8-6-12 Raw results and thoughts

Coverage and thoughts on the August 6, 2012 episode of Raw

  The show starts with AJ Lee skipping to the ring. She welcomes everyone to Raw. Then she says she’s is going to announce some blockbuster matches. First Randy Orton vs. Big Show. Second John Cena vs. Daniel Bryan and third…before she can say CM Punk’s music hits and he comes out. He says that he’s a man who lives his life with zero regrets. He’s also man enough to know when he’s made a mistake. He says that last week he did something he isn’t proud of. He says he lost his temper and he apologizes to AJ. He says that he let his emotions get the better of him. He says that the they both shouldn’t be disrespected. He says he knows what that’s like and says he’s sorry. AJ accepts. Punk says hopefully they can be friends. Then he says that AJ might fall flat on her face at times and make some mistakes. Like having him defend the WWE Title in a triple threat match. Then Punk asks her to call off the triple threat match at SummerSlam. The fans chant no. AJ says she is new at this and will make mistakes but making the triple threat match isn’t one of them. Her decision stands. Punk asks if this is her getting back at him for humiliating her when she asked him to marry her. H e tells her not to be the evil GM and stick it to the guy everyone likes. He says he doesn’t mind facing Show or Cena in singles matches. He says she can name a new challenger. Then John Cena comes to the ring. He says Punk has become “one of those guys.” A guy who demands respect. Cena says you come out and earn respect. The dueling “Let’s go Cena/Cena sucks” chants start. Cena says he’s been in WWE 10 years and has been champion and always has to fight for respect. Cena says that Punk got involved in the Cena-Show match last week and now there’s a triple threat match and Punk is upset about it. Punk says he tells it like it is. Punk says that Cena came flying over the commentator’s desk onto him. Punk says he is the WWE Champion and won’t be disrespected by Cena, Show, or anybody. Then Punk says he saved Cena’s life last week because Cena was about to get flattened with a giant on his shoulders. Then Cena says that after SummerSlam Punk won’t be champion. Punk mentions that he beat Cena at SummerSlam last year. Then Big Show comes out. AJ tells everyone she’s not going to let things get out of hand on her show. She tells Show & Cena that they both have matches tonight. Punk says he deserves to be in the main event. AJ says Punk will be in a match tonight. Punk asks who. She says she doesn’t know because it’s up to the fans. She says that he will face either Miz, Kane or Rey Mysterio and the voting starts on Twitter right now because Punk’s match is next. Then AJ skips up the ramp. This was a decent opening segment. Punk cut a good promo as usual. AJ was decent here too. Even Cena wasn’t that hokey here.

Jerry Lawler gets the mic and it’s time to find out who will face Punk. It will be Mysterio. I wasn’t surprised.

Rey Mysterio vs. WWE Champion CM Punk. Punk gets the pin. This was a solid match.

Alberto Del Rio & Ricardo Rodriguez are backstage. Del Rio parks his car. Ricardo says something and Spanish and Del Rio pushes him and tells him to shut up.

They show a video package for Wade Barrett’s return. He says that the Barrett Barrage has just begun.

Alberto & Ricardo come into AJ’s office. Del Rio says she’s doing a great at being GM unlike Booker T. He says that he shouldn’t have to compete till SummerSlam. AJ says she doesn’t have him booked in a match. Alberto then says that she thought she was going to do something crazy. AJ gets bothered by that and then tells Del Rio that he will be in a match next. Decent segment.

Time for a video package recapping the Triple H-Brock Lesnar feud.

Christian is in the ring and will face Alberto Del Rio next.

Ricardo comes out and does his usual introduction for Del Rio.

Christian vs. Alberto Del Rio. Del Rio wins by submission. This was solid too. Christian was on the top rope. Ricardo distracted the referee and Del Rio hit Christian with his boot. Then Del Rio locked on the cross arm breaker.

Then Sheamus shows up on the Tron. He says he’s been thinking about what Del Rio said about Sheamus being beneath him. Then Sheamus says that he is going to class up his act starting with the kind of car he drives. He’s standing in front of Del Rio’s car. He then tells Ricardo not to leave the keys in the car the next time he gets Del Rio’s gear. Then Sheamus gets in and says that he’s taking it on a sight seeing tour of San Antonio. Sheamus says he feels classy already and rides off. This was decent.

Randy Orton vs. Big Show. The match ends in a double count out. This was solid too. I wasn’t surprised this ended with no finish. Afterwards Show tosses Orton back in the ring. He sets Orton up for the Knockout punch but Orton ducks and gives Show and RKO. I’m not sure why they had Show gets flattened since he’s challenging for the WWE Title.

Tyler Reks & Curt Hawkins are in the ring. They will face Ryback in a handicap match AGAIN!

Ryback vs. Tyler Reks & Curt Hawkins. Ryback wins when he pins Hawkins. This was pointless.

Back to the show and Primo & Epico are in the ring. So are AW & The Primetime Players. AW does his bit and they do their “millions of dollars” dance.

Primo & Epico vs. The Primetime Players. Primo & Epico win when Epico pins Darren. The Players were about to head to the back but Kofi & Truth came out. The match continued and Primo hit the back stabber on Darren Young for the pin. This was a decent match. Why’d they play Kofi’s music when he & Truth came out?

Damien Sandow is backstage and Josh Mathews asks him about his attack on Brodus. Sandow says that he is the intellectual savior of the masses and martyr and is here to stop the foolishness. He says that anyone who does anything idiotic like dancing is only contributing to the delinquency of society. Then he says that he will dispose of Brodus Clay for the fans’ benefit. “You’re welcome.” This was decent too.

Brodus Clay comes out and Sandow comes out and attacks him. Sandow went after Brodus’ leg. Then referees come in to break it up. Sandow poses on the stage and says “You’re welcome” as Brodus lays on the floor. Then Sandow screams, “Brodus you did this to yourself.” I was ok with this. Sandow is good at playing the intellectual heel.

AJ & Daniel Bryan are in the GM office. AJ says that the psychologist might have said that Daniel is sane but he has still anger management issues. Daniel says that has something to do with her leaving him at the Alter. HE says he’s calm now and thanks her for giving him the match with Cena. He says that once he beats Cena the WWE Title match at SummerSlam will be a Fatal 4 Way. AJ then tells Daniel that he already has a match at SummerSlam. He asks who he’s facing. She tells him Kane. Then they go back and forth with Daniel saying no and AJ saying yes. This was the usual AJ-Daniel segment.   

Kelly Kelly makes her return (crap!)

Kelly Kelly vs. Eve Torres. Kelly gets the pin with a Hurancanrana. This wasn’t much.

They re show Sheamus taking Del Rio’s car from earlier in the show.

Shawn Michaels comes out. He poses on the turnbuckles. Then he gets the mic. The fans chant HBK. He thanks the fans for allowing him once again to be a part of history. Then he talks about Raw 1000 and the reunion of DX. He says that he’s comfortable watching the world go by on his ranch but when heard that Raw would be in his home town there was no way he would miss it. He says he walked into the locker room and says there are some new faces. Then he says that everyone is talking about the Triple H-Brock Lesnar clash at SummerSlam. He then says people have been asking him for his thoughts. Then out come Brock Lesnar & Paul Heyman. Heyman says it’s not surprising to him that everyone wants to know Shawn’s opinion about the Triple H-Lesnar match. Heyman says everyone should be asking for his opinion because he is the greatest entertainer in WWE history. Heyman says that Brock isn’t showing up at SummerSlam to be an entertainer or a sow stopper. Brock is showing up at SummerSlam to fight Triple H & to prove that he is the baddest dude on the planet today. Shawn says he’s not here dispute Lesnar accomplishments. He says that any other time with any other guy Brock’s Heyman’s man, but Brock made it personal with Triple H. Shawn says he will give his opinion. He says that at SummerSlam he is going with Triple H. He then says that he will be in Triple H’s corner at SummerSlam. Heyman says Shawn left on his own terms but Brock won’t give Triple H that option. Lesnar than says that the only reason Shawn thinks Triple H can beat is because Shawn has never been in the ring with him till now. Then Triple H comes to the ring. Brock says he will see Triple H at SummerSlam and will see Shawn before then. Brock & Heyman head up the ramp. This was really good. Shawn & Heyman both were great on the mic here. This was the highlight of the show so far.

They show Sheamus taking Del Rio’s car AGAIN! Why are they showing this twice!?

Sheamus TOUT saying that he’s loving the car and the sight seeing. Whatever.

Alex Riley is in the ring & Chris Jericho is on commentary.

Alex Riley vs. Dolph Ziggler. A-Ry gets the pin. Jericho stood on the announce table TOUTING. That distracted Dolph and A-Ry got the roll up for the pin. This was a cocky heel dominates most of the match and then loses. 

Michael Cole reads a tweet from AJ saying that Kane will face Miz tonight.

Time for a second TOUT from Sheamus. He spills food on Del Rio’s car. This was idiotic.

Kane vs. Intercontinental Champion The Miz. Kane gets the pin. This was ok. I was a bit surprised that Miz did the clean job.

Sheamus is back and Del Rio’s car is a mess. He says it was a great ride.

Daniel Bryan comes to the ring for his match with John Cena.

Del Rio & Ricardo come by and see the wrecked car. Del Rio blames Ricardo.

John Cena vs. Daniel Bryan. Cena gets the pin. NO! This was a really good match but having Daniel lose was a mistake.

Then CM Punk came to the ring, got in Cena’s face and held up the belt. Then Cena pushed Punk out of the way because Big Show came out. Cena went after Show. Show was going to choke slam Cena but Cena got him on his shoulders. Then Punk knocked them both down. Then Punk got a headset and he says that maybe Cena’s right that it’s Punk’s fault that he will be defending the WWE Title in a triple threat match. Punk says that he’s been smiling and kissing babies to please the fans. He then says that Raw ends the same way with Punk standing tall holding his title and showing that he is the best in the world. Then he says that anyone else who gets in his way will be lying on the mat just like Cena & Big Show. Punk then gets back in the ring & Big Show hits him with a Knockout punch. Then he gives one to Cena. Then Big Show picked up the title and threw it over his shoulder. He stood over Cena & Punk holding the WWE Title over his head to end the show. I thought this was good too.

I thought this week’s show was decent but for the most part there wasn’t a lot that was memorable. The Shawn Michaels-Triple H-Paul Heyman-Brock Lesnar segment and the Can-Daniel match were the best parts of the show by far! The opening segment was decent too. The rest of the show had some decent to solid matches and ok promos but nothing great. Sheamus taking Del Rio’s car was idiotic. Mysterio-Punk was solid. Kelly-Eve was ok too. Kane-Miz was just there and the Ryback-Hawkins & Reks match was pointless. I thought Sandow attacking Brodus was decent too. Primo & Epico vs. The Primetime Players was alright but not great. Overall I thought this show was weaker than last Monday.