January Week 1, Year 5

Raw

Match 1. Justin Gabriel and David Otunga vs. Triple H and ???
Triple H recruited someone to take on Gabriel and Otunga. Is it his former partner, Shawn Michaels? It was...THE ROCK! He started the match off with Otunga. Rock caught him with a Samoan drop. Shawn Michaels ran down. Gabriel speared Triple H through the barricade. Michaels hit Gabriel with Sweet Chin Music. Outside the ring, Gabriel and Otunga wore down Triple H. Otunga landed a spine buster and won.

Match 2. Ryback vs. Heath Slater

Match 3. Daniel Bryan vs. Big Show

Match 4. Chris Jericho vs. Cody Rhodes

Rhodes attacked Jericho from behind. Rhodes dominated Jericho throughout the match. After a diving cross body, Rhodes drove his knee across Jericho's face, busting him open. He then hit the Alabama Slam and Cross Rhodes, but Jericho kicked out. Jericho landed a couple of neck breakers, but Rhodes hit a second Alabama Slam and Cross Rhodes to win.

Main Event. Steel Cage - John Cena vs. Wade Barrett

Cena landed huge right hands and a fisherman suplex. Cena later hit two shoulder blocks and a spin-out slam. He then landed a belly-to-belly suplex. Cena began climbing, but Barrett pulled him down and hit Wasteland. Wade then climbed out of the cage to win.

SmackDown

Match 1. Kofi Kingston vs. Epico

Match 2. Sin Cara vs. Drew McIntyre

Match 3. Damien Sandow and Antonio Cesaro vs. Christian and Booker T

Not even a minute into the match, Booker back suplexed Cesaro through the announce table. Cesaro recovered and he hit Booker with a huge uppercut. Sandow hit Christian with Terminus. Booker and Christian hit Sandow with a double flapjack. Booker then landed a spine buster and scissors kick to win.

Match 4. The Miz vs. John Morrison

Morrison landed a running dropkick and hip toss. Miz came back with a headlock driver. Morrison kicked out and landed a back breaker and tornado DDT. Morrison landed Starship Pain. Miz kicked out, but Morrison hit a second Starship Pain to win.

Main Event. Randy Orton vs. Mark Henry

Henry took Orton down with an STO and tilt-a-whirl slam. He then landed a headbutt to the back of Orton's head. Orton lifted Henry up for a belly-to-belly suplex. He then busted Henry open with a diving knee. Henry hit the World's Strongest Slam and won.

Recap: A lot of younger stars took center stage on SmackDown and Raw this week.