THE WWE 2012 SIM; SmackDown, August 3.

Perfect way to open the show with the new General Manager, AJ. Love the way you're presenting her here, mood swings and all. Good to see her and Bryan continue to interact. Thought this match would be saved for SummerSlam, though I won't complain about seeing it here. The DQ finish certainly will lead to the rematch, where hopefully, Ziggler will prevail over Jericho. Tensai as the United States Champion! Great to see this happen, and nice to see him keeping the pimp hand strong on Sakamoto. A decent bout with Miz and Kane. That finish seemed so Miz, I love it. Hoping to see Miz bring value back to the Intercontinental Championship the way Cody did. Great "pipebomb" from Punk. I'd love for him to pass a year as champion and face Rock at the Rumble, though I doubt that exact scenario will happen. I'd expect him to drop the title and regain it just in time for Royal Rumble. Hate to see the Prime Time Players lose again, but I did enjoy the finish. A sweet Triple Threat for the titles seems to be in order. Ah yes, the weekly dose of Slater time. Too bad he's Ryback food this time rather than legend's. Shocked to see Sheamus lose his first match in.....damn, it's really been that long. I'd like to see Bryan be added to the Triple Threat, but I'm not getting my hopes up. Would've rather had Eve win here, but it's fine. Layla isn't doing much for me as Divas Champion. Finally, a rather huge main event here with John Cena defeating the Big Show. As I expected, Punk/Cena III seems to be in the works for SummerSlam. I look forward to it.

WWE Monday Night RAW: Monday 30th July 2012...Alright, the first non-special three hour edition of RAW. Let's go to work. Decent opening promo with AJ in the ring, discussing the events that will proceed tonight. I hope she retains the crazy gimmick, it will be an original and unique contrast to the typical General Manager authority figure. The exchange with Daniel Bryan was nice, I wonder where it goes. I'm not a particular fan of throwing away Chris Jericho and Dolph Ziggler on television, it's worth saving for pay-per-view (SummerSlam), but eh, it simply built the angle up with the disqualification finish and all. John Cena's interview was nice, I'm interested to see what he has to say later on in the show. I'd have perhaps placed the WWE United States Championship match later on in the show, but I'm glad that the belt is finally away from Santino Marella, and in Tensai's hands. I hope he capitalizes as champ, and doesn't remain with virtually no reaction. Interesting stuff. There has to be someone to stick up for Sakamoto down the line. AJ and Layla's segment was interesting, but was surprised to see the Miz there. The segment didn't do muc, just to set Miz up with his match for the night. The Miz winning was expected, not so sure on the count-out win though, I guess it was a fair first-hour main event. CM Punk's promo brought us into the second hour, although him referring to The Rock by his ring name is a tad out of character I suppose. Very interesting angle with Punk, expected Cena or someone to interrupt. Nice, plain and simple. Kofi Kingston and R-Truth again beating the Primetime Players? I don't see the logic. A fair WWE Tag Team Championship defense, and it involved Primo and Epico as well; but surely Titus O'Neill and Darren Young should rightfully be the next champs. Hopefully SummerSlam. Heath Slater getting more air-time is great, and nice inclusion of Ryback into their angle for the night. I liked Daniel Bryan being confident about his mystery opponent for tonight, and his repeated references of Charlie Sheen was interesting; I expect Daniel to be neglected from a match that night at SummerSlam, instead inviting Charlie to come out for a promo. I am enjoying this mini-feud with Bryan and Sheamus though, solid second-hour main event with Bryan getting the victory. I also liked how both Alberto Del Rio and Rey Mysterio got involved. Nice utilisation. The Divas return to RAW, wow. Layla beating Eve was nothing special, although I hope Eve remains relevant. She has a gimmick; something only her and AJ have, and they both make it work for them. John Cena beating the Big Show was a fair main event, not a lot to comment on, although I hope Show keeps away from the WWE Championship scene from now on, he's so boring to see. Punk and Cena officially made for SummerSlam, good. Overall, a very entertaining read and I could get used to this. Maybe a few booking differences I saw, and the show seemed to be a little short for a three hour show, but it was still very good and I'm liking the direction of this diary.

A solid promo with to kick off SmackDown with the World Heavyweight Champion Sheamus and his two SummerSlam challengers. The main event for tonight looks great, though I doubt it should really be in question whether or not Sheamus and Mysterio can co exist. Not a bad opening contest, though a bit surprised to see a Sin Cara lose. I'm not too big on Sandow, so I'll be looking to see if you can convince me otherwise in this diary. Another Brodus Clay squash. Seen too many of these. Can't wait for the Funkasaurus to get into a program soon. Expected announcement for a Ziggler/Jericho match at SummerSlam, but it's one that I look forward to. <3 the team of Miz, Ziggler, and Rhodes. Saddened to see them lose to the face team, but it's fine. Oh Drew. Where did thou go wrong? While I hate to see him lose to Ryback, I'm still intrigued by this Mason Ryan stuff. I can't see you actually building him up for anything other than Ryback food, though. And lastly, a great tag team main event victory for the face duo of Sheamus and Mysterio. As expected, no tension between them. Can't see anyone other than Sheamus winning this Triple Threat match for SummerSlam. A nice edition of SmackDown. Lovely build for SummerSlam.