5-30-11 Raw results and thoughts

Coverage and thoughts on the May 30, 2011 episode of Raw

They showed a Memorial Day Tribute video package to start the show.

Michael Cole and Jerry Lawler are doing commentary by themselves like nothing ever happened. SAY WHAT?

The show starts with R-Truth cutting a promo, but the channel was having technical difficulties. Truth rags on the fans who have Cena shirts. This is great stuff, too bad they’re having problems with the channel. He comes across a father and son and asks if the son’s name is “Little Jimmy” and that “Big Jimmy” has a Cena shirt too. He tells him to say something and the guy says what’s up. Truth says it’s not about what’s up anymore or the fans saying that they’ve all been against him and “Little Jimmy” makes him sick. Great stuff from Truth here. Cena come out and asks Truth what’s wrong with him. Truth says it’s not him, but all the fans and Cena. Cena tells Truth that he has no problem knocking sense into him. Truth says that all the “Little Jimmies” will get to watch him beat Cena. The Raw GM chimes in and makes Cena vs. Truth for tonight’s main event. This was a good opening segment. Truth is continuing to deliver with his heal promos. Cena was usual self too. Too bad the technical difficulties happened.

U.S. Champion Kofi Kingston vs. Dolph Ziggler. Dolph gets the pin in a really good match.

Ricardo introduces Alberto Del Rio. He talks what happen last week with Big Show’s leg getting run over. They replay the video. Alberto says it wasn’t deliberate and tells Ricardo to tell the fans what happened. Ricardo spoke in Spanish and Del Rio said that it’s Show’s fault that his leg got run over. He said that Ricardo will send Big Show the bill. Alberto then tells Big Show to get well soon. This was a decent segment. Alberto continues to do a good job in the heal role.

Kelly Kelly & Eve Torres vs. The Bella Twins. Kelly & Eve get the win when Kelly pins a Bella. This was typical Divas match.

Michael Cole is in the ring and talks about how Miz “fired” Alex Riley and Cole rants about how Riley messed up for turning on Miz. They replay the video. Alex Riley comes out with new theme music. Cole calls Riley a backstabber and says that Miz helped him grow and Riley repays him by attacking him. Cole says that Miz was hurt by Alex’s face turn and that Miz thought of him as a brother. Alex says that he’s never felt better. Cole says he should beg Miz for forgiveness. Alex tells Cole he has a big mouth, is arrogant and is starting to get annoying just like Miz. Cole tells Riley that he’s a bastard. Alex then grabs Cole and throws him down, picks him up, gets in his face and strangles him then Miz comes out and attacks Riley. Alex fights back and he attacks Miz throwing him into, then over the barrier, then threw him on the announce table and Miz finally escaped through the crowd and out the door. This was really good too. I’m impressed with Alex’s face turn and a feud with him and Miz could be good.

Rey Mysterio vs. CM Punk. Punk gets the pin in what was also a great match. Mysterio and Punk really have great chemistry in the ring together.

Kharma is in the ring and has a mic. She said that when she was a kid she had 2 dreams. The first was to become a WWE super star and that she tried out for season 2 of Tough Enough. She mentioned how she trained in Japan and was in every wrestling promotion till her dream came true when she came to WWE. Her second dream is that she wanted to be a mother and that she soon will be because she is expecting. She says that she will be back and thanked the fans. Good promo from Kharma. The Bellas come out and rag on Kharma mentioning how big she is. Kharma says that when she returns next year she hopes the Bellas will still be there. This was a mixed bag segment. Kharma’s promo was good, but the Bella stuff was awful.

Evan Bourne vs. Jack Swagger. Bourne gets the pin in a good match.

They replay the start of the show with Truth at the merchandise table complaining about how Cena’s face in everywhere and the “Big Jimmy”-“Little Jimmy” bit.

WWE Champion John Cena vs. R-Truth. Truth went into the crowd and Cena came after him, Truth got back in the ring and got the win by count out. This was more of an angle then a match. Truth jaw jacked with the fans a lot. Really good stuff. Truth throws “Big Jimmy’s” drink at him then bails. Cena checks on the guy.

This was a good show I thought. Truth is really doing a great job as a heal. The Rey-Punk, Kofi-Ziggler and Bourne-Swagger matches were the best matches on the show.