CM Punk had a decent opening segment to start off RAW. Him ripping that birthday kid's sign, making Justin Roberts call him the "People's Champion", and interacting with the fans (plants or otherwise) was a nice touch. Saying the Paul Heyman in the backstage video was possibly CGI was funny.
The Cesar/Ryback match was honestly nothing much worth talking about.
Next was a squash match with Jack Swagger dominating Santino. Nothing else here worth noting. Although I did kind of liked Swagger's black singlet. Apparently, WWE is trying to build him up as being completely changed. We'll see. Probably won't amount to nothing though.
All I remember about ADR/Rhodes match was Cody wearing that mustache-comb shirt. :lol The very next segment with Big Show at some hotel via satellite was nice in that Show played off a really good intimidating heel. Although there's certain someone who does an even better version later on in the episode.
Bryan/Rey was a nice little technical match. One of the two matches on RAW that were actually good. These two really complement each other.
It was quickly overshadowed by the return of Mark Henry though. I marked out at this. The Hall of Pain has returned and it was very awesome, destroying Bryan, Rey, and Sin Cara. Henry is so good at playing the intimidating dominating heel. Very nice to see him back! One of the best segments of the night.:mark:
The Sheamus/Kane match was kind of slow for me. Not in the sense that these two are huge guys and one of them is getting old or anything, because I know both are capable of fast-paced action. It's just that there were moments where it looked awkward, like they were just wandering around waiting for the next move, and such. Sheamus and Kane are both good workers, but this match just didn't do much for me. Bryan coming in just to troll Kane was hilarious though.
The only good thing about the MizTV segment was Heyman being his usual epic self, and Brock Lesnar F5ing Miz.
Orton/Barrett match. Same old match. Seen it many times now. The Bo Dallas promo in the beginning was downright bad. The guy definitely needs to work on his promos, mic skills, etc. And from what I hear, apparently Cena is high on him? :cena2 dat Cena push.
The return of those Fandango vignette was hilarious. WWE seems to have just remembered Johnny Curtis.
The Jericho and Punk match was the other match that was good, and was the best match of the night for me. That's not saying much though, considering all the other matches were nothing special in the first place...For what it's worth, these two put on a very good, fairly long match. Kudos to them.
Congrats to Bruno Sammartino for finally getting inducted in the Hall of Fame. A legend among legends.
The ADR/Big Show hotel segment was okay I guess. Nice to see some fights going on somewhere that isn't backstage.
Brad Maddox getting some mic time, playing that heel starving for some fame and calling out the Shield. I think he played the role fairly good. It was really refreshing to have the Shield get some mic time as well. WWE needs to have them start speaking on the mic much more frequently, and maybe have them do some individual matches to book them strong and such.
The only thing worth noting about the ending was Sheamus' face as he was coming downstairs.
Overall, a slightly above average RAW. Mark Henry's return was the highlight of the entire show for me.