Monday Night Raw, from Dallas, started off with a match between WWE Champion, CM Punk and part of the Triple Threat match at SummerSlam, The Big Show.
The Big Show dominated the early part of this match as Punk was able to land a shot here and there. Punk was able to land a solid knee right in the face of The Big Show, launching about 32 gallons of spit out. The Big Show then speared Punk as Daniel Bryan came out as both men were laid out flat. Bryan goes over to the announce table and demands to be in the championship match on Sunday at SummerSlam. Bryan interrupts the match and puts the "No lock" on Punk. The Big Show drops a massive elbow on Punk, then Cena comes out to save the day. AJ's hot ass comes skipping out and makes a match, for later tonight, with Bryan teaming up with The Big Show to face Cena and Punk.
We then see JTG in the back talking to Kaitlyn. He wants a match and says its crazy that he isn't competing on Raw. He wants to make some noise. AJ skips by and overhears JTG say crazy. She tells him to head to the ring and she will find an opponent for him.
JTG is in the ring and awaits his opponent, Ryback. The "Goldberg" chants did briefly erupt during this match. Ryback knocked JTG's head straight off his body, with a massive clothesline. Ryback with the complete demolition of JTG as Ryback continues to destroy WWE talent. The crowd was definitely into Ryback.
We then see Rowdy Piper backstage with Shawn Michaels. Piper is wondering who his guest will be on Pipers Pit. Michaels is then seen talking on the phone with HHH.
We then head to the ring to see Heath Slater in the ring. R Truth then interrupts Slater and heads down to the ring. Truth gets the victory then the Primetime Players head down to the ring to beat down R Truth.
We got to see another segment regarding the Lesnar/HHH feud.
Cole and Lawler then talk about how DJ Pauly D is the Social Ambassador. Personally, I could give a rats ass and I truly wish that Brock Lesnar could give Pauly D an F5, straight to hell.
Up next was a review of the Sheamus and Alberto Del Rio fiasco from last week. They showed a WWE.com exclusive of a pissed off Booker T, who cancelled the title match between Sheamus and Del Rio for SummerSlam.
Sin Cara was then introduced. He was awaiting his opponent, Tensai. Total size mismatch between these two guys. Sin Cara was able to land a couple of shots and got the win. Tensai was irate in the ring and grabs Sakamoto tosses him into the ring. Tensai proceeds to beat the hell out of Sakamoto.
Pipers Pit was up next. The WWE universe selected Y2J to be the guest for Pipers Pit. It was an ok segment then Vickie interrupted it to introduce Dolph Ziggler. I must say that I am a fan of Jericho again. The Miz then came down and told Piper and Jericho to get out of the ring. Jericho decked The Miz and then proceeded to clear the ring.
We go to a commercial break and then come back to a Triple Threat match between Ziggler, Jericho and The Miz. This was a pretty good match with lots of good back and forth action. Ziggler and The Miz pretty much teamed up on Jericho. We did have a couple of near falls. The craziest part of the match came when Jericho was looking to send The Miz off the top rope but Ziggler ran in and grabbed Jericho, thus leading to a superplex. The match ended when each man was landing some shots and Jericho was able to put The Miz into the Walls of Jericho. However, Vickie distracted the ref and Ziggler ran in and landed the Zig Zag on Jericho and was able to get the pin. This was a solid match with lots of back and forth.
We then go backstage and see CM Punk stretching in the back and Eve comes over to talk to him. I must say that Eve was looking ravishing this evening. We did get a nice recap of the opening segment with Punk, Big Show, Bryan and Cena. Shawn Michaels is shown walking around in the back and Cena comes up to talk to him and scares the shit out of Michaels.
We had a divas tag team match with Divas Champion, Layla, teaming with Kaitlyn facing the team of Eve and Beth Phoenix. As divas matches go, this was not too bad. Kaitlyn and Layla got the upset victory as Kaitlyn got the roll up on Phoenix.
Another recap of the Lesnar/HHH feud was shown. This may have been the 1,935th time I've seen this damn thing.
The tag match between Daniel Bryan and The Big Show vs CM Punk and John Cena was up next. This was a great match with lots of unwanted tag-ins by each team. The match obviously picked up when Punk and Bryan wrestled, as these two have had some amazing matches in the past. Bryan kept tagging himself in, just before The Big Show would land the WMD. At one point, Punk and Cena mimicked the others finishing move. Punk decided to head outside the ring and Cena hit the AA on Bryan and got the 1-2-3. The Big Show came in as Cena was celebrating but got laid out by Punk with the belt. Punk extended a hand to Cena but Cena didn't shake it, so Punk headed to the back.
We briefly saw Brock Lesnar talking to Paul Heyman in the back.
Damien Sandow then came out for his match. Sandow was set to face Christian. Sandow and Christian traded some shots before Brodus Clay came out. Christian tried to roll up Sandow but he kicked out. Sandow was able to get the victory.
We see a scared Shawn Michaels in the back. He looks around the corner to see if he could find Lesnar. He isn't there but he turns around and standing there is a jacked up Brock Lesnar. Michaels walks off.
After the commercial break, Lesnar and Heyman make their way to the ring. I will say one thing, there may not be anyone, outside of three guys (the Rock, Austin and Punk), who are better on the mic than Paul Heyman. He gets heat anytime he says the name "Brock Lesnar." Heyman comes out and cuts a great promo, calling out Shawn Michaels. Michaels comes down to the ring. HHH then comes down and signs the contract. Lesnar signs as well and throws it at HHH. He walks out of the ring and heads to the back.
We see Shawn Michaels talking to HHH. It does appear that Michaels is starting to doubt if HHH can beat Lesnar.
Matt Striker goes to interview The Big Show then we hear a car crash in the background. Striker takes off to see what happened and we see that Shawn Michaels has t-boned Paul Heyman's car. Michaels is yelling at Heyman and Lesnar comes over and grabs Michaels out of his car and proceeds to beat the hell out of him.
We come back from a commercial break to see a bunch of WWE talent outside of Michaels' car. Everyone is panicking because they don't know what Lesnar did with Michaels. We then see Lesnar carrying Michaels out to the ring. He throws his lifeless body into the ring and delivers an F5. HHH comes running out but Heyman warns HHH not to take another step because Lesnar will break Michaels arm. HHH runs in and Lesnar takes off to the back.
The show ends with Lesnar with a shit eating grin on his face lookign at a pissed of HHH in the ring while Michaels continues to scream in the ring.
Overall a pretty good show and I am actually curious to see the Lesnar/HHH match. This was a solid go home show for SummerSlam.
I continue to be a fan of the 3 hour format as we have seen some solid wrestling matches.
We will be previewing SummerSlam on the blog and hopefully on the podcast as well.
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