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Unable to bring himself to knock out Daniel Bryan on Raw per the orders of WWE COO Triple H, Big Show kicks off SmackDown by reading a prepared letter of apology.# J! Z0 o" k8 G; E7 a& H
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8 \; C6 I# D g: K2 S/ zAfter hearing The World's Largest Athlete read the statement, Triple H emerges to address the giant.
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+ [' \! [ E! }7 t8 d% zThings go from bad to worse for Big Show when The Shield – United States Champion Dean Ambrose and WWE Tag Team Champions Seth Rollins & Roman Reigns – ambush the big man.3 y2 B9 f. ]0 v; Y: k& t5 [; @
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All of Big Show's pent-up anger boils over, and he viciously fights back against the black-clad trio.
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The World's Largest Athlete hits an earth-shattering spear on Roman Reigns off the announce table.# K6 ^: }2 d4 t) D, @2 w
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) U' i$ K# L7 H1 u7 K# ]$ PBack in the ring, Big Show prepares to hit his devastating KO Punch ...
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Santino Marella vs. Damien Sandow: photos
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1 |' H6 n0 ]( L; E7 s( FMichael Cole conducts an exclusive pre-Night of Champions interview with Paul Heyman and Curtis Axel: photos
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& [/ j2 l% b, b1 ]& t# lEdge returns to SmackDown, presenting “The Cutting Edge” with Daniel Bryan and Randy Orton: photos
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: f+ ?9 R8 D# R0 D$ K! y( ]11-time World Champion and WWE Hall of Famer Edge returns to SmackDown to host his talk-show segment "The Cutting Edge."
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1 s$ K$ Z* F& b! E! M: K' x* BThe Rated-R Superstar explains that he's only here for the WWE Universe, and that there's no love lost between himself and WWE COO Triple H.
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The host of "The Cutting Edge" then introduces Orton's No. 1 contender at Sunday's Night of Champions, Daniel Bryan, who emerges to raucous cheers from the WWE Universe.
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The submission specialist declares that he's more concerned with love, passion and dreams than "business," and he will live his lifelong dream of being WWE Champion on Sunday when he defeats Orton.8 d8 \0 ]' _2 b- G: [$ N' R2 F
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