Fatal 4-Way

Fatal 4-Way opens with Vince McMahon coming out and announcing that Bret Hart will not be there tonight because of the attack by the NXT Rookies on RAW. Drew McIntyre comes out and shakes hands with McMahon before making his way down to the ring. McIntyre tells Teddy Long to get out there. McIntyre tells Long to sit in a chair at ringside and says that when he wins the Intercontinental Championship, Long will hand it to him.

Drew McIntyre vs. Kofi Kingston is our first match.
My Prediction: I predict Kofi wins or at least retains the title. I wouldn’t rule out Matt Hardy showing up and affecting the way the match ends.

Kofi takes the fight to McIntyre almost immediately. He hits a series of kicks. McIntyre starts to fight back and slams Kofi to the mat. McIntyre looks for a hip toss, but Kofi counters with a monkey flip. Kofi hits a dropkick and clotheslines McIntyre out of the ring. Kofi hits an outside dive to McIntyre. Kofi rolls McIntyre back into the ring, but McIntyre goes out the other side. Kofi looks to go after him, but McIntyre clips his leg. McIntyre sends Kofi into the ring post and covers for 2. McIntyre continues the attack and begins to work on one of Kofi’s arms. Kofi fights back with a unique kick to McIntyre. McIntyre slams Kofi into the ring apron and wraps his arm around the ring post. McIntyre locks in an armbar, but Kofi fights back with an arm drag. McIntyre takes him down again and continues the attack. McIntyre hits an arm wringer takedown and gets a 2 count. He locks in another armbar hold and Kofi starts to fight back, but McIntyre slams him to the mat again. Kofi starts to fight back again with kicks to McIntyre’s legs. McIntyre continues the attack on the arm. Kofi goes for a sunset flip and McIntyre tries to hit him, but Kofi moves and McIntyre punches the mat. McIntyre hits a boot to Kofi’s arm and follows up with a unique knee arm breaker. McIntyre hits a pair of clotheslines in the corner. He goes for a short arm clothesline, but Kofi floats over and hits a DDT. Kofi brings the fight to McIntyre. He hits a pair of double back chops and a standing dropkick. Kofi gets a unique roll up on McIntyre for a 2 count. Kofi hits a springboard crossbody for another 2 count. McIntyre fights back and hits a neckbreaker across his knee, but he only gets a 2 count. McIntyre goes for a scoop slam, but Kofi escapes and hits a Russian Legsweep. Kofi hits the Boom Drop and signals for Trouble in Paradise. McIntyre avoids the attack and sends Kofi out to the apron. He slams Kofi’s head into the turnbuckle. McIntyre lifts Kofi up and brings him back into the ring, but Kofi counters into a crossbody for another 2 count. McIntyre hits a big boot to Kofi’s head. McIntyre looks for the Future Shock, but Kofi fights out. Kofi hits a Springboard Tornado DDT out of the corner, but McIntyre gets a leg on the rope to break up the count. Kofi hits his punches in the corner, but McIntyre fights back with a powerbomb for a 2 count. Kofi hits the S.O.S. out of nowhere, but McIntyre kicks out at 2. McIntyre sends Kofi into the turnbuckle. Kofi locks in a unique leg scissors headlock. McIntyre fights it off, but sends Kofi into the referee. McIntyre sends Kofi into the ring post again and hits the Future Shock DDT, but the referee is knocked out. McIntyre pulls Teddy Long into the ring and makes him put on the referee’s shirt. Long puts on the shirt and makes a 2 count, but stops before 3. McIntyre is mad that Long didn’t count 3. McIntyre goes for a 2nd Future Shock DDT, but Matt Hardy hits the ring and nails McIntyre with the Twist of Fate. Kofi catches McIntyre with Trouble in Paradise and Long counts 3.

Move of the Match: I’m going to give this to the S.O.S. from earlier in the match because it’s such a great move.

1 for 1

The Hart Dynasty is in the back. Savannah asks them if they’re ready to compete in a 6 person tag team match. Tyson says the Usos and Tamina said they were in the wrong place at the wrong time, but tonight the Usos and Tamina will have to face them where they’ve made a name for themselves, in the ring. Smith says that Bret signed the Usos so the Dynasty could prove they deserve the titles. He says that tonight their match is for Bret.

Up next is the Fatal 4-Way for the Diva’s Championship.
My Prediction: I’m going to predict that Eve will retain in this match.

Maryse and Eve go at it in the middle of the ring while Gail and Alicia fight in the corner. Gail misses an attack in the corner and Alicia answers a springboard crossbody with a kick. Alicia hits a bridging Northern Lights Suplex for a 2 count. Eve breaks it up and gets a 2 count with a jackknife cover. Maryse then rolls up Eve for a 2 count. Gail attacks Alicia, but Alicia counters with a tilt-a-whirl back breaker. Eve hits forearms to Alicia and catches Maryse with a dropkick. Alicia slams Eve to the mat and she and Maryse double team Eve. Gail gets up on the apron and goes after Alicia. She catches Alicia with her Christo hold and Eve catches Maryse with an armbar. Gail releases the hold on Alicia and breaks Eve’s armbar. Gail locks in an armbar of her own on Maryse, but Alicia breaks it up. Alicia locks in a similar hold, but Eve breaks up the hold. Eve locks in a modified Camel Clutch on Alicia and Gail comes in and adds a boston crab. Maryse breaks up the hold and sends Eve and Gail out of the ring. Alicia and Maryse have a showdown and Alicia pushes Maryse. Maryse comes back and hits a kick to Alicia, but Eve breaks up the count. Eve sets up for something, but Gail takes down both of them with a dropkick. Gail hits a crossbody on Maryse in the corner. She hits a dropkick off the top on Maryse. She hits her corner crossbody on Eve, but Alicia takes her off the ring apron and drops her across it. Maryse goes for the French Kiss, but Eve counters and hits her neckbreaker. Eve goes up top for a moonsault. She hits it, but Alicia tosses her out of the ring and covers Maryse for the 3 count to become the new Diva’s Champion.

Move of the Match: There were a lot of great moves, but I’m going to give this to the submission combo where Eve and Gail had a Camel Clutch and a Boston Crab locked in on Alicia.

1 for 2

Mysterio is in the back. He is confronted by the Big Show. Mysterio says he’s always been an underdog, but he has often overcome. Show says he doesn’t care who he has to knock out, he’ll win the championship.

Chris Jericho comes out to the ring. Jericho says that he is the reason people watch the WWE. He says Wade Barrett has been getting more attention than him. Jericho says he’s at the top of the mountain and everybody is trying to knock him off. Jericho says that he has challenged Bourne to a rematch tonight.

Chris Jericho vs. Evan Bourne. Jericho gets control early overpowering Bourne. He hits a clothesline in the corner. Jericho hits a series of shots, but Bourne comes back with his running huracanrana. He follows up with a drop toe hold and hits a running dropkick. Bourne gets a running start, but gets caught with a clothesline from Jericho. Jericho sets up Bourne in the corner and chokes him. Jericho sends Bourne into the corner and charges after him, but Bourne moves and Jericho flies out of the ring. Bourne goes up top and dives out onto Jericho. Bourne brings Jericho back into the ring, but gets caught with a kick on the apron. Jericho hits his springboard triangle kick to knock Bourne off the apron. Jericho brings Bourne back into the ring. Jericho and Bourne trade kicks and Jericho gets the better of it with a dropkick to Bourne. Jericho locks in a chin lock on Bourne. Bourne escapes the back suplex attempt and hits a series of kicks. Bourne catches Jericho with a heel kick and sets him up in the corner with a back elbow. Bourne nails Jericho with his running knee in the corner. Bourne covers for 2. Bourne starts to kick again, but Jericho avoids a roundhouse kick and hits a German Suplex for 2. Bourne goes after Jericho, but Jericho knocks him down with a back elbow. Jericho goes up top, but Bourne hits a jumping Frankensteiner and gets a 2 count. Bourne goes for a double knee takedown, but Jericho rolls through into the Walls of Jericho. Bourne reaches the ropes and Jericho breaks the hold. Jericho knocks Bourne off the apron into the announce table. He slams Jericho into the announce table on the outside. Jericho goes for an attack on the outside, but Bourne moves and Jericho runs into the ring steps. Bourne goes up top and hits the diving double knees to Jericho for another 2 count. Jericho fights back and hits a double underhook backbreaker for a 2 count of his own. Jericho misses the Lionsault and Bourne hits him with a running high knee. Bourne goes up top and goes for Air Bourne. Jericho moves, but Bourne lands on his feet. Jericho catches Bourne with a single leg version of the Codebreaker. He covers, but Bourne gets a foot on the ropes. Jericho gets mad and hits a series of shots to Bourne. Bourne hits his modified schoolboy for a 2 count on Jericho. Jericho goes for the Walls, but Bourne counters and hits a tornado DDT. Bourne goes up top, but Jericho catches him. Bourne blocks the superplex and knocks Jericho down. Jericho gets up again and looks for the superplex again, but Bourne counters with a front suplex. Bourne hits Air Bourne to Jericho’s back and rolls him over for the 3 count.

Move of the Match: There were a number of great moves, but this has to go to Air Bourne.

Up next is the World Heavyweight Championship Fatal 4-Way Match.
My Prediction: I’m going to be looking for Swagger to retain in this match.

Swagger and Punk double team Mysterio to start, but Show takes down both of them. Punk locks in a sleeper, but Show slams him down to the mat and Mysterio hits Punk with a dropkick. Mysterio tries to pull off Punk’s mask, but Punk fights him off. Mysterio goes springboard and lands on Punk’s shoulders. He takes advantage to send Punk out of the ring with a modified head scissors takedown. Swagger is fighting back against Show on the other side of the ring, but Show overpowers him and sends him out of the ring. Show and Mysterio start to fight. Mysterio ducks a big boot and decides to slide out of the ring when Show prepares to strike with his right hand. Show grabs Mysterio and pulls him into the ring. Show then sends Mysterio into Swagger to knock him off the apron. Show covers Mysterio, but Punk breaks up the count. Show hits Punk with a big slap, but Swagger breaks up the count. Show nails swagger with a slap, but this time Mysterio breaks up the count. Mysterio goes for a crossbody, but Show catches him. Show nails Swagger with a punch and catches Punk by the throat as he comes off the ropes. Show pushes Punk away, but Mysterio takes advantage to hit a tornado DDT. Mysterio covers, but Show kicks out at 2. Punk hits Show with a big kick and covers, but Swagger pulls him off. Mysterio covers, but Swagger pulls him off. Swagger hits the springboard corner splash and covers, but Punk and Mysterio both pull him off. Mysterio and Punk double team Swagger and then dropkick Show out of the ring. Swagger hits them with a double clothesline and covers Mysterio for 2. Swagger nails Mysterio with a few kicks and hits a belly to belly slam for a 2 count. Swagger brings the attack to Mysterio and locks in an arm hold. Mysterio fights out and sets Swagger up for the 619, but Punk catches Mysterio with a springboard crossbody for a 2 count. He covers Swagger for 2 as well. Punk turns his attention back to Mysterio. He hits a backbreaker for a 2 count. Punk brings Swagger into the ring and hits a series of blows. He hits kicks to Mysterio. Punk hits a high knee to Swagger, and goes for a high knee on Mysterio, but Mysterio fights back. Punk counters the wheelbarrow bulldog and sets up for a German Suplex. Swagger comes in and hits a German suplex on Punk that causes Punk to hit the suplex on Mysterio as well. Swagger gets 2 counts on both men. Swagger goes for the Gutwrench Powerbomb, but Punk fights back with a kick. Mysterio catches Punk with a head scissors takedown to set him up for the 619. Mysterio almost hits the 619, but Show catches him and tosses him into the announce table. Show takes down both Punk and Swagger in the ring and hits the butt bump to both of them in the corner. He follows up with a running shoulder block. They both roll out of the ring and Show goes out after Punk. Swagger kicks the ring steps into Show’s legs and Mysterio catches Show with a 619 around the ring post. Punk hits a springboard attack and takes down Show. Mysterio goes for a springboard crossbody on Swagger, but Swagger answers with a kick. Punk slides into the ring and hits the GTS on Swagger. Kane’s music hits and he comes out pushing a casket. Kane grabs Punk and puts him in the casket. Luke Gallows comes out and nails Punk with a kick. Gallows and Punk run out of the arena with Kane following them. Mysterio nails Swagger with a 619 to the midsection as he leans against the ropes. Mysterio hits the springboard splash and covers for the 3 count.

Move of the Match: There were a number of moves worth mentioning, but I’m going to give this to Mysterio’s 619 around the ring post to Show.

1 for 3

Josh Matthews is in the back with John Cena. Cena says the Rookies have made enemies out of all of the WWE. Cena says he’s ready for the Rookies to show up tonight and he says he hopes that if they do, the WWE superstars will stand united.

Miz comes out. Miz says R-Truth will come out and start with his rap. Miz mocks R-Truth’s rap replacing “What’s up” with “The Miz.”

R-Truth vs. Miz is next.
My Prediction: I honestly see Truth picking up the win in this match.

Truth and Miz lock up and Truth takes Miz down with a shoulder block. Miz hits a knee, but Truth comes back with multiple shoulder blocks. Miz rolls to the outside, but Truth hits another shoulder block on the outside. Back in the ring, Truth floats over, but Miz catches him with a kick. Miz nails Truth with another kick and locks in a chin lock. Truth fights back with a hip toss and sends Miz into the corner. Miz sends Truth to the apron, but Truth fights back. Miz fights back and sends Truth into the ring post. Truth beats the 10 count and Miz goes after him again. The referee backs up Miz and checks on Truth. Miz continues the attack and the referee backs up Miz again. Miz hits his flying clothesline in the corner for a 2 count. Miz locks in a leg scissors on Truth. Truth briefly turns the fight back on Miz, but Miz catches Truth with a big boot for another 2 count. Miz chokes Truth on the ropes and then hits a series of shots to him. Truth fights back, but gets caught with a knee when he charges after Miz. Truth and Miz trade blows and Miz takes Truth down with a back elbow. Miz locks in a grounded abdominal stretch and then moves to a modified surfboard stretch. Truth fights back once again and hits Miz with a back suplex for a 2 count. Miz fights back and hits a suplex. Miz taunts the crowd and Truth starts to fight back again. He hits the gourdbuster for a 2 count. Miz fights back again and sends Truth into the turnbuckle. Miz goes for a superplex, but Truth fights it off. Truth hits a missile dropkick. Truth comes after Miz with a series of strikes. He hits a flapjack and follows up with a complete shot for a 2 count. Miz fights back, but gets caught with the Suplex Stunner for a 2 count. Miz hangs Truth up on the top rope and hits his backbreaker/neckbreaker combo for 2. Miz goes for hits flying clothesline in the corner again, but Truth moves and Miz gets hung up in the ropes. Truth hits his corkscrew scissors kick to Miz with Miz still hanging in the corner and covers for a 2 count, but Miz grabs the ropes. Miz sends Truth out to the apron. Truth goes up top, but Miz stops him. Truth and Miz fight and Truth knocks Miz off, but Miz dodges the crossbody. Truth gets a roll up for a 2 count. Truth gets another roll up, but still only gets 2. Truth goes for yet another roll up, but Miz counters it and rolls Truth up for the 3 count.

Move of the Match: I have to give this to the scissors kick with Miz hung up on the ropes.

1 for 4

Todd Grisham is in the back with Edge. Edge says that Cena has lost every other champion lose their Fatal 4-Way tonight. He says Orton claims to have recovered from injury, but it’s not true. Edge says Sheamus knows he doesn’t belong in the ring with the other 3. Edge says the only thing going on in his head is walking out of Fatal 4-Way the new WWE Champion.

The Hart Dynasty vs. The Usos and Tamina. Natalya and Tamina start out. Tamina gets a figure four head scissors on Natalya, but Natalya fights out. Tamina gets an arm lock, but Natalya fights out and rolls her up for a 2 count. Tamina tags in Jey and Smith comes in. Smith gets control of Jey’s arm, but Jey fights out. Smith slides through Jey’s legs and gets a jackknife for a 2 count. Smith hits a takedown and drops Jey with an arm drag. Jey gets back up and runs into a side belly to belly for 2. Smith sets Jey up in the tree of woe and tags in Kidd. He and Kidd hit an aided corner dropkick. Kidd covers for 2 and then locks in a head lock. Jey makes the tag to Jimmy and Jimmy hits Kidd with a scoop slam and locks in an arm lock. Kidd hits a springboard arm drag. He tries to continue the attack, but gets caught with a shoulder block. Jimmy tosses Kidd out of the ring. He goes for a dive, but runs into a kick from Tyson. Jimmy fights back and goes for a back suplex, but Tyson flips out. Tyson ends up on the apron. He takes down Jey with a kick and avoids an attack from Jimmy. Tyson tries to jump onto Jimmy on the outside. Jimmy catches Tyson and hits a Samoan Drop into the barricade. Jimmy tags in Jey and he brings Kidd back into the ring and covers for 2. Jey locks in a chin lock, but Tyson fights out. Tyson hits a kick to Jey, but Jey answers with a jumping thrust kick for a 2 count. Jey tags Jimmy in. They hit a double back elbow and follow up with a double elbow drop. Jimmy hits a suplex on Kidd and locks in another chin lock. Tyson fights back and takes down Jimmy. Tyson goes for the tag, but Jimmy pushes him away and catches him with an uppercut. Jey tags back in and they hit a whip into a hip attack in the corner. Jey covers for 2. Jimmy is tagged in and hits a diving headbutt off the top rope. Jimmy locks in a chin lock. Tyson fights out, but Jimmy takes him down again. Jimmy goes after Kidd and chokes him until the referee counts to 4. Jimmy goes for a running hip attack, but Kidd moves out of the corner. Jimmy tags in Jey who takes out Smith on the apron. Tyson tosses Jey with a back body drop and tags in Natalya. Natalya goes after Tamina and catches her with a back elbow. Natalya follows up with a pair of suplexes and a dropkick to Tamina’s back. Natalya hits a Michinoku Driver II and covers, but one of the Usos pulls her off. Smith sends him out of the ring with a cactus clothesline. Kidd flies out onto both of the Usos. Natalya misses her discus clothesline and Tamina hits the Samoan Drop. Tamina goes up top, but Natalya avoids the splash. Natalya hits her discus clothesline and gets the 3 count for the Hart Dynasty.

Move of the Match: There were a number of good moves. Both the Hart Dynasty and the Usos had some great tag team moves. I’m going to give this to Natalya’s discus clothesline because it’s one of the more vicious clotheslines variations we’ve seen in a while.

The Fatal Four Way for the WWE Championship is tonight’s main event.
My Prediction: Honestly, for some reason, I kind of see Sheamus picking up the win in this match.

Orton goes after Edge and Cena goes after Sheamus. Edge and Sheamus are both tossed out of the ring and Cena and Orton face off. Both men go for the finishers early, but neither man hits his and Sheamus and Edge attack them. Edge and Sheamus double team Cena and hit a double back elbow. Edge and Sheamus send Cena into the corner. Sheamus and Edge hit a series of blows. Edge takes advantage of the situation to roll up Sheamus for a 2 count. We see R-Truth, Evan Bourne and the Hart Dynasty watching the match in the back. Sheamus is taking the attack to Edge. Edge fights out of the corner and hits a diving clothesline. Cena breaks up the cover and goes after Edge, but Edge sends him out of the ring. Edge goes up top, but Orton hangs him up on the ropes. Orton goes for a superplex, but Sheamus attacks him from behind. Sheamus looks for a powerbomb, but Orton fights out. Edge hits a crossbody on Sheamus, but Orton breaks up the count. Edge sends Sheamus out of the ring with a baseball slide and Orton takes out Edge with a clothesline. Orton brings Cena in off the apron with a suplex. He hits a series of strikes on Cena. Orton performs his signature stomping. Orton goes for the knee drop, but Cena moves. Sheamus takes down Orton with a big double axe handle. Cena fights back against Sheamus. Cena hits a fisherman’s suplex and goes for the Attitude Adjustment, but can’t support Sheamus. Sheamus hits the Irish Curse and covers for 2. Sheamus sets up for the Crucifix Powerbomb, but Edge comes in. Sheamus side steps the spear and Edge goes into the ring post and right out of the ring. Cena rolls up Sheamus for a 2 count. Orton slides back into the ring and takes down Sheamus with a clothesline. Sheamus rolls to the apron and Orton looks for his rope hung DDT. Cena is on the apron too and Orton grabs him as well. Orton hits a double rope hung DDT. Orton covers Sheamus, but Sheamus gets his foot on the ropes. Edge hits a big boot to Orton. Edge sets up for the Spear. Cena gets up, but he avoids the spear. Cena hits his shoulder blocks and the spin out powerbomb. He catches Edge with the 5 Knuckle Shuffle, but Orton slides in and hits hits unique backbreaker on Cena. He hits a pair of clotheslines and nails his scoop slam. Orton looks for the RKO. Sheamus comes in and Orton dodges the Pump Kick. Sheamus catches Orton with a kick and tosses him out of the ring. Sheamus goes after Edge and Cena. Cena sends Sheamus out over the top rope. Cena goes after Edge. Sheamus is climbing up on the apron and Cena goes after him. Sheamus grabs Cena and Orton pulls Sheamus off the apron causing him to drape Cena across the top rope. Edge spears Orton off the apron, but gets caught in the STF. Edge almost reaches the ropes, but Cena pulls him back into the middle of the ring. Sheamus comes in and breaks up the hold. Sheamus covers Edge for 2. He turns the attack to Cena and hangs him over the apron. Sheamus focuses his attack on Cena’s neck. Sheamus hits a short arm clothesline to Edge for a 2 count. Sheamus takes both Orton and Cena off the apron. Sheamus sets up for his powerslam, but Edge counters with the Edge-O-Matic. Sheamus rolls out of the ring and Cena comes in and looks for the Attitude Adjustment. Edge fights out and Orton hits the RKO, but Sheamus comes in and shoves the referee. Orton pushes Sheamus out of the ring, but gets caught with a spear from Edge. Sheamus rolls back into the ring and hits his Pump Kick on Edge. Sheamus covers Orton, but only gets a 2 count. Edge pulls Orton out of the ring and sends Sheamus across the announce table. Edge fights off the RKO and spears Orton into the ring barrier. In the back, the NXT Rookies take out Truth, the Hart Dynasty and Bourne. The Rookies make their way out to the main part of the arena. They are once again taking out everything in their path. Cena takes the fight to the Rookies, but they outnumber him. Edge interferes on his behalf and the rookies go after him. Sheamus slides into the ring and covers Cena for the 3 count.

Move of the Match: I’m going to give this to Orton’s RKO simply because I love that move.

2 for 5

After the match, Sheamus quickly runs off and the Rookies take out Cena. Barrett drops Cena with his finisher and Gabriel hits the 450 Splash. Sheamus is at the top of the ramp with the WWE Championship and the Rookies chase after him.