WWE RAW LD 2/20/2012 - He Has Risen

[FunKay the Inevitable]

LAST NIGHT!
Hate Is Cast Aside

After weeks of psychological warfare, John Cena clashed with his fiery tormentor Kane at the 2012 Elimination Chamber and overcame his wall of hate to win the dreaded Ambulance match.

Best in the World?

Two Elimination Chambers, two successful championship defences. CM Punk managed to put the Miz to sleep, while Daniel Bryan was able to end the Rocky-esc run of Santino Marella. Both men will face different challenges shortly as Chris Jericho was only eliminated from the Chamber by a "freak accident" while Royal Rumble winner Sheamus made his intentions clear following Bryan's victory.

PLUS: WrestleMania Groundwork!

Johnny Ace continues to try and swoon the board of directors, wheeling out not one, not two, but three superstars who have legit gripes with Theodore Long. Could this path lead us to some sort of winner takes all match at WrestleMania? And, Beth Phoenix faced her toughest challenge yet in the form of Tamina Snuka. She remains on top of the mountain, but as many have said, Khamra's a bitch.

The Final Countdown Begins...
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The Super Fun, Hokey (Yet Hilarious) Hour (or Two)
Question-a-Thon!​

Will the Rock go face-to-face with John Cena?
Will we begin to see the grand plan for WrestleMania begin to unfold?
Will there be a drastic change in the Undertaker's look?
Will Triple H continue to say no?
Will T.G.O.A.D.T.H.J.L.B.P.G.M.* make an appearance tonight?
Will we see some surprise appearances and/or returns?
Will CM Punk and Chris Jericho's feud continue to roll on?
Will we discover if the Funkasaurus is extinct?
And we may well see some dudes from SmackDown on here too.

*The Guild of Antagonists Dedicated to Helping John Laurinaitis Become Permanent General Manager

 

[Big Nick Dudley]

Rock isn't supposed to be there tonight, right?

 

[FunKay the Inevitable]

Rock isn't supposed to be there tonight, right?

I was under the impression he was. There's only one week where he isn't.

 

[Blue Chipper]

I'm not so sure, FunKay. We can hope, though.

 

[Big Nick Dudley]

I was under the impression he was. There's only one week where he isn't.

I haven't seen any advertisements for it. I think they'd promote his return a bit more.

 

[Shocky]

Sure the Rock will be there tonight.

 

[Unsold Bacon]

T.G.O.A.D.T.H.J.L.B.P.G.M?

 

[LamaNamaneumi]

Rocky shows up next week, but I hope tonight we see the return of Undertaker and his "Biker'' gimmick.

Keep Rollin' Rollin' Rollin'

 

[Vincent Michaels]

T.G.O.A.D.T.H.J.L.B.P.G.M?

You obviously didn't read the fine print.

 

[Harthan]

Hm. I'm not thrilled for tonight, but I'm hopeful WWE will impress me. I remain hopeful we'll start to build for Kharma at WrestleMania, but I doubt the WWE will build a Divas match for six entire weeks. Probably just more farting. Joy.

Rock would be wonderful. Raw needs the excitement tonight. Progress on the JL story should be cool, and if the guys involved are going to stable up for a WrestleMania match, all the better. Christian, del Rio, and Mark Henry is as fine a three man power trip as I can imagine.

Undertaker appearance has huge potential. So far, every time they've brought out a promo for this feud, it's been off the charts.

I expect a ton of promos and WM groundwork, all in all, which probably means weak matches. I can't see a match closing the show tonight, but maybe a good Punk match at the halfway mark? A man can hope.

 

[Kayoh]

I'm thinkin Taker will close out Raw tonight, which most likely means Triple H (or John Laurinaitis) will be the opener. Punk/Ziggler at the halfway point, and I'm thinking Sheamus makes an appearance in the second our to discuss his decision to target Bryan over Punk.

 

[Big Nick Dudley]

Will the Rock go face-to-face with John Cena?

I hope. I don't think he's scheduled to be around this week.

Will we begin to see the grand plan for WrestleMania begin to unfold?

Fucking hope so. The clock be'a tickin'.

Will there be a drastic change in the Undertaker's look?

If you consider not having any hair drastic, yes.

Will Triple H continue to say no?

Continue to be afraid? Mhmm.

Will T.G.O.A.D.T.H.J.L.B.P.G.M.* make an appearance tonight?

I really wish I knew what this meant.

Will we see some surprise appearances and/or returns?

Like who?

Will CM Punk and Chris Jericho's feud continue to roll on?

I hope something happens, because as of right now, I couldn't care less.

Will we discover if the Funkasaurus is extinct?

One way or the other, I'd think so.

And we may well see some dudes from SmackDown on here too.

Maybe we'll get a clue what they have in store for Orton at Mania. Better be something fucking awesome, or.... well, I'll just complain a lot. More than usual.

 

[¡Roján!]

This is the first time I'll watch a PPV and a RAW live back-to-back since November 2009. #RohanFacts

 

[Gregor_Samsa]

I'm about to watch the shit out of this Raw.

 

[Peoples_Champ]

3 min before the show. 15 users in this thread.

 

[Gregor_Samsa]

I wish Zack Ryder had showed up last night in his wheelchair and got run over by the ambulance.

 

[¡Roján!]

So, this whole Cena/Ryder/Eve storyline is going to continue? I'll get the blanket and the tissues.

 

[Harthan]

So, Eve's turning heel, eh?

 

[The Man They Call WMD]

This is great.

 

[mareek]

Yes! Continue to bury Ryder! Yesssss

 

[Hbk4life]

Weird heel turn

 

[Peoples_Champ]

Heel Eve Torres. Fucking awesome.

 

[Peoples_Champ]

Rise Above Hoes

 

[GI Cake]

Are you serious bro!

 

[Harthan]

I'm trying to wrap my head around the idea that somehow, subtly, the WWE just booked an interesting storyline for a Diva.