Here’s RAW in case you missed it:
From The 1st Mariner Arena in Baltimore, Maryland:
Hosted by John “Bradshaw” Layfield (JBL), Michael Cole and WWE Hall of Famer Jerry “The King” Lawler.
HOUR 1:
This week opens up with RAW Managing Supervisor Vickie Guerrero stating that she has done a wonderful job running RAW, in the wake of WWE Executive Stephanie McMahon-Helmsley ordering a live performance evaluation for her. During the speech, WWE Hall of Famer Jerry “The King” Lawler informed everyone to log on to the WWE App, and vote for Vickie’s fate by Vickie’s fate by clicking either Pass or Fail.
1. Daniel Bryan vs. Sheamus.
THE WINNER VIA SUBMISSION: DANIEL BRYAN!!!
2. A NON-TITLE TAG TEAM MATCH: WWE Tag Team Champions Seth Rollins and Roman Reigns vs. Tons of Funk (Tensai and “The Funkasaurus” Brodus Clay) with The Funkadactyls (Naomi and Cameron).
THE WINNERS: SETH ROLLINS AND ROMAN REIGNS.
HOUR 2:
WWE Champion John Cena and “The World’s Strongest Man” Mark Henry met face-to-face, and ended in violence (So what else is new?).
3. A NON-TITLE MATCH: Chris Jericho vs. WWE Intercontinental Champion Curtis Axel with Paul Heyman.
THE SPECIAL GUEST COMMENTATOR FOR THIS MATCH: The Miz.
THE WINNER: CHRIS JERICHO!!!
4. A NON-TITLE MATCH: Sin Cara vs. WWE World Heavyweight Champion Alberto del Rio.
THIS MATCH ENDED IN A DOUBLE COUNT-OUT.
Dolph Ziggler insulting Alberto del Rio, del Rio leaving the ring to attack Ziggler and Sin Cara stopping the assault caused the double count-out.
NFL star Ray Rice of the Super Bowl Champion Baltimore Ravens was in attendance.
RAW Assistant Brad Maddox stood with Vickie for moral support as WWE Executive Stephanie McMahon-Helmsley, WWE Chief Operating Officer (COO) Triple H (Hunter Hearst Helmsley) and WWE Chairman Vince McMahon assembled to evaluate her performance as RAW Managing Supervisor. Stephanie wondered if she was the one who gave Brock Lesnar a new contract and she said yes, but didn’t know that Lesnar would attack Vince and Hunter. Hunter praised some of Vickie’s ideas, and hated others. He also stated that The WWE Universe deserves to be entertained. Vince decided that Vickie should be permanent General Manager, and Hunter viewed her as nothing but a suck-up.
Hunter felt that Stephanie should render the final verdict, since she ordered the meeting. She allowed the poll on the WWE App to decide…..and 75% said that she failed. Vickie lashed out at her, but told her the same thing Vince told a lot of people: YOU’RE FIRED!!! Vickie flipped out as Vince was frustrated by the decision of both the fans and viewers. Vince then named Brad Maddox the new RAW General Manager!!! Brad couldn’t believe what had happened, neither could anyone else.
This went into the first ten minutes of Hour 3.
HOUR 3:
5. Kane vs. Christian.
THE WINNER: KANE!!!
AFTER THE MATCH, BRAY WYATT APPEARED ON THE TITANTRON AS HE GAVE A SPEECH ABOUT HOW PEOPLE NEED TO BE LED, AND ENDED IT WITH, “WE’RE HERE!”. THE WYATT FAMILY MADE THEIR WAY INTO THE 1ST MARINER ARENA, AS BRAY’S FOLLOWERS ERICK ROWAN AND LUKE HARPER ATTACKED KANE WHILE HE SAT AND WATCHED.
6. A DIVAS TAG TEAM MATCH: WWE Divas Champion A.J. Lee and Alicia Fox with Big E Langston vs. Kaitlyn and Layla.
THE SPECIAL GUEST COMMENTATORS FOR THIS MATCH: The Bella Twins (Brie and Nikki).
THIS MATCH ENDED IN A NO CONTEST.
7. THE MAIN EVENT: Randy Orton vs. CM Punk.
THE WINNER: CM PUNK!!!
Match #’s 1-3 are the highlight matches of the night!!!
Sheamus, Daniel Bryan, Seth Rollins, Roman Reigns and Tons of Funk are the wrestlers of the night!!!
The appearance of Ray Rice was the highlight of the night!!!
ANALYSIS: This was a slightly decent “Go Home Show”, and I felt that the commercial break took a lot of steam out of the main event. That, and something tells me that this feud might happen: The Wyatt Family vs. The Shield.
