WWE RAW Coverage: Bloody Lips and Stooges

Wow. The opening segment of this week’s Monday Night RAW was easily comparable to the infamous Stone Cold and Mike Tyson segment during the attitude era. With the slap and Cena’s bloody mouth setting the scene, this is going to be an interesting encounter.

A straight-edge promo from CM Punk has been done before, but never with this much emotion. There was no cockiness or heel-a-tude involved. It was for an angle, but it was as close from the heart as a wrestling promo on the WWE can be. It was awesome. Even if you were turned off by the Punk/Jericho angle at first, you have to admit, its got a bit more luster than it had originally.

Much like Lesnar and Cena, the match between Punk and Jericho at Extreme Rules can be fantastic if done correctly.

Even the Three Stooges segments were fun, even with the unbearably annoying camera shakes. While Will Sasso’s Hulk Hogan impersonation was spot on, the fans didn’t dig it. They did enjoy Kane’s dismantling of Sasso though.

Overall, the show continues to pick up the pace after Wrestlemania.

Matches:

Brodus Clay and United States Champion Santino Marella vs. Dolph Ziggler and Jack Swagger w/ Vikki Guerrero: Intriguing that Clay actually sold a bit here. Swagger and Ziggler had some success in what was a decent opening match, but with no tag titles or any real heat between these four, this match was just for crap and giggles. The fact that Clay so easily dispatched Ziggler for the win after a T-Bone suplex and splash- and Swagger didn’t break up the count- makes us call shenanigans on this one.

Cody Rhodes vs. R-Truth: A few minutes into this one, Big Show once again hit the ramp to embarrass Rhodes. Just like last week, it worked again, as Truth hit his jumping “Little Jimmy” Downward Spiral finisher for the win.

Lord Tensai w/ Sakamoto vs. Yoshi Tatsu: Even with the “Albert” chants, Tensai destroyed Tatsu with a double-arm release suplex and then the Choke Bomb. After the referee called for the bell, it was the same thing as last week, the Poison Mist on the hand and then the Von Erich Clawhold. The crowd didn’t seem too excited.

WWE Heavyweight Champion CM Punk vs. Mark Henry: Jericho pissed off Punk before the match and the WWE Champion hit Henry with a TV monitor. After the DQ, Henry got the upper hand and caught Punk with the World’s Strongest Slam. Jericho also managed to hit Punk with a Codebreaker and pour more beer on the champ’s face.

Zack Ryder vs. Alberto Del Rio: Ryder hit the Broski Boot, but missed the Rough Ryder and got wrapped up in the cross-arm breaker.

Dave Otunga w/ John Laurinaitis vs. John Cena: Otunga needed to look good here. Even a respectful showing could improve his value and the standing of Laurinatis’ stable. He wasn’t amazing, but he proved he could hold his own with Cena. Like a typical Cena match, the heel had the advantage and out of nowhere, it was vintage Cena. A five-knuckle shuffle, Attitude Adjustment and STFU later and Cena was victorious. Lesnar hit the ring soon after and nailed Cena in the testes with a low blow kick and a F-5.

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About Patrick Hickey Jr. 13820 Articles
Patrick Hickey Jr. is a full-time Assistant Professor of Communication & Performing Arts and Director of the Journalism program at Kingsborough Community College and is the chairman of the City University of New York Journalism Council. He is the Founder and Editor-In-Chief of ReviewFix.com. He's also a former News Editor at NBC Local Integrated Media and National Video Games Writer at Examiner.com where his work was mentioned in National Ad campaigns by Disney, Nintendo and EA Sports. Hickey was also the Editor-In-Chief of two College Newspapers before he received his BA in Journalism from Brooklyn College. Hickey's work has been published in The New York Daily News, The New York Times, Complex, The Hockey Writers, Yahoo!, Broadway World, Examiner, NYSportScene Magazine, ProHockeyNews.com, GothamBaseball.com, The Syracuse Post-Standard, Scout.com and the official sites of the Brooklyn Aces and New York Islanders. His first book, The Minds Behind the Games: Interviews With Cult And Classic Video Game Developers was released in April 2018 and is chock full of interviews with legendary developers. His second book in the series, The Minds Behind Adventures Games, was released in December 2019. His third book, The Minds Behind Sports Games, was released in September 2020. His fourth book, The Minds Behind Shooter Games, was released in March 2021. The Minds Behind Sega Genesis Games and The Minds Behind PlayStation Games were released in 2022 and The Minds Behind PlayStation 2 was published in January 2023. Hickey is also a contracted comic book writer, currently penning his original series, "Condrey," as well as "The Job," "Brooklyn Bleeds" "Dem Gulls" and "KROOM" for Legacy Comix, where he serves as founder, owner and Editor-in-Chief. Hickey Jr. is also a voice actor, having starred in the 2018 indie hit and 2019 Switch, PS4 and Xbox One release, The Padre (also serving as English language Story Editor), from Shotgun With Glitters. The sequel, The Padre: One Shell Straight to Hell was released in February 2021- Hickey also served as a Story Editor and Lead Voiceover performer. He has also done narration and trailers for several other titles including The Kaiju Offensive, Relentless Rex and Roniu’s Tale. Hickey is also the lead voiceover performer on Mega Cat Studios’ upcoming title WrestleQuest, responsible for nearly 90 characters in the game, as well as Skybound's Renfield: Bring Your Own Blood, where he voices both Dracula and Renfield, as well as several other characters. He also stars in Ziggurat Interactive’s World Championship Boxing Manager 2, where he performs the VO of nearly every male character in the game. He also worked on the Atari VCS’s BPM Boy.

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