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Week in Photos: December 30, 2011
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Raw's Interim GM, John Laurinaitis, does his best impression of CM Punk on Monday night.
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The WWE Champion, however, is not impressed.
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Intercontinental Champion Cody Rhodes faces Booker T in a rematch from WWE TLC.: u$ O% e- Q/ o! ?8 |
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% Z) t5 m. }8 b2 VThe former five-time WCW Champion defeats Rhodes and does a Spinarooni for the Raw SuperShow crowd.
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: p0 s( q I4 SUnited States Champion Zack Ryder can't hide his crush on Eve during their mixed tag team match on Monday
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& {- Z# |, \7 S' @: W( }' CNatalya, joined by Tyson Kidd, wants to make Eve cry.
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After their victory, Eve joins Ryder in a celebratory "Woo, Woo, Woo!"# |& E" n4 R" U! u, Z4 i! @
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John Cena finds himself across the ring from The Miz on Raw SuperShow.
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0 U4 h. j" }7 R: D( gThe returning R-Truth puts a premature end to The Awesome One's Monday.
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) g' U% }. z/ v) sDavid Otunga thinks he has an advantage in his match against Big Show. The World's Largest Athlete has to fight with one arm tied behind his back.
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Mark Henry takes advantage of Show's predicament, attacking the one-armed giant.
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Though he won the match by disqualification, the Harvard grad catches a monster chokeslam from Big Show.: w$ _$ _) o6 W" Q' r
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+ Y) ^ W' t* nAlberto Del Rio, suffering from a torn groin, is wheelchair-bound, while Ricardo Rodriguez wears a neck brace after his big fall at WWE TLC.
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CM Punk had to survive a gauntlet of three Superstars to face John Laurinaitis on Raw SuperShow; [6 \, H. v; g1 F
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The WWE Champion tries to bridge out of Jack Swagger's hold.
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4 I8 ^7 }' ^: m6 vA swift kick to the head spells the end for The All-American American.
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Dolph Ziggler tries to make the worn-down Punk submit.f
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Laurinaitis makes an announcement mid-match, distracting the champion. G% N' A. Y, l/ N
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Ziggler takes advantage of the distraction, pinning Punk and earning a WWE Title Match on the first Raw of 2012." L/ Z4 L3 o6 _9 E
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Kane spoke for the first time since his return on Raw SuperShow.- O7 l7 s0 S, i% d4 K
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) k& [7 F, |* g. F! Q/ x5 sThe Big Red Monster believes John Cena should embrace the hate, instead of trying to rise above it.
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( k% d! H5 B1 S- Z* u$ xNatalya will be dressed to impress on New Year's Eve.
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Former Tag Team Champions and NXT alums Justin Gabriel and Heath Slater battle on WWE.com's WWE NXT.1 D3 h" p4 v- a" i! X- D
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Percy Watson gets some impressive elevation against Tyson Kidd on WWE NXT.
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Bitter rivals Johnny Curtis and Derrick Bateman battle in and out of the ring on WWE NXT.
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The beautiful Bella Twins look stunning as they vie for the affections of Alberto Del Rio
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Yoshi Tatsu and Tyson Kidd collide on WWE.com's "WWE Superstars."
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Kidd prepares to attempt a high-risk maneuver from the top rope./ Y3 m/ T$ x" E% o
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9 \& a" \& ^4 H, T1 r, ?3 YTrent Barreta takes to the skies against NXT Rookie Darren Young on WWE.com's "WWE Superstars."
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JTG tries to teach WWE NXT alum Alex Riley a lesson on "WWE Superstars."
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1 X* @; c/ ^3 X6 W5 H7 m; v5 R7 W' lA-Ry shows off his impressive power on his way to victory.
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1 O& t8 r. W8 _! X% _The lovely Eve is enjoying the holidays.
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Goldust, sans makeup, tries to talk some sense into his younger brother Cody on SmackDown.
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The Intercontinental Champion hits his brother with a Beautiful Disaster kick.7 m& Y# c- l' J7 { f1 d
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Alicia Fox hits Natalya with a devastating kick.) v( }+ r4 P# u O+ R& U
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After their tag-team loss, Tamina hits the third-generation Diva with a top-rope splash.2 n' I* v' H& B
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1 u" Q0 R! I; tWorld Heavyweight Champion Daniel Bryan lends Big Show a hand in victory, but flees before Mark Henry can get his hands on him.# o1 b8 d+ s6 [. r
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Drew McIntyre loses to Ezekiel Jackson, leading SmackDown GM Teddy Long to reconsider his signing of The Chosen One.
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Heath Slater isn't amused by Hornswoggle.
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The One Man Rock Band is knocked out by The Great White's Brogue Kick.8 V3 g( d( u8 h
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- o3 E& s, _4 Q* u6 `# a; J) ^It's an international affair as the Mexican Superstar takes on South Africa's Justin Gabriel on SmackDown.
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Hunico soars to victory on Friday night.
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