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Raw GM Announces Schedule Change

We received an email from the Raw General Manager as Michael Cole came out to relay it. Merry Christmas from WWE folks! Cole announced a card change with John Cena vs. Wade Barrett in a steel cage and WWE champion The Miz vs. Randy Orton. It was supposed to be a Four Way bout for the WWE title.

John Cena defeated Wade Barrett in a Steel Cage Match

The Raw GM emailed to announce that if anyone from Nexus interfered, Barrett would be suspended. Huge pop for Cena’s entrance. By far, the biggest reaction of the night. Barrett tried to run up the cage and escape immediately but Cena stopped him, rammed him into the buckles and suplexed him for a two count. Cena whipped Barrett into the corner but was caught with an elbow as he charged in. Barrett peppered him with punches. Barrett tried to throw Cena into the cage but Cena blocked it. Cena nailed a pumphandle slam for a two count. Cena tried to escape but Barrett cut him off and worked him over. Barett nailed Cena with a series of punches, then covered him for a two count. Barrett locked on a rear chinlock. Cena got to his feet but Barrett held on. Cena climbed up the corner but Barrett dropped down and elevated Cena on his shoulders for the Electric Chair for a two count. Barrett worked over Cen a with several elbows but Cena came back with a sideslam for a two count. Cena missed a charge in the corner and bounced off. Barrett tossed Cena facefirst into the cage for a two count. He tossed Cena into the cage and started to climb out. Barrett changed his mind and tossed Cena into the cage again. Cena caught up to him at the top of the cage. They battled on the top turnbuckle and Cena bulldogger Barrett into the ring for a two count. The crowd began rallying Cena. They exchanged punches in the center of the ring. Cena got the better of the exchange. They nailed each other with a double clothesline. Cena began crawling to the door but Barrett lapped him and made it out. Cena pulled him back in before he could reach the floor, but was kicked off and covered for a two count. Barrett tried to walk out but Cena attacked him. Barrett caught Cena with the Black Hole Slam for a two count. They jockeyed for position and Barrett was tossed into the cage. Cena collapsed, trying to regain his strength. Cena nailed several shouldeblocks and the five knuckle shuffle. Cena went for the Attitude Adjustmen. Barrett cut him off and sent him into the cage. The fans chanted for Cena to make the comeback and they got their wish.

The web-team and forum members of wade-barrett.com would like to wish everyone happy holidays as well as a merry and happy Christmas! Thank you so much for visiting and supporting the site throughout 2010, which will be known as Wade Barrett‘s breakout year, and here’s to 2011 – the year of even more success from the future WWE Champion!

Screen-capture source: FCW Television – December 20, 2009

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AUSTIN, TX – John Cena comes to the ring to celebrate a “Nexus-Free” Raw after his win over Wade Barrett last night at the Tables, Ladders, and Chairs pay-per-view. Video clips are shown of last night’s final moments of the Chairs match. Cena is interrupted by Vickie Guererro and Dolph Ziggler, and a series of jokes on Vickie turn into threats. The Raw GM then makes a match between Cena and Ziggler.

John Cena d. Dolph Ziggler

After the match, CM Punk comes into the ring and he hits John Cena with a chair and leaves the ring.

Cena is not in a good mood any more as he looks at the stage and wonders what just happened.

We go to commercial.

We are back and we have a Moments Ago Moment of the final moments of the match between John Cena and Dolph Ziggler.

Josh Mathews tries to get a word from CM Punk outside the arena. Punk says that Cena only understands aggression. Punk gave Cena a taste of his own medicine after what happened to Wade Barrett the night before in the Chairs match. Punk drives away.

(EDITING NOTE: As there were no appearances by Wade Barrett and the Nexus this week on Raw, digitals and screencaps are on a holiday hiatus until next week’s show!)

WWE.com features Wade Barrett as the December 20th Superstar of the Day; a very well-deserved choice considering his hard-fought battle at the Tables, Ladders, and Chairs pay per view! Wade Barrett has been spotlighted in this category five other times in 2010 – on November 21st ,October 25th, September 19th, August 2nd, and July 5th.

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HOUSTON, TX —Mere hours before he would step in the ring to face John Cena in a Chairs Match, Wade Barrett made his cruel intentions clear at the expense of Santino Marella & Vladimir Kozlov. Brutalizing the WWE Tag Team Champions with a steel chair following their disqualification victory over Nexus members Heath Slater & Justin Gabriel, the vicious Englishman sent a direct message to John Cena — their battle later in the night would be a war.

Justin Gabriel & Heath Slater vs. WWE Tag Team Champions Santino Marella & Vladimir Kozlov

The underhanded act was yet another example of the brutal lengths The Nexus is willing to go to in order to make an impact. After losing their WWE Tag Team Titles to Marella & Kozlov on the Dec. 6 edition of Raw, Slater & Gabriel should have been focused on getting their slimy hands back on the championships. But tonight wasn’t about title glory, it was about putting fear into John Cena.

With Nexus brutes Husky Harris & Michael McGillicutty causing a disqualification after blatantly attacking Kozlov, the four members of the yellow and black horde immediately swarmed on the WWE Tag Team Champions and began to tear them apart. And then Wade Barrett entered.

Stalking to the ring with a steel chair in his clenched fist, Barrett looked like a man intent on raising hell and did just that, battering the hapless tag team with vicious whacks from the chair. Standing above the fallen bodies, the Englishman exuded an air of supreme confidence that seemed to form a much-needed solidarity in The Nexus.

After weeks of uncertainty and infighting, the band of rebels looks to be more focused than ever and they are coming for John Cena.

Chairs Match – Wade Barrett vs. John Cena

Six months ago, The Nexus made their infamous debut by brutalizing John Cena in a reprehensible attack that shocked the WWE Universe. Tonight, the newly rehired Superstar struck back in a major way, destroying Nexus leader Wade Barrett in a vicious Chairs Match before burying the malicious Englishman under a pile of steel to bring a definitive end to the most heated rivalry of the year.

In a match where the usage of steel chairs was completely legal, the underhanded Barrett had a distinct advantage. After all, when it comes to cruelty, few Superstars are as sadistic as the Nexus leader. The Englishman displayed this mean streak throughout much of the bout, battering Cena with an endless amount of punishing chair shots. But the powerhouse would not be denied and he fought back against Barrett, finally destroying his rival with a devastating Attitude Adjustment onto six steel chairs. (Read more)

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