WWE RAW SUPERSHOW - Monday 2nd April 2012[/color]
Live from Miami, Florida[/center]
Dark Match: Dean Ambrose def. JTG[/size]
WWE Superstars - Thursday 5th April 2012[/color][/size]
Curt Hawkins & Tyler Reks def. The Usos
Tyson Kidd def. Heath Slater[/size]
The show kicked off with a replay running down the events of WrestleMania XXVIII.
The opening video package for the RAW Supershow aired, as we then cut to the live American Airlines Arena in Miami, Florida for the sold-out fallout edition of Monday Night RAW following WrestleMania XXVIII! Michael Cole and Jerry Lawler welcomed us to the show, reviewing last night's pay-per-view extravaganza, then hyping the appearance of the Rock following his win last night against John Cena.
The crowd booed as the theme of Chris Jericho hit, and out came the man himself following some pyrotechnics, Y2J not bothering with his typical posing tonight after suffering a loss to CM Punk last night at WrestleMania. Jericho made his way down to the ring certainly quickly, as he had something on his mind, and there was a very obvious guess as to what it would be. Jericho was met with more boos as he held a microphone, Y2J talking about how he did not lose under the right circumstances to CM Punk last night. Jericho talked about how rightfully, he should be the WWE Champion in this ring tonight, celebrating THE match that stole the show at WrestleMania. Instead, he is overshdowed by Punk winning, and Hell in a Cell suddenly getting an obnoxious claim as the match of the year already. Chris mentioned how close he came to breaking CM Punk, and how his venture is not over yet, which is why he is out here asking for a rematch against the "Straight Edge Superstar" one more time tonight! The crowd cheered as Jericho issued a challenge as to who the true "Best in the World" truly was: Punk or Jericho.
With that, the crowd booed louder, as John Laurinaitis made his way out to the ring, the new General Manager of Monday Night RAW and Friday Night SmackDown making his presence known tonight. Laurinaitis told Jericho that he had several great points, and he'd like to experiment with it. Which is why, instead of completing Jericho's request, at the request of the people, he is giving Y2J an opportunity to prove why he is worthy of another WWE Championship shot. Jericho tried to argue with Johnny, but Laurinaitis told Y2J that he'd be able to get his hands on Punk perhaps, in a six-man tag team match tonight! The crowd cheered, as Laurinaitis went on to mention the stipulation, being that Jericho would team with the Miz and Kane to face CM Punk, Randy Orton and Zack Ryder - and the man to put on the best performance would instantly gain themselves a shot at the WWE Championship, to face Punk at Extreme Rules!
The crowd cheered, when suddenly the theme of CM Punk hit to a loud ovation, and out came the WWE Champion to a louder one. Punk made his way out to the ring as the "Best in the World" took a microphone and talked about how glad he was that big Johnny was finally considering the people's choice. Punk told him how overdue it was to finally listen to the fans, and to be unbiased. Of course he knows that he's doing it all to make the fans smile and in actuality he doesn't give a damn about him, despite his sucking up! Punk told Jericho that he has no problem with tonight, but as far as last night goes, CM Punk beat Y2J clean in that ring at WrestleMania XXVIII! And Chris Jericho's obsession with his WWE Championship as far as he's concerned, is over! The fans cheered as Punk dropped the mic and left, issuing another "pipebomb" tonight in Miami!
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R-Truth & Kofi Kingston def. Jack Swagger & Dolph Ziggler (w/Vickie Guerrero)
[/color] This match was a follow-up from WrestleMania XXVIII last night, where all four were involved with Team Johnny and Team Teddy's twelve-man tag team match. Ziggler and Swagger isolated Truth before Kofi made the hot tag, and before long all hell broke loose. Swagger was given Trouble in Paradise, and R-Truth followed up with the What's Up for the win.
The crowd cheered as R-Truth and Kofi Kingston celebrated their win, although unsuccessful in retaining Theodore Long's job as SmackDown General Manager last night at WrestleMania. They celebrated until Dolph Ziggler and Jack Swagger jumped them from behind, Ziggler with the Zig-Zag to Truth, and Swagger with the Gutwrench Powerbomb to Kofi! The crowd booed, when all of a sudden, the Usos ran out to the ring, scaring Swagger and Ziggler away! Jimmy and Jey aided to Truth and Kofi.
We cut to the backstage area where John Cena was shown arriving at the arena to a deep mixed reaction, as he didn't seem so confident having lost to the Rock last night at WrestleMania. We'll hear from Cena later tonight.
< < < COMMERCIAL > > >Several stills from WrestleMania XXVIII last night were shown, reviewing the Hell in a Cell match, and how we're expected to hear from Triple H on his loss later tonight.
We cut to the backstage area where Sheamus was shown walking down a corridor, his World Heavyweight Championship belt on his shoulder, when all of a sudden he was approached by Cody Rhodes, as Cody told Sheamus how last night was a mere fluke and how he hoped that Daniel Bryan cashed in his rematch clause wisely, and got back what was rightfully his. Sheamus laughed it off, telling Cody that he lost his WWE Intercontinental Championship last night and how he should feel ashamed. Sheamus tells Cody to back off as he goes to get ready for his match later tonight.
We then went to Theodore Long, who was in the office of RAW and SmackDown General Manager, John Laurinaitis, not looking so happy with the predicament. That's when Laurinaitis came on-screen with David Otunga, as Johnny asked Teddy how he was doing after his loss last night. The "Harvard Graduate" reminded Long how he put his trust up against six guys, and none of them could even get the job done. Big Johnny warned Teddy about betraying his authority prior to WrestleMania, and now he's going to pay for it. Laurinaitis welcomed Long to his new job: his personal servant! The crowd booed as Laurinaitis told Long to tell Santino Marella that he had a match coming up, and it's next! Long walked away silently to boos.
< < < COMMERCIAL > > >A "Did You Know?" graphic aired, informing us that WrestleMania had more than four times the social media presence than any show on cable TV.
Santino Marella was in the ring as we returned to Monday Night RAW, when the new theme of John Laurinaitis hit, and out came the General Manager of RAW and SmackDown. Laurinaitis was with David Otunga, as he announced Santino's match would be against David Otunga...and somebody he paid a lot of money to come back from Japan;
A-Train!
A-Train & David Otunga def. Santino Marella[/color] How much of a mismatch could you get? Santino was paying the price after being the team captain for Team Teddy last night, and taking the WWE United States Championship away from Jack Swagger before WrestleMania. Marella tried to fight off Otunga, but A-Train dominated where Otunga couldn't. He splashed Marella in the corner and connected with a double-underhook suplex, stunning the crowd with his aggression. A-Train then nailed a half-senton on Santino before finishing him off with the Derailer for the win!
The crowd booed as Santino Marella was visibly shaken and hurt on the canvas; but A-Train wasn't done with him, as he picked the WWE United States Champion off of the canvas and put him in the torture rack! The crowd booed louder and louder as Otunga and John Laurinaitis mocked Santino, when suddenly the theme of Brodus Clay hit! Brodus charged at the ring, delivering several clotheslines to Otunga as A-Train dropped the torture rack and dropped to the floor! The crowd booed as Laurinaitis, Otunga and A-Train glared at Brodus the hero from ringside, Clay attending to Marella.
< < < COMMERCIAL > > >We returned to RAW to more WrestleMania XXVIII stills, this time focusing on the World Heavyweight Championship match that ended in a mere eighteen seconds of getting started.
We went to Daniel Bryan, who was visibly angry after losing the World Heavyweight Championship in a mocking amount of time last night. He was approached by Josh Mathews, who asked Bryan about the loss. Bryan started getting angrier, telling Josh that it was a fluke over and over, then telling Mathews that there's only one person responsible for this fluke, and that man is not Sheamus - who he WILL be getting payback against; it is A.J.! Bryan told Mathews that A.J. isn't here tonight, but he isn't done with her yet! The crowd booed as Bryan told Josh to leave.
The theme of the Miz hit to loud boos, as the "Awesome One" made his way out to the ring. He was then followed by the scary theme of the "Big Red Monster", Kane. And following Kane, was the theme of the egotistical Y2J, Chris Jericho, this time in a more confident mood, posing for the crowd's disapproval. The crowd then got excited as the theme of Randy Orton hit to a great ovation, as despite his loss to Kane last night, the "Apex Predator" was determined to get his payback tonight! Zack Ryder followed, as he came out recording the fans, seemingly not so different to last night where he was laid out by his now ex-girlfriend, Eve. And lastly, the theme of CM Punk hit to set the fans alight, the WWE Champion strutting down to the ring, and up next, it was six-man tag team action when RAW returns!
< < < COMMERCIAL > > >Chris Jericho, The Miz & Kane def. CM Punk, Randy Orton & Zack Ryder[/color] An exciting way to close off the first-hour of Monday Night RAW tonight, as we returned to the match in progress, Zack Ryder getting the better of the Miz. But that's where momentum changed, and Miz tagged in Ryder's recent rival, the "Big Red Monster" Kane. Ryder wisely tagged in Randy Orton however, who flew at Kane with a fury of punches, the "Apex Predator" thrown away just to come back at Kane again! Orton nailed Kane with the uppercut before walking right into a sidewalk slam! Kane tortured Orton, choking him in the bottom corner with his boot, then connecting with a snake eyes, and it seemed like Kane wasn't taking Orton too lightly. Kane and Chris Jericho manipulated Orton, before the Miz came in and applied a sleeper hold, just for Orton to break out of it! Orton made the tag to CM Punk, as he dashed in, the step-up knee in the corner to Miz followed up with the bulldog! What he didn't know however was that Kane and Orton's brawling at ringside distracted the referee; and as Punk went for the GTS on Miz, Jericho came in with the Codebreaker to Punk! Miz covered Punk, and the official counted three!
The crowd booed loudly as the Miz rolled out of the ring, Chris Jericho smirking over CM Punk's laid out body. Meanwhile, Randy Orton and Kane were nowhere to be found, having disappeared through the crowd! We were told we would have an update on them when we come back!
< < < COMMERCIAL > > >We returned to the RAW Supershow to more stills from WrestleMania XXVIII, reviewing the WWE Championship match from last night, where CM Punk was victorious over Chris Jericho.
We returned live to see Kane and Randy Orton battling it out in one of the loading docks outside of the arena! The "Big Red Monster" and the "Apex Predator" battled it out as Kane tried to deliver a Chokeslam to Orton onto the trunk of a car, but officials got in the way, managing to separate the two!
Eve def. Kelly Kelly[/color] Kelly Kelly was in the ring as we returned, and she was met by her rival, Eve Torres, who has certainly changed her ways in the past few weeks. The fans chanted distasteful things at Eve as the two former friends battled it out. Kelly Kelly went for the Stinkface in the corner, but Eve booted Kelly into the centre of the ring, then connecting with the Heart Breaker for the three!
The crowd booed as Kelly Kelly remained down, Eve smiling sarcastically at Kelly, her hand raised victorious tonight.
We were informed that up next, we would hear from Triple H following his loss in Hell in a Cell to the Undertaker, and it's coming up next!
< < < COMMERCIAL > > >We returned to Monday Night RAW, as the theme of the "Game" Triple H hit; the Chief Operative Officer making his way down to the ring. Triple H was met with cheers from the capacity crowd in Miami, as he thanked everyone for their patience and their cheers and boos during last night's hellacious match. Hunter noted how it hurt him a lot to realize that he wasn't as good as the Undertaker, but last night he witnessed it first-hand in that Cell. Triple H told the WWE Universe that he was sorry he didn't get the job done for those believers, but he definitely knows that despite the fact that he couldn't win the big one, we all know who the true outlaws in the WWE are: Shawn Michaels, the Undertaker, and himself, Triple H! The fans cheered as Hunter told everyone that he was going back to backstage business for a while, and if the time is right, the "Cerebral Assassin", will be back to fight another day! The fans cheered in appreciation as Hunter cut his promo short, leaving whilst shaking hands and greeting fans on the way out.
Michael Cole and Jerry Lawler talked more about Triple H before moving onto the topic of the Twitter responses to last night's WrestleMania, showing us a graphic of several key-note Tweets made by the WWE Universe, as well as WWE Superstars.
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An advertisement aired, set to Angels & Airwaves' "Surrender", promoting next year's yearly extravaganza, WrestleMania XXIX, emanating live from the MetLife Stadium in East Rutherford, New Jersey on Sunday, April 7th 2013!
The Big Show def. Jinder Mahal in a non-title match[/color] Jinder Mahal was in the ring as we returned to live action, and he was up against the new WWE Intercontinental Champion, the Big Show tonight. The Big Show cleared house of Mahal in the opening moments, before finally laying Mahal unconscious with the massive Knockout Punch!
The crowd cheered as the Big Show celebrated his win, taking the WWE Intercontinental Championship, just for the theme of Cody Rhodes to cut him off. Cody stood on the rampway with his hood over his eyes, a microphone in hand. Cody told Show that he got lucky last night at WrestleMania, which is why he wants his rematch and he wants it now! Big Show told Cody to chill out, telling Cody about some things Rhodes did on him, these "Embarrassing WrestleMania Moments" that the "World's Largest Athlete" has had in the past. Show directed Cody to the HD Tron, where we witnessed Cody getting humiliated by losing the title to Big Show last night at WrestleMania! Back live, Cody was going berserk, as we cut away.
< < < COMMERCIAL > > >We went to the backstage area where Theodore Long was stood beside a content John Laurinaitis, who was sat on a sofa. At that point, Chris Jericho came into the room. The crowd booed as Laurinaitis welcomed Y2J to his humble abode, as Chris Jericho mocked Theodore Long, telling him how long he has been waiting to see him forced away from his position as SmackDown General Manager. Jericho cut straight to business, asking him if he had earned his title shot against CM Punk yet. Johnny told Jericho that he has, in fact he impressed him with his work tonight. However, it was the Miz who scored the pinfall victory against CM Punk tonight, and in his mind, that grants him a WWE Championship match against CM Punk: next week on RAW! Jericho got angry, as Johnny told him to calm down, promising him a number one contender's match for next week, against Kane! Jericho looked stumped, as he told Johnny that he couldn't do this to the "Best in the World"! Johnny told Jericho to prove himself to management before Jericho left, maintaining his composure.
Eve was shown in the backstage area drinking a bottle of water when she was suddenly approached by Zack Ryder. The crowd cheered as Eve asked Ryder what he wanted. Ryder told Eve that he didn't want to poke her whilst she was high on her horse - just as she likes to be. In fact, Ryder wanted to congratulate Eve on her work in trying to demoralize him. In fact, it worked so well that it made him realize how uninterested he was in her. In fact, she was a hoski from the start! Ryder smiled as he told "hoski" that he'd see her around. Eve looked very insulted.
< < < COMMERCIAL > > >A "Did You Know?" graphic aired, informing us that WrestleMania talk on Twitter trended at #1 in the world fourteen times last night.
Michael Cole and Jerry Lawler discussed WrestleMania more, before discussing what we still had coming up tonight, the Rock still scheduled to appear, but this Friday on SmackDown, John Laurinaitis has announced that we will see Sheamus team up with the Big Show to take on Cody Rhodes and Daniel Bryan!
The theme of Brodus Clay hit as the massive man made his way out to the rampway accompanied by his dancers, Naomi and Cameron. The three danced their way down to the ring, where Brodus was about to set off his pyrotechnics, just for A-Train to return again, jumping Brodus from behind! The crowd booed as Naomi and Cameron scattered to the side of the ring, and they could only watch their leader, Brodus get dismantled! A-Train delivered another big double-underhook suplex to Clay, finishing Brodus off with the Derailer! The crowd booed as Brodus was down and hurt, A-Train making sure Naomi and Cameron couldn't check on him.
The fans' reaction changed instantly however, as the Rock was shown walking around the hallways backstage, and up next, we will hear from the man that beat John Cena on the grandest stage of them all!
< < < COMMERCIAL > > >Stills of last night's WrestleMania aired as we returned to RAW, this time showing John Cena fight the Rock in the biggest main event in WWE history.
The theme of the Rock hit as the Miami crowd electrified for the "People's Champion". Rock met his hometown crowd to a fantastic ovation, Rock allowing the fans to chant 'Rocky' as he held a microphone in his hand for several minutes. Rock stated that finally he was back in Miami, before talking about how glad he was to be here tonight because last night, he defeated that little whiny baby, John Cena! Cena tried to paint Rock as the bad guy, and as much as he tried he just couldn't get the job done and win the big one with the "Great One" on the grandest one of them all! The fans applauded, as Rock told the fans that he had something to say to John Cena though, and this is why he wants him to come out to the ring.
This brought out John Cena to his theme music, as Cena didn't look too happy, but he still made his everyday appearance and darted to the ring to a mixed reaction. Cena met Rock in the eye, as tension started to build, before Rock simply offered out his hand to Cena. Cena begrudgingly didn't accept it, as Rock told Cena that he knows how much it must have hurt to lose to the Rock, on his own home turf. But this is Miami, and this is the Rock's home turf too! Rock told Cena that when two worlds collided, they sure as hell put on a show, they stole the show, they created a total meltdown and a battle heard around the world. So despite Cena's silence, he wants to say "thankyou". The fans cheered, as Cena remained straight-faced, Rock then telling Cena that he was leaving now, but he wanted Cena to remember this, that he will be coming back, and when he comes back, he'll be chasing that WWE Championship. So John Cena better make sure he gets to that title first, because when the "Great One" comes back, and Cena is WWE Champion...the worlds will collide, all of the planets will align, and on that night, they'll make history one more time! Rock left to a great ovation as the fans erupted, Cena remaining in the ring. Cena picked up a microphone before telling everyone that last night, he met all of Cenation down. But like the Rock said, it was a classic mark in WWE's history, and next time maybe him and the Rock can look each other in the eye and shake hands, but for now, he is going to get that WWE Championship, and when he gets that title belt one more time, he is going to challenge the Rock to a rematch for the title. And he will be victorious that time around!
Suddenly, the theme of
Brock Lesnar hit to an ear-shattering ovation, as the former UFC Heavyweight Champion made his way down to the ring, Cena startled by his sudden return! Lesnar got into the ring and looked Cena in the eye before Lesnar suddenly picked him up and connected with the F-5! The fans exploded as Lesnar stood tall over Cena, but why!? The RAW Supershow went off the air.
Dark Match: CM Punk & Sheamus def. Chris Jericho & Daniel Bryan[/center][/font]
