Nikki is MexiCAN; Brie is MexiCANโT?
The Divas (Nikki, Brie, Foxy, Nattie, Naomi and Paige) are going on a vacation to Tullum, Mexico. Nikki (and Brie) are half Mexican, half Italian. Nikki wants to get in touch with her roots, which includes learning how to say sexy stuff to John Cena in Spanish, much to the embarrassment of her Spanish teacher.
Next, we were treated with a Nikki Bella, โHow Did You Spend Your Year?โ video package. It was very well done.
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After the video package, It was time for the second title match of the evening: Nikki Bella vs. Charlotte for the Divas Championship.
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It was a competitive match.
With some Twin Magic shenanigans.
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But Charlotte ended up pinning a Bella, becoming the NEW Divas Champion.
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For about 1 minute. Enter Stephanie McMahon.
Stephane McMahon let Charlotte know that unfortunately, since she pinned Brie Bella, she did not beat Nikki Bella for the title. Stephanie awards Charlotte the win by DQ.
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Stephanie McMahon makes a Nikki Bella/Charlotte title rematch for Night Of Champions. This time, Nikki can lose the title by pin, DQ or count out.
Regardless of the stipulation, Team Bella doesnโt care. Nikki Bella has broken AJ Leeโs record for being the longest reigning WWE Divas Champion of all time.
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Cesaro faces Rusev next.
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As if facing Cesaro isnโt hard enoughโฆ
Dolph Ziggler distracted Ru Ru by giving Summer Rae a small box for a present.
Cesaro gets the win with a unique pin on Rusev.
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After Cesaroโs victory, Dolph Ziggler adds insult to injury by hitting Tong-Poย with a Superkick.
Backstage, Rusev yells at Summer Rae for accepting the gift. Summer claims she doesnโt enjoy it, but unopens the gif when Rusev goes into his dressing room. Summer quickly snaps out of it when Rusev is heard yelling at her through the door.
Before Sting vs. Big Show, we catch up with The Authority. Big Show vows to solve the Sting problem and assures The Authority that heโs โgot this.โ
Itโs time for our Main Event, 19 years in the making. Big Show vs. Sting!
Complete with classic intro!
Sting decides to wrestle in a t-shirtโฆ.
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But still ends up hitting Big Show with a WCW Classic.
Everything is coming up Stinger until Seth Rollins interferes.
Luckily for Sting, he has a friendโฆAND HIS NAME IS JOHN CENA!
After John Cena saves Sting, Triple H makes the Main Event a Tag Team Match: Big Show and Seth Rollins vs. John Cena and Sting.
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Itโs your typical tag team match, but Sting eventually gets in the ring and gives Seth Rollins a preview of Night Of Champions.
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While John Cena drops Big Show with an AA.
Sting gets the victory for himself and John Cena by making Seth Rollins tap out to the Scorpion Deathlock!
RAW ends with John Cena and Sting standing tall, while The Authority looks disappointed in Seth Rollns.
So That Happened:
USO FUNNY
Paige, Naomi, Jimmy Uso and Tamina are at dinner. Jimmy is making jokes the whole time. Everyone already thinks heโs hysterical but Naomi thinks Jimmy should try stand-up. She wants Jimmy to explore other opportunities since the WWE is giving them all this exposure.
Backstage, Jimmy and Naomi are hanging out when Dolph Ziggler walks up. He tells Jimmy the good news. He knows someone at the world famous Laugh Factory and was able to get Jimmy Uso 3 minutes on that stage for his stand-up debut!
Labor Day weekend is also DragonCon weekend. In Atlanta, all sorts of fans converge to celebrate comics. In wrestling speak, it’s comparable to either The Royal Rumble or The RAW after Wrestlemania. All bets are off when it comes to DragonCon. And you never know what you are going to see there. And there is cosplay galore! including for wrestling!
Here is the Hart Foundation, Jim the Anvil Neidhart, complete with beard and Bret the Hitman Hart, complete with tattoos? Ah, whatever, it’s DragonCon! Continue reading
The Divas Championship and the Ghosts of Divas Past, Present and Future
I think it’s a fair to say that no one wants Nikki Bella to be WWE Divas’ Champion. Even her fan base, the Total Divas die-hards, would be way more excited to hear about an engagement ring than a fake championship title. Your average RAW audience member has been too conditioned to see the Divas’ title as a big sparkly butterfly award for the girl with the most… girlness? Smarks like you or me pretty much breathe fire every time we hear Michael Cole announce Nikki Bella as the longest reigning Divas’ Champ.
But what does that even mean? What does being champion of the Divas’ division even get you? For the modern era of fan, from the Summer of Punk and forward, the most memorable Divas Champion was AJ Lee. AJ was a fan favorite who was awarded the belt after doing amazing work in and out of ring (and the Divas divison). She was the General Manager of RAW before starting her record-breaking reign as Divas’ champ. Much like Women’s Championship holders like Chyna and Lita, the belt was almost like a reward for service in the bigger picture of the company.
Three Man Booth 