As the lights dimmed, fans knew this one had a big fight feel, much like a UFC championship main event bout. It was 13-time WWE Champion Triple H taking on WWE and UFC Heavyweight Champion Brock Lesnar in what was purely a fight.
Next up was the World Heavyweight Championship match between the Irish powerhouse and World Heavyweight Champion Sheamus and the Mexican mastermind, Alberto Del Rio.
Let's keep this fast paced show going. Up next -- the WWE Intercontinental Championship match between the returning Rey Mysterio against champion The Miz.
Before the show, Smackdown's Antonio Cesaro defeated Santino Marella to become the WWE United States champion. Now onto Chris Jericho versus Dolph Ziggler.
This Sunday night, the WWE’s annual summer party Summerslam returns. Featured are a series of intriguing matches with former champions, both UFC and WWE, veterans, and young up-and-comers.
Last night saw Monday Night Raw take place in Laredo, Texas, which sits on the border with Mexico. The crowd had some fun chanting some things in Spanish, like Daniel Bryan’s “Yes!” chants, to the joy of pretty much everyone. Myself included.
On last week’s WWE Raw, Vince McMahon’s job assessment of John Lauranaitis came to an end, and the answer was not favourable for the general manager of both Raw and Smackdown. After Big Show’s disappointing outcome at WWE’s No Way Out PPV, things got worse as Vince McMahon uttered his most famous phrase: “You’re fired!”
Sometimes I get bored with the characters WWE creative gives their wrestlers. So, I like to make up new ones. My all time favorite creation is "Racist Rey Mysterio Jr.", with Nazi Propagandist Dolph Ziggler a close second. But tonight there is one more character I’m going to introduce you to in this edition of the Monday Night Raw recap.
After a suspension most considered unnecessary, Chris Jericho will finally return to Monday Night Raw next week. Although this return may not be amongst his best, it will certainly be nice to have him back.
I read something not too long ago on “the dirt sheets” about how TNA was talking about the lack of importance of pay-per-views going forward for their company.
I can’t remember the last time I paid for a WWE pay-per-view like I did for tonight’s edition of “No Way Out”.
When they first started showing highlights from past editions of Monday Night Raw, Triple H did a segment where, without any sort of irony, he said his favorite Raw moment was when he returned from his quadricep injury in 2002. So basically, in the thousand episodes of a show that’s been on the air since 1993, Triple H’s favorite moment involved ... Triple H.