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Money in the Bank gets set to rock the WWE Universe!" ]6 x9 P7 P0 u$ F7 j% A$ P# J" T7 B
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6 R4 B: A+ _' ^- ~7 B; k" l! ^The night's first match is the Money in the Bank Ladder Match for a World Heavyweight Championship Contract.
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In the end, Dolph Ziggler prevails and leaves Money in the Bank with a golden opportunity to challenge for the World Heavyweight Championship!4 u0 |( B4 r l( l4 y- v) e7 c
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8 d* p" J. a4 B$ R( \Miz returns to enter himself into the Money in the Bank Ladder Match for a WWE Championship Contract!$ X ^9 |8 x9 W. X2 e
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World Heavyweight Champion Sheamus takes on No. 1 challenger Alberto Del Rio with the World Title on the line!! H. i4 I& i+ B( o4 L, J2 w
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... But Dolph Ziggler appears, seemingly hoping to cash in his contract.
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3 d3 f# y% E. U- M8 J: ]6 _Before it becomes an official match, however, Sheamus levels The Showoff with a thundering Brogue Kick!
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) R3 j6 `6 c e, y0 z" ]3 aA month after A.W. left Primo & Epico to side with The Prime Time Players, the high-flying cousins take on WWE Tag Team Championship top contenders, Darren Young & Titus O'Neil.
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Tag Team Champions Kofi Kingston & R-Truth look on as Epico & Primo score the big pay-per-view victory.2 Y4 [1 |, ^, ~6 B0 z2 o% U
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The bout is nothing short of epic, as the two competitors engage in a back-and-forth battle for the title.
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: y: L; a7 o2 r) ^% V( d/ J. {( uIn the end, Punk raises the title over his head in victory! {$ Z& }6 J. U! k
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... En route to yet another impressive win.
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& H) k$ d9 l6 r9 bThe Money in the Bank Ladder Match for a WWE Championship Contract is an epic affair, pitting five former WWE Champions against one another.
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The World's Largest Athlete will face The Second City Saint in the night's main event!
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WWE Tag Team Champions Kofi Kingston & R-Truth take on The Prime Time Players in Monday night action.2 J8 f4 B2 ]7 K/ `. V
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Zack Ryder takes on Alberto Del Rio in one-on-one competition.
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! I7 H, r9 C' o/ g+ Y3 xAfter Rikishi lays waste to the The One-Man Band, he celebrates with his sons, The Usos!
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... Daniel Bryan shocked the WWE Universe by asking for AJ's hand in marriage!
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Swagger takes the fight to the monstrous Superstar early in the bout ...
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2 |$ _- N2 ]- L. t$ x0 x6 y6 k. x6 WAfter his monumental Money in the Bank victory Sunday night, Dolph Ziggler emerges with promises of becoming the greatest World Heavyweight Champion of all time.
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... Y2J plants The Showoff with a Codebreaker without uttering a single word!
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' r( {* E9 G; d; H* eWWE Champion CM Punk battles Big Show in the night's main event!
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8 S/ d" g' z! t' R7 _: yAfter Big Show pushes the referee, Punk wins the bout by disqualification, but is left in a bad way by The World's Largest Athlete.
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9 B3 W6 k3 [* i: pThe SmackDown faithful are treated to an Eight-Man Tag Team Match that pits the Prime Time Players and Hunico & Camacho against Primo & Epico and the Tag Team Champions, Kofi Kingston & R-Truth!% x% k) _ K5 G3 U
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2 |: T7 k# w1 }4 K+ t- Z+ B Y9 HThanks to an A.W. distraction, the tag champs are on the losing team Friday night.
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4 }4 B( ~' p% m) k9 WAfter the match, an angry Big Show arrives ...% ]& `. X# z) ?2 [# ~+ l
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... and proceeds to lay waste to everyone standing in the ring.( I+ N) V% H' r/ C0 U9 r# V( r
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After calling Ryder a “brainless Broski,” Sandow attacks like a house on fire, dominating Ryder out of the gate.
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$ V0 e* _& \- T1 wIt’s an impressive, and resounding, victory for Sandow.
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In a special edition of "The Peep Show" ...
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5 Z& j1 V. {/ Y... Intercontinental Champion Christian welcomes the newly engaged Daniel Bryan and AJ!
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When Christian questions AJ directly on whether she knows what she's doing, the off-the-wall side of the Diva re-emerges and she slaps him!# `7 ]% ]4 W: T- c+ W+ p
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1 i7 j. ^9 M: R6 L( ~! z, fChristian announces that Bryan will be facing a "psychotic ex-boyfriend" of AJ’s, Kane!
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5 O# j( m5 [- nThe Big Red Monster takes the fight to Bryan early on.
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World Heavyweight Champion Sheamus & Rey Mysterio battle Alberto Del Rio & Dolph Ziggler!
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$ @& {& G a! b' gAlex Riley locks up with Cody Rhodes on "WWE Superstars."
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' }* s) I8 X; M/ L1 QThe high-flying Sin Cara takes his talents to "WWE Superstars," where he battles Drew McIntyre.
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