Chris Jericho also made his inevitable appearance and once again accused everyone of imitating him. He also gave Bryan some advice to create new catchphrases so people don't steal them and reeled off a collection of his classic ones, which was a nice trip down memory lane and the crowd enjoyed it. Kane was then next out, shortly followed by Big Show. Everyone then began brawling in the ring until Big Show managed to take them out.
Santino Marella, Christian, Kofi Kingston and R-Truth defeated David Otunga, Titus O'Neil, Darren Young and Cody Rhodes in a mediocre tag team match. About half way in Young and O'Neil decided they'd had enough and decided to leave, shortly followed by Rhodes. Which left Otunga to be picked off by the opposing team and then received his comeuppance in the form of Brodus Clay attacking him afterwards.
Live via satellite Paul Heyman warned Triple H that if Brock Lesnar accepts his challenge of a match at SummerSlam on the 1000th Raw then he will end 'The Game's' in-ring career. As usual it was a brilliant delivery from Heyman.
AJ and Sheamus defeated Vickie Guerrero and Dolph Ziggler in a fair tag team contest. Dolph and Sheamus' time in the ring was as usual solid between them, and fortunately the interaction between Vickie and AJ was kept short. After the bout AJ asked Punk what he thought of the match, only to hear that he was on the phone the whole time and didn't realise it was even happening. This didn't please the unpredictable AJ.
Heath Slater once again complained about being embarrassed by past wrestlers week after week on Raw, and was then joined by his competitor Doink the Clown.
Heath Slater defeated Doink the Clown to a mostly indifferent crowd in a brief match. DDP also made an appearance (and received a much better reaction than Doink, which was hardly shocking) and took out the 'One Man Band' with a Diamond Cutter.
Big Show defeated Kane in an average No Disqualification bout. It wasn't as drab as I was expecting to be fair, although they could've used weapons a little more. But just before Money in the Bank I suppose they wouldn't want to go overkill which makes sense. Show pinned Kane after Choke Slamming him onto a steel chair.
Tyson Kidd defeated Lord Tensai in a very brief match up. In the surprise victory Kidd managed to quickly roll up Tensai for the one-two-three. Afterwards Tensai attacked his associate. With this result and getting into the MITB match things are finally looking positive for the future of the talented Tyson Kidd.
In a funny backstage segment Jericho and Bryan argued over who's leather jacket was better and then had a screaming contest with each other's catchphrases. I'm enjoying the chemistry between these two. Lord Tensai also attacked Tyson Kidd in the locker room backstage during an interview.
CM Punk and John Cena versus Daniel Bryan and Chris Jericho ended in a no contest. The match itself had been a bit of a mixed bag, most of it was very enjoyable, it's just a shame Cena put in a poor performance to bring the quality down a bit. During the bout Jericho and Cena ended up fighting all the way to the back and never seen again, this provided the best part of the match with the back and fourth action between Punk and Bryan.
AJ then came down to the ring and at first became distraught that neither Punk nor Bryan were paying attention to her, then decided to set up a table and climb to the top rope. Punk and Bryan pleaded with her not to jump, so she then kissed Punk and threw him through Bryan and into the table. I honestly can't figure out where they're going with the AJ character, I'm not sure even the writers know.
Overall Raw was okay, not a particularly outstanding show by any means. Once again the actual action in the ring was largely under par, which isn't good enough for the flagship broadcast of the company.
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