December 3 , 2012 Monday Night RAW results The December 3 , 2012 Edition of RAW is a Professional wrestling television show of the WWE ' s RAW brand , which took place on December 3 , 2012 at Greensboro Coliseum in Greensboro , North Carolina . Summary . Carols are in the air , snow is falling and Clark Griswold is conducting some cockamamie scheme with his Christmas lights in that new commercial , so you know what that means : The holiday season is officially upon us . And appropriately enough , Raw kicked off in North Carolina with a bona fide Christmas miracle … Team Hell No agreed on something ! And no , it wasn ' t their favorite brand of eggnog , what decorations to put on their tree or even which WWE Brawlin ' Buddy they wanted as a stocking stuffer this year . What finally brought the demented duo together in holiday harmony was their mutual hatred of the trio called The Shield . So when Kane and Daniel Bryan took to the ring in Greensboro , it was grave tidings all around when they called out Dean Ambrose , Seth Rollins & Roman Reigns following the triumvirate ' s beatdown of the Tag Team Champions last Monday on Raw . " You claim to fight against injustice , " Kane roared , taunting The Shield from their perch in a skybox . " Well why don ' t you come down here right now and we ' ll give you something to fight about ? " But Christmas didn ' t come early for the bickering bros , because what they got instead was The Prime Time Players , who strutted their way down the ramp for a tag team contest against the champions . The bout was incredibly one - sided in the beginning , with Team Hell No operating like a well - oiled machine and leaving no breathing room for the beleaguered Prime Time Players . Even as The Shield , one by one , began to leave their post in the skybox and take up positions in the crowd , the champions remained perfectly in sync . The challengers managed to create some separation , but as Ambrose and Reigns began to creep closer and closer toward the ring , Kane & Bryan ' s momentum began to stall ever so slightly as they searched frantically for a sign of Rollins ' whereabouts in between bursts of offense against The Prime Time Players . Titus O ' Neil capitalized , surging back against Kane and leaving The Devil ' s Favorite Demon reeling in the wake of his power strikes . The Big Red Monster had enough left in the tank to tag in Daniel Bryan , who nearly sealed the contest by trapping Darren Young in the " No ! " Lock until O ' Neil broke up the hold and The Shield finally materialized around the ring . While the interlopers closed in , " Mr . No Days Off " struck once more , throwing Bryan into Kane and rolling up the submission technician , but Bryan reversed the roll - up into one of his own to secure the win . Now , ordinarily , this would be the moment when Team Hell No crumbled into chaos and some kind of horrifying fight broke out between the Tag Team Champions . But they didn ' t even get the chance to do so because The Shield attacked immediately . The trio trapped Kane ' s arm in the crook of the steel steps and executed the triple powerbomb on an overwhelmed Bryan , disappearing from whence they came while Kane came to his fallen partner ' s aid . Call it the Diva David and Goliath : AJ Lee has defeated Tamina Snuka . Following Tamina ' s sneak attack of the former Raw General Manager at Survivor Series , the incomparable Miss Lee pulled off a showstopping upset in the Greenboro Coliseum , tapping into her inner hellion and withstanding Tamina ' s powerful offense with the stamina of a veteran . Tamina showed AJ no quarter , manhandling her for minutes on end until AJ struck , rolling Tamina up while she prepared for the Superfly Splash . The win left Vickie Guerrero ' s seemingly self - appointed muscle stewing in the ring , but AJ didn ' t stick around to see what came next , retreating up the ramp with her health intact and a win under her belt . And so we enter day 379 of CM Punk ' s WWE Championship reign , and to emphasize his point of the week , The Second City Saint went to the books to highlight the WWE Universe ' s egregious disrespect of his accomplishments . Specifically , Punk and Paul Heyman pried open the new WWE Encyclopedia and brought Punk ' s latest accomplishment as champion to light : As of midnight , Punk will surpass John Cena as the longest - reigning WWE Champion of the past 25 years . " Now you ' re gonna have to agree with me when I say to you that CM Punk is not only your champion , not only The Best in the World , but there is no argument that CM Punk shouldn ' t be front and center on WWE ' s version of Mt . Rushmore , " Heyman sneered before Punk took the mic for himself . Despite surpassing the WWE ' s resident Superman on the championship chart , Punk claimed he was still unfairly persecuted and unjustly denied the proper reverence as WWE Champion , including an apparently measly entry in the encyclopedia itself . The latest injustice perpetrated upon him — being forced to defend his title against Ryback in a Tables , Ladders & Chairs Match — was just a testament to how high the deck has been stacked against him by the likes of the WWE Universe . They were the ones , Punk spewed , who turned their back on him at the drop of a hat and continue to vilify him at every turn , causing WWE management to place Punk in insurmountable situations that endangered his reigns . " The truth , " Punk said , " is if it wasn ' t for me , none of you would be here today . . . if it wasn ' t for me , you people would have nothing to look forward to on these dismal , three - hour Monday Night Raws . " But just as Punk was daring the assembled crowd to leave the arena if they couldn ' t accept his truths , he found his tirade cut off by the most awesome of gatecrashers . Mic in hand and resplendent in his suit , The Miz emerged from backstage and gave the Greensboro faithful an alternative : " Sit down and enjoy yourselves . " And then , he went on the attack . " Everyone knows that Brad Maddox was in your back pocket at Hell in a Cell . Everyone knows The Shield bailed you out at Survivor Series . And last week , if The Shield didn ' t bail you out again , Ryback would ' ve fed himself some Punk . " Having challenged Punk ' s credibility but unwilling to scuff his top - dollar kicks , The Miz presented Punk with a unique challenge : to defend his reputation not in the ring , but on " Miz TV " courtesy of a lie detector test ( co - signed by the county sheriff ' s department ) that would determine whether Punk truly had any association with The Shield or rogue referee Maddox . The Voice of the Voiceless balked at the idea at first , but as always , Miz wasn ' t about to allow anyone get the last word in over him . " That is exactly what I want , " Miz roared . " You with a live mic . . . me with a live mic . Bring your best pipe bomb ! I am giving you exactly what you want : a chance to clear your name , to cement your legacy . . . or maybe you ' d rather walk around with an asterisk next to every single one of your accomplishments , including your 379 day title reign . " Needless to say , that did the trick . Sufficiently goaded , Punk agreed to take the test , with one final catch : after he passes and proves himself to be The Best in the World , Miz , along with the world , would have to admit it . There are big tag team matches , and then there are big tag team matches . It ' s fair to say the marquee tag contest that unfolded in Greensboro fell in the latter category when John Cena & Sheamus joined forces against the formidable duo of Dolph Ziggler & World Heavyweight Champion Big Show . Stemming from their four - way brawl last Friday on SmackDown , the Superstars picked right up where they left off and didn ' t hold back from the get - go . Sheamus and Ziggler started the contest off , with The Celtic Warrior unleashing a barrage of shoulders and kicks , and Ziggler using his agility to counter and create breathing room . Cena tagged in quickly , though , and locked The Showoff up in a headlock to continue his budding rivalry with Mr . Money in the Bank . After a brief reversal , Cena began to mount momentum against The Showoff , sending Ziggler airborne with a series of hiptosses until Ziggler countered and summoned Big Show from his post on the apron . Given his history with Cena , the giant was all too happy to oblige his partner . Cena attempted to take Big Show down with his flying shoulderblocks , but he might as well have been trying to take down a brick wall . Show withstood Cena ' s attacks without so much as a flinch and proceeded to manhandle the 10 - time WWE Champion , scoring a near - fall after Cena ' s attempt at a powerslam went sour . The Showoff tagged back in with Cena down and laced into his opponent ' s prone torso with a barrage of elbows , but the Cenation leader was able to dodge Ziggler ' s flying forearm and tag in a fresh Sheamus from the corner . Ziggler reached Big Show at the same time , and what unfolded next was something out of a 1950s monster movie . Sheamus rampaged into the match with untamed fury , felling Big Show with power strikes and even knocking the giant off his feet . The World ' s Largest Athlete retaliated quickly , though , cutting the battering ram off mid - leap with a spear . After tenderizing The Celtic Warrior , Show called for Ziggler , and The Showoff went to work against Sheamus , looking to put The Celtic Warrior away with a headlock . Sheamus replied with an Irish Curse and , sensing the time was right , called Cena back in from the corner . Cena ' s onslaught was swift and merciless , unleashing a wave of offense before hoisting Ziggler up for the Attitude Adjustment . Before Cena could put Ziggler away , Big Show broke up the maneuver by kicking the Cenation leader in his injured knee . Sheamus stormed back at this sign of trouble , heaving Big Show up for White Noise while Cena caught Ziggler again and executed the AA , scoring the deciding pinfall on Mr . Money in the Bank to bring the epic contest to an end . With enough brains in his head to match the intellect of the three wise men , Damien Sandow ' s crusade of enlightenment brought him to the bowels of the Greensboro Coliseum , where " The Duke of Decency " expanded his search net in the hunt for his very own apprentice . " For what has felt like eternity , I have attempted to help all of you — an attempt that has proven itself to be futile , " Sandow lamented . " However , as your intellectual savior , I cannot and will not abandon you . " And so it was that Sandow reached into the unwashed masses and hand - selected yet another provincial member of the WWE Universe who may yet prove a worthy student . And so it was that , yet again , the prospective pupil faltered in the face of Sandow ' s tricky third question ( " Which English Romantic poet wrote the opening line , ' Much have I traveled in the land of gold ' ? " ) . The poor guy hadn ' t brushed up on his John Keats , sadly , and was summarily dismissed by The Enlightened One , with a " You ' re welcome " for good measure . But while Sandow ' s search for an acolyte continues , Sandow had no problem finding himself a foe for the evening after Santino Marella emerged and tossed some insults of his own toward " The Emperor of Enlightenment . " The two exchanged a brief back - and - forth before Sandow hit The Italian Stallion with a cheap shot and a contest began in earnest . While Sandow may have disparaged the former U . S . Champion ' s mental prowess , he certainly underestimated The Milan Miracle ' s in - ring prowess . Santino left Sandow disheveled and worn down in his opening surge , but The Enlightened One struck back with the Elbow of Disdain . Sandow found himself in a tight spot when The Italian Stallion surged back and brought forth the Cobra , but mat awareness enabled Sandow to rob Santino of his signature weapon . After dodging a last - ditch flying headbutt from The Milan Miracle , The Intellectual Savior of the Masses dismissed Santino with Terminus , ending his night on a hard - fought high note . Alberto Del Rio vs . Sin Cara is the gift that keeps on giving , WWE Universe . The Essence of Excellence clashed once again with his mystifying foil in a renewal of their high - octane bouts that saw the opulent Del Rio stand tall in victory this time around . As always with Sin Cara , though , there were plenty of thrills and close calls along the way for The Mexican Aristocrat . After an early opening surge from Del Rio , Sin Cara bounced back with a pair of hiptosses that segued seamlessly into an armbar from The International Sensation . Del Rio rallied with ferocity , leveling Sin Cara with a series of shoulders to the masked man ' s gut , but lost his momentum when Sin Cara responded with his eccentric , unpredictable offense . The two Mexican icons stood neck and neck as the contest progressed , as Sin Cara countered Del Rio ' s power strikes with whirling lucha attacks , including a hurricanrana off the apron that sent Del Rio flying into the barricade . Del Rio turned the tide when he swatted Sin Cara out of the air and sent him flying into the barricade , repaying the masked man ' s attack from earlier and leaving Sin Cara stewing in the ring . The Essence of Excellence attempted to add insult to injury when he nearly unmasked Sin Cara , following up with a belly - to - back suplex that still wasn ' t enough to put the tag team standout away . Sin Cara followed up with a thudding tornado DDT and a soaring crossbody that kept The Mexican Aristocrat down for a two count . Signaling for victory , Sin Cara prepared to put The Essence of Excellence down , but Del Rio countered with the Cross Armbreaker and forced his dynamic opponent to tap immediately . Advantage : Del Rio , but let no one say he walked away with it . Mr . McMahon was in no mood for beating around the bush when he summoned Vickie Guerrero to the ring for a meeting in which The Chairman of the Board took his Managing Supervisor to task over the way Raw ' s been run for the last couple of weeks … and instigated some interesting stipulations going forward . Vickie pushed for John Cena vs . Dolph Ziggler at WWE TLC : Tables , Ladders & Chairs , but Mr . McMahon wouldn ' t have it . Showing no patience for excuses or shortcuts , Mr . McMahon floated a unique " request " toward Vickie : What would happen if John Cena and Dolph Ziggler fought at TLC in a Ladder Match ? And what , exactly , would happen if the prize at stake in that Ladder Match was none other than Ziggler ' s Money in the Bank contract for the World Heavyweight Championship ? Vickie balked somewhat at this sudden endangerment of her former client ' s prized possession , saying , " Cena could gain everything and Ziggler could lose anything . It ' s not fair . " But The Chairman wasn ' t buying it , calling the stipulation punishment for Vickie and Dolph ' s pursuance of the " AJ scandal . " " Don ' t you think you owe them something more than just an apology ? Like making this match official . " But wait , there was one more stipulation announced , this time for CM Punk ' s lie detector test on " Miz TV " : If Punk failed the test , he was lying all along . And in that case , Punk ' s de facto mouthpiece and the architect of all the chaos that ensued , Paul Heyman , would have to face Ryback next week on Raw . He has spoken . Guess who ' s back ? Like the proverbial bad penny , Brad Maddox has returned to WWE , cameraman in tow and a must - see proposal for Managing Supervisor Vickie Guerrero . Having starred in his own acclaimed reality show , " The Brad Maddox Experience " on YouTube , the rogue referee came back to Raw spoiling for a fight and looking to put some butts in the seats . Pitching himself as a must - see Monday night attraction , Maddox convinced Vickie to give him another opportunity at a WWE contract , provided he could defeat whomever Vickie picked out as his opponent . He should have probably negotiated that last part a bit better . Randy Orton was Vickie ' s Superstar of choice to face Maddox , and the upstart ' s effort bore about as much fruit as his bout against Ryback a couple of weeks ago on Raw . Maddox did get one shot in , but that just served to irritate the already surly Orton . The Viper was relentless in his dismantling of Maddox , striking immediately with the hanging DDT before unleashing the RKO to dash Maddox ' s hopes for the second time . It was ultimately The Shield who got the last word in , though , hopping the barricade and swarming The Apex Predator before leaving Orton writhing from the force of their three - pronged attack and disappearing . Now , for the good news : Maddox didn ' t end up in an ambulance this time . So he has that going for him , which is nice . Rough day at the office , huh ? Vickie Guerrero had a tough enough couple of minutes when Mr . McMahon forced her to put Dolph Ziggler ' s Money in the Bank contract on the line at WWE TLC . But that was nothing compared to what happened after The Shield ' s beatdown of Randy Orton . First , Dolph Ziggler stormed into the Managing Supervisor ' s office and seethed that Vickie was , yet again , putting his career in danger for the sake of making the show unpredictable and exciting . " You ' re becoming just like [ AJ Lee ] , " The Showoff seethed . Next up was Paul Heyman , who didn ' t have a single thing to say to Vickie . Instead , the two stared each other down for what felt like an eternity . Neither broke their stare , nor the tension , but Vickie did break the silence . " For your sake , I hope CM Punk is telling the truth . " Heyman exited with a smirk while John Cena walked in . The Cenation leader was positively beaming at the stipulation that had been added to his match at TLC , but Vickie had a retort ready for the 10 - time WWE Champion . After having the production assistants clean out the Divas ' locker room last week , she found something interesting : a pair of hair bows with Cena ' s picture in them . . . not unlike ones AJ might wear . " You just can ' t leave well enough alone , " Cena said of the discovery . Vickie had a retort for that one , too . Bringing up AJ ' s past relationships and the obsession that came with them , the Managing Supervisor laid an ominous warning at the Cenation leader ' s feet : " Those who forget the past are doomed to repeat it . " We ' re baffled . We ' re stupefied . We ' re stunned and almost literally at a loss for words . On a Raw where career trajectories were potentially altered and the WWE Championship was put up for grabs , something came to pass that we never thought we ' d ever see on WWE programming : Teddy Long unmade a tag team match . Wipe your tears away , though , WWE Universe : the indomitable Teddy actually had something much more formidable on his mind than a simple two - on - two contest when he took what was set to be a high - octane bout between Kofi Kingston & R - Truth and Antonio Cesaro & Wade Barrett and turned it into a RAWactive Fatal 4 - Way . The stipulation up for vote ? Whether Kofi ' s Intercontinental Title or Cesaro ' s U . S . Title would be on the line . Despite the unconventional circumstances , Teddy ' s instincts were on the money : The U . S . Title won in a landslide , and what unfolded was a fast , furious Fatal 4 - Way that saw the four current and former champions take each other to the brink in pursuit of the esteemed title . The biggest drama came toward the beginning of the contest , when Kofi and Truth , former Tag Team Champions , found themselves facing off one - on - one . The two kept it sportsmanlike , but Kofi seemed as though he ' d gotten the best of his old buddy before Barrett and Cesaro re - entered the contest . It didn ' t take too long for the bout to spill to the outside , but Cesaro stayed strong when he decked Kofi with the very European uppercut when The Boom Squad General went for a flying attack off the steel steps . Cesaro continued his manhandling of the Intercontinental Champion , spinning Kofi around by his leg before attempting a submission maneuver that Truth had to break up to prevent a tapout . Truth barely had a chance to mount an offensive attack against Cesaro before Barrett interrupted , sending Truth flying and exchanging thunderous blows with his fellow European brawler . Kofi re - entered the fray next , nearly pinning Cesaro until Barrett broke up the count , slamming Kofi with the Winds of Change and attempting the deciding pinfall . Truth stormed in , though , stopping the pin and removing Barrett from the match before soon finding himself at the mercy of Cesaro . Kofi came to the rescue , though , planting both Barrett and Truth . Cesaro was next to rejoin the fracas , hitting Kofi with the Alpamare Waterslide before Truth sent him tumbling over the ropes . With Kofi and Barrett alone in the ring , The Boom Squad General took the fight to his European rival . But before Kofi could unleash Trouble in Paradise , Cesaro and Truth stormed back . Barrett acted quickly , felling Truth with the Bull Hammer elbow , falling moments later to Trouble in Paradise . But while Kofi made the cover , Cesaro unleashed his trademark strength , lifting Kofi off Barrett ' s prone body , wrenching him into the Neutralizer and driving the champion down to retain his Stars - and - Stripes title . If the truth will not set you free , perhaps The Shield will . In any case , that seemed to be the prevailing lesson of CM Punk ' s highly hyped lie detector test , conducted under the bright lights of " Miz TV " in a highly controversial Q - and - A that would see Punk ' s mentor Paul Heyman placed into a match with Ryback should Punk prove a liar . The Second City Saint looked appropriately surly as The Awesome One strapped Punk to the polygraph and conducted a few " test " questions to establish a base for the test . The interrogation began innocuously enough : " Is your name CM Punk ? " ( It is . ) " Have you held the WWE Title for 379 days ? " ( He has . ) " Did Rey Mysterio shave your head bald at Over the Limit 2010 ? " Things degenerated quickly from there ( though , for the record : Yes , Mysterio shaved Punk bald at Over the Limit 2010 ) , with Miz challenging his inner Lt . Daniel Kaffee and moving from the innocent to the provocative in a matter of minutes . Punk ' s responses to the million - dollar question — is he involved with The Shield and / or Brad Maddox ? — apparently weren ' t up to snuff , as Miz ' s administrator decreed The Voice of the Voiceless might be lying . But before any kind of resolution could unfold , The Shield made their presence known yet again . Dean Ambrose , Seth Rollins & Roman Reigns mobbed the ring and dismantled the " Miz TV " set , attacking the host in the process and once again bailing Punk from his predicament . With The Miz at their mercy , The Shield looked to once again close Raw out standing tall over a fallen foe … but then who should come to the rescue but the Tag Team Champions Team Hell No . Kane & Daniel Bryan wasted no time in joining the fracas , but things looked to be going sour all the same . . . until Ryback ' s music hit . Wasting no time , the beast rushed in and attacked the triumvirate alongside the Tag Team Champions . The threesome managed to turn the tide against The Shield , driving Ambrose , Rollins and Reigns away and leaving Punk to gloat over the beaten and battered Miz . As it turns out , though , Ryback wasn ' t done . While Punk stood over his smarmy tormentor , the human wrecking machine stormed back into the ring and had his way with the WWE Champion , leaving Punk Shell Shocked and producing a ladder and a chair from beneath the ring . Ryback battered Punk with both before bringing a table into play and pummeling Punk through it , closing a tumultuous Raw . " Miz TV " : come for the jokes , stay for the unmitigated destruction .