Coverage and thoughts on the May 28, 2012 episode of Raw
They start the show with a video package dedicated to the U.S. Armed Forces. Classy move.
They recap the Cena-Johnny-Big Show angle. This feud is idiotic!
The actual show starts with Big Show coming to the ring. He has a smile on his face and says that this is him doing his job. He says it was easy making people smile and he didn’t mind it. Then he says that was a business decision. He says that’s all over now because he has an iron clad contract. Then the fans chant Cena. He says that his contract and bonus have him set for life. He says that he can do whatever he wants and doesn’t have to worry about putting smiles on people’s faces. He says he’s not an entertainer. He’s a giant. Then he says there’s no one in his league in WWE or any other sport. He says that might have been why no one came to his defense 2 weeks ago. Then he mentions that just after he was begging, “This happened.” They show Brodus Clay. Show says his tears weren’t even dry in the ring when Brodus came out and did his shtick. He says that he thought Kofi & Truth were his friends and he says it was easy for the fans to just move on. He then says that the fans are shallow and phony. Then he says that Cena disappointed him the most. He says that when he saw Cena confront Ace he Show thought he was coming to his defense. But “the hero” did this. Then they show Cena saying “Loser” to Johnny later that night. Show mentions that Cena made jokes. Show says that he’s one big joke to the fans. He then says that Cena hurt him and last week Show knocked him out twice in 24 hours. He says that what he will do to Cena at No Way Out won’t be pretty. He says that if Cena suffered when he lost to Rock, took a beating from Lesnar, or lost to Ace at Over the Limit, Cena will experience all those things in 1 night. Show then says that puts a smile on his face. This was a good promo. Despite this story line being totally idiotic, Show’s promos have been good through out this insanity!
Alex Riley is backstage telling Eve what a great job she’s doing. Then Big Show comes in and Eve tells him that Johnny will let Show pick his opponent tonight. She walks out and then Riley gets frazzled. Show says he’s not picking him to face. Then Show says there’s a message he wants to send to the locker room. Then he throws Riley face first into the wall.
WWE Tag Team Champions Kofi Kingston & R-Truth vs. Jack Swagger & Dolph Ziggler for the Titles. Kofi & Truth win when Truth pins Swagger. This was a good match. Afterwards Ziggler chews out Swagger and walks out on him and Vickie.
They show Santino being helped out backstage and Big Show comes by. He says that Santino didn’t care what happened to him. Then Brodus comes in and says for Show to pick him to face tonight. Show says that after tonight Brodus won’t be walking. This was ok. It looks like Brodus won’t in any squash fest tonight.
Johnny Ace comes out on his power scooter with Eve & David Otunga. Ace gets in the ring and waves to the fans. Then he says who he is again. He says that he has several announcements tonight. First Big Show will face Brodus Clay. Then he says that the Cena-Big Show at No Way Out will be a steel cage match. Then he says that since he beat Cena he has become the most powerful WWE star in history. Then he talks about the WWE 13 game being released soon. Then he has a drum roll and they unveil a picture of him for the cover. Ace says this is gonna be better than Pac Man. Then CM Punk comes to the ring. He poses and stares at the Johnny Ace pic. The fans chant CM Punk. Then Punk says that Ace and Pac man have no testicles. Then he tells Johnny that he isn’t popular. He then says that being on the cover of a video game means a lot. Then he mentions that the real pic is a lot better looking than Johnny is. Then a pic of CM Punk is lowered. Punk then says that his pic is bigger than Johnny’s. Then Punk says what a concept of having a wrestler on a wrestling video game is. Then he says that Ace will put him in a never been done before match. Then he says he has to beat Daniel Bryan and he tells Ace to get out of his ring. Punk then says that the Board of Directors are watching. Johnny then wishes Punk good luck. Punk says luck’s for losers. Ace gets on his power scooter and heads up the ramp. Then Punk kicks Johnny’s pic. This was decent. Punk was good as usual and Johnny Ace wasn’t too bad here either.
WWE Champion CM Punk vs. Daniel Bryan. Daniel gets the pin. This was a really good match. AJ was at ringside and she distracted the referee. Daniel exposed a turnbuckle and rammed Punk into it for the pin. Afterwards Kane came out and hit Daniel with a chair. Then he choke slammed him. Then Punk comes in the ring with a chair that AJ tossed to him and Punk hit Kane a few time with the chair. This was solid. I like what they’re doing with AJ too. I’m thinking that they’ll have her help Daniel Bryan at No Way Out.
Intercontinental Champion Christian vs. The Miz. Christian gets the pin. This was a solid match. Cody Rhodes was on commentary during the match. Then he took his headset off and walked up the ramp. After the match Cody walked to the back.
Johnny, Eve & Otunga are in Johnny’s office. Eve tells Teddy to get her coffee. Johnny says that he is disappointed in both of them. He’s pissed at Otunga for tapping to Cena’s STF and at Eve for not getting an apology from Sheamus. Otunga asks Johnny to have him face Cena. Johnny says that he won’t be around forever and that he might retire in 10-20 years. Then Teddy comes in with Eve’s coffee. She has some and spits it on Long and says that it’s cold. The heels walk out and then Long says that it’s supposed to be cold because it was ice coffee. This was a lame segment.
The Miz is still in the ring and he says that he wants this match erased from the record books. Then he says that he is the reason Johnny Ace is GM and asks why he doesn’t get a bonus. He says he’s not going anywhere and then Randy Orton comes to the ring. Miz tells Orton to head to the back and Orton gives him an RKO.
Dolph Ziggler & Vickie Guerrero are backstage and Dolph tells Vickie to get him out of the tag team. He says that should’ve been him in the ring with Orton. Vickie says she’ll see what she can do. Ziggler wanted to get an RKO and look like more of a jobber?
They show a Memorial Day video package narrated by John Cena. This was good.
World Champion Sheamus vs. David Otunga. Sheamus gets the pin. This was a squash.
They show Brodus backstage and he’s doing his shtick as he heads to the ring. This made no sense! They had Brodus stand up to Big Show and being more serious and now he’s back to the funkasauris bit as he goes to the ring?
Brodus Clay comes out for his match with Big Show. He does the whole Funkasauris bit. This is idiotic! Why is Brodus coming out all smiles when he’s facing Big Show?
Then Big Show comes out with a mic and he says that he’s a big fan of Brodus’. He says that he thought he was a sell out when he faced Akibono at WrestleMania 21. Show says that he did embarrassing things for business, but Brodus does embarrassing things every night. Then Show says that when Brodus’ gimmick gets old then maybe he can be the next Doink. Then Big Show says that the difference between Brodus & Doink is that Doink had talent.
Then Big Show pounds on Brodus while the Funkettes watch in freight from the ring. Then Kofi Kingston & R-Truth come out and Kofi dives at Show but Show catches him and throws him onto Truth. Then Show breaks the announce table and hits Brodus over the back with a piece of it. Then he throws Truth around for a bit. Then Kofi was going for the Trouble in Paradise but Big Show caught him and threw Kofi into the ring barrier. Then he throws Truth into the steel steps. Then he gives Brodus a knockout punch. Big Show looks around at the fans and then he walks up the ramp. Then Johnny Ace comes out and he raises Show’s arm while Brodus, Kofi & Truth lay unconscious. Big Show & Johnny Ace shake hands to end the show. I thought they did a good job of making Big Show look like a monster here. Kofi took a sick bump into the barrier and Brodus took a beating.
I thought this week’s show wasn’t as bad as the last 2 weeks. It wasn’t great but it wasn’t terrible either. Big Show’s opening promo was good and I liked seeing him lay out Brodus and the tag champs at the end of the Show. I thought they did a good in making Show look like a monster. I don’t get why he’s with Johnny Ace but he does a good job in the role. Punk-Bryan was a really good match too. Those guys always have good matches. I like what they’re doing with AJ too. They had her wearing a CM Punk t-shirt, so I would think that means she will be helping Daniel Bryan out. The tag title match was good too. It looks like they’re attempting to push Dolph again. We’ll see what they do with him. Sheamus-Otunga was a squash. There isn’t much to say about that. The bit with Johnny, Otunga & Eve in the back with Johnny being pissed at them both followed by Long bringing in ice coffee was lame. Christian-Miz was solid. Miz is certainly on the downward spiral. I was ok with his promo where he complained about not getting any recognition for being the reason why Johnny is the GM. Of course he got buried by an RKO right after that. Santino-Del Rio was a short squash. I liked Ricardo getting in Santino’s face after the match. The CM Punk-Johnny Ace bit with the WWE 13 poster was ok. I thought they both cut decent promos despite the segment being kind of corny. On the whole I thought this week’s show was better than the last 2.
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