Raw
St. Louis, Missouri
July 23, 2012
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wrestleview.com
A highlight video recaps some of the greatest moments in RAW
history.
The arena is absolutely packed and there is a big night feel to the show as the
commentators are dressed to the nines. Justin Roberts introduces the Chairman of
the Board and Vince McMahon walks down to the ring. He thanks the fans in
attendance. *Thank You Vince* erupts in the crowd. He replies, “Welcome to
Monday Night RAW”. McMahon calls out Degeneration X!
HHH and Shawn Michaels make their way down to the ring to the old school DX
intro video. Before chopping in the ring, Michaels grabs a microphone and says
that something is missing. HHH agrees and asks Shawn didn’t there used to be
more of us? He points to the ramp.
Billy Gunn, Road Dogg & X-Pac ride out on the jeep that was used in the WCW
invasion angle. Everyone makes their way down to the ring to chop and tell the
crowd to suck it. Pyro erupts around the ring. Road Dogg launches into his Tag
Team intro.
HHH leads the crowd - “For the thousands in attendance and the millions… let’s
get ready to suck it!” Michaels and Road Dogg argue about who is going to do the
next part. They say that HHH never gave them a big enough part over the years.
They agree to do it together.
Damien Sandow’s music hits and cuts them off. He walks down to the ring with a
microphone and say that they world has fallen to the level of the degenerates in
the ring. Michaels says that that is true of him so he is going home to church
to ask for forgiveness. Sandow ignores the sarcasm and continues on claiming to
be a martyr for the salvation of humanity. HHH says that DX needs to huddle to
figure out what they are going to do. They break the huddle with a DX cheer. HHH
says that this is what they decided to do – Shawn Michaels delivers Sweet Chin
Music! HHH follows up with a pedigree. Dogg finally gets to his part and says,
“if you’re not down with that we’ve got two words for you: suck it!”
****Commercial****
Lillian Garcia introduces Jim Ross! Ross walks down to the ring to the Oklahoma
Sooners’ fight song. He appears to be joining in for commentary for the next
match.
****Commercial****
Rey Mysterio, Sin Cara & Sheamus v. Chris Jericho, Dolph Ziggler & Alberto Del
Rio
Back from the break Ziggler is working on Sin Cara in the ring. Jericho gets the
tag and turns his attention towards the neck area. Cara goes for a roll up but
Jericho kicks out and responds with a low drop kick. Jericho poses as he covers,
but Cara kicks out. Del Rio gets the tag and works the neck of Cara. Alberto
walks into a swinging DDT in the corner. Both men crawl to their corners for the
tag. Sheamus charges in at Jericho and clobbers him with some knee lifts.
Sheamus hits the Irish Curse Back Breaker and goes for the cover. Alberto saves
the day with a cover. Rey knocks him out of the ring and flies out to meet him
with a seated senton. Cara knocks Ziggler off the apron and the attention
returns to the ring. Jericho attempts to hit a leg lariat from the second rope,
but Ziggler attacks his own teammate! Sheamus knocks him back off the apron.
Sheamus looks towards Jericho and connects with the Brogue Kick. This match is
over.
Winners: Rey Mysterio, Sin Cara & Sheamus
****Commercial****
Charlie Sheen is live on Skype and chats with Michael Cole about the show so
far. He calls it “epic” and says he would fit in well with Degeneration X and
puts over that Sheamus would probably be a good partner for partying. This is
what’s replacing his Twitter contributions it seems.
# AJ is in the locker room saying how amazing tonight is going to be. Layla asks
her if she is sure she wants to go through the wedding. AJ wants to know why
people keep asking her that. She also wants to know why people keep saying she
is unstable when everyone in the company is unstable. Outside the door to her
locker room various Superstars appear.
Jim Duggan is shown shouting Hooooooooo. Roddy Piper and R-Truth are playing
jump rope with Little Jimmy. Mae Young appears with a man wearing a full size
hand costume. He says that he is Mae Young’s son all grown up!
****Commercial****
Brodus Clay w/ Dude Love v. Jack Swagger
Clay goes right after Swagger and knocks him down to the mat. Clay hits the
splash and this match is over.
Winner: Brodus Clay
After the match, Foley joins in the dance celebration and uses a tye-dye Mr.
Socko to attack Swagger!
# HHH is in his office with Trish Stratus. She is helping him yoga. The other
members of DX walk into the office to laugh at him for the awkward “rear entry”
stance he has taken up.
****Commercial****
The ring has been set up for the wedding tonight. Jerry Lawler introduces the
priest for tonight’s service - Slick, the first African-American Manager in the
WWE! Daniel Bryan’s music hits and he does a bunch of Yes chants on his way down
to the ring. AJ is wearing a wedding dress and comes down to the ring to the
wedding March. Slick starts the vows and gets to the part where if someone has a
problem they must speak now or forever hold their peace. No entrance music hits,
but the crowd begins to loudly chant no. Bryan takes the ring from Slick and
recites his vows. AJ and Bryan each say yes. As Slick is about finish, AJ
interrupts and says that she wasn’t saying yes to Daniel. She was saying yes to
someone else! She says it is another man that made a proposal to her earlier
tonight.
Vince McMahon’s music hits and he comes out onto the entrance ramp. Vince tells
Bryan that it isn’t that kind of a proposal, it is a business proposal. Vince
then goes and says that he is announcing the new General Manager of Monday Night
RAW – AJ!!!
Bryan looks baffled. AJ shoves a flower bouquet into his hands. She then prances
her way up the entrance ramp. Bryan snaps and starts to throw things around the
ring.
****Commercial****
CM Punk’s music hits and he makes his way down to the ring. Bryan is still
throwing a tantrum in the ring. Punk says that it couldn’t happen to a nicer
guy. Punk says that he is going to continue being the best in the world. Bryan
repeats the phrase and says that Punk isn’t even the best that is in the ring
right now. Bryan says that not only is he better than him, but he is the best
WWE Superstar of all time. The greatest of all-time!
The Rock’s music hits and he makes his way down to the ring. His music plays for
a few minutes and then cedes to the chants of the crowd. Rock looks at Bryan and
says that he doesn’t get to say who the greatest of all time is, the crowd gets
to make that decision. “Finally The Rock has come back, to St. Louis!”. The Rock
goes to continue, but Bryan attempts to cut him off. Rock is not happy with the
interruption. The Rock announces that whoever the Champion is at the Royal
Rumble, will face the Great One for the Title! Punk says that he is going to win
his match against Cena tonight, and then win against The Rock at the Rumble.
Bryan is furious and starts screaming no. He says that tonight was supposed to
be about him. It was supposed to be the greatest night of his life. Bryan vows
that somehow he will be the one fighting The Rock. The Rock says that he is
sorry Bryan didn’t get married tonight, but he brought him a wedding present
anyway – and delivers a Rock Bottom!
****Commercial****
Bret Hart is introduced and he walks down to the ring. He says that one of the
greatest moments of his career was winning the IC Championship from Mr. Perfect.
He is out to introduce the participants in tonight’s IC Championship match.
Intercontinental Championship
Christian [c] v. The Miz
Christian leaps from the second rope with a missile dropkick. He throws Miz to
the outside of the ring and flies out after with a slingshot crossbody as we
head to commercial.
****Commercial****
Back from the break Christian nails Miz in the face with a couple of punches.
Christian takes to the second rope and hits a crossbody. He goes back to the
second rope and hits a flying European Uppercut. Christian looks for the
Killswitch, but Miz is not caught. Miz is caught in a sunset Flip attempt, but
kicks out of the cover. Miz goes to work on the leg of Christian which was
tweaked when he came off the second rope before the commercial. Christian
catches him off guard with a swinging DDT. Christian falls back towards the
corner and tries for a spear. Miz counters and connects with a hard DDT.
Christian dodges a splash but is clutching his knee. He tries again for the
KillSwitch but Miz pushes him away. Christian again tries, but gets sent
backwards. Miz hits the Skull Crushing Finale, and this match is over!
Winner & NEW IC Champion: The Miz
Charlie Sheen is again present on Skype and gives a rundown of the past hour’s
happenings.
****Commercial****
# Regis Philbin appears on video to congratulate RAW on reaching 1000 episodes.
HHH’s music hits and he makes his way down to the ring still wearing his DX
attire. A video clip airs HHH being placed in the Komura clutch by Brock Lesnar.
HHH says that the fun for him tonight is over; he wants to fight Lesnar at
Summerslam. He knows that Lesnar is in the building, so he calls on him to come
down to the ring and give his answer.
Lesnar’s music hits, but it is Heyman who walks down to the ring. HHH says that
he wants to talk to the horse’s head, not his ass. Heyman says that Lesnar is in
fact here tonight. Heyman has been authorized through power of attorney to
answer HHH’s challenge. Heyman says that HHH may want to main event Summerslam,
but the answer is no. HHH says that if Lesnar isn’t going to come out then maybe
he’ll have to go find him himself. Heyman says that HHH should probably want to
avoid another lawsuit. HHH starts to call Lesnar a coward, so Heyman calls him
out on resorting to name calling. Heyman makes a comment about being embarrassed
for HHH’s children.
Stephanie McMahon’s music hits! She makes her way down to the ring and tells
Heyman to never talk about her children ever again. Stephanie says that the
lawsuits are really about Heyman trying to mask his failures over the years.
Stephanie says that at least her kids will be proud of their father and
grandfather, unlike Heyman’s kids. Stephanie says that Heyman’s kids are ashamed
because their father is a professional parasite. She slaps him across the face.
Heyman is furious and grabs a mic. He says that the match is on; it’s Lesnar v.
HHH at Summerslam. Heyman catches himself and starts to laugh; he knows that
Stephanie tricked him. Heyman starts to say something about her kids, but she
jumps on him and starts to pound on Heyman.
Lesnar’s music hits and he runs down to the ring. He begins to brawl with HHH
and all hell breaks loose. HHH ends up throwing him out of the ring. They stare
each other down and take off their shirts to add some fuel to the fire.
****Commercial****
A video package highlights the Steve Austin v. Vince McMahon feud.
****Commercial****
Santino and Hornswoggle walk down to the ring with a bunch of WWE Brawler
Bodies. It’s a series of plush toys. Howard Finkel is brought out to be
tonight’s special ring announcer for the next match.
Slater is introduced and comes down to the ring. He says that everything that
has happened in the past doesn’t matter anymore. The only thing that matters
tonight is his next match. Slater says that this match is going to be epic. He
challenges any legend to a no-count out no dq match.
Heath Slater v. Lita
After the bell rings, Lita takes the mic and says that she hired some protection
for tonight. The APA comes down to the ring! Slater decides to high tail it, but
instead all of the legends that Slater has faced over the past couple of weeks
comes down to push him back towards the ring.
Lita hits the Twist of Fate. Bradshaw follows up with the Clothesline from Hell.
Lita takes to the top rope and leaps for the moonsault, this match is over!
Winner: Lita
After the match the legends all enter the ring. Ron Simmons grabs the mic and
delivers the obligatory, “Damn”.
Sean Mooney is backstage with Daniel Bryan and asks him about his night. Bryan
says that everyone including Charlie Sheen has insulted and humiliated him
tonight. Bryan says that Sheen needs not Anger Management, but Life Management.
If Sheen was standing right next to him, Bryan would lock the Yes Lock on him
faster than he could say winning.
****Commercial****
Michael Cole is ringside with the 100,000,000th Social Media follower for the
WWE.
A video plays hosted by Fozzie Bear featuring the greatest catchphrases in the
history of RAW.
# Zack Ryder is backstage with Gene Okerlund and John Cena. Ryder claims that
Gene was behind GTV. The Rock walks into the shot and all but Cena slink away.
Cena welcomes him and goes over what The Rock said tonight. Rock wishes him well
in his match, and says that if Cena has the Title at the Rumble he will take it
from him.
****Commercial****
Kane’s music hits and he comes down amidst a bed of fire to the ring. Jinder
Mahal’s music hits and he comes down to the ring with a handful of guys to try
and take out Kane. They get in the ring… but The Undertaker’s music hits!
The Undertaker slowly makes his way down to the ring. He enters and takes off
his spiky attire. The men with Jinder get in the ring and try and take out the
Brothers of Destruction. Kane and Taker quickly clear the ring. Taker and Kane
hit a stereo Tombstone, followed by a double Piledriver! They take a moment to
pose before the break.
****Commercial****
Charlie Sheen is back via Skype to address the comments made by Bryan. He says
that anytime Bryan is in the area he will face him in the ring.
****Commercial****
WWE Championship
CM Punk [c] v. John Cena
This match is starting at 10:59 ET. Cena bounces off the ropes with a shoulder
block. Punk goes for a backslide cover, but Cena kicks out. Punk gets behind him
with an abdominal stretch. Cena escapes and grabs for Punk’s legs but gets
kicked away. They lock up and Punk is pushed back into the corner. The referee
makes them separate. Cena starts to unload with a series of punches. The crowd
begins to boo. Cena cinches on a side headlock.
Punk hits a side slam as Jerry Lawler astutely observes that Cena is like
Superman. Punk gets behind Cena and has a rear chinlock applied. Cena gets to
his feet and tries to punch his way free. They begin to exchange blows back and
forth. Cena tries for a back body drop but Punk lands on his feet and pushes
Cena into the corner. He charges and connects with a high knee. Punk mocks the
You Can’t See Me, which results in him getting caught in the lifted bulldog.
Cena tries for the 5 Knuckle Shuffle, but Punk kicks him in the skull! Punk
tries to lift Cena up into the air, but Cena scurries off of his back! In the
process the referee gets knocked out of the ring. Cena would have picked up the
win, but there is no referee to count off of an Attitude Adjustment. Cena gets
out of the ring to check on the referee.
With the referee down, Big Show runs to the ring and spears Cena! He delivers
the Knockout Punch which leaves Cena down for the count. Punk gets back up on
his feet, but knows that he still doesn’t have a referee in the ring. Punk heads
out of the ring to revive the referee and brings him back inside. Punk goes for
the cover… but Cena kicks out! Punk lifts Cena up on his shoulders and looks for
the GTS. Cena counters and applies the STF. Big Show runs back down and attacks
Cena which causes the ref to call for the bell.
Winner via DQ: John Cena
The Big Show attempts to continue the attack, but The Rock runs down to make the
save. Rock hits the Rock Bottom on Show and goes for the People’s Elbow. Punk
runs at Rock and hits a hard clothesline! Punk lifts Rock up into the air and
hits the GTS. The crowd begins to boo the WWE Champion as he walks up the ramp
to close out this 1000th Episode of RAW.