Tuesday, August 21, 2012

Monday Night Raw recap 8/20/12

This episode of Monday Night Raw, the night after SummerSlam, came to us live from Fresno, California.

The show started off with Brock Lesnar coming out, with Paul Heyman. Heyman once again did an amazing job on the mic as he cut an incredible promo about the Lesnar/HHH match last night. Heyman pretty much ripped on HHH and called him a "quitter." Heyman then called down the referee from last night, Scott Armstrong. Armstrong came down to the ring, very very nervously. Lesnar now once again, looks like a monster. Heyman anointed Lesnar as the new "King of Kings." This segment was well done.

Up next was Kofi, R-Truth and Sin Cara taking on Cody Rhodes and the Prime Time Players in a six-man tag match. This match wasn't too bad. There was some good action with both teams getting some shots in. This match ended when Rhodes went to rip the mask off of Sin Cara but got rolled up for the 1-2-3.

We then saw an interview in the back with AJ. David Otunga then interrupted and said he was ready to offer his services. He said he'd file a lawsuit if anyone called her crazy. She then got ticked and scheduled a match for Otunga tonight. I am still in love with AJ. That is it.

Ryback then came out to take on Mike Spinner and Andy Tavarez (I believe that is who they were). Ryback absolutely destroyed these poor bastards. Jinder Mahal came running into the ring and attacked Ryback. Mahal locked the Camel Clutch on Ryback but Ryback powered out and slammed Mahal. Ryback then picked up the two jobbers and slammed them.

We see Jericho in the back on his phone. Ziggler comes up and demands a rematch. AJ's smokin hot ass comes skipping in and gives the rematch. She adds the stakes that if Jericho loses his contract is terminated and if Ziggler loses, his MITB contract goes to Jericho.

Alberto Del Rio is in the ring. He is on the mic claiming he was robbed last night. He demands another title match. AJ then comes out and makes a match for Del Rio. Randy Orton comes out to take on Del Rio. Before the match could start, Sheamus comes down and heads to the commentators table. Orton dominated this match early on. This was a great match as there was a lot of good offense put on by both men. Del Rio landed a backstabber on Orton and went for the pin. Orton put his foot on the rope and Sheamus pointed it out to the referee who stopped the count. Del Rio was ticked but his night was about to get worse as Orton then landed the RKO on Del Rio and got the pin. This was a solid match with a lot of good action.

We then got Brodus Clay and the Funkadactyls. He was awaiting the arrival of Damien Sandow. This match was dominated by Clay but Sandow rolled up Clay and got the 1-2-3. Surprising victory for Sandow in this match. Sandow proceeded to gloat in the ring and then got slammed by Clay.

We then got a satellite interview with Shawn Michaels regarding the match last night at SummerSlam between HHH and Lesnar.

After the commercial break, we saw David Otunga heading down to the ring for his match. Otunga was awaiting his opponent. Needless to say, Otunga was not thrilled to see a ticked off Big Show coming down to the ring. The Big Show absolutely murdered Otunga. He landed the WMD and got the pin.

We then got a match with Kane and Zack Ryder teaming up against The Miz and Daniel Bryan. This was a match with teams and partners that cant stand each other. This match was ok until Kane just absolutely lost it and destroyed everything around him.

We then saw an interview backstage with CM Punk who states that he chooses John Cena as his opponent for Night of Champions. He still continues to demand respect.

A divas Battle Royal was up for the #1 contender. Kaitlyn got the victory and is now the #1 contender for the Divas Championship.

We then saw a startling Tout from Brock Lesnar stating he has accomplished everything in the WWE and he is leaving and never coming back. Stunning Tout from Lesnar.

Up next was the contract vs contract match between Dolph Ziggler and Chris Jericho. This was a rematch from last nights great match at SummerSlam. This was a great match, just like last nights match. Ziggler got the win after landing the Zig Zag. With the loss, Jericho's WWE contract has been terminated. While Ziggler was on the turnbuckle celebrating, Jericho grabbed the briefcase out of Vickie's hand and attacked Ziggler. He hit a codebreaker and waved goodbye to the crowd.

After the commercial break, CM Punk made his way down to the ring. He made a little detour and headed over to the announce table to talk to Jerry Lawler. He demanded an apology from Lawler. Before Lawler could speak, John Cena came out. These two did a great job on the mic, both cutting fantastic promos. After Cena left the ring, Punk demanded that Lawler come into the ring and apologize for saying that Punk turned his back on the WWE Universe. Lawler did apologize. Punk wasn't finished as he demanded Lawler tell the WWE Universe that Punk was the best in the world. Lawler wouldn't say it and turned to head out of the ring. Punk dropped Lawler with a kick to the head.

I really enjoyed this episode of Raw. There were a lot of great moments on this show, plus I got to see a lot of AJ. This was a solid follow up show, especially after SummerSlam. I am very curious to see where the Lesnar thing goes, especially if he says he isn't coming back. It will be very interesting to see how the WWE handles some of these angles/storylines in the upcoming weeks.

Stay tuned as Kirk and I will be discussing these in a podcast upcoming later this week.

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