Raw Spoilers for 5/19/14

[victor]

It's in London so it just happened. Not as interesting a show without Bryan.

 

* Bray Wyatt and The Wyatt Family kick off RAW and come to the ring. Bray cut an awesome promo on Cena and got everyone to sing along with him. Bray announces John Cena vs. Luke Harper for later on. Cena comes out and ends up taking Wyatt down. Cena taunts The Wyatts from the ramp.

* Cesaro and Paul Heyman come out to a big pop. Heyman cuts a promo about how they are stars and the fans are a bunch of wannabes. Heyman then praises Brock Lesnar for ending The Streak. Out comes WWE United States Champion Sheamus for a non-title match. Sheamus gets booed big time. Cesaro gets the win with a German suplex. After the match, Sheamus offers a handshake but Cesaro refuses.

* Batista vs. Seth Rollins is announced for later.

* There will be a Beat The Clock Challenge tonight to determine who faces Bad News Barrett for the Intercontinental Title at Payback. Big E vs. Ryback is first. Big E gets the win with the Big Ending in 5 minutes and 2 seconds.

* R-Truth and either Cameron or Noami vs. Layla and Fandango is up next. The match never starts as Summer Rae returns. She kisses Fandango and goes right to attacking Layla and they brawl.

* Daniel Bryan's music hits to a big pop but Stephanie McMahon comes out instead. Stephanie comes out and cuts a promo. At one point, you can't hear her because of the deafening CM Punk chants. She announces Bryan has been stripped of the WWE World Heavyweight Title. Stephanie wonders who she's going to award the title to but doesn't confirm anything else.

* 3MB come out as The Union Jacks. Lana comes out and talks about Russian President Vladimir Putin before bringing out Rusev. Rusev gets a massive England chant and some boos. He squashes Heath Slater.

* Backstage segment with The Shield. Rollins talks about his match with Batista later on. Roman Reigns shows off the scar above his eye.

* The next Beat The Clock Challenge match is Alberto Del Rio vs. Rob Van Dam, who came out to a massive pop. RVD gets the win with 15 seconds left.

* Backstage comedy segment with Renee Young, John Cena and The Usos.

* Seth Rollins vs. Batista is next. Triple H is out to be the special ring announcer and Randy Orton is the special timekeeper. Rollins brings out Dean Ambrose and Roman Reigns as special commentators. This was described as a great match. A big brawl broke out between both groups. Rollins gets the win via disqualification after Triple H decks him.

* Alicia Fox vs. Paige is up next. Paige comes out to a huge pop. Alicia dominated the match and got the non-title win.

* Mark Henry vs. Dolph Ziggler in the final Beat The Clock match is up next. Ziggler gets the win but can't beat the clock by a few seconds. RVD comes out to celebrate being new #1 contender but Bad News Barrett attacks him from behind. Barrett cuts a promo on how RVD won't be able to defeat him.

* Because you couldn't hear her earlier, they re-played the Stephanie McMahon promo. Bryan is still champion but must surrender the belt on next week's RAW.

* Renee Young brings Adam Rose and his Rosebuds out to the ring. They party some before Zeb Colter and Jack Swagger interrupt. Rose is over big time in London. Zeb cuts a promo and wants Rose to face Swagger. Fans chant "you're a lemon" at Zeb and Swagger.

* John Cena comes out for the main event and is met with "John Cena sucks" chants. Cena wins by disqualification after Bray Wyatt attacks him. The Wyatts beat down Cena after the bell and out of the ring. Bray lays Cena out on the stage with Sister Abigail. RAW goes off the air with Bray singing while Harper counts the 10 count on Cena.

 

[Hagan]

It's hit me that one of the wrestling things I'm starting to hate is the whole "audience participation" schtick. It's like in the Attitude Era when everyone had a catchphrase and repeated the same spiel word for word every week.

 

I mean, the Bryan thing is awesome, but for a television medium we spend a lot of time being asked to watch/be aware what the audience is doing. I dunno...it's like I hate sports fans that do the "white out" or "black out" thing in sports stadiums and it'd be like if the announcers kept talking about it.

 

I guess what I'm really saying is that the Bray singing shit is killing him.

 

[Josh Mann]

I've never known them to prolong stripping the title when they're actually going to do it and it's not a work of some sort. Usually, it comes right off.

[nofuture]

I've never known them to prolong stripping the title when they're actually going to do it and it's not a work of some sort. Usually, it comes right off.

 

If they are stripping him of the title, it's a good (or lazy) way of not having the title in limbo for two weeks.  Then you can strip him of the title next week and have a title  announcement at Payback for the MITB PPV.

[Goodear]

This latest RVD push is like RVD coming to TNA,  "Oh he was a big name in WWE a few years ago, lets get him into a decent spot!"  He sucks.

 

This is the second time Cesaro got a pin with a German in a couple of months (got Swagger with one a while back).  Not really a great finish for him. 

[ChesterCopperpot]

Apparently Steph said she's thinking of stripping him of the title. But she wants him to give up the title next week.

[Lamp, broken circa 1988]

did they really go to england and not have barrett wrestle

 

like

 

why

[Matt D]

RVD is the worst thing ever. What a jerk. At least him winning the beat the clock challenges means that he had a short match.

[Overly Critical Man]

"Deafening CM Punk chants"

 

I guess it is true. European crowds are always behind on everything. No wonder they still Fandango.

[Joe Fixit]

did they really go to england and not have barrett wrestle

like

why

Barrett got to Bullhammer HHH in the dark segment.

Show was pretty fun, even if nothing super important happened. Cesaro/Sheamus and Cena/Harper were pretty good. Ambrose was the star of the Rollins/Batista match. Rose got a great reaction. RVD got some boos in my section but overall he got a positive reaction. Crowd was ready for Ziggler to win.

Oh and Cena and the Usos did the chest thumping thing from Wolf of Wall Street.

[The Green Meanie]

did they really go to england and not have barrett wrestle

 

like

 

why

 

 

Or Regal!

[Cristobal]

So, let's get this straight. Two English champions. One doesn't appear on TV, the other one gets dominated and loses a non-title match.

Oh WWE...

[notoriusvig]

So basically, we're still at he may or may not be stripped of the title.  I like that he didn't relinquish it here, that might be a good sign.

[Overly Critical Man]

So, let's get this straight. Two English champions. One doesn't appear on TV, the other one gets dominated and loses a non-title match.

Oh WWE...

Sheamus is Irish. And if they're in England, they probably booed the hell out of him.

[victor]

They were promoting on Smackdown that Bryan was gonna  appear  on Raw this week. Guess not.

[Matt D]

So, let's get this straight. Two English champions. One doesn't appear on TV, the other one gets dominated and loses a non-title match.

Oh WWE...

That's how WWE always deals with hometown people. It sounds like Barrett got to come off as a star pretty well on the show.

[Libs]

RVD's only been back for little over a month, but it feels like at least six and that he's due for another break.

Hopefully Barrett can survive him for one special event and move on.

[piranesi]

RVD's only been back for little over a month, but it feels like at least six and that he's due for another break.

 

 

At this point he's so slow, he's stammers the flow of time all around him.  He's actually only been back for three hours.  But you've aged three years.

[Exposer]

I'll be gone for three months after this week. Hopefully RVD is long gone by then.

[piranesi]

If my theory holds you should be back already. 

 

And 84 years old.

[Newb82]

So, let's get this straight. Two English champions. One doesn't appear on TV, the other one gets dominated and loses a non-title match.

Oh WWE...

Sheamus is Irish. And if they're in England, they probably booed the hell out of him.

He's referring to Paige.

That result makes no sense with how the two have been booked, but we know WWE doesn't do long-term planning very well.

[Big Rob]

Barrett ended the show (after Raw closed) by talking to the crowd. He got interrupted by Stephanie, who told him to leave as the show was over. Barrett told her to kiss his arse, which lead to Triple H coming out. Adam Rose interrupted, and Barrett gave HHH the Bullhammer to end the night.

 

Alicia Fox stealing Jerry Lawler's crown and pouring an entire Coke over herself was still my highlight though.

[Matt D]

Maybe he's working the Mick Foley "holding on to a headlock forever" ECW gimmick? Of course that'd mean that RVD was actually aware of anything about pro-wrestling which is something I've never really seen any sign of. He's sub-Sid level when it comes to self-awareness in wrestling.

[MGFanJay]

This show dragged on and on at times, but I thought Barrett came off like a megastar. Paige's WWE UK debut was a bit of a dud though. She lost and looked like a chump in the process. At least she came off better than anyone in Dolph-Henry, which set each guy back a lot. Cena attacking from behind to start the show was amusing since it was so heelish. Steph's announcement of an announcement was something. Adam Rose got over huge tonight. This should've really been his debut since the feud hasn't really progressed any since it started anyway. Harper-Cena ruled, minus the finish. WHY IS CENA TAKING BUMPS ON METAL!? Moreover, why is he doing it when it's not even making a cool noise. Dude's way too brittle to be doing that shit - let alone on free TV.

 

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[piranesi]

Bray Wyatt would like to say FUCK YOU to the stock market.  Seriously, fuck you stock market. 

 

This man is a great, great speaker who basically improvises and acts amazing monologs all in one take on live t.v.  He should be on film sets coaching actors on how to make it work in the moment or something.

He's so good at little extra things like unpredictable rhythms in his promos.  He thwarted the "What" chants by not falling into a predictable pattern.  Most guys need to because that's how they learn lines and how they remember things, in little metered segments.  He started like that, with big gaps and when the crowd started "Whatting" him and he went into free verse without a bit of hesitation.  When he did need to stop he filled the silence with laughter or stuttering.  It was glorious and realistic.