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7 [$ w# i$ g3 E* p" n _% lWWE Champion CM Punk opens Raw and addresses his actions on the historic 1,000th episode of Raw one week ago.( S5 |1 `* ~6 x" W
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Punk tells Jerry "The King" Lawler that he was wrong to say Punk turned his back on the WWE Universe.
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The champion goes on to say that it was The Rock who showed tremendous disrespect last week.( x4 l& P. r8 q- r# U( \) C1 V: b
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" \1 t- \- H5 wBig Show arrives to proclaim that he will be the next WWE Champion.
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# Q" j" j- G3 |/ tJohn Cena takes exception to those comments.
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3 N; `/ g) [4 V1 L! @In her first official act as the new Raw General Manager, AJ Lee emerges from the back ...
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) X8 L. h6 X* _8 S/ D+ `3 ]... To announce that Cena will face Big Show in the night's main event, with the winner advancing to face Punk for the WWE Title at SummerSlam!# C7 Z! R4 e( U- |
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The Mexican Aristocrat takes the fight to The Milan Miracle right away.
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Brodus Clay arrives in style, ready for his dance contest against Vickie Guerrero!
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The dance contest is short-lived, however, as Damien Sandow interrupts ...4 M2 ^' F. Z' J2 F
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... And viciously attacks The Funkasaurus.9 e, j" ]5 ]. q* p
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9 j+ I- q3 E( ?5 W" f, cWorld Heavyweight Champion Sheamus takes on Daniel Bryan, and the RawActive match type selected by the WWE Universe is a Street Fight.* v" B& z5 a) s0 ~) U9 v. t/ j; ^6 K
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' [( F$ U# y7 m; I/ M$ h( R5 JAfter the Street Fight, Bryan refuses to leave the ring.
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Kofi Kingston takes on Titus O'Neil in singles action.
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# X" Q' b$ e/ S$ }$ vAfter A.W. distracted Kofi - by, of all things, throwing his shoe into the ring - Titus takes advantage and scores a big victory.
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The World's Largest Athlete launches Cena into the announce table ...
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3 G Y; l/ h1 f& I- tWith Cena primed to plant Big Show with the Attitude Adjustment, Punk strikes back and the match ends in a No Contest.
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% H; p; O9 _4 [( bIn the end, Cesaro scores a big victory over the U.S. Champ.
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Divas Champion Layla takes on Natalya on "WWE Superstars."
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