The following are the results of the January 28th edition of WWE Raw. Michael Cole, Jerry “The King” Lawler and John Bradshaw Layfield are on commentary tonight.
Opening Video
The video begins telling us that Raw comes to us live from Las Vegas, and tonight is a special themed “Raw Roulette.” It ends with the question, “Who’s feeling lucky tonight?”
Highlights of the Royal Rumble are shown, including John Cena winning the 30-man Royal Rumble Match. The WWE championship match is also shown, explaining how The Shield interfered with the match, and led to CM Punk pinning The Rock. However, Vince McMahon comes out to strip Punk of title, but The Rock wants the match restarted instead. McMahon restarted the match, and The Rock ended up being victorious, and is the new WWE Champion.
Roulette Segment
Vickie Guerrero is in the back and introduces us to the 3 wheels for tonight. The first wheel is the “Superstars Wheel,” the second is the “Stipulations Wheel” and the last wheel is the “Vickie Vegas Challenge Wheel.” The stipulations wheel is spun, and the first match between Randy Orton and Antonio Cesaro will have a Special Referee stipulation.
In Ring Segment
CM Punk storms out, with Paul Heyman, and is furious over the outcome last night. Punk denies losing, and says today is the 435th day of his title reign. He says that The Rock is a cheater, and the crowd there is no good just like Vince McMahon. He got screwed last night, worse than Bret Hart, and last night will be remembered as the “Phoenix Screw Job.”
Vince McMahon’s music hits, and he comes onto the entrance ramp. He says that he has video proof that Paul Heyman, CM Punk and The Shield are working together. He also adds that later tonight, he will conduct a performance evaluation of Paul Heyman, and he may be terminated.
Singles Match With Special Guest Referre – The Miz
Randy Orton defeated Antonio Cesaro by pin fall with the RKO, as The Miz served as a distraction as referee. After the match, The Miz helps Cesaro up, only to hit him with the Skull Crushing Finale.
Roulette Segment
Vickie is shown spinning the Challenge Wheel and it lands on “Make Me Laugh.” After the break, Matt Striker is in the ring and explains that Ryback will compete against the Prime Time Players, to see who is funnier. PTP tell a bad joke and get booed by the crowd; Ryback asked a riddle, “What has 4 eyes and 20 fingers, and is about to be unconscious?” The segment ends with Ryback hitting the Shell Shock on Titus O’neil and the moderator Matt Striker.
Video Segment
Bob Backland’s career is highlighted in this special Hall of Fame Video.
Singles Match – Player’s Choice Stipulation
Wade Barrett gets to choose his opponent, and he calls out Bo Dallas, who was the NXT entrant, who eliminated Barrett, in the Royal Rumble last night. Bo Dallas defeated Wade Barrett by pin fall, in a big upset!
Roulette Segment
Vickie, with Cody Rhodes beside her, spins the Superstars Wheel to see who Cody Rhodes will face tonight. It lands on John Cena, and that match is next.
Singles Match
John Cena defeated Cody Rhodes by pin fall with the Attitude Adjustment.
After the match, Cena grabs a mic and discusses his Royal Rumble win. He says he has a tough choice on his mind, who to face at WrestleMania, and for which belt? He chooses to face the WWE Champion, whether it be CM Punk or The Rock. The Shield’s music hits, and they attack Cena. Sheamus comes out to help Cena, but The Shield beat him down also. Ryback hits the ring, but again it’s a 3-on-1 assault, and they throw Ryback into the steel steps on the outside of the ring. Finally, The Shield hit their triple power bomb on John Cena in the center of the ring. The Shield exit through the crowd, leaving three of the biggest WWE stars laid out.
Roulette Segment
Tensai and Brodus Clay will have a match, Vickie spins the Stipulation Wheel and it lands on “Lingerie Pillow Fight.” With Vince McMahon there, Vickie decides she can’t have that match. She tells Brodus to spin the Challenge Wheel instead, and it lands on “Dance Off.” Tensai and Brodus Clay will have a dance off in the ring.
In the ring, Tensai still thinks it a Lingerie Match, and he’s wearing lingerie! They inform him it has been changed to a dance off, and he’s embarrassed. The tell him it’s Vegas, what happens here, stays here. Tensai does some pretty entertaining dance moves, the whole segment is pretty funny. Ron Simmons is in the back watching this, which leads him to say, “Damn!”
Roulette Segment
The wheel is spun again, and Alberto Del Rio has to compete in a “Body Slam Challenge” against The Big Show. However, The Big Show doesn’t comply with the challenge, and knocks out ADR and duct tapes his arm to the ropes. Del Rio is forced to watch The Big Show beat up Riccardo, as he delivers a KO shot to him. The Big Show then hits Del Rio with another KO punch, and leaves the ring.
Las Vegas Show Girls Lumberjills Match
Kaitlyn and Tamina ends in a no contest. All the Lumberjills enter the ring and begin to fight each other, Tamina and Kaitlyn are just left standing there to watch.
In Ring Segment
Justin Roberts introduces the new WWE Champion, The Rock. The Rock says that 1 word sums up what he is feeling, “finally.” After 10 long years, The Rock is finally champ again. Between 1998-2003, Rock won the WWE Championship 7 times, but winning it last night was the “proudest moment of his career.” The Rock says a new era begins tonight, “The People’s Era,” and he thanks all of the people.
CM Punk’s music hits, and he storms out again to interrupt The Rock. Punks wants his belt back, and he tells The Rock he should walk up the ramp and return it to him. The Rock tells Punk to come down to the ring and take it from him.
Segment ends with Punk (the challenger) telling The Rock (the champion), that he can have a rematch in 3 weeks at the Elimination Chamber pay-per-view.
Singles Match – Tables Match
Sheamus defeated Damien Sandow with White Noise through a table set up in the corner of the ring.
Roulette Segment
Zack Ryder vs The Great Khali in a Karaoke Challenge. Khali is singing Shawn Michaels entrance music (Sexy Boy), when the 3 Man Band interrupts. Khali and Ryder take out the 3MB, and are left celebrating and dancing in the ring.
In Ring Segment
Chris Jericho makes his return to Raw, and thanks all the Jericholics for making last night a great moment in his career. Dolph Ziggler, with AJ and Big E. Langston, comes out and reminds Jericho that he beat him last summer, and forced him to be fired from WWE.
Vickie is shown on the giant screen, and tells Ziggler that she rehired Jericho. She goes on to say that if they want a match, she’ll spin the wheel. It lands on “Strange Bed Fellows,” which means Ziggler and Jericho will have to team together and face Team Hell No.
Tag Team Match – Strange Bed Fellows
Team Hell No defeated Jericho and Ziggler by pin fall with the Choke Slam.
Video Segment
Trish Stratus is the next selection into this years class of the WWE Hall of Fame.
In Ring Segment
Personal Performance Review
Vince McMahon is in the ring, he says he wants to have some fun in Las Vegas, and he invites Paul Heyman to the ring. Heyman denies having anything to do with Brad Maddox or The Shield, but then goes on to say that he lies everyday because he is a promoter. McMahon shows a hidden video of Heyman, Brad Maddox, and The Shield, and shows that Heyman is behind both Maddox and The Shield. Heyman denies that it is him in the video, and claims its an impostor!
McMahon tells Heyman that he wishes him well in his future endeavours, and just as Vince McMahon is about to fire Paul Heyman, Brock Lesnar’s music hits and the crowd erupts! Lesnar makes his way to the ring, doesn’t say a word, and walks towards McMahon. Heyman is trying to calm Lesnar down, but Lesnar just moves him to the corner of the ring to watch. Lesnar gets inMcMahon’s face, he is nose to nose with him. The chairman tells Lesnar not to do something he will regret. At that moment, Lesnar hoists McMahon onto his shoulders and hits him with his finisher, the F5. McMahon is laid out in the middle of the ring, and everyone is in awe as the show ends.
