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The arena was at 95% capacity only a chosen few seats were empty.
We started with either a dark match or for Superstars taping with Ted DiBiase taking on Goldust. Decent match was several near falls for Goldust however DiBiase used Dream Street to pin Goldust around the 10 minute mark.
While Cole and Lawler made their way to ringside, we were prepared to see divas action with Jillian taking on Brie Bella with Nikki at ringside, Jillian was in world cup soccer fever and started to sing when Bellas came out. During the match, Bellas tried to switch but the ref caught them. Seconds later, Bellas were able to switch with Nikki being in ring and rolled up Jillian for the win.
Main event for Superstars was William Regal vs. R-Truth. Good match with Regal working over the leg of R-Truth. R-Truth gets the win as he hit flying forearm for victory.
Changed over to Raw and we see Vince walking to the ring and stated that it was all Bret Hart's fault for the actions of the NXT grads at the PPV last night. Vince fired Bret and stated that a new anonymous GM was in place and would respond via emails. First email arrived stating the 7 NXT grads all now have WWE contracts and would address WWE Universe tonight. Sheamus then comes out and was humble and ready to give title to Vince when he changed his tune and thank the NXT grads for making him the champ. John Cena then comes out and he thanked NXT, Sheamus and the fans in Bridgeport because he invoked his rematch clause for tonight. Another email from the new GM came up and not only will Sheamus defend against Cena but Vince would be special referee.
First Raw match was Evan Bourne and Chris Jericho. Chris got on mic and said that if he did not win tonight not only would he leave Raw but the WWE itself. In the best match of the night, Evan goes for shooting star press only to get the knees of Jericho instead. Jericho hits the Codebreaker and pins Bourne. Post match, Jericho picked up Bourne only to shove him down again. Meanwhile in the back, Vince was on the phone to the new GM and asked for no more surprises by the new GM. Next we see Virgil in the locker room alone when Ted DiBiase came in and proceeded to fire Virgil and replace him with Maryse. Josh Matthews then interviewed the Hart Dynasty with Natalya and they stated that they will carry the Hart name with pride and honor and dedicated her match to Bret.
Natalya vs. Tamina with the Usos ended as a no contest when the NXT grads arrived in a black stretch jeep limo and proceeded to the ring and attacked the Hart Dynasty. After the break, the NXT 7 addressed the WWE Universe, David Otunga first apologized to WWE management for pushing to get contracts and said things will return to normal. Heath Slater apologized saying it was not personal. Justin Gabriel apologized to Bret Hart and the Hart Dynasty. Darren Young apologized to John Cena. Skip Sheffield apologized to WWE Universe. Michael Tarver apologized to his kids and finally Wade Barrett spoke about loyalty was the passion to lead this group called the Nexus into the future and now has his title shot back and whomever the champion is he will soon be the WWE Champion.
Next was supposed to be John Morrison vs. DiBiase however, Ted got on the mic claiming to be tired to wrestle but he found a sub in Zack Ryder. Zack and John NXT2 rookies were at ringside. Morrison gets the win with Starship Pain onto Ryder. Cena is walking in the back when Josh Matthews asked about the NXT apology. Cena did not accept it and promised to take them out 1 at a time. Vince stopped Cena and said there will be no excuses by either man in the main event.
Mixed tag team action was next with Alicia and Primo vs. the Great Khali and Eve. Divas were in for most of the match. In the end, Primo tried to hold Eve when Alicia missed and then Khali was tagged and destroyed Primo a minute later.
Randy Orton then made his way to ringside and talks about NXT and he will go after each member as well. Then the Miz is on his way down and said it was time for Orton to step aside and the Miz should get the next title shot. Soon Miz attacked Orton, Orton counters and Miz leaves ring. Meanwhile Edge enters the ring and proceed to spear Orton whom said the fun was just beginning.
Main event time, formal ring intros were done. Match went nearly 20 minutes with several near falls. At one point Sheamus grabs the ring steps and stand them upright near the ramp. Sheamus goes for bike kick when the Nexus hit the ring. Sheamus runs right by where I sat and they feasted on Cena by throwing him over the announce table and then the table was turned over onto Cena. Vince got in the ring and he claims that he should get credit for the Nexus being born. Soon the Nexus surrounded Vince who then beat up Vince and left him motionless in the ring to end Raw.
After Raw went off the air, Vince was attended to, the Nexus was on the ramp when Cena recovered and face them alone. After another 7 on 1 attack, Evan Bourne, R-Truth and Mark Henry came to Cena' s aide. It was only when Randy Orton brought out the entire locker room and proceeded to lead an all out assault on the NXT grads. Justin Gabriel ended up being trapped in the ring. Cena threw Gabriel into Orton who gave an RKO and end the fin for the evening.
Biggest pops:
1. Randy Orton
2. John Cena
3. Evan Bourne
Biggest boos:
1. Nexus
2. Vince
3. Sheamus
Overall a decent show and I know they will be back later this year.