WWE RAW Coverage: Will You Marry Me?

July 10, 2012 Patrick Hickey Jr. Professional Wrestling, TV 0

Damn AJ is crazy. But is she entertaining or what? This whole angle between her, Daniel Bryan and CM Punk is like something out of “50 Shades of Gray”- An utter mess, but an enjoyable one.

And to think, just a few months ago, she seemed like a complete waste of space. Well, that’s how shallow the creative team made her appear to be.

AJ’s facial expressions during the opening segment were magic. She has the ability to tell a story with her face. Plus, she can wrestle. While this angle is fun, it’s a wonder what she could do in the divas division.

Regardless, with the dual marriage proposals and the return of the anonymous General Manager, later revealed to be Hornswoggle, this episode of RAW, for what it lacked in match quality, was at least, fun.

Oh yeah, and John Cena vowed to win the RAW Money in the Bank match, while The Rock promised to show up on RAW in two weeks for the show’s 1,000th episode.

Good times ahead.

Matches:

World Champion Sheamus vs. Jack Swagger: Sheamus made a statement and put Swagger out with the Brogue Kick in less than two minutes.

Christian and Tyson Kidd vs. Tensai w/Sakamoto and Dolph Ziggler w/ Vikki Guerrero: After interference from Ziggler, Tensai hit a corner avalanche on Christian and finished him with a senton backsplash. After the match, Tensai powerbombed Kidd on the apron.

Brodus Clay vs. Drew MacIntyre: A vicious headbutt and his trademark splash was all it took to put “The Chosen One” away. Good night.

Big Show and Chris Jericho vs. John Cena and Kane: A decent tag match and one that showed off a very different Jeri-Show. This time around Show was not the hapless ape he used to be and played a key role in the match. His interference was a catalyst on several occasions and kept Jericho in the driver’s seat. But Kane had one of his best matches on RAW since his return. His energy and selling of Big Show and Jericho’s offense made the match better than it should have been. Sure, Cena had his little routine, Boy Scout moment and nailed the Attitude Adjustment on Jericho, but Show got his team DQed after he pulled Cena out of the ring and attacked him. The seven-footer brought the ladder into the ring after the bell and took out Jericho and Kane, but Cena fought back with a ladder of his own.

Money in the Bank Qualifier: Sin Cara vs. Heath Slater: Boring and routine match that saw Cara win with his Titl-a-Whirl Faceplant. La-Di-Da. Slater complained after the match and was greeted by former WWE champion Bob Backlund. While Slater had a quick flurry of offense, Backlund, wrapped up Slater in the Cross-Face Chickenwing.

Jerry Lawler vs. Michael Cole: Lawler won in a quick beat down of sorts, but after interference from Booker T, the decision was reversed.

Eve and Daniel Bryan vs. AJ and WWE Champion CM Punk: This match was all AJ, who picked apart Eve. Things were a bit easier for her after Bryan left Eve out in the cold and refused to tag back into the match.

When it was all over, Punk refused to marry AJ, so he got slapped. Bryan wanted to wed her, but he got slapped around too. What does AJ have in store for Money in the Bank?

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About Patrick Hickey Jr. 14316 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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