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- Make sure you read the Best And Worst Of WWE Hell In A Cell 2012 before reading about Raw, or you won’t know who everyone is or what’s happened so far! (I wish wrestling worked like actual stories.)

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Before you read any further, make sure you’ve checked out The Best And Worst Of WWE Hell In A Cell 2012 so you’ll know what’s going on. There is no way to follow the program unless you read that column. Just kidding, nothing happened.

Tonight on Raw:

The WWE Universe has gone through “Hell,” and WWE is not the same as before. CM Punk is still WWE Champion, but he is a hunted man following his controversial retention over the monstrous Ryback inside Hell in a Cell. Sheamus’ World Heavyweight Championship reign is no more, brought to an unceremonious halt by two KO Punches from Big Show. Kane & Daniel Bryan are still Tag Team Champions, but tension between Team Hell No is at an all-time high. With Survivor Series less than three weeks away, what ramifications await on Raw? WWE.com has five ideas.

1. Zack Ryder will dress as Stitch from Lilo & Stitch, then say he’s, “dressed like the biggest Stitch in the WWE, you Eve Torres, except with two letters taken out and replaced by one, because I’m calling you a bitch but I don’t want us to lose our toy deal. BUT I STILL HATE WOMEN! WOO WOO WOO, YOU KNOW IT!”

2. Santino Marella will follow up his timely Lady Gaga costume and song act by dressing as Will I Am and claiming he’s one of the “Blackened Eyes Peas!” Yuks will ensue.

3. Payoffs to all the feuds you paid 50 dollars to see paid off last night.

4. More of Dolph Ziggler watching television threateningly!

5. Eve debuting her new finish, an imploding 630 splash. It … looks like you’re imagining.

As always, my 10 favorite comments from tonight’s WWE Raw open discussion thread will be featured in tomorrow’s Best And Worst Of Raw report. To nominate a comment for top 10 status, please reply to it with a +1.

CELLSHOCKED~!

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WWE Hell In A Cell 2012 airs live on pay-per-view Sunday night, October 28, and as always, With Leather has brought the funniest wrestling fans on the Internet together for a night of predictions, jokes and conversation. It’s Hell! It’s inside of a cell!

Tonight’s card:

- Hell In A Cell Match for the WWE Championship: CM Punk (c) vs. Ryback

- World Heavyweight Championship Match: Sheamus (c) vs. The Big Show

- Tag Team Championship Match: Team Hell No – Daniel Bryan (c) & Kane vs. Team Rhodes Scholars – Damien Sandow & Cody Rhodes

- Randy Orton vs. Alberto Del Rio

- Intercontinental Championship Match: Kofi Kingston (c) vs. The Miz

- Triple Threat Match for the Divas Championship: Eve Torres (c) vs. Layla vs. Kaitlyn

My 10 favorite comments from tonight’s WWE Hell In A Cell 2012 live thread will be featured in tomorrow’s Best And Worst Of WWE Hell In A Cell 2012 report. Give me that sweet SEO traffic! To nominate a comment for top 10 status, please reply to it with a +1.

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So who’s winning tonight?

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- Repost: My trip to WrestleMania XXIX is officially being planned, so if you’re anywhere near the New York/New Jersey area and want to be Wrestling Bros In The Snow with me next April, start scheduling it now.

And now, please click through to enjoy the Best And Worst Of WWE Raw for October 22, 2012.

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I hope they got their name from an old flash drive.

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- We’ve got an exclusive interview with EVE TORRES going up tomorrow on With Leather (no joke), so if you read this column, make sure you check back for it on Wednesday. It’s going to be real.

- My trip to WrestleMania XXIX is officially being planned, so if you’re anywhere near the New York/New Jersey area and want to be Wrestling Bros In The Snow with me next April, start scheduling it now.

Anyway, please click through to enjoy the Best And Worst Of WWE Raw for October 15, 2012.

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