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Hey, Bleachers, this is the live blog for the Labor Day 2011 edition of WWE Monday Night Raw.
Join us tonight at 9/8 PM Central time as Raw begins on the USA network, as we'll have full results, coverage and analysis of the show from start to finish.
Last week on the Raw "super show," John Cena and Sheamus teamed up to take on Mark Henry and Christian in the main event.
WWE Champion Alberto Del Rio was missing in action due to visa issues, but is reportedly back and in attendance this week.
Tonight, WWE COO Triple H will be returning to action in the ring for the first time since his epic bout with The Undertaker at Wrestlemania. Who will his opponent be?
Join in the live discussion with us here in the comment section tonight as the show begins!
Join us tonight at 9/8 PM Central time as Raw begins on the USA network, as we'll have full results, coverage and analysis of the show from start to finish.
Last week on the Raw "super show," John Cena and Sheamus teamed up to take on Mark Henry and Christian in the main event.
WWE Champion Alberto Del Rio was missing in action due to visa issues, but is reportedly back and in attendance this week.
Tonight, WWE COO Triple H will be returning to action in the ring for the first time since his epic bout with The Undertaker at Wrestlemania. Who will his opponent be?
Join in the live discussion with us here in the comment section tonight as the show begins!
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Eight-Man Tag Team Match:
We're back from commercial break, Wade Barrett is beating down Alex Riley.
Morrison is tagged in, and cleans house taking out the entire heel team.
Swagger tags Ziggler without his consent, and taps Morrison with an ankle lock. Good job keeping their current feud in mind while they're trying to function as a team.
Before going to commercial break, Vicki Guerrero comes out to the ring. Mega heel team, assemble!!!
Ziggler wearing down Riley in the ring now when we return, Riley battles back, but loses momentum quickly. Swagger tags himself back in again, and looks for the ankle lock, but loses it.
Swagger hits his "Vader bomb" and then taps Riley with an ankle lock. Sheamus in the ring now, nice pop for him.
Tag to Barrett, and after some back and forth, Sheamus begins to take control. Sheamus misses the Brogue kick, but lands it shortly after. Sheamus enters with a spear, but only gets a two count.
Christian goes for the Killswitch, but loses it. Christian slaps Sheamus and Sheamus snaps.
Sheamus chases Christian around the arena and up the ramp, and they're counted out. Cena is the last man left against Swagger and Ziggler. Not good for the heel team.
Cena comes out and goes to work, Swagger is the legal man, he beats down Cena, and tags Ziggler when he calls for the tag. Could they put their differences aside to win this match? Don't bet on it.
Tag back to Swagger, and let me add that I'm proud of WWE creative for being able to kill two birds with one stone in this match, hitting on Cena/Del Rio and Ziggler/Swagger/Vickie at the same time.
Cena turns it on, and takes out both heels as Ziggler runs in. He hits a double Five Knuckle Shuffle on them.
Swagger catches Cena and slams him, then hits his vader bomb again, about to finish. Swagger is tagged out by Ziggler, they argue, then Ziggler gets hit with an Attitude Adjustment, and pinned.
Swagger goes for an ankle lock, it's countered with an STF, and Swagger taps. Not bad!
Team Cena wins the Eight-Man Tag Team Match
Thoughts on tonight's show?
We're back from commercial break, Wade Barrett is beating down Alex Riley.
Morrison is tagged in, and cleans house taking out the entire heel team.
Swagger tags Ziggler without his consent, and taps Morrison with an ankle lock. Good job keeping their current feud in mind while they're trying to function as a team.
Before going to commercial break, Vicki Guerrero comes out to the ring. Mega heel team, assemble!!!
Ziggler wearing down Riley in the ring now when we return, Riley battles back, but loses momentum quickly. Swagger tags himself back in again, and looks for the ankle lock, but loses it.
Swagger hits his "Vader bomb" and then taps Riley with an ankle lock. Sheamus in the ring now, nice pop for him.
Tag to Barrett, and after some back and forth, Sheamus begins to take control. Sheamus misses the Brogue kick, but lands it shortly after. Sheamus enters with a spear, but only gets a two count.
Christian goes for the Killswitch, but loses it. Christian slaps Sheamus and Sheamus snaps.
Sheamus chases Christian around the arena and up the ramp, and they're counted out. Cena is the last man left against Swagger and Ziggler. Not good for the heel team.
Cena comes out and goes to work, Swagger is the legal man, he beats down Cena, and tags Ziggler when he calls for the tag. Could they put their differences aside to win this match? Don't bet on it.
Tag back to Swagger, and let me add that I'm proud of WWE creative for being able to kill two birds with one stone in this match, hitting on Cena/Del Rio and Ziggler/Swagger/Vickie at the same time.
Cena turns it on, and takes out both heels as Ziggler runs in. He hits a double Five Knuckle Shuffle on them.
Swagger catches Cena and slams him, then hits his vader bomb again, about to finish. Swagger is tagged out by Ziggler, they argue, then Ziggler gets hit with an Attitude Adjustment, and pinned.
Swagger goes for an ankle lock, it's countered with an STF, and Swagger taps. Not bad!
Team Cena wins the Eight-Man Tag Team Match
Thoughts on tonight's show?
John Cena comes out, grabbing a mic. There's a recap of Del Rio's beatdown from Raw two weeks ago.
Cena talks about how Del Rio has been ducking him. He predicts that Ricardo Rodriguez is going to come out, introduce Del Rio, and Del Rio will come out in a fancy rental car, then tell Cena why he can't face him tonight.
Sure enough, Del Rio comes out after Ricardo announces him. He stays next to his car, and pulls out a mic. Convenient!
Del Rio says Cena doesn't get it. He's trying to give Cena a fighting chance, saying that Rey Mysterio isn't and won't be here for a long time because of him.
Del Rio says he let Cena go, because he wants to give him a fair fight at Night of Champions. He won't come down to face Cena because he doesn't want to hurt Cena...but he has some Amigos who do.
Dolph Ziggler, Wade Barrett, Jack Swagger, and Christian come out and jump Cena.
Alex Riley comes out, followed by Sheamus and John Morrison. They make the save.
Teddy Long comes out and makes an eight man tag team elimination match between them, which will be coming up next. Not a bad main event!
Cena talks about how Del Rio has been ducking him. He predicts that Ricardo Rodriguez is going to come out, introduce Del Rio, and Del Rio will come out in a fancy rental car, then tell Cena why he can't face him tonight.
Sure enough, Del Rio comes out after Ricardo announces him. He stays next to his car, and pulls out a mic. Convenient!
Del Rio says Cena doesn't get it. He's trying to give Cena a fighting chance, saying that Rey Mysterio isn't and won't be here for a long time because of him.
Del Rio says he let Cena go, because he wants to give him a fair fight at Night of Champions. He won't come down to face Cena because he doesn't want to hurt Cena...but he has some Amigos who do.
Dolph Ziggler, Wade Barrett, Jack Swagger, and Christian come out and jump Cena.
Alex Riley comes out, followed by Sheamus and John Morrison. They make the save.
Teddy Long comes out and makes an eight man tag team elimination match between them, which will be coming up next. Not a bad main event!
Randy Orton vs. Heath Slater:
Oh no, SuperShows suck, what will happen to the midcard!?!?!?
Oh wait.
Most offense goes to Orton, which should be expected. Not a complete squash, but it looked like a world champion taking on a midcarder.
RKO by Orton, followed by a three count.
Randy Orton def. Heath Slater via Pinfall
Zack Ryder is backstage overjoyed by getting a push and getting his merch on sale. Cena takes his sunglasses and asks "What kind of idiot wears glasses inside," then smirks at the camera, knowing he was teasing us with a heel turn, and he tells Zack he was just playing.
Cena continues to make me not hate him...I...I like this.
Oh no, SuperShows suck, what will happen to the midcard!?!?!?
Oh wait.
Most offense goes to Orton, which should be expected. Not a complete squash, but it looked like a world champion taking on a midcarder.
RKO by Orton, followed by a three count.
Randy Orton def. Heath Slater via Pinfall
Zack Ryder is backstage overjoyed by getting a push and getting his merch on sale. Cena takes his sunglasses and asks "What kind of idiot wears glasses inside," then smirks at the camera, knowing he was teasing us with a heel turn, and he tells Zack he was just playing.
Cena continues to make me not hate him...I...I like this.
David Otunga & Michael McGillicutty vs. Jerry Lawler & Zack Ryder:
Lawler announces Zack Ryder as his tag team partner, also saying that he's got more charisma than their opponents.
Huge promo for Ryder now, mixed with clips from his show, him with the internet title, as well as some WWE clips as well. JR and Michael Cole are putting him over in the booth, and explaining what he does with his youtube show and such.
Ryder starts the match, and "Let's go Ryder" chants are fired up early.
Ryder getting worked over by the former tag team champs. Although this feud between Otunga and McGillicutty started over Lawler saying they have no charisma, those two sure are showing it now that they have SOMETHING to be charismatic about.
Ryder calls for the tag after Lawler is about to finish off McGillicutty, Ryder hits his finisher, and that's all she wrote.
Zack Ryder & Jerry Lawler def. David Otunga & Michael McGillicutty via Pinfall
Del Rio is speaking with Dolph Ziggler now, once again trying to get someone to go after John Cena. The Bella Twins show some love to Del Rio during the promo as well.
Randy Orton is backstage, and we head to commercial break.
Lawler announces Zack Ryder as his tag team partner, also saying that he's got more charisma than their opponents.
Huge promo for Ryder now, mixed with clips from his show, him with the internet title, as well as some WWE clips as well. JR and Michael Cole are putting him over in the booth, and explaining what he does with his youtube show and such.
Ryder starts the match, and "Let's go Ryder" chants are fired up early.
Ryder getting worked over by the former tag team champs. Although this feud between Otunga and McGillicutty started over Lawler saying they have no charisma, those two sure are showing it now that they have SOMETHING to be charismatic about.
Ryder calls for the tag after Lawler is about to finish off McGillicutty, Ryder hits his finisher, and that's all she wrote.
Zack Ryder & Jerry Lawler def. David Otunga & Michael McGillicutty via Pinfall
Del Rio is speaking with Dolph Ziggler now, once again trying to get someone to go after John Cena. The Bella Twins show some love to Del Rio during the promo as well.
Randy Orton is backstage, and we head to commercial break.
CM Punk vs. R-Truth:
I can't get over Miz's awesome plaid suit. No pun intended.
R-Truth tells a kid to shut up in the crowd as he has Punk in a headlock, classic.
Punk hits Truth with a suicide dive out of the ring, and then waves on Miz, but he's not taking the bait. Back in the ring, Truth ambushes Punk while Miz taunts Punk from ringside.
Miz would be an awesome manager should he ever be unable to wrestle due to injury or something, he takes out Punk outside of the ring, then throws him back in.
The insults Cole hurls at JR seems a bit too real for my liking. I guess that just means he's doing his job. What bugs me is when he cracks on JR's accent or something, when it's really not an issue. Seems like there are better options. Go back to hating on the BBQ sauce.
Near fall for Punk after a small package. The back and forth continues on, Truth has the upper hand.
Truth climbs to the top rope, but Punk catches him, and hits him with a superplex.
Punk selling a hurt leg from an early shot he took on the apron, as well as the attack from Miz.
Punk calls for the GTS, and Truth counters. Punk avoids the scissor kick, and then kicks Miz after he grabs his foot. Miz is ejected from ringside after he begins to throw his suit off.
Truth tries to take advantage of Punk being distracted, but Punk counters, hits the GTS, and gets the pin.
CM Punk def. R-Truth via Pinfall
Triple H comes out as Punk celebrates, and when he makes it to the ring Punk grabs a mic and talks.
Punk says he doesn't buy the falling out between Triple H and Nash.
Triple H says "You want change, Obama?"
He's changed their match at Night of Champions, and it's now a No DQ match, because he wants to hurt Punk.
The COO says if he doesn't get all of this out of his system, Punk better hope he doesn't fire him afterwards.
Punk says he'll agree if Triple H agrees to a stipulation of his own, being that if he beats Triple H, he must resign from his position as COO. Interesting.
Backstage, Wade Barrett is talking to Curt Hawkins and Tyler Reks. Saying "something big" is in the works. Del Rio comes and talks to Barrett, Barrett brushes him off, and tells him to watch what he does tonight.
Also, the WWE Network is plugged.
I can't get over Miz's awesome plaid suit. No pun intended.
R-Truth tells a kid to shut up in the crowd as he has Punk in a headlock, classic.
Punk hits Truth with a suicide dive out of the ring, and then waves on Miz, but he's not taking the bait. Back in the ring, Truth ambushes Punk while Miz taunts Punk from ringside.
Miz would be an awesome manager should he ever be unable to wrestle due to injury or something, he takes out Punk outside of the ring, then throws him back in.
The insults Cole hurls at JR seems a bit too real for my liking. I guess that just means he's doing his job. What bugs me is when he cracks on JR's accent or something, when it's really not an issue. Seems like there are better options. Go back to hating on the BBQ sauce.
Near fall for Punk after a small package. The back and forth continues on, Truth has the upper hand.
Truth climbs to the top rope, but Punk catches him, and hits him with a superplex.
Punk selling a hurt leg from an early shot he took on the apron, as well as the attack from Miz.
Punk calls for the GTS, and Truth counters. Punk avoids the scissor kick, and then kicks Miz after he grabs his foot. Miz is ejected from ringside after he begins to throw his suit off.
Truth tries to take advantage of Punk being distracted, but Punk counters, hits the GTS, and gets the pin.
CM Punk def. R-Truth via Pinfall
Triple H comes out as Punk celebrates, and when he makes it to the ring Punk grabs a mic and talks.
Punk says he doesn't buy the falling out between Triple H and Nash.
Triple H says "You want change, Obama?"
He's changed their match at Night of Champions, and it's now a No DQ match, because he wants to hurt Punk.
The COO says if he doesn't get all of this out of his system, Punk better hope he doesn't fire him afterwards.
Punk says he'll agree if Triple H agrees to a stipulation of his own, being that if he beats Triple H, he must resign from his position as COO. Interesting.
Backstage, Wade Barrett is talking to Curt Hawkins and Tyler Reks. Saying "something big" is in the works. Del Rio comes and talks to Barrett, Barrett brushes him off, and tells him to watch what he does tonight.
Also, the WWE Network is plugged.
We're back, R-Truth has a mic as he enters. He asks how anything CM Punk does is "different" as he said at the beginning of the show.
No Miz, by the way, scratch that, he's coming out now.
The banter between these two is amazing. Miz says he's had an epiphany, R-Truth says he had one of those when he was a kid.
Miz says that Triple H has neglected them, but he'll do his job for him, and declares that he and R-Truth will take on Air Boom at Night of Champions.
R-Truth finishes off the promo saying he's had an "epiphaninny", and that CM Punk is going to get got.
Match coming up next!
No Miz, by the way, scratch that, he's coming out now.
The banter between these two is amazing. Miz says he's had an epiphany, R-Truth says he had one of those when he was a kid.
Miz says that Triple H has neglected them, but he'll do his job for him, and declares that he and R-Truth will take on Air Boom at Night of Champions.
R-Truth finishes off the promo saying he's had an "epiphaninny", and that CM Punk is going to get got.
Match coming up next!
Upon returning from commercial, Survivor Series is plugged, with Lawler saying that it will be "electrifying" while also plugging The Rock hitting over 1 million twitter followers.
Del Rio speaks with Christian backstage after shooing off Drew McIntyre, saying that if it wasn't for John Cena, he'd be World Heavyweight Champion right now. Del Rio is looking to tempt Christian into taking out Cena.
Afterwards, Triple H's movie "Inside Out" is plugged.
R-Truth is backstage, heading out to face CM Punk, he's joined by The Miz.
Del Rio speaks with Christian backstage after shooing off Drew McIntyre, saying that if it wasn't for John Cena, he'd be World Heavyweight Champion right now. Del Rio is looking to tempt Christian into taking out Cena.
Afterwards, Triple H's movie "Inside Out" is plugged.
R-Truth is backstage, heading out to face CM Punk, he's joined by The Miz.
Beth Phoenix vs. Eve Torres:
Kelly Kelly says facing Eve Torres would be hard. Natalya now sits at the booth and joins in on commentary.
As Eve and Beth go at it, the commentary quickly turns towards the Divas article from WWE.com.
Natalya says that the WWE Universe wants candy, and that her and Beth are here to educate them, and that what they need is vegetables. Hah.
Beth hits the glam slam after a quick match, and nearly botches, Eve lands on her face. Ouch.
Natalya attacks Kelly Kelly when she goes to check on Eve.
Beth Phoenix def. Eve Torres via Pinfall
Hey, what the heck happened to Triple H wrestling tonight?
Kelly Kelly says facing Eve Torres would be hard. Natalya now sits at the booth and joins in on commentary.
As Eve and Beth go at it, the commentary quickly turns towards the Divas article from WWE.com.
Natalya says that the WWE Universe wants candy, and that her and Beth are here to educate them, and that what they need is vegetables. Hah.
Beth hits the glam slam after a quick match, and nearly botches, Eve lands on her face. Ouch.
Natalya attacks Kelly Kelly when she goes to check on Eve.
Beth Phoenix def. Eve Torres via Pinfall
Hey, what the heck happened to Triple H wrestling tonight?
Air Boom vs. Jinder Mahal & The Great Khali:
These are the SUPER matches we get on the new Raw SUPERSHOW!!!
Would have preferred to see the Usos getting a chance to at least job to the champions and get some exposure. What do I know though.
Jinder Mahal is massive compared to Evan Bourne, and they kick off the match.
I thought Jinder was bigger than Bourne? Khali is in now, beating on Bourne, then makes the tag back to Jinder.
The announce booth doing a good job of keeping Nash/Laurinaitis fresh in the minds of the viewers.
Khali accidentally chops Jinder, Bourne dives off the top rope, and finishes the match with a three count.
Air Boom def. Jinder Mahal & The Great Khali via Pinfall
The booth continues to really try to put Air Boom over. I don't know if it'll work, but I sure do appreciate the effort.
Backstage, Ricardo Rodriguez and Alberto Del Rio arrive. Kelly Kelly is coming out to do commentary for the upcoming #1 contender's match for her Divas Championship, a bout between Beth Phoenix and Eve Torres.
These are the SUPER matches we get on the new Raw SUPERSHOW!!!
Would have preferred to see the Usos getting a chance to at least job to the champions and get some exposure. What do I know though.
Jinder Mahal is massive compared to Evan Bourne, and they kick off the match.
I thought Jinder was bigger than Bourne? Khali is in now, beating on Bourne, then makes the tag back to Jinder.
The announce booth doing a good job of keeping Nash/Laurinaitis fresh in the minds of the viewers.
Khali accidentally chops Jinder, Bourne dives off the top rope, and finishes the match with a three count.
Air Boom def. Jinder Mahal & The Great Khali via Pinfall
The booth continues to really try to put Air Boom over. I don't know if it'll work, but I sure do appreciate the effort.
Backstage, Ricardo Rodriguez and Alberto Del Rio arrive. Kelly Kelly is coming out to do commentary for the upcoming #1 contender's match for her Divas Championship, a bout between Beth Phoenix and Eve Torres.
As we return, there's a plug for the "controversial" Divas WWE.com post that started an online feud between the Bella Twins and others.
That plug certainly doesn't make it feel legit.
Backstage, Nash is storming into a limo, and is joined by John Laurinaitis. The limo pulls off.
Air Boom has had their music mixed for a team entrance, and come out together. First match of the evening coming up next!
That plug certainly doesn't make it feel legit.
Backstage, Nash is storming into a limo, and is joined by John Laurinaitis. The limo pulls off.
Air Boom has had their music mixed for a team entrance, and come out together. First match of the evening coming up next!
We've got a recap of CM Punk/Triple H/Kevin Nash to kick off the show. Also, it would appear that this is now officially WWE Raw SuperShow. That sure does roll off the tongue.
In the arena, Punk is the first one to come out to a rather dead crowd.
Punk grabs a mic, and sits in the ring. The first thing he says, is that he's different, because he speaks his mind and doesn't have a filter.
He says he manages to piss a lot of people off thanks to this, including R-Truth. He'll be facing Truth tonight, but wants to get his hands on Kevin Nash.
He reasserts his opinion that Triple H and Nash are working together, and the feud between them is fabricated.
Nash comes out, and says he does whatever he wants (a few times over) whenever he wants.
He tells Punk that Triple H did him a favor by changing the match, Punk cuts him off and starts going off.
Punk tells Nash he hasn't been relevant in years, and unleashes a humorous tirade.
Triple H comes out, Nash calls Punk a cancer, and asks Triple H to get rid of him.
Triple H gets into the ring, and says normally, he'd be inclined to do so, but he knows the truth now. Triple H goes on to say that the Staples Center in Chicago, which showed that Nash was going into Triple H's office as the text message was sent.
Long story short, Nash sent the text to himself, and says that HE's the one who made the WWE cool again.
Triple H says that even though he doesn't like Punk, Punk's never lied to him, and begins to get ready to throw Nash out.
Nash stops him, getting upset that Triple H is going to pick Punk over him. Nash asks if it's about him pushing Triple H last week.
Big staredown between Nash and Triple H, Nash pushes him and asks "What are you going to do about it?" Triple H punches him in the chest and drops him. Triple H fires him on the spot, and leaves the ring.
Punk is pointing and laughing and Nash, then says "Best of luck in your future endeavors."
We cut to commercial. I don't even...there's gotta be more to this, right?
In the arena, Punk is the first one to come out to a rather dead crowd.
Punk grabs a mic, and sits in the ring. The first thing he says, is that he's different, because he speaks his mind and doesn't have a filter.
He says he manages to piss a lot of people off thanks to this, including R-Truth. He'll be facing Truth tonight, but wants to get his hands on Kevin Nash.
He reasserts his opinion that Triple H and Nash are working together, and the feud between them is fabricated.
Nash comes out, and says he does whatever he wants (a few times over) whenever he wants.
He tells Punk that Triple H did him a favor by changing the match, Punk cuts him off and starts going off.
Punk tells Nash he hasn't been relevant in years, and unleashes a humorous tirade.
Triple H comes out, Nash calls Punk a cancer, and asks Triple H to get rid of him.
Triple H gets into the ring, and says normally, he'd be inclined to do so, but he knows the truth now. Triple H goes on to say that the Staples Center in Chicago, which showed that Nash was going into Triple H's office as the text message was sent.
Long story short, Nash sent the text to himself, and says that HE's the one who made the WWE cool again.
Triple H says that even though he doesn't like Punk, Punk's never lied to him, and begins to get ready to throw Nash out.
Nash stops him, getting upset that Triple H is going to pick Punk over him. Nash asks if it's about him pushing Triple H last week.
Big staredown between Nash and Triple H, Nash pushes him and asks "What are you going to do about it?" Triple H punches him in the chest and drops him. Triple H fires him on the spot, and leaves the ring.
Punk is pointing and laughing and Nash, then says "Best of luck in your future endeavors."
We cut to commercial. I don't even...there's gotta be more to this, right?
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