My WWE Raw, May 14th 2012 Recap

John Laurinaitis stopped Triple H backstage and claimed that he was just as surprised as everyone else that Brock Lesnar attacked him a few weeks back, the COO just wished Johnny luck with his match with Cena on Sunday.

Triple H came to the ring and said that he was offended by Lesnar's claim that he was going to bring legitimacy back to the company, I don't blame him. While I understand why Lesnar said it, it was basically a stab at every wrestler who has performed for the WWE. 'The Game' went on to state that every time anything gets tough for Lesnar, from his time in the UFC to his latest run in WWE, he gives up and quits.

Paul Heyman then joined the COO and handed him a lawsuit straight from Brock himself, asking for the millions he's supposedly owed. After some berating from Heyman Triple H had enough and grabbed him with his one good arm, telling him "You tell Brock Lesnar, he's going to get everything he deserves." But before leaving Heyman then warned that he was now also going to sue for assault. It was a nice start to the show, with an as always strong showing from Heyman on the mic and an interesting way forward into the Triple H Lesnar feud.

CM Punk and Santino Marella defeated Cody Rhodes and Daniel Bryan in a fair tag team match that only really got going once Punk was tagged in. It achieved its goal of promoting the Punk and Bryan match at Over The Limit anyway, although I would personally still like to see a promo between the two, could be brilliant.  

Beth Phoenix defeated Alicia Fox in a short and passable bout. As Beth grabbed Fox afterwards the Divas Champion Layla came to her aid and chased Phoenix away. I'm expecting an okay match between Layla and Phoenix on Sunday for the title, nothing spectacular. 

Kane defeated Big Show in a slow paced and largely drab contest. For the finish Kane managed to choke slam Show as Laurinaitis (who'd been observing from ringside) demanded an apology from him during the bout. Afterwards the GM again demanded an apology, Big Show spoke about his time in the company and asked Laurinaitis not to fire him and take away something that he loves for the sake of something petty (that benig Show making fun of Laurinaitis' voice last week).

Big Show then apologised, but that wasn't good enough for Johnny as he demanded Show beg for his job on his knees. An emotional Big Show begged for his job, but didn't get on his knees. Laurinaitis was about to fire him, but Show did as he said and went down on his knees. Unfortunately this wasn't good enough for Laurinaitis, who fired him anyway. It was a surprisingly great segment, with Show showing real emotion that you could genuinely buy into. I'd have to say it was one of the best firings I've ever seen in WWE.  

Brodus Clay, Kofi Kingston and R-Truth defeated The Miz, Dolph Ziggler and Jack Swagger in a bit of a messy and just slightly too busy six man tag match up. Not only were there three other people outside the ring, but we were also shown AW and his newest clients Epico, Primo and Mason Ryan in a box in the arena. The action was never really given a chance to flow, if it'd been allocated a bit more time then it probably would've been quite entertaining. As it was I just couldn't get into it.   

Chris Jericho won via disqualification versus Randy Orton in a bout that was enjoyable enough, if a little brief. Sheamus attacked Jericho for the DQ after Y2J had thrown Orton into the World Champion, who was doing some guest commentating. A frustrated Orton then confronted 'The Great White' after as they squared off in the ring, only to be separated by officials from the back. Eve tweeted (WWE and Twitter? Couldn't imagine that) that on SmackDown the two will face each other one on one.        

John Laurinaitis called all Cena's fans "loosers," claiming that Cena was a looser himself, just before John Cena himself interrupted him. Cena childishly mocked the GM, also calling him a "looser" after failing in most of his endeavors. It was silly, but a little amusing, even Johnny was trying not to laugh at some points. He went on to claim that Laurinaitis has no concept of reality, that his 'People Power' slogan should be "person power" instead.

After some more exchanged words, Eve made her way out and passed Big Johnny a letter from the WWE Board of Directors which Cena snatched and revealed read that their match will be a one on one match, have no special guest referees, no one at ringside and if anyone interferes then they will be fired. It also revealed that if Laurinaitis looses then he will be "officially terminated." Much to the delight of the fans in attendance. Just before the GM left, he slapped Cena in the face, switching the jokey Cena's expression to a stern one instead. I can just imagine Laurinaitis is going to somehow manage a win on Sunday, should be interesting anyway.