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Week in Photos, September 15, 2012
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# b' r" f* F4 Z0 ?% S! e6 bFifteen years later, Bret "Hit Man" Hart returns to Montreal's Bell Centre for Monday Night Raw!
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WWE Tag Team Champions Kofi Kingston & R-Truth battle Intercontinental Champion The Miz & United States Champion Antonio Cesaro in the night's first match.0 Q6 [, \1 B/ D
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Boom Drop!
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5 m' G9 z, o% S# N' v# ] D( \8 H tThe champs prevail on Raw. k1 E+ J) _8 G8 _) b$ L
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X3 X0 O& F9 RDivas Champion Layla, No. 1 contender Kaitlyn & Eve team up against Beth Phoenix, Natalya & Alicia Fox in a Six-Diva Tag Match.7 G* O( D5 S- _) ]: S; S
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8 \/ Q: |/ w' i; z9 _2 B/ NAfter the match, Eve raises both Layla and Kaitlyn's hand in victory.: B5 c0 p2 @5 p, F
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In the night's RAWactive Match, WWE Champion CM Punk battles Randy Orton.
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' z7 T* @& E' e% G) qWWE's Apex Predator connects with a ring-rocking clothesline to the champion.
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" T) [3 e) w3 D f0 O, nMr. Money in the Bank, Dolph Ziggler, arrives to interject himself into the action.. K' {/ c/ K. P* Z) e
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; c5 l* H2 A; R) oLooking for a rematch against Zack Ryder, Heath Slater instead gets Ryback!
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The monstrous Ryback makes quick work of Slater.
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+ K3 O( L. `; R/ X. ], HIn a surprising move, Raw General Manager AJ Lee makes a match between Kane & Daniel Bryan and The Prime Time Players, with Titus O'Neil and Darren Young's status as No. 1 contenders on the line!
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It may not have been the epitome of "teamwork," but Kane & Bryan defeat O'Neil & Young to become the new No. 1 contenders to the Tag Team Titles!
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Tyson Kidd battles No. 1 contender to Sheamus' World Heavyweight Championship, Alberto Del Rio.
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Sheamus further punishes Otunga with a Brogue Kick regardless of Booker T’s ongoing internal investigation about the maneuver.
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Rhodes gets the huge win over Rey ...
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... But Intercontinental Champion The Miz makes an unexpected appearance in the ring.
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... Where he walks into the Cross Rhodes.
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Cody raises Miz's title over his head after leveling the champion.
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... But they're met with an unannounced appearance by WWE Champion CM Punk.
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Cena stops Punk from lashing out at Hart ...
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. w5 q4 T3 Z2 E8 U5 `Punk retreats, WWE Title in hand, as Raw goes off the air.' j [; f, J8 a$ }8 c3 V
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SmackDown kicks off with David Otunga, Alberto Del Rio and Ricardo Rodriguez continuing to plead their case against Sheamus' Brogue Kick.2 W3 s5 ]: ^; Y- K) {, M
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' ~4 C) R- n1 E0 [7 E... But the Mexican Superstar scores a huge win over the champ.
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Tag Team Champion Kofi Kingston takes on one-half of the No. 1 contenders, Kane, in singles action Friday night.
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Orton hits Tensai with a picture-perfect powerslam.
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Justin Gabriel battles the monstrous Tensai on "WWE Superstars."
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