This episode of Monday Night Raw, the third installment of the 3 hour time frame, took place in San Antonio.
The show kicked off, with my favorite person in the WWE, the Raw GM, AJ. Once again, she looks just phenomenal. AJ comes down to the ring to announce some big matches she set up, only to be interrupted by CM Punk. Punk comes down to apologize to AJ for the way he acted last week and then asks her to cancel the Triple Threat match at Summerslam. AJ declines and John Cena comes down to the ring. Eventually, The Big Show comes out and AJ stops everything. Punk gets upset that he is the champion and is not in a match tonight. AJ announces that Punk is in a match, that will be decided by the WWE Universe.
The WWE Universe voted to have CM Punk face Rey Mysterio. This was a solid match with lots of action. This match ended when Mysterio hit the 619. Mysterio then goes for the springboard splash but lands on Punks knees. Punk then made Mysterio go to sleep and got the pin and the clean win. Overall, this was a great match and a great way to start Raw.
We then saw Alberto Del Rio pull up in a Ferrari. He is then seen meeting with AJ. He says he shouldn't have to wrestle in a match until Summerslam. AJ agrees then Del Rio decided to open his mouth and say that he was surprised AJ didn't do anything crazy. AJ heard him call her crazy and put him in a match against Christian.
This really wasn't too much of a match as Del Rio picked up the win over Christian with the cross armbreaker.
Sheamus shows up on the Titantron and basically grand theft auto's Del Rio's Ferrari.
The next match was Randy Orton vs The Big Show. This was another solid match with both guys getting some good shots in. This match resulted in a double count out after The Big Show delivered a solid spear to Orton on the outside of the ring. Orton gets tossed back in the ring and The Big Show gets ready to land the WMD, however, Orton ducked and landed the RKO.
The next match was my boy Ryback taking on Tyler Reks and Curt Hawkins. It was pretty much a squash match but it wasn't as bad as it could have been. Ryback gets the victory.
We were then treated to The Primetime Players vs Primo and Epico. AW didn't say anything stupid this week so that was a plus. Not really in to this match but Primo and Epico did pull off the upset.
We then got a Divas match with Eve taking on Kelly Kelly. I must say that both ladies looked fantastic tonight. For a Divas match, this was pretty entertaining. Kelly Kelly got the victory.
HBK made another appearance on Raw, in his hometown. He is in the ring talking about how everyone in the WWE is talking about the Summerslam match between Lesnar and HHH. Lesnar and Heyman come down and confront HBK. HBK states that he doesn't doubt the attributes of Lesnar but he chooses HHH in this match because of the mental antics of Heyman and Lesnar. HHH comes down and Lesnar states that he will see HHH at Summerslam and he will see HBK before that.
Next up was a match between Alex Riley and Dolph Ziggler. Jericho came down to do commentary for this match. This was an ok match but truly the entertaining part was when Jericho stood up on the announce table to Tout the match with Zigger. Riley rolled up Ziggler for the victory.
In a non-title match, Intercontinental Champion The Miz faced Kane. The Miz got some solid offense in on Kane but Kane was able to recover and chokeslam The Miz and Kane got the victory. The Miz did not look bad in this match at all, even though he lost. Not a bad match overall.
Sheamus returned in Del Rio's car and holy Christ, it looks like he went off-roading in it. Looked great.
Daniel Bryan was then introduced for his match against John Cena. Overall, this was a fantastic match. It seems like any match that Bryan is in, is fantastic. There was a lot of back and forth in this match. Both guys delivered some great offense and both men were able to land their trademark moves, with the other one kicking out at the two count. This match ended when Cena was able to land the AA and got the pin. Punk then comes down and gets in the face of Cena and holds the belt up. The Big Show comes running down and he and Cena start to brawl. Cena goes to deliver the AA to The Big Show but Punk knocks them down. Punk heads to the announce table and grabs a headset and cuts and badass promo. Punk says that Raw will now end with Punk ending the show with him on top. He heads into the ring and goes to kick The Big Show in the skull but he catches the kick and knocks Punk out with the WMD. The Big Show turns and knocks Cena out with the WMD. The Big Show picks up the belt and tosses it over his shoulder. Boom, show ends with The Big Show holding the title up.
Overall, I thought this was a solid Raw. There was once again a lot of solid wrestling matches. I really think AJ is doing a great job as GM of Raw. So far, I really can't complain about the substance in these 3 hour shows. However, only time will tell.
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