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Sheamus and Randy Orton announce they will participate in the Royal Rumble Match: photos
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/ Y( [: N8 H7 ?' }On the first SmackDown of 2013, Randy Orton returns to the blue brand for the first time since suffering an injury at the hands of the The Shield on Dec. 14.. |1 g! {1 c* r: P, F
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' K+ Y% e0 K( C% wThe Viper wastes no time in making a huge announcement: He will enter the 2013 Royal Rumble Match on his quest to recapture the World Heavyweight Title.7 k9 X" d* F9 @! w* ^
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Just when it appears that WWE's Apex Predator and The Celtic Warrior might come to blows ...
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... World Heavyweight Champion Big Show emerges to warn that anyone who challenges him will receive a KO Punch. R* E! T; E, w9 k. x
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; Z: c- I- }% cUnited States Champion Antonio Cesaro crashes the party with insults for all three Superstars, in addition to America at large, no pun intended.
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Before things descend into full-blown chaos, SmackDown General Manager Booker T makes his entrance.
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Booker makes a main event tag team match to help settle everyone's differences .../ I/ v$ f) L/ C
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9 y ^& c& a9 S) c/ U+ a... vs. Big Show & Cesaro. Can you dig that?& N& ~3 d5 \+ Y! ^) |
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Six-Person Tag Team Match: photos3 \+ x5 u$ A; X5 J1 P* Z
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Kofi Kingston vs. Wade Barrett: photos
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$ E+ k% I1 c5 u/ V( @1 CSheamus & Randy Orton vs. Big Show & Antonio Cesaro: photos
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8 M, J( w- g' ~4 y$ J$ u/ WIn SmackDown's main event, Sheamus & Randy Orton try to set aside their differences from earlier ...4 t& h* Y- b" M$ f& f
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... to battle World Heavyweight Champion Big Show & U.S. Champion Antonio Cesaro.9 w( R& a5 |9 t6 X
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Orton and Sheamus are able to get the upper hand on both Cesaro and The World's Largest Athlete.
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( X% ^2 L* T5 A: [8 c& \After Sheamus nails Big Show with the Brogue Kick ...
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" B" L% q) i, V! I# \... he tags in Orton.
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As the 2013 Royal Rumble Match nears, this turbulent tag team match proves that allies will be as dangerous as enemies. |
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