Steel Cage Match for the World
Heavyweight Title: Big Show vs. Mark
Henry vs. Daniel Bryan
We go to the cage and out first comes the
World Heavyweight Champion. Out next
comes Mark Henry followed by Big Show.
Lilian Garcia does formal ring introductions
as we get ready for the bell. Immediately
Bryan tries to climb the cage but gets pulled
down and slammed by Big Show. Henry
stops the pin attempt and goes at it with
Show. Show knocks Henry down with a big
shoulder and splashes him into the side of
the cage. Big Show with another big splash
on Henry. Show goes in again and Bryan
starts climbing. Show grabs him and throws
him down to the mat. Show works over
Bryan in the corner now. Big Show
eventually goes for the WMD punch but
Bryan moves and he punches the cage.
Bryan goes at it with Show but gets
dropped with a headbutt. Show with a back
splash in the corner but Bryan comes back
and dropkicks his leg out.
Bryan takes Show down and goes to work
on Henry now. Bryan has both men down
and the door is opened. Henry stops him
from leaving and tells the referee to shut the
door. Henry smashes Bryan's face into the
cage and works him over in between the
ropes and the cage. Henry hits Bryan with a
headbutt but turns around to a big kick
from Big Show. Show grabs Bryan and
whips him into the side of the cage. Bryan
climbs the cage but Show pulls him back
down and throws him into it. Bryan stands
up to Show but Show keeps beating him
down. Show throws Bryan high into the
cage and scoop slams him. Show hits
another headbutt on Bryan and goes back
to Henry. Henry hits him with right hands
and a big clothesline. Henry goes to work on
Bryan now, choking him with his boot.
Henry throws Bryan into the cage and
charges but he moves. Henry goes down
and Bryan covers for 2.
Show runs over Bryan and throws him into
the sides of the cage. Show drops Bryan
with a big kick and calls for the chokeslam.
Bryan blocks it with kicks and ends up
hitting a tornado DDT from the top rope on
Show. Show kicks out at 1. Bryan goes for
the LaBell Lock on Show and gets it locked
in. Henry breaks the hold with a boot to
Bryan's head. Henry throws Byryan into the
cage wall and picks him up. Show hits Henry
with a WMD punch and he falls. Show covers
Henry for 2. Bryan tries to climb the cage
again and makes it to the top before Show
can grab him. Bryan gets both legs over the
cage but Show has a hold of him. Bryan tries
to fight him off and fall to the floor but
Show stops him. Bryan sits on top of the
cage and punches Show. Bryan tries to
escape but Show starts climbing over the
top now. Bryan is hanging by Show's arm as
Show tries to pull him back in. Bryan
manages to fall to the floor for the win.
Winner: Daniel Bryan
- After the match, Bryan celebrates as Show
looks on from the top of the cage.
- We get hype for John Cena vs. The Rock at
WrestleMania 28 and a video package
looking at John Cena.
- We see what Kane did to Zack Ryder last
week. Backstage, Ryder is wheeled in by
someone and he's in a wheelchair in bad
shape. John Laurinaitis greets him and has
him a room all set up. Eve Torres runs up
and says Laurinaitis has done enough. She
calls him names and hopes he gets fired
tomorrow night on RAW. Laurinaitis says
"that's gratitude for ya" and walks off. Eve
calls him an ass and wheels Ryder into his
room.
John Cena vs. Kane
We go to the ring and out comes John Cena
to a very mixed reaction from the St. Louis
crowd.
Cena waits in the ring for a minute as the
crowd boos him. Finally the stage explodes
and out comes Kane. Cena strikes first with a
kick and goes to work. Kane drops him with
an elbow and turns things around. Kane
backs Cena into the corner and drops him
with punches. Dueling chants start from the
crowd as they take the fight outside of the
ring with Kane in control. Cena makes it
back in the ring and in limps Kane. Cena
goes for the Attitude Adjustment but Kane
blocks it and drops him on his head.
Kane continues the assault on Cena and
kicks him in the head for a 2 count. Cena
fights out of a headlock and trades shots
with Kane in the middle of the ring. Kane
keeps control and suplexes Cena for another
pin attempt. Kane goes back to keeping
Cena on the mat. Cena fights out again and
they trade right hands before Kane drops
Cena with a big uppercut. Kane splashes
Cena in the corner and down he goes. Kane
charges but Cena hits a drop toe hold and
Kane lands on the turnbuckle. Cena goes for
a bulldog but Kane shoves him off and Cena
lands on the apron. Cena drops Kane over
the top rope but comes in the ring to a big
clothesline. Kane waits for Cena to get up
and goes for the mandible but Cena blocks
it. Kane tries to get it applied but Cena holds
him. Kane takes Cena down and goes to the
top. Kane comes down for a big shot on
Cena and calls for the chokeslam. Cena ducks
it and hits a shoulder block. Another takes
Kane off his feet. Cena with the back drop
and then he goes for the Five Knuckle
Shuffle. Cena bends down for the hand
gesture but Kane grabs him and lays him
out. Kane covers for 2.
Kane takes Cena to the top for a superplex
but Cena fights him off. Kane falls to the mat
and there's a lot of boos for Cena as he
stands on the top and raises his hand. Cena
does the gesture and hits a Five Knuckle
Shuffle from the top. Cena goes for the AA
but Kane blocks it again. Cena takes out
Kane's leg. Cena grabs the leg but Kane kicks
him out of the ring. Kane follows to the floor
and rams Cena into the apron. Kane takes
the fight towards the ramp and the match is
counted out.
Count Out
- After the bell, Kane and Cena continue
fighting up and into the backstage area.
Kane hits Cena in the gut with a steel chair
and then cracks him in the back with it.
Kane continues hitting Cena in the back with
the chair and drops it when he sees Zack
Ryder's room. Kane kicks the door down
and Ryder is kicking in his wheelchair. Kane
applies the mandible on Ryder and he
passes out in the chair. Kane wheels Ryder
out of the room and past a knocked out
Cena. Kane wheels Ryder out to the ringside
area and dumps him on the floor. Kane puts
Ryder in the ring and out comes Eve Torres.
She pleads with Kane to stop. Kane grabs
Ryder and nails a Tombstone. Cena comes
running to the ring but Kane chokeslams
him. Kane leaves the ring laughing as his
music plays. Eve and WWE referees check on
Ryder and Cena in the ring. Ryder is taken
away on a stretcher as we go to a "be a
STAR" video.
- We get more hype for John Cena vs. The
Rock at WrestleMania 28 and a video
package looking at The Rock.
Drew McIntyre vs. Brodus Clay
Back to the ring and out comes Drew
McIntyre for another bonus match. Brodus
Clay's dancers come out and make the
introduction before he comes dancing his
way to the ring.
A chant breaks out for Clay before the bell.
Clay shakes and Drew blows a kiss to his
dancers. Drew strikes first and takes Brodus
to the corner. Clay just shakes him off and
dances. Drew with more offense in the
corner but it doesn't phase Clay. Clay comes
back with the big overhead suplex and then
the splash in the corner. Clay hits "What The
Funk" for the win.
Winner: Brodus Clay
WWE Title Match: Dolph Ziggler vs. CM
Punk
We go to the ring and Justin Roberts
introduces tonight's special referee, John
Laurinaitis. He takes the mic and introduces
himself to everybody. Laurinaitis says that in
the interest of fairness, he will oversee the
officiating from outside of the ring. He will
leave the officiating inside the ring to a WWE
referee and calls for one to come down. Out
first comes Dolph Ziggler with Vickie
Guerrero. WWE Champion CM Punk is out
next to a big pop from the crowd.
Roberts does formal ring introductions.
Despite being previously banned from
ringside, Vickie Guerrero i allowed to stay.
Laurinaitis comes in the ring and stops
things. Now Vickie is sent to the back
screaming. We get the bell and they lock up.
Punk goes for a quick roll-up for 2. Ziggler
hits a forearm and goes for a leg drop but
Punk counters. Punk goes for GTS and
Ziggler counters that.
They go back at it and trade holds. Punk
with another pin attempt. Punk grabs
Ziggler from behind and locks him in an
abdominal stretch while hitting elbows.
Ziggler ends up on the floor and Punk dives
through the ropes taking him out. They
come back in the ring and Ziggler takes
control. Ziggler hits a series of elbow drops
for another pin attempt. Punk back drops
Ziggler and both are down. They get up and
Ziggler strikes first. They trade shots now
with punches and kicks. Punk gets the
upperhand but Ziggler goes behind and
applies the sleeper hold. Punk goes to the
mat and turns it into an Anaconda Vice.
Ziggler counters that and gets on Punk's
back with the sleeper. Punk stands up with
Ziggler on his back. Ziggler breaks it and
dropkicks Punk for 2.
Punk comes out of nowhere with a big
sitdown powerbomb for 2. Punk hits the
high knee and a swinging neckbreaker on
Ziggler. Punk hits the knee in the corner and
then the bulldog. Punk calls for GTS but
Ziggler counters. Ziggler whips Punk into the
corner but he catches himself and comes
back with a crossbody for 2. More back and
forth action until Pun kicks Ziggler in the
head and lays him out. Punk with another 2
count. Punk slams Ziggler and hits a big
elbow from the top but Ziggler kicks out at
2. They go back and forth again and Punk
gets knocked into the referee. The referee
goes out to the floor as Punk and Ziggler go
at it. Punk applies the Anaconda Vice but
there's no referee as Laurinaitis is checking
on the other referee. Ziggler is tapping but
there's no referee.
The match continues and Punk gets the pin
but again, there's no referee looking.
Laurinaitis picks the referee up and rolls him
back in the ring. Laurinaitis comes in also
and Punk has words for him. They argue as
Ziggler comes from behind. Punk grabs him
for the GTS. While on Punk's shoulder,
Ziggler's leg hits Laurinaitis and knocks him
out of the ring. Punk hits GTS and covers
Ziggler. Laurinaitis is pissed off and won't
make the count. The original referee gets up
as Ziggler lays out Punk for a very close 2
count. Ziggler stomps and punches away on
Punk until the referee has to back him off.
Ziggler goes for his finisher but Punk
catches him and catapults him into the
corner. Punk nails GTS for the pin and as the
referee is counting, John Laurinaitis slides
into the ring and counts along with him.
Winner: CM Punk
- After the match, we go to replays.
Laurinaitis claps for Punk from the stage as
Punk celebrates in the ring with the WWE
Title.
30-Man Royal Rumble Match
The Miz is out first as #1. Miz takes the mic
and says everyone in the back doesn't think
he will make it to the end but they're the
same ones who told him he would never do
anything in WWE like be WWE Champion. Miz
says he will be the last man standing and he
will go on to headline WrestleMania 28
because he's The Miz and he's awesome.
Out comes Alex Riley as #2.
They go at it and Riley takes control. He tries
to eliminate Miz but Miz counters and takes
him down in the corner. Miz stomps away at
Riley and talks trash. Riley counters and
tosses Miz over but he hangs on. Riley
charges and Miz dumps him. Riley is
eliminated.
Out next comes R-Truth and he tackles Miz.
They go at it and Truth hits a kick to the jaw.
Truth tries to eliminate Miz but he hangs on.
Miz fights his way back in and goes for the
Skull Crushing Finale but it's countered. Miz
then counters Truth. Truth tosses Miz over
again but he hangs on. WWE
Intercontinental Champion Cody Rhodes is
out next. He runs in and hits Beautiful
Disaster and then drops Truth on his face.
Cody holds Truth so Miz can work him over
with the double team. Miz holds Truth now.
Cody also hangs on as Truth tries to
eliminate him. The next man out is Justin
Gabriel. Cody charges and they go at it.
Gabriel splashes off the top and takes out
Miz and Cody. Gabriel continues the offense
and takes out Truth. Cody drops him with a
right hand and stomps away. Cody tries to
eliminate him but he hangs on. The next
man out is one-half of the Tag Team
Champions Primo. Primo comes in with
offense on everyone and takes Gabriel down
with a head scissors. Truth ducks a kick
from Cody and takes him out. Miz tosses
Truth and R-Truth is eliminated.
Truth pulls Miz out to the floor under the
bottom rope and lays him out at ringside.
The next man out is Mick Foley. Foley tries to
run to the ring and knocks down Primo.
Foley works over Primo as Gabriel and
Rhodes look on. Foley dumps Primo over the
top and Cody attacks. Foley wails away with
right hands on Cody in the corner. Foley
charges with the knee to the face and hits
the double arm DDT. Gabriel and Foley try to
eliminate Rhodes but can't get him. The next
man out is the returning Alberto Del Rio! A
beat up looking car comes driving in but
wait. It's Ricardo Rodriguez. He's wearing a
scarf and acting like Del Rio. Ricardo makes
his way to the ring as Foley, Cody and
Gabriel look on. The crowd chants for
Ricardo.
Ricardo kicks Cody in the head and wails
away on him in the corner. Foley knocks
Ricardo down. Ricardo gets up and goes at
it with Gabriel. Foley and Ricardo toss
Gabriel over and Justin Gabriel is eliminated.
Ricardo celebrates and the next man out is
Santino Marella. Foley, Ricardo and Santino
are in the ring. Ricardo backs down from
the Cobra. He charges and Santino
backdrops him. Santino with an atomic drop
and another on Ricardo. They trade roll-ups
and roll all the way across the ring. Santino
gives Ricardo a wedgie and tosses him over
the top. Ricardo Rodriguez is eliminated.
Foley pulls out Socko as Santino pulls out the
Cobra and they square off. The other half of
the Tag Team Champions Epico is out next.
Santino hits him with the Cobra and then
Foley applies Socko. Epico is eliminated.
Socko and Cobra lock up as Cody Rhodes
and The Miz attack them. Both were still in
the match.
Cody tosses Santino over and Santino Marella
is eliminated. Foley and Miz go at it. Foley
applies Socko but Cody hits from behind and
Mick Foley is eliminated. Kofi Kingston is out
next.
Kofi comes in and unloads on Miz and Cody.
Kofi kicks them both in the head and
springboards in, taking both men down.
Kofi hits a double Boom Drop and tosses Miz
over but he hangs on to the ropes. Cody
attacks Kofi from behind and dropkicks him.
Cody tries to eliminate Kofi and The Miz
comes to help. The next man out is Jerry
Lawler. LAwler stands up and takes off his
shirt to reveal his ring gear. Lawler comes in
and Cody grabs him. Cody holds Lawler for
Miz to hit him but Lawler ducks and Miz
decks Cody. Lawler hits right hands on both
of them and dropkicks. Lawler slams Miz and
goes to the second rope. Lawler drops his
strap and hits the right hand from the
second rope on Miz. Cody comes over and
tosses him. Jerry Lawler is eliminated.
Ezekiel Jackson is out at #13. He goes at it
with everyone, splashing Kofi and Miz in the
corner. Zeke scoops Cody and slams him
hard. Zeke stomps on Miz in the corner and
goes back to work on Kofi. Zeke with a big
sideslam on Kofi. Zeke with body shots on
Cody in the corner. The next man out is
Jinder Mahal.
Jinder takes his time coming to the ring but
takes out Kofi and Zeke when he comes in.
The next man out is The Great Khali, making
his return. Cole reminds us that Khali and
Mahal are brother-in-laws. Khali tosses him
and Jinder Mahal is eliminated. Zeke attacks
Khali but Khali decks him and tosses him.
Ezekiel Jackson is eliminated. Khali works
over Miz in the corner as Cody and Kofi go at
it. The next man out is Hunico. He rides to
the ring on a bike drove by his bodyguard
Camacho.
Hunico comes in and goes at it with Kofi but
gets dropped by Khali's big chop. Khali
drops Kofi now and tries to eliminate The
Miz. Miz kicks him off and kicks him in the
head. The next man out is Booker T. Booker
stands up from commentary and joins the
match. Booker drops Cody and goes at it
with everyone else. He turns around to Khali
and gets dropped by a headbutt. Khali
works Booker over in the corner and Cody
joins in. Khali grabs Cody and hits him with a
massive chop in the corner. Miz tosses Kofi
but he hangs on. They trade shots while Kofi
is down. Kofi ends up on the floor but does
a handstand and walks it all the way to the
ring steps. His feet never touched the floor
so he is still in the match. Pretty impressive.
The next man out is Dolph Ziggler.
Dolph comes in and goes at it with Kofi in
the corner while Khali is still working on Miz.
Hunico almost gets eliminated but hangs on.
Khali drops Ziggler with a headbutt and the
next man out is Hacksaw Jim Duggan to a
big reaction from the crowd.
Duggan comes in with right hands for
everyone as the crowd chants USA. Duggan
knocks heads with Cody and Miz to more
chants from the crowd. Duggan goes at it
some more before Cody clotheslines him
over the top. Hacksaw Duggan is eliminated.
Khali tries to eliminate Booker T. Ziggler and
Cody join in and Booker T is eliminated.
The next man in the match is Michael Cole.
Cole takes off his suit and has a singlet on
underneath. Cole puts his headgear on and
enters the ring to dance around like he's
already won. Nobody is even paying him
attention. The next person out is the
returning Kharma! Kharma comes in and
goes right after Cole with a big clothesline.
Cole tries leaving the ring and makes it to
the apron. Kharma laughs as Lawler and
Booker come from behind and knock Cole
off the apron. Michael Cole is eliminated.
Ziggler tells Kharma to get out of the ring.
She responds with an Implant Buster on
him. Vickie Guerrero gets on the apron and
has words for Kharma but she backs off.
Hunico charges and Kharma tosses him over
the top rope. Ziggler comes from behind
and dumps Kharma to the floor. Kharma is
eliminated.
The next man out is Sheamus to a big pop.
Sheamus has forearm shots for everyone in
the ring. Sheamus slams Ziggler and then
Miz. Sheamus with a big back drop on Cody
and a kick with punches for Kofi. Kofi ducks
in the corner and kicks Sheamus. Sheamus
responds by tossing him. Kofi Kingston is
eliminated. The next man out is Road Dogg
BG James. He comes in with right hands for
everyone and hits a big pumphandle slam
on Miz. James gets a "you still got it" chant
from the crowd. The next man out is Jey
Uso. Jimmy is with him but not dressed to
wrestle. Uso drops James and hits the splash
in the corner on him. The next man out is
Wade Barrett. Jack Swagger is also out. #27
comes out and it's David Otunga.
Barrett goes at it with Otunga while Ziggler
takes Sheamus in the corner. #28 is Randy
Orton and he comes out to a huge pop from
the hometown crowd. Orton rns to the rung
and runs over a few people with
clotheslines before hitting Barrett with right
hands. Orton continues the offense and
slams Barrett. Orton hits the mat and waits
for the RKO but Cody hits him from behind.
Orton tosses Cody to the apron and grabs
Ziggler. He hits the draping DDT from the
second rope on Cody and Ziggler at the
same time. Uso grabs Orton but gets tossed
for his troubles. Uso is eliminated. Orton hits
the RKO on Barrett and tosses him. Wade
Barrett is eliminated. #29 comes out and it's
Chris Jericho.
Jericho comes in and hits Cody, Otunga and
Miz. Jericho goes on and eliminates David
Otunga. Jericho goes at it with Ziggler now.
Sheamus tries to eliminate Swagger. The #
30 man out is Big Show.
Show runs to the ring and Jack Swagger is
eliminated. Swagger gets mad and Show
knocks him out with a WMD on the floor.
Show comes in with chops and headbutts
for everyone. He grabs Miz and Cody,
eliminating them at the same time. Show
eliminates Ziggler next. It's down to
Sheamus, Orton, Jericho and Show. They all
attack Big Show but he fights them off.
Show splashes Jericho and chokeslams him.
Orton comes and takes Show down with a
big RKO. Show fights Sheamus off but Orton
eliminates Big Show. Jericho comes from
behind and dumps Orton. Randy Orton is
eliminated. It's down to Jericho and
Sheamus.
Jericho and Sheamus face off. Jericho points
up at the WrestleMania 28 sign. They lock up
and go at it. Sheamus runs over Jericho.
Jericho goes for a bulldog but Sheamus
pushes him off. Jericho hangs on as
Sheamus tries to eliminate him. Jericho
comes back in with a missile dropkick.
Jericho with kicks now. Sheamus catches
him with the Irish Curse backbreaker and
calls for the Celtic Cross. Sheamus goes for it
but Jericho slides out. Jericho clotheslines
Sheamus over the rope but he hangs on and
comes back to the apron. Jericho with a
dropkick from the second rope but Sheamus
still hangs on. Jericho tries to kick Sheamus
out of the ring but he still hangs on.
Sheamus makes his way back in and kicks
Jericho in the face. Sheamus scoops Jericho
over the rope but he hangs on. Jericho
fights back in but runs into a back elbow.
Jericho ducks the Brogue Kick and applies
the Walls of Jericho.
Sheamus gets to the ropes but Jericho
doesn't have to break the hold in the
Rumble. He finally breaks it. Jericho charges
but Sheamus backdrops him. Jericho hangs
on and his feet don't touch the floor. Jericho
fights fro the apron and goes to the top
rope with Sheamus in hand. Sheamus climbs
up and has Jericho positioned for a
superplex. They trade shots on the top and
both fall down to the apron. They both come
back in the ring and Jericho connects with a
Codebreaker. Jericho looks as if he's trying
to pin Sheamus but realizes there's on
pinfall. Sheamus fights back but Jericho
kicks him in the gut. Jericho with forearms
to the chest now. He tries to dump Sheamus
again but he hangs on and comes back in.
Jericho slaps Sheamus repeatedly and this
angers him. Sheamus shoves Jericho off but
misses another Brogue Kick. Sheamus
counters the Codebreaker and tosses
Jericho but again, his feet don't touch the
floor. Sheamus comes back with a Brogue
Kick and knocks Jericho to the floor for the
win.
2012 WWE Royal Rumble Winner:
Sheamus
- After the match, we go to replays and
come back to Sheamus pointing at the
WrestleMania 28 sign as the pyro goes off.
The 2012 Royal Rumble goes off the air with
Sheamus posing for the fans.