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Week of Jan. 8, 2011
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Morrison uses the WWE logo to take down The Miz and Alex Riley.4 g& P1 U" s! x$ N+ H9 t8 {' Z& q) s- i
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; ]: J1 S4 P* t+ d1 N1 }Divas Champion Natalya lays out Alicia Fox on Monday Night Raw.( L% L/ \9 Y, \) B; t" `
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; v* G4 H0 }/ C4 d+ k1 GSantino Marella gets a little hangtime against The Usos on Raw.+ c/ C$ d/ p, P' Z" P" |
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! M( o+ t" f' {9 FCM Punk shows great pride in his attack on John Cena last week." D* l5 D$ y+ r* F1 W7 P( S7 U, I
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Wade Barrett and CM Punk argue over control of The Nexus.& i# v; a6 L0 N
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Alberto Del Rio arrives on Raw in style ...
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... and defeats R-Truth using his patented armbar submission.: H/ k- x2 ?$ X j. S; x
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Orton leaves the steel cage as the No. 1 contender to the WWE Title.: `% {& r. ~0 ?
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Dolph Ziggler wins a WWE Pro Over-the-Top Rope Battle Royal ...$ |' d+ A4 J; U9 {6 Q9 s; T
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. p7 G; ^; C! F5 \! d9 T... and trades his NXT Rookie Jacob Novak for Byron Saxton.+ Z' V- [2 k) S# p* D+ l' v4 n
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Ziggler's new NXT Rookie Byron Saxton takes down Rookie Jacob Novak.
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After his victory, Brodus Clay stares down Curtis' WWE Pro, R-Truth.
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The gorgeous Maryse is red-hot.
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6 S$ L- G! U2 p9 |0 |, P% LTyler Reks bends JTG in half on "WWE Superstars."2 {" p1 r- s- H6 U% y0 {9 w! {
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Yoshi Tatsu takes down Zack Ryder with an impressive kick.& e& N! H: }# N9 s
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# Z# R5 P9 Z0 lMark Henry sends Ted DiBiase and Tyson Kidd over-the-top.( X0 E0 w" w1 G
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Tyson Kidd pins U.S. Champion Daniel Bryan on "WWE Superstars."
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B4 S- ~ N7 j! a: p1 x8 EEdge and Kane battle to be the Last Man Standing on SmackDown., I5 h) p% F" @' F0 S" o% V
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... defeating Ziggler again and retaining the title.
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Michelle McCool flattens Kelly Kelly with the Faithbreaker./ o3 n* _+ d' ]$ [9 b- E. s
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Wade Barrett comes to SmackDown and attacks Big Show ...
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7 v" E3 O8 ^+ G+ oThanks to Make-A-Wish Foundation, Jose Magna, 13, meets John Cena.
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; V( \+ m: c! c; e+ YRey Ramirez-Gonzalez gets an autograph from Rey Mysterio.
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Michelle McCool takes a moment to relax while remaining flawless.
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2 u# y8 t9 [( UWCW Monday Nitro lives on in SmacKDown vs. Raw 2011's latest DLC.
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