WWE Superstars Report – December 23rd, 2012

This week’s episode of Superstars featuring some wrestling and a lot of Raw recaps comes to us from Dayton, Ohio and your announcers are Scott ‘Clean Shaven’ Stanford and Matt ‘When is Deadwood coming back’ Striker.

 


 

Match Number One: Santino Marella and Zack Ryder versus Heath Slater and Jinder Mahal (with Drew McIntyre) in an Internet Rematch

Ryder and Slater start things off. Slater with a waist lock and side head lock. Slater with an arm drag and he celebrates. They lock up and Slater with a waist lock but Ryder with an arm wringer and an arm drag. Slater with a side head lock and shoulder tackle. Slater with a few arm drags into an arm bar. <> Santino tags in and he takes Slater down with a double leg take down. Santino with punches to Slater and then he hits a suplex and gets a near fall. Slater tries to get to the floor but Santino keeps him in the ring. Slater with punches to Santino and Jinder is tagged in. Santino with a fireman’s carry into an arm bar.

Ryder tags in and Santino sends Zack into Mahal in the corner with a forearm and Ryder gets a near fall. Ryder sends Mahal into the turnbuckles followed by a snap mare and drop kick to the back of the head and he gets a near fall. Ryder tries for a cross body but Mahal ducks and Ryder goes to the floor.

We go to commercial.

We are back and Slater with a reverse chin lock on Ryder. Ryder fights out of the corner but Ryder is sent into the turnbuckles by Slater and Mahal with shoulders to the midsection. Mahal with a front face lock and he hits a neck breaker and gets a near fall. Ryder escapes a suplex and hits a neck breaker and both men are down.

Santino tags in and he connects with abs and forearms. Santino with a split to avoid Slater and then he hits a hip toss followed by the diving head butt and he gets a near fall. Mahal interferes and he is taken care of by Ryder. Santino gets the cobra and he takes care of McIntyre and Mahal but they are not the legal men in the match. Slater connects with the Smash Hit and gets the three count.

Winners: Jinder Mahal and Heath Slater

We go to commercial.

We are back with a look back at the eyewitnesses statements from Raw.

We go to commercial.

Match Number Two: Darren Young (with Titus O’Neil) versus Justin Gabriel (with Tyson Kidd)

They lock up and Young with a waist lock and take down. Young retreats to the corner to avoid Gabriel’s response. Gabriel wants a Greco Roman knuckle lock and Gabriel with a wrist lock take down into an arm bar. Gabriel with an arm drag into an arm bar. Gabriel with a drop toe hold while continuing to hold on to the arm.

Gabriel with a leg sweep and a rollup for a near fall. Gabriel with a chop and Young wants a tag from Titus. Young prevents Gabriel from sending him into the turnbuckles. Young with punches. Gabriel lands on his feet on a hip toss and Gabriel with an inside cradle for a near fall. Gabriel with an arm drag into an arm bar. Gabriel with a leg drop to the arm.

Young with a forearm to Gabriel followed by a chop. Gabriel with a head scissors that sends Young to the floor. Gabriel with a drop kick that sends Young into the announce table and Titus blows his whistle.

We go to commercial.

We are back and Young is in control and he gets a near fall. We see footage from commercial when Young elevated Gabriel and dropped him chest first onto the apron from the floor. Young with a body scissors but Gabriel with a near fall. Young with a slam and elbow to the back. Darren tries for a suplex but Gabriel counters with another inside cradle for a near fall. Gabriel with a back slide for a near fall.

Young with a knee to the midsection for a near fall. Young with a back breaker and he tries to add more pressure to the back by keeping Gabriel on his knee. Young with a side head lock but Gabriel escapes. Gabriel with a series of kicks including a jumping back heel kick. Gabriel flips over the back and then he hits a spinning back heel kick followed by a discus forearm. Gabriel with a running spin kick into the corner followed by a springboard cross body and a near fall.

They fight to the apron and Young with a kick and a back breaker onto the apron. Young returns to the ring and he gets a near fall. Young waits for Gabriel to get up and he gets Justin on his shoulders for the gutbuster but Gabriel rolls through. Darren gets a near fall. Gabriel with a kick and a springboard back heel kick and a quebrada for the three count.

Winner: Justin Gabriel

After the match, Justin and Tyson mock the Millions of Dollars Dance.

We go to commercial.

We are back with a look back at the Punkiversary Celebration from Raw.

We go to credits.

Source: PWInsider.com

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