14th Jan 2013
Location: Toyota Centre, Houston, Texas
Opening Credits.
Commentary: Following last weeks ultimatum from Drew, Tiffany will momentarily be making an announcement..............also tonight the new Challenger to Edge's WWE Title will be announced.......................As far as matches go tonight, Sting will face R-Truth in a Royal Rumble Qualifying Match..............
Promo: Tiffany announces that Edge will be defending his WWE Title at the Royal Rumble against...............Samoa Joe................Drew McIntyre .............and Big E in a Fatal 4 WaY..............but tonight Samoa Joe will face Drew McIntyre...........and Edge will face Big E in Singles action..............
Backstage: After hearing the announcement just made, Drew McIntyre stares at the Monitor, while Wade Barrett stands behind..........then with a snarl Drew storms away...............
Coming up next WHO qualify's for The Royal Rumble........
Sting v R-Truth
Mid Match: The referee takes a knock, tumbling to the ground, giving Sting the opportunity to first deliver a low blow, and then to follow up with a Chair Shot, enabling him to make the cover, waiting for thew referee to recover his senses and make the count...........
Winner: Sting via Pinfall.
Backstage : The Monster Abyss fresh from humiliating Kane last week heads dowbn the corridor towards the arena entrance..................but then from out of nowhere he is blasted by Kane, and sent crashing into a pile of transport carriages, Kane then delivers a further beating..............before leaving Abyss writhing in agony...............
Coming up next Big E takes on the WWE Champion, Edge.........
Big E v Edge
Winner: Big E via Pinfall.
Post Match: Suddenly before anything else can happen, Samoa Joe storms the ring and lays out both Big E and Edge...........making a significant point ................
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Promo: Diva's Champion Trish stratus is in the ring, for the first time since retaining the Title at TLC, she claims that she was away last week celebrating, so was unable to answer the latest challenge from the "Trish Stratus Wannabe" so calls her out to make the challenge to her face..................
And out comes Velvetr Sky, who ridicules the claim that she wants to be Trish Stratus, because she's much happier being a YOUNGER Velvet Sky...............she claims Trish can't keep upo with the younger, PRETTIER women from TNA, which is why she needed Nikki Bella's help at TLC, but tonight she is in the ring all on her lonesome.............
and then from behind Angelina Love attacks Trish.............which then allows Velvet to join in on a 2 on 1 beatdown..................
until help arrives.............but surprisingly enough it's Lita who comes to her aid, clearing the ring of The Beautiful People............
Lita then helps Trish back to her feet, before Trish pulls away..........clearly embarassed and angry by the debacle.........
Backstage: The Miz walks in on Nikki Bella, she commiserates huim on his defeat last week, but she believes he has a Championship reign in his near future.........being The Miz, he knows that, he simply has to decide which Title he wins at Wrestloemania AFTER he wins The Royal Rumble...........
Nikki wants to know if he will be looking for payback on A J Styles, but he claims that A J Styles is an X-Lister, while he is an A-Lister, he can't be bothered by someone so far beneath him............
Coming up next the latest match to determine the New WWE Tag Team Title Contenders as The British Invasion go up against The Rhodes Brothers......
Doug Williams & Magnus w/ Wade Barrett v Cody Rhodes & Goldust
Winners: The Rhodes Brothers via Pinfall by Goldust on Doug Williams.
Backstage: Jade walks into the WWE Diva's Locker room to confront Natalya claiming that the Diva's will never learn from their mistakes...........Natalya claims that she knows everything that she needs to know, including the fact that Jade is merely here to make up the numbers.............to which Jade reminds Natalya that she never did get her rematch for the Diva's Title did she, which says something when even her own General Manager doesn't think she's good enough..................
things are about to explode, and then in walks Melina.............she's back and she's getting a Diva's Title shot and if either of them get in her way, she won't hesitate to take them down................
Promo: Ryback responds to last weeks Syteel Cage Match, his successful Title defence and subsequent cheap shot by A J Styles................he claims A J was a coward to attack from behind, and claims that if he wants a Title shot, all he has to do is ask..................until then Ryback has other news, he will be entering The Royal Rumble Match and going on to Main Evenmt Wrestlemania...........
just then Mr. Anderson makes his way down to the ring and without hesitation confronts Ryback...........he is fuming because he has to face The Miz next week in a Royal Rumble Qualifier, and he's better than that, after all he's the guy that can put down "The Mighty" Ryback with one punch....................then from out of nowhere he decks Ryback, then makes a swift exit, as a fuming Ryback gets back to his feet, and stares a hole right through him..............
Coming up next after the break, Mr Anderson will have to return to the ring where he faces Jack Swagger next...........
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Mr Anderson v Jack Swagger
Winner: Mr Anderson via Pinfall.
Post Match: As Swagger leaves the ring, suddenly over the barrier comes MVP, sending Swagger head first into the Ring Post.............
knocking him out cold.
Coming up next it's our Main Event, as 2 of the 4 men who will compete for the WWE Title at The Royal Rumble go head to head.........
Drew McIntyre w/ Wade Barrett v Samoa Joe
Winner: Drew McIntyre via Pinfall
Backstage Intewrview: Stone Cold will be facing Sting next week in a 1 on 1 Match up, after all the conflict over the last few weeks, will this put an end to it...........
Stone Cold acknowledges that Sting is an Icon in the business, and when he came to WWE he came to prove he could hang with the best, and he is out to remove the legends of WWE, he did it to The Undertaker, and now he's trying to do the same to Stone Cold, but Stone Cold ain't going nowhere, and next week Stone delivers a can of Whoop Ass on Sting..............
Coming up after the Break, Tiffany answers Drew McIntyre's ultimatum..........
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Promo: Tiffany had a choice to make Drew McIntyre or the USA, the country that gave her freedom and choice, so it was ironic that she actually had no choice, she chose her country, and in doing so releases all tyes to Drew McIntyre, meaning that she will no longer be a pawn in McIntyres plans, if he fails to win The WWE Title at Royal Rumble..........he will have to EARN another opportunity..............
Unsurprisingly Drew McIntyre comes out to interrupt, he claims that he's sorry, but he did give Tiffany a choice..........
suddenly in the ring jumps a silver haired woman, who towers over Tiffany, her hair obscuring her face............then suddenly she lifts Tiffany up and delivers a massive Powerbomb...............she then drags Tiffany out of the ring..............and chokeslams her through the Announce Table...............and suddenly Micheal Cole recognises who it is.............it's NXT Season 3 Winner.....Katie Lea...............
End Credits.