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It is I, the King of the BoredWrestlingFan crew, and I have returned for a second straight week with a review of wWE RAW!  I took over writing duties for tonight after the show ended, so I won’t be using tweets in tonight’s review (sorry, @TKeep123, @WWEsAngel_Nef, among others).  AlyKat should be back next week.  She would have been back this week, but she’s spent the last week popping open bottles of champagne due to The Miz’s WWE Championship victory and her wrists hurt too badly to type.  Are you ready?  Because tonight’s show is simply this:  RAWWWWWESOME!

Last Monday, Wade Barrett was magically watching Nexus attack Randy Orton from the ring and the ramp from the same time.  Clever editing, WWE.  Then he had the WWE Championship well within reach as he nailed Orton with Wasteland, but John Cena showed up to cost him the victory.  Sadly, he couldn’t keep Orton’s WWE Championship reign alive for much longer, as The Miz cashed in his Money In The Bank contract and defeated The Viper for the title.

We actually get the Nickelback intro this week, but rather than John Cena in the opening montage, it’s THE MIZ!  Pyro blinds us, and Michael Cole welcomes us to Philadelphia, PA, where tonight we’ll crown the 2010 King of the Ring.

Alex Riley tells you to hide your kids and hide your wives, this is Monday Night RAW, and The Miz is your WWE Champion.  A-Ry excited and honored to say that he got to be a part of one of the most groundbreaking moments in the history of entertainment.  Just like our parents won’t forget where they were when Neil Armstrong walked on the moon, we’ll all never forget how we felt when The Miz cashed in his Money In The Bank contract.  The way he sees it, there’s nothing left to do but party!  CM Punk notes that Riley doesn’t need anymore partying in his life.  If you’ve been paying attention to the internet, or CM Punk’s godawful commentary last week, you’ll know that Alex Riley ain’t afraid of a party.  Punk retorts on commentary that “godawful is the way he wrestles, actually.”  Riley goes on that tonight, he plans on throwing The Miz one of the most exciting, over the top victory celebrations of all time.  RAW is all going A-Ry, and it’s going to be awesome!

Does this dude know how to party or what?

The following is the opening contest of the 2010 King of the Ring tournament.  Introducing at this time, Alberto Del Rio’s personal ring announcer, Ricardo Rodriguez.  Rodriguez is sporting a black eye from his altercation with The Big Show this past Friday on SmackDown.  Del Rio rides into the arena in his Rolls Royce as Rodriguez introduces him.

The announcers finally introduce themselves, and CM Punk is wearing a Calvin Klien sport coat over an “I (star of David) Colt” t-shirt.  Oh, Scotty Goldman, we hardly knew ye.  Lawler points out that Punk is wearing a designer sport coat, as opposed to Michael Cole, whose wardrobe is made by Poly and Ester.  Zing!

We get a look at our brackets for tonight’s show.  Since I’m not sure how well a typed up tournament bracket will look, here’s a screen grab for you!

Kill the Wabbit, kill the wabbit, kill the waaaabit!  Daniel Bryan makes his way to the ring as CM Punk waxes nostalgic on discussing the possibilities for the tournament winner at WrestleMania IV when he was a kid.  The Bellas do not join the United States Champion this week.  And we’re off!

Alberto Del Rio def. WWE United States Champion Daniel Bryan to advance in the King of the Ring Tournament.

The announce team discuss the history of the King of the Ring tournament as this match kicks off.  Bryan goes for the LeBell lock early on in this one, but Del Rio escapes to the outside of the ring, and we escape off into a…

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If you guessed “Rear Chinlock” in the “Name That Resthold” game, you’d win, because that’s what Del Rio had locked on to Bryan when we come back from the break.  Del Rio gets aggressive as we hear some King of the Ring stats from Michael Cole, who also puts over the “Out-think The Fink” game on WWE.com.  Bryan scores a two count with a rollup, and another one with a crucifix, and the tide starts to turn in The American Dragon’s favor.  A Northern Lights Suplex scores Bryan another two count, and he nearly kicks off Del Rio’s head moments later.  Bryan starts to show frustration at his inability to put Del Rio away.  Del Rio winds up outside the ring, and Bryan goes for a suicide dive.  This time, it may live up to it’s name as Bryan seemed to injure his right shoulder.  He rolls Del Rio back into the ring, climbs the ropes, and misses a missile dropkick.  Del Rio locks in the Jujikatami, and with his arm already hurting, Bryan’s got no choice but to tap out.

Let’s take a look at some of the past King of the Ring winners.

Video package: King of the Ring winners past.  Shown are Edge (2001), Stone Cold Steve Austin (1996), Triple H (1997), Bret Hart (1991), Brock Lesnar (2002).

Who will be the next King of the Ring?  How should I know?  Nevermind the fact that it’s 2:23 AM as I type this and RAW ended 3 1/2 hours ago!

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Did You Know? WWE’s Did You Know? segments are self-serving, with many glaring omissions.  (Yes, it’s a Kamp Krusty reference!)

Really?  R-Truth isn’t in this tournament, who invited him?  For the second straight week, he’s singing (rapping?) “What’s Up” instead of that Get Crunk song.  Maybe somebody told WWE management what it means to actually be “Crunk.”  R-Truth is here to tell us what’s up.  Last week, John Cena was forced to quit WWE.  Truth be told, Cena is still Truth’s friend, and he went out like a champ.  Truth is, when all this started, Truth tried to get Cena to quit this on his own terms, but he wasn’t having that.  He had to pay the piper too many times and it cost him what he cherished the most, the WWE Universe.  Nexus may have won the battle, but the war, it hasn’t even started yet.  He challenges any member of Nexus to come down and go one on one with The Truth.

Backstage, Michael McGillicutty is leaving the Nexus locker room.  He tells Josh Matthews that if R-Truth wants to be a hero, he’ll show him what happens when somebody issues challenges to The Nexus.  As he’s walking toward the arena, he’s jumped from behind, and the cameraman gets taken out in the process.  McGillicutty is tossed around by somebody in some jean shorts, and as he hits the ground for a final time, “U (CAN’T SEE) ME” armbands wave in front of the camera.

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WWE is live in Philadelphia tonight, and Michael Cole is all excited about the imminent arrival of the new WWE Champion, The Miz.  Jerry The King Lawler wishes Cole would do as AlyKat’s sign on last week’s RAW said and shut up, because he’s sure The Miz will do enough bragging about his “fluke victory” when he shows up.  Moments ago, R-Truth challenged any member of Nexus, but Michael McGillicutty was assaulted in the locker room.  King claims, as he waves his hand in front of his face, to have no idea who did it, but CM Punk knows it was John Cena.

We get a good shot of the cape, crown, and throne for the King of the Ring winner later tonight.  But we still need to figure out who gets all that stuff…

Woaaaaaaoaaa!  You’ll be smoke and mirrors!

Cody Rhodes makes his way to the ring for his match tonight.  His opponent still has one of the coolest entrances ever – and that’s John Morrison.

John Morrison def. Cody Rhodes to advance in the King of the Ring Tournament.

CM Punk claims he was a King of the Ring, and that he won it in Rio De Janeiro, where Pat Patterson won the 1st Intercontinental Championship.  He also says that Patterson and Cody Rhodes have a lot in common, but he’ll leave that to our imaginations.  Morrison starts to rearrange the pretty face of Cody Rhodes, but he manages to turn the tide – Cody gets aggressive when you mess with his face, apparently.  Rather than focus on this match, the commentators discuss CM Punk’s hairdo and The Miz’s Money In The Bank cash-in.  Morrison manages to avoid the Beautiful Disaster and nail the Flying Chuck, then a running knee to Rhodes’ skull for the 1, 2, 3.  Morrison goes on to face Alberto Del Rio in the second round.

Oh, the face won and will face a heel in the second round?  You don’t say.

Michael Cole tells us not to go away because The Miz will be here soon, but we should also stay tuned because Miss USA, Rima Fakih, will be here to coronate the new King of the Ring.

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On WWE.com, you can review the history of Money In The Bank.  Or, I can just tell you.  Edge won the first one and won the WWE Championship.  RVD won the second one and won the WWE Championship (and the ECW Championship by default).  Mr. Kennedy won the third one but lost it to Edge who won the World Heavyweight Championship.  Then CM Punk won it twice, and won the World Heavyweight Championship twice.  Then Jack Swagger won and won the World Heavyweight Championship.  Then Kane did the same – but he cashed his in the night he won it.  And finally, The Miz won MITB and cashed in for the WWE Championship.  There, saved you a click and a ton of ads.

Time for more King of the Ring action!

Ooh, I finally get to break out this old image again!  Drew McIntyre is here on RAW!  While McIntyre may be the chosen one, his opponent can be described in one word – domination!  Ezekiel Jackson makes his way to the ring, and we’re set for our third first round match!

Ezekiel Jackson & Drew McIntyre fought to a double count out, the winner of the Kingston/Sheamus match gets a bye to the finals

Big Zeke clotheslines and tackles McIntyre, dominating the early going.  McIntyre manages to subtly expose the turnbuckle, and causes Jackson to hit head first on it.  A discussion about the term “superstar” as opposed to “wrestler” breaks out among the announce team.  The battle spills out of the ring.  Jackson tries to get back in by the 10 count, but McIntyre trips him up, and we’ve got a double count-out!

The pair end up back in the ring, and McIntyre goes for the FutureShock, but Jackson escapes and clotheslines McIntyre out of the ring.

Backstage, Daniel Bryan is icing his shoulder when Brie Bella comes to ask if he’s ok.  He says it’s fine but he wants to know why Brie came down during his entrance last week.  She says she’s seen him around and wanted to… she’s interrupted by her own sister.  They start arguing when Alex Riley comes in and yells at them because they were supposed to be getting the 50 dancing girls for The Miz’s celebration.  He gets a phone call on his bluetooth from The Miz, and then tells The Bellas they’re not needed.  A-Ry tells Bryan that he could’ve had everything that Riley’s got if he would’ve just listened to The Miz.  Bryan doesn’t seem to mind not having it.

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Video: The Miz wins the WWE Championship.  Angry girl looks angry.

Orton is not here tonight due to injuries sustained to his knee during the attack by Nexus last week.  You know who is here?  Tell ’em, Justin Roberts!

“Ladies and gentlemen, your new WWE Champion, The Miz!” – Justin Roberts

Michael Cole is overly excited as the Miz makes his way to the ring, WWE Championship in hand!  He planned a huge celebration, but he decided he didn’t need it.  He found something that summed up the worldwide reaction to him winning the WWE Championship.  This.

You’d think that’s a joke, right?  It’s not.  He showed this picture.  This girl will forever be known as The Miz girl, and he wants to thank her for reminding him of everybody who ever said he wouldn’t make it.  The folks at MTV who said he wouldn’t be a WWE Superstar, then when he got there, all the fans and Superstars who said he’d amount to nothing.  To JBL to Triple H to John Cena, Miz says “The Miz is WWE Champion!”  What about Randy Orton?  He’s not here because of an injury.  Miz believes Orton’s only injury is his injured pride.  Orton shouldn’t be ashamed to show his face.  He’s the first person in a long list of people Miz is going to demoralize.  Miz says he’ll be the longest reigning WWE Champion in history.  If you remember anything about this speech, take this.  If anybody ever says you can’t do something, you can’t live your dream, believe them, because you can’t.  It takes an exceptional person to prove everyone wrong.  The Miz is one in a billion, because he’s actually achieved his dreams.  Roddy Piper said that in his generation, they went out and made things happen.  Roddy never made anything happen.  In this book, The Rich History of the WWE Championship, Roddy Piper isn’t in it.  He never won a WWE Championship.  Ricky Steamboat isn’t in there.

Jerry Lawler interrupts The Miz.  He says that as a person whose name is on that list, congratulations are in order.  However, Miz had beaten a guy who was already attacked by seven different people.  That doesn’t make Miz awesome.  Miz says that sounds like ramblings of a bitter old man who fought for four decades and never won the WWE Championship.  Michael Cole takes a microphone and tells Lawler to knock it off.  It’s Miz’s night, so King should sit down and let The Miz have his moment.  Lawler goes to sit back down, but then he says Miz should call somebody out who hasn’t already been beaten down by seven guys and give them a title shot, if he’s so awesome.  Cole says Lawler should sit down because Miz may make an example out of him.  Lawler says that some people on Miz’s list of people who never became WWE Champion are on the list because they never had a shot at the title.  King’s been here since 1993 and hasn’t had one.  If Miz is the champion he says he is, how about giving King a shot at the title tonight.  Miz says it’s a great idea, but he’s not interested in defending his title tonight.  King says that verifies his point – Miz is champion, but he’s not awesome.  Miz says that Lawler is a shell of a Hall of Famer…

And I quote…

“Congratulations, Miz.  What you did last week was impressive.  But that was last week, and this is tonight.  So while you may not be interested in defending the WWE Title, I am.  Therefore, I’m making our main event The Miz vs. WWE Hall of Famer Jerry “The King” Lawler for the WWE Championship tonight.  But wait, there’s more.  In three weeks, there’s a Pay Per View known as TLC – Tables, Ladders, and Chairs.  And I can’t think of a better way to kick off the countdown to the Pay Per View than by making our main event tonight not just a Championship match, but a Tables, Ladders, and Chairs match.”

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Did You Know? Fans from 30 countreis and ALL 50 United States have already purchased tickets to WrestleMania XXVII in Atlanta on April 3, 2011.  You all should too – there’s NOTHING like attending WrestleMania live.  I can tell you from experience, having been to three of them myself, and Drowgoddess also has a ‘Mania or two under her belt, so she can vouch for that as well.

CM Punk and Michael Cole are ringside discussing the fact that Jerry “The King” Lawler will be taking on The Miz in a TLC Match tonight for the WWE Championship.

It’s time for the final first round match!

TOO MANY LIMES!!!!  The winner of this match will be automatically in the finals of the whole tournament due to the double countout in the McIntyre/Jackson match earlier.  Sheamus’ opponent is Kofi Kingston, whose entrance is used to promote the upcoming Slammy Awards.

Sheamus def. Kofi Kingston to advance to the King of the Ring Tournament Finals

Oops, CM Punk spoiled the second round of the tournament.  He said that it was Morrison vs. Sheamus in the finals before correcting himself after his mix-up later on.  Kofi manages to hold his own in this one.  He scores a two count after a Boom Drop.  He manages to nail Trouble In Paradise, but Sheamus winds up under the bottom rope.  He clutches onto the ring apron and manages to buy enough time to recover.  Kingston kicks Sheamus in the head again, then goes for a top rope move, but on his way down, he’s nailed with the Brogue Kick, and Sheamus advances to the finals!

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Holy crap!  It’s Yoshi Tatsu!  And for some reason, he’s teaming with Mark Henry!

The WWE Tag Team Champions are in action from The Nexus!

Mark Henry & Yoshi Tatsu def. Justin Gabriel & Heath Slater

A huge commotion breaks out in the crowd as John Cena, with four tickets in his hand, makes his way to his front row seat.  He walks by one of my fellow Sabres fans in the crowd – yes, I’m proud that I spotted a Sabres jersey in the audience.  Anyways, Henry takes over on Slater, even nailing the World’s Strongest Splash, but the pinfall is broken up by Gabriel, who is sent out of the ring by Tatsu.  A World’s Strongest Slam later, and Mark Henry and Yoshi Tatsu actually win this thing!?!

Following the match, Cena jumps the barricade, rips apart the announce table, and hits an Attitude Adjustment on Slater through the table.  Before David Otunga and Husky Harris could get to ringside, Cena’s already bailed and Punk’s upset about his spilled diet soda.

Still to come, it’s The Miz defending the WWE Championship against Jerry “The King” Lawler in a TLC match, but up next, it’s John Morrison vs. Alberto Del Rio in the second round of the King of the Ring tournament!

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Earlier tonight: Michael McGillicutty was attacked in the back, Heath Slater was attacked in the arena.

Backstage, the remaining members of Nexus are talking about how Cena being fired made things worse.  Barrett says there’s no restrictions on what they do to him either.  Barrett’s going to call out Cena later tonight.

Elsewhere, Arn Anderson just heard that Lawler’s got a title match.  He says the TLC match is pretty dangerous.  King says he’s never been in a TLC match, but he’s also never been in a WWE Title match.  Anderson says there’s only one thing left to do – beat him.

Michael Cole doesn’t think Jerry Lawler stands a chance tonight.  CM Punk says he thinks there’s a great chance.  In any event, we’ve got a tournament going on.  The current bracket looks something like this:

The winner of this next match will face Sheamus in the finals.  Ricardo Rodriguez introduces Alberto Del Rio for the second time this evening.  He’s in action, NEXT!

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Things get all slow-motiony for a second time tonight, as John Morrison heads to the ring.

John Morrison def. Alberto Del Rio to advance to the finals of the King of the Ring Tournament

King Mabel is referenced on commentary – as is Savio Vega, the man he defeated.  We’re also told that the current King of the Ring, William Regal, is on a sabbatical from the ring at the moment.  Del Rio and Morrison, meanwhile, have a great back and forth matchup going.  Del Rio goes after the arm of Morrison, briefly, then starts to wail on the downed Morrison.  A car horn starts to blare, and Del Rio sees Rey Mysterio in his car.  Morrison uses the distraction to nail the Flying Chuck to pick up the victory!

During the replay, this awesome exchange takes place:

CM Punk: Look at this right here, this guy has no business trying to steal the man’s car…

Michael Cole: How do you know he’s trying to steal the man’s car?

CM Punk: Because, he’s Rey Mysterio!

Michael Cole: And?

CM Punk: And that’s what he does, he’s a car thief on the side!

Michael Cole: Nonetheless, John Morrison, off the distraction, picks up the victory over Alberto Del Rio here tonight.

CM Punk: He stole my car twice!

So, now our finals are set!

Miss USA, Rima Fakih is our guest star tonight, but that’s later.  For now, Wade Barrett is on his way to the ring to call out John Cena.

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Video: WWE Supports our troops!

Wade Barrett makes his way to the ring, and he’s not happy.  Does Cena think he was born yesterday?  He sees through his plan because it’s transparent.  Barrett is the only person on the planet, according to the RAW GM, who can get Cena his job back.  Cena will try to cause havoc by attacking The Nexus and that it will get Barrett so frustrated that he’ll get Cena re-instated just so Barrett can get his hands on him.  But he promises that Cena will never get his job back.  Now the Nexus know that Cena is trying to attack, so he can’t get the drop on them again.  Cena appears on the TitanTron.  He says it’s not about his job, it’s about keeping his word.  He said that he would take out each and every member of The Neuxs, and he’ll do it, job or no job.  Barrett calls for security.  Cena says that WWE Security isn’t in a hurry to get rid of Cena after getting beat up by Nexus their first night on RAW.  Cena is surrounded by Gabriel, Otunga, and Harris.  Barrett says he wanted security to protect Cena from The Nexus.  Cena says that he’s not the only enemy they’ve got around here.  Vladimir Kozlov, DH Smith, Darren Young, Daniel Bryan, Yoshi Tatsu, Mark Henry, and Ezekiel Jackson attack The Nexus members, and Cena throws Gabriel head first through a car window before giving him an AA on the hood.

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Our main event tonight will be Jerry “The King” Lawler taking on The Miz in a TLC Match for the WWE Championship.

Before the break, John Cena destroyed a car with Justin Gabriel’s head and body.

Maryse leads out a gaggle of Divas.  Which means it’s time for my least favorite thing in the world, a multi-diva clusterf*#k!  After footage of Tamina’s seduction of Santino last week, Natalya leads out her band of midriff baring whores Divas, and we’re set for action.

Natalya, Melina, and Gail Kim def. Maryse, Tamina, and Alicia Fox, or some shit like that.

Who the hell cares?  God damn.  Is this over yet?  Oh no!  It’s-a he!  Santino!  Here he comes to save the segment!  He’s serenading Tamina with the song “I Think We’re Alone Now.”  She takes off with him, leaving her tag team partners shorthanded, or something, I really don’t care.  A Sharpshooter later and this match, mercifully, is over.  Without the one who can actually wrestle (Natalya aside) actually getting in the ring at all.  Thanks for giving us Gail Kim back, TNA.

CM Punk points out that this title opportunity takes place on Jerry Lawler’s birthday, and we go to a video package.

Video package: The long, illustrious career of Jerry “The King” Lawler.

King is in his gear, and later on tonight he’s got a shot at the WWE Championship!

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Did You Know? There are entirely too many of these on tonight’s show.

Backstage, Ted DiBiase is playing with a Mattel Electrovison WWE Championship belt.  Maryse comes in and complains that he’s playing with a toy instead of winning a real championship.  When she looks at him, she sees a guy who tapped out twice to a geek smaller than her.  When DiBiase looks bad, it makes her look bad.  And another thing, what is that Santino… Ted tells her to shut up.

Elsewhere, Harris and Otunga are looking over their shoulders in a narrow corridor.  They figure nobody in Nexus is safe until Cena gets his job back – but that’s not going to happen.  Otunga says he has a plan.

And in yet another backstage area, Josh Matthews is with John Morrison and Sheamus.  Sheamus has competed once as opposed to Morrison whose competed twice.  But, Morrison beat Sheamus at Survivor Series.  Sheamus says Morrison got lucky at Survivor Series, but Morrison has wrestled twice and his arm is hurt.  Morrison says that none of that matters, because only one of them will walk out King of the Ring.

Who will be crowned King of the Ring?  We’ll find out, NEXT!

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Josh Matthews introduces Miss USA, Rima Fakim, who is led out by Santino.  She’s going to be our ring announcer for this match and is apparently a lifelong WWE fan.  Then she screws up and says that this match will determine the finals.  We know the finals.  We need to know who the King is.  Anyways, she introduces Sheamus…

And then John Morrison.  Man, this show could’ve been two hours if half of it wasn’t in slow motion.

Sheamus def. John Morrison to become the 2010 King of the Ring

Sheamus goes for the injured arm of Morrison early on, a strategy that seems to pay off as he sends Morrison to the floor and us to another…

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Sheamus is still in control when we come back, still working on the arm.  Meanwhile, CM Punk complains that his chair broke, which begs the question of why doesn’t he just take Lawler’s chair, since he’s not out there.  Morrison finally starts to mount a comeback, quickening the pace of this match.  He tries for some mount punches in the corner, but Sheamus throws him to the canvas, but misses the Brogue Kick.  He goes for the High Cross, but Morrison wiggles free and goes for a backslide, but his injured arm prevents it.  Sheamus charges in but catches an elbow, followed by a DDT, but Sheamus grabs the bottom rope on the pin attempt.  Sheamus avoids the running knee from Morrison, but Morrison gets caught climbing the ropes.  Sheamus jerks him to the mat by his injured arm, then locks in a Fujiwara armbar.  Morrison gets back to his feet, but Sheamus continues the assault, locking in another Fujiwara armbar.  Morrison manages to escape, and catches Sheamus with a Pele style kick.  Morrison goes for Starship Pain, but Sheamus gets his knees up and nails the Brogue Kick, and then a High Cross, pinning Morrison for the pinfall victory!  All hail King Sheamus!

Sheamus walks up to his kingdom and is handed his scepter by Miss USA.  She drapes him with his royal robe, and as he takes a seat in his throne, she places the crown on his head.  He proclaims that the royal lineage to the high kings of Ireland has been fulfilled.  Long live the King!

Up next, it’s WWE Title action as The Miz defends against Jerry “The King” Lawler in a TLC match!

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Apparently an ad runs for The John Cena Experience, which Punk disapproves of since he no longer works for the company and has been assaulting employees all night.  The ring is surrounded by Tables, Ladders, and Chairs.  Tradition be damned, the WWE Champion makes his way to the ring first.  What I want to know now is, why is Alex Riley still carrying around the Money In The Bank briefcase?  Miz cashed in last week!  Jerry “The King” Lawler has held over 140 Championships in his career, including the AWA Championship, but this is his very first opportunity at the WWE Championship.  Here we go!

The Miz def. Jerry “The King” Lawler in a TLC Match to retain the WWE Championship

Man, Jerry looks to be in great shape.  Of course, black is supposed to be slimming, and that’s what he’s wearing.  I don’t know if that applies to singlets though.  Anyways, the pace starts off pretty slow as the two men feel each other out.  Miz tosses Lawler to the outside, and Riley hands him a chair, which he promptly uses across the back of The King.  Miz slides a couple of chairs into the ring, then rolls the King back in after them.  He sets up two chairs in the middle of the ring and tries to suplex Lawler onto them, but Lawler reverses it and tries for a suplex of his own, but The Miz manages to escape.  Miz hits a backbreaker/neckbreaker combo on the chair.  Miz instructs Riley to grab a ladder for him, but while he’s waiting for A-Ry, Lawler grabs a chair and starts wailing away on The Miz.  Lawler goes for a ladder, and decks an incoming Alex Riley.  Lawler see-saws a ladder into The Miz’s face, but when he tries to charge in, Miz moves and Lawler hits the post with a ladder.  Miz finds himself backdropped onto a ladder by the King, but Riley clotheslines Lawler.  He tries to suplex Lawler out onto a table, but King decks him, sending Riley falling backwards through the table himself.  King sets up the ladder and starts climbing, but The Miz catches him, then boots him in the face.  Miz suplexes Lawler onto a steel chair, as Punk screams that Miz should take the opportunity to climb the ladder while Lawler is down.  Miz continues to work over Lawler with a chair.  He climbs the ropes and finds himself crotched on the top rope before too long.  King goes up to the second rope and goes for a superplex, but Miz avoids it with a headbutt.  Lawler decks The Miz and sends him crashing through a table and to the floor.  As Miz is lying on the outside, King is barely stirring in the ring.  Michael Cole throws his headset down and goes to try and help The Miz.  Lawler starts climbing, but as he gets to the WWE Championship, Cole grabs onto his angle.  Lawler drops down and asks Cole what he’s doing.  Cole says he didn’t mean it, but pleading his case is useless as Lawler decks him.  While he’s wailing away on Cole, Miz starts climbing the ladder.  Lawler turns around just in time to catch him.  The two battle on top of the ladder, but Miz nails Lawler with the title belt and pulls it down to retain the WWE Championship.

CM Punk puts over Lawler and The Miz on commentary as we see Cole get decked by Lawler on the replay.

My thoughts: Definitely looking forward to RAW next week to see how the dynamic between Michael Cole and Jerry Lawler plays out.  Pretty decent show tonight, but I’m getting burnt out on three hour RAWs.  There’s another one coming up in two weeks, though I always enjoy the Slammy Awards.  I’m a little disappointed that we didn’t get the debut of Juan Cena, but Cena’s dismantling of The Nexus was entertaining enough.  Thanks for reading!

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