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April 22, 2013: London, England
Promo: Paul Heyman disses Triple H for delaying his decision by a week as to whether or not he accepts Brock Lesnar’s challenge. Hunter comes out and accepts the challenge, then gives Heyman the Pedigree.
Match: R. Truth vs. Antonio Cesaro
Cesaro floors Truth, then stomps him on the back. The Brits holler “Olé! Olé!” Lawler says Cesaro’s in the ring, and Bizarro’s in the crowd. Truth wins with a Facebuster.
Match: Damian Sandow vs. Brodus Clay
Brodus scores a T-bone suplex on Sandow. Rhodes jumps on the ring apron to protest and Clay scares him off. Sandow then yanks Clay’s neck across the top rope and rolls him up for the three count.
Backstage: Dolph Ziggler is making out with the World Title. Vickie Guerrero and her flunkie, Brad, tell him he has to face Chris Jericho tonight, and if Jericho wins he’ll be added to the World Title match at Extreme Rules.
Match: Dolph Ziggler vs. Chris Jericho
Jericho nails Dolph with an Enziguiri. AJ distracts the ref while Big E pops Jericho. Dolph dominates for a while, then Jericho makes a comeback. He dropkicks Big E off the apron then slaps Walls of Jericho on Dolph. Fandango’s music starts to play, which distracts Jericho. Ziggie escapes the hold, then nails Jeri Curl with the Zig Zag for the win.
Match: Tensai vs. Cody Rhodes
Tensai dominates and Sandow jumps on the apron to distract him, just like Rhodes did last match. Brodus pulls him back down and Tensai wins with a two-handed bomb and butt splash.
Backstage: Kane and Daniel Bryan discuss strategy for their upcoming match with the Shield, then get ambushed and laid out by their future foes.
Interview: Josh Matthews interviews Ryback, who complains about Cena not having his back. He says he’ll see what Foley has to say, but he’s already not buying it.
Match: Big E Langston vs. Zack Ryder
Langston squashes Zack and wins with the Big Ending.
Match: Team Hell No (Kane and Daniel Bryan) and Undertaker vs. The Shield
After nearly twenty minutes, the match broke apart into a brawl. Bryan attempts a flying headbutt on Ambrose, but he moves and Bryan eats the mat. Ambrose then hooks Bryan’s legs and pins him for the win.
Backstage: Mick Foley tells John Cena he’ll confront Ryback out in the ring to try to talk sense into him.
Match: Fandango vs. William Regal
Fandango pins Regal with a reverse DDT. The Brits sing along with his calypso music. After the match, Fandango and his new anonymous partner dance on the entrance ramp. Then Fandango gets jumped by Chris Jericho and knocked off the stage. Jericho then holds out his hand to the dance partner, and the two dance to Fandango’s music.
Match: Divas Battle Royal—AJ Lee, Aksana, Naomi, Tamina Snuka and Layla
Divas Champ Kaitlyn joins the announcers.
Tamina kicks AJ in the face and kocks her flat. First out of the ring is Aksana, then Naomi, then Tamina. Layla attempts to throw AJ’s prone body out of the ring, but AJ had been playing possum and throws Layla out instead.
Promo: Mick Foley comes out to confront Ryback.
Foley brings out a metal folding chair. He tries to reason with Ryback, but Rye rejects his advice and tears the chair out of Foley’s grasp. Cena comes to Foley’s rescue, and then the Shield make their way through the audience. Cena leaves Ryback in the ring as the Shield converges. As the Shield attack Rye, Cena runs in with the chair and cleans house. Cena and Ryback stare each other down in the ring and Cena drops the chair. He then sneaks an AA on Ryback and leaves him out cold.
Turns out Cena did have Ryback’s back. It’s right there, laying in the ring.