WWE Raw 3-11-13 Review

The program began with The Undertaker coming to the ring, with a vintage urn famously carried around by the late Paul Bearer waiting inside the ring, to pay tribute to his longtime adversary. However, it was soon interrupted by CM Punk. This caught the ire of another one of Paul Bearer’s longtime adversaries in WWE Tag Team Champion Kane. This led to Raw Managing Supervisor Vickie Guerrero making a No Disqualification Match between Kane and Punk for the main event. Also, Paul Heyman spoke on behalf of Brock Lesnar and said that WWE Chief Operating Officer Triple H’s WrestleMania 29 challenge would be accepted by Brock on the condition that he gets to name the stipulation only after Triple H signs the contract. Despite the potential trap Triple H may be walking into, I think he will still agree to Lesnar’s terms. Also, Damien Sandow had a surprise for his tag team partner Cody Rhodes. That surprise turned out to be Nikki & Brie, The Bella Twins, who were fired last year but are now back in the WWE as of last night. The good news is that they still look as sexy as they did before, the bad news is that they are also the same conniving and devious witches they were the last time they were in the WWE. There was also a #1 Contenders’ Match between Chris Jericho and The Miz to determine who would challenge Wade Barrett for his Intercontinental Championship next week on Raw. I had a hard time on deciding who to root for in this match because I am a fan of both Miz and Jericho. Thanks to interference from Wade Barrett, the match ended in a no contest. This led to Vickie Guerrero making a Triple Threat Intercontinental Championship Match between champion Wade Barrett and challengers Jericho and Miz next week on Raw. Again, I’m not sure whether to root for Miz or Jericho. Finally, in the main event, thanks to a little distraction by The Undertaker, Kane got the victory over CM Punk. After the match, both Kane and Undertaker payed homage to Paul Bearer, but were once again interrupted by Punk when he attacked Kane with the urn. After The Undertaker ran Punk out of the ring, Punk to off the urn in hand and stood at the entrance ramp to continue his disrespect towards Paul Bearer to end the program. CM Punk is definitely playing with fire and I guarantee that he will get burned.