Raw 1st of March house show results.. with a free bonus question

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seabs

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Thanks to WZ reader "Z" for sending in the following:

Brodus and Albert beat Drew and Heath of 3mb with Jinder at ringside. Won with double headbutt and splashes.

Justin Gabriel beat JTG with the 450 splash and then was attacked and powerbombed by the shield. Shield then cut a promo doing their usual schtick saying how they're going to solve the John Cena riddle and how they will be known as the greatest team ever.

Layla beat Tamina/w Vickie Guerrero with a kick to the head.

WWE NXT star Bray Wyatt beat Alex Riley.

Antonio Cesaro beat Miz in a NO Dq united states title match with his finish move. Couple great kendo stick moments and chair moments. Funny moment came when Miz went to get a table under the ring and found that one of the legs was broken.. so he went to the other side to get the 1 other table they stuck under the ring, but it had a broken leg too! After trying to get the first table the Miz looked a little annoyed, but when the second table didn't work either, he brought it into the ring anyways and set it up lop sided. Match ended before the table was used, but they did tease a few spots with it. After the match Cesaro came back to the ring and tried to put Miz through the table, but was countered and speared through it himself.

Zack Ryder beat McGillicutty with the rough ryder. Some people beside me had a "zack ryder is still a jobber" sign which Zack looked at with a "whatever bro" smirk. After the match he said "whos a jobber now" at them.

CM Punk cut a promo mocking our hockey team and saying how Chicago's hockey team is undefeated right now, and then his basic speel about how he doesnt suck and how hes the best in world. He walked around the ring tearing up CM Punk signs while Kofi did his entrance.

CM Punk beat Kofi Kingston with the GTS. After the match the guy beside me in the front row was yelling at justin roberts to give him cm punks shirt, which was left on the apron by the corner turnbuckle. I wish it was me yelling, because roberts walked over and gave it to him!

Main Event saw Cena and Ryback beat the Shield in a 2 on 3 handicap tag match via DQ when Reigns hit Ryback with a chair mid shell shocked. 99% of the match was the shield beating down cena. cena didnt really do much at all which seemed strange considering the next ppv coming up, AND how good his match on RAW was with Punk last week.. After the match Ryback fist pounded most of the fans at ringside and cena took off relatively quickly leaving a lot of kids screaming his name to come back, which didnt happen.

Best match was Punk vs Kofi with the US title match being a VERY close second.

On a side note it was a shame to have ONLY the US title being present during the house show.

Biggest Pops:

Punk
Cena
Ryback
Miz

Biggest Heat:

Vickie Guerrero
Donald Trump portion of the HOF vignette
Shield for powerbombing Gabriel. Crowd was really into Gabriel?

http://www.wrestlezone.com/news/268837-wwe-house-show-results-31-toronto-ontario

This is useless really beyond one thing Punk out popped them all, why are they fighting it but trying to make people boo him? He got a pretty even split against The Rock, let the guy be free but feud him with heels.
 

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Seabs, you're making great threads this weekend. Big props. And big props to Justin Roberts for giving the shirt back. :obama:

And I don't know. Giving how uncomfortable Punk looked in the early-2012 babyface run, the heel turn may have been Punk's call as opposed to Creative's decision. The adult fans obviously want to cheer him, he seemed like the one guy who the entire fanbase could get behind during his "Voice of the Voiceless" run (surprised WWE doesn't miss that). Maybe they see him as a guy who can get the adult fans behind him and the young fans against him, so when he feuds with Cena everyone has a face and a heel to root for.
 

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Punk shouldn't turn face yet because his upcoming role with Undertaker works best with him as a heel. Same with The Rock previously. He did a very heelish thing (ok, not really, but WWE played it that way) by attacking The Rock and that feud worked a lot better with Punk portraying the heel, especially with Heyman in his corner these past several months. But I get the feeling the Punk/Heyman relationship is starting to run it's course.

One very likely idea (that I've mentioned before) about how dear Punk could turn face is he makes it clear to Heyman that he wants to take on Undertaker and defeat the streak all by himself without Heyman's help. He fails, but he puts on such a performance and comes so close to ending it (close enough that people who easily dismiss Punk ending the streak even start to slightly doubt themselves at a couple of points) that people show a huge showcase of respect for Punk, and so does Undertaker himself. Meanwhile, Heyman (if Punk where to reject his help during the match) bereates him the next night for refusing his help, and he has Lesnar destroy his ass to send him off on a (kayfabe) injury for a few months.

Either way, Heyman dumping Punk or vice versa, especially with Brock Lesnar (Heyman's 'first love' between the two, so to speak) wandering about, is the obvious set up for a Punk face turn. Don't forget the rumors of a Brock/Punk feud later in the year, which should be awesome. (Remember, it was only Meltzer who assumed that the baby face in that feud would be Lesnar.)