Raw Results

It's almost 1 o'clock and nobody has posted the results so I'll do it...

Tonight's WWE RAW Supershow opens up with a video of Martin Luther King Jr. We go to the usual RAW opener.

- We're live from the Honda Center in Anaheim, California as the pyro goes off and Michael Cole welcomes us to RAW. We go to the ring and out comes Mick Foley to a nice reaction.

Cole and Lawler announce CM Punk and Daniel Bryan vs. Mark Henry and Dolph Ziggler for later tonight plus Zack Ryder vs. Jack Swagger with the United States Title on the line. Foley says he's here for two reasons. One is that he would never pass up an opportunity to go to Disneyland. Foley then says he is open to working with WWE in a non-physical role. Foley says he has lived all of his dreams in the ring for WWE, including heading WrestleMania which he did in this building. Foley says he has one more dream. He says his two younger kids weren't old enough to see dad in the ring last time. Mick wants Huey and Mickey, who are watching from home, to see dad in the ring at least one more time. The crowd pops at this.

Foley says he wants to be in the 30-man Royal Rumble match and out comes Vickie Guerrero with Dolph Ziggler. Vickie introduces Dolph as the next WWE Champion and they head to the ring. Dolph rips into Foley for wanting to take a Rumble spot and show off for his bratty kids at home. Dolph mocks Foley's comedy and his kids. Foley says he could go in and get thrown right back out or things could turn out differently and he could end up winning. Foley says he's not just in the Rumble to be in it, he's in it to win it.

Dolph talks about John Cena running away from him last week and beating CM Punk two weeks in a row. Dolph can't believe Foley is out here. Dolph says he's going to win the Rumble match and defeat CM Punk for the WWE Title at the Rumble but he can't think of a bigger letdown than defending against Foley. Dolph goes on and says it's over for Foley. Dolph tells Foley to go home, buy a new shirt, eat a salad and just go away. CM Punk's music hits and out comes the WWE Champion to a big pop.

The crowd chants Punk's name as he enters the ring. Punk says it's good to see Foley right here in Anaheim. Dolph says Punk and Foley get their clothes from the same homeless person on the street. Punk says he and Foley are alike - they're unconventional and don't try to fit in a mold to be every other WWE Superstar. They also don't hide behind a woman, Punk says. A poor excuse for a woman, he adds. Punk says Ziggler has a special referee in his back pocket for the Royal Rumble. Punk runs down John Laurinaitis and says he will still be WWE Champion after the match is over. Because he's the best wrestler in the world, he says. Punk says it would be damn cool if he had to defend against Foley at WrestleMania 28. Vickie chimes in about how great Dolph is and out comes John Laurinaitis.

Laurinaitis insists he will be fair in the WWE Title match and says he will consider Mick Foley's spot in the Royal Rumble match. Laurinaitis says he has put a lot of thought into it and his answer is no. The crowd boos and Foley looks on as Laurinaitis heads to the back. Vickie laughs in Foley's face and taunts him.

- We see Evan Bourne and Kofi Kingston walking backstage. Cole and Lawler talk about Primo and Epico winning the Tag Team Titles last night and the rematch is up next. Back to commercial.

WWE Tag Team Title Match: Air Boom vs. Epico and Primo

Back from the break and Air Boom is in the ring with the new WWE Tag Team Champions Epico & Primo, with Rosa Mendes at their side. We see footage from last night's live event where the titles changed hands. Epico starts things off with Bourne and they trade holds. Bourne with a 2 count and a head scissors takedown. Epico turns it around and tags in Primo. They double team and toss Bourne over their heads. Primo mounts Bourne with rights as Rosa looks on.

The champs make another tag but Bourne fights off the double team and takes them both out. Bourne crawls and makes the tag to Kofi. Kofi takes both men down off the top rope and dropkicks Primo then hits the flying right hand. Kofi hits the Boom Drop but Epico comes in. Kofi tosses him out and eventually lays out Primo. Bourne gets the tag and goes for Air Bourne but is distracted when Epico takes out Kofi on the floor. Primo knocks Bourne off the top and hits the backstabber for the win.

Winners: Epico and Primo

- John Laurinaitis is backstage texting when David Otunga walks in. Otunga lets someone in and Laurinaitis mentions a six-man match tonight with Otunga, Dolph Ziggler and Mark Henry vs. CM Punk, Daniel Bryan and.... the camera pans, we see it's Chris Jericho. Jericho turns out the lights, turns his jacket on and poses as we go to commercial.

- Lawler and Cole plug tonight's main event. We go backstage to Eve Torres and United States Champion Zack Ryder. Ryder's ribs are bandaged up. Josh Matthews walks in and Ryder says he hasn't been medically cleared to wrestle. Eve says Ryder is in no shape to compete and should be at home resting. Ryder says he's going to the ring and if anyone thinks he's going to forfeit his title, they're full of crap. Eve looks worried and says she's going with him.

- We get a video package showing clips of Ryder, Eve, John Cena and the attack from Kane last week.

WWE United States Title Match: Jack Swagger vs. Zack Ryder

We go to the ring and out first comes Jack Swagger with Vickie Guerrero. We go to commercial as Swagger enters the ring.

Back from the break and out comes the United States Champion Zack Ryder with Eve Torres. Swagger takes Ryder to the mat and goes for his back as soon as the bell rings. Swagger hits a big sideslam and whips Ryder hard into the corner. Swagger works on the injured back. Swagger charges in the corner but Ryder puts his knees up. Ryder comes off the second rope and Swagger drops him over his knee. Swagger steps on Ryder's back and hits the Swagger Bomb for a 2 count.

Swagger hits the gutwrench powerbomb but Ryder kicks out at 2 again as Vickie taunts Eve at ringside. Swagger goes for another gutwrench and nails it but Ryder manages to kick out. Swagger drops a series of elbows on Ryder's injured back and then slaps him in the back of the head a few times. Swagger nails another gutwrench powerbomb and this time it's for the win and the title.

Winner and New WWE United States Champion: Jack Swagger

- After the match, Eve comes in the ring to check on Ryder as Swagger and Vickie celebrate with the title.

- More hype for tonight's six-man main event with Jericho, Bryan and Punk vs. Ziggler, Henry and Otunga. Back to commercial.

- Back from the break and we get replays of Jack Swagger beating up Zack Ryder for the US Title. We go backstage where Ryder is with a trainer and Eve. Ryder is in pain. John Laurinaitis says he just saw the medical report that Ryder wasn't cleared. Eve yells at Laurinaitis and he tells her to shut her mouth, show respect for authority. Laurinaitis walks off.

- Justin Roberts introduces the special ring announcer for the next match and out comes celebrity blogger Perez Hilton to the ring.

Alicia Fox and Kelly Kelly vs. The Bella Twins

Perez begins the introductions as Kelly Kelly and Alicia Fox come out first. The Bella Twins are out next.

Kelly starts things off for her team and gets slammed to the mat. Bella rams Kelly back into the corner and kicks her. Kelly dodges a clothesline in the corner and connects with a bulldog for 2 as the other Bella broke the pin. Alicia comes in and distracts the referee. The Bellas do the twin switch but Perez stops it. This leads to Kelly and Alicia getting the win off a roll up.

Winners: Alicia Fox and Kelly Kelly

- After the match, Perez has words in the ring with the Bellas. He puts his fists up but gets pushed to the mat. Kelly and Alicia step in as the Bellas flee to the floor.

- We see footage from SmackDown where Big Show accidentally injured AJ Lee. Cole says we will have an update later from Daniel Bryan himself. Back to commercial.

- We get a look back at the 1992 Royal Rumble where Ric Flair dominated.

- R-Truth comes out to the ring next. Before Truth can speak, he's interrupted by Wade Barrett. Barrett heads to the ring and introduces himself. He says we will hear that name announced again soon as the winner of the 2012 Rumble match. Barrett says he's an official entrant in the Rumble and so is Truth, running down how Truth acts. Barrett says Little Jimmy thinks Barrett talks funny. Truth goes on and plays a slideshow of him with Mickie and Minnie Mouse, then Donald Duck. Barrett wants to know what this has to do with anything. Truth then shows himself looking at Pinocchio. Pinnochio told him Wade would win the Rumble match and the nose grows on Pinocchio. Truth says he doesn't even know if that's PG. Truth believes a mouse can talk, a pig can fly but Barrett won't win the Rumble. Truth goes down as The Miz comes through the crowd and lays him out. Miz and Barrett double team Truth until Sheamus runs out for the save. Sheamus clears the ring and out comes Teddy Long. Teddy says Laurinaitis is busy tonight so he's taking charge. Teddy announces an Over The Top Challenge with the four Superstars.

Over The Top Rope Challenge: Wade Barrett, The Miz, R-Truth and Sheamus

Truth is in street clothes as a referee comes down and we get started. Miz and Truth go at it while Sheamus and Barrett brawl in the corner. Miz tries to eliminate Truth but it gets turned around on him. Barrett stomps away on Sheamus while Miz tries to eliminate Truth.

Barrett gets eliminated by Miz and Sheamus. Truth goes at it with Miz now until Sheamus clotheslines them both. Sheamus beats Miz down in the corner. Truth stops Sheamus with right hands and tries to eliminate him. Sheamus holds on. They go back and forth in the ring until Truth kicks Sheamus in the head. Miz drops Truth and kicks him in the face. Miz tosses Truth over the rope but he hangs on to the apron. Miz charges at Sheamus but gets clotheslined. Sheamus hits Miz with forearms in the ropes and then clotheslines him again. Sheamus goes for the Brogue kick but Miz ducks and Sheamus lands on the top rope. Miz tries to eliminate him but Sheamus fights back in. Sheamus scoops Miz but Truth runs over and eliminates them both for the win.

Winner: R-Truth

- After the match, Sheamus lays out Miz on the floor with a Brogue kick and points at Truth before heading up the ramp.

- We go backstage and John Cena is yelling at Laurinaitis for screwing Zack Ryder out of the United States Title. Laurinaitis proposes Kane vs. Cena for the Royal Rumble and Cena calls it brilliant. Laurinaitis makes Swagger vs. Cena for tonight and that match is next. We go back to commercial.

Jack Swagger vs. John Cena

Back from commercial and the new WWE United States Champion Jack Swagger is in the ring. Out next comes John Cena for this non-title match. Cena runs to the ring and he looks ready to fight. Cena attacks Swagger before the bell and splashes him in the corner. Cena with a clothesline. Cena beats on Swagger some more and tosses him out of the ring. The bell hasn't rang yet as Cena throws Swagger into the ring post and the announcers table. Cena continues the assault on Swagger as the referee tries to pull him away.

Cena beats Swagger up some more and whips him hard into the steel steps. Cena kicks Swagger in the face and takes apart the steps. Cena slams Swagger face first into the steps multiple times. Swagger is laid out on the bottom part of the steps as Cena grabs the top piece. Cena lifts the steps up but Kane's pyro stops him. Cena enters the ring and waits on Kane to come out as his music plays. Kane appears on the big screen and says that was impressive, Cena is finally getting it. When they finally meet at the Rumble, Cena will have embraced the hate, Kane says. Kane makes the pyro go off in the ring as Cena looks confused. Back to commercial.

Brodus Clay vs. JTG

Back from the break and out comes Brodus Clay with his dancers. His opponent JTG is already in the ring. JTG tries some offense but Brodus dances it off and knocks him down, like only Brodus can do. Brodus with a big shoulder. Brodus continues to have fun and calls a suplex before throwing JTG over his head. Brodus hits the big running splash in the corner and then the big forearm off the ropes for the win.

Winner: Brodus Clay

- After the break, Daniel Bryan will give an update on AJ Lee's condition.

- Back from the break and we get a video package from SmackDown where Big Show accidentally ran over AJ Lee in the main event. We go to the arena and out comes the World Heavyweight Champion Daniel Bryan to the stage. Bryan says Big show is a cruel freak and had no problem running over his girlfriend AJ. Bryan says AJ has been traumatized and will never be the same. Bryan says Show could have let up and not hit her. He calls Big Show's tears fake and tells him not to show his face on SmackDown again. Bryan says if he does, he's going to make Show pay. Bryan announces he will defend his World Title against Mark Henry on this week's SmackDown. Bryan dedicates the match to AJ. Bryan says AJ told him last week she loves him. He's going to show her how much he appreciates that this week. Bryan heads to the ring.

Daniel Bryan, Chris Jericho and CM Punk vs. Dolph Ziggler, Mark Henry and David Otunga

Bryan heads to the ring and next the lights go out. The crowd cheers big time as Chris Jericho appears and makes his way to the ring. Jericho walks around the ring and greets fans. Jericho takes a photo of a father and son as we go to commercial.

Back from the break and Jericho is still greeting fans at ringside. Out next comes the WWE Champion CM Punk to a nice reaciton from the crowd. Punk and Ziggler start things out and trade holds. Punk slams Ziggler and stomps on him. Punk takes control with more offense and a suplex for 2. Punk tags in Bryan for a bit of double teaming. Bryan keeps in control of Ziggler but gets tripped up trying to leap frog and goes down.

Ziggler takes in control and tags in Otunga, who continues the assault on Bryan. Ziggler comes back in for another close 2 count on the World Champion. Ziggler works on Bryan's leg as Vickie cheers him on from ringside. Bryan turns it around and tags in Punk as Otunga comes in. Otunga and Punk go at it now. Punk takes him down with a headlock. Otunga kicks Punk in the head and tags in Ziggler. Ziggler comes in and stomps away on Punk. Dolph hits a neckbreaker and shows off for the crowd. Dolph takes it back to the mat but Punk powers out with a knee to the spin. Jericho reaches for a tag and the crowd gets pumped. Ziggler stops Punk from tagging and Otunga comes back in. Otunga stomps away on Punk in the corner and clotheslines him. Otunga takes Punk to the top for a superplex but Punk fights him off and headbutts him to the mat. Punk hits the big elbow drop from the top.

Punk tags in Jericho and in he comes fired up. Jericho starts getting the crowd to cheer for him. Jericho makes a tag to Bryan and walks out of the ring. Jericho heads up the ramp, still pumped about something. We go to commercial.

Back from the break and Ziggler is in control of Bryan. During the break, Ziggler took control and worked on the knee. Bryan manages to kick Ziggler to the mat now and tries to make a tag. Punk gets tagged in and unloads on Ziggler. Punk with a swinging neck breaker and the high knee in the corner. Punk hits the bulldog and goes to the apron. Punk springboards in and takes out Ziggler for a 2 count. Henry comes in and lays Punk out. Bryan charges and Henry puts him on the apron. Bryan hits Henry with a right hand and it just pisses the big man off. Bryan limps up the ramp but Henry catches him. Henry tosses Bryan around and they fight off to the side of the stage. Mick Foley's music hits and out he comes to the ring.

Foley tells the referee that Laurinaitis put him in the match. Foley grabs the tag rope and waits for Punk to tag him in. Ziggler pulls Punk back and hits the leg drop for 2. Ziggler beats on Punk some more and hits a pair of neckbreakers for 2. Punk finally gets a break and tags in Foley as Otunga comes in. Foley with right hands before taking Otunga to the corner and beating him down. Foley runs and knees Otunga in the head. Foley kicks Otunga and drops him with the double arm DDT. Foley pulls out Socko and rams him down Otunga's throat for the win.

Winners: Daniel Bryan, Mick Foley and CM Punk

- After the match, John Laurinaitis comes out and stops the celebration. Laurinaitis says he never gave Foley permission to be in the match and says Foley was not a legal participant in the match. Laurinaitis reverses the decision of the match and announces the winners as Mark Henry, David Otunga and Dolph Ziggler. Punk gets in his face about being disrespectful and says he won't do anything about it. Punk tells Laurinaitis to shut his mouth and man up. Punk tells Laurinaitis to take his balls out of his purse and lay it all on the table. Punk says the fans have no idea who Laurinaitis is because when he was a competitor, he sucked. Punk brings up Road Warrior Animal being his brother and says Laurinaitis never amounted to anything but roadkill. Punk says Laurinaitis traded in his lame ass tights for his equally lame ass suit. Punk says Laurinaitis looks at a guy like him and can't stand it because Punk achieved more in the past year than he has in his life. Punk continues to rip Laurinaitis. Punk says Laurinaitis is going to try and screw him out of pure jealousy. Punk says he is WWE Champion, he is the man and Laurinaitis can't stand it. Punk says it doesn't matter what happens because when it's over, Punk will still be better. Punk says he won't use his moves on Laurinaitis if he screws him. Punk says he will get the fans talking about Laurinaitis - how it looks like he just went through a meat grinder because CM Punk kicked his pathetic ass. The crowd chants Punk's name. Punk raises his fist and makes Laurinaitis back down. Punk calls him pathetic and drops the microphone before walking to the ramp with the WWE Title. Foley mocks Laurinaitis from the ring as Laurinaitis looks on peed off. Laurinaitis picks up the microphone and introduces himself to the crowd. He says he's not pathetic and won't be intimidated by CM Punk. Foley tells Laurinaitis to admit he plans on screwing CM Punk. Foley calls Laurinaitis a kiss ass.

The crowd chants "you suck" at Laurinaitis now and it pisses him off more. Laurinaitis asks Foley who in the hell he thinks he is and who he thinks he's talking to. Laurinaitis says damn right he will screw CM Punk. Laurinaitis says he's tired of being disrespected and pushed around. He's tired of being bullied. He puts on the best show for the WWE Universe every week and he's not appreciated. Laurinaitis says he's not going to take it anymore and he's not going to take it from Foley. Laurinaitis decks Foley with the microphone and lays him out. The crowd boos as Laurinaitis leaves the ring and RAW goes off the air.

Now that was a good episode of Raw. Much improved on the last two weeks in my opinion. Seeing the hate start to get to cena (a little reminiscent of anakin skywalker in star wars before the whole Darth Vader heel turn) shows another side to him, John Cena is good when his mean side comes out like against Del Rio a few PPVs ago in the street fight.

Jericho leaving was inevitable but good nonetheless. I also enjoyed Foley's involvement in the episode - freshened it up for me - although i'm sure many will agree with what Dolph said at the start (good promo and delivery from him too).

Also, if you havent seen it yet listen to what Cole says when Daniel Brian comes out, I could swear he says AJ sustained 'Head trauma and cervical damage'... what the hell did Big Show do to her cervix??

Did anybody else hear punks comeback to Vickie when she was talking about eating disorders? It was when John L came out at the beginning of the show. I felt it was very close to the mark. I really enjoyed punks mic work tonight more than I have in recent weeks.

Mark_Seven wrote: I could swear he says AJ sustained 'Head trauma and cervical damage'... what the hell did Big Show do to her cervix??

Your cervical muscles are the neck muscles that control your tilt and turn functions in your head, and your lower jaw.

Mark_Seven wrote:(a little reminiscent of anakin skywalker in star wars before the whole Darth Vader heel turn)

I thought more of Emperor Palpatine goading Luke Skywalker in that epic fight in Jedi when Kane was talking.

Statto00 wrote:

Mark_Seven wrote: I could swear he says AJ sustained 'Head trauma and cervical damage'... what the hell did Big Show do to her cervix??

Your cervical muscles are the neck muscles that control your tilt and turn functions in your head, and your lower jaw.

Mark_Seven wrote:(a little reminiscent of anakin skywalker in star wars before the whole Darth Vader heel turn)

I thought more of Emperor Palpatine goading Luke Skywalker in that epic fight in Jedi when Kane was talking.

Ah ok, thanks for clearing that one up! I pictured Senator Palpatine/Darth Sidious telling Anakin to embrace the hate when he has the choice to kill Count Dooku (Christopher Lee) although it's against Jedi code- and he does.

Does anyone reckon that the pyro guy got fired after the Kane section? There was at least a 3 second delay from where Kane dropped his arms to the pyros going off!

My bad?

I enjoyed Raw, last week I was one of few who liked it, this week did feel like a better show.

The ending was great, Punk toying with Laurinaitis over and over and he finally snapped, with the microphone to the head of Foley and admitting he's going to screw Punk out of the title at the Rumble!

Now we know where we stand with Johnny Ace, failing to check Zack Ryder's doctor's note until after he'd lost the US Title, attacking Foley, admitting he's going to favour Ziggler at the Rumble, he's gone from being a tweener who's unliked to a full blown heel.

Big Johnny is freaking fantastic, Punk's mic work was supreme as was Zigglers

Agree with the general opinion, I enjoyed this weeks show. Glad the majority was spent towards the build of the two world titles matches at Rumble and finally taking Johnny Ace to a heel because of his actions rather than because he is boring.

Have to say that im a little unsure how they are going to put this Cena-Kane match over. More or less laid there own bed in the sense that Cena kind of needs a win at the Rumble so he can focus the next couple of months on the Rock match build up. Problem their is you bury Kane after like 1 match!! (If they do something very clever to keep both strong then I may actually give the writers some kudos).

As for the Jericho segment...!! BOOOOOORRRRRRIIIINNNG! It was predictable and provided nothing new. I get the fact that he is just playing the crowd and slowly turning heel (though anyone who thinks he isnt already is stupid)....but it really is just too drawn out.

Part of me blames the americans mind....what kind of people go a little nuts for a guy 3 weeks in a row when each week he has just walked out. I mean lets face it people more or less paid money to see his return on the 2nd...the fact he left without saying a word meant they wasted their money!!

Oh and another gripe...how can Ryder lose his title if he wasnt medically cleared to wrestle, get the fact that Johnny 'didnt know'...but if he wasnt cleared then the title goes back to him afraid! Only a few weeks ago the same thing happened with the World Title and the decision was reversed so why not now!?

Because teddy long is a face and laurinaitas is a heel.

Good edition of Raw.

Great start to the show with Foley and Ziggler. I really hope Vickie just Flip off she is so annoying ! Ziggler improving his mic skills is pushing him more to become one of the best superstars in the wwe. I do hope Foley is in the rumble though

Whats going to happen to Air Boom ? Titles lost. I hope Kofi gets a bit of a push.

Brodus Clay ok i was wrong what i said last week i acctually love this gimmick

Chris Jericho wtf it is getting boring now. I really hope he will deliver a promo or somthing next week on Raw.

CM Punk returning to his "Pipe Bombs" always great to see and was class at the end with Johnny Ace. Also good to see his true side aswell with a good promo and a punch to Foley. No more mr nice guy promo i hope for next week

So all in all good Raw

3 matches at the rumble now

CM Punk vs Ziggler
Kane vs John Cena
The Rumble itself

Anymore ? I can see a divas match and the World title match

was absolutely brilliant this week in my opinion! I'm sure they have got new creative writers as opposed to what we had 6 months ago, they've got not 1 or even 2 but several decent storylines on the go and they are all developing nicely in time for a major PPV. Lets hope they can keep it up!

NickisBHAFC wrote:3 matches at the rumble now

CM Punk vs Ziggler
Kane vs John Cena
The Rumble itself

Anymore ? I can see a divas match and the World title match

I think it will be Bryan v Big Show v Mark Henry for the World Title, probably not a lot else unless Zack Ryder gets a US Title rematch.

I think, unless WWE forgets about what they did in this show which is likely, that the plan is that Mick Foley is not allowed in the Rumble, but one of Mankind, Cactus Jack or Dude Love is.

Good episode, although there is no need for Chris Jericho, very good on the mic, to have to resort to getting X-Pac heat.

I think we can assume that WWE have now lost faith in Ryder due to the ratings. Hopefully the more talented Swagger can get more time now without being over-shadowed by Dolph Ziggler.

Thought like many others here that Raw was a great improvement from recent weeks. Few title matches & we got to see Swagger twice!

Now the title matches. If what I've read is true from another thread here if Evan Bourne has been supspended again does that mean a 60 day suspenson, or is it his 2nd strike & 30 days again? Again this means a whole month minium that they won't be together and IMO should now spilt up. It dissapoints me because they worked to be a tag team and to try and get some sort of tag divison started but it just looks like its going to be the colon's and the uso's. Oh God! well at least Rosa's there.

I guess the ratings issue stopped Zack Ryder. He had his 15 minutes & it's only a matter of time before fans start to turn on him. Let's see where Swagger goes with this, with Vicky with him maybe she should start to focus more on him as Ziggler seems to be getting better & better on the stick without here drawing his own heat.

Glad to see Mick Foley there. I wonder if perhaps that was the start of a new storyline. He said he wants a match at the biggest stage of them all, and it seems like Ziggler hasn't got anything locked in, and even you guys who post you cards of what you think the matches may be don't really include Ziggler and throw him in the MITB match. Perhaps a match, like the Foley/Edge match might but Ziggler over even more as a major heel & main eventer.

Got to give the writers a bit of credit, who normally get stick for the best of time, and a lot coming from me. I'm really enjoying the storyline of the Cena/Kane feud. I thought Cena was great this week & again teases a heel turn. Perhaps that was a sign to come? I think one way to get around their match is get either one DQ. Could work like Cena continueing to embrace the hate or Kane because well he's come back crazy. They could then finish their fued in the chamber. Neither guy has to be pinned by each other but they could build it up and finish it in the chamber. I also thought the Y2J think was clever this week. Last week was so preticable, but I thought he was going to walk out it might of been when Punk was going for the tag. I believed he was going to compete, and didn't except him to walk out during the match. IMO he's my choice to win RR, and then finally speak and turn on PUNK.

60 days for Bourne. Wonder if they'll team Kingston up with someone else (Gabriel?) or put him in the US title picture. Big second chance for the Usos, and I wouldn't be surprised to see them try to add a team from NXT or FCW.

As for Ryder; he looked pretty strong so I don't think they've given up on him. He works better as an underdog anyway, and Swagger as the All-American American US champ could be fun.

UpsideDownFace wrote:Tonight's WWE RAW Supershow opens up with a video of Martin Luther King Jr.

MARTIN LUTHER KING IS COMING TO RAW!

theundisputedY2D2 wrote:

UpsideDownFace wrote:Tonight's WWE RAW Supershow opens up with a video of Martin Luther King Jr.

MARTIN LUTHER KING IS COMING TO RAW!

But the WWE have made him grow a beard, shave his head, and change his name to Jefferson Impact...

i liked jerichos part, even though obvious. anyone see a resemblance to his wcw character?

I thought overall it was a good episode of Raw...

- I know the Jericho moment was predicable but I still laughed when he wandered off...
- Dolph's promo delivery at the beginning was excellent
- Are they setting up Dolph v Mick Foley for WM?
- I like the importance that was given to the RR with the battle royal etc
- Thought the tag match was too short but does get the new guys over a bit
- Not sure if the Ryder title drop is for a legitimate injury, would seem odd to blame ratings drops on a mid card talent, plus if it was the case they could have returned him to the mid card instead of dropping it... hopefully the start of a long programme for them as Ryder is probably more interesting chasing the title
- Brodus dances for longer than he wrestles
- The main event was a strange ending though I guessed at Otunga being the sacrificial lamb as soon as he was put in there
- The final segment was OK but it is rather putting the attention on Johnny v Punk as opposed to Punk v Dolph, at least it wasn't the going home show before RR though

Great episode of Raw, only bad part was having Ryder drop the title so quickly. Then having the new US champ being absolutely squashed by Cena (what else is new eh?)

Was good to see a Battle Royale instead of the generic tag team matches that Teddy is so famous for.

I thought Raw was tripe this week.

Save for the Foley/Ziggler beginning and the Laurinaitis/Foley/Punk ending it was boring from just after the start, to just before the end. I can't even remember anything else.

I found Jericho walking out hilarious. I think it's a brilliant gimmick because the fans still cheer for him, but then when he walks out are totally baffled!

I thought all the Jericho stuff up to now has been pants... but I have to admit, I laughed when he did what he did this week.

Ed, what are your thoughts on Daniel Bryan now? Know you've been one of his fiercest critics before so wondered how you felt over his heel turn and title reign?

Interesting question;

I still don't rate him, character-wise. I made the point the other day, he seems very ill fitting, and mid-carder like when he appears on Raw. The heel turn could well be the making of him though. I'm going to give it a chance.

I'm not giving anything away spoiler wise but according to SD spoiler reports I've read the crowd really have taken to him as a heel persona and he was getting fantastic heat.

Got any links?

I read SD spoilers because too often I feel like watching it was a waste of my time, so I want to know if it is worth watching. I don't read Raw ones because 9 times out of 10 it is worth watching.

Gotta say I loved the intensity shown by Cena when he was kicking Swagger's ass, this Cena is much better, looks like he is "Embracing the Hate".

When Chris Jericho was in the tag match, you knew what was going to happen but I found it pretty funny anyway. it was quite funny seeing Y2J and CM Punk in the same ring lol. I hope Chris Jericho wins the rumble and fights CM Punk at WM, that is if John Laurinaitis fails in his screwjob.

I was shocked to see Ryder lose the title, I don't know why they made him lose the title due to ratings or whatever, but I do know he will eventually get it back, maybe at the Royal Rumble PPV.

Major props to R Truth for ''I aint even sure if that's PG''

Spoiler:

hahaha

TBH, i'm happy to see Swagger given a run with the title. He was becoming somewhat of the forgotten man, known as the other guy that Vickies with, when it wasn't long ago he was world champion, needs a run on Smackdown if you ask me, get him in the title frame there. Smackdown needs all the help they can get. A win for Ziggler over Foley would do the both of them good, Ziggler get's a big Mania win, Foley leaves like Flair and Michaels have done in the last couple of years, and what a way to go out.

The Cena heel turn is coming along nicely and I like the idea of a double disqualification at the Rumble, making sure that both stay strong. If Cena wins clean I don't see the point in bringing masked Kane back at all if your just going to bury him.

Regarding the Punk-Ziggler match at the Rumble, I can see an ending along the lines of Ace doing his best to screw Punk, with something like Ziggler going for a kick, missing Punk, knocking Ace unconscious and Punk hitting him with the GTS, with a replacement ref running down to make the three count.

I find it odd that they're going down the CM Punk fighting the authority angle with Johnny Ace now rather than with the much more suitable and able Triple H or Vince McMahon months ago. As much as Ace has improved, the heat and the ability is not as obvious as with Triple H or Vince McMahon.

It almost feels to me that they realised that they missed the chance with CM Punk and are trying to save it but realised that Triple H and Vince had already done too many things for it to really make sense.

invincibleILeak (CL-6WF) wrote:I find it odd that they're going down the CM Punk fighting the authority angle with Johnny Ace now rather than with the much more suitable and able Triple H or Vince McMahon months ago. As much as Ace has improved, the heat and the ability is not as obvious as with Triple H or Vince McMahon.

It almost feels to me that they realised that they missed the chance with CM Punk and are trying to save it but realised that Triple H and Vince had already done too many things for it to really make sense.

Agreed Leak, but the only point I would raise is that this is a "reality" angle and Johnny Ace is legitimately a suit whereas Vince is already known and HHH is known to effectively be a kayfabe authority figure. Plus the fans kind of grudgingly respect the latter two.

In addition, what is the one thing most workers hate more than the head honcho of a company? Middle management. Which is what Ace is able to represent. It may not be the best storyline but it can at least be explained now they are in it.

Im sure i read on one of the dirt shirts regarding ryder is that he is legit injured or it was more about selling the injuries sustained by Kane.

Im sure he will be back in contention for the US title at some point but maybe WWE are concentrating on the romance with Eve storyline.

Really enjoyed RAW this week from start to finish.

*Thrilled that Swagger won the US title - thank goodness its off that idiot Ryder. Hopefully he won't win it back too soon.
*Jericho = awesome. Hilarious. Cannot wait to see what happens next week
*Dolph is fantastic, he so doesn't need Vicki anymore. She should concentrate on Swagger.
*Cena was good, I like the slow change in his character. Embrace the Hate - sounds like a cracking metal band
*Punk - fantastic as per usual

Sara wrote:Really enjoyed RAW this week from start to finish.

*Thrilled that Swagger won the US title - thank goodness its off that idiot Ryder. Hopefully he won't win it back too soon.
*Jericho = awesome. Hilarious. Cannot wait to see what happens next week
*Dolph is fantastic, he so doesn't need Vicki anymore. She should concentrate on Swagger.
*Cena was good, I like the slow change in his character. Embrace the Hate - sounds like a cracking metal band
*Punk - fantastic as per usual

I thought I was the only one that thought Ryder was overrated

Watched it last night and thought it was a decent show, apart from the PErez Hilton section and the constant mentions of twitter!!

psycho-gooner wrote:

Sara wrote:Really enjoyed RAW this week from start to finish.

*Thrilled that Swagger won the US title - thank goodness its off that idiot Ryder. Hopefully he won't win it back too soon.
*Jericho = awesome. Hilarious. Cannot wait to see what happens next week
*Dolph is fantastic, he so doesn't need Vicki anymore. She should concentrate on Swagger.
*Cena was good, I like the slow change in his character. Embrace the Hate - sounds like a cracking metal band
*Punk - fantastic as per usual

I thought I was the only one that thought Ryder was overrated

Nope, I think he is very average and I don't like the gimmick. I appreciate the work he has put into it but he is not for me

Ryder is massively overrated. Hawkins was the better of that two in the tag team and in IMO is criminally underused.

I don't think Ryder is the most talented guy, but it's hard to begrudge a guy who did try pretty hard to get noticed. It's WWE booking right now which is ruining him. His quest for the US Title actually made the title seem a bit more important.