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RAW Results - Feb 11th, 2013
Location - Bridgestone Arena, Nashville, TN.
Announcers - Jerry 'The King' Lawler, Michael Cole & John 'Bradshaw' Layfield

[Black Widow]

We are less than a week from the Elimination Chamber and it is time for the final push to the pay per view. Will the Shield regain their position of power when it comes to John Cena, Sheamus, and Ryback or will they give up the advantage that they have held since their debut? Will we see Big Show complain about how he is being treated by Booker T and the World Champion? What will happen with the current tag team champions as it appears that they are on different pages? Will 3MB debut their first country single?

Previously . . . on Raw, the Shield finally got a taste of their own medicine from their opponents at the Elimination Chamber. Oh yeah, The Rock is defending the WWE Title against the man who claims that he never lost it.

This week, Raw is in Nashville, Tennessee and your announcers are Jerry ‘Home of the Predators’ Lawler and Michael ‘Our Tame Wrestling Announcer’ Cole.

Paul Heyman is standing in the ring and he does not look happy. Paul introduces himself to the people of Nashville. He says that this is not how he envisioned things, but he is compelled to do this. Tonight is the last time you will ever see Paul Heyman. He says that some people might be happy, but Paul says that he will never play the victim.

Everything that he has ever done has been done with great passion. He has made great sacrifices for those passions. Those passions end up betraying him. For seven and a half years of his life, he sacrificed everything. He gave up his personal life and his parent’s fortune to bring everyone the single most hard hitting and entertaining product in professional wrestling and sports entertainment. That was called ECW.

Paul came to WWE and he saw the most physically gifted rookie and he sacrificed for that vision and passion. Paul says that he turned that rookie into the Next Big Thing. That person is Brock Lesnar. Then he met a man he felt was the epitome of everything that the WWE audience would support. He saw a man he knew could eclipse even Bruno Sammartino’s reign as WWE Champion. He saw a man who would headline Wrestlemanias and carry WWE into the future. Not just the short term future, but the long term champion.

That man should still be your reigning and defending WWE Champion. That man is CM Punk. Paul says that you don’t have to be Nostradamus to see into the future. Paul says that he can see into the future and something really bad is going to happen here. That Sword of Damocles is hanging over our heads. It will not just come down on him, but it will come down onto everyone. Punk needs to be focused and he needs to understand that he will once again become the WWE Champion. Paul says that he has become a distraction. The sins of the mentor will fall upon his protégé and he will not let that happen.

Paul says that is why he is tendering his resignation. Paul says that it is funny that as someone would come out here and pour his heart out to you, there wouldn’t be a dry eye in the building. He sees a lot of cold hearted people. Paul says that he cares as little about their lives as they do for him. Paul says that he won’t miss the WWE Universe on Monday nights.

Paul says this is what they have driven him to. CM Punk needs to be focused on becoming the WWE Champion and he will not stand in Punk’s way. Punk is his best friend and he loves him too much not to stand in his way.

Paul says that he cannot stand out here tonight with CM Punk and let him know that he will celebrate Punk’s 455th day as champion when he defeats the Rock.

Paul says that he is sorry and he says good-bye.

CM Punk’s music plays and he comes out to the ring. He wants to know what is going on.

Punk tries to talk some sense into Paul and then he gets a mic so we can hear him. He wants to know what Paul is doing.

Paul says that he is in Punk’s way. Vince McMahon thinks that he arranged for the Shield to be paid off. That did not happen and Punk knows it did not happen. Vince thinks that he paid off Brad Maddox but Punk knows it did not happen. Paul says that Vince thinks that he had something to do with Brock Lesnar.

Punk says that Paul is too important to him and the company. The people admire Paul, just like him. They look up to him, just like they do. There are a lot of Paul Heyman guys out there.

Paul says that he told him. In the Land of the McMahons, perception is reality. If Punk thought Vince was screwing him at the Royal Rumble, wait to see what is next. He does not want Punk to think of him as a martyr, but as his friend.

Punk tells Paul on Sunday that this ‘bad dream’ that they are living in, goes back to normal. Punk tells Paul that this goes back to normal on Sunday on Day 455 of his historic title reign. He will beat the Rock and Paul Heyman will be in the corner of the WWE Champ.

Paul says that Punk is right and he will beat the Rock. Paul will be there and he will witness greatness. Punk is not only a gift from the heavens, but he will become the WWE Champion. Paul hugs Punk.

Paul raises Punk’s arm.

Mark Henry is walking in the back as we go to commercial.

Match Number One: Great Khali (with Hornswoggle and Natalya) versus Mark Henry

Khali with punches and he pushes Henry into the corner and he chops Henry. Khali with kicks and a head butt. Khali with another chop and head butt. Henry sends Khali into the corner and Henry with punches. Khali with an elbow and boot to Henry. Mark misses a charge into the corner and he chops Henry in the chest.

Khali has a chop blocked and Henry with forearms to Khali. Henry with a splash to the back and then he hits a clothesline and Khali goes down like a redwood. Mark picks up Khali and walks around the ring before hitting the World’s Strongest Slam for the three count.

Winner: Mark Henry

Mark looks at Hornswoggle and Natalya checking on Khali and Hornswoggle does not realize that he has the 7:30 ticket for the Hall of Pain and Henry with the World’s Strongest Slam to Hornswoggle.

We are back and Booker T and Teddy Long are talking about Mark Henry and how he made it into the Elimination Chamber. Chris Jericho stops by and he says that they are looking for World Champions and he is a six time World Champion and he has been in the most Elimination Chambers in history.

It is only right for business and prestige to put him into the match.

Teddy likes the idea and says that he is in. Booker says that everyone has to impress him and the WWE Universe to get into the match.

Teddy has an idea and Booker says the idea sucks. If Chris wants an opportunity. If he can beat someone already in the Elimination Chamber, he is in. He has to beat Daniel Bryan.

Chris likes the idea. He will beat Daniel Bearden and he will move one step closer to being the seven time World Champion. Chris wants to know if Booker can dig that.

Vickie Guerrero is on the phone talking about the pay per view and there is a knock on the door.

Paul Heyman enters and Vickie says that she doesn’t have time for his BS. Paul demands a stipulation for the WWE Title Match. Vickie refuses to do it. Paul says that in Vince’s absence, it is Vickie’s show.

Vickie takes a call and it is from Vince. Paul wants to talk to Vince and Vickie puts him on speaker.

Paul says that he is sorry about what happened to Vince and that Brock was way out of line. He knows that will be back on Raw in no time.

Vince tells him to shut up and he wants to know what the stipulation is.

Paul says that the WWE Title match is a huge match. Paul says that Rock will do whatever it takes to keep the title. Paul says that he wants a stipulation that if Rock is counted out or disqualified, the title goes to Punk.

Vince asks Paul if he feels strongly about that. Paul says that he will do anything if he gets the stipulation. Vince agrees to the stipulation and Paul thanks Vince and then Vince hangs up on Paul.

Match Number Two: Daniel Bryan versus Chris Jericho in an Impress Booker T to get into the Elimination Chamber Match Match

They lock up and Jericho with a rollup for a near fall. Jericho with another near fall with a rollup. Jericho with arm drags into an arm bar.

We see the ‘brain trust’ watching in the back while Bryan has Jericho in a hammer lock. Jericho with elbows. Bryan with a running knee to the midsection. Bryan with kicks of No to the chest. Bryan with a snap mare and knee to the chest for a near fall. Bryan works on the shoulder and applies a wrist lock. Jericho with a reversal and chop.

Jericho with a kick to the midsection followed by a forearm to the head and back. Jericho with a kick to the chest but Jericho is sent over the top rope to the floor. Bryan goes to the floor and he sends Jericho back in. Jericho with a shoulder to Bryan on the apron and then Jericho goes for the springboard drop kick but Bryan knows what is coming so he moves and Jericho goes to the floor. Bryan with a suicide dive and both men are down.

We go to commercial.

We are back and Bryan with a rollup for a near fall. Jericho with a clothesline and then he chokes Bryan in the corner. Bryan with an elbow to Jericho and a running drop kick into the corner. Bryan flips over Jericho but Jericho with shoulder tackles. Bryan sends Jericho over the top rope but Jericho lands on the apron. Jericho goes up top but Bryan moves. Bryan with a flying clothesline and both men are down.

Jericho blocks the drop kick into the corner but Jericho tries for the Walls of Jericho but Bryan escapes. Jericho goes for a Lionsault but Bryan gets his knees up. Jericho crotches Bryan on the top turnbuckle. Jericho tries for a superplex but Bryan blocks it. Bryan pushes Jericho to the mat. Bryan sets for the diving head butt and he connects but Jericho is able to kick out.

Bryan with knees to the head but Jericho grabs the legs and tries for the Walls of Jericho. Bryan is unable to keep Jericho from turning over. Bryan counters into the No Lock but Jericho counters again and Jericho cannot get the hold applied.

Bryan with a round kick to the head and Bryan can only get a two count. Bryan with Kicks of No to the chest but Jericho ducks the round kick and Jericho with a rollup for a near fall. Jericho with a Codebreaker for the three count.

Winner: Chris Jericho

We go to commercial.

We are back with the WWE Rewind: The Shield destroying Brad Maddox before being destroyed by Ryback, Sheamus, and John Cena.

Match Number Three: Sheamus, Ryback, and John Cena versus Heath Slater, Jinder Mahal, and Drew McIntyre

Slater and Ryback start things off and Slater dances and plays some air guitar before pushing Ryback. Ryback with a kick and then he presses Slater over his head and drops him behind him. Sheamus and Drew tag in and Drew with a pelvic thrust and Sheamus with a kick and punches.

Sheamus with an Irish whip but Drew with a kick and forearms. Drew with punches. Drew with a kick but Sheamus sends Drew to the apron. Drew with a punch but Sheamus with a knee to the chest and it is time for some forearms to the chest. Sheamus with a hip toss to bring Drew back in.

Cena and Jinder tag in. Cena with a punch and a Blue Thunder Bomb. Cena hits the Five Knuckle Shuffle and then all six men get in the ring. Cena with an Attitude Adjustment to Mahal while Ryback hits the muscle buster on Slater and Sheamus hits White Noise on McIntyre for a three part harmony three count.

Winners: Ryback, John Cena, and Sheamus

Ryback says that he has been waiting for Sunday for a long time because he will get to feast on the Shield. Sheamus says that for the past couple of months, we have heard ‘Believe in the Shield’. Sheamus says that he believes that there is no way that they shouldn’t get some of their own justice tonight. John Cena says that Sheamus is right. The Shield will be here. Why would they come into the middle of the ring and leave them vulnerable. Cena says that it is a bold choice, but it is also a bad one. The Shield meets the Sword. Justice meets The Law.

It is time to take a look back at what happened on Smackdown to Big Show’s bus.

Jerry Lawler tells us about Alex Riley and Yoshi Tatsu and we see what happened earlier today. Alex calls Show the biggest and fattest traffic cone. Big Show comes by and he knocks out Riley and Yoshi.

We go to commercial.

We are back and Big Show makes his way to the ring. Matt Striker is in the ring to interview Show. Matt asks his first question but before he can finish, Show knocks out Striker.

Show picks up the mic and he wants to say something but he cannot summon the proper words to express his feelings.

Show drops the mic and he leaves the ring. Matt Striker has not moved the entire time.

Michael and Jerry wonder whether Alberto Del Rio’s actions are best for his future as World Champion.

In case you missed it last Monday or Friday, we have the Bruno Sammartino Hall of Fame video package.

We go to commercial.

Match Number Four: Jack Swagger (with Zebekiah versus Zack Ryder

Swagger with a slam to Ryder and then he puts Ryder on the turnbuckles and pie faces him. Ryder kicks Swagger away and hits a missile drop kick. Ryder with a running forearm in the corner and Booker and Teddy watch as Ryder hits the Broski Boot and Ryder gets a near fall.

Ryder tries for a pescado but Swagger catches him and he hits a belly-to-belly suplex on the floor. Swagger with a near fall and then he connects with an Irish whip followed by a dive into the knee. Swagger with a running knee into the corner. Swagger runs into knees from Ryder but Ryder goes for the Rough Ryder but Swagger blocks it and he hits a Buckle Bomb and follows with the Doctor Bomb and he applies the ankle lock and Ryder taps out.

Winner: Jack Swagger

After the match, Jack Swagger says that he wants to introduce a friend of his. He is a native and great American. Zeb Coulter.

Zeb tells everyone that he has a question for everyone. What is wrong with America. He knows what is wrong and Jack Swagger doesn’t know what is wrong. Most forget what is wrong with America. He is a real patriot who had bullets buzzing around his head. He sees a country he does not recognize. He wants to know where did all of these people come from and how do we get rid of them.

Real Americans know the truth. He knows the truth. This is the Land of the Free and the Home of the Brave, not the Land of the Free and the Home of whoever comes across the border.

Booker tells Teddy that Jack has been unstoppable. Teddy says that Jack should be in the Elimination Chamber. Booker says that Jack is in.

Dolph Ziggler stops by with AJ and Big E Langston. Dolph cannot believe that Jericho and Swagger are in the match. AJ reminds Booker that Dolph has his title match. Ziggler reminds Booker that he got Jericho’s contract terminated and he steals the show every night. Jericho does not belong in the match and he does not deserve a title match. Dolph says that he is in the Elimination Chamber.

Big E Langston says that for two World Title Matches and a chance to stop Chris Jericho, Dolph wants in.

Booker says that there is a man looking for a shot in the match and whoever wins is in.

Booker says that Ziggler will have to face Big Show.

It is time to take a look at the situation surrounding Brock Lesnar. Let’s go to last week’s Raw.

Antonio Cesaro is at the announce table with Cole and Lawler.

Match Number Five: Cody Rhodes versus Miz

They lock up and Rhodes with a hammer lock and side head lock. Rhodes with a shoulder tackle. Cody misses a clothesline and he tries for a sunset flip but Miz rolls through and kicks Rhodes in the head and gets a near fall. Miz with a front face lock but Cody with a kick and drop down uppercut. Cody with the kick to the solar plexus followed by a punch and a near fall.

Cody with kicks to Miz followed by a knee to the midsection and a snap mare followed by a running knee to the head. Rhodes with an arm bar. Miz with a head butt but Cody with an elbow. Miz with punches followed by a flapjack. Miz tries for the Reality Check but Miz cannot hit the second neck breaker. Cody is sent into the apron. Cesaro goes after Miz and Miz kicks Cesaro.

Miz sends Rhodes into the announce table and back into the ring. Cesaro sends Miz into the ring post. The referee calls for the bell.

Winner: Miz (by disqualification)

After the match, Cesaro sends Miz into the ringside barrier with a series of Giant Swings.

We go to a WWE Reading Superstars video package.

Match Number Six: Epico and Primo (with Rosa Mendes) versus Tensai and Brodus Clay (with The Funkettes)

Tensai and Primo start things off and Primo with kicks and he thinks about slamming Tensai but it fails. Tensai with a head butt. Clay tags in and Primo tries for the double noggin knocker but it does not work. They hit a double head butt. Clay with a Sheeeplex despite Epico making the blind tag. Clay with an Irish whip and splash into the corner. Clay with a shoulder tackle followed by a back senton splash from Tensai for the three count.

Winners: Tensai and Brodus Clay

After the match, it is time for some dancing. Rosa gets in Tensai’s face and Rosa is sent to the floor. Naomi teases a dive to the floor and then Cameron with a baseball slide to Rosa.

We go to commercial.

We are back and it is time for The Shield to make their way to the ring.

Dean says that they are The Shield. They stand united in this ring with a sole purpose. Shielding the WWE from atrocities. Atrocities like John Cena perpetrates every day. John threatened the Shield.

Seth says that Sheamus, Ryback, and John Cena think they can accomplish something by threatening the Shield. They do things through actions.

Roman says threatening the Shield does not work. If you want them, come and get them.

Dean says that they are typical empty threats from three morally empty individuals.

Reigns says they couldn’t get the job done with the whole roster last week. The whole world cannot stop them

Seth says that John failed last week. John fails every day. This Sunday at Elimination Chamber, it will be no different. At the hands of the Shield, John Cena will fail again.

Dean says that John will fail because he is a failure. Cena is a philosophy. He fails to set an example every day. He lives in a bubble every day. He can do what he wants without consequences. That is the John Cena Problem.

Roman says that Cena has been the problem for the last decade. They are the solution.

Seth says that Cena’s standard set the stage for the Sheamuses and Rybacks of the world. He set the standard to believe in the system. On Sunday they have the opportunity to rectify a decade of injustice in one fell swoop.

Dean says they walk in together and walk out together. Ryback, Sheamus, and Cena might not walk out. He tells them to bring as much fresh air as they can because they will drown them on Sunday.

The lights go out and when the lights go back on, Sheamus, Cena and Ryback appear. All six men battle in the ring. Cena sends Reigns over the top rope to the floor. Sheamus clotheslines Reigns over the top rope. Ryback clotheslines Ambrose and the Shield leave the ring. Ryback, Sheamus, and Cena attack The Shield and the battle goes into the crowd.

In case you missed the start of the show, we go to highlights from Paul Heyman’s comments.

Alberto Del Rio and Ricardo Rodriguez walk in the back. Ricardo has his bucket and Alberto has his scarf.

We go to commercial.

We are back and Damien Sandow demands that the music be silenced. The WWE finds itself in the Mecca of country music, Nashville and that is not a good thing. This city prides itself in glorifying itself with songs about dead dogs, broken down pick up trucks, and ignoramuses getting their hearts broken. They listen to this music instead of Mozart and Beethoven. He is doing this not to agitate them, but to save them from the doldrums of their self imposed inadequacies.

You’re Welcome.

Match Number Seven: Alberto Del Rio (with Ricardo Rodriguez) versus Damien Sandow in a Non Title Match

Sandow with a kick and knees to Del Rio. Sandow with a side Russian leg sweep followed by the Elbow of Disdain. Sandow misses a charge into the corner and Del Rio with two clotheslines and then he avoids a clothesline from Sandow and hits a tilt-a-whirl back breaker. Del Rio with a super kick for a near fall.

Del Rio floats over into the cross arm breaker and Sandow taps out.

Winner: Alberto Del Rio

After the match, Alberto says that Big Show gave us the best promo of his life earlier tonight. For the first time in his life, he agrees with Big Show. The time for talking is over. The time for parking lots, hotel rooms, and tour buses is over. After Sunday, Show can go anywhere in his tour bus because Alberto says that there is only one place he is going.

Alberto points to the Wrestlemania sign and then he says that he is going to Wrestlemania.

Wade Barrett walks in the back for his match with Kofi Kingston but Bo Dallas attacks him. Officials separate Dallas and Barrett. We go to commercial.

Match Number Eight: Kofi Kingston versus Wade Barrett in a Non Title Match

Kofi with kicks and forearms as he focuses on Barrett’s jaw. Barrett with a kick and back elbow. Barrett with kicks to Kofi and the referee warns Barrett. Barrett with knees to Kofi’s head followed by a short arm clothesline and he gets a near fall. Barrett with a rear chin lock. Kofi with a jawbreaker to Barrett followed by chops and a drop kick. Kofi misses the leaping clothesline. Barrett avoids the SOS. Kofi with a kick and Shadows over Hell for a near fall.

Kofi with a kick to Barrett. Barrett with an Irish whip but Kofi with a pendulum kick and a cross body for a near fall. Kofi misses a springboard move and Barrett hits the Blackpool Slam for a near fall.

Barrett sets up for the Bull Hammer but Kofi moves. Kofi misses Trouble in Paradise and he puts Kofi in the ring skirt and hits the Bull Hammer for the three count.

Winner: Wade Barrett

After the match, Barrett wants Bo Dallas to come out.

We go to commercial.

Match Number Nine: Kane versus Dolph Ziggler (with AJ Lee and Big E Langston) in a Winner gets into the Elimination Chamber Match Match

Ziggler punches Kane and kicks him. Kane with an elbow and he sends Ziggler into the corner and punches Ziggler. Kane gets a near fall. We see Booker and Teddy standing in the back. Kane with a slam for a near fall.

Kane with a snap mare but Ziggler gets up and hits the drop kick before Kane can do it. Ziggler with kicks to Kane followed by punches. Kane with an uppercut or two. Kane with kicks to Ziggler followed by another uppercut. Ziggler with a hurdle leap frog but Kane sends Ziggler into the air. Ziggler goes to the floor when Kane sets for the choke slam and we go to commercial.

We are back and Ziggler with a reverse chin lock but Kane with a snap mare followed by a punch. Kane with an Irish whip into the corner followed by a clothesline. Kane charges into a boot and Ziggler goes to the turnbuckles but Kane with an uppercut and Ziggler goes to the floor.

Kane and Langston stare each other down. Ziggler sends Kane into the ringside barrier thanks to Langston’s distraction. Ziggler returns to the ring and the referee continues his count. Ziggler with a neck breaker to bring Kane back into the ring. Ziggler with rapid fire elbow drops followed by a delay into a leaping elbow drop and a near fall.

Ziggler with a reverse chin lock. Kane with punches and then he catches Ziggler on a cross body attempt. Ziggler with a DDT and both men are down. Ziggler gets a near fall. Ziggler misses a splash into the corner and Kane with a boot to the head and he gets a near fall. Kane with an Irish whip and clothesline into the corner. Kane with a second Irish whip and clothesline. Ziggler avoids the side slam and he applies the sleeper.

Ziggler gets a near fall. Ziggler goes for the Zig Zag but Kane holds on to the ropes. Kane with a side slam and Kane goes up top. AJ distracts Kane and Ziggler bounces off the ropes and he knocks AJ off the apron but she is caught by Langston. Kane with a choke slam for the three count.

Winner: Kane

We go to commercial and Rock is next because there probably aren’t any more commercial breaks to hype his appearance.

We are back and it is almost time for the Rock. First we have an Elimination Chamber video.

FINALLY . . . it is time to smell the Rock as he makes his way to the ring.

He says that this is a very special night. Not only are they sold out, he has waited a long time to say . . . FINALLY . . . the Rock has come back to Nash . . . Ville.

Rock says that Nashville is a special city to the Rock. He asks if they want to know why. Rock says that it is ‘Story Time with the Rock’. This is a true story and some might even know. In 1987, a fifteen year old Rock and his family moved to Nashville. He signed up for high school, McGavick High School.

He was no ordinary 15 year old. He kicked puberty’s candy ass. He got no play even at 6’4” 240 pounds because the girls thought he was an undercover cop. He ended up hanging out in a bar listening to country music on Broadway. He hung out with his buddy Downtown Bruno when somebody magical walked in, not Jeff Jarrett or Willie Nelson. In walked a crackhead. He asks if anyone wanted to buy a car. He pointed to a blue 1979 Thunderbird. Everyone ignored him, except for one person . . . a 15 year old Rock.

He thought bar . . . car . . . crackhead, what could go wrong. Rock offered $40 and he would pay him the rest later when offered $75. Rock started driving down the road and he heard something in the back. Rock says that he did not realize there was another crackhead sitting in the back seat. Rock told the crackhead to get out of the car.

Rock kept driving and he had another thought in his head. Maybe the car is stolen. He says that he did the most mature thing he could do at 15 years old. He ditched the car in a Burger King parking lot at 2:00 am and went back into the lounge.

There are two takeaways from this story. If you are going to buy a car, don’t ever buy a car from a crackhead. The other story is not to be like the Rock when he was 15 years old. Be like the Rock at 25 when he had his life under control. He had his first match at the Nashville Fairgrounds with the dream of being the WWE Champion.

CM Punk’s music plays and he makes his way onto the stage with Paul Heyman.

Rock mentions the last time we saw Punk and Paul in the ring. You had the homeless vampire hugging on the hairy werewolf.

Does Paul want to stack the deck at Elimination Chamber? He tells Paul to bring it. He tells Punk if he wants to smile on the stage. He will beat Punk’s punk ass on Sunday and if he walks down the ramp right now, he will beat Punk’s punk ass all over Nashville.

Punk thinks about it and he makes his way to the ring while Rock takes off his shirt. Rock does the Rock Bounce and then Punk and Paul stop before getting to the ring. Punk goes into the ring after teasing that he was going to the back. Punk with a few shots but Rock with a series of punches and then Punk with knees to Rock. Rock with a spinebuster and it is time for the People’s Elbow but Paul trips Rock and Punk gets Rock on his shoulders and hits the Go To Sleep.

Punk picks up his title belt and he leaves the ring with it.

Rock struggles to get up and Punk tells Rock that story time is over. He wants Rock to understand one thing. Everything Rock wants to bring it, he is just going to take it.

[Black Widow]

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With Mr. McMahon still recovering from hip replacement surgery, what will unfold when WWE Champion The Rock comes to tonight’s Raw? Here are five reasons to tune in at 8/7 CT on USA Network as Elimination Chamber looms large on The Road to WrestleMania.

1. WWE Champion The Rock comes to Raw

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WWE Champion The Rockwill be at Bridgestone Arena when Raw comes to Nashville, Tenn. With Elimination Chamber just days away, what will The Great One have to say about his opponent, CM Punk? Will former WWE Champion Punk have any final words before their big showdown? With both Superstars equally passionate about expressing their opinions of each other, a battle on the mic could be as epic as their WWE Title showdown at Elimination Chamber.

2. Can anyone control Brock Lesnar?

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Last week, the WWE Universe witnessed yet another brutal assault by Brock Lesnar when he decimated The Miz on the set of “Miz TV.” The attack comes after Lesnar shattered Mr. McMahon’s hip — a ruthless act which Raw Managing Supervisor Vickie Guerrero admitted she did not anticipate when she re-signed Lesnar. Although Paul Heyman still appears to be aligned with the behemoth, it certainly doesn’t seem as if Heyman can do anything to stop Lesnar from doing anything he wants to anyone he wants

Exactly why did Lesnar return to WWE? Will the WWE Universe get any answers … or just witness another brutal attack on Raw? Either way, Brock Lesnar is must-see TV!

3. Who is next in Mark Henry’s sights?

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Mark Henry has returned to WWE with a vengeance! Rey Mysterio and Sin Cara both felt The World’s Strongest Man’s wrath, and Randy Orton was unable to stop the hungry competitor from earning a spot in the No. 1 Contender’s Elimination Chamber Match. Michael Cole has described Henry as the most dangerous Superstar in WWE. Who will the former World Heavyweight Champion go after next?

4. Which returning Superstar is poised for a big 2013?

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In addition to the return of Brock Lesnar and Mark Henry, the WWE Universe has witnessed the return of a hungry Jack Swagger and a better-than-ever Chris Jericho — who competed in an epic WWE Active Match with CM Punk last week. As The Road to WrestleMania heats up, which Superstar will rise to the top and possibly find himself competing on The Grandest Stage of Them All?

5. Will John Cena, Sheamus and Ryback deliver justice?

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After Raw went off the air last week, John Cena issued a straight forward challenge to The Shield — step in the ring with Cena along with Sheamus and Ryback at Elimination Chamber. The challenge was officially accepted later in the week. After months of The Shield running roughshod through WWE, has the group finally met its match?

The powerhouse team of Cena, Sheamus and Ryback could quite possibly be the most potent trio in WWE in recent years. Will they bring a new brand of justice to WWE? With Mr. McMahon recovering from surgery, no permanent Raw General Manager in place, and Brock Lesnar and Mark Henry on the loose, it sure seems the time is right.

Don’t miss the final Raw before Elimination Chamber as The Road to WrestleMania 29 heats up.

WWE.com

[Black Widow]

First 30 mins of raw what a waste only decent part so far was Natalya's cleavage and the appearance of Y2J

[Kellie]

Thankyou for the coverage Ryan

[LG]

First 30 mins of raw what a waste only decent part so far was Natalya's cleavage and the appearance of Y2J

she is really hot :P

kind of weak raw before the EC

[Black Widow]

Thankyou for the coverage Ryan

no problem :)


she is really hot :P

kind of weak raw before the EC

she is lol :P

yeah I'm hoping Smackdown has a better and stronger ending