– Thanks to Phil and Carrie for the following WWE RAW spoilers from today’s tapings in Birmingham, England. These will air tonight at 8pm EST on the USA Network.
Dark Match:
* Tyson Kidd defeated Michael McGillicutty
RAW:
* Jim Ross and Michael Cole come out for commentary. Cole gets the usual heel heat while JR gets the big ovation.
* RAW opens with Paul Heyman and The Miz backstage. Miz isn’t happy about CM Punk ditching them last week and quits Team Punk for Survivor Series.
* Rey Mysterio, Sin Cara and R-Truth defeated Darren Young, Titus O’Neil and Antonio Cesaro in the opening match.
* Segment with Vickie Guerrero and John Cena drags on. Vickie shows her new video evidence of AJ Lee and Cena at the hotel. Cena denies it and says the footage was doctored up by someone.
* AJ is shown backstage and threatens Vickie but doesn’t want to be fired. Dolph Ziggler appears, mocks AJ and causes her to run off. Cena leaves the ring and heads to the back.
* Cody Rhodes beat Daniel Bryan in a quick match. Damien Sandow and Kane got involved. After the match, Cody promised Sandow could beat Kane just as easy.
* Kane beat Damien Sandow in a squash.
* Brad Maddox came out for an interview with Michael Cole. Maddox said he’s not working with CM Punk. He says he did what he did at Hell In a Cell to make an impact. He wants a WWE contract and a match against Ryback. Vince McMahon comes out and promises Maddox a contract if he can beat Ryback next week. Vickie Guerrero comes out and Vince forces her to book Punk vs. Cena vs. Ryback at Survivor Series for the WWE Title.
* World Heavyweight Champion Big Show comes out for commentary on the next match. Sheamus defeats The Miz in a lengthy match with the Brogue Kick.
* Paul Heyman offers Wade Barrett a chance to take The Miz’s spot on Team Punk. He accepts.
* Vickie has a meeting with Vince and informs Ziggler that he is now the captain of Team Punk at Survivor Series. Punk appears and says Vince was just messing around with them. Vickie makes Ryback and Cena vs. Punk and Ziggler for tonight.
* Brief backstage segment with Sheamus and William Regal.
* Layla and Kaitlyn defeated Eve Torres and Aksana.
* Kofi Kingston defeated Alberto Del Rio when Randy Orton’s music hit for a distraction. Orton appeared after the match and laid Del Rio out with a RKO.
* Zack Ryder and Santino Marella beat Epico and Primo.
* Wade Barrett came out to a big pop and then beat Brodus Clay in a quick match. Barrett was way over with the crowd.
* Heath Slater defeated Jey Uso in another quick match. The crowd has been dead for the past few matches and they got worse during this one.
* John Cena and Ryback defeated CM Punk and Dolph Ziggler in the main event. Cena got beat down most of the match and finally made the tag to Ryback. Ryback hit his finisher on Punk for the win. Cena and Ryback came face to face to end the show.
