WWE RAW June 4th Live Discussion

[John McHenry]

The Cenation leader was conspicuously absent last week while Big Show ran rampant through the WWE locker room – most notably, Brodus Clay and WWE Tag Team Champions R-Truth & Kofi Kingston. However, John Cena is slated to appear on this Monday’s Raw SuperShow in Greenville, S.C.), where he’ll surely address Show’s comments from last week, not to mention the newly-added Steel Cage stipulation to their match at No Way Out. What will the Cenation leader have to say to his towering foe?

To put it mildly, it looks like Dolph Ziggler wants out of his current arrangement with Vickie Guerrero and Jack Swagger. Their long-running tag team hasn’t accrued enough success to keep The Showoff invested, and The All-American American’s ill-timed interference cost Ziggler an opportunity to prove his mettle against World Heavyweight Champion Sheamus on SmackDown. Dolph’s status with his manager and partner is iffy at best right now; one more misstep and The Showoff could bid his associates a “later, marks†and make his own merry way.

After what transpired at SmackDown Friday night, CM Punk will officially defend his WWE Title against Daniel Bryan and Kane in a Triple Threat Match at No Way Out. Judging from the way these three have pummeled each other in recent weeks, Punk’s going to have to think on his feet if he even hopes to make it to No Way Out in one piece. Plus, with AJ still shadowing The Second City Saint like a puppy, the champion will have just one more distraction to deal with while he tries to keep his title and body safe leading up to the pay-per-view. Can Punk keep his ducks in a row, or will three x-factors prove too much for the champion to deal with?

Brodus Clay suffered a host of injuries at the hands of the rampaging Big Show last week. It’ll take more than a few scrapes to keep the big man down, but if Raw and SmackDown GM John Laurinaitis forces The Funkasaurus to compete, it could put his undefeated streak in unprecedented jeopardy. Plenty of Superstars could be clamoring for a piece of The Funky One. Perhaps The Miz, whose on-and-off rivalry with Clay has yet to yield success?

It appears that Cody Rhodes has been biding his time since Christian beat him for the Intercontinental Title in a surprise return at WWE Over the Limit. While Captain Charisma gets back into his groove against a slew of opponents, the former champion has mostly been issuing pontifications from the TitanTron and sitting in on commentary while scouting the champion in the ring. It’s been two weeks of study now; when will Rhodes decide to try giving Christian a piece of his mind in the ring?

Should see another rise in quality of RAW this week.

 

[Troy]

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I should be online for RAW this week and hopefully it ends up being a better show then WWE have produced the last few weeks. Surely John Cena will be there this week, it was strange that he never appeared last week and that they left it so late in the show to let people know that he wouldn't be there. Dolph Ziggler splitting from Swaggler could be a good move but only if he leaves Vickie Guererro as well, that partnership has more than run it's course. Looks like they will be announcing Christian vs. Cody Rhodes for the IC title tonight for No Way Out. I hope that they do something with the US title as well, either book a title match for tonight or for the PPV but just make sure that Santino drops the title. They need to do something with Abraham Washington, he was shown for a few weeks but then he has disappeared. Epico and Primo have a title rematch up their sleeve, book it for NWO and then maybe add another guy to his stable.

 

[Dale]

Hoping for Epico/Primo vs R-Boom

Dolph was with Mason Ryan last night so I hope to see some actual progression of this on TV. I'd have Ziggler talking to him backstage then Vickie walks up on them and mentions that Swagger vs Ziggler is booked for tonight with the winner retaining her services and that she's pulling for him. Vickie ends up screwing or inadvertently costing Ziggler the match.

Looking forward to Kane/Punk/Bryan build as it's been really good so far.

Dreading Cena/Big Slow/Laryngitis

 

[Andrew]

Hoping for Epico/Primo vs R-Boom

Dolph was with Mason Ryan last night so I hope to see some actual progression of this on TV. I'd have Ziggler talking to him backstage then Vickie walks up on them and mentions that Swagger vs Ziggler is booked for tonight with the winner retaining her services and that she's pulling for him. Vickie ends up screwing or inadvertently costing Ziggler the match.

Looking forward to Kane/Punk/Bryan build as it's been really good so far.

Dreading Cena/Big Slow/Laryngitis

I like your thoughts on the Vickie/Ziggler/Swagger part there. That would work like a charm. I am hoping Cena does a promo seeing he wasn't there last week and maybe a match, possibly against Kane. Have CM Punk face Big Show and maybe have Bryan face Christian?

Would like to see some tag action as well (Revolving Tag Champions)

 

[We Are Legion]

Really hate how WWE dicked us out of a no-nonsense rematch between Bryan and Punk by adding Kane's big stupid ass in the match.

 

[Dale]

I read somewhere a couple of days ago that there's plans for a Punk/Bryan Submission match, so don't get all deflated just yet.

 

[Troy]

Looking forward to seeing how they bounce back from some weak shows over the past month. The 2.7 rating last week, whilst against top competition, should worry WWE and should force them to put a bit more effort into what they produce this week.

 

[Dale]

Michael Cole & John Cena interview has all the tools to be disastrous.

Let's see what Cena shows up this week.

 

[Troy]

Well we have had the serious Big Show ever since he turned heel so hopefully Cena matches that and doesn't try to crack jokes.

Nice video package to start the show. Shows why Big Show would want to turn against Cena.

 

[Crippler]

this music is depressing, but it really adds to the video package

 

[Andrew]

Nice work showing the video of Big Show's destruction last week.

Do you think he'll continue destroying things around him or will Cena put a stop to it this week?

 

[Andrew]

Michael Cole introduces Cena.

This will be interesting to see what he has to say, massive pop though!

 

[Kairi]

cena time

 

[Troy]

Glad that they are starting the show with John Cena, they didn't handle it well at all last week with him not being there. It should have been announced at the start of the show rather than pretending that he would show up later. Cena starts with some jokes to the camera again, why can't he remain serious for more than a week at a time?

 

[PHX]

Cole in the ring and Cena means some corny stuff gonna happen.