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Shawn Michaels returns to Raw SuperShow Monday night to go face to face with his best friend, Triple H.
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I6 O; F7 d# E& h( _The All-American American crushes his opponent with a devastating splash.
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Dolph Ziggler, Vickie Guerrero, John Laurinaitis and David Otunga take in the action from ringside.4 Y( q1 N/ i8 n/ J& g
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Laurinaitis tries to distract the referee, but Raw's GM for the night, Teddy Long, stops him, giving Santino Marella the opening to pin Swagger!
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Long has Laurinaitis and Otunga removed from the building after their meddling.) @/ a! P- p, Q$ u9 C1 }1 {8 O9 B' @
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The Executive Vice President of Talent Relations is furious at Long's actions.
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Marella is overcome with emotions as he is crowned United States Champion.
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9 R& y8 V0 g$ CKelly Kelly joins the Raw announcers to watch her former friend.
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... but Eve surprises her with a roll-up for the victory.
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... but Jericho doesn't, helping his team to victory by pinning Punk.
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The WWE Title challenger hopes he gets to hold onto the gold for much longer after WrestleMania.
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Cody Rhodes interrupts the proceedings to show another embarassing moment of Big Show at WrestleMania.
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The Awesome One used the distraction to clip Big Show from behind.
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' K: W* O. s" u3 WThe World's Largest Athlete rebounded, flooring Miz with a giant spear.
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Randy Orton attacks Kane, laying him out with an RKO, gaining a measure of retribution for the monster's assault on him last Friday night.
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Cena calls out his opponent once again.
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The second-generation Diva shows her how it's done, picking up a win with her family's trademark move.
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Yoshi Tatsu goes airborne against Johnny Curtis on WWE NXT.4 o1 O$ X8 d7 l$ f1 Y3 y# J" J
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7 O! a9 {0 i) d! I* K1 @9 eDolph Ziggler and Kofi Kingston collide in the center of the ring on "WWE Superstars."
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6 y" y. m, n6 A: y# C6 ^3 mKingston picks up the win over his long-time rival., [5 q6 Q+ M* q/ i
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: ^- l4 C- W9 p. E aHigh flying action between Jinder Mahal Ted DiBiase.% Y# K( }6 C6 r) v% K' J
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Mahal forces DiBiase to submit to the Punjabi Clutch.
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& _7 _) g- m# K+ ?The beautiful AJ is never far behind her boyfriend, World Heavyweight Champion Daniel Bryan.
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1 x$ {) Q# \: S1 [& E8 aThe United States Champion enters the cage.
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; ?+ C" o0 y* n2 F# c3 BDespite Vickie's (loud) objections, Santino retains his US Title!
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5 J1 b+ p# O7 t2 [: H4 K... Which leads to a very angry Punjabi Giant.& c/ K6 @$ E) K3 X' e5 o9 b# x" d6 w6 X
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$ N" y8 O! q( _# MIn a battle of big men, Ezekiel Jackson takes on The World's Strongest Man Mark Henry.
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Working in sync, the WWE Tag Team Champions systematically take on Kofi.
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AJ, Daniel Bryan and Sheamus in the ring as a war of words sets the stage for WrestleMania.7 F# ~/ u, {1 U* |6 }0 ?2 F
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