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Date: 11/12	7:05 PM
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Tonight's Raw features the return of Jerry "The King" Lawler to the commentary booth for the first time since suffering his on-air heart attack. It's also the last Raw before Survivor Series, which means Sheamus and Big Show will be trying to one-up each other, Ryback and John Cena hunt CM Punk, and Team Foley and Team Ziggler continue their feud that has long since ceased to actually be a feud.

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Raw opens with a Veteran's Day package, before a package for the return of The King.

Match One: Randy Orton vs. Dolph Ziggler

Lockup, Ziggler with a side headlock, shoulder block, off the ropes, both men dodge each other, Orton with a flapjack, clotheslines Ziggler out of the ring, slingshot suplex for two, stomp to the hand, whip to the corner, shoulder block blocked, Orton with a whip, Ziggler with a boot, dropkick for two, neckbreaker, elbow drop, then six more, poses, another elbow drop for two, chinlock, Orton to his feet, back suplexes his way out, clothesline, another, snap powerslam, hangman's DDT, calls for the RKO, Alberto Del Rio with a distraction, allows Ziggler to hit a clothesline, misses the leg drop bulldog, Orton with a rollup for three.

Winner: Randy Orton

Del Rio, Ziggler and Ricardo Rodriguez put the boots to Orton before Kofi Kingston rushes in and clears the ring. Teddy Long hits the ramp before revealing that Vickie Guerrero is too distracted to run the show, and therefore Booker T is making this a tag team match. But he sent Teddy Long to do it because it just wouldn't be right for anyone else to make something a tag team match. Okay, he didn't actually say that, but we were all thinking it.

Match Two: IC Champion Kofi Kingston and Randy Orton vs. Dolph Ziggler and Alberto Del Rio

Kingston with mixed strikes to Ziggler, dropkick, commercial.

Back on, Del Rio hits a leaping stomp to Kingston, chinlock, throw to the corner, Ziggler in, stomp, neckbreaker reversed into a backslide for two, Ziggler with a dropkick for two, Orton breaks the count, Ziggler with a chinlock, handstand, bridging chinlock, moves back into basic chinlock position, Kofi to his feet, Ziggler presses him to the corner, misses a dropkick, double tag, Orton with dual clotheslines, punch to Ziggler, Del Rio goes for a DDT, reversed into a snap powerslam, hangman's DDT blocked into a superkick, Kingston in, top rope crossbody for two, SOS for two as Ziggler breaks up the count, Orton clotheslines Ziggler out of the ring, follows, Kofi calls for Trouble in Paradise, Ricardo with a distraction, Del Rio with an enziguri to the back of the head for three.

Winners: Alberto Del Rio and Dolph Ziggler

After the match, Ziggler and Guerrero grab mics.

Ziggler: "By definition, a scandal is an event which is deemed to be legally or morally questionable. Now I just wrestled two matches and I knew that off the top of my head. Pretty sick, right? Long story short, I am not out here to hide behind my former manager, Vickie Guerrero. I am out here for one reason and one reason only: The truth. And the truth cannot be denied. (Footage summary of the storyline evidence so far airs)"

Vickie: "Last week, AJ said that if she was ever in the same ring as me, she would give me the beating of my life. May I remind all of you and AJ, I am the managing Supervisor for Monday Night Raw, and I will not be threatened by anyone, let alone a lovestruck little girl. I could've suspended AJ, but I didn't, because I am not a vengeful person. But AJ, this week I have evidence that you cannot talk your way out of, so I suggest you come out here now, AJ."

AJ hits the ring. "Why are you doing this, Vickie? You got yourself into power, you cost me my job, you got everything--"

Vickie: "I didn't cost you anything! You did. But I'm not doing this to be spiteful. I'm doing this because you did something wrong and you need to admit it. Just admit that you had an affair with John Cena."

AJ: "I'm not gonna say anything. I'm not going to stand here and lie."

Vickie: "Just admit that you had an affair with John Cena, and then you and your boy toy will have nothing to be embarrassed about."

AJ: "I'm not going to lie just because your name is Vickie Guerrero."

Vickie: "I'm not just Vickie Guerrero, I am your boss. But none of it will matter after I disclose this evidence. AJ, be very careful of what I am going to say to you (sic). I am your boss. Now just admit that you had an affair with John Cena and this will all be taken care of. Just admit it! Admit it!"

AJ: "Okay! I admit it! I admit the truth: John Cena and I... are just friends. Nothing inappropriate has ever happened ever between the two of us. Now it's your turn, Vickie. Just admit it: This isn't about what you think is the truth, this is about Raw 1000, when Mr. McMahon walked out to that ramp and made me the GM instead of you. This is about the fact that I embarrassed you physically in this ring, twice. And you can't stand the fact that if I wanted to, I could do it again. Vickie, you are just throwing your weight around, and that weight is pretty considerable."

Vickie: "Okay, AJ. Now you've really caused a mess for yourself. Everyone who doubts that AJ had an affair with John Cena, I have a series of unsolicited voicemails that prove everything. Shall we play them?"

The first one airs in which AJ tells someone named John that last night was a mistake. Then another one airs in which she says that they need to stop doing something, but she can't help herself. In the last one, she says they should be together.

AJ: "You hacked into John Cena's phone? You hacked into John Cena's phone and edited those phony messages together. You are a desperate, lying little--"

Ziggler: "AJ, AJ, AJ. No more lies, no more denying, the cat's out of the bag, it's all over, AJ. We all know now that something happened. And now, you can't see him. Tell me, AJ: Which was more disappointing and unsatisfying: The fact that John Cena won't talk to you any more or all those nights in his hotel room?"

John Cena hits the ring and goes straight for Ziggler before AJ stops him. She then turns around and slaps Ziggler herself before Cena hits him with a right hook.

Backstage, Cena and AJ continue to express their confusion over what they just saw. Cena refers to the event as something that "never happened, and never would happen." AJ takes issue to that last part, and Cena retracts it. D'AWW!

Match Three: William Regal vs. World Heavyweight Champion The Big Show (non-title)

Show with a chop to the back, punch to the gut, chop to the chest, another punch to the gut, chop, Regal with a single punch, Show with a punch to the back, then another punch, a third, body slam, misses an elbow drop, Regal hulks up, punches, knee to the gut, European Uppercut, Big Show rebounds with a chokeslam for three.

Winner: William Regal

Show calls for a KO punch after the bell, before Sheamus rushes in, single-leg takedown, mounted punches, stomps, kicks Show out of the ring. Sheamus attends to William Regal as Raw goes to commercial.

Match Four: Layla vs. Kaitlyn

Lockup, Kaitlyn with a rollup for two, Layla with a rollup for two, jackknife cover for one, Layla with a kick, running senton, Kaitlyn throws Layla to the corner, Layla hits a kick, crossbody caught, Kaitlyn goes for a body slam, Layla lands on her feet, Kaitlyn hits a reverse DDT for three.

Winner: Kaitlyn

That was actually a pretty good match.

After a commercial, JR introduces Jerry Lawler, who comes to the ring to a huge standing ovation. JR hands him the mic.

"Wow. I, uh, I have no idea what I should say right now. This is just so overwhelming, I can't tell you what this means. Thank you. I'm certainly, along with JR, thinking that there was a time when I didn't think I'd ever be able to step in a WWE ring again. So for this to be even happening is just amazing. I don't want to get corny or cheesy, but there's a movie that they play on all the holidays, called It's A Wonderful Life. It's about a guy who doesn't realize how much effect he's had on everyone else around him, his friends and family and it takes a near-death experience to remind him. I've been living that movie for the past few weeks. So thank you all so much, and it's great to be back!"

CM Punk cuts off the celebration. Holy heel heat, Batman! "Jerry, I'm glad you left the ring when you did, because if you didn't, I would've beat you to death. Again. Oh yeah, boo me because the things I do are in bad taste. The things I do are disrespectful. But don't boo Jerry Lawler, he's the conqueror! He beat death and came back to life! He's a real-life zombie! Everyone knows I love zombies! But the truth is what you do is disrespectful. Because to me, a 62-year-old man putting on his wrestling gear and climbing in the ring with the reigning, undisputed WWE Champion is in bad taste. And I guess one of the side effects of that is having a heart attack. And shame on all of you for sending me hate mail and angry tweets and saying that it's my fault when the blame is entirely his. The blame is squarely on your shoulders for this one, King. It's true. You people point a finger at me and say, 'Oh, CM Punk, you're a bad person, what you do is in bad taste.' No, shame on you, Jerry Lawler, for taking the spotlight off of me with this whole heart attack stunt. Everybody backstage has been talking about how long you were clinically dead. Who cares about the number of minutes you were clinically dead, I can give you a number that actually means something: 358. And that's the number of days I have consecutively, successfully defended my WWE Championship. I've just tied Big Daddy Cool, Diesel for the 9th longest reign. And you can dismiss Diesel if you want, hell, you can dismiss my reign, but I've got another number for you: 365. Because in one week's time, I will be standing in this ring, still strong, no end in sight WWE Champion. Because this Sunday at Survivor Series, I will beat Ryback, I will beat John Cena, just like I have before. And honestly, King, I'm glad you're here, because I want to see you sit right there for my defense. Just try not to croak before the event."

"I'll try not to Punk, but the way I see it, the only thing on life support is your run as WWE Champion."

"Oh, ha ha, good one, King. If you feel that strongly about it, maybe you wanna get in the... (Paul Heyman begins coughing and clutching his chest) get in the ring and..."

Paul Heyman falls to the ground as Punk calls for help before Heyman makes it to his feet and laughs at Lawler.

Punk: "Paul, you almost gave me a heart attack."

Mick Foley hits the ring. I think Punk and Heyman just became the new kings of heel heat.

Foley: "I'm not surprised that someone like you who demands respect refuses to give it so someone like Jerry Lawler who commands respect."

Punk: "Lay off, Paul Heyman just had a heart attack. And I brought him back to life. He didn't need two months off like Jerry Lawler. What are you doing out here? This is getting redundant, Mick. You're wasting my time. We're no longer captains of opposing Survivor Series teams after Vince McMahon decided to screw me once again and took Ryback off your team. So maybe instead of worrying about me, you might want to worry about that big, gaping hole on your team."

"Oh, I'm not worried about that. Because I'm not picking the final member of my team, the WWE Universe is going to be picking the last member of Team Foley at Survivor Series."

"Wow, that's a great decision, I couldn't be happier for you, but a piece of advice: You should stop caring about what the WWE Universe thinks. I stopped caring about what anyone thinks of me long ago, and things have never been better for me. And another piece of advice: You should change your team name to Team Worthless. You're a worthless captain leading a worthless team trying to fill a worthless hole with the worthless opinions of these worthless people from worthless--"

"Shut up! Can I tell you something about Jerry Lawler, a secret? He was dead! We lost Jerry Lawler, and through miracles and medical professionals and yes, the thoughts and prayers of the WWE Universe, he came back! And you don't care! You've lost sight of the fact that the universe doesn't revolve around you! Somehow you think that the fact that Jerry Lawler's still here and we lost him and he's back involved you! And it doesn't! So when I found out, overseas, fulfilling a commitment that I made to our troops, that Vince McMahon and Vickie Guerrero made a change to our match, I wasn't happy! Because I wanted desperately, so desperately, Punk, to captain a team that taught you a lesson. But then I realized you don't give a damn about lessons and respect, all you care about is your WWE Championship. And now, you're in a position where Ryback and John Cena are going to strip you of that title."

"You think so? Well, no one's been able to learn how to beat me for this WWE Championship in 358 days, and there's nothing you or anyone else can teach them. There isn't even anything you can teach me, because I don't feel like jumping off my roof like some goof, okay? None of this involves you, Mick. All the passionate screaming and finger-pointing doesn't matter because none of this involves you."

"Actually, some of it does involve me, because I've got a bit of a parting gift for you tonight. See, right before I came out here, I was informed that during your match against John Cena later tonight, right here in Columbus, Ohio, that I, of the finger pointing and roof jumping, would be your special guest enforcer. Have a nice day."

Match Five: Sin Cara, Rey Mysterio, Tyson Kidd and Justin Gabriel vs. Primetime Players, Primo and Epico

Gabriel and O'Neill start off, trading punches, O'Neill with a reverse powerslam, Young in, cover for one, Epico in, suplex for two, chinlock, Ricardo Rodriguez comes to ringside for some reason and hands a letter to Rosa Mendes, Gabriel with a wheel kick, Primo and Rey in, Rey with a hurricanrana, Primo with a whip, powerbomb reversed into a hurricanrana, 619 reversed into a back body drop, Rey with an Asai Moonsault, all the competitors swarm, commercial.

Back on, Titus O'Neill throws Rey Mysterio into the apron, back in the ring, gorilla press backbreaker, then another backbreaker, bear hug, Rey punches his way out, O'Neill with a shoulder tackle, Primo in, elbow drop for two, front facelock, Rey escapes, Primo with a kick, sunset flip reversed into a kick, Young in, whip, sets Rey up in the top rope, Rey with a kick, hurricanrana sending Young into the ring post, Kidd in, springboard clothesline, punches in the corner, running dropkick for two, whip, reversed, Kidd with a kick in the ropes, swinging kick in the ropes, heads up top, hits a leaping neckbreaker, Primo with a back stabber, Gabriel with a clothesline, Titus clotheslines Gabriel, Rey with a dropkick, Young grabs Rey, Sin Cara starts clearing house, Young hits a backbreaker to the legal Kidd for two, powerbomb reversed into a hurricanrana into the bottom rope, Rey in, 619, Gabriel in, 450 Splash for three.

Winners: Justin Gabriel, Tyson Kidd, Sin Cara and Rey Mysterio

Backstage, as Brad Maddox is preparing to face Ryback, Paul Heyman pulls him aside and walks off with him discussing something in a hushed voice.

Another promo airs for Fandango. So glad they dropped the second "o".

Backstage, The Miz is on the phone with someone, promising to be at Survivor Series somehow. Ziggler cracks that Miz will come crawling back to Team Ziggler. Foley interjects and challenges Ziggler to a tag team match: Rhodes Scholars vs. whoever wins the voting and Kane. Miz then asks Foley for the chance to be on the ballot, telling Foley that he wants nothing more than to beat Team Ziggler. Foley agrees to let Miz on the ballot, joining Santino Marella and Zack Ryder.

Match Six: R-Truth vs. Tensai

Before Truth's opponent is revealed, Antonio Cesaro cuts a promo accusing Truth of using the Little Jimmy gimmick to hide from the fact that he's fallen so far that he's become a joke, which he then compares to the US. He then joins the commentary table.

The match then starts in progress after a commercial with Truth punching his way out of a headlock, Tensai with a punch, headbutt, Truth with punches, Tensai with chops, cover for two, armbar, Truth punches his way out, ducks a couple of punches, hits a dropkick, Tensai presses Truth to the corner, Truth with punches, drops Tensai's arm across the top rope, missile dropkick for two, spinning scissors kick, heel kick, Little Jimmy for three.

Winner: R-Truth

Cesaro: "Hey Truth, there is no way, this Sunday at Survivor Series--"

Truth: "Knock knock. (Crowd: Who's there?) Europe. (Crowd: Europe who?) You're up in my face right now, and this Sunday, I'm going to knock your teeth down your esophagus and become the two-time United States Champion."

The WWE Rewind is Brad Maddox explaining himself last week and getting a match with Ryback.

Match Seven: Ryback vs. Brad Maddox

As Brad Maddox makes his way to the ring, someone rolls an ambulance to the ringside area. As Ryback makes his entrance, a series of EMTs roll a stretcher to the ringside area to match.

Brad Maddox hits the floor as the match begins. He climbs back in and immediately climbs back out. He climbs in again and dances around Ryback before Ryback catches him and shoves him to the ground. Maddox grabs the ropes, Ryback throws him down again, body slam, throws Maddox's head into the mat seven times (the crowd counts them), then does it three times with Maddox's face to the floor, tosses Maddox into the turnbuckle, screams "You're dead!", running powerslam, sets him up in the ropes and hits a clothesline to the floor, follows Maddox, tosses him back in the ring, powerbomb, then another powerbomb, then a third powerbomb, meat hook clothesline, "Finish him!", Shellshocked for three.

Winner: Ryback

Ryback sets Maddox up in the stretcher, then throws him off of it into the barricade, then hits the clothesline on the floor, picks Maddox up and powerslams him into the ambulance. He then opens the doors and tosses Maddox into the ambulance, which then drives off.

Match Eight: David Otunga vs. Sheamus

Lockup, Sheamus presses Otunga to the corner, Otunga with a kick, punches, Sheamus with a shoulder tackle, punches, clothesline, Otunga with punches, Sheamus with a clothesline, shoulder tackle, clothesline, knee drop, more knee drops, White Noise, calls for the Brogue Kick, hits it for three.

Winner: Sheamus

Sheamus grabs a mic: "Hey Big Show, I hope you're watching, fella, because that's exactly what's going to happen at Survivor Series. I'm going to take this boot and crash it into your skull and take back my World Heavyweight Championship.

Show is revealed to be backstage, beating the hell out of William Regal before hitting a KO punch as Sheamus chases after him.

After a commercial, Josh Matthews is outside the Trainer's Room, and reveals that Regal may have suffered a concussion and a possible broken jaw.

Daniel Bryan intercepts Kane making his way to the ring. Bryan is jealous of the fact that Kane is teaming with someone else. Bryan starts plotting for the two of them to go to Mick Foley together and refuse to team with anyone else before noticing that Kane walked off in mid-sentence.

Match Nine: Team Rhodes Scholars vs. Kane and TBA

Justin Roberts reveals that the winner of the poll is... The Miz!

Match Nine: Team Rhodes Scholars vs. Kane and The Miz

The match is already in progress after a commercial, Kane hits a suplex to Sandow, Miz in, clothesline, hanging clothesline for two, Kane in, Miz with a snapmare, Kane with a boot for two, body slam blocked, Sandow tags in Rhodes, Kane brings him in the hard way, punch, Miz in, double team elbow, whip, reversed, Miz with a boot to the face, Rhodes presses him to the ropes, Miz drops him to the floor, double axe handle, Bryan starts arguing with Miz, Rhodes hits a Beautiful Disaster, Sandow in, knee drops, elbow drop for two, Rhodes in, punch to the gut, punch to the face, more punches to the face, Sandow in, punch, snapmare, knee to the back, chinlock, Miz elbows his way out, Sandow goes for a clothesline, Miz reverses into a backbreaker/neckbreaker combo, double tag, Kane with clotheslines, whip, Rhodes ducks, Kane hits a clothesline, then another clothesline in the corner, side slam, top rope clothesline, calls for a chokeslam, ends up punching Damien Sandow in the face, Bryan attacks Miz, Miz parlays that into tossing Bryan into Rhodes, tosses Rhodes back into the ring, chokeslam for three.

Winners: Kane and The Miz

Bryan and Miz fight over Kane after the bell before they cut to a video package for the next Tribute to the Troops.

Main Event: WWE Champion CM Punk vs. John Cena (non-title) (Special Guest Enforcer: Mick Foley)

Lockup, Punk with a side headlock, shoulder tackle, Cena with an arm drag, armbar, Punk hits the floor, commercial.

Back on, Punk hits an elbow drop to Cena on the floor, tosses Cena back in the ring, elbow, climbs back in the ring himself, neckbreaker reversed into a backslide for two, Punk with a clothesline, cover for two, neckbreaker, not quite, transitions it into almost a reverse dragon sleeper, Cena to his feet, misses a clothesline, Punk with a chinlock, Cena throws Punk into the corner, trading punches, trading kicks, back to trading punches, Cena hits a clothesline, protoplex, You Can't See Me reversed into a rollup, Punk with a neckbreaker for two, high knee in the corner, clothesline, elbow drop, Cena dodges, You Can't See Me, misses a five-knuckle shuffle, protoplex, AA misses, Punk with a series of kicks for two, calls for the GTS, Cena reverses, goes for the AA, Punk with a reverse leg sweep, locks in a variation of the gogoplata, Cena makes it to the ropes, Punk misses a springboard clothesline, Cena locks in the STF, Heyman climbs in the ring with the WWE Championship, Cena catches him in the act, Foley takes Heyman out, Punk with a kick to the back of the head, GTS reversed into the STF, Punk makes it to the ropes, leaves the ring, Ryback hits the entranceway, chases Punk back to Cena, back in the ring, Punk goes for a GTS, reversed into an AA for three.

Winner: John Cena

Cena celebrates with a combination of shock and elation before Ryback hits the ring and the two men have a statedown. Both men then grab for the WWE Championship at the same time, before Punk steps in. Both men turn their attention to Punk, who backs off, before they resume their tug-of-war as Raw goes off the air.