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Booked through an entire week and made the first firing. HERE WE GO:
Monday Night Raw – 5/2/11
The Rock holds a birthday bash in the ring. Newly crowned WWE Champion John Cena interrupts and says his gift is that the title WILL be on the line at WM 28. The Raw GM announces that he’s selected 10 contenders for the title, and the #1 contender will be decided through a series of Beat the Clock matches TONIGHT!
Alberto Del Rio defeats Evan Bourne via Armbreaker to set the opening pace. Don’t ask me what the pace is.
CM Punk is flanked by Ryan, Otunga, McGillicutty, and a returning Husky Harris for his match against Big Show. The 4 surround the ring and make nuisances of themselves. Despite the distractions, Del Rio’s time is not broken, so Nexus hit the ring and swarm Show for the DQ ending.
Kane rushes out to aid his partner, but the numbers game is just too great. The Nexus have made a statement tonight!
Kelly Kelly pins Melina after a K-2. The loser is then fed to the wolves as Kharma comes out and kills Melina.
Jerry Lawler grows tired of Michael Cole’s gloating. He challenges Cole to one final match at Over the Limit, and says that if he doesn’t beat Cole, he will leave the Raw announce table. Cole gladly accepts.
Rey Mysterio pins Dolph Ziggler following a 6-1-9. Unfortunately for Rey, it was a mere few seconds shy of the record. Del Rio is still the number 1 contender.
Del Rio’s time is finally broken as R-Truth puts away United States champion Kofi Kingston after an unexpected assist from Johnny Curtis, the NXT Season 4 winner who was mentored by Truth.
Video package for The Rock. Why? Because it’s his birthday and I have an extra segment to fill.
John Morrison vs. The Miz in the main event. Morrison appears to be close to winning, so Truth comes out for the distraction to protect his time. What he didn’t account for though was Miz capitalizing on it, getting the best time by a mere few seconds and becoming the new #1 contender. Truth is beside himself.
Cena confronts Miz. The Raw GM closes the show by congratulating Miz and announcing Morrison/Truth for Over the Limit. Along with that, there will be a Cena/Morrison vs. Truth/Miz match next week with the winning team picking the stipulations for their respective PPV matches.
NXT: Redemption – May 3, 2011
Lucky Cannon uses devious tactics to defeat Conor O’Brian.
Maryse greets Lucky backstage and compliments him on doing whatever it takes to win. Could Maryse finally be warming up to Lucky?
Hornswoggle and Titus O’Neil backstage silliness. O’Neil’s getting ready for his match later on.
Jacob Novak and JTG defeat Byron Saxton and Yoshi Tatsu after a “Novak Attack” on Saxton. Maryse walked onstage on Lucky Cannon’s arm, which distracted Yoshi and prevented him from breaking up the pin. Saxton wasn’t happy about it.
Novak taunts Regal about the win. Regal grabs a mic and rips into Novak verbally, promising he’ll get the last laugh in the end.
Chavo Guerrero pins Titus O’Neil, O’Neil’s first defeat on NXT. Darren Young grabbed Hornswoggle on the outside, which sidetracked O’Neil and allowed Chavo to win with a roll-up and hook of the tights.
WWE Superstars – May 5, 2011
William Regal blows off some steam over his issues with Jacob Novak on NXT. Regal takes on Jimmy Uso and is able to withstand Jey interference to grab the win.
Video package is shown highlighting Christian winning the World Heavyweight Title at Extreme Rules.
Chris Masters marks his return to the Raw roster with a win over Primo via the Masterlock.
Raw Rebound shows the highlights from the Beat the Clock challenge matches on Monday.
Zack Ryder grabs a mic and says he’s sick of being disrespected. He’s an internet sensation and it’s time to make an impact.
Ryder grabs a huge win over Santino Marella thanks to interference from Curt Hawkins. Vladimir Kozlov runs out for the save, but the damage was done.
Friday Night SmackDown – May 6, 2011
Christian holds a World Heavyweight Title celebration ceremony. During the segment, Edge comes out for a surprise appearance. He gives a speech and passes the torch onto Christian.
Daniel Bryan has a successful SmackDown debut, taking down the much larger Ezekiel Jackson and making him submit to the LeBell Lock.
The Corre jump Ezekiel Jackson in disgust. They leave him laying in the middle of the ring, essentially kicking him out of the group.
Theodore Long announces that the #1 contender for the World Heavyweight Title will be determined tonight in a match featuring three of SmackDown’s newest acquisitions – Randy Orton, Sheamus, and Mark Henry.
Alex Riley and Brodus Clay defeat Trent Barreta and Yoshi Tatsu after a TKO on Barreta.
Riley and Clay grab mics. They talk about how the time to be a lackey is over. They are going to pool their strengths together and take the tag team division by storm.
Layla defeats Rosa Mendes in a shitty match. Kharma comes out and massacres Mendes after.
Cody Rhodes has a tall task ahead of him against the mammoth Great Khali. Rhodes holds his own, but as soon as Khali begins getting momentum – Rhodes walks off and takes the countout loss. Khali celebrates his win, and Jinder Mahal comes out and slaps him over it.
Christian is backstage. In a nutshell, he says he doesn’t care who wins the main event – Captain Charisma finally has the gold and he will keep it for a long time.
Sin Cara defeats Tyson Kidd in a fun high-flying bout via top-rope C4.
In the main event triple threat match, Orton plants Henry with an RKO. However, Sheamus recovers on the outside and sneaks back in, throwing Orton over the top rope. Sheamus steals the cover and 3 seconds later is crowned the new number 1 contender. He may have lost the US Title on Sunday, but Sheamus is already moving on to bigger and better things.
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And now the big moment – the weekly release!
Number drawn: 28
Chris Masters has been released
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