Coverage
and thoughts on the December 9, 2013 Raw – The Slammy Awards
They start the show
with a video package plugging tonight’s Slammys. This is gonna be terrible!
Then Michael Cole tells
everyone how to download the App. I’m tired of this!
Daniel Bryan vs.
Fandango. Daniel gets the pin. This match was longer than I expected &
Daniel dominated most of this.
Then out go the lights
& Bray Wyatt shows up on the Tron. He says Daniel’s unwillingness to comply
is testing his patience. He doesn’t want Daniel to suffer, but in his world
there are no happy endings. This story will end in destruction just like all
the others. He wants to prove Daniel’s a monster just like he is, etc. This was
the usual kinda promo Bray gives us. Then the lights come back & Daniel
& the fans chant no.
Jerry Lawler &
Booker T come out on the stage. They’re hosting the Slammys. King says they’re a
lot of super stars in the back on pins & needles hoping to win 1 of these.
Booker is excited that the fans’ voiced will be heard. Then Booker brings out
The New Age Outlaws, who will be presenting the LOL award of the year.
Road Dogg does his old
shtick. They came to present the slammy award for the lol moment of the year.
Billy asks if Road Dogg won’t let him talk. Road Dogg says Gunn only said 2
words & Gunn would screw it up anyway. Gunn’s got 2 for us. Road Dogg says
they can’t say that, etc. Anyway the nominees are Stephanie firing Vickie (That
wasn’t funny), Titus O’Neil hurling (That was just stupid), Khali & Jinder
snake charming the cobra (That was beyond idiotic) & The Rock’s concert (This
wasn’t 1 of Rock’s funnier moments). The fans can vote on the App & we’ll
find out later who gets this award. UGH!
Santino Marella comes
to the ring. Break time.
Back from break & we
go back to Road Dogg & Billy Gunn. The winner of the LOL moment is The Rock
concert. Rock’s music plays but out comes Vickie. She wants to say to The Rock
this award represent her beauty. Whatever. I knew Rock wasn’t gonna be there.
Big E Langston is on
commentary.
Santino Marella vs. Damien
Sandow. Sandow gets the pin. This was ok but I knew Sandow would win.
Then Big E gets in the
ring. He & Sandow have a stare down & then holds up the IC Title.
Out come The Shield to
present the double cross of the year award. Ambrose says they have won 2 awards
but this is 1 award they know nothing about. Rollins says 2013 is the year of
The Shield. Reigns says if you’re thinking about double crossing them, think
again. Ok, the nominees are, Mark Henry’s “retirement” speech that lead to him
giving Cena the World’s Strongest Slam (That wasn’t a double cross), Shawn
Michaels super kicking Daniel Bryan at HIAC, Heyman turning on Punk at MITB
& HHH giving Daniel Bryan a pedigree at SummerSlam.
Kofi Kingston comes to
the ring. Break time.
Back from break & the
double cross award goes to Shawn Michaels. His music plays & he comes out.
He has a lot on his mind but he’s been told he can’t talk to long. He’s been
fortunate enough to win a few Slammys over the years, but never a double cross
1. He’s been double crossing people for years & getting the award now is an
injustice. A fan says that Shawn sold out. Shawn says that he sold out a long
time ago, which is why he is still here. He thanks the fans. This was pointless.
Kofi Kingston vs. The
Miz. Miz gets the pin. This was decent but way too short.
Then Kofi gives Miz
Trouble in Paradise.
Eve Torres returns to
present the Diva of the year award. It’s her pleasure to return to present this
Slammy. The Divas had 1 heck of an exciting year (Yeah right). The nominees
are, The Bellas, Naomi & Cameron, Kaitlyn, Natalya, Eva Marie (NO WAY)
& AJ Lee.
Rey Mysterio comes to
the ring for an 8 man tag. Break time.
This seems to be how
they’re handling this week’s show. Have a match, then have the award presenter
come out, show videos of the nominees, have a guy come out for the next match,
go to break, have the award winner come out, then have the next guy come out
for a match & go to break.
Back from break & Michael
Cole tells us that 20 superstars who were WWE or World Champions will be in the
ring later tonight for an ascension ceremony. This will be the last time we see
2 World Titles. I really doubt that!
Ok, so the Diva of the
year award goes to The Bella Twins. They come out & hug Eve. They’re so
honored. They thank the fans. They’re shocked. Seattle is too good to them.
2014 will be another year for The Bellas. This was awful.
Rey Mysterio, Big Show
and WWE Tag Team Champions Cody Rhodes & Goldust vs. The Real Americans,
Ryback & Curtis Axel. Rey, Show, Cody & Goldust win when Rey pins Axel.
This was a solid match & the best part of this week’s show so far.
Michael Cole tells
everyone how to download the App again.
Back to Lawler &
Booker. King says that everyone wants to make an unforgettable presence & be
superstar of the year. Then Booker brings out Shawn Michaels to present the
super star of the year award. He mentions he already won a Slammy tonight. So
he can also be called Mr. Slammy. The next award goes to the guy who has
entertained the fans & has given them nothing short of an A + performance.
Does that remind us of anybody? Shawn then says this award should be called the
HB shizzle. The nominees are, Brock Lesnar, CM Punk, Big Show, Daniel Bryan,
Randy Orton, & John Cena (Of course).
Sin Cara (Now played by
Hunico) comes to the ring. Break time.
They have a graphic in
Memory on Nelson Mandela. That was classy.
Back from break &
the superstar of the year is Daniel Bryan (I knew it). Shawn doesn’t let go of
the trophy right away. They have a stare down & then Shawn heads to the
back. Then Daniel thanks Shawn for the HB Shizzle award. If it weren’t for
Shawn he wouldn’t be in WWE but also if it weren’t for Shawn he would be WWE Champion
right now. He’s not angry about it. The authority don’t want him to be
superstar of the year. The fans voted for him. If you thought 2013 was a good year,
2014 will be even better. Then he says go Seahawks. This was a solid promo. I
was a bit surprised that they didn’t do much with these 2 but thankfully Daniel
hasn’t gotten the WWE hometown treatment. Yet.
In the Goldman box
Alberto Del Rio says that he has been WWE & World Champion & Sin Cara
hasn’t done anything.
Sin Cara vs. Alberto
Del Rio. Cara gets the pin. This was a solid match but they gotta get rid of
that lighting.
The Primetime Players
come out to present the fan participation award. Titus says a live WWE event is
a place that the fans can let their voices be heard or something along those
lines. Darren says they’re presenting the award & weren’t nominated. The
give themselves an honorable mention since the fans cheered them on. Then they
do the millions of dollars dance. The nominees are, Fandango-ing, Yes, Let’s go
Cena/Cena sucks & What’s up. Break time.
Back from break &
we find out that the TLC kickoff match will be Dolph Ziggler vs. Fandango.
Anyway the fan
participation award goes to Daniel Bryan/Yes. Daniel comes back out. He’s at a
loss for words so all there is to say is YES! YES! He got 2 awards & the
hometown custom hasn’t happened. Let’s hope it doesn’t happen later.
Tons of Funk, Naomi
& Cameron come to the ring. Brodus Clay will be in action next. Break time.
Back from break & we
got Brodus Clay vs. Xavier Woods. Brodus gets the pin. This was a squash.
Then Brodus continues
to splash Woods. Truth & Tensai eventually pull him off. Truth checks on
Woods. Tensai & Brodus have words & Brodus leaves. He says he’s a main
event player.
The Miz comes out to
present the insult of the year award. The nominees are, AJ Lee ragging on the “Total
Divas”, Zeb Coulter ragging on the fans, Paul Heyman calling Punk a loser &
Stephanie calling Big Show worthless.
CM Punk comes to the
ring. Break time.
Back from break & The
Shield makes their way to ringside through the crowed.
The insult award goes
to Stephanie. She comes out. She says what some consider an insult she
considers a compliment because the fans have realized what is best for
business. Thankfully this was really short.
CM Punk vs. U.S.
Champion Dean Ambrose. Punk gets the pin. This was a really good back &
forth match.
Then Reigns spears Punk
& he Rollins help Ambrose over the barrier. Rollins & Reigns were at ringside
of course. Ambrose kept telling them he had this. There was some Shield tension
and Rollins & Reigns were gonna head to the back.
They show the video on
past WWWF/WWF/WWE & NWA/WCW/World Champions that they showed on Smackdown.
Back to Lawler &
Booker. Lawler says there have been a lot of extreme moments on Raw. Booker
says there’s only 1 guy who can present this award. He brings out Mick Foley to
present the most extreme moment of the year award. Mick says that being a WWE superstar
means giving your all to the fans, especially those fans right here in Seattle,
WA. Being a WWE superstar also means giving the fans an extreme moment they can
remember forever. The nominees are, The Shield taking out Undertaker, Ryback
putting Cena through the stage lighting wall, CM Punk hitting Heyman with the
Singapore Cane on top of the cell & The Wyatt Family taking out Kane.
The Usos come to the
ring. Break time.
Back from break & Bray
Wyatt is sitting in his rocking chair and Harper & Rowan are in the ring.
The extreme moment
award goes to CM Punk. Punk comes out. He feels strange accepting an award
& not wearing pants. He thanks everyone who voted for him. If you thought
what he did to Heyman was extreme wait till you see what he does to The Shield
this Sunday.
The Usos vs. Luke
Harper & Erik Rowan. Harper & Rowan win when Harper gets the pin. This
was a good match.
Back to Lawler &
Booker. King says the fans have done a great job voting. But this is where it
gets difficult. Time to pick the match of the year. Booker T brings out Bret
Hart to present this award. Bret comes out. Bret says they’re thousands of
matches in WWE every year & it is hard to have the best match night after
night. A good match can captivate an audience & change a night but a great
match can change WWE history. Bret’s gotten many awards throughout his career
but match of the year is the award that he cherishes the most. The nominees
are, Undertaker vs. Punk from WrestleMania 29 (That was the greatest match on
this year’s Mania), Cody & Goldust vs. Rollins & Reigns from
Battleground (That was the best match on that show), HHH vs. Brock Lesnar in a
cage from Extreme Rules & Rock vs. Cena from WrestleMania 29 (This match
was awful).
Natalya comes out &
hugs Bret. Then she heads to the ring. Break time.
Back from break & AJ
& Tamina are in the ring.
The match of the year
award goes to Rock vs. Cena (FIX)! Cena comes out. WrestleMania 29 was a “great”
match & a “great” night. Some fans might disagree but he thanks the fans
who voted for that match. It’s a match he won’t forget & it looks the fans
feel the same way. I’m glad that all of these speeches have been short.
Rock-Cena was NOT the match of the year in my opinion! I had a feeling they’d
give this award to that match but it doesn’t deserve it.
Natalya vs. Tamina
Snuka. Natalya wins by submission. This was really short.
HHH & Stephanie
come to the ring (They saved the worst for last). Break time.
Back from break & 20
former champions are in the ring along with HHH & Stephanie. Stephanie says
they’re joined here tonight by some of the greatest champions ever. At the pinnacle
of that list is HHH. So it’s fitting that he handles this ceremony. HHH says
all these guys know what it takes to be a champion. Some have been World
Champion, some have been WWE Champion & a select few have been both. But
they’ve all etched their place in history, etc. The fans loudly chant Daniel
Bryan. Tonight all the champions are here to see a game changing moment in
time. The loud Daniel Bryan chant continues. Mark Henry raises Daniel’s hand.
Then the fans chant yes. (Are you listening to the fans Vince)? HHH says Daniel
has a lot of family for 1 building. He should’ve known a lot of them look like
him. They’re all here to witness a game changing moment in history. Sunday both
titles will hanging above the ring. 2 champions will compete but 1 man will
leave champion of champions. Then HHH brings out Randy Orton. Then Stephanie
brings out Cena. HHH asks both guys 2 hand over their titles. They’re gonna
hang them above the ring now for some reason. This could be the final time we
see both titles. Orton says that he knows better than anyone what Cena’s
capable of. He also knows what Cena isn’t capable of. Cena said he had ruthless
aggression but he doesn’t have it now. If he did he would’ve put Orton in the
hospital. Orton then says that he didn’t get lazy. When you’re that much better
than everyone you get complacent but he has all the motivation to beat Cena.
Orton says that Cena saying that he doesn’t care about being the face of WWE is
a lie. Cena will be the guy that loses the biggest match in WWE history. Orton’s
the greatest superstar of this or any other generation. He took years off of
Mick’s career. He’s embarrasses Shawn a lot of times. There wouldn’t have had
to have been a Montreal screw job because he would have left Bret laying unconscious.
Orton tells Cena that everything that Cena’s worked for will come crashing down
all around him. Cena then says he noticed Orton said the word work. Then Cena
goes over to Daniel. Daniel says who he is & the fans cheer. He’s from
Abrindieen, WA. Cena asks if his mom or dad were a WWE superstar. Nope. So
since Daniel’s been there he’s had to work for everything he’s got. Daniel says
yes. Cena says the reason the fans cheer for Daniel is because he works &
earns it. Orton has been handed everything. Ever since Orton came to the
training center he was untouchable. Nothing’s changed. All Orton does is his
behind HHHH & Stephanie. Orton says that he’s bigger than everybody? Orton’s
always blamed others for his flaws. Their match at TLC is the biggest match in
WWE history. Orton wants the titles because he is selfish. Maybe if Orton wins
he can say that he finally is what he should’ve been 10 years ago. Cena says
that every time he’s been champion it’s always been the same. You want some
come get some. Cena mentions no one gave Dolph a chance. They didn’t wanna give
Punk 1 either. The only legit title match Daniel had was against Cena &
Daniel won. Cena tells Daniel that if he wins he looks forward to facing Daniel
in a fair rematch. Cena tells Orton that when the chips are down he can be just
as brutal as Orton. This Sunday will be brutal & Cena will be at his very
best. He hopes Orton is too because the last thing anyone’s gonna wanna hear is
another Orton excuse. He wishes Orton luck & tells him he will need it.
They shake hands & then the pull apart brawl starts. Orton winds up shoving
Punk & Punk goes after Orton. Then HHH shoves Punk down. Then Punk takes
down HHH & then Shawn gives Punk a super kick. Then Daniel takes down
Michaels. Orton was going for an RKO on Daniel but he shoves Orton into
Stephanie. Then HHH pedigrees Orton. The fans chant Daniel Bryan. Then HHH’s
music plays as he, Stephanie, Kane & Cena stand in the ring. Orton sells
the pedigree in the corner to end the show. This was good. I liked Cena’s promo
& I liked that they acknowledged the really loud Daniel Bryan chants. I
also liked that Cena put Daniel over & hopefully Daniel will end up back in
the title picture again. The pull apart brawl was good too. Punk taking down
HHH was good too. HHH giving Orton the pedigree was kind of expected since
there’s been tension between the 2. I wasn’t really sure what to make of Cena
standing in the ring with Kane, HHH & Stephanie though. They really hyped
up this match as one for the ages. I think the match will be good but it won’t
the greatest ever & I still have this feeling that they’re gonna give us a
no finish.
This was a pretty
lackluster show overall. I don’t get why they had the Slammy Awards on the
final Raw before TLC. Thankfully the acceptance speeches were kept to a
minimum. There were some good matches on this show. Punk-Ambrose was great, the
8 man tag was solid & The Usos vs. Rowan & Harper was good too. Daniel
vs. Fandango was decent too. Fandango got some offense in but Daniel was in
control for most of this. Santino-Sandow, Kofi-Miz & Natalya-AJ were all
really too short. Bray’s promo on the Tron was the usual kinda promo we get
from Bray. The closing segment was good too. I liked that Cena put over Daniel
Bryan & acknowledged that the fans like to cheer for him. Overall I thought
they didn’t really to a lot to hype TLC except for the title for title match. The
whole Slammy gimmick is pointless but thankfully they didn’t go too overboard
this year.
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