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WWE Champion CM Punk opens Raw and addresses his actions on the historic 1,000th episode of Raw one week ago.8 C7 R q# ?+ s; _9 R
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Punk tells Jerry "The King" Lawler that he was wrong to say Punk turned his back on the WWE Universe.3 \! ]% |& ]2 ^( v/ p$ G, {
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John Cena takes exception to those comments.
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In her first official act as the new Raw General Manager, AJ Lee emerges from the back ... d* w; `/ v0 M. c$ c; ~6 T
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... To announce that Cena will face Big Show in the night's main event, with the winner advancing to face Punk for the WWE Title at SummerSlam!2 m* j' b" O, ^' Y1 ~
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United States Champion Santino Marella locks up with the No. 1 contender to the World Heavyweight Title, Alberto Del Rio.
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After his impressive victory, Del Rio declares that he will not compete again until his bout against Sheamus at SummerSlam.
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Brodus Clay arrives in style, ready for his dance contest against Vickie Guerrero!
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The dance contest is short-lived, however, as Damien Sandow interrupts ...
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... And viciously attacks The Funkasaurus.
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World Heavyweight Champion Sheamus takes on Daniel Bryan, and the RawActive match type selected by the WWE Universe is a Street Fight.3 o) `" z: h5 m; I. l4 d. V' `% h% b
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After the Street Fight, Bryan refuses to leave the ring.
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0 e+ r/ b6 R" n3 b" ] ZAfter A.W. distracted Kofi - by, of all things, throwing his shoe into the ring - Titus takes advantage and scores a big victory.
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In a shocking turn, it's the returning Randy Orton who answers the bell!
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Orton decimates The One-Man Band.
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Chris Jericho & Christian square off against Dolph Ziggler & The Miz in tag team action.
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0 b/ Z- I$ s' {# G4 n$ \... John Cena takes on Big Show with a chance to face Punk for the title at SummerSlam on the line!
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With Cena primed to plant Big Show with the Attitude Adjustment, Punk strikes back and the match ends in a No Contest.
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After Punk declares that Cena and Show are "both losers," AJ Lee disagrees and announces that Punk will defend his title against both Cena and Big Show in a Triple Threat Match at SummerSlam!
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SmackDown kicks off in style, as Mr. McMahon arrives, ready to announce Friday night's new General Manager!
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In his first bit of business, Booker schedules Alberto Del Rio to take on Randy Orton, and World Heavyweight Champion Sheamus to battle Tensai!
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8 e E+ y/ ^2 J |In a non-title match, United States Champion Santino Marella takes on Antonio Cesaro in a rematch from last week.
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$ n e/ u* X/ A q5 DIn the night's main event, Randy Orton makes his return to SmackDown to take on Alberto Del Rio.
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