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Tonight, on Raw’s Shawn Michaels gets beaten up by Brock Lesnar and ALL BETS ARE OFF Appreciation Night:
I can’t get no respect around here!
Sure, Rodney Dangerfield said it first, but WWE Champion CM Punk echoed the statement with gusto last week on Raw, airing his grievances that The Rock — and, by extension, the WWE itself — hasn’t afforded him the proper reverence as champion in recent weeks. It was a strong argument, but The Second City Saint’s night didn’t exactly get better thanks to Raw General Manager AJ Lee’s decision to place him in a Triple Threat WWE Title Match at SummerSlam against both John Cena and Big Show. Elsewhere, the inimitable Miss Lee turned the tables on her volcanic ex, Daniel Bryan, and Alberto Del Rio made a bold proclamation that didn’t exactly pay dividends for him on SmackDown. What awaits these competitors on the next episode of Raw?
Ahahahah somebody actually wrote that.
As always, my 10 favorite comments from tonight’s open discussion thread (when I get home at like 1 AM and pretend to read them) will be featured in tomorrow’s Best And Worst Of WWE Raw column. To nominate a comment for top 10 status, please reply to it with a +1.
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PERHAPS! PERHAPS! PERHAPS! LET ME GET BACK TO YOU ON THAT!
School is really cutting into my With Leather time. Brandon, is there a way to download or export the comment thread so I can read it without clicking the “load more comments” a bijillion times?
+1 hopefully for an answer
late breaking update: my new hobby is informing my cat that she’s a bitch who loves fun.
Sill watching on the west coast and Sandow has crippled the Funkasaurus on the ramp while children shout “NO! STOP!”
The fact that they didn’t cut to a small child weeping in the stands and we just hear their screams is a little disturbing.
final thought after watching an hour of Olympics. Cena beating D-Bry clean felt like a kick to the nuts not because “OMG they’re burying the American Dragon” but because it was just a reminder that Cena always has, does and will win matches like that. Sure Punk has the belt and Bryan gets all the chants but Cena will always be the guy… ’cause you know. B.A. Star.
So… I just went to the grocery store wearing my pink Ziggler show off shirt (cause damn I’m good) and a fella outside the store complemented my shirt. I told him I never miss a show, and he said he didn’t either. He then went on to say “I don’t care if he is retired or not, Shawn Michaels is still my favorite wrestler of all time, man!” Fair enough, so I replied with, “Yeah he was pretty good back in the day. I’m a big fan of Ziggler and Daniel Bryan, their work in the ring is incredible.”
To which he replied, “Meh, I still think Triple H is gonna whoop Brock Lesnar’s ass at SummerSlam.”
This business, you people. This business…
Should have put him in a kimura.
You should have dragged him back in there and given him the Stone Cold shopping experience.
Holy shit. I got it.
I just figured out John Cena’s lack of “offense.”
John Cena is Sebastian Shaw.
My God…it’ll take Big Show juggling Cena with his feet in order to defeat him!
Does that make Kane a member of the Hellfire Club by default?
Yeah, +1. Also I really hope Cena has a son waiting to go into the family business so we can make Shinobi Shaw jokes some day.
Look, Cena winnings is expected and makes sense if you go with a clean win. (Punk costing Cena the win was the best option, whatever.)
But he had no offense at any point. None. He can win AND weaken his opponent in the process. The way he wins offends me a million more ways than the fact he always wins.
It is just dumb.
I think I’ve figured it out… John Cena has 1,000 HP. While everyone else has 500 HP.
And he MUST be playing a card that slowly weakens his opponent the entire match, which allows him to just take move after move, and then when their HP is low, he can hit an Attitude Adgjustment which does CRITICAL DAMAGE, and he wins…
Maybe he borrowed cobra venom from Santino and injected it into his shoulders…
Cena does need to do anything in the ring to win. He should literally have a move called the “Sold Out Of Cena Shirts” where he shoulder-blocks his opponent down then an accountant runs down to the announce table waving a theatrically over-sized ledger book, he gives the book to Cole and Lawler and they just declare Cena the winner.
*doesn’t need
I expect Roger Goodell to suspend Sheamus the entire NFL season after his illegal actions tonight.
Apparently Pauly D will be the social media ambassador for next week…only thing I can say as a way to stay positive about this is that he’s probably the least annoying Jersey Shore cast member…
Ahahah, I still think “The Ayatollah Of Rock ‘n’ Rolla” is still the best self-given nickname EVAR.
How can they say “John Cena was the first man not to cash in his Money in the Bank contract” with such reverence? Isn’t it a bad thing?
It’s not a bad thing because Cena tried to cash it in honourably and was effectively screwed out of it by Show. Which, of course, is the only way it could have happened to Super Cena.
I don’t know…..I mean, three hours is a lot, but I could probbbbbably use 30 more minutes of replays of things I just saw.
Worst: Cena winning that match. Give me a break.
You know, I’m actually ok with it, him & DBry put on a great match with a clean finish, no complaints here…
Cena was never going to lose that match. A) He’s JOHN CENA. B) He’s in the (sort of) main event at the PPV. The best anyone could hope for was a Show/Orton finish, but it’d be even worse if they pulled that twice in one show.
I full imagine Cena to start carrying around the belt for appearances
HBK should’ve risked his ponytail against Heyman’s ponytail in the H vs. Brock match. #IPT
Well Thats our show. Glad to have spent a bit of the B-Day here with you glamorous people. I’m off to see what JTG REALLY said.
Happiest of birthdays!
Three hours is so long. Night y’all, let’s B&W it up tomorrow.
Once again this was a lot of fun! In the words of Moon Emperor Al Gore, PEACE OUT, Y’ALL.
Back to the Olympics!
Despite the ending…let’s not forget the fact that Daniel Bryan has gotten a chance to shine unlike anyone this year. Not all hope is lost.
If I see John Cena save Abraham Lincoln from being shot, I am offically done with the WWE.
+1003
LMAO +1
What if he saves Abraham Washington?
Whenever show hits that right hand I half expect a big WHAMMY! graphic to come up on screen. It sure would have helped when he punched McMahon.
It would make the move more believable.
That’s it for me. I’ve got a day old episode of Drop Dead Diva to check out. See you at the recap tomorrow.
It’s like they still aren’t 100% sold on Punk turning because he’s become a cash cow
so he still panders
I don’t get how his show-closing rant was pandering.
I just don’t get why he did in on the headset and not a mic.
Peter Griffin: “Pow! Right in the Kisser”
Too bad we don’t get to see the dark match where John Cena beats Big Show, Tensai Cody Rhodes and John Laurinatis (these really happen)
I am 100% rooting for Show in this feud.
I thought that was a pretty good promo by Punk. Seemed like he had some shoot beef with Lawler.
Yeah I kinda liked it too.
2012 pipe bomb has slightly less powder in it than 2011 Pipe Bomb
Any TV time spent suggesting that Show might win at Summerslam is TV time wasted.
Last week, Punk stands with belt. This week, Show stands with belt. Next week, which is the lead in to SummerSlam, Cena stands with the belt. Predictability at its finest folks
That’s high quality writing!
AHAHAHAHAH
I’m sorry. I cannot look at Big Show holding the WWE Championship without laughing.
BAM! RIGHT IN THE KISSER!
pow! right in the kisser!
I suggest that after every Big Show WMsD we all collectively say this.
I’m in.
And once again punk dumbs down on the mic.
he’s not stealing the belt he’s just borrowing it
I hope that means footage of Punk pulling a parking cone out of the spinner.
THE GUY WHO HASN’T WON A MATCH SINCE WRESTLEMANIA AND GOT RKO’ED EARLIER IS THE LAST MAN STANDING OF COURSE.
Big Show’s got a bracelet!
totally thought Cena was ganna land on Punk in Wrestle-Gay fashion…
+Youuuuuuuu look soooooo good to me
What a twist!
So dumb. So so so so dumb.
Alack! Punk’s shitty kick has been foiled!
Why is Punk so mediocre on the mic now?
I said that last week and people jumped down my throat!
Yeah shut up Jerry
God I wish Punk had followed that kissing babies comment by winking at Lawler.
Why is Punk holding up his hand?
I like Punk as Man on Fire.
Punk’s invisible belt > Spinner belt
+1 for invisible realness
Man, the toy belts you can order off wweshop.com are > than the goddamn spinner belt.
so like why is Big Show down?
How many times before John Cena learns to not lift a 400 pound man around CM Punk?