Coverage and thoughts on the April 25, 2011 Draft episode of Raw
This week’s Raw started off with the Raw vs. Smackdown battle Royal. Big Show & Kofi Kingston win for Smackdown. Good Battle Royal. Battle Royals are usually fun.
John Cena is drafted to Smackdown
Todd Grisham interviews Cena about being drafted to Smackdown. Typical Cena promo. Then he mentions his cage for the WWE Title at Extreme Rules. Miz comes in and says after Sunday Miz can’t see Cena on raw after Cena loses. Good stuff from Miz.
Jim Ross vs. Michael Cole is announced for tonight. Cole gloats more. Cole can be entertaining as a heel, but can also be really annoying at times too.
R-Truth comes out and cuts a heel promo saying how his friend John Morrison came out and challenged him for his spot in the Title match on Sunday. Fans kept chanting “what” and Truth did a great job playing off of the fans. He says that he accepted Morrison’s challenge because the fans wanted him to and he blames the fans for losing his Title shot. He mentions how for 10 years he chose the fans, but now he’s officially giving the fans the boot. He says that for the first time in his life, the truth has set him free. Great promo from Truth here. Morrison comes out and attacks Truth and the referees pull ‘em apart, Morrison charges down the ramp at Truth and the refs continue the pull apart during the brawl. Great segment. R-Truth is really doing a great job as a heel so far.
Eve Torres vs. Layla. Michael Cole gets on the mic and Eve gets the pin for Raw. Cole rags on about how he’s going to beat Jim Ross. Michelle and Layla go at it and Layla finally fights back, ramming her into the barrier and over the announce table.
Rey Mysterio is drafted to Raw.
Jim Ross is warming up for his match against Michael Cole in the back.
Cody Rhodes promo about Mysterio being drafted to Raw and how he will give Rey a going away present Sunday, and that gift will be a new mask that they put over the face before being wheeled into the hospital. Decent promo from Cody.
Kofi Kingston vs. U.S. Paradise . This was a good match too.
Randy Orton is drafted to Smackdown.
Jim Ross vs. Sir Michael Cole. Cole does a lot of stalling, wearing JR’s hat then stomps it. Then a push up and JR shoves him down and Cole calls for a time out and has some water. Cole goes for a slam but JR falls on top of him and punches away. Cole tries to bail, but Lawler throws him back in, then Swagger attacks Lawler and gets in the Ring and puts JR in the Ankle Lock. JR wins by DQ. Swagger locks the Ankle Lock again and Cole whips JR with his belt then Lawler gets in the ring and whips Cole with the belt.
The Raw GM chimes in saying that at Extreme Rules JR & Lawler vs. Cole and Swagger will be a tag team Country Whipping match.
Miz promo in the back saying there will be something bigger to celebrate than The Rock’s birthday and that he will walk out of Extreme Rules still WWE Champion and says if he gets drafted to Smackdown, Raw will be cancelled in a month. Good usual promo from The Miz.
Randy Orton vs. Dolph Ziggler. Orton gets the pin and Smackdown gets 2 more picks. Decent match.
CM Punk comes out and finds it ironic that the PPV is called Extreme Rules because rules don’t apply accept for 1 and that is to answer the ref’s 10 count and a simple RKO won’t get Orton a 1-2-3 and Punk will send Orton to Smackdown as a shell of what he used to be. Orton says there will be many things on Raw that he will miss, but what he won’t miss is Punk's talking and how at Extreme Rules after their match Punk will be unconscious because he (Orton) will be the last man standing. Good promo from Punk, while Orton’s promo fell a little flat.
Mark Henry and Sin Cara are drafted to Smackdown.
Intercontinental Champion Wade Barrett vs. Rey Mysterio in a Non Title Match. Rey gets the pin in a good match and Raw gets 2 more picks.
Big Show and Alberto Del Rio are drafted to Raw.
Alberto, Ricardo and Brodus Clay backstage and Brodus asks what happens to him now that Alberto has been drafted to Raw. Alberto and Ricardo talk to each other in Spanish.
Teddy Long comes out and announces that the Raw main event will be a 6 man tag match, CM Punk, Alberto Del Rio & The Miz (Team Raw) vs. Christian, Mark Henry & John Cena (Team Smackdown).
Christian, Mark Henry & John Cena vs. CM Punk, Alberto Del Rio
John Cena is drafted back to Raw.
Cena cleans house on the heels and throws Miz out of the ring onto the others. Cena poses in the ring to end the show.
So Cena gets drafted to Smackdown and back to Raw in the same night. Why’d they “draft” him to Smackdown in the first place?
That’s this week’s Raw. Overall I thought it was a pretty entertaining show.
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