Just Not Cena’s Month
April just has not been John Cena’s month. He lost to The Rock on the Biggest Stage of
Them All and Brock Lesnar and his signature F-5 have laid him out for two
straight weeks now. What could have gone
wrong for the Face of the WWE this week?
To prepare for his match against Lesnar at Extreme Rules, John Cena was
put into an Extreme Rules Match with an opponent of John Laurinaitus’
choosing. To John’s dismay, Mr. People
Power chose Lord Tensai, who has ran through his opponents the last two weeks
on Raw, to face John Cena. It was a
highly competitive back-and-forth match as Lord Tensai and Cena traded moves. Not much of an Extreme Rules Match as we say
no weapons enter the match at all, but a really good main event
nonetheless. Right when John locked in
the STF on Tensai, David Otunga hit the ring to break the hold. Otunga did break the hold, but was on the
receiving end of a big Attitude Adjustment.
With Cena pre-occupied with Otunga, Lord Tensai got some time to catch
his breath before spitting green mist right into Cena’s eyes. The green mist stunned Cena long enough for
Tensai to hit his devastating sit-down powerbomb finisher for the win. While it was another devastating loss for
Cena, Lord Tensai needed the win much more than the self-proclaimed Champ as
WWE tries to build him as their newest monster.
Now things get interesting for Cena as this month has been the most
vulnerable he has been in about a decade.
It is strange; Cena no longer feels like the superhero the WWE has built
him up to be. He feels like a normal
human being and it is the most interesting he has been in years. We will have to tune into Raw this week to
see if John Cena’s luck turns around or if his bad luck continues.
Punk Vanquishes the World’s Strongest Man, Moves Onto Y2J
After weeks of losing to Mark Henry via count-out and
disqualification, CM Punk had to put-up or shut-up this Monday on Raw as he
faced off with Henry in a No DQ, No Count-Out Match for the WWE
Championship. Personally, I was quite
surprised this match kicked off Raw because I thought WWE would have saved it
until later in the show, but it came as a nice change of pace as Raw starts
with a promo most weeks. With Chris
Jericho as a distraction, Punk focused at the task at hand, taking down the
World’s Strongest Man and retaining his WWE Championship. Punk and Henry fought back-and-forth trading
blows, holds and chair shots. This match
was not one of the most extreme No DQ Matches in the world, but Punk and Henry
used enough chairs to justify putting the stipulation on the match. Seeing as Mark Henry is a hefty fellow, there
was no way Punk was going to lift him up for the GTS. Neither did they follow the trope some these
big man, little man matches have when the smaller guy tries to lift the bigger
guy early in the match, but fails then miraculously is able to lift them in the
ending moments to hit their finisher for the win. Instead Punk went to his tribute to the late
“Macho Man” Randy Savage to finish Mark Henry with a little bit of a
twist. Punk went to the top rope after
hitting his signature high knee bulldog combo with a chair in hand. Punk hit a variation of the flying elbow
while holding onto the chair on Henry for the 3 count. CM Punk vs. Mark Henry was another highly
entertaining match from this past Raw that those who missed it should check
out. After Punk’s victory, Chris Jericho
appeared on the Titantron to announce Cm Punk vs. Chris Jericho in a Chicago
Street Fight for the WWE Championship at Extreme Rules and to try and get under
Punk’s skin yet again. Considering that
Extreme Rules is in Chicago, this match should blow off the roof next Sunday. I am really hoping Punk vs. Jericho will be
the main event over Cena vs. Lesnar because this match could be one of the best
of the year.
3 Hour Raw, But For What Occasion?
Well tomorrow’s Raw is going to be a 3 hour extravaganza. Usually WWE has themes for their 3 hour Raws
to make them seem more special than a normal 2 hour show, but nothing has been
announced for this 3 Hour Raw and it seems a little weird. Normally after WrestleMania, WWE likes to
shake-up the roster with the annual draft, which usually takes right before or
right after Extreme Rules. Yet nothing
has been even mentioned about the draft.
Making me think it might happen a little later this year, as I do not
think WWE will have two 3 Hour Raws in a row.
They have done it before so it will not surprise me if they announce the
draft will be the Raw after Extreme Rules.
The only thing announced for the show is a contract signing for John
Cena vs. Brock Lesnar at Extreme Rules.
It will be interesting to see how WWE fills the rest of the show. Hopefully it will be as good as the last few
Raws have been because this is the best Raw has been all year.
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