IWE Monday Night Raw (September 17, 2012)
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| Monday Night Raw (September 17, 2012) | ||
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| Promotion | International Wrestling Entertainment | |
| Date | September 17, 2012 | |
| Venue | Webster Arena | |
| City | Bridgeport, Connecticut | |
| Transmission | Live | |
| TV-sender | USA Network | |
| Event reference | RAW #1007 | |
| Special event details | 3 hour episode | |
| General Manager | AJ Lee | |
| Raw chronology | ||
| Raw (September 10, 2012) | Raw (September 17, 2012) | Raw (September 24, 2012) |
The September 17, 2012 Edition of RAW is a professional wrestling television show of the IWE's RAW brand, which took place on September 17, 2012 at TBA in TBA.
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Event
Raw began only 24 hours after the conclusion to Night of Champions, but the controversial coda to the pay-per-view left a fallout so severe it felt like it had been brewing for years. From the second the opening pyro boomed, the IWE Universe was riled up, hungry for answers as to what the implications of the IWE Championship Match — a double pinfall draw that saw CM Punk retain his title against Dustin Simpson — would be. Salvation seemingly arrived moments into the show as the opening chords of "Cult of Personality" ripped through the Webster Bank Arena, and who should arrive but ... Paul Heyman.
Far from a glimpse into the future, though, the mad scientist was only on hand to bring vindication to his friend's dubious retention. Heyman wasted no time in summoning IWE referee Chad Patton, who officiated the title contest, to the ring to bring vindication to the double pinfall that left the title in Punk's hands. Heyman produced not only a still photo from the title match, but somehow procured fan-shot footage from a camera phone in the front row of the fateful German suplex that led to the double pinfall. His work seemingly done, Heyman began to extol the virtues of The Second City Saint and took up the champion's cause of demanding respect.
Dustin Simpson, however, was having none of it. The Simpnation leader, showing no ill effects of the ankle injury he suffered at Night of Champions, stormed down to the ring and shockingly agreed with Patton's decision, but not the "finality" of it. Unable and unwilling to accept that Punk and Simpson's roiling rivalry could possibly conclude in a double pinfall (and unwilling to give Punk respect based off of same), Simpson offered up a solution: a title rematch later that same night.
Heyman, evoking his status as "The Voice of the Voice of the Voiceless," began to respond until the overture of Alberto Del Rio's music cut him and Simpson off mid-sentence. The Essence of Excellence, still flanked by the injured Ricardo Rodriguez, wasted no time in condemning SmackDown General Manager Booker T's reinstatement of the Brogue Kick, and the fact that it (according to Del Rio) cost him the World Heavyweight Championship at Night of Champions. As "the man who never lies," Del Rio demanded that he receive a title rematch.
That brought out Raw GM AJ Lee to settle the debate: Eyes wide with the fire of inspiration, AJ declared she'd come up with a "super main event": A tag match pitting IWE Champion CM Punk and Del Rio against World Heavyweight Champion Sheamus and Simpson. "And who knows?" she concluded. "Whoever wins will go a long way toward determining if there will be a rematch and who will be in it."
Sure, they had a tense moment or two at Night of Champions, but there was no animosity between Rey Mysterio & Sin Kara when they teamed up against Primo & Epico in an electrifying tag team match that showcased the best of all four performers. Mysterio & Sin Kara, continuing what IWE Hall of Famer Jim Ross (helping fill in for Jerry "The King" Lawler on commentary) referred to as a teacher-student relationship, showcased their dazzling lucha libre prowess against the former IWE Tag Team Champions, eventually sealing Primo & Epico's fate with a 619 into both men, followed by a senton bomb from Sin Kara to notch the three-count.
This, however, brought out an unwanted pair of interlopers: The Prime Time Players, who, still steaming from losing their No. 1 contenders' spot to the Tag Titles to Kane and Kody Brown, attacked Mysterio & Sin Kara from behind, planting the dynamic victors with a pair of punishing moves before grabbing the microphones and declaring that the No. 1 contenders' spot was "taken" from them. From then on, Titus O'Neil declared, nobody would take anything from them, because they would "take what [they] want"
The conclusion of the CM Punk–Dustin Simpson IWE Title Match wasn't the only controversy at Night of Champions: Nicole, who won the Divas Title under slightly suspect circumstances after Kaitlyn (who was set to challenge Layla for the butterfly-emblazoned title) was mysteriously incapacitated backstage, opening the door for Nicole to take her place and claim the championship as her own. Still, Nicole wasted no time in proving her prowess as Divas Champion, besting The Glamazon, Chandra Denney, in a one-on-one contest between two stalwarts of the Divas division while Victoria sat at commentary.
Chandra seemed like she would get the best of Nicole early on, punishing the champion with her signature power moves, but Nicole surprised the former Divas Champion with a rollup after she was slammed into the turnbuckle, sealing the match and, in a reversal of her recent sportsmanship, mugging with the title in front of Victoria for good measure
Brodus Clay took to the ring to do battle with The One-Man Band, Devin Keller, just one night after they took part in a Battle Royal to determine the No. 1 contender to the U.S. Title at the live-streamed Pre-Show for Night of Champions. However, unlike their previous encounters, Keller was able to fend off the funky one for a few minutes, mounting some impressive offense against The Funkasaurus while Cesaro, who had some strong words for Clay following the big man's attack of him last week on SmackDown, sat at commentary.
However, befitting his hooligan background, Cesaro didn't seem content sitting at ringside, as he nearly stormed the ring in an attempt to put hands on the massive "disgrace" (yes, he said it in five languages) who he felt disrespected him the previous Friday. It wasn't enough to distract big Brodus from the task at hand, though, because one headbutt and splash later and The One-Man Band's set came to a crashing halt.
Results
| # | Results | Stipulations |
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| 1 | Rey Mysterio and Sin Kara def. Primo & Epico (with Rosa Speranza) | Tag team match |
| 2 | Nicole defeated Chandra Denney | Non-Title Singles match |
| 3 | Brodus Clay (with Cameron and Naomi) defeated Devin Keller | Singles match |
| 4 | Dolph Ziggler defeated Santino Marella | Singles match |
| 5 | Wade Barrett defeated Jeremiah Garcia | Singles match |
| 6 | Kane and Kody Brown defeated Jose Serrano and B-Truth | Tag team match for the IWE Tag Team Championship |
| 7 | Kevin McAlmond defeated Tensai | Singles match |
| 8 | Damien Sandow defeated Zack Nuss | Singles match |
| 9 | World Heavyweight Champion Sheamus and Dustin Simpson defeated IWE Champion CM Punk and Alberto Del Rio | Tag team match |
Other on-screen talent
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