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Alex Riley out to the stage in a suit, mic in hand. Hide your kids, hide your wife, don’t change the channel, this is Monday night RAW and Miz is Champion! Punk said Riley looked like he was dressed for court – another DUI reference! He said he got to be a part of one of the most groundbreaking moments in the history of entertainment. Like our parents won’t forget what it felt like to watch Neil Armstrong walk on the moon, we’ll never forget Miz cashing in his MITB! Cole is bouncing thrilled. Riley said it’s time to party! Punk said this guy doesn’t need anymore partying his life – DUI comment #2! Riley said if you’ve been online or listening to Punk’s God awful commentary last week, you’ll know Riley isn’t afraid of a party! The fans let him have it. Punk says what’s God awful is Riley’s wrestling. Riley said he’s throwing Miz the biggest party of all time! Punk says it’s a good thing a DUI – then I couldn’t catch the last bit, something about security. Riley says tonight’s RAW is all going A-Ry and going to be awesome!

Backstage Bryan is icing. He asked a Bella about coming up during his entrance? She says she hadn’t seen him and – the other Bella up and called Bryan ‘stud’. Riley up and demands to know why they’re talking to that nerd? They’re supposed to be getting the 50 dancing girls. Riley on his cell, then off and tells them they’re not needed. Then Riley goes off on Bryan about having Miz mentor him on NXT, now he has nothing. All this could have been Bryan’s. Bryan says he’s just fine. The Bellas agreed that he’s fine. Riley says welcome to Miz-fest! Riley leaves and they all roll their eyes and talk smack.

Justin announces ‘OUR’ new WWE Champion, The Miz! He comes out is a sweet plaid suit! Cole says he feels like a father, up and cheeringly loudly. Miz says he had a huge celebration planned for tonight, but in the end, he didn’t need it. He found something that summed up the feeling of the WWE Universe of him winning. First there was shock – Of course they went to the little girl. Then anger – the little girl again. Miz says she will forever be known as the Miz Girl and he wants to thank her. She reminds me of the struggle he went thought to get there. To everybody who said he wouldn’t make it. All the people at MTV who said he’d never be a WWE Superstar, then all in the WWE and the fans who said he’d amount to nothing! To the JBL’s, to the HHH’s, the John Cena’s, to them he says this – The Miz is WWE Champion! He gets mixed for this. What about the former Champion Orton? Pop for him. Randy isn’t there due to a knee injury. Right, the only thing injured is Randy’s pride. Now he’s ashamed to show his face. He shouldn’t be because Randy’s just the first in a long list of people he’s going to demoralize, because when he says he’s going to do something, he accomplishes it. Mark his words, he’ll be the longest reigning Champion in history. If we take anything from this speech – take this – if anyone says you can’t do something, can’t live your dream – you can’t! It takes an exceptional person to live their dream and he’s just. He’s nothing like anyone there or at home. We live our lives without accomplishing anything. He’s one in a billion as he reached his dreams. Two weeks ago Piper came here, stood in this ring and said in this generation they made things happen. Piper never made anything happen. In this book, Riley holds it up. It’s the History of The WWE Championship. Piper’s not in it because he never won the WWE Championship. Steamboat’s not in it as he wasn’t Champion. The list goes on with so-called HOFers, so called Legends that never won the WWE Championship. Magnificent Murraco, Mr. Perfect.

Finally Miz heard King on a mic trying to get his attention. The fans pop for King. He comes around and says as a person who’s name is on that list, congratulations are in order. Miz is the new WWE Championship, but let’s face it, he beat a guy who’d already been attacked by seven people before he won the Title. That may make Miz clever or an opportunist, but in King’s book and everyone there, it doesn’t make him awesome.

Miz asked, really? See, that sounds like ramblings of a bitter old man. Who fought for four decades and never did what he did in one night. Cole asks if they can stop. It’s bad enough King’s been – Punk asks if everybody can stop? Cole says it’s bad enough King’s been out here downplaying Miz’s victory all night. King even called it a fluke. Can King sit down and let Miz have his moment. King says he can, but if Miz is the Champion he says he is, he’d call out someone who wasn’t beaten down by seven others and give them a Title shot. Cole tells King to stop. If he doesn’t then Miz might make an example out of him. King might be that guy. King asks if Miz heard what Cole said? Some of the guys on that list are on there because they never had a Championship opportunity. To be honest with you, he’s been there since 1993 and hasn’t had a Title Match. You know what? If Miz is the Champion Miz says he is, what about giving King a Title shot?

Miz says it’s a great idea, but he’s not interested in defending tonight. King says Miz just proved his point. He may be a Champion, but he’s not awesome. He’s a coward. Miz says King’s pathetic, someone who been with in the business for 40 years and has never gotten anything. A shell of a HOFer.

Ding-Ding! Huge heat for Cole. And I quote, “Congratulations Miz, what you did last week was impressive. But that was last week, and this is tonight. So while you may not be interested in defending the WWE Title, I am. Therefore I’m making the main event the Miz versus Jerry Lawler for the WWE Championship tonight.” “Jerry!” chants fill the arena, but Cole says there’s more. “In three weeks there’s a PPV known as TLC – Tables, Ladders And Chairs.” Cole lets out a big breath! “And I can’t think of a better way to kick off the countdown to the PPV, than by making our main event tonight not just a Championship Match, but a TLC Match.” Miz isn’t happy, King smirked, then smiles and rubs his hands. Punk says it’s great to happen on King’s Birthday!

WWE Championship TLC Match – Miz © with Riley Vs. Jerry ‘The King’ Lawler

Miz out with Riley in tow, Riley still has the MITB case. King then comes out, crown in hand. Much better than Sheamus’ crown. Punk jumps down Cole’s throat about King being a Legend and he’d better shut up!

They lock up, King into a corner. Miz tries for a cheap punch, King was ahead of him, ducked and got a punch. Miz picks up King and slams him down. King then picks up Miz and slams him to the mat. “Jerry” chants. Miz on King with punches, then stomps. King tossed out. Riley hands Miz a chair. Chair to King’s back, then again. Chair tossed in the ring. Another chair tossed in. King sent in, Miz sets up the chairs. Miz sets up for suplex into the chairs, King reverses it, but Miz misses the chairs. Backbreaker onto the chair, then a suplex to the mat. “This is awesome!” chants. Miz keeps working over King.

Riley works to get a ladder ready, but King grabs a chair and nails Miz in the back over and over and over. King out to get a ladder. Riley over and King punches him. King sends the ladder part way in, see-saws it into Miz’s face. King in with the ladder, rushes a corner, but Miz moves. They go back and forth until a King hits a back body drop on Miz onto the ladder. Riley clotheslines King. King punches Riley off the apron, through a table.

King sets up the ladder and climbs. Miz there, pushes him off. Punk yells at Miz to climb, but Miz suplexes King onto a ladder, then chair shots. Miz throws a lot of smack talk around. Miz up top, but kick drops Miz to sitting. Punches on Miz as Punk yells at Cole for rooting for Miz. King up but no superplex. King stand, pushes Miz off the corner, through a table. The fans love it.

King looks up, Cole over trying to help Miz up, but Miz won’t. Cole over, grabs King’s ankle and pulls him off. King backs Cole around in the ring, arguing. King punches Cole down, then on him with punches. Miz up top of the ladder, King up and they fight up top. King, gold to the face, King falls. Miz gets the gold.

Winner – Miz