After the okay week the WWE had last week, they bounced back with two solid shows in Raw and Smackdown. They advanced many of the big storylines leading into next Sunday’s TLC PPV, which I am personally looking forward to coming what was said to be a very good Survivor Series. Six matches have been set for TLC with one or two that could be possibly added next week. These six matches announced are Cody Rhodes vs. Booker T for the IC Title, Dolph Ziggler vs. Zack Ryder for the U.S. Title, Wade Barrett vs. Randy Orton in a Tables Match, Triple H vs. Kevin Nash in a Sledgehammer Ladder Match, Mark Henry vs. the Big Show in a Chairs Match for the World Title and CM Punk vs. the Miz vs. Alberto Del Rio in a Triple Threat TLC Match for the WWE Title. Also this week saw the return of Lillian Garcia. She has taken over as the ring announcer for Smackdown from Tony Chimel and it has been nice to hear her announce each match again. While Raw and Smackdown were solid shows, there were not a lot of outstanding matches, but there were quite a good number of fun enjoyable matches this week. In the end, John Cena vs. Zack Ryder from Raw just beat out Randy Orton vs. Dolph Ziggler and Daniel Bryan vs. Cody Rhodes both from Smackdown to win the Silverdome Match of the Week.
Last week on Raw, Executive VP of Talent Relations and Interim General Manager John Laurinaitus put together four qualifying matches for the WWE Championship Match at TLC. One of those qualifying matches, he touted as a social experiment as he had John Cena face-off against Zack Ryder, but there was one twist. If Cena won, he would qualify for the WWE Title Match at TLC, but if Ryder won, he would get a U.S. Title Match at TLC. So the stakes were high going into this one as two friends were fighting for a title match at TLC. Out of the gate, Zack Ryder took control of the Leader of the Cenation with a headlock and an armdrag. Cena did not give up that easy though as he then took control of the Woo Woo Woo Kid with a headlock, shoulder tackle and a hip toss. The action was relentless as Cena and Ryder go hold-for-hold. Zack would later take the advantage and get a 2 count on Cena followed by a headlock. Cena would fight out of Ryder’s headlock, only for Long Island Iced Z to hit a swinging neckbreaker for another 2 count. Cena continued to fight back Ryder, but the young superstar was relentless. Zack caught Cena with knees in the corner followed by a missile dropkick from the top rope, which led to yet another 2 count for Ryder. With all the momentum in his corner, Ryder went to the top rope again. This time he was not as fortunate as Cena caught Ryder and attempted to hit the Attitude Adjustment only for Zack to reverse it into a Tornado DDT for another 2 count. Immediately after Cena kicked out, Zack went for his Rough Ryder finisher only for Cena to dodge it and hit his signature set of moves leading to the Five Knuckle Snuffle and Attitude Adjustment. Ryder would again fight out of the AA and then send Cena into the ropes. Ryder would then take some time to fist pump before booting Cena in the face with his signature Broski Boot. With everything seemingly going right for him, Zack Ryder would try to end the match with the Rough Ryder, but Cena ultimately reversed the move into the AA for the 1, 2, 3. It was sad to see Zack lose the match, but even with a loss he looked amazing up against the biggest superstar in the WWE and that has to say something. By the end of night, Zack Ryder would get his U.S. Title shot as John Cena would give up his place in the WWE Title Match at TLC to give Zack another chance. With a little help from Cena himself, Zack would beat Mark Henry to become the No. 1 Contender for Dolph Ziggler’s United States Championship. It was a great way to end one fun segment of Raw.
This coming Monday Night Raw will be the sight of the 2011 Slammy Awards. Only one match has been announced for Monday night that match being John Cena vs. Mark Henry. Tune into 2011 Slammy Awards starting at 8 Monday evening on the Score here in Canada or the USA Network in the US. So until next weekend have a wonderful week. Cheers.
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