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Bad News Barrett introduces the hosts of the 2013 Slammy’s Pre-Show ...
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... Josh Mathews and Renee Young. Four award winners were announced on the Pre-Show, which aired on the WWE App.
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+ g3 C( W# K+ S) yWWE Tag Team Champions Cody Rhodes & Goldust announce The Shield's #BelieveintheShield as the winner of the Hashtag of the Year Slammy Award.5 t5 e; v% D; o, z) C
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5 L" l; ^; ~+ x5 S1 `( B8 p9 rChristian arrives to present the "This is Awesome" Moment of the Year Slammy.
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( l% I% N& V" v4 q. xThe victor is Big Show, who won the award for knocking out WWE COO Triple H.; R/ V1 f9 S Q' A# \+ s$ X
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Former Raw and SmackDown General Manager John Laurinaitis announces that The Shield won The Breakout Star of the Year Slammy Award.
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7 B7 i( K1 q" D4 A MIn the final Slammy Award to be announced on the Pre-Show, Santino Marella names Daniel Bryan as the winner of The Beard of the Year Award.
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The Milan Miracle gets into the spirit of the ceremonies by donning a fake beard.4 ~# x. @7 `0 @+ a! |+ p, \
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They introduce the presenters of the LOL Moment of the Year Award ...
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Road Dogg and Billy Gunn soak in chants of "One more match."' f! A2 ?+ t7 v
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Vickie Guerrero accepts the Slammy, which went to The Rock's serenade of the SmackDown General Manager earlier this year.
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The Slammy "represents my beauty, all of this," Vickie tells the WWE fans.; A2 s7 @9 i; b& v% d8 X; P$ ?
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The Shield presents the Double-Cross of the Year Award.
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+ `; X7 M. _& Z" _According to Dean Ambrose, it's because it's " the one award we know nothing about."
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HBK calls the win "ironic."
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( p1 }& i% I( m4 t" Y0 H* NFormer Divas Champion Eve Torres returns to Raw to present the Diva of the Year Award.
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. d6 j$ `' Y* R- S1 y* ?' mNikki & Brie Bella are the winners, as voted by the WWE Universe.
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4 W! z) ~8 R' S* s4 TShawn Michaels, the presenter of the Superstar of the Year Slammy, suggests renaming the honor the "H-B-Shizzle" Award.
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"It’s the people who voted me Superstar of the Year," he explains. "If you thought 2013 was good, 2014 is going to be even better."
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The Prime Time Players, looking like a million bucks, present the Fan Participation Award, which celebrates the most infectious chant of the year.; o! i! X2 D' I+ S
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Bryan wins again.
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Stephanie McMahon, a principal owner of WWE, wins the award for comments she made toward Big Show.$ r! r0 o; H2 V# [- g6 |/ m
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The Hardcore Legend, WWE Hall of Famer Mick Foley, is a suitable presenter for the Extreme Moment of the Year Slammy Award category.$ z* M0 X' [" c& D/ l. k% I
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Part of being a WWE Superstar "means giving you an extreme moment you can remember forever,” Foley tells the WWE fans in Seattle.
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The Slammy goes to CM Punk for exacting vengeance on Paul Heyman at Hell in a Cell.
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Before presenting the Match of the Year Award, WWE Hall of Famer Bret "Hit Man" Hart explains that "a good match can change a night … but a great night can change WWE history.”
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Competing in the best match on a card is the "hardest achievement" for a Superstar, Hart says.
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The winning bout was the WWE Championship Match between John Cena and The Rock at WrestleMania 29.
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The Champ is diplomatic: “I know there are some folks who might disagree with the choice, but I want to thank everybody in the WWE Universe who voted for that match.”" ~- R1 X J( h7 r* P
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Daniel Bryan prepares to face Fandango.
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4 {1 H1 Q. R$ B, nAfter downing WWE"s ballroom brawler, Bryan hears from his tormentors, The Wyatt Family.
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Santino Marella vs. Damien Sandow: photos
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Sandow pins The Milan Miracle with You're Welcome before getting in the champion's face.
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The Dreadlocked Dynamo prevents The Awesome One from escaping ringside.4 q9 I9 O% k4 ~3 r% a
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2 M( F4 r7 f: g% R: ZIn turn, The Wildcat lays him out with Trouble in Paradise.
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... and Cena is left standing with The Authority as Raw comes to a close days before the huge match to determine The Champion of Champions.
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