WWE NOC: WWE Championship - Six Pack Elimination Challenge
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WWE Championship – Six Pack Elimination Challenge
Sheamus (c) vs. John Cena vs. Randy Orton vs. Edge vs. Chris Jericho vs. Wade Barrett
Sheamus entered the ring first. Call me old fashioned, but I hate when the champion enters first. Cena came out next to his usual thunderous mixed reaction. Edge followed, who got a good pop from the crowd. Jericho was out next, who also got a decent pop, followed by Wade Barrett. Randy Orton came out last to a big pop, and it's clear over the past few weeks that WWE has been positioning him as their top star on RAW.
All six men start off in the ring at the same time. Within a minute all the participants are outside of the ring outside of Chris Jericho and Randy Orton. Jericho beats down Orton and Cena enters the ring. Cena and Jericho battle for a few minutes and then before you know it, Randy Orton gets up and nails Jericho with an RKO to eliminate Y2J!
Randy Orton eliminated Chris Jericho.
A "Y2J" chant broke out as Jericho headed to the back. Jericho is shown heading to the back as all the participants watch Jericho leave from the ring. They turn their attention to Wade Barrett, and all the participants start beating down Barrett and dump him out of the ring. Edge and Sheamus are tossed out and it's down to John Cena and Randy Orton. Before Cena and Orton could go at it, Barrett came in and broke it up. Edge and Sheamus got back in and after a few moments, it was back to Orton and Cena in the ring.
Cena and Orton have a staredown and Orton went for an RKO that Cena was able to dodge. Orton got Cena on the ropes and Edge tried to help Orton suplex Cena to the outside, but they were unable to.
Moments later it was Sheamus in the ring beating on Cena while all the other wrestlers were on the outside. Sheamus perched Cena on the top rope and went for the high cross, but Cena was able to knock him down. Edge grabbed Cena's foot, knocking Cena to the mat. Edge and Sheamus then double teamed Cena and superplexed Cena from the top rope and got a two count.
Edge and Sheamus then turned their assault on Orton, double teaming the Viper. Moments later, all the participants with the exception of Barrett were in the ring. They all try to hit their finishers, and after all the counters and reversals, Cena is able to hit the Attitude Adjustment on Edge to take him out of the match.
John Cena eliminated Edge.
Barrett came in the ring and started working over Cena and went for "Wasteland," but Cena was able to get out of it. Cena is able to turn the tables around and went for the five knuckle shuffle, but Sheamus came in the ring to break it up. Cena managed to apply the STF on Sheamus for several moments, but Sheamus was able to make the ropes.
The Nexus hits the ring and ran interference. Barrett hit "Wasteland" on John Cena with Cena's attention on Nexus to eliminate Cena.
Wade Barrett eliminated John Cena.
The Nexus then beat on Randy Orton and tossed him in the ring with Barrett. The Nexus surrounds the ring, but Cena grabs a chair and nails several members while Orton takes the other ones out. Orton then goes on to RKO Barrett to eliminate him.
Randy Orton eliminated Wade Barrett.
Right away Sheamus nailed Orton with a big kick, but only got a two count. Orton then went for the high cross, but Orton shook out of it and nailed Sheamus with an RKO to pin Sheamus and win the title.
Randy Orton won the Six Pack Challenge match to win the WWE Championship