Cena - Thanks guys. They’re right - everything’s bigger in Texas. Seven weeks ago, a group named the Nexus, without any warning at all, attacked and took over Raw - destroying everything in its path. Nobody was safe. They did this for reasons known only to them - point is, for 7 weeks, if they wanted you hurt, you got hurt. Until last Monday. FINALLY THE RAW SUPERSTARS SAID WE’VE HAD ENOUGH! Standing side by side, friends, enemies, it didn’t matter. We have one common goal - at Summerslam, we face Nexus, WE BEAT NEXUS, WE END NEXUS! They’ve been running Raw because people think they’re invincible - we will defeat them and you will see that they are not invincible. The more they terrorize Raw, the more power they get, and with power, comes influence, and with more influence, they’re gonna take over this show. And if they do, that may be the end of Monday Night Raw. I’m not saying it’s gonna be easy, my team isn’t the Super Friends, I’m not Super Man. I’m more Aqua Man. Jericho and Edge aren’t Batman and Robin, and even the thought of Khali in Wonder Woman’s outfit is wrong. I Photoshopped it - it was disturbing. We don’t have to be the Justice League - everyone was chosen for a reason, and at Summerslam, my team will hit the ring and my team will… (Jericho comes out) Jericho is on that team!
Crowd - Y2J! Y2J! Y2J!
Jericho - I was standing backstage and counting the seconds until you said what I knew you would say - MY TEAM! JOHN CENA’S TEAM! All week long, people have been saying they’re excited that I’m on Cena’s team - I want to make something perfectly clear to you and these hypocrites here. I did not get involved in this to be a part of Cena’s team. I didn’t get involved to bask in the glory of a hero or shamelessly pander to a group of parasites. I got involved because of my personal problems with Wade Barrett - a man I molded and shaped from the moment he came into this company. A man who was indirectly influenced by me to create Nexus. I know how better, so THIS IS MY TEAM.
Cena - FINE, IT’S YOUR TEAM. Call us whatever you want. The Lion Tamers. The Fozzy-a-thons, WHATEVER, I JUST WANT TO BEAT NEXUS!
Jericho - Don’t you dare patronize me. Cena, THIS TEAM LIVES OR DIES ON MY WHIMS. YOU DO WHAT I WANT, FOLLOW ME… (mic is slapped out of his hand)
Cena - Let’s get this straight right now - it ain’t about you. Or me. It’s about this damn business! Don’t you get it? NEXUS HAS TAKEN OVER THE COMPANY. THEY GET WHATEVER THEY WANT. YOU DON’T LIKE ME? YOU LOVE THE DAMN BUSINESS. THAT’S WHY WE DO THIS! DO YOU UNDERSTAND WHAT I’M SAYING TO YOU RIGHT NOW!? YOU’RE A MAN AND IT’S GUT CHECK TIME. WE GOTTA DO THINGS WE DON’T NORMALLY DO - CO-EXIST. You know Barrett better than anyone - Jericho, you are essential to this team.
Jericho - First of all, don’t ever knock this mic out of my hand again. Second of all, I know how essential I am to this team. I know better than anyone here that the only chance you have to beat Nexus is if you have the best in the world fighting beside you. I know more than that because I see the big picture, and Nexus isn’t the only threat to this company. There’s another one, and his name is John Cena. Because you’re more like Nexus than you think. You walk around doing what you want to do, saying what you want to say - the only difference is you do it with the support of these drones. These people that you dance around like a puppet for. At Summerslam, once Nexus is gone for good, I’m gonna turn my sights on the other threat. I’m gonna get rid of you, Cena. I’m either gonna do it with the help of my team, or by myself. But I’m gonna do it. Do you understand?
Cena - I’m standing right here, take your best shot. (e-mail beeps)
Cole - I’VE RECEIVED AN E-MAIL! AND I QUOTE - Cena, Jericho, your match against the Nexus at Summerslam will now be an elimination match. The team that eliminates all the members of the opposing team will be victorious, and in a preview of Summerslam, the Nexus will face 7 Raw superstars in an elimination match tonight. The match at Summerslam is all about teamwork, and tonight, let’s see how you John and you Chris, function as a team against opponents of my choosing. And if you’re not down with that, I’VE GOT TWO WORDS FOR YOU!
King - WHO WOULDN’T BE DOWN WITH SEEING CENA TEAM WITH JERICHO TONIGHT!?
King - I’ve never seen a man rise to the top as quickly as Sheamus, and he’s got the gold on his shoulder to prove it. He’s the future of WWE.
Cole - He’s the present, too!
Cole - ORTON IS THE WWE’S APEX PREDATOR AND THE WWE TITLE IS ON HIS MENU!
Edge - The GREAT Khali? Really? He’s big, but he’s clumsy and uncoordinated! I wish you were on my team. (to Ted)
Maryse - Plus, you can’t understand him when he talks!
Cole - I’VE RECEIVED AN E-MAIL. I’ve found the team that will challenge Cena and Jericho - it will be the United States Champion, the Miz, and the WWE Champion, Sheamus.
Khali - YOU AND ME. NOW!
Edge - FINE, AND IF I BEAT YOU, YOU’RE OFF THE TEAM. TRANSLATE THAT!
(as Nexus surrounds Khali)Girl - COME ON KHALI!
Crowd - KHALI! KHALI!
Sign - NEXUS GET OUT OF TEXAS!
Crowd - GOLDUST! GOLDUST!
Cole - EVAN BOURNE, THE LONE REMAINDER! Member of team Raw!
Sign - TEXAS AGAINST NEXUS!
Barrett - What you just witnessed was an act of total domination. The Nexus has always been 100% behind a common purpose, but Cena’s team? Or Jericho’s team? THE CRACKS ARE ALREADY STARTING TO SHOW. AND THOSE CRACKS ARE CAUSED BY THEIR OWN EGOS AND AGENDAS!
And I assure you, come Summerslam, those cracks will destroy the foundation of that team.
Skip - Cena, you have a team of individuals without a singular focus. No member of your team is willing to sacrifice themselves for the betterment of the group like we would do. Like we have done. What you are looking at is the Nexus! AND WE ARE UNBREAKABLE!
Tarver - SUMMERSLAM WILL BE NO DIFFERENT THAN WE DID HERE TONIGHT. WE WILL ELIMINATE THE OPPOSING TEAM UNTIL THERE’S ONLY ONE MEMBER LEFT, AND CENA, I HOPE IT’S YOU SO WE CAN TAKE OUR TIME AND RIP YOU APART AND EVERYONE HERE HAS HAD THEIR FILL. WE WILL POUNCE AND PUT YOU OUT OF YOUR MISERY, AND THEN FOR YOU, IT’LL BE OVER. IN MORE WAYS IN ONE!
Sheamus - That’s two weeks in a row now you’ve tried to cash in that contract. Well let me explain something to you - it’s never gonna happen. YOU’RE DREAMING, LAD. THER’ES NO CHANCE YOU CAN EBAT ME. Think you can? Then you name the time and place and I’ll leave ya black and blue.
Miz - HOW ABOUT TONIGHT!? How about immediately after we face Cena and Jericho! I WIN, THROW YOU IN THE RING, CENA HITS YOU WITH THE ATTITUDE ADJUSTMENT, JERICHO DOES THE WALLS, YOU’RE SCREAMING THAT YOU CAN’T TAKE ANYMORE PAIN FELLA, AND I HIT THE SKULL CRUSHING FINALE AND WALK OUT HERE AS WWE CHAMPION!
Sheamus - Keep pushing me and I’ll make ya regret it…(slaps case out of his hand)
King - I’m glad I’m back in time for the divas match, but I don’t think I’ll be able to enjoy it. I’ve got a throbbing headache.
Truth - Jo Mo fo Sho! That’s my dawg!
Cole - King, any advice for Mr. Truth?
King - It’s all about the numbers. You’ve gotta eliminate a member of Nexus first!
Truth - Look at Jo Mo go!
Cole - WE’VE GOT A MATCH WITH TWO TEAMS OF INCOMPATIBLE PARTNERS!
Cole - THIS MATCH HAS THE MAKINGS OF A DISASTER!
Cole - King, you should know about egos.
King - Yeah, I set next to one each week that’s so big it needs its own ZIP code.
Cole - Oh, I thought you meant when you were with J.R.