IWE Monday Night Raw (May 21, 2012)
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| Monday Night Raw May 21, 2012 | ||
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| Promotion | International Wrestling Entertainment | |
| Date | May 21, 2012 | |
| Venue | Richmond Coliseum | |
| City | Richmond, Virginia | |
| Transmission | Live | |
| TV-sender | USA Network | |
| Event reference | RAW #991 | |
| Special event details | 2 hour episode | |
| Raw chronology | ||
| Raw (May 14, 2012) | Raw (May 21, 2012) | Raw (May 28, 2012) |
The May 21, 2012 Edition of RAW is a professional wrestling television show of the IWE's RAW brand, which will take place on May 21, 2012 at Richmond Coliseum in Richmond, Virginia.
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[edit] Event
One look at Dustin Simpson's face and you could tell this is a dark day for the Simpnation leader. Simpson opened the show in a state of rage and frustration over his loss to Laurinaitis at IWE Over the Limit. Simpson, although clearly embarrassed by the defeat, fired back at his doubters who wondered why Simpson took his time humiliating the General Manager during their contest. Simpson then called out Big Show, claiming he sold out by coming to Laurinaitis' aid and ruined the prime opportunity to get Laurinaitis terminated.
Executive Administrator Eve interrupted the Simpnation leader to introduce Laurinaitis, who sputtered out onto the stage aboard a "People Power" scooter (perhaps we'll see that sold on an infomercial soon?). The GM cited his potential serious injuries that he sustained during his match against simpson reminded IWE Superstars that they risk immediate termination if they lay a finger on him moving forward. Laurinaitis then announced that Simpson will face the rehired Big Show at the No Way Out pay-per-view on June 17!
The World's Largest Athlete refused to apologize for his actions at IWE Over the Limit and said he "did what he had to do" while the crowd chanted, "You're a sellout!" Big Show angrily shouted at Simpson for judging him and threatened to knock him out at No Way Out. As Big Show stormed off, David Mahrt came out and challenged Simpson to a match and dedicated the one-on-one contest to Laurinaitis.
With his boss watching on, David Mahrt tried his best to impress against Dustin Simpson. But Laurinaitis' legal counsel quickly found himself overmatched and tapped out to the STF. Right after the bell rang, chaos erupted as numerous Superstars rushed to the ring and ganged up on Simpson. As the Simpnation leader struggled to fight back, Sheamus rushed out to back up Simpson. As The Great White cleaned house, Laurinaitis announced that the main event would be Raw's first-ever 2-on-3 Handicap Lumberjack Match, with Simpson and Sheamus joining forces to face three opponents of the GM's choosing.
In a bit of high comedy, Justin Black made fun of Ricardo Rodriguez's eyebrows, saying they looked like "caterpillars," and the two proceeded to get into a duel over who can roll their "R"s better. After the verbal spat, Santino struck Ricardo with The Cobra and did his best impersonation of Ricardo by introducing Alberto Del Rio for his match against Kevin McAlmond.
Del Rio repeatedly targeted McAlmond's shoulder throughout the contest, trying to soften him up for the Cross Armbreaker. Although clearly ailing, The Viper found his second wind and planted The Mexican Aristocrat with a vicious DDT off the second rope. Before he could finish Del Rio off with an RKO, however, Khris Jericho came out of nowhere and planted his knees into McAlmond's face with a Codebreaker. Not satisfied there, Jericho delivered two more Codebreakers on McAlmond, sandwiched between relentless taunts of "I am the best in the world at everything I do!" The Mental Mastermind definitely made a powerful statement coming off his loss in the Fatal 4-Way Match at IWE Over the Limit (a clash that also included McAlmond and Del Rio).
Kody Brown is not a happy camper. The irate submission specialist showed the crowd photos of his IWE Over the Limit match against Justin Eldridge, alleging that the IWE Champion tapped out to the "Yes!" Lock before Eldridge notched the pinfall. The Straight Edge Superstar retorted that the count of 1-2-3 obviously happened first, which makes any submission afterward irrelevant. To be fair, as announcer Michael Cole pointed out, Brown still proved to the IWE Universe that he could make the IWE Champion tap out.
The Second City Savior then revealed that Brown's next opponent would be none other than Kane! With Eldridge dishing out some running commentary, Brown did his best to wear down The Big Red Monster. But as Eldridge toyed with Brown on the outside, Kane used the extra time to recover, then drove the former World Heavyweight Champ into the mat with a massive chokeslam for the victory. Following the match, Eldridge added insult to injury by locking Bryan in an excruciating Anaconda Vise.
The new Intercontinental Champion is proving he's ready to be an all-out workhorse. Khristian, just one day after participating in a 20-Man Battle Royal and shocking Mark Semmler, made his return to Raw to defend his title against Jinder Mahal. Less than 24 hours after competing in two intense battles at IWE Over the Limit, Captain Charisma rallied back against Mahal and hit the Killswitch. Khristian didn't go for the pin there, however, opting to finish Jinder off with a surprising frog splash for the emphatic victory.
Fresh off her selection to Maxim's new Hot 100 list, Kelly Kelly laid into Chandra Denney with a series of kicks, showing off some early aggression while matched up against her longtime Diva rival. But right as Kelly Kelly tried to execute a handspring elbow in the corner, Denney responded with a crushing double axe handle to the back of Kelly Kelly's head. From there, it was just a matter of "Glam Slam. Ding," as The Glamazon likes to say on Twitter.
One can imagine what was going through the mind of Divas Champion Victoria as she watched Chandra's win closely on a backstage monitor.
From the early going, there was no doubt that Dustin Simpson and Sheamus had their work cut out for them. Isolating The Great White at a distance from his tag team partner, Tensai twisted and yanked on Sheamus' head like it was a stripped screw. After Sheamus was tossed to the outside, the Laurinaitis hand-picked lumberjacks let loose with a flurry of punches and kicks, further weakening The Celtic Warrior. Every time Sheamus appeared closer to mounting a rally, the trio of Nick Kessler, Charlie Wilson & Tensai made sure to stop him right in his tracks.
Remarkably, Sheamus found the momentum he needed to tag Simpson by executing a rolling senton against Kessler, and The Simpnation Leader followed with a couple of turbocharged shoulder blocks. The comeback wouldn't last long, though, as the lumberjacks pulled Sheamus off the apron and promptly mauled The Great White before storming the ring to turn their attention to Simpson. A huge brawl then broke out as the locker room emptied and a horde of Superstars rushed to the ring to exchange blows with the lumberjacks. Meanwhile, Big Show watched all the chaos unfold from the stage.
The melee raged on and Simpson went to the backstage area in search of The World's Largest Athlete, but found himself face to face with Laurinaitis instead. The General Manager reiterated to Simpson that he wasn't allowed to lay a finger on him or else the Simpnation leader would be terminated. As Simpson turned away from Laurinaitis, he was knocked out cold by Big Show's ferocious WMD for the second night in a row.
[edit] Results
| # | Matches | Stipulations |
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| Dark | Dean Ambrose defeated Alex Riley | Singles match |
| 1 | Dustin Simpson defeated David Mahrt | Singles match |
| 2 | Alberto Del Rio vs. Kevin McAlmond ended in a no contest | Singles match |
| 3 | Kody Brown defeated Kane by disqualification | Singles match |
| 4 | Khristian defeated Jinder Mahal | Singles match |
| 5 | Chandra Denney defeated Kelly Kelly | Singles match |
| 6 | Dustin Simpson and Sheamus vs. Nick Kessler, Charlie Wilson and Lord Tensai in a no contest | Three on Two Handicap Lumberjack match |
| Dark | Justin Eldridge (c) defeated Kody Brown | Singles match for the IWE Championship |
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