Goldust vs. Ted DiBiase Jr.: Goldust came out wearing the Million Dollar Belt, which he stashed beneath the ring while shushing the crowd before DiBiase came out in anger, demanding to know where the belt was. As he started to look around the opposite side of the ring, Goldust went after him. Things went back and forth for a little while at a good pace before Goldust got the pin with a twisting sort of suplex slam like the one seen on Raw recently. After the match was over, he laid the belt out on the mat and licked it, and then on the way to the back he gave a quick kiss to a female security person who followed each wrestler to the ring and back. WINNER: Goldust in about 8 minutes.

Zack Ryder vs. Mason Ryan: I had no idea who Mason Ryan was and it was tough to hear his name at first, but I was able to figure it out online after getting back home. He's currently the FCW champion and had been in the UK version of Gladiators in 2009. He's a fairly big guy, cut a bit like Batista, and in this match he used the basic big man moves. Kind of tough to tell how far along he is but he seemed decent enough in defeating Ryder with what looked like something very close to the Black Hole Slam used by Abyss. Perhaps we'll see him on NXT soon? We all know how Vince likes his men big (ahem). WINNER: Ryan in about 7 minutes.

The Bellas came out for a few minutes and schmoozed with the crowd. They did a little trivia, asking a kid who the WWE champ was. The kid said Sheamus. Then another one came up with John Cena. Finally the third kid got it right, saying Randy Orton. Ah, live events.

Nexus (Heath Slater and Justin Gabriel w/David Otunga) vs. Santino Marella and Vladimir Kozlov: It took a few minutes for this one to start because the anonymous Raw general manager interrupted to inform ring announcer Justin Roberts of a stipulation that there would be a dance-off that the fans would judge. Very predictably, Santino and Kozlov went first and got the crowd going with their moves, which is always funny to watch. Otunga and Gabriel then started to dance a little before Slater left the ring to grab a mic and complain about how stupid the whole thing was, refusing to go through with it. One guess who the fans deemed the winners. Once the match began, Otunga went to the floor. Santino started out against Gabriel and there was a bit of horsing around by Santino, including teasing the Cobra. Before long, Kozlov took control against Slater, then he tagged Santino back in. Action soon went outside the ring, where Otunga got a few licks in on Kozlov with the ref distracted before Gabriel and Slater used quick tags to their advantage. At one point Gabriel got Kozlov up for a bodyslam before Santino got the hot tag. It wasn't long before Otunga interfered again, leading to a jumping neckbreaker by Slater and the 450 Splash by Gabriel on Santino for the pin. WINNERS: Gabriel and Slater in about 13 minutes.

William Regal vs. Ezekiel Jackson: Jackson played babyface in this one. Before the start of the match, Regal tore into Jackson on the mic, saying he was devastated that Jackson would be so ungrateful as to ask for a match with him after everything they did in ECW (which he said only 16 people watched). He went on to say Jackson looked weak and feeble, pathetic. Regal attacked Jackson, but moments later Jackson turned it around and made Regal submit with the Torture Rack. After Jackson went to the back and Regal got to his feet, he stood in the middle of the ring for a few moments looking upset, then left while shaking his finger a few times as if to say "just this once." Typical quick squash match but they may be working Jackson back into things slowly. WINNER: Jackson in about 1 minute.

CM Punk vs. R-Truth: On the way to the ring, Punk stopped and stood in front of a kid for about 30 seconds while the kid laid into him verbally. Punk crouched to lean over a bit along the way, then went "boo" before continuing along to circle the outside of the ring and mess with a few more fans. Once he got on the mic he did the usual "I'm better than all of you" spiel and said he's beaten up everyone on Smackdown (naming the Undertaker and Big Show but also Arn and Ole Anderson, which seemed strange) so he came to beat up Raw next. Then he said, "I can beat up anyone here" and pointed to a few in the crowd before issuing an open dare, saying he'd make whoever came out go to sleep. R-Truth's music hit and he danced his way to the ring. During the intro, Punk sat next to Justin Roberts while looking bored. R-Truth played to the crowd before tossing his shirt into the seats. Punk teased doing the same with his shirt only to fake the throw and lob it to Roberts instead. R-Truth then took the shirt, put it on for a moment to a chorus of boos, then took it off, laid it in the center of the ring and came off the ropes for a leaping punch on it to the delight of the crowd. Once things got underway, Punk was mostly in control early, thwarting R-Truth's comebacks here and there. At about the 10-minute mark, they knocked each other down and both got back up at nine. Then a little more back-and-forth action ended up with R-Truth falling to the GTS. Punk is quality when it comes to working a crowd, no doubt about it. WINNER: CM Punk in about 12 minutes.

John Morrison vs. Daniel Bryan for the United States Championship: Morrison came out to a bigger pop. Bryan offered a handshake to start, which Morrison accepted. Lots of technical mat wrestling early before a test of strength that led to Morrison flipping Bryan over onto his back. Their hands remained locked and Morrison was flipped over next as they broke, but he landed on his feet before Bryan was sent outside. The crowd was still behind Morrison, and Bryan shook hands with him again upon getting back in. More mat holds and reversals led to Morrison going outside soon after. They hooked up again and Bryan methodically went to work on Morrison's left arm, snapping it over his shoulder multiple times along with bending it this way and that on the mat. I kept waiting for a "boring" chant but to the crowd's credit they didn't go there. After a few near falls, Bryan led into a knee following a hop-up and leap off the top rope, going back to the left arm again before missing a flip off the top while landing on his feet. Both men went down after hitting each other coming off the ropes. They each got up at the count of nine. There were punches back and forth before Morrison got a few signature moves in that led into Starship Pain, which he missed when Bryan rolled out of the way. Bryan followed with the LeBell Lock but couldn't hook it in completely, as Morrison managed to escape it before a couple more near falls led into Bryan coming out on top thanks to a roll-up into a seated pin. While Bryan caught his breath in the corner, Morrison came over and gave him a hand back up before leaving. A solid match, but the crowd was pretty lukewarm toward Bryan. WINNER: Bryan in about 14 minutes.

Intermission, including the Bellas tossing shirts to the crowd.

Wade Barrett vs. Mark Henry: There was good heat for Barrett. Henry was in control early until following Barrett outside, which he paid for. Barrett soon went to work on Henry's left arm, but the World's Strongest Man fought back briefly. Barrett then hit a flying elbow off the second rope before taunting the crowd. Barrett sized up a couple left-handed punches on Henry before a right, and then he went back to the arm. The crowd got behind Henry, who got to his feet with Barrett on his back. He squashed the Nexus leader in the corner and then hit him with a clothesline. At that point, The Nexus came out and distracted Henry and the ref while Barrett exposed a turnbuckle. He ran Henry into it twice before setting up for a spinning DDT off the top for the pin (no Wasteland, which was probably a good call considering how awkward it looked on TV the last time Barrett tried it on Henry). WINNER: Barrett in about 8 minutes.

Alicia Fox and Maryse vs. Eve and Melina: There was a big pop for Melina. Eve and Maryse got in each other's faces to start before all four briefly went at it. Fox and Maryse teased leaving but were brought back in the hard way. They teamed up on Eve for a bit before Fox got knocked into Maryse, sending her to the floor. That led to Melina getting the hot tag and she worked on Fox briefly before scoring the fall with her back arched over Fox during the pin. Fox and Maryse teased dissension on the way to the back. WINNERS: Melina and Eve in about 7 minutes.

Sheamus vs. Randy Orton in a Steel Cage Match for the WWE Championship: There were massive cheers for The Viper. It was a real back-and-forth match all the way, with neither wrestler getting the advantage for long. They began with a tie-up that worked its way around the ropes, then traded attacks briefly before Sheamus stomped Orton in the corner. Orton then turned the tables and gave it right back, leading into a clothesline and a missed knee drop that shifted things back to Sheamus. Sheamus wound up between the ropes and the cage, leading into him taking a dropkick against the cage. Back inside the ropes, Sheamus reversed a DDT and tossed Orton into the same spot of the cage. Sheamus tried to climb out but Orton stopped him before being reversed into the ropes, taking a knee, a few kicks and a backbreaker across Sheamus’ knee for a two count. Sheamus was then run into the cage before Orton suffered the same. Then Orton sent Sheamus into the steel a few more times prior to going down courtesy of a double axe handle by the Celtic Warrior. Orton recovered in time to stop Sheamus from crawling out of the open door, but he took a suplex for two. Things slowed briefly around the 10-minute mark but picked up again as both wrestlers knocked each other down. Sheamus charged into the corner before taking a pair of clotheslines, a powerslam and a belly-to-belly suplex from Orton. But Sheamus came back again for another backbreaker. He then missed the Brogue Kick into the ropes, leading into Orton hitting the DDT off the second rope. Sheamus then blocked an RKO and hit the Brogue Kick a second time for two. He set up Orton for the High Cross, intending to throw him into the cage, but Orton slipped out. Nexus ran out and began to climb the cage, giving Sheamus a chance to go for an escape over the top on the opposite side, but Orton got away from the distraction in time to stop him before hitting the RKO for the pinfall to retain the title. This was a great match with constant action nearly the entire way. WINNER: Orton in about 15 minutes.

After the match was over Nexus (Barrett, Otunga, Gabriel and Slater; John Cena was not there) entered the cage and surrounded Orton before attacking him. Goldust and Daniel Bryan ran out to help and moments later Mark Henry, Vladimir Kozlov and Ezekiel Jackson joined them to make it a pretty unique six-on-four. I think Jackson saw more action here than he did in his own match. The rest of Nexus was soon sent out, leaving Barrett alone with the rest. Henry grabbed Barrett and pushed him toward Orton, who closed things with another RKO. The others left to let Orton celebrate.

All told, there was about 85 minutes of actual wrestling along with the intros and intermission. Good times for a little under $30!