WWE Raw live event
Auckland, New Zealand at Vector Arena
Report by Dot Net reader Sam T

Justin Roberts announced CM Punk's suspension and agreement to fulfill his non-televised dates. Punk's music interrupted, and he walked out to a mixed reaction. He talked about agreeing not to disparage the company he works for, but that didn't mean that he couldn't disparage the people he works with. He insulted some of the babyfaces, saying "Beth Pheonix talks too much." Hilarious. He started to talk about Vince McMahon and his microphone was abruptly cut off.

1. Rey Mysterio defeated CM Punk. Great opener, with several 619 attempts. Punk did the Ric Flair strut, which raised a lot of "woo"s. Rey pinned Punk after two successful 619's, plus a splash.

2. Kelly Kelly and Beth Pheonix defeated The Bella Twins. Not too bad for a 2011 diva match. Kelly did the stinkface at one point.

3. Evan Bourne defeated Primo. Very quick match, with Primo being shoved off the top rope, followed by a nice Airbourne for the pin.

4. Jack Swagger defeated Zack Ryder. Pretty good match. Ryder did his catchphrase and Swagger told the crowd to shut up. Zack tapped out to the Ankle Lock.

5. Dolph Ziggler defeated Kofi Kingston to retain the United States Championship. Ordinary back and forth match between these two. Ziggler countered a roll up into his own, using the ropes. He tried to nail Kofi with the belt afterwards, but got hit with the Trouble in Paradise.

Kelly Kelly came back out to host a dance-off, which a little Cena kid won. Meh.

Intermission

6. New Nexus defeated Santino Maerella and Vladimir Kozlov to retain the WWE Tag Team Titles. Some good Santino humor. Both Santino and Kozlov got huge pops during the match. David Otunga got the pin after his spinebuster-type finisher.

The Miz came out and cut a promo, bashing Alex Riley and the Auckland crowd. Miz went to  deliver his catchphrase, Riley attacked him, Raw GM made it a street fight.

7. Alex Riley defeated The Miz in a street fight. Awesome match with a kendo stick, steel chair and some crowd fighting. There were very loud "we want tables" chants. Miz responded by saying that he doesn't listen to the people who were just booing him. Riley ended up grabbing a table and spearing Miz through it for the win.

Roberts announced the WWE Title main event and R-Truth walked to the ring while cutting a promo, saying that New Zealand is infested with sheep and 'Little Jimmy'.

8. John Cena defeated R-Truth to retain the WWE Championship. Lengthy main event. It was more entertaining than I thought. The referee went down, but no CM Punk run-in. Cena hit the Attitude Adjustment and pinned Truth clean.

As he was celebrating, Punk hit the ring and knocked Cena down. He grabbed a mic and claimed that he wasn't the only Raw Superstar who hated John Cena, bringing out the entire heel locker room for a beat down.

A few seconds later, the babyface locker room emptied and chased off all the heels, except for Punk. Beth Pheonix, Kelly Kelly and Zack Ryder hit their finishers. Riley went for his DDT, but Punk spat green mist in his face. Punk then took finishers from Mysterio, Cena and Bourne to finish the tour.

Biggest pops:
John Cena
Rey Mysterio
Santino/Kozlov

Heat:
The Miz
CM Punk
R-Truth

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