Raw 01/07/13 *Spoilers*

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Monday Night Raw is live from the Tyson Events Center in Sioux City, IA tonight.
Advertised for the main event is a tag team match between the Paul Heyman-led team of CM Punk and Curtis Axel, and the Prime Time Players. WWE continues to tease dissension between Heyman and the Second City Saint, following an attack by Brock Lesnar leading towards a potential match at SummerSlam.
Also, both Triple H and Vince McMahon are scheduled to appear in Sioux City to further their storyline power struggle. Will the Billion Dollar Princess be on hand as well to add to the family drama?
WWE Champion John Cena will also be on hand after taking the weekend off from WWE Live events. What's next for him and the World's Strongest Man Mark Henry heading into their championship match at Money in the Bank? And where does Daniel Bryan go after last week's huge Street Fight victory on Raw, and what does that mean for "The Viper" Randy Orton, and Bryan's former partner Kane?

2nd Row Donkey

Prime Time Players in a RAW main event?

Tssk

It is odd but those boys have a bit of character about them pity the tag division is the way it is

jaykhunter

The post-match segment with Titus & DY was HORRENDOUS. It was extremely awkward. Titus in particular. They're extremely damaged goods and need rehabbing. They're too far below CM Punk. I know we're always wanting lesser talent to be paired with main eventers, but they don't get elevated being around Punk, they drag him down. With Gullybully in the mix, Punk is just being paired with losers. Feels wrong!!

mrkiscool2

jaykhunter wrote: »

The post-match segment with Titus & DY was HORRENDOUS. It was extremely awkward. Titus in particular. They're extremely damaged goods and need rehabbing. They're too far below CM Punk. I know we're always wanting lesser talent to be paired with main eventers, but they don't get elevated being around Punk, they drag him down. With Gullybully in the mix, Punk is just being paired with losers. Feels wrong!!

I'm not going to disagree that the PTPs could use a month or two off, but I think this is really smart booking by WWE. This way we can start getting a decent tag team division going again as well as keeping the Punk-Heyman feud going! I am actually looking forward to a good match after the Punk-DY match last week!

gnfnrhead

jaykhunter wrote: »

The post-match segment with Titus & DY was HORRENDOUS. It was extremely awkward. Titus in particular. They're extremely damaged goods and need rehabbing. They're too far below CM Punk. I know we're always wanting lesser talent to be paired with main eventers, but they don't get elevated being around Punk, they drag him down. With Gullybully in the mix, Punk is just being paired with losers. Feels wrong!!

That's the problem when you have three tag teams and only focus on the one. The rest are nothing. The only credible teaming they have is the Shield and I'm guessing they don't want to involve them right now.

jaykhunter

I know it's just to give Punk something to do until his SummerSlam match with Brock, hence the pairing with Heyman's guy... I hope it's awesome and I'm just being negative!

Lord TSC

2nd Row Donkey wrote: »

Prime Time Players in a RAW main event?

I would guess the match starts the show, and Axel costs Punk somehow, leading to a show long story...

Manning3000

Major rumours that wyatt family will debut tonight have already been on house shows. Could be loads of crap too though.

Lithium93_

The Undertaker is being rumoured for an appearance on tonight's Raw

Adiboo

Manning3000 wrote: »

Major rumours that wyatt family will debut tonight have already been on house shows. Could be loads of crap too though.

Looks like it will be next week.

http://twitter.com/WWEBrayWyatt/status/351843720439672834

Insect Overlord

Anybody else watching tonight?

TheBantam

That match would be quite good if anyone cared about ADR

Wow, cant wait for this historic match :rolleyes:

Lithium93_

Please for the love of god, would they keep the Stephanie/Hunter/Vince off the television

mrkiscool2

If you really want to honor both titles why not put them up for contention?

Rjd2

Deleted User wrote: »

Wow, cant wait for this historic match :rolleyes:

No need to:D

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=OovEoSo8C-Q

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=yHP14gNhNWI

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=yDZUaTeWEiY

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ysYYZ9app1U

TheBantam

Why not unify the titles? (I know they won't so they can have two tours but we can only dream eh!)

Btw love Bryan's new tshirt

Lithium93_

Jesus, not Sheamus

not Orton

mrkiscool2

Wow, great pops for Orton and Sheamus.

TheBantam

Yeyyy captain charisma is here.

Lithium93_

Just missing CM Punk in the opening segment

Lithium93_

CM Punk's new t-shirt is awesome

Jaysus that was awful!

wretcheddomain

Lithium93_ wrote: »

The Undertaker is being rumoured for an appearance on tonight's Raw

Source?

Lithium93_

wretcheddomain wrote: »

Source?

It was passed on to me by a friend, it may not even be a legitimate rumour

Foggy.nelson

Cant sleep have to be up for work at 5:(

ricero

Just watching now. What happened in the opening segment ?

mrkiscool2

Great match, loved Ambrose's little celebration at the end as well!

Mick Murdock

Sheamo's gonna be a bigger heel than Cena at this rate. Terrible. Sorry to say it, but he's the worst on the roster at the moment. Want the ground to swallow me up everytime he's involved in a segment.


Seems like a smart/witty guy in interviews and he can be entertaining on Twitter.

He's obviously afraid to say no to any **** he's handed.

See the crowd reaction when Orton's music hit?

They couldn't give a cobblers.

Chagan

That promo video for Henry was great. I'd love it if they put the belt on him.

ShaneU

Orton does ddt on ropes "Classic move by Orton"

Orton does rko "Vintage Orton"

Hate Michael Cole so much

This champion vs champion match makes me even more annoyed that they haven't unified the belts yet

Chagan

WTF was that about? He just gives up

ShaneU

They seem intent on turning Ryback into a wimp for some reason

Loughc

Just like Raw it seems this thread just stopped! Awfully booked show! Thank god it wasn't the go home show for MITB

gnfnrhead

I wonder if we'll ever have a Raw that only goes half a page. Quite often it is just about a page long at this time.

GTR63

gnfnrhead wrote: »

I wonder if we'll ever have a Raw that only goes half a page. Quite often it is just about a page long at this time.

We should rewrite the thread several times in the afternoon to pay homage to the show.
Seriously I was reading a report(I watched a few videos posted in the vid thread instead) and stopped checking when Miz beat Ryback by ref stoppage.

Lord TSC

I think it's great that they are hyping the Wyatt Family debut, but the ending was really weird imo. Don't know why they went back to the commentators after the Cena match, and if they wanted to end on the promo video, don't know why they showed it 30 minutes ahead of time.

I'd have prefered if the first time we saw the video was a straight cut to it after Cena's match (sans commentators), and instead of Twitter, the video ends with "Next week: We Arrive" or something more ominious than...

Lawler: They're coming next week, but are we ready for them?
Cole: Yes!

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I assume Ziggler's face turn is complete hence so sign of AJ and Big E with him now at ringside

Not a fan of Punk's Wolverine style beard, only beard good in WWE is D Bryan's one :P

Palo Alto

Weird episode, they really didn't capitalize well on Bryan's big win. Ryback walking off was completely bizarre as well.

QikBax

Have they forgotten that faces are meant to fight heels. It's ridiculous. Killing the crowd. Way to many no finishes as well.

I hate being the stereotypical guy on the net ragging on the product this was such a poor skippable show.

Turning Bryan heel would be far better than the muck he's doing now. They're killing him.

Sheamus is getting to be nearly as bad as the Miz. Terrible character.

And Ryback loses to Miz. Have they ever tried to get a guy over by beating him so much.

Nice to get the Sting package though. Will he come in for a short run before he retires?

Hematocyte

Cody Rhodes doesn't even know his best friend's name. He called him "Damon".

ricero

poor enough raw. have to say im impressed with curtis axel and i think him vs punk would be a cracker of a wrestling match. wyatt family next week should be awesome but i have no idea who they will target

DM_7

Punks new T Shirt.

I want.

CastorTroy

Who were the 2 with the Bellas? New divas or just ones on their show?

CSF

That was such a poor Raw. Del Rio, Sheamus and Ryback all offer nothing and The Shield have been relegated to insignificance, makes no sense.

Looper007

jamc wrote: »

Turning Bryan heel would be far better than the muck he's doing now. They're killing him.

Stop him whining and have him come out and kick ass. Simple he's one the more over guys on the roster.

DM_7

I thought RAW was fine, nothing special though and just some stories continued in small ways.

I did find the Ryback bit very surprising and interesting. Good to see the Shield get the win back in a decent match up. The Punk and Axel tag was interesting and well played out.

I found Ziggler going to the ring alone very strange! So used to him with some pals or at least a briefcase for company.

not sure where they will go with Swagger, Cesaro and Zeb. Hopefully they will be at pushed and not treated like 3MB.

Wyatt family next week should be good, they have really built up the fact they are on the way.

CastorTroy

What Vince says about Bryan to Vicky, is that what he really thinks?