Monday, April 8, 2013

Raw Deal - Raw recap for April 8, 2013

John Cena stars the show at the IZOD Center in New Jersey off by having fun with the crowd as part of his post-WrestleMania celebration, which also comes with him defending the title tonight against any and all comers. "The World's Strongest Man" Mark Henry shows up and challenges him. Cena tells him he's got the match, but Booker T shows up and says The Rock is still #1 contender for the match and is entitled to a rematch, even though he is currently injured. Nevertheless, the match is still on, and Mark Henry can also get a title shot if and only if he can beat Cena. (The crowd also starts chanting "Sexual chocolate," which leads into a "They want to have sex with chocolate" joke from Cena. This is far from the last time that night that the crowd would chant things that are...rather interesting.)

Big E Langston beats Daniel Bryan in his Raw debut with interference from AJ Lee and Dolph Ziggler. Kane tries to help, but it doesn't do anything.



Wade Barrett beats The Miz in a rematch from last night to win back the WWE Intercontinental Championship!



Sheamus gets with Vicki Guerrero and Brad Maddox, and asks for a match against Big Show after what happened last night. He gets it.

Randy Orton gets with Booker T, and wants a match tonight against Big Show. Booker T knows that Vicki made a match between Show and Sheamus, but Orton tells him he's a Hall of Famer and can overrule her. After thinking about it for a few seconds, he makes the match.

Zeb Colter and Jack Swagger asks the crowd for their support before their match.

Alberto Del Rio beats Jack Swagger and Zeb Colter in a 2-on-1 handicap match by locking the Cross Arm Breaker on Swagger, but his ankle is injured. Dolph Ziggler shows up with AJ Lee, Big E Langston and the Money in the Bank briefcase...and cashes in! (Not surprisingly, the crowd chanted "We want Ziggler!" during the match.)



In a deafening wave of fan excitement, Dolph Ziggler beats Alberto Del Rio to win the WWE World Heavyweight Championship!



The Undertaker enters the ring. He dedicates last night's match at WrestleMania to the memory of Paul Bearer, then The Shield (Dean Ambrose, Seth Rollins, Roman Reigns) shows up. Kane and Daniel Bryan run in to save the day and stand tall with 'Taker, causing The Shield to retreat!



Josh Mathews interviews Dolph Ziggler. He's really happy to be World champ right now!

Santino Marella, Zack Ryder and R-Truth beat 3MB (Heath Slater, Drew McIntryre, Jinder Mahal). You read this right. Santino and Ryder actually got a win.



Randy Orton and Sheamus argue over fighting Big Show, and Sheamus tells Randy "I've got this."

Sheamus comes to the ring, asks the audience if they want to see him beat up Big Show, and then asks Vicki Guerrero to come to the ring and sort the tiff between him and Randy Orton out. Randy Orton shows up and asks the audience if they want to see him beat up Big Show. This leads to a #RAWActive vote!

Vicki Guerrero and Booker T show up. Sheamus and Randy Orton now have to face each other to win a shot against Big Show.

Big Show destroys Sheamus and Randy Orton as they fight. Orton gets a heavy beatdown. In what is probably shades of Hammerstein Ballroom, the crowd becomes one of the most liveliest and boisterous post-WrestleMania crowds ever, chanting for all three commentators (Michael Cole, JBL and Jerry "The King" Lawler), Chris Jericho, Shawn Michaels, and ECW. During Big Show's act of destruction, the crowd chants "Thank you Big Show!" and "One more chair!" as Big Show tosses the commentary table chairs around. (This follows chants of "Same old shit," "End this match," "JBL," "Michael Cole," "Jerry Lawler," "Y2J" "HBK" and the audience doing the Wave. Shades of Hammerstein Ballroom, folks.)



Chris Jericho beats up Fandango as the latter takes on Kofi Kingston, and two refs have to pull Jericho off of him when he locks in the Walls of Jericho. Fandango wins by disqualification. The crowd sings along to Fandango's theme as he leaves. (This continues for the rest of the show, and the song is actually played again after the show goes off the air so the crowd can do it again.)



Josh Mathews interviews Paul Heyman. He says that despite the fact that Brock Lesnar lost at WrestleMania, it still took Triple H a while to bring him down, and Lesnar is still ready to fight. Heyman also says that CM Punk will return next week.



The Funkadactyls and Tons of Funk (Cameron, Naomi, Brodus Clay, Tensai) beat Team Rhodes Scholars and The Bella Twins (Damien Sandow, Cody Rhodes, Brie and Nikki Bella) in an eight-man mixed tag match.



John Cena beats Mark Henry by count-out as the latter is too focused on destroying Cena. Mark Henry doesn't care; he rushes into the ring and destroys Cena. Ryback runs in and levels Henry, then helps Cena up. Ryback then hits Cena with the Meat Hook and then Shell Shocked, turning heel in the process and starting a feud between the two. Ryback then grabs the belt and the "Feed Me More" chants continue as the show ends.



Somebody made a list of all the things chanted during the show. Here it is.

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