Raw 23rd May Spoilers

Jerry Lawler comes out and says the nightmare is over, and Michael Cole has finally been beaten. He says he knew Cole would try to weasel his way out of kissing his foot, but he had an ace in his boot, and introduces Bret Hart! Bret comes out and says anytime he faced Lawler, he still respected him but he can't stand Cole at all.

R-Truth comes out and interrupts, and says it is an honor, and tells Bret to ask him how many title matches he has had. Truth says none, and it is probably because he didn't care about the "Little Jimmys" and says he wants to experiment right now. He takes Bret's glasses and puts them on a fan, and says that should mean he gets a title shot next. Truth tells Bret he tried giving the people what they wanted, but he took out Morrison and Rey, and his actions might speak louder than words. He says he should take out a Hall of Famer next, and Bret tells him to take his best shot, and Truth doesn't get title shots because he is a lunatic.

Truth says he won't stand for that and goes to leave but John Cena's music cuts him off. Cena tells Truth to wait and to come back, and he says that he is just as excited to see Bret as everyone else is. He gets back to Truth and says he has been busy with Miz, but he wants to know what happened with Truth since they used to be cool. Truth says he doesn't know cool and he doesn't know him, and the conspiracy he has been talking about is about Cena. He says Cena makes sure it is all about him, and the truth is that he never liked Cena. He says Cena and Bret were both pawns for the fans, but he only cares about himself and wants his match.

Cena says it's about time someone knocks sense into him, and then they get interrupted by the anonymous GM. The email says the GM hasn't seen enough from Truth yet, so he will pay close attention to Truth's match with he and CM Punk against Rey Mysterio and John Cena. Just to make things more interesting, the special guest referee will be Bret Hart!

Big Show and Kane are in the back talking about how to deal with CM Punk and Nexus and Show is sitting on the side of an expensive car. Ricardo Rodriguez comes over and starts yelling at them in Spanish but Show just piefaces him out of the way and continues to talk with Kane. Alberto comes in to the scene and starts screaming at Show in Spanish and leaves with Ricardo.

Otunga tries attacking Kane but gets pulled out of the ring and thrown against the apron, and takes some punches from Show. Otunga manages to dodge him and get a tag, but Show waffles McGillicutty with some open handed chops then clotheslines him out to the floor. Nexus gets Kane on the ground and they work on him in their corner and use quick tags to keep him isolated. Kane gets a boot up and finally gets the tag to Show, and he hits a corner splash and a shoulder block on McGillicutty, but Mason runs interference from outside. Punk kicks Show in the back of the head and McGillicutty and Otunga DDT him to steal the win!

Winners and NEW Tag Team Champions - David Otunga & Michael McGillicutty

Scott Stanford tries to get a word with the former champions but Show flips out on him and screams that they got robbed. Alberto comes up to them and laughs, then slaps Show in the face and runs away. The camera goes down and when it is back up Alberto is standing near the Ricardo and his car. Ricardo hit Show with it and trapped his leg under it, then backed up as Show was stuck under the car. They take off as Show is screaming on the ground and Kane screams for someone to help him. Show tries to get up and put weight on his leg but can barely move, and finally gets up and says he isn't getting on a stretcher.

Jack Swagger vs Evan Bourne

Swagger kicks Bourne then slams him down and works on his left arm, then misses a Swagger Bomb in the corner. Bourne runs the ropes and gets a rollup for two, then tries a hurricanrana but Swagger holds on and hits a Gutwrench Powerbomb for the win.

Winner - Jack Swagger

Swagger does his victory lap after the bell and Bourne pops up and kicks him in the mouth and runs away. Swagger flips out at ringside while we see a very sad Michael Cole make his way into the building. He tries to shake Eve's hand, but she mocks him and holds up her foot instead.

Cole comes out to ringside and gets met with a "You Sucked Toes" chant and he says he doesn't deserve their attention. He says it never should have been about him and he came out to apologize to Lawler, Mathews, and everyone else, and says he wants to come home. He says he wants to call RAW next to Lawler and says no more matches, and asks for them to accept his apology.

Lawler thanks him for being professional, but also thanks him for his new Christmas card, and shows a picture of Cole with Lawler's toes in his mouth. Lawler hands him Altoids and Cole says he deserved that, then Miz comes out with Alex Riley to interrupt.

Miz says there is one reason he didn't win the WWE Championship last night, and that is Alex Riley. He says it's not a one time thing and he made him lose the belt, then cost him after he rewon it. He shows a clip of RAW from two weeks ago, and says he got tossed through a table last night. Miz asks for one more title shot, but he wants Riley banned from ringside, and he will wait for his answer.

Miz completely blames Riley for everything and says everyone knows he should be WWE Champion, and he won't leave the ring until the GM sends a message. The alert sounds, and the championship rematch request is denied, and the Miz is done with John Cena. Miz turns to Riley and says it is all his fault, and asks for an explanation, but Riley says he isn't the one who said "I Quit." Miz smacks him and tells him to shut his mouth, and says Riley is nothing without Miz, and he is tired of having him ride his coattails.

He continues to go off and says he is sick of Riley and he is fired! Riley punches Miz and they fight all over ringside. Riley throws Miz across the announcer's table then continues to beat him up in the ring before going to the back.

Melina, Maryse & The Bella Twins vs Beth Phoenix, Eve Torres, Gail Kim & Kelly Kelly

Kelly pounces on Brie and slams her head against the mat, then Kharma comes out and stops the match. She gets to the apron and eyes all the Divas up, then gets in the ring and they surround her in the middle. She motions for them to come at her, and they all stay frozen in place, then she gets on her knees and starts sobbing and rocking back and forth. She starts talking to herself and starts saying something as we go to a break.

Result - No Contest

Kofi Kingston vs Drew McIntyre

Kofi leapfrogs Drew a bunch of times then Drew clips his knee when he jumps the last time and it looks like Kofi hurt his knee. Drew uses the ringpost to apply a figure four then continues to go after his leg until Kofi leaps up and kicks him in the head. Kofi rallies with a leg sweep and a Boom Drop, then tries setting up for Trouble in Paradise but falls when his leg gives out. Drew picks him up and hits a diving powerbomb, but Kofi kicks out at two and Drew pounds on him in the corner. He pulls Kofi towards the middle, but Kofi ducks under him and hits a flipping slam for the win.

Winner - Kofi Kingston

CM Punk & R-Truth vs Rey Mysterio & John Cena

Punk gets attacked by Cena then tries hiding behind Bret Hart, and cheap shots Cena and tags in Truth. He takes it to Cena then tags Punk back in and he hits a side Russian leg sweep and a second rope elbow for two. Punk has been taunting Bret as well, and making comments about Canada. Punk holds Cena and won't let him tag out to Rey, and Truth tags in and hits a suplex for two. Truth gets in Bret's face about the count, then he and Punk continue to use quick tags to keep Cena isolated. Out of nowhere, Cena goes for the STF but Punk throws him off, then goes for a GTS but Cena counters into a DDT. Punk grabs his leg but Cena gets the tag and Rey unloads with kicks to Punk until Truth makes the save. Truth hits his finisher on Cena and taunts the fans until Rey hits him from behind.

Punk intercepts Rey and lifts him up for the GTS, but he hurricanranas out of it and sends Punk into the ropes. Rey connects with the 619 then Bret Hart puts Punk in the Sharpshooter as Rey hits a legdrop on the back of Punk's head. Bret makes the count then the faces celebrate as RAW goes off the air.


It was a very good show last night. R Truth is playing his heel role superbly and I was glad to see A-Ri getting such a big pop, I hope he gets a good feud with The Miz.
What are everyone elses thoughts?

Good to see A-Ri out of the lackie role - hopefully he will get a face push. I thought he was supposed to be on Smacjers now anyway!

As for Punk - man he has really upset someone hasnt he!

Really enjoyed Raw this week,bar the job out once again of CM Punk.

The tribute to Macho Man was brilliant and maybe I am the only one but I thought there was a hidden message there in the choice of song...possibly a burying of the hatchet...shame it had to happen this late if so though.

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=CDvXVP2iSNs

Macho man tribute from Raw

Had goosebumps at the end

Brilliant video Hobo. Wish I had seen this guy when he was properly about, looks so charismatic. Why have WWE stopped people with high charisma getting their shot?

Very good raw just finished watching it.

R Truth is doing very well, needs to sort his speaking out a bit i sometimes cant understand him that well (taking lessions of Booker T !)

Nice to see CM Punk in the main event. I really hope it is him vs Cena at the next ppv.

Great tribute to Randy Savage (RIP).

Finally fantastic to see Alex Riley getting a push (i hope !) should be a good feud with him and the miz if it happens. It might not happen because after all Riley is on smackdown.

R truth is impressive,loving his entrance aswell. I definitely can see him feeding with cena for the strap but I've just remembered Morrison will be back zzzzzzz

Just finished watching Raw.

Savage tribute was terrific real tear in the eye stuff. Absolutely loved Punks wearing Savage style trunks, shame he didn't puck up the win by elbowing Cena off the top.

I like the way Lawler called Savage a 'Hall of Famer' too, great line from the King.

Truth continues to impress if only they'd let him loose with this character years ago. Good to see Ai-Ri character evolving too. Most enjoyable Raw I've seen for a while

Someone tweeted Cena today giving Punk pelters and abushing the outfit and saying Punk must be gay, Cena had to set the guy straight, told him he was proud of Punk for doing it and said it was an honour to be in the ring with him while he had it on, Cena gets bags of heat but I thought that was classy