Coverage and thoughts on the May 20, 2013 episode of Raw
The show starts with an ambulance coming into the arena. Ryback comes out of it. He stands on top of it and says the official decision last night was no decision, so there was no real winner. Cena might’ve walked away with the title, but he didn’t walk away. He was carried away. They show the “exclusive” of Cena getting off the stretcher. Ryback says Cena refused to be put in an ambulance but he guarantees the next time Cena won’t be able to refuse. He challenges Cena to an ambulance match at Payback (are they kidding)? He says that he will take Cena to the medical facility. Then he says that a lot of the fans will skip the facility & go right to the morgue because they’re all fat pathetic weak people of society. They don’t know what it’s like waking up every day wanting to be the best. They’re all lost souls, yet they wanna be like Cena. That’s pathetic because none of them are like Cena. They don’t know anything about nutrition, education or hard work. At Payback he takes Cena to a medical facility & to the morgue & he will take the fans to the morgue too. There’s only 1 rule in life. Ryback rules. This was weak. I’m not into this feud at all. They had a great match last night, but they ruined it with the no finish. Then having Cena get off the stretcher on the post show made the whole match totally meaningless!
Chris Jericho & The Miz vs. Fandango & Intercontinental Champion Wade Barrett. During the match Fandango gets the mic & says his name. Then his music plays & he Summer Rae dance in front of the announce table (what the F is this!?). Then Jericho JERICHO Jericho
This show’s only been on a half hour and it’s ALREADY MAKING MY BRAIN SPIN!!
Out comes Vickie Guerrero. As the managing supervisor of Raw she has decided that Swagger will be in a match tonight & the fans can decide who he will face by voting on the app. The choices are Khali, R-Truth & Orton (Gee I wonder who’s winning that poll). Polls open later. This was pointless too.
Backstage we see Daniel Bryan looking pissed and then Kane comes in and asks if Daniel’s ready. Daniel says it finally hit him that he is not the tag team champions. Kane is not the tag team champions. They’re not the tag champions. Kane says that Daniel’s negativity is not working & Daniel says that’s coming from the guy who said to embrace the hate. He feels naked without the titles. Kane says Daniel’s not wearing a shirt or pants. Daniel asks how Kane can make jokes. Kane says because he is confident. They get a rematch but they can’t show weakness because The Shield preys on vulnerability. Daniels asks Kane if he’s saying he’s the weak link on the team, he has a match later. Then they go back and forth for a bit and then Kofi comes in. Daniel leaves. This was a bit weak. I liked Daniel asking Kane how he can make jokes after The Shield beat them for the titles though. Kane making the jokes & telling Daniel to suppress the hate or whatever was very un Kane like.
They show Mark Henry on last night’s post show walking out of the trainer’s room. Josh asks him where he’s going. Henry says that he’s going home. Is Mark going to be taking some time off too?
Sheamus vs. Titus O’Neil. Sheamus gets the pin. During the match Darren Young went after Sheamus but Sheamus sent him into the barricade. Then Titus clotheslined Sheamus. Later on in the match Sheamus went for a springboard but Darren tripped him. Then Sheamus gave Titus White Noise & got all pumped, pounded his chest & then gave Titus the Brogue Kick for the pin. This was longer than I thought it would be & I was surprised that Titus got any offense in. However, there was never any doubt that Sheamus was winning this. WINNER –SHEAMUS.
This has been a terrible show so far!
Paul Heyman comes to the ring. (I really hope this is gonna be good)! He says when it’s a Heyman guy who exposes the heroes the fans boo him. He tells them to get it out of their system & boo him all they want. Heyman says Brock beat HHH in a cage last night. History will show that Brock was victorious & that HHH will go down in history against Lesnar as the loser. Tonight Lesnar is enjoying the spoils of war & HHH had to tuck his sledge hammer between his legs & go home. It takes a desperate man to bring a sledge hammer into a cage match against Lesnar. What will Heyman do now that Lesnar has fulfilled his contractual obligation? Then he says it’s time for something different. It’s time to give the fans a moment in time that they will look back on in 10 years. The fans are there tonight live to witness history. Now is the time to hit record because he gives to us the newest Paul Heyman guy. It’s Michael McGuillicutty (I gotta admit I wasn’t expecting this. I really hope they start pushing him now)! He gets in the ring & hugs Heyman. Heyman thanks the fans & says they’ve proven him right again. He warned his client about the reaction he would get. They gave Heyman the same reaction they gave him in 2002 when he first introduced Brock. This is the same reaction he got in 2006 when he presented CM Punk back in the WWE version of ECW. Everyone is saying Michael has such a pedigree going for him. Heyman asks why he isn’t a main event super start already. He says it’s because in WWE a legacy is not something that gives you nepotistic opportunities. It’s an albatross that hangs around your neck. Michael is a third generation superstar & wants to make his own name in WWE. So they have bestowed upon him a new name & brand that will be known around the world as Curtis Axel. He says the fans weren’t paying attention so he says his name again. Then out comes HHH. Hunter says Heyman can really whip up a batch of Kool-Aid. He tells Curtis the adults are talking. HHH says Heyman can put whatever spin he wants on last night, but he isn’t embarrassed about what happened last night. He went to war with Brock & Brock beat him just like he beat Brock at WrestleMania. But Brock didn’t walk away from the battle, he limped away from it. Then HHH says it would make him happy to beat the living crap out of Heyman just because he can. Joe Hennig takes the mic & says HHH doesn’t understand. The game around here has changed. Hennig tells HHH if he wants to talk Heyman, he should talk to him first. HHH slaps him. HHH just changed his mind. First he will have a match tonight with Joe. Then when he gets done kicking his ass he will kick Heyman’s. This was easily the best part of the show so far! Heyman was great on the mic as usual. I was really shocked that Joe Hennig was the new Paul Heyman guy & I’m really hoping they start giving him a push now! HHH was good here too. I also liked Curtis (As he’s now being called) coming out to a rendition of his dad’s old theme music. Heyman said a lot here and it was really hard to keep up with everything. My apologies.
Alberto Del Rio
Layla vs. AJ Lee. AJ wins by submission. This was a typical Divas match. Not much to this. I like that AJ uses the octopus submission as her finisher though.
Zack Ryder vs. Cody Rhodes. Cody gets the pin. This was short but decent match. Then out comes Ryback. Cody bails, Ryback then gets in the ring & walks around Ryder. Then Ryder gets to his knees & Ryback clotheslines him & then gives him a power bomb. Then he picks up Ryder & gives him the marching muscle buster/shellshock. Then he chucks Ryder out of the ring. Then he picks Ryder up again & carries him all the way to the ambulance & then throws Ryder in the back of it. Then they ambulance rides out of the arena. Ok so Ryback beat the crap out of Ryder. Who doesn’t these days? I get that they’re trying to make Ryback credible for his next match with Cena but it doesn’t work for me.
The Shield comes out through the crowed. Reigns & Rollins say their names & Ambrose says they’re the tag champions. He says his name & that he is the U.S. Champion. Last night they brought power back to these titles. They’re the reason why Rock lost at Mania & he had to get surgery. Taker didn’t believe & they took him out too. They also broke Ryback to the point that Ryback felt betrayed & turned on Cena. They were the reason that Cena was almost taken out in an ambulance. All the heroes will go down 1 by 1 by the swift hand of justice. Rollins says he heard that justice is blind but after what they did last night justice can see just fine & the fans can see what a cohesive unit looks like. They can also see the meaning of unbreakable. You can see the future. The scary part is this is just beginning. Reigns says the ending stays the same. You put anyone in front of them they take them out. The hounds of justice run this yard & they have the gold to back it up. Ambrose says the fire of justice is burning bright & they are the flames. Believe in The Shield. Then out come Kane & Daniel Bryan
Kofi Kingston, Kane & Daniel Bryan vs. U.S.
Backstage we see HHH taping up his hands. Then a medic comes in & tells him the Doc said HHH can’t compete tonight. HHH tells the guy (Whose name is Larry) to tell the doc that if he doesn’t want him to get in the ring then he can seek employment elsewhere. This was a decent & short backstage segment.
Backstage we Kaitlyn & Natalya. Kaitlyn now has a cell number from the admirer. Natalya says Khali can find out who it is. Then Cody comes by & Kaitlyn grabs his phone to see if it’s him. He asks what her problem is. She says she’s glad it’s not him. This was pointless. This angle is terrible.
Jack Swagger & Zeb Coulter come to the ring & we’ll find out who the fans picked to wrestle Swagger next. King gets the mic & says that over 150,000 votes were cast to find out who will face Swagger. Who’d they vote for? No surprise Randy Orton.
Randy Orton vs. Jack Swagger. Orton gets the pin. This was a good match too but I wasn’t surprised Orton won.
Triple H vs. Curtis Axel. Triple H got woozy during the match & threw water on his face, but he sat back in the chair as the medics checked on him. He goes to get back up but he falls. The fans chant Triple H. Medics & the referee help out Triple H & 1 of the medics tells Triple H that he has to listen to his Dr. This ends the show. I get that they had Triple H sell the beating that he took from Brock last night, but at the same time they really didn’t focus on Curtis Axel that much. They give they guy a new name & Heyman as his manager & all the focus was on HHH. This wasn’t bad but it could’ve been better.
This week’s show had its ups & downs for sure. The Ryback promo at the start of the show was weak & the Cena-Ryback feud hasn’t been clicking for me. The HHH-Curtis Axel match at the end wasn’t really much of a match. This was more about HHH selling the beating that he took from Lesnar. I get that they wanted to do that but why have Joe Hennig return with a new name & Heyman as his manager and then not have much camera time at the end of the show. They could’ve had Curtis go after HHH outside the ring & ended the show with Curtis beating down HHH. That would’ve gotten Curtis Axel over. That said I did like the Heyman-Curtis-HHH segment from earlier in the show. Heyman was great on the mic as usual & HHH was good here too. I also liked that Curtis got in Triple H’s face. I’m really hoping that this new gimmick for Joe Hennig will lead to a push. The Shield promo was also good & I really enjoyed the 6 man tag. Orton-Swagger was good too but it wasn’t surprising to me that Orton won. Del Rio-Langston was decent, the Jericho & Miz vs. Fandango & Wade Barrett match was awful. Having Fandango & Summer Rae dance during the match was really idiotic! Then Jericho
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