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WWE MAIN EVENT REPORT: CESARO VS. ORTON; USOS VERSUS PRIME TIME PLAYERS; THE SHIELD APPEARS; MIZ GETS IN THE RING; AND A JACK OF ALL TRADES JOINS MICHAEL COLE ON COMMENTARY

By Richard Trionfo on 2013-01-16 22:53:43
Another week, another chance to see if we get the best wrestling match of the week on Wednesday night. What will happen when the United States Champion is in action?

This week’s show is in San Antonio, Texas and your announcers are Michael ‘Do I have a chance with Eva Longoria’ Cole and Miz.

Miz says that he is broke after paying Ric Flair’s bar tab on Monday. Cole mentions that we are about to start the official ‘Road to Wrestlemania’.

Cole reminds us of the problems that Randy Orton has had with the Shield over the last few months.

We see footage from Antonio Cesaro confronting Ric Flair on MizTV on Monday night.

Match Number One: Randy Orton versus Antonio Cesaro in a Non Title Match

They lock up and Orton with a side head lock and take down. Cesaro tries for a head scissors but Orton is able to avoid it for a moment. Cesaro finally gets the head scissors applied but Orton quickly escapes. They lock up again and Cesaro with a side head lock. Orton with a drop toe hold into a front face lock but Cesaro escapes.

They lock up again and they go around the ring. Orton with a front face lock but Cesaro escapes. Cesaro with a punch on the break followed by a kick and European uppercut. Orton misses a clothesline but he hits the Thesz Press and he punches Cesaro. Orton with a European uppercut that sends Cesaro into the corner. Orton with another European uppercut for a near fall.

Orton with a reverse chin lock. Cesaro with a shoulder tackle and Orton goes to the floor to regroup. Cesaro punches Orton and connects with a European uppercut. Cesaro hot shots Orton on the ringside barrier. Cesaro with a European uppercut and he returns Orton to the ring and Cesaro gets a near fall. Orton sends Cesaro over the top rope to the floor.

Orton goes to the floor and then he sends Cesaro’s head into the announce table. Orton with a belly-to-back suplex onto the ringside barrier. Orton sends Cesaro back into the ring but Cesaro rolls to the floor. Orton follows but Cesaro with a kick and European uppercut followed by an Irish whip into the ring steps. We go to commercial.

We are back and Cesaro with a chin lock using Orton’s arm. Orton with punches and a head butt. Cesaro with a clothesline and then he picks up Orton for a dead lift side salto for a near fall. Cesaro chokes Orton in the ring and then he goes over Orton’s back to the apron and then he drops Orton on the middle rope.

Cesaro goes up top but Orton stops Cesaro. Orton with a head butt and he connects with a European uppercut. Orton sets for the superplex but Cesaro with punches and a head butt to knock Orton off the turnbuckles. Cesaro with a double sledge to the head and Cesaro mocks Miz. Cesaro with a chin lock. Orton gets back to his feet and he punches Cesaro. Cesaro with a Michinoku Driver for a near fall. Cesaro leaps onto the chest and he gets another near fall. Cesaro returns to the chin lock.

Orton with a head butt and European uppercut but Cesaro with a knee to the midsection and Cesaro gets a near fall. Cesaro returns to the chin lock. Orton with a head butt and drop kick and both men are down.

Orton puts Cesaro on the turnbuckles and he punches Cesaro. Orton goes up top for the superplex and he hits it. Orton can only get a near fall. We go to commercial.

We are back and Orton and Cesaro exchange punches. Orton with head butts and Cesaro returns fire. Orton with a European uppercut and punches to Cesaro. Cesaro with a sleeper and Orton is down to one knee. Orton with punches and a head butt. Cesaro returns to the sleeper but Orton with a belly-to-back suplex and both men are down. Orton and Cesaro exchange punches, forearms, head butts, and kicks. Cesaro with a series of European uppercuts that backs Orton into the corner. Cesaro with an Irish whip but Orton with a clothesline. Orton with a second clothesline and he avoids one from Cesaro.

Orton with a power slam and then he picks up Cesaro and sends him to the apron for the IEDDT. Cesaro sends Orton to the apron and Orton drops Cesaro against the top rope. Orton gets a near fall. Orton with a kick but Cesaro with Swiss Death for a near fall. Cesaro picks up Orton and head butts him. Orton with an Irish whip but he runs into a knee. Cesaro comes off the turnbuckles but Orton with a drop kick and both men are down.

Orton gets a near fall. Cesaro with a shoulder from the apron and a head butt. Orton blocks being sent into the turnbuckles but Orton sends Cesaro into the turnbuckles. Orton with the IEDDT but when Orton looks around for the RKO push ups, he sees The Shield.

The Shield surrounds the ring and then they get on the apron. Miz goes into the ring with Orton and the members of the Shield back down.

No Contest

Rollins signals for the attack and they go into the ring. Miz and Reigns battle while Rollins and Ambrose attack Orton. Rollins and Ambrose grab Miz and then Reigns with a spear on Miz. They turn their attention to Orton and they get Orton up for the Three Man Power Bomb.

Antonio Cesaro enters the ring as he surveys the damage from the Shield’s attack. Cesaro picks up Miz and hits the Gotch Style Neutralizer.

We go to commercial.

We are back and it is time for the Raw Rebound of the Rock Concert.

We go to commercial.

Brad Maddox comes to the announce table to join Michael Cole since Miz has been laid out by the Shield and Antonio Cesaro.

Match Number Two: Darren Young and Titus O’Neil versus Jimmy and Jey Uso

Jimmy and Titus start things off and they lock up. Jimmy with a waist lock and Titus backs Titus into the corner. Jimmy with chops but Titus pushes Jimmy into the corner. Titus with a punch but Jimmy with a flying back elbow. Jey tags in and he punches Titus in the ribs. Jimmy tags in and they hit a double head butt.

Titus with a knee and he backs Jimmy into the corner. Darren tags in and they double team Jimmy. Jimmy with a punch to Darren and then he tags in Jey. Jey with a double sledge to the arm.

Darren with a punch and he sends Jey into the turnbuckles but he doesn’t feel anything. Darren tries for a head butt but Darren is the one who feels the impact. Jey with a head butt and then he tags in Jimmy and they hit a double back elbow and a double elbow drop.

Jimmy with an Irish whip into the corner but Titus pulls Darren out of the way on a running butt splash. Jimmy and Jey with baseball slides to Darren that sends him into the announce table. Titus grabs his whistle and blows it, calling for a time out. We go to commercial.

We are back and Titus tags in and he connects with shoulders and a European uppercut. Titus with a bark. Titus misses a short arm clothesline and Jimmy with chops. Jey tags in and he connects with a forearm on Titus and he gets a near fall. Jey with an arm bar. Titus with an Irish whip but Jey goes to the apron. He connects with a super kick to Young on the apron. Titus with a kick to the head. Titus with a slam and he tags Darren back in. Young and O’Neil with a double shoulder tackle. Young with a kick to the abdomen and he gets a near fall.

Young with a cravate. Young with a Northern Lights suplex to Jey for a near fall. Titus tags in and he hits a gourdbuster of Young on Jey. Titus stands on Jey’s head. Titus chokes Jey and Young with a leg drop while Titus distracts the referee. Titus gets a near fall. Young tags back in and Titus with a kick. Darren slaps Jey in the head and then he punches Jey before applying a reverse chin lock.

Young with a knee and Jey with a kick. Jey sends Darren to the floor and then Jey with a drop kick to Titus’ knees. Young is sent into the ring by Titus but Jimmy tags in and hits two clotheslines followed by a savate kick and a Bubba Bomb. Jimmy with a running butt splash into the corner but Titus breaks up the cover. Titus is sent over the top rope. Jimmy with a super kick to Young. Jey tags in and both Usos go up top but Jimmy with a cross body onto Titus on the floor. Jey hits the Superfly splash for the three count.

Winners: The Usos

We go to credits.

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