Monday, December 29, 2014

Raw Deal - Raw recap for December 29, 2014

The show starts off with Edge's retirement speech from the April 11, 2011 edition of Raw.

Edge and Christian start off the proceedings. They compromise and combine The Peep Show and The Cutting Edge to do The Cutting Edge Peep Show, with tonight's guest being Seth Rollins...who takes on Roman Reigns tonight. Also, Rusev will take on Dolph Ziggler in a Champion vs. Champion match, although neither of them will be naked, much to Christian's disappointment. Daniel Bryan will be here later to talk about his future. Edge and Christian then begin to do the five-second pose for all those with flash photography, Brock Lesnar and Paul Heyman show up. Lesnar isn't in the mood to destroy Edge or Christian; instead, he's more focused on John Cena, according to Heyman. Cena shows up. He promises to take the WWE World Heavyweight Championship back at Royal Rumble, then puts his hands on Paul Heyman. Lesnar goes for Cena, but Cena has Lesnar read like a book. Lesnar breaks out of the Attitude Adjustment and retreats along with Paul Heyman.

Dolph Ziggler beats Rusev by disqualification when Rusev keeps Ziggler in the corner for too long. Rusev then locks the Accolade on Ziggler and uses the ropes to do more damage. As officials try to get him off Ziggler, Ryback shows up and forces Rusev to retreat.



Ryback talks about his road to where he is now: being a guest bell ringer as a kid at his first WWE live event in Las Vegas, $1,000,000 Tough Enough, going through depression, getting back in the groove and being re-signed by WWE, breaking his ankle in three places, beating the doctor's expectations, and becoming The Ryback. After a video package of Ryback, Ryback tells Rusev that this won't be just a "USA vs. Russia thing," it's going to be a "big guy giving another big guy an ass-kicking thing" at Royal Rumble.



Nikki Bella beats Natalya after the distraction from Brie Bella.



Naomi thanks The Miz backstage, telling him that thanks to his connections to the music producer, she has future projects outside of WWE lined up. She wishes Miz luck on his tag team title match against The Usos (Jimmy and Jey Uso).

The Usos (Jimmy and Jey Uso) beat The Miz and Damien Mizdow to win the WWE Tag Team Championships! They celebrate with Naomi, and Jerry Lawler interviews The Usos after the match. They declare 2014 "the Year of the Usos," and they're throwing a party, with barbeque involved. Jerry Lawler is, of course, invited.



Cesaro is in the ring. He says 2014 should have been his year after winning the Andre the Giant Memorial Battle Royal at WrestleMania 30, but WWE says he doesn't connect with the WWE Universe. He doesn't care about connecting with the Universe; he just cares about putting a show every night. He issues an open challenge to anyone who doubts him...and the person who answers is none other than Bad News Barrett, who is back after being on the injured list for six months.

Bad News Barrett beats Cesaro.



Luke Harper has a message for those who want to toss him aside like trash and cast him as a social pariah: he's a nightmare come to life. Sweet dreams.

Luke Harper beats Jack Swagger.



John Cena, Edge and Christian chat backstage about days gone by. Cena thanks Edge for everything he's done for him.

Big Show guests on commentary for the next match.

Roman Reigns vs. Seth Rollins ends with interference from Big Show, who tosses Reigns over the commentary table and topples the whole table on top of him.



Seth Rollins announces to J&J Security (Joey Mercury and Jamie Noble) that he plans to have a New Year's toast to John Cena tonight on the Cutting Edge Peep Show and invites Cena to join him. He tells J&J Security to spread the word.

Next week on Raw: Dean Ambrose vs. Bray Wyatt in an Ambulance Match!

Bray Wyatt says that everything must come full circle, and promises that he'll put Dean Ambrose in an ambulance and end this story.



Tomorrow night on Main Event: Santino Marella's New Year's Party!

Daniel Bryan shows up. After telling everyone that being in the ring with them has helped take the pain of being out of the ring away, Bryan announces he is not retiring and that he will be in the Royal Rumble.



The Miz and Damien Mizdow barge in on Christian playing the kazoo to demand a rematch against The Usos (Jimmy and Jey Uso) for the WWE Tag Team Championships. Edge (and his stunt double puppet) gives them a match, but it's not against The Usos and it's not for the tag titles.



The Miz and Damien Mizdow's opponents are none other than The Ascension (Konnor and Viktor), now making their official debut on the main roster.

The Ascension (Konnor and Viktor) beat The Miz and Damien Mizdow.



Friday Night on SmackDown: The Cutting Edge Peep Show with Dean Ambrose and Bray Wyatt as special guests.

Renee Young interviews Seth Rollins, who confirms he's inviting John Cena to the Cutting Edge Peep Show.

It's The Cutting Edge Peep Show! Edge and Christian's guest tonight is Seth Rollins, who considers them heroes and an inspiration for him to start wrestling. He wants to ring in 2015, but he doesn't want to do it alone...so he calls out Big Show, who shows up. He also calls out John Cena, who doesn't come out immediately. Rollins then says he wants something from Cena, but when Cena doesn't show up, Rollins decides to force his hand by attacking Christian with the Money in the Bank briefcase. Edge shoves Rollins, and he is soon surrounded by Big Show, Rollins, and J&J Security (Joey Mercury and Jamie Noble). Show forces Edge to the ground, and they all threaten to paralyze Edge for life. John Cena rushes in, but Rollins threatens to break Edge permanently if Cena doesn't bring back Triple H and Stephanie McMahon. John has no choice but to bring them back, but it's all a trick as Rollins attempts to Curb Stomp Edge. Cena fights everyone off but is easily outnumbered. After John Cena is taken down, Paul Heyman and Brock Lesnar show up, and Rollins shakes hands with Heyman. Triple H and Stephanie McMahon then appear at the top of the ramp to end the show.

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