Coverage and thoughts on the May 23, 2011 episode of Raw
Jerry Lawler comes to the ring and says that Michael Cole has finally been beaten. He talks about how he knew Cole would try to chicken out, so he had a Hart up his sleeve. Bret Hart comes to the ring. He says that he and Lawler had their differences and respected the kind of competitor he is and he was glad Cole was defeated. R-Truth comes out and says what an “honor” it was to be in the ring with him. He says he hasn’t been in any Title matches and that his old gimmick got him nowhere. He takes Bret’s sunglasses and looks for a “Little Jimmy” and gives Bret’s glasses to a fan saying that means his in line for a Title match now, but he isn’t. He used to think giving the people what they wanted was all the mattered but it got him no place. He says he took out Morrison and Mysterio and that Bret was next. Bret says he got Title matches because he is the best there is, was and ever will be and that Truth hasn’t because he’s a lunatic. Cena comes out limping from his match with Miz. Cena says it’s time he and Truth had a talk. Cena says the used to be cool and Truth says he doesn’t know about cool or about him. Truth says the fans make sure it’s all about Cena and Cena says it’s Cena that makes sure it’s about the fans. Truth rags on the fans for getting all the Cena merchandise. Great stuff! Truth says he never liked Cena and that Cena and Bret are just propaganda to make the fans feel good. He doesn’t care about how the fans feel and that it’s all about him. Cena says someone should knock some sense into him. The Raw GM chimes in and makes a tag match, Cena & Mysterio vs. Truth & Punk with Bret as the guest referee. This was a good way to start the show. Bret’s promo was good and Truth continues to deliver as a heel.
Kane and Big Show are in the back sitting Alberto’s car, Ricardo comes in and Show shoves him, then Alberto gets in their faces. I’m not sure what that was about.
WWE Tag Team Champions Kane & Big Show vs. David Otunga & Michael McGuillicutty for the Titles. Mason comes in and Kane clotheslines him out of the ring. Show goes to choke slam both Otunga and McGuillicutty and Punk kicks show in the back of the head and McGuillicutty gets the pin on Big Show after a double DDT to win the Titles.
Kane & Big Show interview and Big Show says they got robbed. Alberto comes in and slaps Show, he runs after Alberto and someone ran over Show’s leg with the car. Looks like Alberto will be feuding with Kane & Big Show for a bit. Back from commercial and medics check on Show and he eventually stands up.
Jack Swagger vs. Evan Bourne. Swagger gets the pin in a good but short match. Bourne gives Swagger a roundhouse kick afterwards.
Michael Cole is in the back and walks by the Kelly Kelly, Gail Kim, Beth Phoenix & Eve Torres and offers to shake Eve’s hand and she lifts her foot up. Cole is on his way to the ring.
Cole comes out and says he doesn’t deserve the fan’s attention and that it never should have been about him and apologizes to Lawler, Josh and the fans. He says he wants to do commentary like he used to without the Cole mine. Cole begs the fans to accept his apology and the fans boo him. Lawler gets the mic and says it all sounds good and thanks him for apologizes and also for giving him a picture that will be on Christmas card this year. They show the clip of Lawler sticking his foot in Cole’s mouth from the PPV. Lawler then gives Cole a box of breath mints and Cole said he deserved it. Cole then sits to do commentary.
The Miz & Alex Riley come out and says he didn’t win the WWE Title last night is because of Alex Riley. He rags on Riley for screwing up too often. He says he wants the Raw GM to give him another Title match with Cena with Riley banned from ringside. Miz says everyone knows that he should be WWE Champion and waits for the GM to chime in. The GM does and denies the Miz a rematch and that he is done with Cena. Miz looks really ticked off, then blames Alex Riley some more for not being Champion. Alex said he wasn’t the guy who said I Quit. Miz shoves him and gets in his face and that Riley would be nothing without him. He continues to rag on Riley for being a disappointment and is sick of him and he “fires” him. Miz shoves him again and Alex fights back, tears Miz’s coat & shirt off and rams Miz into the ring barrier and continues to pound on him and throws him over the announce table then throws him back in the ring and beats on him some more. This was a good segment and the Riley face turn and beat down on Miz was well done I thought.
The Bella Twins, Melina & Maryse vs. Kelly Kelly, Gail Kim, Beth Phoenix & Eve Torres. Kelly and one of the Bellas start. The match barley gets anywhere when Kharma comes out. Kharma is surrounded by all the Divas as they wait to see who she will attack. Kharma gets on her knees and cries and for some reason starts pleading. Time for commercial. Back from commercial and they reshow Kharma’s meltdown. I have no idea what that was about. Why they had Kharma do that beats me.
U.S. Champion Kofi Kingston vs. Drew McIntyre who had a huge amount of pyro before coming out. McIntyre went for a figure four on the turnbuckle and Kofi was selling the leg the rest of the match. Kofi gets the pin in a good match. They show Dolph and Vickie in the back watching for some reason.
Nexus is in the back celebrating their Title win and Punk says to take a look at what he will do next.
Alberto interview in the back saying Big Show had it coming by disrespecting him, but he didn’t know what to say about what happened, then he blamed Ricardo.
They show a video tribute to Randy Savage. This was a really well done video. Major kudos to WWE for this one. The fans chanted “Macho” afterwards. Savage is one of my all time favorite wrestlers and I commend WWE for making this great tribute video. I miss you Mach!
Bret Hart comes to the ring to guest referee the main event match for tonight.
John Cena & Rey Mysterio vs. CM Punk & R-Truth. CM wore Macho Man like tights, which was cool. Rey give Punk the 619, Punk grabs Bret and Bret punches punk and puts him in the Sharpshooter and Rey pins Punk for the win. This match was good too.
This week’s Raw was a good show I thought. They had some good matches and a good main event. The Randy Savage tribute video was outstanding also!
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