQ for a participant to go out of the ring and beat up people who aren't involved in the match. Joe and Magnus get back in the ring and Joe gets a microphone and calls Aces & Eights cowards. He knew this might happen, so he came up with a backup plan and announces that Doc, Bischoff, and Brisco will face himself, Magnus, and the returning Jeff Hardy!
We look back at last week when Gunner beat up Shark Boy and Robbie E to convince James Storm to be his partner at Slammiversary, then we go backstage to Storm and Gunner as Storm says he picked Gunner because he's a beast. He's served his country overseas and he's killed people, and Storm wants someone who can kill people in the ring too. Gunner says if the other teams want a war, they'll get one.
The Hogans are backstage and Hulk wants to know what happened out there last week with Bully Ray. Brooke says that it's not easy hearing Bubba say that he loves her and he's technically still her husband, and Hulk says that he's just trying to screw with her head. Hulk says that Sting has the heart of a champion and he's betting the farm on him, but Brooke looks unconvinced. Yeah, Hulk has been wrong a hell of a lot more than he's been right. In fact, if Hulk was a real executive and was wrong as often as he is, he would have gotten canned years ago.
Christopher Daniels, Frankie Kazarian, Bobby Roode & Austin Aries vs Chavo Guerrero Jr, Hernandez, James Storm & Gunner
Daniels and Gunner start us off and Daniels shoots his mouth off, but Gunner is undaunted and backs Daniels into the corner. He breaks clean, but Daniels makes the mistake of chopping Gunner on the break and gets ragdolled. Daniels scoots out to the floor to catch a break and get consoled by Kazarian. Daniels slides in, tags out to Aries, and zips out to the apron while telling Aries to go get him. Aries gives Gunner a determined look...then tags out to Roode and escapes to the floor. Roode comes in and trades hammerlocks with Gunner, rams him into the corner and unloads with right hands, but Gunner boots him in the face and takes his head off with a clothesline. Roode is in trouble as he gets caught in the babyface corner and gets quadruple teamed, but he winds up on the floor with Chavo and he gets a shot in and rolls Chavo back inside. Now that Roode has done the dirty work, Daniels is happy to tag in and put the boots to Chavo before dragging him to the heel corner for some quadruple teaming of their own. Chavo finally manages to get to his corner and tag Hernandez, who comes in and tears through all four opponents like they're nothing. Gunner tags in and completely dominates Aries before forcing him to submit to the torture rack.
Winners: Chavo Guerrero Jr, Hernandez, James Storm & Gunner
Great way to reintroduce Gunner, and a great way to protect Storm, who didn't get in the ring once.
We see AJ Styles arrive at the building, then we go to the Aces & Eights clubhouse where they sit around and throw around threats at AJ Styles, Joseph Park, and Jeff Hardy. Bubba says he hit Hardy in the back of the head with a hammer, but now he's back. He tells Doc, Brisco, and Garett that they better take care of Hardy, Joe and Magnus, then says he has a job for Knux. He says Hogan's always talking about going to war, so they're going to war and he wants victims tonight. If he doesn't get them, then one of them or all of them (turns to Devon), even you (turns back to the group) will wind up like D-Lo Brown.
Mickie James is backstage, and she's...SKIPPING! She's the new Knockouts Champion, and we'll find out what she wants...NEXT!
We see a video package with all the stars of TNA talking about what Bound For Glory means to them, then we see a recap of last week when Mickie beat Velvet Sky for the Knockouts Title, then Mickie comes out to the ring to say it's been a great year since she released her new album and finally regained the Knockouts Title after two years. She thanks the fans for all their support, but says there have been a small minority who doubted the way she won the title. That hurts her because she deserves this, and would like to address it face to face and asks her friend Velvet Sky to come out to the ring. Oh come on, we all know this is going to end with Mickie turning on her. Velvet comes out and gives Mickie a big hug, then Mickie says she wanted to talk to her because of what people have said about how she won the title, and Mickie says she did go to Velvet before the match and made sure Velvet was 100,000% sure she could do it. She admires Velvet because she was a real champion and fought through the pain, and it was crazy how Velvet's knee gave out on her and asks the fans to give Velvet a round of applause for what a great champion she WAS (emphasis on WAS), and Velvet says that she appreciates the support, but at the end of the day business is business and she wants her rematch. Mickie hesitates for half a millisecond and says Velvet will get her rematch...when she's ready. Velvet says she'd like her rematch at Bound For Glory, and Mickie says she'd love to do that, but Brooke already put her in the ring with Gail Kim and Taryn Terrell, so maybe AFTER. Gail comes out and says she appreciates all the love out here, but Gail wants to get one thing straight: she doesn't think Mickie's that hardcore anymore and doesn't think Mickie would have won the title without her help from the damage she did to Velvet's knee weeks earlier. Gail's been taking people out left and right lately, she's going to finish what she started and take Terrell out at Slammiversary, and then she's coming for her Knockouts Title. Velvet says she's first in line for the rematch, so Gail kicks Velvet's knee out, drags her to the corner for the ringpost figure four, and then jets when Terrell comes running out to chase her off. Mickie just stood there doing nothing in the meantime, and backpedals up the ramp while everyone else is going at it in the ring. Kenny King comes out to join Gail, and the mixed tag is up next!
Chris Sabin & Taryn Terrell vs Kenny King & Gail Kim
the ladies start us off and Terrell dominates Gail, overwhelming her with crazed offense and hitting a rolling neckbreaker. Gail tries to escape to the apron and gets clotheslined and suplexed back into the ring. The gentlemen tag in and Sabin easily controls King with armdrags and takedowns. King tries to throw Sabin into Terrell and clotheslines ihm from behind when he tries to stop himself. King with the cartwheel kick and gets in Terrell's face before covering Sabin for 2 and tying him up in a seated abdominal stretch. King slams Sabin but misses a springboard legdrop and Sabin mounts a comeback. Sabin hits a powerbomb into a DDT for 2, Gail grabs his hair from the apron and allows King to nail him from behind. The girls wind up in the ring and Gail tries to kick Sabin, but Sabin catches her boot and holds her so Terrell can hit a spear. Sabin hits a leaping enziguiri and the Cradle Shock for the win.
Winners: Chris Sabin
Solid match, Sabin has looked great since coming back and it was good to see he and King in an actual wrestling match again. Sabin says that after two torn ACLs and two years of therapy, he gets redemption at Slammiversary and becomes a five time X Division Champion. King jumps Sabin from behind and goes for the Royal Flush, but Suicide comes out of the crowd and hits the double chickenwing into a lungblower. He picks up the X Division Title and goes face to face with Sabin.
AJ Styles and Ken Anderson are backstage, and they're...WALKING!
Sting talks about the early part of his career and how it took him four years to get to the point where he beat Ric Flair for the World Title, and he's held it many times since then. Some of his favorite championship opponents have been Flair and Hogan, Kurt Angle, and Jeff Jarrett, but this one is different because of everything he's done and this is his one and only chance to drive the stake through his heart.
The announcers run down this weekend's Slammiversary card, and then it's main event time!
Ken Anderson vs AJ Styles
Anderson attacks AJ on his way into the ring, but AJ doesn't take much time to turn the tide and fire back at Anderson. This is just a straight up fight as they trade punches until AJ trips Anderson and just stomps him square in the chest. AJ snap suplexes Anderson and then drills him with hard forearms. Anderson sneaks a shot in and chokes AJ with his boot, but AJ knocks him out to the ring apron, drags him back inside, then tosses him right back out to the floor. AJ comes under the bottom rope with a baseball slide and is in firm control as we go to commercial.
We're back and AJ is still kicking the crap out of Anderson, but just like every single time we come back to commercial, the other guy turns the tide almost instantly by dragging AJ out to the apron, thumbing him in the eye, and giving him a DDT on the apron. They head back inside and Anderson continues dishing out punishment and nearly backdrops AJ into next week. Anderson gets AJ in a weird neck vice with a bodyscissors, AJ escapes and gets a quick rollup but Anderson is out at 2 and clotheslines him back down to the mat. AJ suddenly unloads on Anderson with a big flurry of strikes before clotheslining his head off, then destroys Anderson with a spinning kick and a spinebuster for 2. Anderson blocks a tornado DDT and hits a Finlay roll for 2, AJ blocks the Mic Check and hangs Anderson in the Tree of Woe before hitting a diving dropkick in the corner. Kurt angle suddenly runs in and starts beating the crap out of AJ to cause another DQ.
Winner: AJ Styles by DQ
Angle continues attacking AJ before AJ kicks his bad leg and goes after him. Aces & Eights rushes the ring and attacks both of them, but Sting comes out with Joseph Park, Samoa Joe, and Brutus Magnus to even the odds. They brawl with Aces & Eights as AJ and Angle fight their way up the ramp, everyone clears out and leaves Sting and Bubba face to face in the ring. They trade right hands and Sting gets the advantage, takes Bubba down, and puts him in the Scorpion Deathlock. Devon runs in and nails Sting from behind and they hit the 3D on Sting as the rest of Aces & Eights comes back into the ring. Bubba holds the TNA World Title up and they celebrate as we see Joe and Sting laid out unconscious and we call it a week.
Thanks for reading the Impact Wrestling Report, Dave Scherer is off tomorrow but I may do an Impact Postgame Show with Mike Johnson instead, so stay tuned and see what we have in store!

TNA BOUND FOR GLORY 2013 WILL BE HELD....

The 2013 TNA Bound for Glory PPV will be held on 10/20 in San Diego, CA at the Vjejas Arena, a 12,000 seat facility on the campus of San Diego State University.

The PPV will mark the promotion's first ever event in San Diego.

TNA SIGNS BIG FREE AGENT!

Dixie Carter        ✔ @TNADixie

And the ink is just drying on a BIG free agent that will rock #ImpactLIVE on @SpikeTV. Tune in & join us on this summer adventure.

8:08 PM - 30 May 2013

 

Free agent is a very vague term as that could mean a hot indy talent or a former nationally known name. We will have to see.
In asking around, I am told that whoever this signing is, they will not be revealed on tonight's Impact Wrestling. 

TOP ROH STAR SIGNS NEW DEAL

Former ROH TV champion Adam Cole has signed a new deal with Ring of Honor. Cole had been one of the talents invited to take part in an invited WWE tryout a few months back, which led to a lot of speculation on his future, but in the end, he opted to stay with ROH and sign a new contract.

Full VIdeo: Bret Hart Appreciation Night - 27th May 2013

DGUSA STATEMENT ON SAMI CALLIHAN, SAMURAY DEL SOL

Samuray del Sol is still scheduled for all three EVOLVE events this weekend.
The promotion issued the following statement on Sami Callihan, who as we reported last week, is done here: "We can announce now that Sami Callihan has already wrestled on his final DGUSA/EVOLVE event. We want to extend a heartfelt "thank you" to Sami for being an important part of DGUSA/EVOLVE history. Callihan started at the bottom of his card and through hard work and determination became a main player in the WWNLive Family. Sami first made waves by forming D.U.F. and entering an intense feud against AR Fox. Shortly after the feud vs. Fox started, Callihan reached another turning point when he battled Fit Finlay at EVOLVE 9 in a bout that was voted by the fans as the 2011 DGUSA/EVOLVE Match Of The Year. Callihan went on to give us many memorable moments including the infamous closing of the former ECW Arena at EVOLVE 10. His resume of great matches is at the top of DGUSA/EVOLVE history including the rematch vs. Finlay at EVOLVE 11, a classic vs. El Generico at EVOLVE 13 and an epic Open The Freedom Gate Title Match against Johnny Gargano at EVOLVE 18. Thanks for everything, Sami! We are sure you are headed for great success!"

COMPLETE WWE BRET HART APPRECIATION NIGHT COVERAGE!

After Raw went off the air, WWE broadcast the Bret Hart Appreciation Night via The Score in Canada and their App. The special opened with the traditional WWE open followed by a special opening for the Appreciation Night. Jerry Lawler, in the ring, welcomed everyone tuning in and then sent it to a video on Hart's legacy. Lawler then brought out the "guest of honor" Bret Hart, who received a monster reaction in his hometown of Calgary, Alberta Canada. Hart was limping slightly thanks to his most recent knee surgery. He did his signature pose. The crowd chanted "Thank you Bret." Lawler read a proclamation from the city of Calgary, announcing that it was Bret Hart Day in the city. They recapped all of Hart's championships in the wrestling business, noting he held 32 titles and was the first man to hold the WWF and WCW triple crown. Hart took the mic and said he hasn't received something like this in a long time and it's a huge honor. He said that he could feel his father, Owen Hart and Davey Boy Smith watching. That led to a huge "Owen" chant. Hart said it was as proud a day as he could ever have and he would remember every fan that came today. He said it was something more genuine than wearing belts because it came from the city. He said he could feel the presence of his family members who were there and were gone. Hart said he wanted to thank his children for having patience with him while he spent so many years away being a hero to everyone else. He said they made the sacrifice. They showed his kids in the crowd and a lot of them were crying. Hart talked about when he first started in the business and namechecked Ed Whalen, JR Foley and Dr D. David Schultz. He said that when he came to WWE, a lot of the fans didn't know where Calgary was but after ten years, they knew. He praised Mr. Perfect and Davey Boy Smith for having great matches with him and said he'd like to thank everyone he ever got into the ring with, even if it was one time. Hart thanked his wife Stephanie for all she's done for him over the last few years. He then thanked Jerry Lawler, noting he was one of the best adversaries he ever had ever. He told a story of how Owen Hart once got angry over what Lawler would say while knocking Stu and Helen Hart, so Bret asked Jerry to lay off a little, then he went home and found out his mom just loved it all and actually became a fan. Hart said that if you ever met his Mom, you'd know how amazing that was. Hart said that he was thankful he got to show the world that the Calgary guys could wrestle but never got to wrestle here enough once he got to WWE. Lawler said that there are a lot of people in the back who love Hart and want to show their love. They introduced Pat Patterson, who came to the ring and hugged Hart. Patterson had tears in his eyes. He said he's been in the business for 55 years and is a Canadian. He said Hart was the best wrestling Canadian of all time. He bowed down before Hart on one knee. Hart said when Patterson goes to his knees, he gets scared. Lawler then introduced another great Canadian wrestler who said Hart had a huge impact on his life. Out came Chris Jericho to his theme song. Jericho said it was cool to stand in the ring one on one with Hart, finally, for the first time in his career, but he's wrestled Hart in his mind millions of times. Jericho said when he grew up in Winnipeg, he just wanted to get to WWE to be like his heroes Bret and Owen Hart. He said he came to Calgary to train with Stu. Jericho told the story of the Stu Hart Birthday Show in Calgary in 1995. Hart was there to pay tribute to Stu and Jericho was backstage visiting. Hart was listening to the boys' suggestions for finishes for a PPV bout against Davey Boy. Jericho suggested the La Magistral and they ended up using it. Jericho said he thought it was so classy that the WWF champion used the suggestion of a nobody and it gave Jericho inspiration to continue in the business and work at being the best he was. Jericho said he hopes to continue to be half the man Bret was and praised him. Lawler said a big part of Hart's legacy will be the Survivor Series in 1997. The crowd booed. Lawler noted that there's been a lot of time and they've buried the hatchet, then introduced Shawn Michaels. Michaels received a nice pop for his entrance. Michaels joked he was expecting "a lot worse" tonight. Michaels said that every great hero needed an arch-enemy. He said he was honored to be Lex Luthor to Bret Hart's Superman. He congratulated Hart on a stellar career and there's never been a more deserving person on a more deserving night. They hugged. Lawler then introduced Vince McMahon, who got one of the biggest pops of either Raw or this broadcast. He came out doing the Vince strut. Vince said it was fitting that Hart was being honored in the same place he started. He said that Bret's family was involved in Stampede Wrestling and they are all here tonight. He said that Bret had his own era and brought a legitimacy that was never there before. He said that Hart brought a certain skill and that was overlooked at times by the promotion. He said that Hart became the WWF champion because he earned it the old fashioned way. He said Hart was the Excellence of Execution because everyone he stepped into the ring with became better for it. He said Hart was being rightfully celebrated for being the Best There Is, The Best There Was and The Best There Ever Will be. Vince then ribbed Calgary, asking Bret when he was going to leave this "cow dung" town. The crowd booed and he said he was joking. He said this may be in Calgary but there are fans all over the world who say thank you. Hart said he gets asked all the time about his relations with Vince and WWE. Hart said they had a shaky ending but he had so many great years and great wrestlers he worked with. He said that no one would know who Bret was if it wasn't for WWE. He really loves what his life has become and for being a Calgarian hero. He thanked Vince, saying it was due to him. He thanked Shawn Michaels for coming, saying it re-enforces the bond they created a few years ago. He thanked everyone for coming and thanked everyone who was in the ring for being with him in different places around the world. He said he would continue being the best 'old hero' in Calgary that he could be. Hart joked there were 20,000 Calgarians there and they could "get" Vince and Shawn now if they wanted. He then said he would never let Calgary down and thanked everyone for their support. Hart hugged everyone in the ring. The WWE locker room came out on the stage as Tyson Kidd and Natalya entered the ring to embrace Hart. You could see Lance Storm was there as well. Hart had a massive smile on his face. They closed out with some slow motion replays of Hart greeting those who honored him before finishing up with Hart holding the proclamation. I am told this will likely pop up on Youtube. Be sure to check it out when it does. Really classy segment.

COMPLETE WWE RAW REPORT: REMEMBER TO DOWNLOAD THE APP; THE SHIELD DEFEND THEIR TITLES; CM PUNK IS COMING BACK SOON; BRET HART IS IN THE HOUSE . . . AND SO IS SHAWN MICHAELS; HAPPY BIRTHDAY NATALYA, REMEMBER WE ARE IN YOUR HOME TOWN; AND MORE

Tonight, the WWE returns to Canada for a special episode of Raw as we celebrate Memorial Day and this show is dedicated to the Armed Forces. What is the latest update on Triple H’s condition? What is next for Ryback and John Cena as they move towards their Ambulance Match at Payback? What will the Shield do tonight? Will they even mention that Dolph Ziggler has a concussion too?

We are in Calgary . . .
Alberta, Canada and your announcers are Michael ‘If I mention that you should download the WWE App for a minute’ Cole, Jerry ‘Tonight we are in the HartLand’ Lawler, and John ‘Should I use Loonie or Toonie when insulting my fellow announcers’ Layfield.
Before we start with the new programming, we take a look back at the debut of Curtis Axel and his interaction with Triple H before their match.
Do you remember where you were when we had a Last Man Standing Match where neither man could stand so we had no finish? What will Ryback do tonight?
John Cena’s music plays and he makes his way to the ring.
John says that there is a lot of unrest in the arena tonight. Some anxiety and some anger. He says that he understands why. There was a Last Man Standing Match at Extreme Rules that is most known for its controversy. Neither man could stand for the count of ten so both men think they deserve the WWE Championship.
There is John Cena, who is the current champ. Then there is Ryback who thinks that he is the WWE Champion.
Ryback came out and challenged him to an Ambulance Match.
John picks up on the ‘We Want Bret’ chants and he says that we will get to Bret later.
John says that Ryback thought through things too fast. John says that he knows how to settle this. Payback be deliberate. Payback should be held. There will be a Three Stages of Hell Match at Payback. Each fall has a different stipulation. Stage one is a Lumberjack Match. Stage Two is a Tables Match. Stage Three is an Ambulance Match.
John says that even if he wins the first two falls, he will take Ryback and put him into the ambulance so Ryback can be taken for medical attention.
Ryback makes his way to the stage and he is dressed to wrestle. He says that payback should be deliberate, definitive, and it should be held. That is what he tried to do to John at Extreme Rules. He drove John through the LED board without worrying about what was on the other side. He tried to take Cena to hell.
Ryback tells John to say hello to Beelzebub, Lucifer, and Satan. Say hello to Ryback.
Paul Heyman comes out and he tells John that while he is saying hello to everyone, he wants John to say hello to a future WWE Hall of Famer, a future WWE Champion, and a man who defeated Triple H so decisively that you won’t see him around for more. Paul brings out Curtis Axel.
Paul tells John that Curtis and him were watching John and they were marveling at the fact that John accepted the challenge from Ryback. It takes something to suggest a Three Stages of Hell Match. He says that John is a fighting champion. Paul says that John will not back down from a challenge from Curtis Axel.
John tells Curtis that he watched him last week and he tells Curtis to stay as far away from Paul as possible.
Curtis says that he was not asking John for his opinion. He says that he was asking John if he is looking for a fight.
John says that Curtis got lucky last week, but he is acting like he is running the yard. John accepts the challenge.
We go to commercial.
Match Number One: Alberto Del Rio (with Ricardo Rodriguez) versus Big E Langston (with AJ Lee)
They lock up and Langston with punches and shoulders in the corner. Del Rio with a drop kick but Langston stays on his feet. Langston charges at Del Rio and Del Rio drops down and Langston goes over the top rope to the floor. Del Rio with a suicide dive onto Langston. Langston sends Del Rio into the apron and then he drops Alberto on the ring steps before returning to the ring and he gets a near fall.
Langston with a bear hug and Del Rio punches and kicks Langston to escape. Langston catches Del Rio coming from the turnbuckles and he hits three consecutive back breakers for a near fall. Langston misses a charge into the corner and he hits the ring post with his shoulder.
Del Rio with two clotheslines and Langston does not go down. Del Rio with another clothesline and then he avoids a clothesline from Langston and Del Rio with a lungblower. Del Rio with a super kick for a near fall. Del Rio tries for the float over into the cross arm breaker but Langston escapes and he hits a belly-to-belly suplex.
The straps are down but Del Rio with a single arm DDT. AJ pulls off the top turnbuckle and the referee fixes it while Del Rio applies the cross arm breaker. Langston is able to turn over and he picks up Del Rio. Del Rio sends Langston into the exposed turnbuckle and he gets the three count with a rollup.
Winner: Alberto Del Rio
After the match, AJ tries to apologize to Langston and say that it was not her fault. Langston leaves the ring and AJ follows after.
We go to commercial.
We are back and Kane is in the locker room. Daniel Bryan is pacing in front of him and he is muttering. Kane tells Daniel to stop with the weak link obsession because the only person who thinks that he is the weak link is Daniel. Kane says that if they are going to beat the Shield tonight as a team, Daniel will have to pull himself together.
Daniel with an ‘AHA’ moment and he says that Kane thinks that he is the weak link.
They go back and forth with the yes and no and they see Bret Hart.
Bret tells them to take it easy. They are one of the best tag team partnerships. The tension that they have destroys tag teams. They are better than this.
Daniel asks Bret is he was thought of as the weak link.
Bret says that size means nothing because of your toughness.
Kane wants to know how Daniel believes Bret while Kane says the same thing and ignores him.
Daniel says that he is Bret Hart, the best there is, the best there was, and the best there ever will be. He is just Kane.
Match Number Two: Dean Ambrose (with Seth Rollins and Roman Reigns) versus Kofi Kingston for the United States Title
They lock up and Ambrose backs Kofi into the corner and Ambrose pushes Kofi but Kofi pushes back. Kofi with a rollup for a near fall. Kofi with another near fall with a rollup. Kofi with an arm drag into an arm bar and a near fall. Ambrose backs Kofi into the corner and he punches Kofi. Ambrose with more punches but Kofi punches and kicks back. Kofi with a jumping back heel kick.
Ambrose with a single leg take down and then Kofi sends Ambrose into the ropes and he tries for Trouble in Paradise but Ambrose holds on to the ropes. Kofi tries for an SOS but Ambrose goes to the floor to regroup. Ambrose backs up from the ring when Kofi teases a dive to the floor and Kofi bounces off the ropes and lands on his feet.
We go to commercial.
We are back and Ambrose with a cross arm chin lock. Ambrose with a short arm clothesline and he stomps on Kingston before hitting a snap elbow drop and he gets a near fall. We see footage from the break on the WWE App. Kofi catapults Ambrose into the turnbuckles and Kofi with a near fall. Ambrose runs into a boot from Kofi.
Kofi with chops followed by a drop kick and he tries for the flying clothesline but Ambrose catches him and Ambrose sends him into the corner. Kofi with a double jump cross body and he gets a near fall. Kofi with a leaping clothesline and Ambrose moves when Kofi sets for the Boom Drop. Kofi and Ambrose alternate near falls.
Kofi with SOS for a near fall. Kofi with a baseball slide that sends Ambrose to the floor. Kofi rolls Ambrose back in and Kofi goes for a springboard clothesline and he connects. Kofi gets a near fall. Ambrose sends Kofi into the ring steps when he trips Kofi on the apron.
Ambrose rolls Kofi back in and then he sets for the Dean Driver and he hits it and he gets the three count.
Winner: Dean Ambrose
After the match, Seth Rollins and Roman Reigns join Dean Ambrose in the ring and they show their title belts to everyone watching.
Kane’s pyro goes off and Daniel Bryan and Kane make their way to the ring. Bryan and Kane go after The Shield and The Shield goes to the floor.
We go to commercial.
Match Number Three: Daniel Bryan and Kane versus Seth Rollins and Roman Reigns (with Dean Ambrose) for the WWE Tag Titles
The match is joined in progress and Rollins punches Bryan and he takes him down with a side head lock. Rollins with a shoulder tackle but Bryan with a knee to the midsection. Bryan with kicks to the chest and the referee has to pull Bryan away from Rollins.
Kane tags in and he sends Rollins into the turnbuckles. Rollins floats over on an Irish whip but Kane catches him and hits a power slam for a near fall. Bryan tags in and they hit a Hart Attack and Bryan gets a near fall. Bryan with elbows to the shoulder and head. Bryan gets a near fall. Rollins backs Bryan into the corner but Kane tags in and connects with an uppercut. Kane with a clothesline in the corner and Rollins avoids a choke slam and he hits an enzuigiri. Reigns tags in and he punches and kicks Kane. Rollins with a kick to the head when the referee deals with Reigns. Reigns gets a near fall.
Rollins tags in and he punches Kane. Rollins with more punches to Kane and then he tries to suplex Kane but Kane blocks it and Kane with a suplex. Reigns tags in and he stops Kane and gets a near fall. Reigns with a reverse chin lock and he gets between Kane and his corner. Reigns with a slam to Kane and he gets a near fall. Rollins tags in and he kicks Kane.
Rollins with a kick but Kane with a clothesline and both men are down. Bryan tags in and he hits a drop kick that knocks Reigns off the apron. Bryan with a German suplex to Rollins and then he hits a running drop kick into the corner for a near fall. Bryan with Kicks of No to Rollins followed by a round kick to the head for a near fall.
Bryan goes up top and Rollins is able to crotch Bryan. Rollins tries for a superplex but Bryan escapes and he crotches Seth and he puts Rollins in the tree of woe. Bryan with kicks and a drop kick into the corner. Bryan goes for a belly-to-back superplex and he hits it.
Both men are down and we go to commercial.
We are back and Bryan with a European uppercut to Reigns. Bryan with kicks to the leg and chest. Reigns with an Irish whip but Bryan floats over. Reigns with a clothesline to counter the flying clothesline and he gets a near fall. Rollins tags in and he kicks Bryan and punches him.
Rollins mocks Bryan and he tries for the surfboard and he gets Bryan up but Bryan is able to escape and he kicks Rollins. Rollins takes Bryan down and he connects with an elbow drop to the back. Reigns tags back in and he kicks Bryan in the back. Reigns with another kick and he gets a near fall on Bryan.
Rollins tags back in and he hits a super kick while Reigns holds Bryan. Rollins calls Bryan the weak link before sending him into the turnbuckles. Bryan with punches to Rollins but Rollins with a flatline into the turnbuckles and he gets a near fall. Reigns tags back in and he applies a waist lock on Bryan.
Reigns with a forearm to Bryan’s back but Bryan with a kick and a flying leg lariat and both men are down. Kane and Rollins tag in and Kane with punches to Rollins followed by an Irish whip and clothesline. Kane with another Irish whip and clothesline but Rollins avoids the side slam. Kane with a back body drop and Kane makes sure to hit the side slam and Reigns breaks up the cover. Bryan with a missile drop kick to Reigns that sends Reigns to the floor.
Bryan with a suicide dive onto Reigns. Rollins with a back heel kick to Kane but Kane with a big boot to Rollins. Bryan kicks Reigns against the apron and Kane goes up top. Kane hits the flying clothesline and he signals for the choke slam while Bryan waits for the flying knee off the apron. Reigns catches Bryan and he sends Bryan to the floor with a spear.
Rollins with a springboard knee to the head and Rollins gets the three count.
Winners: Seth Rollins and Roman Reigns
After the match, Ambrose joins Rollins and Reigns in the ring to celebrate.
In case you missed the announcement of the stipulation for the John Cena and Ryback match at Payback, we see the footage.
We go to commercial.
We are back with the WWE Rewind: Triple H defying medical advise to wrestle and suffering post concussion symptoms.
We are back and Michael Cole talks about what happened at the end of Raw. Michael has an update. Triple H has been advised not to travel to Raw, but he suffered no further damage.
Miz makes his way to the ring and he will be involved in some way in the match between Fandango and Wade Barrett. VOTE ON THE APP!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!
We go to commercial.
We are back and Jerry Lawler tells us what Miz’ role in this match will be. He is the guest referee in a landslide.
Match Number Four: Wade Barrett versus Fandango (with Summer Rae) with Guest Referee Miz
They lock up and Fandango with a hammer lock and Barrett goes to the ropes. Barrett argues with the referee and then Fandango with chops and forearms. Fandango with a back elbow and Miz gets a near fall. Barrett with a short arm clothesline and he gets a near fall. Barrett with knees in the ropes and Miz gets the way of the running boot. Barrett throws Miz to the mat and Barrett with a boot to Fandango.
Miz gives Barrett the Skull Crushing Finale and Fandango gets the three count.
Winner: Fandango
After the match, Miz kicks Fandango while he dips Summer and Summer falls on Fandango and the Miz makes the three count.
Miz is in the medical room and someone asks him if he really wants to do it. John turns around and it is Shawn Michaels. He says that nobody ever listens to him because he is the voice of reason.
We go to commercial.
We are back and we see footage of 3MB crashing Natalya’s birthday party.
Match Number Five:Great Khali, Tensai, and Brodus Clay (with a lot of people) versus Heath Slater, Jinder Mahal, and Drew McIntyre
Khali and Drew start things off and Drew with punches but Khali with a forearm to the top of the head. Khali with a chop. Khali with more chops and Tensai tags in. Tensai does some shoveling before the cannonball into the corner. Tensai punches Slater but McIntyre with a kick to Tensai. Jinder tags in and they hit a double side Russian leg sweep. Jinder gets a near fall and then he runs Tensai into the corner.
Slater tags in and Tensai with punches. Slater with a leg lariat and he gets a near fall. Slater with jabs to Tensai but Tensai with an uppercut. Clay tags in and he hits a few clotheslines followed by the Sheeeplex. Clay with a splash and then it is time for a power slam and he gets a near fall.
All six men are in the ring. Khali takes care of Drew. Khali with a chop to Slater followed by a Call to his Mama by Clay for the three count.
Winners: Great Khali, Tensai, and Brodus Clay
After the match, Brodus gets on the mic and he tells everyone that it is Natalya’s birthday and Khali will be leading everyone in singing Happy Birthday.
We go to commercial.
We are back and it is time for the Highlight Reel with Chris Jericho.
Chris welcomes everyone to Raw is Jericho and the Highlight Reel. His guest is one of the most controversial, annoying, and bulbous performers in WWE history. Chris brings out Paul Heyman.
Paul makes his way to the ring and Chris points out that Paul has been called many things throughout his career, some unflattering and most of them true. Chris says that Paul has an uncanny knack of aligning himself with great talent.
Paul says that he discovers and develops great talent. Talent like Chris Jericho. Paul reminds Chris that it was him who discovered and developed Chris Jericho. He was the person who gave Chris his first big break.
Chris reminds Paul that he still owes him money.
Paul says that he has waived his fee to appear tonight on The Highlight Reel. He reminds everyone that Curtis Axel took care of Triple H last week and he will take care of John Cena tonight.
Chris says that he admires Curtis Axel but he doesn’t want to talk about Curtis.
Paul starts to talk about BROCK LESNAR but Chris tells him to shut up.
Chris says that he wants to talk about Paul’s other client. The man who has been off of Raw for the last six weeks, CM Punk. Punk has been absent and the last time he was on Raw, Punk talked about taking the Undertaker to the limit and then leaving.
Chris points out that Paul is wearing the same suit that he wore six weeks ago and Paul had the same look on his face. Chris suggests that Punk surprised Paul as well as the entire world.
Paul says that this is his favorite suit because of his admiration for Chris Jericho. Paul asks Chris to show him the same respect that he is showing Chris tonight. Paul reminds us what Punk said and he never had to say stupid things like the best there is, the best there was, or the best there ever will be. He says that Punk never got the respect he deserves.
Chris wants to know where CM Punk is.
Paul says that he will have an announcement in a few weeks about the return of the Best in the World.
Chris does not like that explanation. Punk cannot sit at home for six weeks and call himself the Best in the World.
Paul says that he has a client at home who would vehemently disagree.
Chris has a few messages for CM Punk and Chris points out that the next pay per view is in Chicago. Chris tells Paul that Punk cannot sit at home after losing the title and to the Undertaker.
Chris says that he is the best and Paul cuts him off. Paul does not have the right to claim that title.
Chris says that Punk can prove it by facing him at Payback.
Paul says that Chris does not get to dictate terms to him and CM Punk.
Chris tells Punk he can stay at home and Chris says that he is the best in the world at what he does.
Paul tells Chris that Jericho wants a match against CM Punk in Chicago, in his home town, at Payback. Paul tells Chris that on behalf of his client, he accepts.
They shake hands and Chris pulls him close. Chris tells Paul that after Payback, CM Punk will never ever be the same . . . agayne.
We go to commercial.
Match Number Six: Kaitlyn and Natalya versus Nikki and Brie Bella
Kaitlyn and Nikki start things off and Nikki with a waist lock. Kaitlyn with an elbow and a European uppercut. Kaitlyn with a clothesline and Nikki goes to the apron. Nikki trips Kaitlyn on the apron and she rolls Kaitlyn back in and she gets a near fall. Nikki uses her assets to choke Kaitlyn in the ropes.
Brie tags in and hits a flying clothesline and then she applies a rear chin lock. Brie sends Kaitlyn to the mat and gets a near fall. Brie with a reverse chin lock. Brie with a knee and Irish whip but she misses a splash into the corner and Natalya tags in and she kicks Brie and hits a suplex.
Natalya with a kick and discus clothesline. Natalya with the Sharpshooter and Brie tries to make the tag but Natalya pulls her into the center of the ring. Nikki slaps Natalya and then Kaitlyn with a spear. Kaitlyn accidentally spears Natalya and Brie knocks Kaitlyn off the apron and gets the three count.
Winners: Nikki and Brie Bella
After the match, The Bellas sing Happy Birthday to Natalya.
Curtis Axel is in the locker room and Bret Hart enters. Bret talks about how Curtis’ dad and him had some great matches. Bret tells Curtis to get rid of Paul Heyman. Curtis says that Bret might have known his dad, but he doesn’t know him. The only person who believed in him was Paul Heyman.
We go to commercial.
We have a Bray Wyatt video package and he is joined by Luke Harper and Erick Rowan. They are coming.
Match Number Seven: Damien Sandow and Cody Rhodes versus Randy Orton and Sheamus
Cody and Orton start things off and they lock up. Orton with a side head lock and shoulder tackle. Orton with another shoulder tackle. Rhodes works on the wrist and he puts Orton in a top wrist lock. Rhodes with a knee in the corner but Orton with an Irish whip. Rhodes floats over and Orton with a shoulder tackle for a near fall.
Orton runs his laces across the face and Sheamus tags in and Sheamus with a slingshot shoulder tackle for a near fall. Sandow tags in and he kicks and punches Sheamus. Sheamus blocks a hip toss but Sandow avoids a short arm clothesline. Sheamus with a slam for a near fall. Orton tags in and he kicks Sandow. Orton sends Sandow into the turnbuckles and he punches Sandow.
Orton with a drop kick for a near fall. Sandow with forearms and he tags in Cody. Cody with punches and kicks to Orton. Rhodes with an Irish whip but you don’t Irish whip Orton into the corner because Orton with a clothesline for a near fall. Sheamus tags in and he hits a knee drop. Sheamus with forearms across the chest.
Rhodes with punches and kicks to Sheamus and the referee warns him. Sheamus with a hard Irish whip to Rhodes followed by a neck breaker for a near fall. Cody with punches and Sandow tags in. Sandow with a snap mare and a knee drop. Sandow with a kick to Sheamus but Sheamus with a rolling fireman’s carry slam. Rhodes tries to stop Sheamus on the apron. The distraction allows Sandow to send Sheamus to the mat from the turnbuckles and he gets a near fall as we go to commercial.
We are back and Sandow with a near fall. Sandow with a reverse chin lock. Rhodes tags in and he applies a front face lock and pulls Sheamus out of the corner and he applies a body scissors. Sheamus with a uranage back breaker and both men are down. Orton and Sandow tag in and Orton with two clotheslines and then he avoids a clothesline from Sandow and he hits a power slam. Orton with a power slam to Rhodes.
Orton with the IEDDT on Sandow and then he twists to the mat for the push ups. Sandow goes to the floor to avoid the RKO. Orton goes to the floor and he clotheslines Rhodes. Sandow sends Orton face first into the ring post. Sandow sends Orton back into the ring and he gets a near fall. Rhodes kicks Orton and he hits a gourdbuster for a near fall.
Rhodes with a rear chin lock. Sandow tags back in and he connects with knees followed by a side Russian elbow sweep and the Elbow of Disdain for a near fall. Sandow with knees to the ribs and he tags Cody back in. Rhodes punches Orton and runs him into the corner. Orton with punches and a European uppercut. Rhodes with a knee but Orton with an Exploder suplex and both men are down.
Sheamus tags in and he hits two running double sledges before sending Rhodes into the corner and he hits a knee lift. Sheamus with the forearms to Sandow on the apron. Rhodes with the Beautiful Disaster to Sheamus while he sets for White Noise.
Orton sends Cody over the ringside barrier into the Roberts Cubicle. Sheamus avoids Terminus and Sheamus hits White Noise. Sheamus looks around and he pounds on his chest for the Brogue Kick. Sheamus hits the Brogue Kick for the three count.
Winners: Sheamus and Randy Orton
Match Number Eight: John Cena versus Curtis Axel (with Paul Heyman)
They lock up and Axel with a side head lock take down. Cena with a hip toss and Axel goes to the floor to discuss strategy with Heyman.
We go to commercial.
We are back and Axel sends Cena into the apron and then he sends Cena into the ring steps. Cena gets back in the ring in time and Axel with kicks and he sends Cena into the turnbuckles. Axel with kicks followed by a hard Irish whip. Axel runs his forearm across Cena’s head to rub it into the mat.
Axel with a suplex and a near fall as the fans look at something going on in the crowd. Axel with an arm bar and chin lock. Cena gets back to his feet but Axel with kicks and a Northern Lariat for a near fall. Axel punches and kicks Cena. Cena with two flying shoulder tackles followed by the Blue Thunder Bomb. Cena with the five knuckle shuffle and he connects. Cena gets Axel on his shoulders but Curtis escapes and he hits a drop kick and gets a near fall.
Axel with an elbow drop from the turnbuckles. Curtis goes back to the turnbuckles but he misses an elbow drop the second time. Cena with a power slam for a near fall. Axel with a kick and snap mare followed by a leap frog neck snap followed by a kick to the head for a near fall.
Cena with a drop toe hold but Axel kicks him away. Cena gets Axel up for the Attitude Adjustment and Axel counters with Son of Perfectplex but Cena kicks out. Axel misses a splash into the corner and Cena with a clothesline.
The ambulance drives into the arena and that means that Ryback must be there. Cena walks to the ambulance and the referee makes his count and Cena is counted out.
Winner: Curtis Axel (by count out)
Cena checks inside the front of the ambulance and no one is in there. He opens the back and no one is in there. It was a trap and Ryback hits Cena from behind. Ryback sends Cena onto the stage and he sets for the lariat through the LED board but Cena moves.
Cena tries for the Attitude Adjustment but Ryback escapes and he throws Cena off the stage.
We go to credits. 

CM PUNK 'S RETURN ANNOUNCED!!

CM Punk vs. Chris Jericho has been added to the WWE Payback PPV.

COMPLETE WWE RAW REPORT: RYBACK HAS NEW WHEELS; THE SHIELD FACE THEIR OPPONENTS FROM SUNDAY; A NEW HEYMAN GUY . . . AND HE IS PERFECT IN THE RING; WHEN THE DOCTOR SAYS YOU CANNOT WRESTLE . . . YOU LISTEN TO THEM

Last night we experienced the most EXTREME night in the WWE and we were presented with a Last Man Standing Match with a no contest. But we did see the rise of the Shield because now they have championship gold. What is next for John Cena after not losing the title last night? When will Dolph Ziggler return to the ring? Will Wade Barrett change shirts tonight?

We are in Kansas City, Missouri and your announcers are Jerry ‘We had the Kings before Sacramento’ Lawler, Michael ‘Don Denkinger’ Cole, and John ‘We replay finishes on Sunday nights’ Layfield.
An ambulance pulls into the arena as we begin the show and it drives into Alberto Del Rio’s space.
Ryback emerges from the back of the ambulance and we see photos of what happened during the match.
Ryback gets on the ambulance and he says that the match was a no decision last night. As far as the record books indicate, there was no real winner. John Cena might have walked away with the WWE Championship, he did not walk away. He was carried away.
We see John Cena wheeled to the ambulance on a stretcher, but John refused to go to the hospital or see any doctors.
Ryback says that Cena refused to be put into an ambulance, but the next time they meet, he will not refuse.
Ryback says that he is not standing on the ambulance so the idiots will think he is cool. Ryback wants to face John Cena at Payback in an Ambulance Match. It does not matter if you are standing or not. It does not matter if you are breathing or not, you just have to put your opponent in an ambulance.
Ryback says that most of the people would skip the medical facility and go straight to the morgue. Ryback calls everyone weak. He has nothing in common with any of them. You do not realize what it feels like to wake up every day wanting to be the best. He says that everyone is a lost soul of society and you worship John Cena. You want to be like John Cena and John Cena is your hero.
Ryback calls that pathetic. They have nothing in common with John Cena. They know nothing about nutrition or education. You do not know what hard work is. Ryback says that he will take John Cena to the medical facility and to the morgue. He will take everyone to the morgue with John Cena.
There is only one thing in life . . . Ryback Rules.
We are going to find out who Paul Heyman’s new client is, but that is later tonight.
We go to commercial.
Match Number One: Miz and Chris Jericho versus Wade Barrett and Fandango (with Summer ‘Not Sue’ Rae)
Barrett tells Fandango to go to the apron so he can start and he faces Jericho. Barrett with a side head lock and shoulder tackle but Jericho with a drop kick. Jericho with chops but Barrett with an elbow. Fandango tags in and he goes after Jericho and punches him. Fandango kicks Jericho and then gives him a hard Irish whip. Fandango with a European uppercut and forearms.
Fandango punches Jericho but Jericho punches back. Jericho with an Irish whip but he runs into a boot from Fandango. Fandango tags Barrett back in because Fandango needs to pose on the apron and Jericho goes to the floor as we go to commercial.
We are back and Barrett with a reverse chin lock on Miz while Fandango and Summer stand on the floor. Miz with a knee to the midsection followed by a running boot to the head. Miz grabs a leg and he goes for the figure four leg lock but Fandango says something on the mic and it confuses everyone in the building.
It is time for some dancing while Miz and Barrett are down on the floor. Barrett yells at the dancing fools and that allows Jericho to tag in and he connects with a shoulder tackle or two but Barrett sends Jericho over the top rope but Jericho goes to the apron and he hits a double sledge from the top. Jericho with a bulldog followed by a Lionsault.
Jericho with a Codebreaker and Jericho decides to tag in Miz who applies the figure four leg lock and Barrett taps out.
Winner: Chris Jericho and Miz
After the match, Jericho and Miz approach Fandango and Summer and Fandango runs through the crowd and he leaves Summer at ringside.
Jericho offers his hand to dance and she accepts. Jericho dips Summer and then he tells Summer to talk to the hand and he leaves.
We go to commercial.
We are back and Vickie Guerrero makes her way onto the stage and she says excuse me about as many times as the referee asked if Del Rio or Swagger wanted to quit. Vickie says that Jack Swagger will be in a match tonight and if you have downloaded the app, you can choose his opponent. The choices are the Great Khali, R Truth, or Randy Orton.
The announcers talk about the decision to restart the I Quit Match.
We also see photos of The Shield holding their new titles.
Daniel Bryan is in the locker room and he is pissed. Kane stops by and he asks if Daniel is ready. Daniel says that he is not the tag team champions, Kane is not the tag team champions, and they are not the tag team champions.
Kane says that this negativity is not working. Daniel says that he feels naked without the titles. Daniel wants to know how Kane can make jokes. Kane says that he is confident and they have a rematch. He says that you cannot show weakness.
Daniel asks Kane if he is implying that he is the weak link.
Kofi interrupts and tells them to calm down.
Match Number Two: Sheamus versus Titus O’Neil (with Darren Young)
They lock up and they go around the ring until they get into the corner and Sheamus with a clean break. Sheamus with a side head lock and shoulder tackle. Titus with a side head lock and shoulder tackle and he barks.
Sheamus sends O’Neil to the apron and he connects with a forearm. Sheamus wraps Titus in the ropes and he connects with forearms across the chest. Sheamus kicks Titus in the knee to force him off the apron. Sheamus with a kick to Darren and he sends Darren into the ringside barrier. Titus with a clothesline to Sheamus.
They return to the ring and Titus with a fallaway toss and he utters some nasty words before he gets the near fall. Titus with a head butt and punches followed by kicks in the corner. Sheamus with punches but Titus with a back elbow and he gets a near fall. Titus sends Sheamus back to the mat and he kicks Sheamus.
Titus picks up Sheamus and unfurls him into the mat and gets a near fall. Titus with a quarter nelson and chin lock. Sheamus with boots to Titus as he charges into the corner. Sheamus with two running double sledges followed by a shoulder into the corner and a running knee lift. Sheamus gets Titus on his shoulders but Titus escapes and sends Sheamus to the floor.
Darren grabs Sheamus’ leg when he goes for the slingshot shoulder tackle and Titus with a forearm and he gets a near fall. Titus gets Sheamus up for a power slam but Sheamus escapes and then he gets Titus on his shoulders for White Noise.
Sheamus looks around and he pounds his chest for the Brogue Kick and he connects and gets the three count.
Winner: Sheamus
We go to commercial.
We are back and Paul Heyman makes his way to the ring. Paul says that he understands that when it is a Paul Heyman guy who exposes their heroes, he gets the boos from the crowd. Paul tells them to boo him all they want. Paul asks what it feels like to be powerless. Their boos will never change the historical fact that a true ‘Paul Heyman’ guy, the beast incarnate BROCK LESNAR beat Triple H in a steel cage match at Extreme Rules.
History will not record the boos and jeers for Paul Heyman, they will record that Brock emerged victorious from Extreme Rules. The COO of WWE will go down in history against his client as a loser.
Paul says that his client is enjoying the spoils of war while Hunter had to tuck his sledgehammer between his legs and go home to mommy. It takes a real man to bring a sledgehammer into a cage match against Brock Lesnar.
What will Paul Heyman talk about now that Brock has fulfilled his contractual obligation. It is time to give to the WWE Universe that moment in time when you set your DVRs so you can watch it back ten years later. That was the moment that history took a left turn.
Now is the time to hit record because Paul Heyman presents to you the newest Paul Heyman Guy . . .
Michael McGillicutty, who is now known as Curtis Axel.
Paul thanks everyone for proving him right again. This was the same reaction he warned his client he was going to face. It was the same reaction that people gave to the NCAA Division I Champion, the man who took care of Triple H last night BROCK LESNAR. It is the same reaction they gave him in 2006 when in the new ECW, he presented them the man who would reign for 434 days as WWE Champion, CM Punk.
Paul talks about the heritage and pedigree going for Curtis. Why isn’t this man a superstar already? It is because in WWE, a legacy is not something that gives you nepotistic opportunities, it is an albatross that hangs from your neck. His client is a third generation superstar and he wants to carve his own niche and legend. That is why they have taken his father’s given name Curt and they have paid homage to his grandfather, Larry ‘The Axe’ Hennig, a new name and a new brand that will be known as Curtis Axel.
Triple H’s music plays and he makes his way to the stage and he has the COO of water with him. Hunter makes his way to the ring. Hunter says that Paul can really whip up a batch of Kool-Aid.
Hunter tells Curtis that the adults are talking so he should be quiet. He says that Paul can put whatever spin he wants to put on the match but he should not say that Hunter is embarrassed about last night. He went to war with Brock Lesnar and Brock beat him, just like he beat Brock at Wrestlemania. Brock beat him, but he did not walk away from that battle, he limped from that battle.
Hunter says that he was sitting in the back listening to Paul and what would make him real happy is to beat the crap out of Paul because he can.
Curtis gets in Hunter’s face and he tells Hunter that he does not understand. The game around here has changed. If Hunter wants to talk to Paul, he better talk to him first.
Hunter slaps Curtis and he changed his mind. He is going to have a match tonight with Curtis. When he gets done kicking Axel’s ass, he will kick Paul’s.
We go to commercial.
We are back with the Sonic Shakedown. Jack Swagger being attacked by Alberto Del Rio after Swagger’s match on Monday against Big E Langston.
Match Number Three: Alberto Del Rio (with Ricardo Rodriguez) versus Big E Langston (with AJ Lee)
They lock up and Del Rio with a kick and punches. Langston with a knee and he sends Del Rio into the corner but Langston misses a shoulder into the corner. Del Rio with the float over into the cross arm breaker but it is not properly applied and Langston picks up Del Rio and hits a power bomb but Del Rio holds on and Langston gets to the ropes.
Del Rio applies the cross arm breaker on the apron and Langston picks up Del Rio and sends him into the ring post. Langston with a kick to the ribs and he sends Del Rio into the ring and he gets a near fall. Langston with punches to the ribs followed by a back breaker but he holds on and stretches Del Rio over his knee. Del Rio escapes but Langston stays in control of the match.
Langston sends Del Rio into the turnbuckles but he runs into boots from Del Rio and Del Rio with a tornado DDT. Del Rio with clotheslines but Langston stays on his feet. Del Rio with a third clothesline and Langston goes down. Del Rio with a lungblower and he hits a super kick and gets a near fall.
Langston avoids the float over into the cross arm breaker and Langston sends Del Rio to the floor. Del Rio is helped back into the ring by Ricardo and Del Rio with an enzuigiri and AJ rolls the bucket into the ring and Langston with a thumb to the eye and Langston hits the Big Ending for the three count.
Winner: Big E Langston
Match Number Four: Layla El versus AJ Lee
AJ with a clothesline followed by a neck breaker or two and she gets a near fall. Layla with forearms but AJ with a clothesline. AJ skips around the ring but Layla misses one kick but connects with another. Layla dances around the ring and she runs her butt into AJ’s face. Layla with a drop kick but AJ holds on to the ropes.
Layla kicks AJ and slaps her. The referee warns Layla and AJ applies the Octopus and Layla taps out.
Winner: AJ Lee
We go to commercial.
Match Number Five: Cody Rhodes versus Zack Ryder
The match is joined in progress and Ryder with a hammer lock and Cody gets to the ropes. Cody with an elbow and he Irish whips Ryder. Ryder with an elbow and then he leaps over Rhodes and hits a drop kick. Rhodes with a kick and he sends Ryder shoulder first into the turnbuckles and he kicks Ryder.
Rhodes with a gourdbuster for a near fall. Rhodes with a hammer lock. Ryder sends Rhodes face first into the mat and then Rhodes runs into boots. Ryder with a missile drop kick and Ryder with a running forearm into the corner but Rhodes does not go down.
Ryder sets for the Broski Boot and he connects. Ryder gets a near fall. Rhodes sends Ryder into the turnbuckles and he misses an O’Connor Roll but he does not miss with the Beautiful Disaster and he gets the three count.
Winner: Cody Rhodes
After the match, Ryback makes his way to the ring and Cody Rhodes shows that he is a smart man because he leaves. Ryback enters the ring where Ryder is still on the mat after losing to Cody.
Ryback does a few laps around Ryder and then he rips off his ripped shirt. Ryback with the lariat to Ryder. Ryback with a power bomb. Ryback with the marching muscle buster to Ryder.
Ryder is thrown over the top rope to the floor.
Ryback picks up Ryder and someone is going to ride in the ambulance.
We go to commercial.
We are back with the WWE Rewind: The Shield has gold while Kofi, Kane, and Daniel Bryan do not.
Dean says that last night, The Shield brought power back to these titles. They are the reason why The Rock lost the WWE Title at Wrestlemania. He had to get surgery. Undertaker didn’t believe and now he is resting in peace. Ryback . . . what they did to him is that they broke him down so much that he felt betrayed and snapped against John Cena. Dean says that they forced John Cena to be carted off last night.
Everyone’s heroes are being brought down one by one by the swift hands of justice.
Seth says that he heard it said that justice is blind, but after what they did last night. Justice can see just fine and everyone can now see what a cohesive unit looks like. They can see the meaning of unbreakable right before them. They can see the future. Seth says that this is just the beginning.
Roman says that the ending stays the same. You put them in front of them and they take them out. The hounds of justice run this yard and they wear the collars to back it up.
The fires of justice are burning bright and they are the flames.
Match Number Six: Dean Ambrose, Seth Rollins, and Roman Reigns versus Kofi Kingston, Daniel Bryan, and Kane
Kofi and Ambrose start things off and they lock up. Ambrose with a hammer lock but Kofi with a reversal. Ambrose with a reversal of his own and Kofi with a flying mare and leg trip for a near fall. Ambrose with a leg trip for a near fall. Ambrose slaps Kofi and Kofi slaps back. Kofi with a monkey flip and arm drag into an arm bar.
Bryan tags in and he kicks Ambrose and connects with European uppercuts. Bryan with a knee to the midsection followed by a kick to the back and a knee drop to the head for a near fall. Bryan with a hammer lock but Ambrose with a back elbow and Rollins tags in but Bryan with a drop toe hold and an elbow drop to the back.
Bryan sets for the surfboard but he drives Rollins’ knees into the mat followed by a series of kicks to the chest. Kane tags in and Bryan with a snap mare and Kane with a drop kick for a near fall. Kane with an uppercut and then he kicks Rollins in the corner. Kane with a back elbow for a near fall. Kofi tags in and he connects with forearms.
Kofi with a hammer lock and he takes Rollins to the mat. Kofi with a knee drop to the shoulder. Rollins with an elbow to escape followed by a forearm and shoulder tackle. Kofi with leap frogs followed by a leaping back elbow for a near fall. Rollins runs Kofi into the corner and Reigns tags in and he punches Kofi while Rollins keeps Kofi in the corner.
Reigns chokes Kofi and the referee pulls him out of the corner. Ambrose gets in a few punches and Reigns with forearms to the back. Reigns with a running shoulder tackle. Reigns with a reverse chin lock. Reigns gets a near fall. Ambrose tags back in and he kicks Kofi and he sets for the Regal Stretch but Kofi escapes momentarily.
Ambrose slaps Kofi and then he hits a drop kick with Kofi against the ropes and Ambrose gets a near fall. Rollins tags in and he punches Kofi and kicks him and chokes Kofi in the corner. Kofi kicks Rollins and punches him. Rollins with a flatline into the corner and he gets a near fall. Rollins with a rear chin lock but Kofi gets back to his feet and he punches Rollins.
Seth with a punch and slam but Kofi with a head scissors and he tags in Bryan who punches Rollins. Rollins with an Irish whip but Bryan flips over Rollins and then he hits a flying clothesline. Bryan with a running drop kick into the corner. Bryan with kicks to the chest. Bryan misses a round kick but does not miss the second one and he gets a near fall. Bryan goes up top but Rollins crotches Bryan and Ambrose tags in and he climbs the turnbuckles and connects with forearms to the back before he tries for a superplex. Bryan holds on to the turnbuckles and he drops Ambrose to the mat. Bryan with a missile drop kick for a near fall.
Bryan tries for the No Lock but Ambrose gets to the ropes. Reigns pulls Ambrose to the floor. Bryan knocks Rollins off the apron and we have a standoff in the ring.
We go to commercial.
We are back and Kane is in the ring with Reigns but Kofi tags in and he goes up top for a double sledge to the arm. Reigns with a punch to neutralize Kofi. Ambrose tags in and he punches Kofi and runs his eyes along the top rope. Kofi with an Irish whip and Kofi leaps into the corner and he punches Ambrose before returning to the mat and he connects with a European uppercut. Bryan tags in and he kicks Ambrose.
Bryan puts Ambrose in the tree of woe and he kicks Ambrose in the chest. Bryan with a baseball slide to the head and he gets a near fall. Bryan with punches to Ambrose but Rollins with a knee to the back and Rollins tags in and he goes for a buckle bomb and he hits it and gets a near fall. Rollins punches Bryan and he tags in Reigns. Reigns with a short arm clothesline. Reigns stands on Bryan’s hand and he punches Bryan before applying a reverse chin lock.
Bryan with punches to Reigns but Reigns with a running back elbow and a knee lift. Reigns gets a near fall. Ambrose tags in and he stomps on the midsection followed by a snap elbow drop for a near fall. Ambrose with a belly-to-back suplex for a near fall. Ambrose works on the fingers of Bryan and then he punches Bryan but Bryan blocks a punch and he connects with head butts.
Bryan with punches but Ambrose with a knee and he holds Bryan while Rollins punches him. Ambrose tags back in and he punches Bryan and connects with a head butt. Ambrose taunts Bryan and Bryan with a round kick to the head and Ambrose slumps to the mat. Reigns tags in and he tries to stop Bryan from making the tag but Kane tags in.
Kane with a shoulder to Reigns and then he avoids a splash from Reigns and he hits a power slam followed by an Irish whip and clothesline into the corner. Kane with another Irish whip and clothesline followed by a side slam but Ambrose breaks up the cover. Kofi tags care of Ambrose and sends him to the floor. Bryan and Kofi with stereo dives onto Rollins and Ambrose.
Reigns punches Kane but Kane with a DDT. Kane gets a near fall. Bryan suplexes Ambrose on the floor while Rollins sends Kofi into the ring post. Kane with a big boot to Reigns and he sets for the choke slam but Ambrose comes off the top and he is met with an uppercut. The referee deals with Ambrose and Rollins with a knee from the top rope to break up the choke slam attempt and Reigns with a spear to Kane for the three count.
Winners: Dean Ambrose, Roman Reigns, and Seth Rollins
We take a look back at the introduction of Curtis Axel.
Triple H is in the back getting ready and the medical assistant tells Hunter that the doctor does not think Hunter is ready to wrestle tonight. Hunter tells Larry to tell the doctor that if he doesn’t want Hunter to wrestle, he can look for a new job.
We are back and Kaitlyn finally got a phone number for the secret admirer. Natalya tells Kaitlyn that she will get Magnum Khali on the job. Kaitlyn sees Cody Rhodes with his phone and Kaitlyn things it might be him. Natalya runs interference and Kaitlyn takes his phone and realizes it isn’t Cody.
Kaitlyn says that she is glad that it isn’t Cody.
Jerry Lawler tells everyone that there were more than 150,000 votes for Jack Swagger’s opponent and it is . .
Match Number Seven: Jack Swagger (with Zeb Colter) versus Randy Orton
They lock up and Swagger with a side head lock and take down. Orton with a side head lock but Swagger with a top wrist lock and he takes Orton to the mat. Orton with a rake of the eyes followed by a European uppercut and drop kick. They go to the floor and Orton with a belly-to-back suplex onto the ringside barrier.
Orton returns to the ring and then he goes back to the floor to clothesline Swagger. Orton with a European uppercut on the floor and he gets a near fall when they go into the ring. Orton climbs the turnbuckles and he punches Swagger. Orton with more punches from the turnbuckles. Orton with a suplex.
Orton gets a near fall. Swagger with a kick to the knee and a forearm to the back and kick to the ribs. Swagger with a running shoulder tackle. Swagger with knees in the corner until the referee warns him. Orton with kicks but he misses a clothesline. Orton with a Thesz Press and punches. Orton stomps on the hand but he checks on his knee. Swagger with a shoulder into the knee and then he hyper-extends the knee and he applies a step over toe hold.
Orton pulls the strap to get Swagger closer to him and he punches Swagger but Swagger maintains the hold. Orton with punches to get out of the hold but the damage has been done. Orton sends Swagger over the top rope to the floor. Orton puts Swagger over the apron and he goes for the IEDDT but Swagger gets to the floor and he runs Orton into the ringside barrier and then into the apron.
They return to the ring and Swagger gets a near fall. Swagger returns to the step over toe hold. Orton with punches to Swagger but Swagger with an Irish whip and Orton gets his feet up. Swagger knocks Orton off the turnbuckles and he falls to the floor as we go to commercial.
We are back and Swagger is working on the injured ankle but Orton gets to the ropes. Orton continues to favor his knee and he connects with knees in the corner. Swagger misses a charge into the corner and he goes shoulder first into the post. Orton sends Swagger into the turnbuckle and they go up top and Orton with a superplex and both men are down.
Orton gets a near fall. Orton limps to Swagger and he runs his laces across the face followed by European uppercuts and punches but Swagger with a belly-to-belly suplex for a near fall. Swagger goes for the double jump Swagger Bomb but Orton recovers and kicks Swagger in the midsection.
Orton with two clotheslines followed by a missed one from Swagger. Orton with a power slam and then Swagger goes to the apron. Orton tries for the IEDDT but Swagger gets back into the ring and he hits a power slam for a near fall. Swagger with an ankle lock but Orton rolls through and sends Swagger into the turnbuckles. Orton with a back breaker for a near fall.
Orton sends Swagger to the apron and the third time is the charm for the IEDDT and then he looks around for the right place to twist to the mat to set up the RKO. Orton cannot gets the momentum to hit the RKO and Swagger ducks it and applies the ankle lock. Orton tries to kick Swagger away and he returns to the hold.
Orton gets to the ropes but Swagger pulls Orton back into the center of the ring. Swagger is kicked to the floor and he returns to the ring only to be met with an RKO and Orton gets the three count.
Winner: Randy Orton
We go to commercial.
Match Number Eight: Triple H (with GameFountain) versus Curt Axel (with Paul Heyman)
Axel moves around Hunter and takes a few shots in Hunter’s general direction. Curt turns his back and Hunter puts him into the corner. Hunter with a short arm clothesline. Hunter with another short arm clothesline for a near fall. Hunter sends Curt to the floor in front of Heyman.
Hunter sends him back into the ring but Curt with a forearm and kicks in the corner. Curt with punches and kicks until the referee pulls him out of the corner. Hunter puts Curt in the corner and he punches Axel. Curt with a drop kick and he gets a near fall. Curt with kicks and he chokes Hunter in the corner.
Hunter with an Irish whip but Curt with a shot to the jaw. Curt with forearms to the head and then he goes to the turnbuckles for an elbow drop and he gets a near fall. Michael with a reverse chin lock. Hunter backs Curt into the turnbuckles and connects with shoulders. Hunter with a facebuster and then he hits the spinebuster and he poses.
Hunter clotheslines Axel over the top rope to the floor but Hunter tries to fix his jaw. Hunter goes to the floor and he sends Axel into the apron. Curt with punches to Hunter but Hunter with a clothesline on the floor and he sends Curt back into the ring. Hunter cannot get back into the ring and he needs to take a breather. Hunter takes a seat at ringside.
He comes out of his corner but he cannot get back into the ring and he falls to a knee. The medical staff checks on Hunter and they say that he cannot continue.
The referee checks on Hunter as well but Hunter refuses the care and we go to credits. 

THE NEW 'PAUL HEYMAN GUY' IN WWE IS.....

Introduced tonight on Raw tonight as Paul Heyman's new charge was Curtis Axel, formerly Michael McGuillicuty.

The new ring name name is a combination inspired by his father, Mr. Perfect Curt Hennig and his grandfather, Larry "The Ax" Hennig.
Axel came out with new music that was obviously a play off of the Mr. Perfect theme.

COMPLETE WWE EXTREME RULES PPV COVERAGE

Welcome to PWInsider's ongoing coverage of the 2013 WWE Extreme Rules PPV. Pre-Game Show
They had a panel discussing the PPV featuring Renee Young, Mick Foley, Titus O'Neil and Wade Barrett.  Foley said it's one of his favorite nights of the year.  Barrett pushed the Orton vs. Show match.  O'Neill said he was looking forward to the Sheamus-Henry Strap match.   Foley said he was looking forward to the Last Man Standing match, saying it doesn't get more simple and primitive than that.
They aired a promotional video on Ryback vs. John Cena.
The panel discussed the WWE title match.  Barrett predicted that Cena's injury would mean the end of his WWE title run.
The WWE feed seemed to crash as they were promoting a Facebook poll.
The pre-show never returned, at least for me.  I checked WWE.com, the WWE  App and Youtube.
The PPV started with a great video piece.
Chris Jericho vs. Fandango
Fandango was with Summer Rae.  Jericho sat in the corner unimpressed as Fandango and Raw danced in front of the Fandango outline pyro.  Big Y2J chant at the bell.
They locked up and Jericho backed Fandango into the corner.  Fandango came back and shoulderblocked Jericho down.  Jericho responded with a dropkick as he rebounded off the ropes.  Jericho went after him but Fandango pulled himself out of the ring to slow down the momentum.  Jericho chased him back into the ring and drilled him with an elbow.  Jericho then nailed him with sliding dropkick to the outside.
Jericho worked over Fandango on the floor and tossed him back into the ring.  Fandango stomped the hell out of Jericho as he returned to the ring.  Jericho reversed a whip into the corner but was kicked down as he was charged.  Fandango kicked Jericho as he was hung up in the ropes.   Fandango locked in a chinlock but Jericho fought his way out.  Jericho tried to roll up Fandango but was drilled.  Fandango nailed a slingshot legdrop into the ring for a two count.
Jericho came back with a forearm off the top and a running bulldog.  Fandango came back with a series of punches and went to the top.  Jericho nailed him as he came down and chopped him hard in the corner.  Jericho whipped him into the corner and followed him but Fandango went up and over for a sunset flip attempt.  Jericho turned that into The Walls of Jericho but Fandango made it to the ropes.
Fandango kicked Jericho as he charged him.  Fandango went to the top and leapt off but Jericho caught him with the Codebreaker in mid-air and scored the pin.
Your winner, Chris Jericho!
Much better than their Wrestlemania bout.  Solid back and forth encounter.
Sheamus was interviewed backstage.  He said that Mark Henry was real impressive dragging trucks but they don't hit back.  Sheamus does.  He promised that he was going to show Henry how extreme Sheamus can be.
They aired clips building Ryback vs. Cena for later.
WWE United States champion Kofi Kingston vs. Dean Ambrose
Seth Rollins and Roman Reigns came out with Ambrose in the crowd but left and returned to the back.  Ambrose took down Kingston with a takedown early.  There was a noticeable "Let's go Ambrose" chant.   Kingston went for Trouble in Paradise early but Ambrose grabbed the ropes to avoid it.
Kingston worked him over with some hot offense and drilled him with punches in the corner.  Ambrose cut him off with a stiff clothesline.  Ambrose worked him over with strikes and dropkicked Kingston as he was against the ropes. 
The announcers noted on commentary that Harley Race was in attendance.
Kingston leapt at Ambrose but was locked in a choke and scissored him.   Kingston pulled himself out and ran into the corner to break it.  Kingston nailed several dropkicks and a leaping clothesline before scoring with the Boom Drop.  Kingston set up for Trouble in Paradise but Ambrose avoided it.  They had a moment where Kingston and Ambrose connected by accident but saved it with an SOS.  Ambrose kicked up at the last second.
Kingston and Ambrose battled on the top.  Ambrose went for a superplex but was knocked off.  He returned and worked over Kingston, finally nailing it and scoring a two count.  Kingston came back with a slingshot into a cross body for a two count.  Kingston caught him with Trouble in Paradise, knocking him off the apron to the floor.  Kingston rolled him back into the ring for the pin but Ambrose grabbed the ropes.  JBL buried Kingston for not just taking a countout win.
Ambrose tried to roll up Kingston who kicked out.  Kingston went for Trouble in Paradise but Ambrose ducked and Kingston wiped himself out in the ropes.  Ambrose spiked him with a DDT and scored the pin.
Your winner and new WWE United States champion, Dean Ambrose!
The Shield hit the ring to celebrate.
Solid match.  Nothing that was going to be remembered as a classic but they worked a good pace and style and historically, a big moment for Ambrose and The Shield.
They pushed that on the App, you can change the face of WWE via voting.
They aired some clips building to the Strap Match.
Mark Henry vs. Sheamus: Strap Match
They had green and red lights set up on each ringpost so fans could easily follow along with whether the wrestlers had reached all the corners needed to win the Strap Match.
They were attached at the wrist by the strap.
They began brawling back and forth.   Sheamus nailed a clothesline and drilled Henry in the back of the leg to bring him down.  He touched a turnbuckle but was pulled into a clothesline.  Henry tied to hog-tie Sheamus so he could drag him around and hit two buckles before Sheamus broke free.  He pulled himself out of the ring and nailed Henry.  He returned to the rin but was clotheslined over the top to the floor.  Henry pulled him back into the ring.    Sheamus nailed him and on the outside, ran across the apron and touched three corners but was sent off the apron to the floor by Henry.
Henry pulled him back onto the apron and pulled the strap around Sheamus before yanking him back in over the top.    Henry lashed him across the back several times.  Henry placed him on his shoulders and began nailing the buckles but Sheamus hit them as well.  Henry realized Sheamus' lights were on as well, so he slammed Sheamus down.  Sheamus grabbed the strap and pulled it into a lowblow on Henry.  He drilled Henry with a series of kneedrops.  Sheamus lashed Henry over and over, then began touching the corners but was cut off before he could touch the final one.
They went to the outside with Sheamus nailing Henry several times.  He used the strap to wrap up Henry and trap him to a ringpost so he can nail him.  Sheamus released him, then pulled the strap so Henry hit the ringpost.  Henry rolled into the ring and Sheamus nailed three corners.  Henry stood in his way to stop him.  Sheamus tried to dive past him but was caught.  Henry went for the World's Strongest Slam but Sheamus slipped out, nailed the Brogue Kick and touched the final corner for the win.
Your winner, Sheamus!
OK match.  They played well to the gimmick but the finish seemed really hokey since Henry had obviously broken Sheamus' momentum.  Nowhere near the hard hitting war you would expect after the lashing angle.
AJ was talking sweet to Dolph Ziggler on the phone.  Kaitlyn showed up and said that Vickie Guerrero told her AJ was too distraught over Dolph to challenge her for the title.  They exchanged some really bad insults, one of which seemed to be designed to get fans to chant "Looney Toon" at AJ.  AJ called Kaitlyn a pig and she was attacked.  They had a decent catfight before referees pulled them apart.  The verbiage was cringe-worthy, almost like a bad indy segment.  So bad I can't believe it mad it to WWE TV.

Jack Swagger vs. Alberto Del Rio: I Quit Match
Zeb Colter cut a promo on the government for letting the IRS target certain groups and for tapping the AP's phones.  He asked who was going to jail and ripped on the fans for allowing it to happen.  He blamed St. Louis and The Cardinals for allowed foreign born players to come here and then take their money back home.  He said that when fans support them and Alberto Del Rio, it just proves they have given up on America.  He promised Swagger would make Del Rio quit in two languages and send him back to Mexico.  They are then going to go hunting for Dolph Ziggler and the World title.  Great promo.  Colter is great.
They started out hit with Swagger being clotheslined over the top to the floor and Del Rio nailing a tope to the outside.  Del Rio began using a Singapore Cane.  Swagger got the better of it and worked Alberto over but he didn't want to quit.  Swagger exposed the metal under the barrier and tried to suplex Del Rio onto it but Swagger was sent into the stairs and worked over but he refused to quit.
They returned to the ring where Swagger worked him over hard with the cane.  He choked Del Rio against the ringpost but Alberto refused.  Swagger began focusing his attack on Del Rio's leg as a way to soften it up for the Patriot Act.  Del Rio finally blocked an attack but was quickly cut off and tied up in the ropes.  Swagger beat him again and again with the cane but Del Rio refused to quit.  He was released from the ropes and grabbed Swagger in the armbreaker while hanging over the ropes.  There was no rope break but Swagger finally nailed him with the stick to break it.
Del Rio was worked over but ducked a running kick.  Del Rio unloaded a ton of offensive maneuvers.   He tied up Swagger against the ropes and beat him with the cane, then nailed a backstabber with it while using the cane for additional leverage.
Swagger came back with an amateur takedown.  Swagger nailed a Vader splash out of the corner, followed by a Doctor Bomb.  Del Rio refused to quit.   Swagger nailed another Doctor Bomb but again, Del Rio would not quit.  He grabbed the cross armbreaker out of nowhere.  Swagger turned that into the Patriot Act.  Swagger scissored it in the center of the ring.  Ricardo teased throwing in the towel and was told not to do it by Del Rio.  Colter grabbed it off the apron and threw it in the ring.    The ref rang the bell, not seeing who threw it into the ring.
Ricardo protested and a second referee came into the ring.  The ref explained that Ricardo did not throw the towel.    The referee asked to see an instant replay on a monitor.  The referee ruled that if Alberto can continue, they will restart the match.  They did a deal with Alberto dramatically pulled himself up and agreed to continue.
Swagger attacked him in the corner but was kicked off.  Del Rio kicked him and nailed the rolling cross armbreaker.     Swagger tried to roll over and power out but Del Rio pulled him back over.  Swagger finally quit.
Your winner, Alberto Del Rio!
Del Rio is now the number one contender to the World title.
Good match with some really vicious shots and good storytelling and brawling but they were really overbearing with the referee asking about submissions immediately to the point of ridiculousness. The instant replay deal come off unique but now if every screwy finish from this point on doesn't get overturned....
Ryback cut a promo backstage.  He said that he tells the truth.  He says that Cena is a liar and Ryback should have been champion six months ago.  He said that it didn't happen because certain people play by their rules.  Tonight, Ryback Rules.  He said  Cena isn't getting up because he isn't going to let it happen.
Ryback cut a promo backstage.  He said that he tells the truth.  He says that Cena is a liar and Ryback should have been champion six months ago.  He said that it didn't happen because certain people play by their rules.  Tonight, Ryback Rules.  He said  Cena isn't getting up because he isn't going to let it happen.
WWE Tag Team champions Team Hell No vs. The Shield.
All four are legal.  Bryan drilled Rollins with a great clothesline and cinched in a bow and arrow.  Kane worked over Reigns in the corner.   Pretty much just brawling with no flow early.  The Shield took out Bryan and then hit a double suplex on Kane. 
They set up Bryan for a Superbomb but he nailed a rana off the top.  Kane grabbed both by the throat and forced them over the top to the floor.  Bryan nailed a tope to the floor on both.  Kane and Bryan brought the challengers to the ring and worked them over.  They each charged the opposite corner nailing their opponents and then double teamed them.  Kane went to the top and nailed a clothesline.
Bryan locked in the No Lock.  Reign nailed Kane and broke the No Lock.  Kane chokeslammed Reigns but was speared by Rollins.  Reigns began working over Bryan in the corner but Kane attacked him.  Kane went for a tombstone but Reigns slipped over and shoved him into Bryan.  Kane went for a chokeslam but Rollins came off with a flying knee.  Reigns speared Kane but Bryan broke it up at two.
Bryan began killing him with knees to the chest.  Reigns rolled him up but Bryan turned it into the No Lock.  Rollins nailed him.  Reigns held him in a Torture Rack.  Rollins came off with the flying kneedrop and killed Bryan.  The Shield scored the win.
Your winners and new WWE Tag Team champions, The Shield!
OK match.  There was no real flow to this but some of the latter sequences were very good.  Crowd was really into this one.  Nice to see The Shield continue to flourish.  Loved their finisher.
Thus far, a very eh show.
Big Show vs. Randy Orton: Extreme Rules
They went to the floor really early.  Orton used a Singapore Cane.  Show was thrashed with it but got it away and broke it.  Then, he didn't use it as a weapon, because, well, it's WWE.
Orton grabbed another from under the ring and beat Show with it.  Show got it and broke it again.  Show worked him over by the announcers and went to ram Orton into the ringpost but Orton slipped behind him and shoved Show into the post.
Orton pulled a ladder out from under the ring.  He went to bring it to Show but had it slammed into his face.  Show brought him into the ring and locked in an armbar.  EXTREME!  Orton mounted a comeback but was caught and slammed down by Show for a two count.
Show brought a ladder and several chairs into the ring.  He set up the ladder on the chairs and then hit a sideslam on Orton for a two count.  He then placed Orton on the ladder for a Vader bomb off the ropes.  Orton rolled out of the way and Show landed on the ladder.
Orton worked over Show and his hometown got really into it.  He nailed the RKO for a two count.  Orton continued working over Show but was caught with a spear.  Orton came back with an RKO on the chair.  Orton set up for the punt kick and nailed it.  First time in a while he's done that move.  Orton scored the pin.
Your winner, Randy Orton!
Orton was super over in his hometown and it was entertaining to watch him reacting to that.  The match was OK but again, nothing really over the top amazing, which has been the theme here.  For an Extreme show, it's been more pedestrian than anything else you'd expect.  Just some weapons shots.

WWE champion John Cena vs. Ryback: Last Man Standing
Ryback shoulderblocked Cena down early.  Cena tried to mount some offense but was shoulderblocked down again.  Ryback controlled the match early but was kicked off as he charged Cena in the corner.  Cena leapt off the buckles but was caught and slammed.  The referee began counting Cena out.  Cena got up at the six count and Ryback pounced on him, beating him down.  The referee began counting Cena out again.
Cena returned to his feet but Ryback grabbed him and pressed and dropped him.   Cena slowly pulled himself to his feet at the eight count.  Ryback charged but Cena dropped down and Ryback flew over the ropes to the floor.  Cena pulled a table into the ring as Ryback was outside recovering.
Cena went for the Attitude Adjustment when Ryback returned to the ring but was caught and spiked down.  Ryback saw the table and set it up in the corner.  Cena tried to mount some offense and nailed a sholderblock but was caught and hit with a Fall Away Slam into the table.
Cena avoided a charge in the corner and nailed a pumphandle slam on Ryback.  Ryback cut him off almost immediately with a shoulderblock to the mid-section.  Cena came back with a powerbomb.    He charged Ryback in the corner and leapt on him but they apparently forgot what the hell was supposed to happen as time stood still.  Fans began chanting for CM Punk live.  Ryback slammed Cena down.  This is just not good.
Cena locked in the STF.  Ryback passed out in the move far too quickly for anyone to buy it.  Cena pulled another table into the ring.  Ryback grabbed him and slammed him to the mat.  Ryback grabbed him for Shellshock but Cena slipped out and hit the AA through the table.  Ryback made it to his feet at nine.
Cena went to the top but Ryback caught him and nailed Shellshock.   Ryback recovered.  He took over on Cena and pulled him over to the ringpost.  He grabbed the chair to hit Cena's bad ankle with but was kicked into the barrier.  Cena speared him through the barrier, which exploded under the force of the move.
Cena crawled into the audience with Ryback following.   They battled in front of some production equipment.  Ryback removed a piece of the wall section from the Arena set up and nailed Cena with it.  That was unique.  Cena recovered at nine.   Cena locked on a sleeper as Ryback tried to walk towards several workers with laptops.  Ryback dropped to his knees.  Cena placed him on an empty table and went into the first level of the crowd, leaping off with a splash.  Cena came up selling his mid-section.
Cena grabbed a fire extinguisher and squirted Ryback with it several times.  They ended up on the entrance stage.  Cena squirted him and teased nailing Ryback with it.  Cena nailed him but Ryback returned to his feet.  Cena nailed him again but Ryback returned to his feet at seven.   Cena went for an AA off the stage but Ryback slipped out, grabbed Cena and speared him through the digital light boards of the set.  Charles Robinson sold it like WTF am I supposed to do, before running around the set to the back.  That was a cool spot.
We went to a shot backstage of Ryback and Cena both out cold.  Cena was laid out across some metal rigging.  Ryback was out on the floor.   EMTS began checking on them.  The crowd began booing the idea that this was the finish.     Ryback was walked off by referees.   They actually put Cena on a stretcher and a neck brace and stretchered him out.  Cena sold it like he was out cold.
The crowd must have spotted Mick Foley because they began chanting for Foley.
The stunt at the end was a cool visual but to have that as the finish of an "extreme" PPV is pretty ridiculous, especially since it's a Last Man Standing match.  Technically, Cena should have been counted out and Ryback, who was walked out, should have won.  In a lot of ways, this was pretty the story of this PPV.  It was advertised of having a concept that WWE today just can't deliver. 

Steel Cage: Brock Lesnar vs. Triple H
Triple H attacked Lesnar as he walked to the ring then nailed Paul Heyman.  HHH tossed Lesnar in and came off the ropes with a shot.  They noted the new cage and said it was a foot taller and reinforced for Lesnar.
HHH sent Lesnar into the cage several times and nailed a spinebuster.    He went for the Pedigree but Lesnar reversed it and shot HHH into the cage. 
They noted UFC Hall of Famer Matt Hughes was at ringside.
HHH and Lesnar battled near the cage and Lesnar smashed him backward into the cage.   He grabbed HHH and launched him into the cage.  The shots into the cage were more vicious than 99% of the rest of this show.  HHH finally escaped one and shoved Lesnar into the cage.  He worked him over with right hands and a big clothesline.
Lesnar shot HHH into the cage again and charged him with a high knee.  Lesnar missed and drilled his knee into the cage.  He went down and immediately said, "Paul, my knee."  He went after HHH and nailed an over the shoulder powerslam.  He immediately screamed and sold the knee and told Heyman, "My knee broke."
Lesnar was selling the knee, allowing HHH to recover and realize the weakness.  He went right after the knee and drilled Lesnar's face into his own knee.  HHH went for a Pedigree but Lesnar locked on a Kimura.  HHH began beating on his knee to get Lesnar to release it.  HHH went for Lesnar but was clotheslined.
Heyman had the cage door opened and told Lesnar to get out.  Lesnar began limping out but HHH chopblocked him.  HHH tried to get out of the cage but Heman slammed the door in his face.  Lesnar nailed the F5 for a two count.  Lesnar asked for a chair and Heyman went to retrieve it.  He shoved the referee away in order to get it to Brock.
Lesnar used the chair with several stiff shots across HHH's back.   Lesnar's knee buckled when he went for a move and HHH drilled it.  HHH grabbed the chair and killed Lesnar with a shot across the back that was more vicious than anything on the entire show.  He then drilled Lesnar with more shots across the leg.
Lesnar tried to go back to the Kimura but HHH rammed him into the corner.  Lesnar grabbed his leg and snapped it, then locked on a figure four leglock in the center.   Lesnar tried to fight his way out but HHH beat on his bad leg.  Lesnar grabbed the ropes but it didn't mean a break.  Heyman told him to turn it, which he finally did.
Lesnar tried to scale the cage and made it to the top but as he got there, HHH drilled him with a chair across the leg.  Lesnar dropped back into the cage where he and HHH battled on the top rope.  Lesnar was nailed and crashed into the ring.  HHH revealed he had hidden a sledgehammer at the top of the cage but before he could use it, Lesnar nailed him and HHH crashed into the ring.
Lesnar grabbed the sledgehammer but HHH nailed him and locked in a Sharpshooter.  Heyman entered the cage but was drilled by a HHH kick and nailed with a Pedigree.  HHH caught Lesnar coming with a hammer shot and nailed a Pedigree but Lesnar kicked up.
HHH grabbed the sledgehammer but Heyman nailed him with a low blow.  Lesnar was hobbling but used the sledgehammer to drill HHH in the jaw.  Lesnar pulled HHH up, nailed the F5 and scored the pin.
Your winner, Brock Lesnar!
A hell of a main event.  Far and away the best thing on the show.  Nothing comes even remotely close.  This was vicious, brutal and it told a really well done story.    It was in another world in comparison to everything that came before it.