6-13-11 3 hour All Star Raw results & thoughts

Coverage and thoughts on the June 13, 2011 3 hour episode of All Star Raw

The show starts with a Miz promo talking about how he won his match last week and that makes him the WWE All Star, then rags on Alex Riley calling him a fraud and he will deal with him on Sunday. But before he does, he is going to teach Alex Riley a lesson. He complains about how he always sees merchandise for Austin and Rock and that they’re jealous of his success and that Austin owes him an apology. Austin comes out and does his pose on the turnbuckles. Austin asks Miz if calling him out is the best he’s got, rags on his suit and says that he let Miz talk his trash the night after WrestleMania to see if Miz is that good. Austin says he came to Raw tonight to be the GM and would stun Miz if he has to. He mentions how Alex Riley went after him and Austin gives him credit for being able to give as good as he gets and that he might be a bigger star than Miz some day. Austin yanks Miz’s tie and says that he gives Miz credit for what he’s done, but he will set up some counseling for Riley and Miz with Roddy Piper in a Piper’s Pit. Austin tells Miz to beat it and right now is not his time to be a hero. Miz walks out. Austin says that he’s running the show tonight, then Alberto Del Rio comes out. Alberto said he heard Austin wanted to see him so that he can see what true greatness is like up close. Alberto starts with his destiny and Austin chimes in saying he’s not a fortune teller, but he smells an ass whipping as his immediate destiny. He says that Alberto thinks he’s a tough guy for taking out Big Show. Austin then says that Alberto will be in tonight’s first match. Kane comes out.

Kane vs. Alberto Del Rio. Kane wins by DQ when Del Rio doesn’t release the arm breaker after Kane made it to the ropes. Big Show came out and attacked Alberto. Ricardo then comes in and Big Show attacks him and Alberto bails. Kane tries to pull Show off and eventually does after a sleeper or something. Austin comes out and says that at Capitol Punishment it will be big Show vs. Alberto Del Rio. And that’s the bottom line. During the break Ricardo was taken out on a stretcher.

Sin Cara, Daniel Bryan & Ezekiel Jackson vs. Cody Rhodes, Ted DiBiase, Jr. & Wade Barrett. Cara, Bryan & Jackson win when Cara pins Barrett. This was solid match.

Hornswoggle is in the ring shooting t-shirts to the fans when R-Truth comes out and says that all the “Little Jimmies” and “Little Jennies” are getting t-shirts and that it looks like fun and he likes to have fun. Truth comes in the ring and says that Sunday he will beat Cena and become the WWE Champion, then he tells the fans to boo themselves and not him. Hornswoggle shoots a t-shirt at him and Truth grabs him, shakes his hand then boots him in the face. Austin shows up on the Tron and says that tonight he will face the returning John Morrison. Morrison was on the Tron too. Truth says Morrison will have to get some of this, then boots Hornswoggle. This was another good promo from Truth. I liked how he threw in “Little Jenny” too.

Santino Marella vs. Sheamus. Sheamus gets the submission win with the Texas Cloverleaf. Not a bad match. I liked Sheamus pulling out the Cloverleaf.

Randy Orton comes out and his mic doesn’t work. He gets another one and says live TV is awesome. He says it feels good to be back on Raw. He mentions how you would think he would be satisfied with he has, mentioning that he is World Champion and can cause Christian some pain at Capital Punishment but he is not satisfied because he knows that Christian is in the building. He calls out Christian and says he wants to talk and will not RKO him. Orton admitted that the first chance he gets he will attack him. He tells him to come out. Christian shows up on the Tron saying he can see Orton’s angry and doesn’t get why because everything he’s done in WWE was given to him while Christian worked for it. Christian says he’s not coming out and Orton says it’s a shame Edge isn’t around to carry Christian. Christian then makes his way to the ring. Christian comes out and backs away. Orton goes after Christian but security blocks him. The Raw GM chimes in. I don’t know why. Cole reads the e-mail and says that he will not let Orton compete tonight because of a concussion. He tells Orton to get out of the building or he will strip him of the World Title. Why is the laptop GM on this week if Austin is supposed to be running the show? Austin shows up on the Tron and says Christian has a match with Rey Mysterio next. This was a mix bag segment I thought. Christian’s promos are real good, but Orton has never been the greatest promo guy. The laptop GM being on the show made no sense to me either.

Booker T comes out to do commentary with Cole & Lawler.

Rey Mysterio vs. Christian. Rey wins by DQ when Christian chokes Rey in the ropes. Christian goes to the top rope but Rey comes up and backdrops him into the ring, Punk comes out and Rey dives onto him. Nexus come out, Rey was about to 619 Christian but Mason Ryan stops him and rams him back first into the ring post.  Christian then gives Rey the kill switch.

Austin is backstage on his cell and Dolph Ziggler and Vickie Guerrero come in. Vickie asks Austin to give Dolph a U.S. Title match with Kofi Sunday. Austin says if he grants the match he has to drop Vickie as his consultant. Vickie says he’s her project and she got him to the top. Austin mentioned the Ringmaster gimmick and how he got over after that. Dolph ditches Vickie and gets his match. Austin then says that he was playing around and that he made the match earlier in the day. This was good stuff. Vickie is easily one of the best heels in the company today.

John Morrison vs. R-Truth. Morrison doesn’t come out and Truth asks what’s up. He tells him to come out, but if he’s afraid then he should say he is. Truth says he’s afraid of himself. He says if Morrison won’t come to him, he will bring the fight to Morrison. Truth then heads for the back. They show Truth in the back looking for Morrison. Truth finds Morrison down and unconscious. He says that the “Little Jimmies” came to see the match, but they won’t now. Truth then rams Morrison with a cart. This was more good stuff from Truth.

U.S. Champion Kofi Kingston & Evan Bourne vs. Dolph Ziggler & Jack Swagger. Kofi & Bourne win when Bourne pins Swagger. This was a good back and forth match.

Roddy Piper hosts Piper’s Pit with guests Alex Riley & The Miz. Piper mentions his WrestleMania 2 match with Mr. T saying it was a lot of fun. Miz comes out and says that he doesn’t live in the past and it gets him that fans compare him to Piper. Piper says there will never be another Roddy Piper and that Miz is a Roddy Piper wanna be. Miz says he’s actually been WWE Champion and won the main event at WrestleMania. Piper talks about Miz's match with Alex Riley Sunday and Piper introduces him. Alex Riley comes out. Alex says that he didn’t want it to be this way with Miz and that Miz took him under his wing, but realized that he was using him to remain WWE champion. Miz says that he canned Riley. Piper does his change the questions bit and that is what Alex will do Sunday and it will be awesome. Miz says he will destroy Riley Sunday and Riley says that Piper can beat the Miz. Miz will put up $1,000 and face Piper now. Piper says how about $5,000. Austin comes on the tron and makes the match for tonight with $5,000 on the line and Alex Riley will be the referee. This was a good segment too. Piper is one of the all time greats and Miz was his usual jerk heal.

Roddy Piper vs. The Miz with Alex Riley as the referee. Miz punches Riley and Alex punches him back a few times and Piper gets the roll up for the win. Alex throws Miz over the top rope. Miz rants saying this isn’t over while Alex raises Piper’s hand.    

Kelly Kelly, Eve Torres, Natalya, Gail Kim, Beth Phoenix, AJ & Kaitlyn vs. The Bellas, Tamina, Melina, Alicia Fox, Maryse & Rosa Mendez. The match breaks down right away and Kelly pins Melina for the win. This was a typical multi Diva short match. Eve gets the mic and says they should show a tribute to Broadway. They do the chorus dance like the Rockettes. Kinda corny.

Austin and Andy are in the back and they toast to his success. CM Punk comes in and Austin tells Andy to go. Austin asks Punk if he wants a beer. Punk does the what bit to show how annoying it can be. Punk thanked Austin for giving him a match with Cena. Punk does the that’s the bottom line bit. Austin says Nexus will not be at ringside and Punk says he can handle Cena himself. Austin says he is going to the ring to make a major announcement. This was weird! Why’d they have Andy look like a total goof again after he got stunned by Austin last week? They should’ve followed up with that by having Andy get his heat back some how. The back and forth with Austin and Punk was good though, but it would have been nice to see maybe Punk get in Andy’s face and Andy standing up to him.

Austin comes to the ring on his ride. He gets the mic and says it’s been great to be back in Long Island. Austin is about to make an announcement and the Raw GM chimes in, which Michael Cole is reluctant to read. Austin is tired of the GM ruining his show. Cole reads the e-mail which says that Austin did a great job filling in this week, but all good things must come to an end and he will be back next week. Austin says he is still the GM and says that next week Raw will be another 3 hour show and says the fans will be in charge next week. The GM chimes in again. Austin goes after Cole but Cole goes over the barrier and bails. The raw GM keeps trying to chime in and Austin unplugs the laptop and shoves the podium down. Austin then pours a couple beers on the laptop. Austin then runs over the GM laptop. Austin comes back in and does his usual beer bash shtick. Austin said it was good to be back and that’s the bottom line. This was ridiculous!

Michael Cole is back on commentary.

John Cena vs. CM Punk. The fans were chanting back and forth with Let’s go Cena and CM Punk! They were really loud and into it. Great stuff from the fans! R-Truth comes out in the crowd pointing out all the “Little Jimmies.” Cena gets distracted by Truth, and Punk hits the GTS for the pin. This was a real good match. Truth hits Cena with a water bottle and lays him out. A small R-Truth chant from some of the fans. Truth gets the Title and says that he will become WWE Champion Sunday and that’s the truth! Some of the fans chanted Little Jimmy. Funny stuff. Truth then poses with the Title and clutches it in his arms. Great stuff from Truth tonight!

Overall I thought this was a mixed bag of a show. I thought there was a lot of talking and too few matches. The Main event and the Kofi & Bourne vs. Dolph & Swagger were the best parts of the show. The crowd really made the Cena-Punk match more entertaining.