WWE Week In Review: September 19, 2010- September 25, 2010

Welcome to the one-hundred twenty-fifth edition of the WWE Week in Review. Feel free to contact me on TWO or Wrestling 101 anytime with comments, questions, and anything in between. Make sure to check out the section at the end of the article highlighting a different WWE Superstar, Diva, or Alumni every week. I have also added a section that lists where WWE will be hosting their weekly television shows and monthly pay-per-views.

WWE Week In Preview

WWE Night of Champions
WWE Championship: Six Pack Elimination Match:
Sheamus © Vs. Randy Orton Vs. John Cena Vs. Edge Vs. Chris Jericho Vs. Wade Barrett

World Heavyweight Championship: No Holds Barred:
Kane © Vs. The Undertaker

Intercontinental Championship: Title Changes Hands on A DQ or Count-Out:
Dolph Ziggler © Vs. Kofi Kingston

United States Championship:
The Miz © Vs. Daniel Bryan

CM Punk Vs. Big Show

Women’s & Divas Title Unification Lumberjack Match:
“Co-Women’s Champion” Michelle McCool Vs. Melina ©

WWE Tag Team Championship: Tag Team Turmoil:
The Hart Dynasty © Vs. Drew McIntyre & “Dashing” Cody Rhodes Vs. Jimmy & Jey Uso Vs. Santino Marella & Vladimir Kozlov Vs. Evan Bourne & Mark Henry

Monday Night RAW
NEW WWE Champion Randy Orton To Appear

John Cena Vs. Wade Barrett

NEW United States Champion Daniel Bryan To Appear

Night of Champions Fallout

WWE NXT
Build To The First NXT Elimination

Week #3 of NXT Season Three

WWE Superstars
Goldust (with Aksana) Vs. William Regal

Primo (with A.J.) Vs. JTG

WWE Friday Night SmackDown
World Heavyweight Champion Kane To Issue A Challenge To The Undertaker

The Final Edition of Friday Night SmackDown To Air on MyNetworkTV

Night of Champions Fallout

The fourth annual WWE Night of Champions came to you, live on pay-per-view, from the Allstate Arena in Chicago, IL where every championship in the WWE was on the line! In his toughest test to date as WWE Champion, Sheamus would defend his WWE Title against five of the WWE’s best Superstar, four of them former WWE Champions, as Sheamus would defend against John Cena, “The Viper” Randy Orton, “The Rated-R Superstar” Edge, Chris Jericho, and the leader of The Nexus, Wade Barrett, in a Six Pack Elimination Match! In an intense rivalry stretching over the past thirteen years, brothers would go to war with the World Heavyweight Title on the line as, for the first time since being put in a vegetative state back in May, The Undertaker would compete on pay-per-view as “The Phenom” would be out for revenge against the man responsible for putting him in a vegetative state, his own younger brother, Kane, with Kane’s World Heavyweight Title on the line in a match with no disqualifications, no count-outs, no rules, and no mercy as the brothers would clash in a No Holds Barred Match! After using his girlfriend, SmackDown Consultant Vickie Guerrero, to successfully retain the Intercontinental Title in his last two defenses by getting himself disqualified and counted out, Dolph Ziggler would defend the Intercontinental Title against the Superstar who has been the victim of the Dolph & Vickie power couple for over a month, Kofi Kingston, but this time, if Dolph Ziggler is disqualified or counted out, then he will lose the Intercontinental Title to Kofi Kingston! In a rivalry going all the way back to the first season of NXT where they were a dysfunctional Pro & Rookie pairing, the rivalry has gotten even more intense since SummerSlam where Daniel Bryan replaced The Miz on Team WWE in the battle against The Nexus; a rivalry that has seen The Miz attack Daniel Bryan and lay him out with the Skull Crushing Finale on the Money-in-the-Bank briefcase and has seen Daniel Bryan force The Miz to tap out to the LeBell Lock on more than one occasion and, now at Night of Champions, “Mr. Money-in-the-Bank” & United States Champion The Miz will defend his United States Title against “The American Dragon” himself, Daniel Bryan! Over the last several weeks, Big Show has been the main reason for the complete implosion and disbanding of The Straightedge Society and, now at Night of Champions, the former leader of The Straightedge Society, “The Straightedge Savior” CM Punk would be looking to get revenge as Chicago’s own CM Punk would go one-on-one with “The World’s Largest Athlete” Big Show! The incredible lineage of the Women’s Championship goes all the way back to 1956 when the late, great Fabulous Moolah was crowned the first champion and, since then, several legendary women have held the title from Sensational Sherri to Lita to Trish Stratus to Melina to Beth Phoenix and, now at Night of Champions, the legendary Women’s Championship will become unified with the Divas Championship as the self-proclaimed “co-Women’s Champion” Michelle McCool would go one-on-one with Divas Champion Melina in a Lumberjack Match with several RAW & SmackDown Divas surrounding the ring, including the other half of LayCool, Layla, where the winner of the Title Unification Match will become known as the sole champion of the Divas division of both RAW & SmackDown and can lay claim to being the first unified Women’s & Divas Champion in WWE history! With every championship in the WWE on the line at Night of Champions, The Hart Dynasty would also be defending their WWE Tag Team Title at the event, but against a to-be-determined team!

WWE Night of Champions (September 19, 2010)
Good Night For: Randy Orton (survived five of the top RAW Superstars, as well as The Nexus, to win the WWE Title)
Bad Night For: The Undertaker (was unable to defeat his brother, Kane, for the World Heavyweight Title)

The show kicks off with the Intercontinental Championship on the line as Dolph Ziggler, with his girlfriend, SmackDown Consultant Vickie Guerrero and Vickie’s NXT Rookie Diva, Kaitlyn in his corner, would defend the Intercontinental Title against former champion Kofi Kingston with the stipulation that, if Dolph Ziggler gets disqualified or counted out, then Kofi Kingston will be crowned the new Intercontinental Champion! Early on in the match, Dolph Ziggler is sent to the outside and Rookie Diva Kaitlyn runs over to tend to Dolph and, upon seeing this, Vickie Guerrero ordered her Rookie Diva to the backstage area, leaving Vickie alone at ringside as the Intercontinental Title match continues! During the match, with Kofi Kingston vulnerable, Vickie Guerrero was ready to deliver a slap to Kofi, but once he realized that, if the referee saw Vickie deliver the slap, he would be disqualified and lose the Intercontinental Title, Dolph Ziggler orders Vickie to let him do it on his own! Kofi Kingston would then come from behind and try to hit Trouble in Paradise, but Dolph Ziggler would duck out of the way, resulting in a rough landing in the ropes for Kofi and, one Zig Zag later, Dolph Ziggler would have his hand raised, still Intercontinental Champion!

Moments before going one-on-one with Big Show, Chicago’s own “Straightedge Savior” CM Punk proclaims that he “loves” his hometown, but he despises the “inhabitants” of Chicago! Punk continues that the Chicago citizens “ruined” his city with the “corrupt politicians” and “corrupts police officers”, as well as the Chicago White Sox before proclaiming that the Chicago residents make him “sick” and that they are the “scum of the earth”! Punk continues that he is “proud” to live there, but he is not “proud” to be among the resident before proclaiming that Chicago should be “burned to the ground” a second time so he can build a “Straightedge Utopia” in its place! CM Punk then turns his attention to Big Show and states that it is his “house” and he does not “run from anybody” before proclaiming that he is “David” and Big Show is “Goliath” and his “slingshot” is “the power of almighty Straightedge”!

After running down and insulting his hometown of Chicago before making some bold proclamations for his match, Chicago’s own “Straightedge Savior” CM Punk would go one-on-one with the giant thorn in his side in recent weeks in “The World’s Largest Athlete” Big Show! Despite putting up a valiant effort, CM Punk would find himself at the mercy of the jaw-rattling Knockout Punch of Big Show en route to Big Show picking up the win!

Then it was time for the United States Title to be defended as “Mr. Money-in-the-Bank” & United States Champion The Miz, with his “apprentice” Alex Riley in his corner, would defend the gold against his seven-month rival, “The American Dragon” Daniel Bryan! Despite working over the left arm of Daniel Bryan throughout the match and despite frequent attempts at interference by Alex Riley, The Miz was unable to find a way to beat Daniel Bryan and Bryan would take advantage of the frustration from The Miz to catch Miz in the LeBell Lock and force The Miz to tap out to become the new United States Champion!

Then it was time to unify the Women’s & Divas Titles in a Title Unification Lumberjack Match as self-proclaimed “co-Women’s Champion” Michelle McCool would go one-on-one with Divas Champion Melina with several RAW & SmackDown Divas, including the other half of LayCool, Layla, as well as Kelly Kelly, Eve Torres, Maryse, Alicia Fox, The Bella Twins, Rosa Mendes, Gail Kim, Jillian, Tamina, & Natalya serving as the Lumberjacks for the all-important Title Unification Match to determine the sole top Diva of both RAW & SmackDown! During the match, the referee was distracted by a Lumberjack brawl on the outside, Layla would enter the ring and attack Melina, but Melina would throw Layla to the outside! However, this would allow Michelle McCool to come back in and deliver a big boot to Melina en route to unifying the Women’s & Divas Titles to become the first Unified Diva’s Champion in WWE history!

Then it was time for the thirteen year war to come to a head as Kane would defend the World Heavyweight Championship against the man who he put in a vegetative state back in May in his older brother, The Undertaker, as the brothers would clash in a No Holds Barred Match for the prestigious World Heavyweight Title! Throughout the match, the two brothers would put it all on the line in the unruly match and, despite the punishment, The Undertaker would fight back and would hit the chokeslam on Kane, but when Undertaker went for the Tombstone Piledriver, Kane would counter and deliver the Tombstone Piledriver himself en route to successfully retaining the World Heavyweight Title against his brother, The Undertaker! After retaining the gold against The Undertaker, has Kane solidified himself as the true “dominant brother” or is this sibling rivalry just getting underway?

Then it was time for the WWE Tag Team Titles to be put up for grabs as WWE Tag Team Champions The Hart Dynasty would defend against four other tag teams in a Tag Team Turmoil match where two teams will start the match and when a team is defeated, another team will come out and the last team standing will be the WWE Tag Team Champions and The Hart Dynasty would defend against Jey & Jimmy Uso first in Tag Team Turmoil! With some help from Tamina, Jimmy Uso would find an opening to blast Tyson Kidd with a super kick en route to eliminating The Hart Dynasty, meaning that one of the three remaining teams are guaranteed to becoming the new WWE Tag Team Champions! Jey & Jimmy Uso would then face the undefeated team of Santino Marella & Vladimir Kozlov, but after a seemingly inadvertent distraction by Tamina, Jimmy Uso would deliver a Samoan Drop to Santino en route to eliminating Marella & Kozlov! With two teams down and two teams to go, Jey & Jimmy Uso would then face the unique pairing of Evan Bourne & “The World’s Strongest Man” Mark Henry! Jey & Jimmy Uso would not be able to match the strength of Mark Henry and Jimmy Uso would ultimately fall to the World’s Strongest Slam by Mark Henry, followed by Air Bourne by Evan Bourne en route to Jey & Jimmy Uso being eliminated! Then it was down to two teams as Evan Bourne & Mark Henry would face the team that beat the then champions, The Hart Dynasty, on SmackDown as Bourne & Henry would face the team of “The Sinister Scotsman” Drew McIntyre & “Dashing” Cody Rhodes with one of them guaranteed to become the new WWE Tag Team Champions! In the end of a chaotic match, it was “Dashing” Cody Rhodes catching Evan Bourne with the Cross Rhodes en route to pinning Bourne to win the WWE Tag Team Titles for himself and Drew McIntyre!

Then it was time for the main event as the most prestigious championship in the WWE would be on the line as Sheamus would defend the WWE Championship against John Cena, “The Viper” Randy Orton, “The Ultimate Opportunist” Edge, Chris Jericho, and the leader of The Nexus, Wade Barrett, in a Six Pack Elimination Match where the only ways to be eliminated are by pinfall or submission and the last Superstar standing will be the WWE Champion! The first elimination would come courtesy of the RKO by Randy Orton on Chris Jericho en route to Jericho being the first Superstar eliminated! After being the first Superstar eliminated, a disappointed and downtrodden Chris Jericho would make the slow walk to the back! The next elimination would come after an intense sequence of events as Edge would lay out Sheamus with the Spear and would also lay Randy Orton with the Spear, but John Cena would ultimately catch Edge and deliver the Attitude Adjustment en route to eliminating Edge from the match! During the match, John Cena would be the only Superstar standing in the ring when the other four members of The Nexus come out and distract John Cena long enough for their leader, Wade Barrett, to catch John Cena and deliver the Wasteland to Cena en route to eliminating Cena from the match! Wade Barrett & The Nexus would then focus their attention on Randy Orton, but the eliminated John Cena would grab a steel chair and waylay David Otunga & Michael Tarver with dual chair shots to the back and Randy Orton would lay Heath Slater with the RKO and would ultimately lay Wade Barrett out with the RKO as well en route to eliminating the Nexus leader! It would then come down to champion Sheamus and Randy Orton, but when Sheamus went for the Celtic Cross, Orton would counter and hit the RKO en route to pinning Sheamus and becoming the new WWE Champion! Now that Randy Orton is back on top as the WWE Champion, what challenges await the new champion down the road?

One night after a historic and unforgettable Night of Champions where three championships changed hands and two championships were unified, the 904th edition of WWE Monday Night RAW came to you, live, from the Conseco Fieldhouse in Indianapolis, IN. One night after surviving five of RAW’s top Superstars, as well as The Nexus, in a Six Pack Elimination Match, the new WWE Champion Randy Orton would make his first appearance since winning his sixth WWE Title! One night after The Nexus assisted in his elimination at the hands of Wade Barrett in the Six Pack Elimination Match for the WWE Title, John Cena would be out for revenge when he would go one-on-one with the leader of The Nexus, Wade Barrett! One night after humbling The Miz to the point where Miz appeared to be close to tears after forcing Miz to tap out to the LeBell Lock to take his United States Title, the former NXT Rookie has now achieved his first taste of WWE gold as the new United States Champion Daniel Bryan would make his first appearance as the new champion!

Monday Night RAW (September 20, 2010)
Good Week For: John Cena (will face Nexus leader, Wade Barrett, at WWE Hell in a Cell with the hopes of ending The Nexus)
Bad Week For: Daniel Bryan (was viciously assaulted by The Miz & Alex Riley)

One night after surviving Sheamus, John Cena, Edge, Chris Jericho, & Wade Barrett, as well as The Nexus’ interference, in a Six Pack Elimination Match for the WWE Title at Night of Champions, the show kicks off with the new WWE Champion, Randy Orton! Before the new champion could even speak a word regarding his title win, Randy Orton is interrupted by the former WWE Champion, Sheamus, who states that Orton does not deserve his “moment”! Sheamus continues that he has had the WWE Title “stolen” from him on two separate occasions and states that the fans have “discriminated” against him in his reigns as champion! Sheamus then enters the ring and tells Randy Orton that Orton has never defeated him in a one-on-one match for the WWE Title before saying that Orton holding the WWE Title is “pathetic”! The new WWE Champion Randy Orton responds by reminding Sheamus that, Sheamus’ second reign as WWE Champion began thanks to The Nexus and, when they did face off one-on-one for the WWE Title, Sheamus got himself disqualified to retain the title before saying that Sheamus has never beat him either and saying Sheamus is the one who is “pathetic”! Orton then advises Sheamus to get his rematch for the WWE Title soon because if Sheamus continues to stand in the ring and in his face, Sheamus will not be getting his rematch, but he will get a “punt to the skull”! Sheamus responds by saying that he could “kick” Orton’s “head off” and Orton dares Sheamus to “try” and do so! The anonymous General Manager of RAW then chimes in with an email that reads that states that when they have their rematch for the WWE Title, there will be no question who will be the winner because their rematch for the WWE Title will be contested inside Hell in a Cell in just under three weeks at WWE Hell in a Cell! Sheamus then turns his attention back to Randy Orton and tells Orton that if he is an “honorable man”, he will hand the WWE Title over to him! Orton responds by saying that he has put many people in the “hospital” and that he would RKO his own grandmother if it meant keeping the WWE Title before telling Sheamus that he is the WWE Champion and is the only one who carries the title! Orton then dares Sheamus to “go ahead and take it” before throwing the WWE Title belt into the arms of Sheamus, distracting Sheamus a split second long enough for Orton to plant Sheamus with the RKO! The new WWE Champion then leaves the ring, but Orton would return and would try to deliver a career-threatening punt, but Sheamus would narrowly dodge the fatal blow by rolling out of the ring! At WWE Hell in a Cell, there will be escape for either men when Randy Orton defends the WWE Title against former champion Sheamus inside Hell in a Cell! Who will emerge from hell as the WWE Champion?

One night after defeating four other tag teams in Tag Team Turmoil at Night of Champions, including The Hart Dynasty, to become the new WWE Tag Team Champions, Drew McIntyre & “Dashing” Cody Rhodes would be in non-title action on RAW as the new WWE Tag Team Champions would face one of the teams they defeated in Tag Team Turmoil in Santino Marella & Vladimir Kozlov with the former tag team champions, The Hart Dynasty, serving as guests on commentary! In the end, it was Drew McIntyre planting Vladimir Kozlov with the Future Shock DDT en route to picking up the win!

One week after having his spot in the Six Pack Elimination Match for the WWE Title taken away via interference in his match against Sheamus, “The Monday Night Delight” John Morrison would go one-on-one with the Superstar responsible for that interference in the first Superstar eliminated in said Six Pack Elimination Match, Chris Jericho! At the end of a hard-fought match, it was John Morrison hitting Starship Pain en route to picking up the win over Chris Jericho! As his career seems to be spiraling farther and farther down, what is next for Chris Jericho?

One night after tapping out and losing the United States Title to Daniel Bryan at Night of Champions, “Mr. Money-in-the-Bank” The Miz states that he “did not tap out” and that Daniel Bryan did not defeat him! The Miz then claims that he was injured before his Night of Champions match and that is why he lost! The Miz then vows that he will regain the United States Title before once again claiming that he “did not tap out”!

One night after forcing The Miz to tap out to win the United States Title, the new United States Champion Daniel Bryan, complete with new Star Wars like entrance music, would go one-on-one with “The Rated-R Superstar” Edge, fresh off of a losing effort in the Six Pack Elimination Match for the WWE Title, in a non-title bout with The Miz serving as a guest on commentary! During the match, The Miz’s personally signed “apprentice”, Alex Riley comes out and distracts the referee long enough for The Miz to get on the apron of the ring and hanging Daniel Bryan’s neck over the top rope and this would set Bryan up for Edge to deliver the Spear to Daniel Bryan en route to picking up the win! After the match, the anonymous General Manager of RAW chimes in with an email that reads that, due to interference by The Miz, the GM is reversing the decision, giving Daniel Bryan the win via disqualification! Following this announcement, an enraged Edge grabs a microphone and shouts that he is “sick” of everything to do with the anonymous GM and shots that this is “no joke”, it is his “career”! As an angry Edge walks away, The Miz and Alex Riley enter the ring and assault a weakened Daniel Bryan, an assault that would see The Miz repeatedly slap and kick Daniel Bryan, shouting that Bryan is “nothing” as Alex Riley held the United States Champion for more punishment and degradation! In incensed Miz would then claw at the face of Daniel Bryan before planting Bryan with the Skull Crushing Finale, leaving the new United States Champion in a heap in the middle of the ring! What is the status of Daniel Bryan following this vicious attack? How will Daniel Bryan respond to the actions of The Miz & Alex Riley?

One night after becoming after defeating Melina to unify the Women’s & Divas Titles to become the first Unified Divas Champion, Michelle McCool would be a guest on commentary as the self-proclaimed “co-Unified Divas Champion” Layla would defend the Unified Divas Title against “The A-List Diva” Melina! In the end, it was Layla coming back from an onslaught by Melina on both members of LayCool to hit the Lay Out on Melina en route to successfully retaining the Unified Divas Title! Who will step up next to challenge the self-proclaimed “co-Unified Divas Champions” LayCool?

After losing to John Morrison earlier in the night, Chris Jericho was interviewed backstage with an announcement, shilling his upcoming three-disc DVD set chronicling the best matches in his career! Jericho then makes the announcement that he tracked down the IP Address of the anonymous RAW General Manager and he is closer than ever to exposing the true identity of the anonymous GM and, when he does, he will demand that he get a shot at whoever emerges from WWE Hell in a Cell as the WWE Champion! The new WWE Champion Randy Orton then confronts Jericho and challenges him to face him in a non-title match next week and, if Jericho wins, then he can challenge Orton for the WWE Title whenever he wants! Orton continues that he will see to it that he will not have to see or hear Jericho for a “long time”! Jericho responds by saying that he has defeated guys like Orton throughout his career who have “underestimated” him before accepting the challenge by saying he will see Orton next week! Can Chris Jericho get his career back on track next week by defeating WWE Champion Randy Orton and earning a future title shot?

RAW also saw Mixed Tag action as, complete with rapping his new entrance theme, “Krunk”, R-Truth & Eve Torres would face the Superstar & Diva they beat in the Song & Dance Challenge last week in “The Fortunate Son” Ted DiBiase & Maryse! At the end of a chaotic match, it was Eve Torres hitting a modified swinging neckbreaker on Maryse en route to picking up the win! After the match, Ted DiBiase and Maryse exchanged blame for losing the match when a mysterious love message appeared on the tron that read “I will have you”! Who is this mysterious person who presumably has their eye on Maryse?

Then it was time for the main event as, one night after his group, The Nexus, once again cost him the WWE Title in the Six Pack Elimination Match, John Cena was set to go one-on-one with the leader of The Nexus, Wade Barrett, but Barrett would grab a microphone and stand on top of the announce table and would instead challenge John Cena to face the members of The Nexus in a Gauntlet Match, where Cena would face each Nexus member in a series of one-on-one matches and, if Cena wins, he would get his one-on-one match with Wade Barrett, and, when given the “option” to accept the challenge or suffer a five-on-one beat down, Cena accepted the challenge! John Cena would face Heath Slater first and would ultimately hit the Attitude Adjustment to eliminate Slater! Next up, Cena would face David Otunga and would catch Otunga with a roll-up to eliminate Otunga! Cena would then face Michael Tarver in the Gauntlet Match and would force Tarver to tap out to his STF to eliminate Tarver! Cena would then find himself one step away from facing Wade Barrett as Cena would face the high-flyer of The Nexus, Justin Gabriel, but when it looked like Cena was closing in on defeating Gabriel, The Nexus would enter the ring as Wade Barrett grabs a steel chair! However, John Cena would get a hold of the steel chair and run The Nexus off! With The Nexus retreated on the stage, Cena grabs a microphone and says that, the way he sees it, he has earned his one-on-one match with Wade Barrett! However, Barrett would disagree and say that he has “nothing to gain” from laying Cena to “waste again”, so Barrett says he will face Cena one-on-one in two weeks time at WWE Hell in a Cell, but if Cena loses, he will be forced to join The Nexus! John Cena would accept the challenge, but would add that they have to make their match “big” by adding the stipulation that, if he wins, then “The Nexus is done” and Wade Barrett goes “down in history” as the guy who “flushed” his career down the “toilet” by forming The Nexus! Faced with either gaining John Cena as a part of The Nexus or disbanding The Nexus completely, Wade Barrett accepts the challenge! When John Cena finally gets his hands on Wade Barrett in a one-on-one match, will Cena emerge victorious, bringing an end to the reign of terror that The Nexus has brought by forcing the group to disband, or will John Cena be forced to do the unthinkable by joining The Nexus?

Two weeks before one of the six Rookie Divas will be eliminated in the first NXT elimination of Season Three, the third week of NXT Season Three came to you from the U.S. Cellular Coliseum in Bloomington, IL. Two weeks before the first NXT elimination where the Rookie Diva who wins the most NXT Challenges would be immune from being eliminated first, Naomi leads with two NXT Challenge wins, followed by Jamie & Kaitlyn, who both have one NXT Challenge win! With two weeks left to win enough challenges to stay a part of NXT Season Three, the challenges would continue on NXT!

WWE NXT (September 21, 2010)
Good Week For: A.J. (won two NXT challenges and defeated Maxine in a one-on-one match)
Bad Week For: Kaitlyn (was pinned in the main event and laid out with a vicious kick by Michelle McCool after the match)

The show opens with NXT commentator Josh Mathews at ringside, but Mathews would not be alone for long as SmackDown’s “Straightedge Savior” CM Punk comes out and sits in the seat formerly held by Michael Cole to serve as a commentator for NXT!

NXT Host Matt Striker then introduces the six Rookie Divas as Kaitlyn, Maxine, Akana, A.J., Naomi, & Jamie take their spots in the ring! As Striker starts to praise Kaitlyn for winning the Obstacle Course Challenge last week, Striker is interrupted by SmackDown Consultant and WWE Pro Vickie Guerrero, who states that the brought a couple of close “friends” to coach her Rookie Diva, Kaitlyn, in her match against Jamie and those two friends are the self-proclaimed “co-Unified Divas Champions” LayCool come out! Michelle McCool tells Kaitlyn that she is “lucky” to have Vickie as a WWE Pro and she can “trust” them because they are the new Unified Divas Champion, as well as being the reasons behind Kaval winning NXT Season Two! Layla would then say that even if her absent WWE Pros, The Bella Twins, were there it would “not matter” because they are The Bella Twins! LayCool then turns their attention to the other Rookie Divas as McCool admits that Maxine, “the one in black” scares her and tells Aksana to “speak English”! LayCool continues that A.J. looks like a “cute little mouse” and accuses Naomi of looking at Kaval and saying that Kaval is the “property of LayCool”! The WWE Pro for Naomi, Kelly Kelly, then interrupts LayCool and calls the duo “dumb and dumber” before challenging LayCool to make the match a 6-Diva Tag with LayCool & Kaitlyn taking on her, Jamie, & Naomi and LayCool accepts the challenge! Will Kelly Kelly and two of the Rookie Divas, Jamie & Naomi, teach LayCool some respect or will LayCool prove why they are the co-Unified Divas Champions by leading themselves and Kaitlyn to victory?

Then it was time for the first NXT challenge of the night to take place as the six Rookie Divas would compete in a Musical Chairs Challenge where the six Rookie Divas would walk around a group of chairs while music plays and, when the music stops, the Rookie Divas must sit in a chair and, whoever is unable to find a chair will be eliminated and one chair will be taken away until one Rookie Diva is left standing! In the end, it was A.J. putting her name on the board with one NXT Challenge win! With the first NXT elimination coming in two weeks, which Rookie Diva will be immune and which Rookie Diva will be eliminated?

Backstage, Rookie Diva Aksana confronts her WWE Pro Goldust and reveals that there are problems with her work visa and she could be deported! Goldust assures her Rookie Diva that everything will be okay and that Aksana should focus on being the winner of NXT Season Three! Will Aksana be deported and taken out of the NXT competition?

Two of the Rookie Divas would go one-on-one on NXT as A.J. would square off against Maxine! In the end, it was A.J. countering a brainbuster by Maxine en route to picking up the win! However, A.J.’s celebration is cut short by Michael Cole, who comes out and claims that many fans have begged him to return to NXT because NXT without Michael Cole is “simply bad”! Cole then thanks CM Punk for filling in for him before proclaiming that he has decided to “fight the good fight” and return to NXT! Cole would then hug both CM Punk and Josh Mathews before taking his seat at the announce desk between Punk & Mathews!

Then it was time for the second NXT challenge of the night as the six Rookie Divas would compete in the Talk The Talk Challenge where the six Rookie Divas will each be given sixty seconds to discuss a random topic and the fans would pick the winner! Jamie was up first with the random topic of “teeth” and Jamie says that she is a “strong, athletic woman” and she will prove what “sexy, smart, and powerful truly means”! Up next was Naomi with a random topic of “toupee” and Naomi says that she can not think of anything to say about a toupee and asks if they are there to “wrestle”, because that is what she wants to do! Following the first two Rookie Divas, Matt Striker informs both Jamie & Naomi that they are disqualified for going off topic! A.J. was up next with the topic of “caffeine” and A.J. says that she knows all about caffeine because she “bounces everywhere” before saying that competing to be a WWE Diva is the “drug” she needs to get up in the morning and that she is “natural dynamite”! Up next was Aksana with the topic of “llama” and Aksana repeatedly asked NXT Host Matt Striker what a llama is, which took all of Aksana’s time! Maxine was up next with the topic of “foot” and Maxine proclaims that she will squish A.J. with her foot! Kaitlyn was up next with the topic of “ignition” and she says that she was told to picture everyone in their underwear to be less nervous before saying that doing so gets her “ignition” going! After all six Divas spoke on their random topics, the WWE fans select A.J. as the winner, meaning that A.J. now has two NXT Challenge wins! Now that both A.J. and Naomi both have two NXT Challenge wins, while Jamie & Kaitlyn have one each, which Rookie Diva will earn immunity from elimination in two weeks time?

Then it was time for the main event as the self-proclaimed “co-Unified Divas Champions” Michelle McCool & Layla would team with Vickie Guerrero’s Rookie Diva, Kaitlyn, would face WWE Pro Kelly Kelly and Rookie Divas Naomi & Jamie in a 6-Diva Tag Match! In the end, it was Naomi reversing a pinfall attempt by Kaitlyn en route to picking up the win! After the match, LayCool gets in the face of Kaitlyn for losing the match and Kaitlyn would shove Michelle McCool, which would lead to Layla holding the ankle of Kaitlyn as Michelle McCool delivers a vicious kick to the face of the Rookie Diva! How will Kaitlyn respond to the attack by LayCool? What is next for Kaitlyn as her WWE Pro Vickie Guerrero continues to be displeased with her Rookie Diva?

The 75th edition of WWE Superstars came to you from the Conseco Fieldhouse in Indianapolis, IN and from the U.S. Cellular Coliseum in Bloomington, IL. In a rematch from their match on the Season Premiere of RAW last week, “The Bizarre One” Goldust, with his NXT Rookie Diva, Aksana, in his corner, would go one-on-one with the 2008 King of the Ring, William Regal! In an inter-promotional battle of high-flyers, RAW’s Primo, with his NXT Rookie Diva, A.J., in his corner, would go one-on-one with SmackDown’s “Brooklyn Baller” JTG!

WWE Superstars (September 23, 2010)
Good Week For: Goldust (was victorious over William Regal in the main event)
Bad Week For: William Regal (narrowly missed defeating Goldust)

The show kicks off with inter-promotional action as RAW’s Primo, with his NXT Rookie Diva, A.J., in his corner, would go one-on-one with SmackDown’s JTG! In the end, it was Primo hitting the Back Stabber en route to picking up the win over JTG!

Then it was time for the main event as “The Bizarre One” Goldust, with his NXT Rookie Diva Aksana in his corner, would go one-on-one with the 2008 King of the Ring, William Regal! In the end, it was Goldust coming out of nowhere with the Final Cut en route to picking up the win over William Regal!

Five nights after a historic and unforgettable Night of Champions, WWE Friday Night SmackDown would have its final night on MyNetworkTV before the big move to Syfy next week as SmackDown came to you from the U.S. Cellular Coliseum in Bloomington, IL. Five nights after Kane successfully pinned and defeated his brother, The Undertaker, in a No Holds Barred Match to retain the World Heavyweight Title, SmackDown would reveal what is next for both of these legendary Superstars as, on SmackDown, World Heavyweight Champion Kane would make an appearance to issue a challenge to his brother, The Undertaker!

The Final SmackDown on MyNetworkTV (September 24, 2010)
Good Week For: The Undertaker (with the help of a returning Paul Bearer, regained his power and sent Kane packing)
Bad Week For: Christian (had his arm viciously assaulted by Alberto Del Rio)

Five nights after successfully defending the World Heavyweight Title in a Holds Barred Match against his brother, The Undertaker, at Night of Champions, a confident World Heavyweight Champion, Kane, would go one-on-one with “The Masterpiece” Chris Masters in a non-title match! Despite an impressive effort by Chris Masters, including have Kane locked in the Masterlock early in the match, Kane would take control and deliver the Tombstone Piledriver to “The Masterpiece” en route to picking up the win!

After his win over Chris Masters, World Heavyweight Champion Kane stated that, at Night of Champions, he proved that he is the “dominant brother” when he planted The Undertaker with the Tombstone Piledriver before saying that The Undertaker is “no better” than the fans, who Kane calls “weak and pathetic”! Kane then states that the fans’ “fear” make them “weak and pathetic” and he can “smell” they fear! Kane then enters the crowd and proclaims that everyone in the arena is “afraid of the unknown” and “afraid of failure”, but they are more “afraid” of what he is “capable of” and that they know that “no one” can “stop” him anymore! Kane continues that the fans wish that he would “go away” before stating that, later in the night, he will have a “challenge” for The Undertaker; a challenge that he will “not allow” The Undertaker to deny! Kane then states that he “destroyed” the body of The Undertaker at Night of Champions before vowing that, on his “own terms”, he will “destroy” the “legend” and the “soul” of The Undertaker! What does the evil and seemingly unstoppable Kane have in store for The Undertaker? What will Kane’s challenge be to his brother and how will The Undertaker respond?

Five nights after beating five other teams in Tag Team Turmoil to become the new WWE Tag Team Champions at Night of Champions, Drew McIntyre & “Dashing” Cody Rhodes would defend the WWE Tag Team Titles against the former champions, The Hart Dynasty! In the end, it was Drew McIntyre exposing the steel turnbuckle and running Tyson Kidd face-first into the steel before planting Kidd with the Future Shock DDT en route to picking up the win, making their first defense of the WWE Tag Team Titles a successful one! What team will step up next to challenge Drew McIntyre & “Dashing” Cody Rhodes for the gold?

Backstage, Alberto Del Rio is shown standing over Christian in the parking lot with Christian writhing in pain and grabbing his shoulder just moments after an apparent attack by Del Rio! Del Rio would tell Christian that then was the “place and the time” he was referring to before referees come to check on Christian! What is the status of Christian following this attack by Alberto Del Rio?

Backstage, “The Straightedge Savior” CM Punk is confronted by his former follower in The Straightedge Society, Luke Gallows, and Punk tells Gallows that when he said that he was “through” with Gallows, that he “meant it” and when Gallows tries to speak, Punk tells Gallows “no more words” because Gallows is not “worthy” of being Straightedge and never has and never will! Gallows then grabs Punk by the throat and slams him up against the wall before telling Punk that Punk is “not better than anyone” and, until Punk walks in his or anyone else’s “shoes”, he does not “have the right to pass judgment”! Gallows continues that he is “not better than anybody”, but he knows that he is better than Punk before vowing that, after he beats Punk, he is going to go out and have a “beer”! Now that Luke Gallows is no longer under the Straightedge thumb of CM Punk, can Gallows defeat his former leader and mentor?

After a losing effort in his debut match on SmackDown against Drew McIntyre last week, the winner of NXT Season Two, “The World Warrior” Kaval, would be looking to turn things around as he goes one-on-one with the self-proclaimed “Mexican Warrior” Chavo Guerrero! In the end, it was Chavo Guerrero hitting the Frog Splash on Kaval en route to picking up the win! Kaval has lost his first two SmackDown matches, will Kaval be able to achieve success on Friday Nights?

One month after viciously attacking Rey Mysterio and breaking Rey’s left wrist and after assaulting Christian in the parking lot earlier in the night, Alberto Del Rio made an appearance on SmackDown to provide an “update” on Rey Mysterio’s condition! Alberto Del Rio states that he is ready to have a match against Christian, but Christian is “crying like a little baby” in the parking lot! Del Rio continues that all his opponents end up in the “hospital”, just like Rey Mysterio did! Del Rio then says he has something for the fans and they will not “believe” it before proclaiming that Rey Mysterio is coming back to SmackDown during next week’s live Syfy debut of SmackDown! Del Rio then reveals that Rey has challenged him to a match next week, but instead he is going to give Rey a “kiss right on the chin”! Alberto Del Rio is then interrupted by Christian who, despite his injured shoulder, would rush the ring and attack Del Rio, but Del Rio’s personal ring announcer, Ricardo Rodriguez, would grab the ankle of Christian, allowing Del Rio to hit a vicious kick on Christian! Del Rio would then proceed to lock on the Cross Armbreaker on the already injured shoulder of Christian before ultimately placing Christian’s arm in a steel chair and ramming it into the steel post! After suffering the same fate as Rey Mysterio, what is the status of Christian? What kind of condition will Rey Mysterio be in when he returns to SmackDown next week to face his attacker Alberto Del Rio?

Five nights after defeating CM Punk at Night of Champions, “The World’s Largest Athlete” Big Show was in a 2-on-1 Handicap Match against Curt Hawkins & Vance Archer! Big Show would make quick work of the tag team as Big Show would lock in the Colossal Clutch on Vance Archer, forcing Archer to tap out! What is next for Big Show on SmackDown?

Then it was time for the former leader to face the former follower as “The Straightedge Savior” CM Punk would go one-on-one with his former Straightedge follower, “The Big LG” Luke Gallows! Despite Luke Gallows dominating most of the match, CM Punk would ultimately hit the GTS on Gallows en route to picking up the win over his former follower!

SmackDown Consultant Vickie Guerrero, with her NXT Rookie Diva Kaitlyn in tow, would appear on SmackDown to introduce her boyfriend, the still Intercontinental Champion Dolph Ziggler as Dolph would go one-on-one with “The Ballin’ Superstar” MVP in a non-title match! During the match, Dolph Ziggler would get knocked to the outside of the ring and Kaitlyn would check on Dolph Ziggler and Vickie Guerrero would come around and shove Kaitlyn, telling her to “stay away” and the Rookie Diva would fire back by shoving Vickie off of her feet before leaving the ringside area! Dolph would then try to consol his girlfriend, but Vickie would tell Dolph to “get away” from her before a visibly upset Vickie Guerrero slowly leaves Dolph behind and heads to the backstage area as the match continues! During the match, it looked like MVP was closing in on the win over Dolph Ziggler, but Dolph would exit the ring, grab the Intercontinental Title belt, and get himself intentionally counted out! What is next for Dolph Ziggler now that his relationship with Vickie Guerrero seems to be on the rocks?

Backstage, Vickie Guerrero is searching for her Rookie Diva, Kaitlyn, and asks The Dude Busters and Hornswoggle if they seen Kaitlyn and Hornswoggle would trick Vickie into looking for Kaitlyn in the back of a semi truck full of boxes that Hornswoggle & The Dude Busters have been packing all night in preparation for SmackDown’s move to Syfy and The Dude Busters would lock Vickie in the back o the semi truck! How will Vickie respond to being locked in the back of a semi truck by Hornswoggle & The Dude Busters?

Then it was time for World Heavyweight Champion Kane to issue his proposed challenge to his brother, The Undertaker! Kane states that there is a “new beast of the apocalypse” as he delivered “Armageddon” to his brother at Night of Champions before proclaiming that the ring is now his “yard”! Kane then states that the “fun” has just started and that they should “raise the stakes” as he has “decided” that the end of The Undertaker will take place in the “dark corridors” in the match that Undertaker made famous as he is challenging The Undertaker to face him inside the demonic Hell in a Cell! Kane then states that The Undertaker is “not welcome in hell” unless Kane “takes” him there and that “all the creatures of the night and all the lost souls” listen to him! Kane then states that The Undertaker has “no choice” but to face him inside Hell in a Cell before proclaiming that The Undertaker will “forever burn in hell”! Kane is then interrupted by the familiar sounding of a gong and the dimming of the lights as several droids appear and bring a casket to ringside! The droids then leave and the lights come back on, Kane then walks to the casket and when Kane opens the lid, he finds his father, “The Father of Destruction” Paul Bearer, who holds the legendary urn that The Undertaker once derived his power from! Paul Bearer would then rise from the casket and, to the shock of his youngest son, would stand before Kane as the lights go out and, when the lights come back on, The Undertaker is standing behind Kane! The Undertaker would attack his younger brother, but as a revitalized Undertaker readies for the chokeslam, Kane quickly escapes the ring! Then, as Kane watches in horror and utter disbelief, The Undertaker kneels before his father, Paul Bearer and the urn that holds the remains of his mother! Now that The Undertaker’s power has returned courtesy of Paul Bearer and the urn, will The Undertaker finally get his ultimate revenge against Kane when the brothers go to war once more inside Hell in a Cell in nine nights?

It was announced on SmackDown that, on next week’s live Syfy debut of Friday Night SmackDown, John Cena himself would return to SmackDown to celebrate the move! However, the epic move to Syfy may be crashed as the destructive, ruthless group known as The Nexus plan to invade SmackDown next week just two nights before John Cena goes one-on-one with Nexus leader Wade Barrett with career-altering stipulations at WWE Hell in a Cell! With John Cena and The Nexus in the house on next week’s live Syfy debut of SmackDown, there is no doubt that anything can and probably will happen, so the question remains, what will go down with all these combustible elements in one place?

Superstar of the Week: NEW WWE Champion Randy Orton

 

Accomplishments
Two Time WWE World Tag Team Champion (w/ Bret Hart)

Did You Know?
Jim “The Anvil” Neidhart is the father of current WWE Diva and manager/valet of The Hart Dynasty, Natalya.

Next Week’s WWE Television Schedule
Monday, September 27: Monday Night RAW from the Conseco Fieldhouse in Indianapolis, IN
Tuesday, September 28: WWE NXT from the U.S. Cellular Coliseum in Bloomington, IL
Thursday, September 30: WWE Superstars from Indianapolis, IN & Bloomington, IL
Friday, October 1: The Syfy Debut of Friday Night SmackDown, LIVE, from the Ford Center in Oklahoma City, OK