WWE MONDAY NIGHT RAW : EPISODE "1/2/12"

WRITTEN ON SPEC BY : STEVE KAUFMANN

INT . FEDEX FORUM IN MEMPHIS , TN

OPENING VTR ( : 15 )

FIREWORKS & BALLYHOO ( : 20 )

MICHAEL COLE

We are coming to you live from

Memphis Tennesse with the first raw

of 2012

JERRY LAWLER

And we have quite the show for you

tonight...

GRAPHIC : CM PUNK VS . DOLPH ZIGGLER FOR WWE CHAMPIONSHIP

JERRY LAWLER ( CONT ’ D )

After beating him in a gauntlet

match last week;

Dolph Ziggler has earned the right

to face CM Punk tonight for the WWE

Championship

MICHAEL COLE

Also ,

Tonight Kane will have in ring

action for the first time in over 5

months.

GRAPHIC : KANE VS . ?

MICHAEL COLE ( CONT ’ D )

Only : we don’t know with who!

SEGMENT #1 - JOHHNY ACE / CM PUNK

MUSIC :“ DYNAMIC

DUDE ’ S ENTRANCE

MUSIC ”

CM PUNK out as “ Dynamic Dude ” JOHNNY ACE

Punk does Ace ’s signature taunt on the STAGE

Punk SKATEBOARDS down the ramp

Punk enters the ring

CM PUNK

Hello everyone

Not what you were expecting?

Sorry ,

Last week a certain “ Dude ” came out

here dressed as me and I thought

i’d repay the favor.

Roll it!!!

REPLAY : LAST WEEK ’ S MATCH

JOHN LAURENITIS interferes in CM Punk ’s match with Dolph

Ziggler

CM PUNK ( CONT ’ D )

As you can see,

A Certain dude also cost me my

match last week.

And no this certain dude isn’t

Shane Douglas .

I was ready to kick his teeth in

last week and this week is no

exception.

MUSIC :“ JOHN

LAURENITIS ’ S

ENTRANCE MUSIC ”

JOHN LAURENITIS heads down the ramp to the ring

JOHN LAURENITIS

Punk ,

Last week I was acting in the best

interest. I ejected Vickie and

Swagger because of their

distractions

CM PUNK

Yeah ,

You also happened to keep the ref

from counting the 3

JOHN LAURENITIS

I --

CM PUNK

You know what?

I ’m tired of being a part of these

30 - minute non- wrestling openings.

I didn’t come out here to talk

I came out here to fight!!!

PUNK takes off his shirt

MUSIC :“ DOLPH

ZIGGLER ’ S

ENTRANCE MUSIC ”

DOLPH ZIGGLER runs down

John exits the ring quickly

Ziggler and Punk fight

Laurenitis tells time- keeper to ring the bell

BELL RINGS

JERRY LAWLER

I guess the title match is

happening now

REFEREE enters

Ziggler and Punk wrestle ( 1 : 45 )

Punk gets upper hand

JOHN LAURENITIS

Sorry ,

This match is better suited for the

main- event and will not be

happening now.

BELL RINGS

While Punk ’s back is turned Ziggler low- blows him and locks

in THE HEADLOCK

Punks falls to his knees and Dolph grapevines the headlock

( : 40 )

Dolph finally lets go

Punk lays unconscious in the middle of the ring

THE SCREEN GOES FUZZY

CUT TO :

1 / 2 / 12 PROMO

INT CLASSROOM

LITTLE GIRL is standing at the front of the room

LITTLE BOY sitting at his desk with his head down crying

LITTLE GIRL ( V . O . )

He ’s coming

And no one will be safe

MUSIC :

UNDERTAKER ’ S

OMINOUS ‘ BONG ’

CUT TO :

LITTLE GIRL is standing on a chair

LITTLE BOY is sitting on the floor writing

MUSIC :

UNDERTAKER ’ S

OMINOUS ‘ BONG ’

CUT TO :

Little Girl CHOKESLAMS Little Boy

LITTLE GIRL ( V . O . )

There will be no countdown

There will be no remorse

Only destruction

MUSIC :

UNDERTAKER ’ S

OMINOUS ‘ BONG ’

CUT TO :

COMMERCIAL

MATCH #1 - ZACK RYDER VS . JACK SWAGGER WITH VICKIE GUERRERO

They wrestle ( 6 : 00 )

ZACK RYDER defeats JACK SWAGGER with the Rough Ryder

CUT TO :

SEGMENT #2 - DEL RIO INTERVIEW

INT BACKSTAGE

SCOTT STANFORD is standing with ALBERTO DEL RIO

SCOTT STANFORD

Ladies and gentleman at this time I

am standing wit--

RICARDO RODRIGUEZ enters

RICARDO RODRIGUEZ

ALBERTOOOOOOOO

DEL

RIOOOOOOOOOOOO

SCOTT STANFORD

Yes ,

Del Rio ; you’ve asked for this tim--

ALBERTO DEL RIO

I have asked for this time to put

the whole world on notice.

You see, I was in the market today

buying some roses for a lady of

mine when something awful happened

The person who sold me the roses

didn’t know who I was.

This is unaccteptable

ALBERTO DEL RIO ( CONT ’ D )

It does not matter what number I

draw.

I will win the Royal Rumble for the

2nd time.

From there, I will go to

Wrestlemania and beat CM PUNK , John

Cena , The Rock , Michael Cole or

whoever is champion.

And I will become the longest

reigning champion in the history

wrestling.

And then and only then will

everyone know my name is:

Alberto Del Rio !

CUT TO :

COMMERCIAL

BACK TO :

MATCH #2 - BOURNE / KOFI VS . LOCAL TALENT

They wrestle ( 8 : 00 )

LOCAL TALENT get more moves in than expected

BOURNE / KOFI over with TROUBLE IN PARADISE % AIR - BOURNE

CUT TO :

COMMERCIAL

BACK TO :

SEGMENT #3 - LAWLER / COLE

JERRY LAWLER in the ring

JERRY LAWLER

Hello Memphis

Strong reaction for home town guy

JERRY LAWLER ( CONT ’ D )

I ’m out here to officiate a Diva ’s

Elvis look- alike competiti--

MICHAEL COLE stands up from the announce table

MICHAEL COLE

EXCUSE ME !!!

I ’ve stood by you an your

shenanigans for too long.

Diva ’s Elvis look- alike contest?

Are you kidding me?

Cole gets in the ring

JERRY LAWLER

Sorry Cole ,

Some of us enjoy women

MICHAEL COLE

Real big of you Lawler

By the way...

Where were all of these people in

1999 when you ran for mayor of

Memphis ?

Lawler laughs it off

JERRY LAWLER

I think it was just these people

MICHAEL COLE

Or a year ago when nobody watched

“ Jerry Lawler ’s Memphis Wrestling ”

on channel 50 ?

Lawler looks a tad more upset but plays along

JERRY LAWLER

Did you see it Cole ?

MICHAEL COLE

Yea --

JERRY LAWLER

So you were the guy!!!

MICHAEL COLE

And Jerry ,

Stop lying to these people

You get all excited for the divas

but we all know they’re too old for

you!

Lawler looks at Cole with uncontainable anger

Lawler lunges at Cole slamming him to the ground

Lawler BEATS DOWN Cole with REAL PUNCHES ( 2 : 35 )

LOCKER ROOM CLEARS to break them up

ABRUPTLY CUT

TO :

COMMERCIAL

BACK TO :

JOSH MATTHEWS & MATT STRYKER are sitting at the announce

table

JOSH MATTHEWS

What you saw before the commercial

was not a planned part of our show

and we apologize.

Me and Matt Stryker will be calling

the rest of the night without any

incident

MATCH #3 10PM- KANE VS . BRODUS CLAY

MUSIC :“ KANE ’ S

ENTRANCE MUSIC ”

KANE out first wearing his SILVER MASK

Kane walks into the ring

Kane sets off the corner PYRO with his hands and proceeds to

take off his SILVER MASK to reveal his RED MASK

MUSIC :“ BRODUS

CLAY ’ S ENTRANCE

MUSIC ”

BRODUS CLAY enters to a lukewarm reaction ( fans were hoping

for someone else )

Clay still plays it as a face

KANE

Look at you!!!

These people don’t seem to care at

all: yet you pander to them anyway.

Clay continues to the ring

KANE ( CONT ’ D )

I ’ve done it...

Lived and died by what they thought

of me

But it was all a waste of time;

These people have more HATE in them

then they could ever have LOVE

Here ’s a tip: rookie

If you embrace the hate,

you ’ll be more powerful!!!

Clay enters the ring to receive a BIG BOOT from KANE

BELL RINGS

Kane defeats Clay with a TOMBSTONE PILEDRIVER ( 2 : 00 )

MUSIC :“ JOHN

CENA ’ S ENTRANCE

MUSIC ”

JOHN CENA runs straight to the ring

Cena and Kane exchange blows ( : 30 )

Cena gets the upper hand and does a BACK SUPLEX to Kane

Cena puts up his hand to signify a 5 - KNUCKLE SHUFFLE

Cena hits the ropes

Brodus Clay hits a running Cena with FALL OF HUMANITY

( RUNNING CROSSBODY )

Kane gets up does a CHOKESLAM and TOMBSTONE on Cena

Kane and Clay leave Cena in the ring

CUT TO :

COMMERCIAL

BACK TO :

MATCH #4 - KELLY KELLY VS . BETH PHOENIX FOR DIVAS CHAMPIONSHIP

They wrestle ( 4 : 00 )

KELLY KELLY wins with a ROLL - UP

CUT TO :

COMMERCIAL

BACK TO :

MATCH #5 - MIZ VS . R - TRUTH

MUSIC :“ R - TRUTH ’ S

ENTRANCE MUSIC ”

R - Truth enters with a microphone

R - TRUTH

Why do I have to fight Miz on my

first match back?

It ’s a conspiracy

Truth in ring

MUSIC :“ MIZ ’ S

ENTRANCE MUSIC ”

Miz enters with microphone to unlikely applause

MIZ

Really ?

Really Memphis ?

Really ?

I come out here to fight R - Truth

and you cheer me like I ’m Rudy Gay ?

Well ,

Unlike Rudy and your Grizzlies

I ’m a winner: unlike the entire

city of Memphis

R - TRUTH

I ’m sorry to say Miz ...

Last week I broke my hand on your

face and I ’m not cleared to wrestle

tonight.

But I ’ve found a replacement that

wants his hands on you.

MUSIC :“ ALEX

RILEY ’ S ENTRANCE

MUSIC ”

ALEX RILEY out

Riley and Miz wrestle ( 5 : 00 )

Miz hits SKULLCRUSHING FINALE

R - Truth distracts referee

Riley connects HIT THE SHOWERS for the win

CUT TO :

COMMERCIAL

BACK TO :

MATCH #6 - CM PUNK VS . DOLPH ZIGGLER FOR WWE CHAMPIONSHIP

MUSIC :“ DOLPH

ZIGGLER ’ S

ENTRANCE MUSIC ”

DOLPH ZIGGLER out with VICKIE GUERRERO & JACK SWAGGER in tow

MUSIC :“ CM PUNK ’ S

ENTRANCE MUSIC ”

CM PUNK out but he’s walking awfully slow and unsteady

They wrestle ( 8 : 00 )

Ziggler has a slight upper hand due to Punk clearly not being

100 %

Punk locks in the ANACONDA VICE

Swagger pulls the referee out of the ring

Referee unable to see Dolph tap out

Referee ejects both Vickie and Dolph

Ziggler tries ZIG - ZAG but is reversed into GTS

Bell Rings

Punk wins

Punk celebrates

BLACKOUT

MUSIC :

UNDERTAKER ’ S

OMINOUS ‘ BONG ’

LIGHTS UP

UNDERTAKER is in the ring

Taker CHOKESLAMS Punk

Taker signals for the TOMBSTONE

BLACKOUT ( : 05 )

LIGHTS UP

BROCK LESNAR is standing face to face with Undertaker

Lesnar does an F - 5 to Taker

Lesnar poses while Taker , Punk , & Ziggler all lay on the

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