WWE RAW Coverage: Girls Just Want to Come on Raw

“When girls just want to have fun, they call the Hot Rod,” Roddy Piper

Mrs. Foley’s baby boy ran Raw from Long Island last night after John Laurinaitis’ expulsion from the company on Sunday at No Way Out. That’s not to say he played an awfully big role though. Big Johnny still had one more diabolical scheme- a handicap match that he claimed would fix John Cena.

Not exactly.

Paul Heyman’s appearance on Raw was once again a highlight. The promo he cut with Triple H was a reason professional wrestling is still enjoyable.

Heath Slater’s appearance on Raw, which saw him interrupt Cyndi Lauper and WWE Hall of Famer Wendy Richter was also classic. To see Roddy Piper join the party was a mark-out moment. Too bad it was borderline terrible to watch. Slater was comic relief, but he was a catalyst to a Piper eye poke and another Lauper golden record that never made it home.

The first Raw after a pay per view, this show was all about building storylines. That’s exactly what happened here, as the Kane/Punk/AJ and Triple H/Brock Lesnar angles were developed. Jack Swagger also has no manager now, so it should be interesting what happens to his character. The same thing could be said for Lord Tensai, who was noticeably absent from the show.

Matches:

Kane and Daniel Bryan vs. World Champion Sheamus and WWE Champion C.M. Punk: Solid opener with plenty of action. Punk, Sheamus and Bryan mixed in some high-flying maneuvers in with their signature offense. Plenty of counters also added to the fun. Bryan’s kicks were particularly featured in this match. AJ changed the scope of the match after she came out dressed out as Kane. This distracted Kane long enough and allowed Sheamus to hit the Brogue Kick and defeat Bryan.

Jack Swagger vs. Dolph Ziggler: Vikki Guerrero watched ringside as the winner was to gain her sole managerial skills. Swagger was the aggressor early on, as the All-American American worked on Ziggler’s legs. But after Ziggler countered Swagger’s Ankle Lock, The Show Off hit the Zig-zag for the win. After the match, he got a kiss from Guerrero.

U.S. Champion Santino Marella vs. Alberto Del Rio [Non-Title]: Del Rio made quick work of Marella with a dropkick and his arm-bar submission finisher.

Primo and Epico w/ Rosa Mendez vs. Darren Young and Titus O’Neil w/ AW: Two good young tag teams that work every match. However, this match was all about building a feud. After Primo hit the Backstabber on Young, AW pulled his team from the match to force the count-out.

John Cena vs. Big Show, David Otunga and John Laurinaitis: After Big Show walked out on the match, Cena looked to make quick work of Otunga, but Mr. Jennifer Hudson was stronger than expected. Strangely, Laurinaitis tagged himself into the match and tried to work over Cena. Otunga then turned his back on his former boss and left him all alone with Cena. Some slaps and routine offense later set up the Five-Knuckle Shuffle and a trio of Attitude Adjustments and an STF for the win.

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About Patrick Hickey Jr. 14260 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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