Ringside Report

RAW is live from Dallas, Texas as Dallas Mavericks owner Mark Cuban is the guest host this week. Cuban announces a showdown between Sheamus and the controversial WWE Champion John Cena tonight.

John Cena VS. Carlito

Carlito starts off with the offence on Cena who gets in rare power moves on Carlito. Cena tries to end the match early but Sheamus comes out to distract Cena. Cuban brings out security to escort Sheamus to the back. Carlito hits Cena from behind. Carlito tries to hit the Backstabber but Cena hits the Attitude Adjustment followed by a three count.

Winner- John Cena

Randy Orton comes out with Legacy demanding Orton not being able to get a title shot be lifted. Orton shows footage of what he did to Mark Cuban at Survivor Series 2003. Cuban says it’s Orton-Kofi 2 with Cuban as ref. Cody Rhodes challenges Cuban to a match. Cuban says they have a match now.

Legacy VS. Primo & Evan Bourne

Back from the break and Primo is in control, but quickly loses the advantage to Legacy who tag back and forth. Bourne finally comes in and nails some quick kicks and a sick looking double knee drop on Dibiase for a two count. Rhodes and Primo brawl on the outside while Dibiase hits Dream Street on Bourne for the three count. Cuban kicks Legacy out of the building following this.

Winners- Legacy

Maryse VS. Gail Kim

Kelly Kelly is the guest ring announcer and announces Maryse as Maurice. Gail Kim completely dominates Maryse who’s only real offence of the match was kicking the back of one of Kim’s legs while she was on the second rope. Maryse quickly rolled up Kim with her feet on the ropes for the quick win. Maryse pushes down Kelly after the match until Melina makes the save.

Winner- Maryse

DX backstage selling merchandise. HBK tries to give HHH the Smackdown VS. RAW videogame but HHH said everyone already got that free gift. HHH gives HBK and it’s Hornswoggle with a new DX t-shirt with Horny on it. HBK and HHH make some terrible Star Wars joke until they bring out their script and complain about how the writing is terrible. The writer runs away. Hornswoggle pushes down a X-Mas tree and DX. HHH says it’s the gift that keeps on giving.

Kofi Kingston VS. Randy Orton

Kofi comes out and knocks Orton to the outside, Kofi with a dive through the ropes. Kofi comes back in but gets taken down by a big clothesline. Orton works on the midsection, Orton slowly working towards an RKO. Goes for it but Kofi with a backslide, Cuban with a fast count for three. Cuban says he has waited six years to get revenge. Kofi VS. Orton at TLC in the rubber match.

Winner- Kofi Kingston

Mark Henry VS. The Miz – WWE United States Title Match

Henry is too much for Miz to get much of an advantage on. Miz is able to rake Henry’s eyes and push him out of the ring. Miz dropkicks Henry’s head into a ringpost. Henry looks dazed. Miz jumps for a crossbody inside the ring, Henry catches for Strongest Slam but Miz counters into a DDT for the three count.

Winner- The Miz to retain the U.S. Title

Hornswoggle & Eve VS. Chavo Guerrero Jr. & Jillian

Hornswoggle crawls through Chavo to tag Eve. It’s a women’s match the rest of the way through. Jillian dominates for the majority until Eve makes a quick comeback and nails a flip back splash for the three count. Chavo starts to pick on Horny until Chris Masters makes the save. Masters asks Eve if she likes that and she says she does. Horny does the Masters chest muscle pump.

Winners- Hornswoggle & Eve

Chris Jericho comes out and says that since he was the 2008 Superstar of the Year he will be for 2009 as well as well as win the OMG and Tag Team of the Year award. Jericho says he will not leave RAW because he is bigger than any WWE show. Jericho says he has been hurt but never vanquished. DX is losing and that’s a fact. Never underestimate Chris Jericho.

Chris Jericho VS. DX

Jericho tries to punch and kick HBK but soon the tag work on Jericho is too much for him. HHH grabs a foot of Jericho and Jericho crawls to the bottom rope and wants the hold broken. HHH lets go and Jericho pushes the ref into HHH who falls out of the ring, while Big Show comes in and works over HBK. HHH comes back with a chair but Show punches the chair. Jericho and Big Show with a ladder over DX as they open and close the ladder over DX. Jericho and Big Show stand tall to end the segment.

Winners- DX by DQ

Cuban introduces both Cena and Sheamus. Sheamus says he thinks he will win because he has never been beaten on RAW. He says what took Cena years to do he will do in weeks. Cena couldn’t help but notice Sheamus talks a lot and can only hope he believes what he’s saying. Cena’s been there for seven years. Seven years he’s faced champions, to number one contenders to up starts to one hit wonders to future Hall of Famers. He’s faced everyone from HBK to K-Fed. All of them like Sheamus. Never once has Cena looked for a fight, they’ve all made Cena the target. He’s always been the man to beat to become the Champion or put your name on the map. A lot of times he was the man to beat because they wanted to wipe the smile off his face. A lot of guys like Sheamus said they’d end his career, take his title and Cena’d never be the same. Seven years, he’s been beaten, battered, hospitalized, been operated on, smashed with chairs, put through glass, kicked in the skull, in arenas where thousands of people stand behind him. Been in arenas where people can’t stand him. In seven years he’s never given up. He believes in everything he says. He knows he’s on another level. He believes in hustle, loyalty and respect. He believes he earned the right to say The Champ Is Here. It’s Sheamus who better believe in what he says because in seven years one cheap shot and one smash through the table won’t slow him down one bit. Sheamus’s looking at 250lbs of problem he’s made very, very angry. Sheamus glares. Cena says Mr. Cuban is right, at TLC the time for talking is over. It’s simple either back up what you say or Cena’s the one who makes him a footnote in WWE history. Sheamus impresses him but not for one second does he intimidate him. Both push down the tables. Cuban gets in between them. Sheamus looks at Cuban. Sheamus pushes down Cuban and kicks Cena. Sheamus goes to get  Cuban pushes down Sheamus!!! Sheamus looks shocked as the announcer try to cover that Sheamus tripped over himself. Sheamus gets back up and puts back on his mad face from before and tries to redo the scene again this time with him pushing down Cuban and decking Cena again with a kick. Sheamus spears Cuban through a table. Sheamus says he will be the next WWE champion. Cena gets up after Sheamus is on the stage. Cena takes his shirt off as Sheamus looks scared.

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