Raw began with a debate with all six participants in the forthcoming WWE Championship Elimination Chamber Match. Which included CM Punk, Dolph Ziggler, The Miz, R-Truth, Chris Jericho and Kofi Kingston. But before it could begin John Laurinaitiscame out and thanked the WWE Board of Directors for letting him keep his job.
CM Punk simply stated that he would win the Chamber match because he is, you guessed it! The "best wrestler in the world." Dolph Ziggler bragged about how talented he is and claimed that R-Truth wasn't even aware of what State they were in. R-Truth, in his confused mental state believed they were running for Office and even called the host of the debate Jerry Lawler "Your Honour."
The Miz bragged about retaining the WWE Championship in the main event of WrestleMania last year not once, but twice. He also carried on to put down all five of the other men, especially Jericho who he went on a nice little rant about. A Miz versus Jericho feud in the future could be, as Miz would say, Awwwweeeesoooome. I'm sorry I had to. Kofi Kingston claimed that it would be an advantage being considered an"afterthought" as Miz had described him, since he'll be overlooked. He added that in one night everything could change he could very well walk out the champ.
Chris Jericho claimed to have more success then all five of the other men combined, and reminded us that the last time he was in an EC Match he walked out with the World Heavyweight championship. He also told Punk that "the master has returned" and he might as well hand over the title to him now. He then pushed Kofi out of his way and made his way over to CM Punk where he began shouting abuse at him, only to turn and receive a Trouble In Paradise kick to the face from Kofi, right before their match up.
Chris Jericho defeated Kofi Kingston in an enjoyable bout, with solid ring work and the action very rarely letting up. These two have always seemed to work well together in the ring. If I were booking right now I'd start planning for Kingston to win the Money In The Bank Match at Mania, he's more then proven his talent in the ring in my opinion. Plus he can deliver on the mic when he has to, he may not be the best but he can only improve.
Big Show versus Randy Orton ended in a disqualification after Daniel Bryan ran in and struck both with his World Heavyweight Championship belt. Up until that point the match had been okay, nothing special. The highlight being a Hangman DDT to Big Show from Orton as Show was leaning over the top rope.
Hall of Famer, the icon, 'Mr. WrestleMania', HBK himself Shawn Michaels made his way to the ring and confessed to being shocked last week when good friend Triple H turned down The Undertaker's offer of a rematch at WrestleMania. But he then claimed to have figured out why 'The Game' turned it down, to bait The Undertaker, to draw him into the match. So Michaels brought out Triple H to admit it to everyone else right there. But Triple H once again announced that he had no intention of facing Taker again on the big stage after what he put him through last year. A confused HBK then asked Triple H if the suit he wore had changed him, if he had now "married that chick and became one of them?"
Triple H claimed that Shawn wouldn't understand what it's like being in his shoes. Michaels confessed that was true but added that when a man challenges you to a fight and you back down, that makes you "a coward." Triple H then explained to him that one day all of the company will be his, and due to that he know longer looks at Undertaker like an opponent but as "a brand," and ending that brand would be bad for business. 'The Game' also added that he wasn't going to face Taker just so Michaels could live through him and accomplish what he never could. Shawn then asked him to look him in the eyes and tell him that he doesn't want to end The Undertaker's streak, and Triple H did. To end the segment another VT played featuring Taker going over their WrestleMania 27 match up, but this time he began cutting off his hair at the end. So this is how they're going to get around Undertaker's shaven head.
It was an awesome segment from start to finish. With a tremendous interaction between Triple H and Shawn Michaels that even exceeded what I had anticipated. I'm still hoping that Michaels is brought in to possibly referee to bout.
R-Truth defeated Dolph Ziggler in a match that never had the chance to get going unfortunately. Truth managed to score a roll up pin as Ziggler was applying some sit ups using his body.
Tamina defeated Brie Bella in an average and forgettable Divas bout. Although I'll give Tamina credit she has certainly looked more competent in the ring lately. She'll face Beth Phoenix for the WWE Divas Championship this sunday at Elimination Chamber, I can only see Beth winning that one.
Backstage Kane attempted to kidnap Eve in the back of an ambulance, but fortunately for her John Cena managed to come to the rescue. Afterwards they shared a brief kiss, which of course Zach Ryder (who's infatuated with Eve, boy this is like writing a soap opera) saw all of. As Zach stormed off Eve tried to apologise and said that she still wants to be friends with him, which hilariously drew a massive boo from the crowd. 'Poor Zach' was even trending on Twitter afterwards. Could this possibly mean a turn for Ryder? I certainly don't think that'd be the right move at the moment.
CM Punk defeated The Miz in an acceptable match up, albeit a bit bland to start off with. Punk managed to force Miz to tap out to the Anaconda Vice.
John Cena attempted to publicly appologise to Zach Ryder for his kiss with Eve. He also admitted that this must have been Kane's plan all along, to turn his friends and the WWE fans against him (that happened a while back John). But Cena explained that he was proud of who he was, and that no amount of hate will change that.
Zach Ryder then slowly made his way out on his crutches and knocked the microphone out of Cena's hand, then slapped him in the face and left. Kane appeared on the tron and congratulated Cena on finally embracing the hate after taking away his friend's"true love." As Cena went to grab a mic Kane appeared and pushed Ryder off of the stage. Cena raced to his aid and the show ended as him and Eve watched Ryder being stretchered off.
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