A week removed from WrestleMania 28, things seemed to have settled down quite a bit in the WWE. Programs are gearing up for what should be a crazy Extreme Rules PPV in Chicago. The Chicago crowd should be up to their usual amazing selves, which should add a lot to the PPV. Raw was solid while Smackdown was horrible. Honestly, there has to a curse on every Super Smackdown as everyone WWE has done in the past year has absolutely sucked. Around this time last year, Smackdown was much better show than Raw, but now things seem to slipping on the blue brand. Smackdown’s slip from glory is a topic for another day. Right now, let’s look at the biggest news from the World of Wrestling this past week.
Cena vs. Brock, Extreme Rules
Brock Lesnar’s return at the end of last week’s Monday Night Raw will most likely go down as the greatest moment in the WWE for this year. There was no doubt that all eyes were set on this week’s Raw to see if the fallout to live up to that legendary return. In short, it was not as good as Brock’s return, but it was great set-up for their match at Extreme Rules. Raw started with a bang as Brock and Cena came to blows, which saw the entire roster come out to break them up and Cena busted open. That confrontation was not it as “People Power” Johnny Laurinaitus set the Leader of the Cenation to face his stooge David Otunga in the main event. While the match between Cena and Otunga was nothing to run home about, it was not that bad either. After the match, Brock made his way into the ring and hit another devastating F-5 to end the show. Did I just have a déjà vu? Yes, this past Raw ended the exact same way as the week before, but I did not mind it as much because WWE is trying to put over how dominant of a force Lesnar is. We got two more weeks to go until Extreme Rules, but speculation is already flying on John Cena vs. Brock Lesnar at Extreme Rules. Personally, I can see the match going one of two ways. Either Brock outright beats Cena or the two fight to some sort of no contest, double count-out or double DQ in order to set-up a second match at Over the Limit. No matter what happens it should be good.
Is Jericho in Punk’s Head?
Before WrestleMania, CM Punk seemed to be able to handle Chris Jericho’s attempts to get in his head. Jericho’s attack from the previous week looks like it finally broke Punk’s composure as he was a complete mess on Raw this week. Set to defend his WWE Title against Mark Henry for the second week in a row, CM Punk took it upon himself to make an example of the World’s Strongest Man as he immediately hit Henry with punches to kicks to even a TV monitor, which got Punk disqualified. Punk was on his way to sending a message when Chris Jericho’s music distracted Punk for just a moment. A moment was all Henry needed as the World’s Strongest Man laid out the WWE Champion for the second week in a row. Jericho was not done as he brought down two cases of beer to share with Punk after laying the Champion out with the Codebreaker. So after the events of this past Raw, is Chris Jericho really in the head of CM Punk? This writer certainly thinks so, but this writer thinks by getting into Punk’s head, Jericho has released a whole other crazy can of worms that will not stop until Y2J rightfully atones for his sins. We might even get a preview of crazy Punk as he faces off with Mark Henry for the WWE Championship in No DQ, No Count-Out Match tomorrow on Raw.
Sheamus, Bryan, 2 out of 3 Falls
Out of the three major feuds going on in WWE right now, Sheamus vs. Daniel Bryan feels the least interesting. That is not the fault of Bryan and Sheamus as they have been trying to make the best with the little they are given. It is WWE’s fault for first giving them only 18 seconds at WrestleMania and now placing the two in different storylines that seem to have no connection with their feud. Sheamus seems to be starting a feud with the returning Alberto Del Rio and Bryan is busy with his break-up with AJ. The fact that they have had little to no interaction with each other these past weeks makes their rematch at Extreme Rules seem out of place to say the least. Not to say, I am not excited to see this 2 out of 3 Falls Match. It should be much better showcase of what these two wrestlers can do together than their WrestleMania match was. At the very least, this 2 out of 3 Falls Match ensures the match will last longer than 18 seconds this time around.
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