Raw
Boston, Massachusetts
July 11, 2011
results thanks to wrestleview.com
CM Punk’s music hits and
he makes his way to the ring with a megaphone. This is his first appearance
since his controversial promo two weeks ago. Punk gets in the ring and grabs a
microphone. Punk then grabs the headset from the technician and gives some
orders to whoever is in the back. The crowd is electric as he sits down in the
ring.
Punk asks if he has everyone’s attention now. Punk says he feels like he has to
recap. If we didn’t see the show last week, and he can’t blame us if we didn’t
because he wasn’t on, he was suspended by Vincent K. McMahon. He was suspended
because the week prior to that he got into a little trouble because of some
things he said. He didn’t get in trouble because he said July 17 was the day his
contract ends. He didn’t get in trouble because he said he was going to beat
John Cena this Sunday but he was going to leave with the “oh so precious” WWE
Title, rendering all future champions irrelevant. He didn’t just get in trouble
for mentioning that when Vince McMahon dies the company will not only fall into
the hands of his idiotic daughter and he doofus husband. He got in trouble
because he has the balls to say the things that no one else has the balls to
say.
Saying things like this company inside and outside the ring are filled with a
parade of shameless ass kissers. Punk says not only is his reinstated and his
championship match back on, he brought backup in case they shut his microphone
off. Punk said that through the megaphone. Punk then sets the siren off on the
megaphone. Punk says a lot of people are probably wondering why he’s holding a
live microphone. Vince McMahon wants to sign him to a long and lucrative WWE
contract. Punk says its funny that Vince is bending over backwards to give him
everything he wants when all he wanted was a microphone. It’s power. In anyone
else’s hands it’s a microphone but in his hands it’s a pipe bomb.
Vince McMahon finally sees him for what he is: the hottest commodity in the
business today. McMahon finally sees it this way that because he did something
that he and his endless empty suits couldn’t do: he made WWE socially relevant.
The crowd doesn’t count because he’s talking about the real world. In the real
world the WWE only gets mentions for two reasons. One is that CM Punk is talking
and two is because somebody died. Now, because of him, WWE is all over YouTube.
ESPN is falling all over themselves to get him on their TV and radio shows.
Jimmy Kimmel’s show wants his story. Punk finds it funny that he has one foot
out the door and Vince McMahon wants to give him what he wants.
If McMahon treated him this nicely five years ago he wouldn’t have this much
pent up aggression toward him and so much to say. The crowd is chanting for CM
Punk. Punk says he knows Vince McMahon and he’ll expect him to sit in his office
to talk about a contract. Punk says he knows that McMahon likes to do things
that have never been done before so Punk challenges him to have the first ever
live contract negotiation in the ring. Maybe he’ll sign, maybe he won’t. Maybe
Vince McMahon will have to join the “CM Punk Kiss My Ass Club.”
John Cena’s music hits and he is probably more hated than the Yankees in Boston
right now. They are not happy with him interrupting this. Punk does the classic
“I’m afraid your music is just too loud” line from “Back to the Future”. Punk
introduces Cena to the crowd and they boo wildly. Punk thanks him for getting
him reinstated to a job he didn’t even really want in the first place. Punk
thanks him for giving him everything that he ever wanted. Not only is he going
to beat him for the title at Money in the Bank, he’s going to change the look of
the title because it’s been far too ugly for far too long. Punk says he’s
leaving on July 17 and Cena will get fired when he loses. Punk says McMahon
isn’t going to fire him since Cena got fired a few months ago and that lasted
for about seven days.
Cena asks if he’s done and Punk says probably not. Cena says he made a very
truthful statement. We’ve been waiting five years to say Punk has a set of
balls. Punk also has a mouth and he likes to run it so he’s going to set him
straight. For three weeks he’s heard that Punk is going to beat him for the
title but he has to go through him to do that. Punk acts like he’s a pushover.
Just because he’s CM Punk and he has a live microphone and it’s Chicago and no
one will stop him from getting the title, he has news for Punk: he’s no
pushover. Cena says he knows he’s thinking that just because he was half-knocked
out and Punk said he was the best wrestler in the country. Punk corrects him and
says he’s the best wrestler in the world.
Cena says he also said that he is a vision of what the company believes the best
should be. Just because he smiles for the camera but he does that because he
loves it. Cena is the best because he has the title and he’s earned it. Cena
congratulates Punk on thinking he’s the best. A lot of people thought that:
Triple H, JBL, Edge, Batista, Randy Orton, Kurt Angle, Shawn Michaels, even
Eddie Guerrero thought he couldn’t hang with them and every one was
disappointed. Cena says he doesn’t care if he stays or goes, he’s coming to
Chicago to whip Punk’s ass.
The anonymous Raw General Manager’s e-mail chime hits. Michael Cole gets up and
reads it: “Mr. McMahon is en route to negotiate with CM Punk but in the
meantime, I think if this is John Cena’s last night on Raw we should see him in
action. So Cena, don’t go anywhere, because you’re going to be competing in a
very special match next.”
-Commercial Break-
John Cena is standing in the ring. Justin Roberts announces that it’s a handicap
match.
John Cena vs. David Otunga & Michael McGillicutty
Otunga starts out against Cena. Cena quickly takes him down and they circle the
ring. Cena hits a snapmare and a chin lock. Otunga quickly gets to the ropes and
tags in McGillicutty. They lock up and McGillicutty works the arm. Cena gets out
and applies a side headlock. McGillicutty whips him off and gets shoulder
blocked down. Cena takes him down with a hip toss and a dropkick. McGillicutty
gets out of the ring and talks strategy with Otunga.
-Commercial Break-
We come back from the break to see McGillicutty applying a chin lock to Cena.
During the commercial Otunga sent him into the barricade. Cena takes him down
and goes for the STF but McGillicutty kicks him off. McGillicutty stomps him in
the corner and Otunga kicks him in the head. Otunga is tagged in and they whip
him hard to the corner and punch him down. Otunga punches him down and chokes
him in the corner. Otunga whips him hard across the ring and Cena face plants.
Otunga taunts the crowd and they don’t care. Otunga goes for a suplex but Cena
blocks it and executes a fisherman’s suplex.
McGillicutty is tagged in but Cena sidesteps him and hits a pair of shoulder
tackles. Cena hits his back suplex bomb and does the Five Knuckle Shuffle. Cena
goes for the Attitude Adjustment but Otunga stops it. They do a variation of the
Hart Attack but Cena kicks out. McGillicutty puts him on the top rope and goes
for a superplex but Cena fights him off. Cena kicks Otunga off the apron and
hits that diving leg drop off the top rope. Cena applies the STF and Otunga
breaks it up again. Otunga punches him in the corner and they go for a double
splash but Cena sidesteps it. Cena hits the Attitude Adjustment on McGillicutty
and throws Otunga over the top rope. Cena covers for the win.
Winner by Pinfall: John Cena
Match Rating: *
Tonight we’ll see live contract negotiation between CM Punk and Vince McMahon in
the center of the ring.
-Commercial Break-
The announcers talk about Big Show vs. Mark Henry this Sunday and show a video
package for it.
Vickie Guerrero is coaching Dolph Ziggler on talking to Vince McMahon. Ziggler
rehearses, saying McMahon should fire CM Punk and John Cena. As long as he’s the
United States Champion that can be the premiere title in WWE because he’s the
premiere superstar in WWE. Vickie imitates McMahon asking if he’s trying to tell
him how to do his job. Ziggler says he’s telling him the truth, except he’s not
doing it out in the ring or insulting his family. Ziggler says last week McMahon
looked like a wuss. Vickie imitates McMahon a bit. Drew McIntyre walks up and
does a McMahon impersonation. Ziggler makes some old jokes about McMahon and
says he should retire. McIntyre talks about how bad McMahon’s breath is and
Vickie laughs.
They stop laughing but Vickie continues. Vickie turns and Vince McMahon is
standing behind him. Vince says that McIntyre and Ziggler will team up in a
handicap match against a big opponent like the Big Show. They begrudgingly thank
him and McMahon asks for a mint. What he really doesn’t want to have is bad
breath. McMahon made sure to blow his breath in their faces.
Scott Stanford walks up and asks about the live negotiation. McMahon tells him
to tell the entire world that he said they could go to hell.
Kelly Kelly will be in action next.
-Commercial Break-
JOBBER ALERT: Melina is in the ring with no TV entrance. The Bella Twins are on
commentary.
Melina vs. Kelly Kelly
They lock up and Melina takes her down with a snapmare. Melina kicks her in the
back and executes a double arm sleeper hold. If I close my eyes it’s like Venus
and Serena Williams playing a tennis match. Kelly makes her comeback out of
nowhere with some clotheslines and a handspring back elbow in the corner. Kelly
does a Stink Face and a neckbreaker for a two count. Melina takes her down and
misses a split leg drop. Kelly hits the K2 for the win.
Winner by Pinfall: Kelly Kelly
Match Rating: 1/2 *
The Bella Twins get on the microphone and get in the ring. They say Kelly should
eat some food and imply that she’s anorexic. They ask for a close up on Kelly
and say she needs some acne cream. It did wonders for Katy Perry but she’s no
teenage dream. She’s a malnourished nightmare. Kelly attacks but they quickly
come out on top. Kelly sells like she’s being murdered until Eve Torres runs
down to help. Eve quickly gets outnumbered and the Bella Twins leave the ring.
They put over the live contract negotiation that’s going to take place later
tonight. The Miz is walking backstage. He’ll be in the ring next.
-Commercial Break-
They show a replay of The Miz destroying Alex Riley after losing to him in a
match last Monday.
The Miz makes his way to the ring, which has a giant ladder set up underneath
the Money in the Bank briefcase. They are claiming that the WWE Universe crashed
Twitter for twenty minutes. There are ladders surrounding the ring as well. The
Miz sits on top of the ladder and says there is no better view than sitting on
top of the ladder and looking down on everyone else. He’s used to being the best
and that makes him different from everyone in the ladder match. It’s not because
he’s the most must see WWE Superstar of all time. It’s because he knows what
it’s like to take this path to becoming WWE Champion. He knows the smell and
taste in a way none of his other opponents have.
Some of them have been close but that doesn’t make them a winner or a champion.
He knows what it takes to be a champion. Everyone is going to find out that he
still has what it takes to be a champion. Up here he’s quite comfortable because
this is where the future happens, pointing to the briefcase. The Miz is still
the future and every pretender this Sunday in this match will learn why he is
The Miz… and he’s…
Interrupted by Jack Swagger. Swagger makes his way to the ring and mocks Miz
saying he’s the future. Swagger says Alex Riley must have hit him in the head
one too many times. Swagger has also won the Money in the Bank match and he also
cashed in the contract to become a World Champion. Swagger says he’s going to do
it again. The Miz does his “really” routine for a bit before asking if someone
cashes in the contract and nobody remembers it, did it really happen?
Evan Bourne’s music hits and he makes his way to the ring as well. Bourne says
he’s tired of hearing about what those two have done. He’s here to talk about
what he’s going to do on Sunday. Bourne says he’s going to steal the show, climb
the ladder, and win Money in the Bank.
Kofi Kingston’s music hits and he heads to the ring as well. Kingston says he
appreciates Bourne’s confidence but at the end of the day it’s all just talk.
This is Money in the Bank we’re talking about. It’s an eight-man ladder match
where everyone puts everything on the line. Anybody can win this match. If he
wins it’s not going to be because of what he does or says tonight. It’s going to
be because of what he does on Sunday. Kingston asks if it’s a coincidence if one
of the greatest superstars in WWE history had to retire due to injury. He got
injured due to matches like this and his name was Edge.
R-Truth makes his way to the ring looking as crazy as he always does. He talks
about the conspiracy against him. Everyone is talking about John Cena and CM
Punk but everyone forgot that he beat John Cena two weeks ago. He put Cena
through the table and all us Little Jimmy’s saw it. Now he has to climb a ladder
when he has acrophobia. The conspiracy knows he’s afraid of heights. R-Truth
says there better be no spiders in the ring because he’s afraid of them, too.
R-Truth says if there’s a spider in the briefcase when he opens it, the grits
going to hit the pan. That briefcase is gonna get gots, and that’s the truth,
the whole truth, and nothing but the truth.
Alex Riley makes his way to the ring and The Miz quickly gets out. Riley tries
to get his hands on him but Miz gets away.
Alberto Del Rio drives into the arena and that should be it for the guys coming
out. Del Rio says this is a disgrace. Del Rio says he’s the number one contender
and now we have John Cena against CM Punk. Del Rio says the question is why.
He’ll tell us why. John Cena is afraid of Alberto Del Rio. Now he has to do it
all over again that it’s his destiny to be the next WWE Champion. Del Rio says
in six days he’s going to teach a lesson to every single one of them in the
ring. That’s a lesson for destiny.
The anonymous Raw General Manager chimes in. Michael Cole gets up and reads it:
“Alberto Del Rio has a point and since we have six of the Money in the Bank
competitors in the ring, let’s have a match! So Miz, Jack Swagger, and R-Truth,
you will team up to face Evan Bourne, Alex Riley, and Kofi Kingston in a six-man
tag team match-up that starts right now!”
-Commercial Break-
The Miz, Jack Swagger & R-Truth vs. Evan Bourne, Alex Riley & Kofi Kingston
We join the match in progress. Swagger has Bourne in a wristlock. Bourne gets
out but Swagger takes him down. The Miz is tagged in and he knees him in the
face. Miz chokes Bourne on the ropes and hits a running kick to the head for a
near fall. R-Truth is tagged in and he punches Bourne in the ribs. R-Truth hits
a body slam and a break dance leg drop for a two count. R-Truth chokes him and
applies a chin lock. Bourne tries to fight up but R-Truth hits a sit-out front
suplex for a near fall. R-Truth argues with the referee a bit. R-Truth applies a
front face lock. Bourne fights up again and R-Truth clubs him. R-Truth hits a
suplex/stunner combo for a near fall. R-Truth goes for his Scissors Kick but
Bourne sidesteps it and hits a high knee to the temple.
Kingston is tagged in and he hits a springboard clothesline on R-Truth. Kingston
hits some chops and a dropkick. Kingston hits the superman punch and does the
Boom Drop. Kingston signals for his finisher and punches Swagger off the apron.
R-Truth sucker punches him and sends him to the corner. Kingston hits him with a
pendulum kick and hits a high cross-body block. The Miz breaks up the pin.
R-Truth clotheslines him (sort of) over the top rope.
-Commercial Break-
We come back from the break to see Miz take Kingston down with a back elbow for
a near fall. R-Truth is tagged back in and he hits a double suplex with Miz for
a near fall. R-Truth applies a head-scissor on the ground and is looking for a
submission. Kingston gets out of it after a weird looking visual and R-Truth
punches him down. Swagger is tagged back in and Kingston goes on a kicking
frenzy on everyone. Swagger and R-Truth try to stop him from making a tag but
Kingston counters with a double DDT.
Alex Riley is tagged in and he spears Swagger. Riley punches, hits a pair of
back elbows, ducks a clothesline, and hits a spinebuster. Riley brings Miz into
the ring the hard way and R-Truth gets him from behind. Bourne takes R-Truth out
with a kick. Swagger goes for a Vader Bomb on Riley but Riley gets the boots up.
Riley hits an implant DDT for the win.
Winners by Pinfall: Evan Bourne, Alex Riley & Kofi Kingston
Match Rating: * 1/2
The Miz quickly sneaks up from behind and hits the Skull Crushing Finale on
Riley. Kingston dropkicks Miz out of the ring and R-Truth clotheslines Kingston
out of the ring. Bourne kicks R-Truth in the mouth and goes for Air Bourne but
Alberto Del Rio runs down to the ring and pushes him off the top rope. Del Rio
takes everyone out with the ladder and lifts it above his head. Del Rio throws
it out of the ring and right into The Miz’s ribs. Del Rio points at the
briefcase above the ring.
They show a video of John Cena goading Vince McMahon into reinstating CM Punk
last week. McMahon reinstated Punk and said if Punk wins at Money in the Bank
then he’ll fire John Cena. The live contract negotiation will take place in the
ring later tonight.
Dolph Ziggler’s music hits and he makes his way to the ring with Drew McIntyre
and Vickie Guerrero. Ziggler and McIntyre will be in action against Big Show
next.
-Commercial Break-
Dolph Ziggler & Drew McIntyre w/ Vickie Guerrero vs. Big Show
Dolph Ziggler looks to be starting off against Big Show but Ziggler quickly tags
in McIntyre. Big Show brings McIntyre into the ring the hard way and chops
Ziggler off the apron. Big Show clotheslines McIntyre in the corner and clubs
him down. Big Show hits him with a short-arm clothesline and a NASTY body slam.
Ziggler weasels around ringside watching. Big Show sends McIntyre over the top
rope and he lands with a thud. Big Show sends him into the barricade and they
show Ziggler again watching from afar. Big Show beats on McIntyre up the ramp.
Big Show throws him around and the referee calls for the bell.
No Contest
Match Rating: N/A
Big Show throws McIntyre into the big WWE logo on the stage. Big Show stands
over him before picking him up. Big Show looks off the stage and grabs McIntyre
by the throat. Big Show goes to Chokeslam him off the stage but Mark Henry comes
racing and spears Big Show off the stage! Both men sell the injuries from the
fall.
-Commercial Break-
Mark Henry is seen getting up and refusing help.
The announcers talk about the Money in the Bank Ladder Match. They show Alberto
Del Rio destroying everyone with the ladder after the six-man tag team match a
little while ago. They show a video package highlighting the previous Money in
the Bank matches. They then run down the card for the PPV.
CM Punk and Vince McMahon are seen walking backstage. The contract negotiations
are next!
-Commercial Break-
Vince McMahon’s music hits and he comes out to the stage only to walk to the
back again. McMahon comes out and leaves again. McMahon then comes out once
again and gets a bigger reception. McMahon wants to do it one more time and
comes out to a great reception. McMahon points at a guy dressed up like Hulk
Hogan holding a Zack Ryder sign. That should make one or two people happy.
McMahon walks around ringside and shakes hands with some fans. McMahon gets in
the ring which has the red carpet out and a table in the center.
McMahon says for those who think he’s joining the “CM Punk Kiss My Ass Club” he
hopes they won’t be disappointed. McMahon could never do anything like that. The
other aspect of this thing is a bit bothersome is that this is a public
negotiation. McMahon says contracts should not be negotiated in public.
Nonetheless, that’s what CM Punk wants. McMahon invites him out to the ring and
wonders what CM stands for.
CM Punk’s music hits and he makes his way to the ring mocking Vince McMahon’s
walk. Punk gets in the ring and doesn’t accept McMahon’s offer of a handshake.
McMahon sits down and shows him the contract. McMahon says everything is in
there including his own collector’s cup.
Punk asks if McMahon is really going to go through it. For someone who is so
pro-John Cena he’s surprised he’s not wearing his t-shirt and armbands. Punk
says it’s obvious McMahon has zero faith in John Cena come this Sunday. McMahon
says his faith, or lack of it, has nothing to do with this. McMahon wants him to
sign the contract for the right reasons. McMahon wants to make him a rich man.
He also couldn’t live with himself if he won the title while not under contract.
That’s why there are all these provisions in the contract just like he wanted.
McMahon calls him Phil, which is Punk’s real name.
Punk says his lawyers looked over the contract and it wasn’t up to par. Punk had
them draw up a new one and his signature is already on it. Punk says there are a
few new perks he added to it. If McMahon doesn’t think negotiations should
happen in public so he asks if the WWE Universe wants to hear it. Punk asks if
he wants to hear the perks and McMahon warns him not to push him. Punk says
that’s actually provision number one that he gets to push him. Punk pushes him
and smiles as McMahon looks irate. Punk says he’ll kick him in the nuts and have
him smile. Punk says he’ll show respect or he’ll put the contract in the
shredder and take the WWE Championship on Sunday.
Provision number one: he wants his own jet. Punk doesn’t want Vince’s jet – it
smells. Number two: his face will be on everything. He wants his face on the
titantron, the turnbuckles, shoes, socks, and the WWE Ice Cream bars, which he
wants brought back. Hell yeah! The crowd chants for the ice cream bars. Punk
wants WWE Films to start production on “CM Punk: The Movie”. They can call it
“The Chaperone Part Two” except his will be funny and successful. Then he wants
the main event at WrestleMania of John Cena and Dwayne (The Rock for those that
don’t watch bad Disney films) to stay. However he wants the match he competes in
at WrestleMania to be the true main event.
The last provision is that Vince McMahon will apologize to him and the fans for
being one of the biggest hypocrites he’s ever seen in his entire life. As far as
the anti-bullying campaign goes, McMahon is one of the biggest bullies he’s ever
met in his life and he will apologize. The crowd chants for CM Punk. Punk says
he’s had friends, very talented friends, work for this company and be fired.
McMahon says they deserved it. Punk says McMahon doesn’t know what it takes to
make a superstar in 2011 and he doesn’t know what the people want. McMahon wants
to punish people for liking professional wrestling. Guys like Colt Cabana and
Luke Gallows. McMahon will apologize to them through him because they can’t be
here and can’t stand up to him. Punk says he is the voice of the voiceless and
McMahon will apologize and like it.
McMahon tells him to calm down and sign the contract. McMahon asks him to be a
gentleman. Punk asks the crowd if he should be a gentleman or have McMahon
apologize. Punk tells McMahon to sign the contract and apologize, sparing the
company any more embarrassment. McMahon asks him to get this over with since
he’s eaten a crap sandwich. Punk tips the table and the crowd is chanting “We
Want Wrestling”. McMahon says he doesn’t give a damn what the people want and
Punk says that’s the problem. Punk says McMahon doesn’t give a damn and his
problem is that he cares too much. Punk asks if he’s a bad guy and he says
absolutely. Punk says he’s in touch with what people want and, right now, Boston
wants to hear an apology.
McMahon curtly says that he’s sorry and Punk does the Stone Cold Steve Austin
“what”. McMahon says, “I apologize you son of a bitch”. Punk gloats that Vince
McMahon just apologized to him. Punk sits on the top rope and tells him to sign
the contract before the stock plummets some more. Vince McMahon picks up the
contract as the crowd chants for Colt Cabana and wrestling.
John Cena’s music hits and there may be a riot here. Cena gets in the ring and
tells Punk he gave a fine speech. The crowd loves Punk and they’ll love him in
Chicago. That’s the night he walks out on each and every one of them. Cena says
if McMahon wants to cave in to a terrorist then he won’t tell him what to do.
Last week he asked for a match that Punk wanted. Cena then said now they’re
acting like spoiled brats and does a kiddie impression.
Cena says he hates Vince McMahon, too, and makes some terrible poop jokes about
what he’d do to Vince McMahon. Cena says the people paid good money to be here
tonight and they take it on the chin if he doesn’t show. Punk is the biggest
hypocrite of all. He’ll ask the people if they want to see an apology and then
leave. A man came to the ring a few months ago and said he’d never leave again.
Cena said his point is that Punk isn’t that guy but he’s making a ridiculous
list of demands that McMahon cannot meet because he wants to take the title and
walk out. His biggest attribute is also his biggest flaw. He is CM Punk and he
beats to his own drum. Cena admires that but in the path of doing everything he
wants he’s lost sight of things.
Punk says he hasn’t lost sight because he’s leaving due to not fitting a certain
mold. Punk is the underdog and that’s what Cena lost sight of. Earlier tonight
Cena mentioned great wrestlers that said Cena couldn’t hang. Now Cena is
standing here looking at him saying he can’t hang. Punk says he was hanging on
Cena’s gangster car at WrestleMania XXII and he said to himself that someday
he’d be standing in the ring with Cena watching Cena go down to him.
Here we are in Cena’s hometown of Boston and we’ll be in his hometown of Chicago
next week. Cena is the one who’s lost sight when this ten-time champion who
stands for “Hustle, loyalty, and respect”, and roots for the Boston Red Sox who
portray themselves as the underdog. Cena lost sight of the fact that he is what
he hates. Cena is the man. Cena, like the Red Sox, is no longer the underdog.
Cena is what he hates and that’s a dynasty. Punk says Cena is the New York
Yankees. Cena pushes him and Punk leaves the ring with the contract that wasn’t
signed.
Punk says he has something to say and he’s positive everyone wants to hear it.
Punk is glad Cena punched him in the face and that made him realize why he wants
to leave. He’s just plain tired. Punk says on Sunday night they’ll say goodbye
to the WWE Title, John Cena, and CM Punk! Punk rips up the contract and says
he’ll go be the best in the world somewhere else!