5-21-12 Raw results and thoughts

Coverage and thoughts on the May 21, 2012 episode of Raw

The show starts with John Cena coming to the ring. He says that win lose or draw he comes out and congratulates his opponent and says lets move on. Then he asks what the hell happened. He mentions Johnny Ace beat him. He says that it’s not how it happened, it’s why something like that would happen in the first place. Cena says that Ace has been a selfish power hungry bully. Then he talks about their match last night saying that Ace getting hit tail kicked was what people power was about (Heh).Then he mentions Big Show bringing Johnny back to the ring and he talks about. He says that Show gave Ace to Cena so Cena could finish the job but then Big Show, a man he used to call a friend knocked him out cold. He says there’re experts asking why he toyed with Johnny rather finishing him. He says that Ace deserved everything that he got. He says Big Show decided to sell out. He says he doesn’t know what Show is thinking. He says it doesn’t matter who the next GM would have been. Then he brings up the computer GM. UGH! He says that we’re stuck with this people power garbage. He rags on Ace and the people power crap. Then Eve Torres comes out. She introduces Johnny Ace saying he is the guy who beat Cena. Johnny comes out in a power scooter and has a crutch. Eve helps him up and he leans on the crutch. He says that he was rushed to the emergency room. The doctors told that he might have a spinal injury and other injuries. He says he can’t lift his left arm or move his left leg, but that’s ok because he showed when he’s in the ring he’s a fierce competitor. But when he’s outside the ring he is a WWE executive and that no one can lay a hand on him. He says if they do they will be terminated. Then he mentions that a rehired, gave a bonus to, and who Cena will be facing at No Way Out. Out comes Big Show. Show says that he’s sure Cena and everyone would like an explanation but no one deserves to hear it. He talks about how he begged for his job last Monday and he says that no one lives this business more than he does. He says that he was so upset he was crying. He mentions that he, a giant cried on world wide TV. Then he says that he got no sympathy from the fans and did what he had to do, and what the fans would have done. He says that he has an iron clad contract now. He says how dare Cena or the fans judge him. Show then says that he will be judging Cena at No Way out. He says for Cena there will be no way out because he will knock Cena out. Then David Otunga comes out and says that Cena lost to Ace and now it’s time to lose to him. Cena says he’s not in the mood. He tells Otunga that if he gets in the ring he will hurt him. Otunga says so be it and then he dedicates this match to Johnny. This was mostly a crappy segment. I thought Cena wasn’t the over the top cartoon that was last week, but him parodying the lap top GM was stupid. Johnny Ace’s promo was boring too. I’m way sick of this guy. Why is he the main heel!? I thought Big Show cut a good promo however. His being pissed at Cena and the fans for not doing anything was really well done and he was good in his delivery as usual.

John Cena vs. David Otunga. Cena wins by submission. This was a squash. Afterwards Curt Hawkins, Tyler Reks, Titus O’Neill & Darren Young attack Cena. Then Sheamus comes out and he and Cena clean house. Ace says he never gave the heels permission to come out. He tells them to get back to the locker room. Then he says that Cena & Sheamus will team up tonight and it will be in a 3 on 2 handicap lumber jack match. This was idiotic. I thought this was the start of a push for the low level heels, but it doesn’t look like it.

Ricardo Rodriguez was going to introduce Alberto Del Rio but Santino Marella came out. He says that he can’t understand a word Ricardo says. He says his accent is as almost as ridiculous as his eye brows. Then he says Ricardo doesn’t roll his “R’” Then they go back and forth with rolling R and then Santino hits him with the cobra. Then he tells the music guy to hit Alberto’s music. Then he does this over the top comedy introduction for Del Rio. This was really idiotic!!

Then they have a video package plugging Raw will have its 1000^th episode on July 23 and that Raw will be going to 3 hours. AHH!!

Then Alberto Del Rio comes to the ring and Santino heads to the back.

Randy Orton vs. Alberto Del Rio. Orton wins by DQ when Jericho comes in and gives Orton a Code Breaker. Then Jericho gets a mic and says that he is the best in the world at what he does. Then Orton gets up and Jericho gives him a second Code Breaker. Then he asks if Orton understands what he’s saying. He again says that he is the best in the world. Then he picks Orton and gives him a third Code Breaker. This was good. I liked the match and I thought Jericho coming and lying out Orton was good too. It looks like they might have Orton vs. Jericho at No Way Out.

Daniel Bryan comes to the ring and the fans chant yes. He says that a great injustice was done last night. He says he should be WWE Champion. Then they show the “controversial” clip to the finish of the match. Daniel asks if he made Punk tap out. He says Yes. He asks if should be WWE Champion. He says yes. He asks if he faces Punk one more time will he make him tap out again. He says yes. He then says the only reason he isn’t WWE Champion right now is because the referee made a bad. He then demands a rematch. Then CM Punk comes out on the stage. He says that last night’s match was one of the greatest battles he’s ever been and he thanks Daniel. Then he tells Daniel that he pinned him. Then he talks about what happened on Smackdown. They show Daniel hitting Kane with the chair during the Punk-Kane match. Then Punk says he’s ashamed that he fell for that. Then Punk introduces Daniel’s opponent for tonight. Cue Kane’s pyro. Kane comes to the ring. Punk goes to do commentary.

Kane vs. Daniel Bryan. Daniel wins by DQ when Kane hits him with a chair. Punk takes his headset off and he gets a chair/ He was going to do the same that Daniel did on Smackdown but Bryan yanked the chair out of Punk’s hands. Then Kane sees Daniel with the chair. He gets the chair and pounds Daniel with it. This lead to the DQ. Afterwards Kane gets Daniel back in the ring and gives Daniel 2 choke slams. Kane walks out. Then Punk gets in the ring, locks the Anaconda Vice on Daniel and Daniel taps. This was good. Punk & Daniel are 2 of the best guys in WWE today.

CM Punk is backstage and AJ shows up. She says that she enjoyed watching him beat on Daniel. Punk asks if she’s sadistic. AJ starts to lose it. Punk says that she has to know that she’s the one who’s been acting like a fool this whole time. Then she cries and Punk says it will be ok and he hugs her. Then AJ showed that she was faking. Punk says he sort of digs crazy chicks. Punk walks off and AJ “cries” again. This was decent. I’m not sure where they’re going with this but I thought they both did a good job here.

They reshow the Triple H-Paul Heyman segment from last week.

Justin Roberts announces the return of the man who won the people power battle royal and then won the Intercontinental Title last night. Christian.

Christian comes to the ring for his match next.

Intercontinental Champion Christian vs. Jinder Mahal. Christian gets the pin. This was a decent match.

Kelly Kelly vs. Beth Phoenix. Beth gets the pin. This was mostly a squash. Kelly got in some offense before getting pinned. Layla watched on a monitor backstage.

Sheamus & John Cena come to the ring for their 3 on 2 lumber jack match. Then Vickie Guerrero comes out and says she is thrilled to still be a part of the people power era. Then she introduces Jack Swagger & Dolph Ziggler. Then their partner comes out and it’s Tensai. Then the lumber jacks come out. They’re all heels.

World Champion Sheamus & John Cena vs. Jack Swagger, Dolph Ziggler & Tensai in a handi cap lumber jack match. The lumber jacks get in the ring and pound on Cena & Sheamus. Then some of the faces came out and a brawl started. Cena headed up the ramp to find Big Show while the brawl continued. They show Cena backstage and Johnny Ace asks what he wants. Cena says he doesn’t want anything from him. He asks where Big Show is. Johnny tells Cena not to touch him or he will be canned. Ace walks off and then Big Show his Cena with a Knockout Punch. Big Show walks off while Cena lies on the floor to end the show. The match was good and I liked the brawl. Big Show knocking out Cena backstage was ok too.

I thought this was a mixed bag show. The opening segment was mostly crap, but Big Show’s promo was good. I thought the main event match was good and I thought the brawl was decent. Punk was good too. The segment with him & Daniel Bryan was good. Both guys are really amazing. The Kane-Daniel match was decent too. I liked Punk tricking Kane to thinking Daniel was going to hit him with the chair. Punk pulling the same on Daniel from Smackdown was good. Punk & AJ were both good too. I’m not sure where they’re going with this but they were both good in this bit. Kelly-Beth wasn’t much and Christian-Jinder had a decent but short match. Santino & Ricardo doing the “rolling R” bit was idiotic! Orton-Del Rio was a good match though and I liked Jericho coming out and giving Orton the Code Breakers. On the whole I thought this was a mixed bag show.