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Seth Rollins vs. CM Punk
Raw starts of with CM Punk who says he can’t really say 2013 was his year but the people who could..would be the Shield. Shortly after the Shield makes their entrance. Dean Ambrose tries to get in CM Punk’s face, threatening to end this year with a beating. CM Punk however decides he wants to face the “best” member of the Shield tonight on Raw and asks who it will be. Ambrose immediately tells Punk he is looking forward to giving him another beating then, but Punk disagrees saying he has beat Ambrose on multiple occasions. Ambrose tries to rush at Punk but Rollins and Reigns hold him back.
Punk states that all he hears people talk about is Roman Reigns, and asks Roman if he is the best-then shouts at the big man to look at him while he is is talking. Seth then decides to pick up the loose microphone and declare that Punk is looking at the best.
Rollins and Reigns then engage in debate with each other trying to figure out which one of them will face Punk. But before they can decide Brad Maddox decides for them; he announces a match between Punk and Seth Rollins that will begin immediately.

As the match starts off it becomes clear that both men will use all their offensive against each other. Both men engage in a very back and forth contest of wills where we see Seth use his high flying splash, a power-bomb like maneuver and pull out all the stops after his initial frustration at the match start. When Seth hits his patented enziguri and it appears as though the match is won- the referee’s attention stays with an angry Ambrose who is itching to get into the ring and do damage on Punk. Seth goes for the pin and has Punk down for several seconds before the referee begins his count. By the time the referee counts it is too late and Punk gathers the strength to kick out at two and a half. An incredulous Rollins gazes at his tag team partners in disbelief at what just occurred. In the end Rollins falls victim to vicious GTS. Roman Reigns stands beside Seth glaring at CM Punk as Dean Ambrose sits on the outside of the ring with a red face looking extremely angry.

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Seth Rollins is defeated by John Cena
Both men start of the action by staring each other down and Rollins takes the first bump as he takes a fast hip toss from the former champ. Outside the ring he takes the chance to throw a bit of a temper tantrum before regrouping. Back in the ring he uses his speed to dive out of the way of Cena’s oncoming elbow. Seth nearly pulls off a couple upsets in this back and forth battle of wills between a veteran and a grade A rookie. Seth does show some frustration though as his partners attempt to will him back into the match. Cena power-bombs Seth hard nearly flipping him completely over at the height of the match. But this isn’t enough to take one over Seth and the kick-out leaves the crowd in shock. Ambrose even looking on has a massive fish eyes look on his face. Rollins pulls out an awesome high flying knee and almost catches Cena at two and a half. Rollins takes a moment after Cena’s kick-out formulate a plan in his mind and he glances at his boot and licks his lips in the anticipation at what is to come. However instead he get’s his foot caught by Cena and wrangled into an STF. He quickly uses all his power to crawl towards the ropes.
Dean Ambrose attempts to get involved into the match but is ejected by Big E and sent flying over the announce desk. Big E though get’s taken out by the spear of Roman Reigns, and the Reigns to get’s sent over the announce desk by one Mark Henry. Back in the ring Seth tries once again to catch Cena again with a high risk move but gets caught and takes an attitude adjustment. This proves to be the final straw and Cena gets the win. Both announcers comment on the caliber of the match and put Seth Rollins over huge on his ability. Crowd was invested in the whole match.

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Last week the Shield took the time to put some pre-Christmas smiles on the faces of children at the Children’s Blood and Cancer Center in Austin Texas.
All the lovely candid photos of that day have been added to the gallery!

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The Shield vs. John Cena & CM Punk

Seth enters the match against Cena and flexes his muscles against the weakened ex-champ, delivering kicks and punches the gut. Roman Reigns is tagged in and further tires out the champ nearly knocking him out with his huge flying Samoan fist. When Seth is re-tagged in and drops Cena to his knees in the corner. He watches Cena attempt to crawl to his feet and then follow up with the same move. This doesn’t pan out well for Seth and he knocks himself silly on the ring-post. However Cena rolls out of the way straight into the Shield’s corner. Seth tags in Ambrose who is able to keep Cena out of the friendly corner. At the height of the match though Punk finally gets tagged in against Seth. A fired up Punk sends Seth flying all around the ring and hangs him up on the ropes with a high knee. He then leaps on Seth and both bang into the outside barricade. He follows up his offense with a clothesline inside the ring and a big elbow after showboating on the top rope.

Punk calls for the go to sleep but Rollins makes the smart escape and Ambrose interrupts. Punk fires back with a go to sleep on both Rollins and Ambrose. Reigns breaks into that foray and all hell breaks loose once more causing the referee to ring the bell. The action doesn’t stop after the match though as the Shield is hell bent on standing tall. All three members attack Punk but Cena goes for the rescue. Cena takes out Reigns and tosses him into the barricade on the outside. He re-enters the ring and goes after Ambrose as Seth and Punk continue battling in the opposite corner. But just when Cena’s back is turned he receives the big spear. Punk is caught again by Ambrose and choked by Seth’s boot. The Shield once again turns their attention toward Cena. Cena falls victim to the triple power-bomb. Punk gets back up again and tries to catch Reigns by surprise but fails yet again. Ambrose gets in Punk’s face and the Shield shows off for the crowd. Just when it appears SmackDown will end this way Big E storms down to the ring.
Big E takes out everyone in site and almost cuts Seth in half with his shoulder in the corner. Roman Reigns renters the ring and the two stare down each other. Punk appears behind Big E with a chair and this causes Reigns and the Shield to back off for now.

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The Shield vs. CM Punk and The Usos
A slightly battered Shield arrives for this match after being announced in the ring by Shawn Michaels. Reigns is sporting a swollen eye that is very red from the previous nights battle and Rollins is wearing his own black eye. Rollins first enters the match against Jey Uso and sets him up in the corner but ends up missing with his leap and hitting his head on the turnbuckle. Jey tags in Jimmy Uso and Jimmy powers through Seth tossing him into the air and flatting him again the mat. Seth battles back by catch Jimmy with an enziguri! This allows Seth to make the tag to Ambrose. Reigns is tagged in after Ambrose and later the match comes back to Rollins. Rollins tempter begins to show as he tries to order around the official causing a cascade of boos from the fans. He then tries placing Jimmy on the top rope for a suplex but this backfires as he is tossed off and falls victim to a flying cross-body. All hell breaks loose in the match when Punk and Ambrose are tagged in and bodies go flying all over. On the outside of the ring Seth tosses one of the Usos into the barricade out of pure anger. Once the match ends up back in the ring Ambrose and Rollins take Punk’s high knees in each corner. But Punk fails to see Reigns. Reigns gets the win with the spear.