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YouTube pre-show battle royale for a US Title shot starting now! (7:40 ET). Slater goes out first after pissing everybody off with his one man rock band schtick. Michael McGillicutty is out second. Ted DiBiase out third. Primo Colon out fourth. Jinder Mahal is out fifth. Epico Colon out sixth. Justin Gabriel is launched out through the air by Tensai. He powerbombs Tyson Kidd out for the eighth elimination. Everybody gangs up to eliminate Brodus Clay and Striker says he got a shoulder injury in the process. Santino eliminates JTG #10. Zack Ryder takes out Drew McIntyre #11 - 5 men left. Santino pulls out the Cobra. Prime Time Players eliminate Santino #12 after he hit a Cobra on Darren Young and Tensai. PTP try to double team Ryder but he pulls down the ropes to eliminate Titus O'Neil, then he eliminates Darren Young. We're down to Zack and Tensai! ZACK RYDER ELIMINATES TENSAI AND BECOMES #1 CONTENDER FOR THE U.S. TITLE!! Tensai ate double knees to the face, tried to groggily throw Ryder out, but Ryder hooked the ropes and Tensai's own momentum carried him out of the ring. Post-match interview Zack is asked how he's feeling: "WOO WOO WOO, YOU KNOW IT."

Paul Heyman shows up backstage while Josh Mathews is trying to get an interview, and Mathews turns his focus to Heyman, who corrects his verbiage and then blows him off by entering CM Punk's locker room to end the conversation. It looks like we're going off the air with a video package recapping the promos at the end of Raw on Monday between Bret Hart, CM Punk and John Cena. See you here for the live PPV recap at 8 ET!

8:00 PM ET. Welcome to Boston! Michael Cole is sitting alone at the announce table, who says he has fantastic news about Jerry Lawler. He reminds us that six nights ago Lawler collapsed during a live broadcast of Raw. The fans in Boston are chanting JER-RY behind us as Cole explains that EMT's in Montreal spent 15 minutes giving him CPR that saved his live. Cole says Lawler thanks us all for the well wishes from people around the world, and that he'll be going home to Memphis this week. As he's about to announce who will replace Jerry tonight on commentary Justin Roberts interrupts and JBL'S MUSIC HITS. That's right - BRADSHAW - SUIT AND COWBOY HAT - JOINS MICHAEL COLE AT RINGSIDE.

The Miz hits the ring at 8:08 ET and he's already pitching a bitch about the fact that he has to defend his title against three other opponents, and rails about Booker T being a bad GM, and he will file an official complaint after his successful defense. His catchphrase is interrupted by Rey Mysterio's music!

* The Miz {C} vs. Rey Mysterio vs. Sin Cara vs. Cody Rhodes (Fatal 4-Way IC Title Match)

Sin Cara is the last to enter at 8:12 ET as Michael Cole tells us 15,000 are at the Garden for this PPV, and JBL brags that any time there's a sellout it's because of him. All four men stare at an opposite corner as they await the bell. After it rings the luchadores get the better of the two gringos, and as they're about to square off Mysterio gets dragged outside. Miz and Rhodes begin to double team Sin Cara. He gets back on offense and arm drags Miz out of the ring, then Mysterio comes in to deal with Rhodes, and it comes down to Mysterio and Sin Caa again, who this time get to trade leg kicks. Sin Cara puts Rey on his shoulders but he spins out of it for a two count as Miz breaks up the pin.

This brings us back to all four men being in the ring again until Cody Rhodes is floated out to the floor by Miz. Mysterio tries to roll Miz up for two on a sneak attack. Sin Cara tries to do the same thing to Rey! Nobody gets a pin. The luchadores decide to double team Rhodes and he eats kicks to the front and back of the head. Mysterio and Sin Cara trade kicks again and Rey seems to get the better of it. JBL puts over Mysterio as a AAA champion "long before Sin Cara was there." Sin Cara kicks Mysterio in the head when he tries to go top ropes. Cody breaks up Sin Cara going up, hits a disaster kick, and gets a 2 count. He dumps Sin Cara out and goes top rope to superplex Mysterio. Miz comes in underneath and CONNECTS ON THE ELECTRIC CHAIR. He covers Cody for two and Mysterio for two - no dice. Baseball slide dropkick to both Rhodes and Sin Cara.

Miz is all alone now with Rey Mysterio. The Boston crowd is actually chanting MIZ IS AWE-SOME. Still not digging The Miz with facial hair - it doesn't make him look any older or more mature. Mysterio slides all the way out of the ring and Sin Cara comes in to hit a missile drop kick on Miz, then dives onto him on the outside through the second rope. On the other side Mysterio hits a 'rana to put Rhodes in the barricade and a flying seated senton to keep him down. Back in the ring Sin Cara gives Miz a corkscrew for 2. Mysterio comes back in and Rhodes has to break up a Rey Rey near fall. Cody flapjacks Miz and Sin Cara just barely breaks it up. He tries to pickk up Rhodes but gets tripped into the ropes. Mysterio comes in and both gringos are on the ropes neck first, but only Miz eats the 6-1-9. Rhodes drags Mysterio off the cover on the West Coast Pop, Sin Cara has to break up his pin. Rhodes gives him a beating for it.

Rhodes throws Mysterio out face first in front of the entrance ramp. Cara kicks Rhodes in the side of his head, pulls out another mask, and prepares to put it on Rhodes. Miz gives him a backbreaker then covers him for 2. JBL: "How many masks do these guys have?" Cole: "Mysterio has over 100 in his collection!" Sin Cara puts the mask on Miz, he can't see, he gives Rhodes a SKULL CRUSHING FINALE AND PINS HIM TO RETAIN THE IC TITLE. He didn't even know who he beat, but he won anyway! JBL: "This may just beat WrestleMania 27. He just won a match blindfolded!!"

Kaitlyn is found laid out backstage by a "concerned" Eve Torres after this match. She and a trainer help take her to get some medical help. You might suspect we'd have no Divas Title Match, but I'm willing to bet Eve takes her place.

* Kofi Kingston & R-Truth {C} vs. Daniel Bryan & Kane (Tag Titles Match)

Bryan comes out first followed by his partner Kane. The champs come out together. The crowd chants for Daniel Bryan, but it's Kane who starts the match with Kofi Kingston, who gets the advantage and tags in R-Truth, as both men double team on Kane. Kane finally gets the power advantage on truth, then gives a HARD TAG to his partner Bryan, who starts to wear down Truth to the body with kicks as the fans chant YES for each one. Kofi tags in for a crossbody for 2 then tags Truth back in, who does a split for the fans watching but doesn't get the cover later because as JBL said he was showboating. Kane makes a blind tag and goes to work on Truth with fisticuffs. Bryan tags back in and puts Truth down with a dropkick for 2. Kane decides to one up him and tag in to hit one of his own, then he puts Truth in a chinlock. He fights out of it a little too quick for my liking.

Kane splashes Truth in the corner then tags Bryan for a double team to the corner that fails, with Bryan eating the blow on his head. Kane tries to pull him up, Bryan shoves him, they begin arguing, Kane shoves him back. They take turns shoving each other until Bryan pie faces him. Bryan finally backs down from it. It looks like Kane has a bloody nose under his mask. Bryan offers to HUG IT OUT to resolve their problems. They HUG IT OUT at 8:40 and JBL is baffled this happened during a championship tag match. Kofi gets the hot tag and runs wild on D-Bry. Kofi hits the boom drop, but Kane drags D-Bryan out of the ring to save him from the pin, and Kofi knocks both of them down on the outside. Kofi tries to come flying off the top, Bryan catches him in a no lock, but his partner makes the save. Kane leave shim laying on the floor. Bryan hits a dropkick to Kofi's face, Kane makes a blind tag, they start arguing again. Kofi tries to head scissor Kane, Bryan holds his leg so he can't do it, then he kicks Kane in the head and throws him off the ropes ONTO KOFI and Kingston is crushed under his bulk. KANE AND BRYAN WIN THE TAG TEAM TITLES!! Afterward they take turns screaming at each other that "I, AM THE TAG TEAM CHAMPIONS!!!" Kane hits his pyro to end the argument and leaves.

* Antonio Cesaro {C} vs. Zack Ryder (US Title Match)

Aksana accompanies Cesaro to the ring, and he steps through the ropes wearing his belt at 8:48 PM ET. She grabs the mic so he can say a word in five languages - UNFAIR. The opening bell after Ryder's entrance is at 8:51 ET. He quickly grounds Ryder and as he recovers the crowd chants LET'S GO RY-DER, WOO WOO WOO. Cesaro knocks Ryder down again and mocks their chants, but gets Cesaro off his feet with a series of dropkicks and covers him for 2. Cesaro counters by picking him up and snapping his neck off the ropes as Aksana gives golf clap applause. A portion of the crowd starts chanting CLAU-DI-OHH. Ryder fights out of a muay thai clinch but gets a short arm clothesline to the face, causing JBL to quip "He reminds me of me." Cesaro covers him shortly thereafter for 2, then puts Ryder in the ropes and chokes him out until the ref breaks it up, yelling I AM THE UNITED STATES CHAMPION in the process. Another two count quickly follows.

The fans chant for Ryder again as Cesaro works on a neck crank. He fights his way out and they trade forearms to the face. Cesaro does his pizza pie uppercut and covers Ryder for 2. Cole marks out like he's never seen it before. Watch some of his matches in ROH bro. JBL at least says that Cesaro was doing these kind of moves in Europe for years. He puts Ryder on his back and stretches him out, but Ryder escapes and bulldogs Cesaro to the ground. Cesaro charges and eats an elbow and a clothesline (which JBL compliments). Cesaro charges the corner and gets rolled up for 2. Ryder with knees to the face and a dropkick for 2.5. Ryder counters his way into a neckbreaker for two but Cesaro slams his head into the turnbuckle and goes top rope. Ryder knocks him off the ropes to crotch him as we see a sign in the crowd referencing Cesaro's former tag partner: KASSIUS OHNO IS MY HERO. Aksana pulls Ryder away from a possible finisher, Cesaro hits an uppercut and a neutralizer, and CESARO RETAINS THE U.S. TITLE.

Useless segment involving David Otunga, David's Coffee Mug, Ricardo and Del Rio afteward.

* Dolph Ziggler vs. Randy Orton

Opening bell for this match at 9:04 ET. Up until this match I was mostly okay with the commentary, but Michael Cole and JBL spent most of the first 7 minutes bitching at each other because Cole made the comment that Ziggler's manager Vickie Guerrero was "too vocal." JBL responded that Vickie was a modern empowered woman "just like my wife" and that Cole should be proud of her instead of being a "chauvinist." I envy the crowd here because they were into the match, chanting for both men, and listening to these two yap yap yap at each other is totally taking me out of it. I will say FWIW that Vickie Guerrero looks really good tonight in a beautiful purple dress - at her very cougar best!

Business starts picking up 5 minutes later when Dolph Ziggler counters into a DDT for a 2.5 near fall. Ziggler goes top rope but Orton recovers and knocks him down for a crotching as Vickie Guerrero looks on with horror at what's happened. Orton pummels him with punches then climbs to the second rope for a superplex. Ziggler tries to get out by going top rope but Orton goes up with him and completes it, then covers for 2. When Ziggler recovers we get BOO and YAY punches which Orton gets the better of. Ziggler goes for the Zig Zag but Randy kicks out at 2.9! Vickie screams at the ref that was 3 and he tells her to knock it off. The crowd starts chanting LET'S GO ZIGG-LER. Ziggler tries to jump Orton, Orton tries a draping DDT, both are countered and they wind up outside where Orton throws Ziggler hard into the ringside barricade. Orton hits a draping DDT from the barricade, throws Ziggler back in, and gets a CLOSE two count.

JBL praises Orton repeatedly for throwing Ziggler back in instead of taking the win by countout. Orton teases the RKO for the crowd, Ziggler tries to counter into a handful of tights on a roll-up, but Orton gets out. Ziggler goes for the sleeper hold, Orton gets out and hits the RKO OUT OF NOWHERE FOR THE THREE COUNT!!!

* Layla {C} vs. Eve Torres (Divas Title Match)

Eve Torres replaced Kaitlyn in a match where they discussed conspiracy theories and black helicopters on commentary. Eve ducks a crossbody, takes control and hits a spinning neckbreaker to the mat and becomes a Divas Champion for the third time. WINNER: EVE.

Susan G. Komen segment follows, then a recap of the Alberto Del Rio vs. Sheamus feud. The opening bell of this match is delayed as Ricardo does Del Rio's introduction and Lilian Garcia does the one for Sheamus. Booker T comes out and announces that he's reviewed the depositions and hours of video footage. His findings: "The Brogue Kick is a devastating and dangerous maneuver, however when you sign up to be a WWE superstar, there are risks involved. In saying that I'm going to get right to my announcement and then we'll move forward in my administration. Ladies and gentlemen, I declare, the Brogue Kick be reinstated - and that's final." Sheamus is OVERJOYED.

* Sheamus {C} vs. Alberto Del Rio (World Heavyweight Title)

Opening bell at 9:50 ET! Brogue Kick to Otunga as Del Rio ducks out of the way, knocking Otunga and his neck brace to the floor. Del Rio gets the advantage though by brawling with Sheamus outside the ring and throwing him hard into the Spanish announce table to injure the left arm and shoulder, working a body part so he can eventually apply the cross arm breaker, jumping off the opes with a strike to further hurt him. Sheamus fights out with his good arm and throws Del Rio into the corner, selling the whole time, but Sheamus falls through the ropes in a calculated vice grip on the arm with leverage, landing on his feet after the ref makes his five count. Finally Sheamus hits an axe handle and both men are down, forcing Lil Naitch to start his count.

When both men get back up Sheamus gets ten clubbing blows to the chest of Del Rio in the corner but Del Rio recovers and is able to knock Sheamus down and cover for two. He calls for the cross arm breaker but Sheamus counters with White Noise and SHAKES DEM ROPES. He holds up a fist int he air and wills the crowd to chant Brogue as he pounds his chest. Del Rio ducks it and kicks Sheamus in the back of the head for two - he just can't believe the ref didn't count 3. The fall was so close we get a WWE replay. Sheamus misses with another attempt at the Brogue Kick, Del Rio misses with another arm breaker, Sheamus tries to go for the Texas Cloverleaf but Del Rio fights it off and gets away! Sheamus charges but Del Rio moves out of the way and traps Sheamus' arm in the ropes then kicks his shoulder a ton of times, even as the ref STRONGLY warns him that he'll be disqualified if he doesn't back off. Sheamus goes for double knees to the arm and applies the cross arm breaker and Sheamus is flailing furiously trying to get free. Naitch is checking to see if he'll tap but Sheamus rolls him onto his back and POWER BOMBS HIS WAY OUT. Why didn't he go for the pinfall instead? That would have worked too.

Naitch starts another 10 count and gets to at least 7. Sheamus pounds his chest again and signals for the Brogue Kick, he misses again, and Del Rio goes for the arm breaker again! Sheamus reaches for the ropes, inches toward the ropes, and GETS HIS FEET UNDER THE ROPES FOR A CLEAN BREAK. Del Rio charges and SHEAMUS GETS THE BROGUE KICK AND 3 COUNT FOR THE WIN TO RETAIN HIS TITLE!!!

Paul Heyman comes out after a CM Punk vs. John Cena video package and says he's here for the same reason as everybody else - to have the best seat in the house to see YOUR WWE CHAMPION CM Punk defend the title for the 302nd consecutive day, and to "pay homage to a man of such extraordinary character that he publically pontificates himself to be a PAUL HEYMAN GUY."

* CM Punk {C} vs. John Cena (WWE Title Match)

After a ton of stalling for time we finally get the opening bell for this match at 10:21 ET. CM Punk has New York Yankees stripes on his trunks just to piss off the Boston crowd, but they're still chanting YOU CAN'T WRESTLE at John Cena anyway. Cena's Susan G. Komen gear even includes matching pink wristbands. We get loud LET'S GO CENA, CENA SUCKS chants a minute into the match.

By 10:31 Punk is in complete control of the match and has John Cena laid out flat in the middle of the ring. Punk picks him up for a Go 2 Sleep, Cena fights out and ducks a clothesline then hits a series of shoulder tackles. He picks Punk up for a side slam but Punk shifts his weight and collapses onto him instead. Cena knocks him down with a clothesline that JBL calls a right hook. The crowd chants YOU CAN'T WRESTLE again as he signals for the Five Knuckle Shuffle, but Punk gets a boot up to his chin as he tries to do it, then hits a neckbreaker for a near fall.

Cena rolls through a crossbody attempt and hurks Punk up for an Atttitude Adjustment, Punk grabs the ropes, so Cena tosses him over the ropes and then hits a suicide dive, mocking Heyman at the announce table as he does so. He throws Punk back in, does the side slam, goes for the Five Knuckle Shuffle but Punk counters it into the ANACONDA VICE right in the middle of the ring. The ref repeatedly checks on Cena to see if he's going to submit but Cena fights his way out of it and THE STF IS APPLIED. He screams at CM Punk to tap out and Punk loudly screams NOOOOO as the ref checks and Paul Heyman looks on with concern. Punk counters out of that to the CRIPPLER CROSSFACE. I thought you'd almost never see that finisher in WWE again but Punk has the balls to bust it out. John Cena powers out of it and falls backward to put Punk down. Both men are slow to recover as Heyman shakes his head and the children cheer for Cena.

Both men start the BOO and YAY punches, interrupting a chant for CM Punk in the process. Punk gets a boot to the jaw, a running knee, a clothesline, goes top rope and hits THE MACHO MAN ELBOW FOR A NEAR FALL. Heyman grips his hand in frustration that this didn't finish the match. Punk strikes a messianic pose on his knees, gets to his feet, and puts his hands to his head to signal the Go 2 Sleep. Cena gets up s...l...o...wly. Punk finally picks him up but Cena counters the knees of the G2S into another STF! Punk inches his way there and gets the rope break. GO 2 SLEEP CONNECTS BUT CENA KICKS OUT AT 2.99999! Heyman yells at Punk words to the effect of "come up with something else!"

Punk limps to the center of the ring, selling his left knee, and starts kicking John Cena repeatedly. He pulls him up, boot to the gut, clothesline, crawls over and gets a two count. We've got 19 minutes left to the top of the hour, and I wonder how much of this hour WWE is going to give these two men. He pulls Cena up, slaps him in the face, goes for a G2S again, Cena counters, Punk counters the AA, Cena gets the side slam, Five Knuckle Shuffle, and ATTITUDE ADJUSTMENT FOR 1... 2.. NO PUNK KICKS OUT!!! Heyman is OVERJOYED THAT CENA FAILED ON THE AA. Punk rolls out of the ring and Cena goes out to give chase and throw him back in as Heyman looks on.

Cena walks up the steps to get to the ropes, climbs up for a flying leg drop, he MISSES, Punk kicks him in the back of the head and we get ANOTHER near fall. Cole is perplexed saying what can Punk do? He hit him with EVERYTHING. JBL says don't get flummoxed, stick to the game plan, it will work sooner or later! Knee to the head by Punk for 2. JBL: "We're watching two guys in the prime of their life battle it out." Cole says Punk is now getting desperate. JBL says he'd rather be desperate than half knocked out like Cena. Punk goes for a moonsault and Cena just gets out of the way. Both men are down at 10:45 as the referee starts another 10 count. Cena goes for the AA, Punk counters into ANOTHER GO 2 SLEEP AND CENA KICKS OUT OF IT AGAIN!! Punk HITS A ROCK BOTTOM and CENA KICKS OUT. Cena hits the ATTITUDE ADJUSTMENT AND PUNK KICKS OUT!!

Cena goes over and sets Punk on the top rope in the far left corner from the hard camera, back facing into the ring. Punk fights him off once, gets a German on the second try, and JOHN CENA WINS THE TITLE ON A GERMAN SUPLEX - SERIOUSLY? THE FINISH IS JOHN CENA WINNING BY GERMAN SUPLEX? He comes over to celebrate with the soldiers at ringside. The ref is furiously trying to signal to Cena though that he's not the champion as he's going around the ring celebrating, and finally when Cena gets back in the ring and goes up to the top rope he gets Cena's attention and takes the belt back. THE ANNOUNCER STATES BOTH SETS OF SHOULDERS WERE DOWN FOR THREE, IT'S A TIE, AND TIE GOES TO THE CHAMPION SO PUNK RETAINS. Cena tries to get the match restarted and Punk lays him out with a belt shot to the head then leaves with his title.

We get a second look at the replay and indeed, both sets of shoulders are down on the German suplex. Punk and Heyman are at the top of the ramp celebrating as we come back from replay and Heyman is saying over and over again YOU DID IT, TELL 'EM and Punk keeps screaming I AM THE BEST IN THE WORLD. He holds up his title belt, Punk's music plays, and that's how the show is coming to an end as medical people and ringside personnel check on Cena in the ring. Good night everyone!