The New World Heavyweight Champion Alberto Del Rio kicked off the show. He barely got a reaction from the crowd to be honest, but He did later in his promo. He talked about How people cheered Ziggler when He was cashing in his MITB contract on him after WM 29 and He said that's exactly what He did. He made a Interesting point there that received a lot of boos. He called Ziggler "a pig and a coward". Just to point out that Alberto Del Rio cashed in his MITB the exact same way on CM Punk at SummerSlam 2011. The crowd booed Del Rio more - Exactly what Del Rio needs.
Out comes, CM Punk. He reminded Del Rio about Survivor Series 2011 and How his historic title reign started there by beating him. CM Punk also defended Dolph Ziggler by saying He deserves his rematch. Punk challenged Del Rio to a match on Raw, Paul Heyman said His clients don't fight for free, Punk was annoyed by that. Good to see they teased a Punk/Heyman break-up which willl happen soon. Vickie Guerrero and Brad Maddox comes out and makes Del Rio vs Punk the main event of Raw tonight. That was a great segment to kick off the show - Del Rio did his job well as a heel, A great promo from him.
Backstage Heyman apologizes to CM Punk for what He said earlier. CM Punk told Heyman that He does not need his help, He told him that He does not need him to be ringside for any of his matches anymore. Again, Great tease which will happen soon.
Wade Barrett was set to have his rematch vs Curtis Axel for the Intercontinental Champion, Vickie Guerrero comes out and announced that Barrett will face a Returning Superstar...... CHRISTIAN! It's good to see Christian back but from few weeks I've been hearing about How WWE doesn't have any storyline for him to return but that return was just random. They could've done this like a month ago. Christian gets a pinfall victory over the former IC Champion Wade Barrett.
Another Bray Wyatt Vignette aired, It looks like It's the same to me every week but nevertheless, Let's hope they debut soon.
Sheamus took on both members of Team Rhodes Scholars. It was a fun match, with a great ending. Damien Sandow getting the upset victory over Sheamus was awesome, But they could've done this at Payback. Sheamus still gave Cody Rhodes a brogue kick after the match. I do wonder if this feud has ended or not.
Backstage segment between HHH and Vickie. Triple H told her to make a example of The Shield and put on a good show tonight. I don't really mind these segments between The McMahons I think They are entertaining.
Backstage segment with Daniel Bryan and Kane. Bryan said Kane is glad that He and Orton didn't win the Tag titles at Payback. Bryan said He wants to go for the WWE Championship, He wants to focus on "Team Daniel Bryan or Team D.B". And Kane with the line of the night "That makes sense because you are acting like a D.B". That might be the end of Team Hell No but I don't think so.
The Divas Champion AJ is out to cut a promo about her win at Payback. She talked about How she is a example of How a women should be "Strong, Brilliant, courageous". She challenged anyone to come down here and Stephanie McMahon Interrupted. Stephanie cut a amazing promo, While AJ looked unstable. Kaitlyn soon Interrupted Boss Lady and went onto the ring to brawl with AJ Lee. Big E Langston had to break the fight. Stephanie telling Kaitlyn and rest of the divas to never Interrupt her was pure gold. The segment furthered the feud between AJ and Kaitlyn. Overall, a great segment. Finally people are caring about The Divas.
It's time for a United States Champion rematch from Payback pay-per-view between Dean Ambrose and Kane. The match between these two at Payback wasn't even that good, Least favorite match of the night. The Shield got Involved in this match, Roman Reigns speared Kane. They should seriously do something different with The Shield, It's almost like the samething every week. We saw Vickie Guerrero talking to The Shield backstage, Remember folks Triple H warned Vickie that Shield should not get Involved in this match. "What are you going to do, Spank us" - Ambrose. PG, oops.
Zeb Colter is out and He aligns with Antonio Cesaro. Some might say this doesn't make sense, but This could be what Cesaro needs. He has been losing matches recently so It's good for Cesaro. It was up against William Regal, It was just like a squash match. Cesaro won the match with The Neutralizer.
The WWE Champion John Cena is out to address his win from WWE Payback. Cena talked about His awful 2012 and How bad It was. He said that It's not gonna be easy for the Money In The Bank winner to target him, He will always be ready. Mark Henry Interrupts and is out to announce his retirement. First thing I thought: Why would Mark Henry announce his retirement during Cena's promo? Well I wasn't fully trolled. Mark Henry had tears in his eyes (Not sure If those were real), The fans chanted "Thank You Henry" as He talked about being home with his family. Cena comes to hug Henry as Henry gives him a Worlds Strongest Slam. "I got a lot left in the tank". First of all, That was a great promo from Henry. I was mixed with what to believe because I was thinking He is really retiring then I thought Nah. But He really trolled a lot of people with a show stealing performance. I thought He was going to retire but When He Interrupted Cena, I wasn't sure If he is really retiring. John Cena vs Mark Henry for the WWE Championship is made official for the Money In The Bank pay-per-view.
Decent match between Heath Slater and Chris Jericho. This was probably the only match that I wasn't really Interested in through out the whole show but Jericho made It Interesting. Jericho got the easy win over Heath Slater with a codebreaker. They should have a new feud for Jericho now, but I'm thinking He is leaving soon for Fozzy.
The New Intercontinental Champion Curtis Axel faced Sin Cara. Axel's moves looked way too awkward, especially the DDT. You can blame The Botchamania Sin Cara for It. Axel won the match by pinfall after a DDT. This was the 2nd squash match on the show along with the Cesaro/Regal match.
Time for the Main Event match between Alberto Del Rio and CM Punk. I was really surprised that this match is ending the show and not that Mark Henry segment but A return was the reason It was the main event. Del Rio kept getting out of the ring every chance He got proving more that He is a coward heel. Del Rio was leaving, Dolph Ziggler attacked from behind, Crowd popped for that. But then... Brock Lesnar returned and went face-to-face with CM Punk and gave him a devastating F5. It seems like Heyman sent Lesnar to do that based on what Punk said to Heyman earlier on the night or Brock just didn't appreciate that Punk said He [Lesnar] needs Paul Heymans help. We will most likely see CM Punk vs Brock Lesnar feud now but I wonder If we'll see It at MITB or at SummerSlam. Either way, It is going to be a great feud between Two Paul Heyman guys.
Overall, This was a great Episode of Monday Night Raw. It seems like the Post PPV shows are exciting. This was the best Raw in recent years, up there with the Post WrestleMania 28 and WrestleMania 29 Raw. The Show is improving every week, Which is good to see. Summer is here and Wrestling is fun, I hope WWE continues giving us shows like this more often or every week.
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