WWE Raw 8/15

Overview
Raw starts showing a brief promo of last night Summerslam's Main Event, where Punk won then had Alberto Del Rio cash in his Money in the Bank. Following the promo we cut to Triple H, apologizing about Cena's foot on the rope and missing it. Then going onto the Kevin Nash attack on Punk, and Del Rio's cash in to the MitB. Triple H, explains he didn't plan to have Nash attack him, but left him tickets to the event and then permitted Nash to come to Raw. Nash will then explain, his reason. As for Del Rio, he pretty much went with "That's how the cookie crumbles!" Followed by the New WWE Champion, Alberto Del Rio making his entrance.

Del Rio, introduces himself as the Undisputed WWE Champion and goes on about destiny. He even then goes on to say he loves the fans and didn't want to cash in at Summerslam, but after Nash got the surprise on the crowd he was cool with it. Then he rants that he's great and how he wants to be their Champion, along with facing Rey Mysterio tonight. He follows up with on how he still can't stand Mysterio, and how he wishes to continue to defeat him. The promo ends with Triple H, then backstage heading into John Cena's locker room.

The opening match on the card has R-Truth with a remix of "What's Up?!" facing off against John Morrison. The two brawl it out in the opening minutes, with R-Truth trying for a Roll-Up, leading to Morrison knocking him from the ring and a Suicide Dive. This is when I realized it was Falls Count Anywhere, when they went for pinfalls at ringside. After a commerical break we return to Morrison and R-Truth, with R-Truth taking control of the match. R-Truth, hits a few running knees and kicks followed by him knocking Morrison into the crowd(as I forget to record this part again). They spill back into the ringside area, when I finally turned the VCR back-on, Morrison suplexes R-Truth into the chair then hits him with a flying knee for the win. Following the match we see CM Punk, make his way into the arena.

A promo hits for the WWE Championship match, then we cut right to the Miz making his entrance. The Miz then comes out to talk about the Subway Guy, Jared! He goes, to the barricade and gets a sub from Jared and eats it in the ring. Then in the parking-lot, Kevin Nash arrives via a limo as we cut to a commerical.

We come back to a Divas' match, Kelly Kelly & Eve Torres facing off with Bella Twins. Kelly, starts the match with one of the Bellas'. I can't ever tell them apart quite honestly and they keep tagging in & out. Eventually Eve tags in gets the win, via moonsault and pinfall. Beth Phoenix and Natalya then make their way to the entrance ramp, before it turns to the last night's JackKnife to CM Punk.

Kevin Nash, gets a cool introduction leading to an okay entrance without a theme. Nash then goes to explain his story, about the tickets then the sneak attack on CM Punk. Kevin's excuse was that it was he told by a McMahon and it was just business as CM Punk, makes his way out to the ramp. Punk, then assumes that Nash and Triple H are working together about how they don't know good business. Leading to Punk saying how he can do whatever he wants. Then how, he's pissed off with several people but not Del Rio. Punk, follows up with Nash is out of his era where Nash retorts with NWO and how the business sucks. They continue to argue and Punk tries to make his way to the ring as the security team splits them up.

Kevin Nash, goes to Triple H's office and runs into John Laurnaitis. As you can obviously see, John is up to something. The next match to follow is Alex Riley against Jack Swagger, as Dolph Ziggler and Vickie Guerrero joins commentary. Jack, works on A-ry's back, and wears him down. A-ry, breaks out with a Spinebuster and starts to make a comeback. Vickie then creates a diverison allowing to Jack Swagger to beat A-ry, then Ziggler pisses off Jim Ross.

Vickie runs into Jack Swagger, where he hits on her. He then goes on a run of old managers, before leaving. Now we get another look at Fan Acess, which covers the same footage from the night before. Punk then runs into Stephanie for a brief minute, before going to another commerical break.

We come to another Tag Team Match, with Evan Bourne & Kofi Kingston facing off with Otunga & McGillicuty. Evan, is double teamed in the opening minutes. Otunga and McGillicuty, over powers Evan cutting him off from Kofi. Evan, tags in Kofi and the pace picks up. Kofi does most of the work, as Evan gets the pin. Backstage, Rey Mysterio gets ready for his match for the WWE Championship.

Del Rio, is the first to make his entrance to the ring followed by Rey Mysterio. The match begins and they go for lock ups. Mysterio tries to go for a fast 619, and Del Rio jumps out of the ring to avoid it. We come back to the fighting in the ring and at ringside, Del Rio trys to get Mysterio's mask off at one point. Mysterio counters and hits a few moves, following to both competitors fighting on a turnbuckle. Mysterio, hits a hurricanrana then several other ones. Del Rio, fights back and tries wearing down Rey again. Mysterio breaks out and gets Del Rio, out of the ring leading to a moonsault and throwing Del Rio back in. Rey starts building up for a finish, while Del Rio clotheslines Rey back down. Del Rio, assualts Rey more as the fans chant for Rey while he gets kicked in the head. Rey lands a 619 but has the splash reversed into a roll up with Del Rio getting the pinfall and retaining the WWE Championship. Del Rio after the match, then continues to attack Rey as Cena comes down and save Rey from the Armbreaker. Cena then chews out Alberto Del Rio, for winning the WWE Championship and saying now he's a target!

Review:
This Raw wasn't impressive at all, and it could've been better. The opening promo, was okay and Del Rio's promo could've been a little bit better. Like he should've gone to trying to really make the crowd irate. I just didn't get into the whole thing quite frankly, I wanted the Kevin Nash thing sooner or at the end of the night. But we got the Kevin Nash/CM Punk confrontation in the middle of the RAW. Nash's entrance should've had his theme at least cause I hate when there's no music. The promo should've actually had Punk face to face with Nash, instead of Punk on the ramp and security dividing them. I really think, if WWE want to promote the return of Nash, this confrontation needed to be face to face and in the ring.

The matches however mostly sucked. There was only 2 matches that stood out, the Falls Count Anywhere Match and the WWE Championship match. Morrison and R-Truth could've been better if it had weapon involvement, if it was like No Holds Barred or Extreme Rules that match really could upset the Main Event even more. As for the WWE Championship match, I knew Rey wasn't going to win right from the beginning. Also the way Del Rio dominated the match wasn't even entertaining, I had no belief in Rey. As a result this Raw, could barely hit a 3-Star Rating from the fact the promos sucked compared to the last two weeks and only 2 matches stood out. Sorry if it pisses off huge Rey Mysterio fans and WWE fanatics but it's all true!