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The Miz comes out with his Money in the Bank briefcase in hand. He cut the most memorable promo of the night, claiming that he’d originally planned to cash in his title shot tonight, but then realized he’d never want to win his first WWE Championship in Tallahassee. If he had to win the title in Florida, he’d only consider doing so in Gainesville, since that’s the city of champions. (For those from outside the area, Tallahassee is the home of Florida State University, and Gainesville is host to the rival University of Florida). After some unkind comments about Evan Bourne, he finished by admonishing the crowd that they didn’t deserve to say his catchphrase along with him. Silly heels… that never works.

Bourne and Miz followed up with what was (in my opinion) the best match of the night. I was skeptical about Miz’s in-ring skills for a long time, but the newer, more vicious version we’ve seen of him lately (beginning with his assault on R. Truth a few weeks ago) leaves me looking forward to his matches as much as I do his work on the mic. Bourne was, as always, entertaining as hell; he even threw in one pin attempt I don’t recall ever having seen before (I won’t try to describe it – just know that I couldn’t do it without tearing a hamstring). The finish came when Evan had control of the match and went for Air Bourne. Miz brought his knees up at the last second, then won with the clean pin.
Winner: The Miz.

John Cena, John Morrison and Chris Jericho vs The Nexus.
- They were in control for a few moments, then the faces from tonight’s earlier matches (led by Evan Bourne) all sprinted to the ring to even the score.

Most of Nexus escaped, but the Raw Superstars managed to trap Justin Gabriel and Heath Slater. Yoshi and Khali took turns chopping the Nexus members’ chests (Khali ripped Slater’s shirt off before leaving a huge red handprint on his chest). Then Gabriel took an RKO and Slater got an Attitude Adjustment. Finally, Cena laid Slater’s body on top of Gabriel’s so that the crowd could be sent home on an Air Bourne.