My WWE Raw, April 30th 2012 Recap

John Laurinaitis claimed that Brock Lesnar in one night turned the WWE on its head by proving that John Cena is still a "mere mortal," even though he lost. He then introduced Brock Lesnar who bragged about his treatment of Cena at Extreme Rules, but was soon interrupted by COO Triple H. 'The Game' stated that the new contract with many privileges that Lesnar signed last week was void and tore it up, saying that Laurinaitis never had the authority to offer a new contract in the first place. 

Triple H went on to say that he wanted Lesnar in the company still, that he relished the possible future competition he could have, but it would be under his original deal that he signed. Laurinaitis interrupted a few times, whining that it wasn't fair to put Brock in this position, so eventually an annoyed Triple H told him to "shut up." Lesnar then leaped on the COO, beating him down and then damaging his arm in a submission hold until various wrestlers from the back came out to chase him off. It was certainly a strong start to the show.

Eve announced that the new number one contender to the WWE Championship will be determined by a Beat The Clock Challenge series of matches. 

The Miz defeated Santino Marella in 4:18. It was a fair enough bout, albeit pretty forgettable really. At least Miz gained the win here.

Layla (c) defeated Nikki and Brie Bella in a Triple Threat to retain the WWE Divas Championship. The contest didn't last long as Layla dropkicked the arguing Bellas, causing one to tumble outside the ring and applying a roll up pin to the other for the one-two-three. Like at Extreme Rules Layla didn't really receive a huge reaction from the fans here.  

Chris Jericho won via count out versus Big Show in just over 4:18. The match had actually been better than I was expecting and was quite entertaining for the most part. Jericho put in a good effort here.

Brodus Clay defeated JTG in one of his usual squash matches, I'm sure like most I've been growing tired of this act for a while now.

Randy Orton defeated Jack Swagger in 4:16 to gain the lead in the Beat The Clock Challenge. It was a solid, if brief contest between the two.

Kofi Kingston and R-Truth defeated Primo and Epico (c) to win the WWE Tag Team Championship in a fun bout that picked up a bit once Kofi entered the fray. The title change was met with an enthusiastic reaction from the fans, probably in the hope that Kofi and Truth can bring a bit more interest to the tag team division.

Kane versus The Great Khali ended in a draw after the time had ran out. It was a predictably slow and drab affair, afterwards Kane choke slammed Khali.

Daniel Bryan defeated Jerry Lawler in an average match up to win the Beat The Clock Challenge. I cannot wait to see Bryan take on CM Punk at Over The Limit for the title, should be a superb match. The WWE Champion came out after to congratulate the victor on the stage.

John Cena came out and confirmed that he hadn't injured himself in the match with Lesnar, but was still wearing a sling and was feeling pretty sore. John Laurinaitis then joined him and claimed that bringing in Lesnar was his attempt at motivating Cena, sure Johnny, sure. Cena gave a solid promo where he berated Laurinaitis and his management of the show and treatment of himself. Lord Tensai then made his way out, as Cena went to defend himself Laurinaitis cracked him over the head from behind with a mic and  announced himself as Cena's opponent for Over The Limit. 

Johnny, along with Tensai and his associate began to attack Cena's already damaged arm, dragging him out of the ring and using a steel chair to strike it. Well I wasn't expecting that, so WWE managed to surprise me I guess. Not too sure where they're heading with this Laurinaitis Cena feud though.