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Thanks to reader Michael Betancourt for passing along the following live report from Raw last night. After Raw went off the air, Vince McMahon and Triple H came out for Jim Ross’ appreciation night. The locker room came out shortly and applauded Jim Ross. They aired a pre-recorded message from Jerry Lawler as well. Sheamus presented Jim Ross with a “Voice of the WWE” award. In the dark match main event Sheamus replaced John Cena to face CM Punk. Sheamus got the win via DQ.
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