They cut live to Roberts announcing the tribute video for Paul Bearer
- great vid. He had some of the best facial expressions ever for a
manager. The vid got a nice standing ovation from the crowd then Taker
came out. This made me think that they should make I'm a Paul Bearer Guy
shirts to play off Punk, not bring them up on-air, but just have them
and give the family some extra royalty money. Taker came in and stared
at the urn one last time before doing the pose to it while his graphic
was on the tron. This was incredible AND THEN PUNK CAME OUT to make it
even better. This could be argued as being classless, but I didn't mind
it - it fueled the Mania angle and they gave Paul five minutes of a
tribute on Raw before doing it. Show is facing Rollins in the first one
on one Shield match yet next. THE WWE APP showed that Kane kicked Punk's
ass for insulting his father. It seemed a bit odd to have Cole say that Bearer was Kane's father given that they showed the graphic with his real name earlier, but it's a minor point.
Show-Rollins
went a minute before the Shield attacked and redid the triple powerbomb
spot...that they aired before from last week. This was...not bad but
didn't do much for me. Punk met with Vickie, who was incredibly offended
by what he said about Paul, so he's facing Kane in a no DQ match later.
Bryan came out and they showed a fan in an awesome I'M THE TAG TEAM
CHAMPIONS shirt. Cole spouted off a bunch of stuff, and was annoying
here - not as much as him saying that the Shield was either a pack of
dogs, a shield of justice, or a swarm of hornets. They came back with
the first of what will likely be many clips of Paul Bearer's career.
Dolph's facing Bryan and got a jobber intro. King said he was hoping AJ
was wearing a white T-shirt out here. They did stuff for a few minutes
before Langston stood on the apron to prevent a dive and lead to an ad
break. They came back and really got rolling after a minor fuck-up after
an O'Conner roll. Big E's face of agony when Dolph got crotched ruled.
Tremendous hot shot into the fameasser too - it seemed like it could be a
finish too since that won last week for Billy. Bryan had the win with
the No Lock, but Big E saved him, a schoolboy led to another one which
was rolled out of and Zig Zag won. Very good match here.After the win,
Big E hit Bryan with his move - good stuff to build up a tag title match
on TV at some point. Cole then read the script to see all the terms he
was supposed to use to describe HHH-Brock's history. Tremendous video
recapped the feud and thankfully left out much of the pre-Summerslam
stuff.
Sweet T's going to face Fandango, but his
name was said wrong by T, so yeah, that ain't happening. This went on
for nine years before Mr. Dongo begged Naomi to join him. Cole informed
us that he bought tickets for GI Joe during the break AND HERE'S A
PREVIEW FOR THE WWE UNIVERSE. I'm shocked he didn't also check out the
WWE app while doing that. Outlaws face the Rhodes Scholar next. WM XX
clip aired for Paul Bearer. Sandow and Cody's parody of the NAO intro
was glorious. BG dedicated the match to Paul Bearer, so I'm guessing
they're winning. This went maybe a minute before Brock came out and
demolished the Outlaws. This was set up nicely by Cole saying that HHH
reunited with them last week. Heyman delivered a marvelous promo about
Brock and HHH and said that HHH had to sign the contract to make the
match, then Brock will name the stips, and concluded if you ain't down
with that, he's got two words for ya - BROCK LENAR! He is amazing with Brock and in a different way than he was with Punk.
Kofi was in the ring to be killed by Mark Henry.
Henry kicked him to the floor from mid-ring...via a kick to the arm
that was supposed to be to the face.Kofi got some decent offense before
being an idiot and trying to do a crossbody block off the top into the
WSS. Cody met with Kaitlyn, but was interrupted by HIS BEST FRIEND,
DAMIEN SANDOW! Sandow brought hte Bellas and their brand new boobs back.
Vickie made TRC againt Sheamus and Orton, then Ryback came out - he's
facing Slater once again. Slater started off with some sweet right
punches. Ryback killed him in a minute after those. Henry came out to
stare and possibly warn him againt breathing some of his air without
paying rent. Ryback killed Drew,leading to Henry showing that he could
do it to, and then he re-killed him. Loving this build so far. Alberto's
coming out to face Cesaro in a champ vs. champ match they've never
brought up once.
They came back and talked about
THE STRING OF WWE FILMS before showing a long trailer for The Call.
Cesaro got a jobber intro, but with his swank new shirt. Cole said that
Cesaro has competed in Mexico, so he feel he has a leg up here...against
a man who has wrestled in Mexico hundreds if not thousands of
times.Alberto's inset promo said he was born in Mexico, but made in
America - that's nice and vague. Picture-perfect European uppercut off
of a cross body was the highlight. Cesaro tapped to the armbar after
about five minutes or so. Josh talked to Kane, who held the urn in his
hands. Kane couldn't speak, and an idiot screamed SAY SOMETHING!
Another
vid on Paul aired showcasing Kane's debut. They aired a sappy Cena-Rock
video set to "Letters From the Sky". Really awesome video despite the
sappy qualities to it though. Kinda funny to see some un-PG stuff in the
TMZ screenshot used for it. Orton came out for the tag match before an
ad break. They came back and Cole said THE WWE APP NEVER GOES AWAY.
Orton did his every match offense with exactly the same minor intensity a
ever. Sheamus beat Sandow with the kick while the RKO took out Cody.
Highlight Reel is announced for the first time tonight - it'll have Miz
and Barrett...oh lord. They're just going to debate which guy's failed
movie is better.
The WWE APP truly never does end - the Shield attacked Orton and Sheamus during the break.
The Tout vids began with a chick loving the Edge skits, while a Brit
loved his promo forming the Ministry, and another guy liked his WM XX
return and did the OH YESSS bit really well. Jericho came out in his
gear and we got another trailer for Marine 3. Jericho called it an
awesome movie, then said it blew away studio projections. This offended
Barrett, who bragged about DMD being in the top 5 of the box office. Miz
did a terrible British accent, while Barrett said he could do SHOOTOUTS
TO SHAKESPEARE! and he'd do more movies, BUT HE'S TOO BUSY BEING WADE
BARRETT! Jericho did...I think a Woody Woodpecker impression with the
really stuff. Jericho brought up him helping Barrett get into WWE, and
that while he's a 2-time IC champ, Jericho's a NINE TIME IC CHAMP. Brad
Maddox, THE HIGH RANKING EXECUTIVE OF THE SUPERHERO TEAM BRICKIE came
out to announce that Barrett will face the winner of Jericho-Miz for the
title next week. This was bad, but intended to be bad, but wasn't quite
so bad, it's funny. I think Vince sold the Jeritron and the furniture
for some cocaine.
They came back for the match and
Cole talked about what happened during the break on the app, then said
if you had it, you wouldn't have to hear them repeat bad jokes on TV.
This was super-truncated as within two minutes, they were avoiding
finishers and at three, Jericho hit the walls. Miz was thrown into
Barrett, pissing him off and resulting in a DQ and then the faces hit
the Finale and Codebreaker respectively to take Wade out. No one really
gained a damn thing from this stuff. Speaking of which, they re-aired
the Ricardo/Alberto "comedy" from SD.Good lord, there's like 30 minute
of this show left. Swagger walked backstage to prepare to kick a for his
next...in a death timeslot on the show. New Paul clip involved him
wearing a dress for a WM XI skit. Swagger faces ONE OF THOSE MEXICANS
Sin Cara. YAY Swagger's theme is on iTunes! Zeb booed Sin Cara for not
speaking English. Zeb rambled on FOR-FUCKING-EVER about stuff. This was
the worst thing yet involving Zeb, and it got a boring chant as a
result. Between this stuff and the Alberto parody, tonight felt like a
very special jump the shark edition of Raw for this feud.
Miz-Jericho-Barrett for the gold next week. It's a shame the promo
killed its heat, because this match was quite good for the few minutes
it lasted. Alberto came out to defend Sin Cara after the ankle lock, but
he was locked in the armbar and saved by Zeb. Halle Berry was
interviewed and got interrupted by Otunga. YAY! And then Kane had a
conversation with Halle Berry...wow. This was wacky, but funny - and out
of place since Kane's in a serious match next.
They
announced Ryback-Henry on SD, and the main event got started at 10:58
for the intro, with the match beginning at 11. Cole explained the
urn...kinda poorly...for those who'd never seen it before. LOLed at the
fan yelling SET HIM ON FIRE! Well why not? It's no DQ. Kane threw him
over the top to the floor in a scary moment at 11:05. They're so
desperate for Robot Combat League to work that they're airing it on USA
next. Loved Punk doing 'Taker's throat slash only to get goozled, then
counter with a high kick. He was going to hit the GTS, but the bell
tolled, he got scared and chokeslammed. King said it was SWEET LIKE
SWEET HOME ALABAMA...which they should've explained was where Moody was
from. Kane and Taker closed the show bowing to Paul - I'd be fine if
this was the last thing they eer did together. And then Punk bonked Kane
with the urn and ran away before Taker could catch him. I dug that,
although I think I'm just giving them a pass for this stuff since
they're paying nice tributes to him that are clearly heartfelt while
doing this stuff.
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