July 30 , 2012 Monday Night RAW results The July 30 , 2012 Edition of RAW is a Professional wrestling television show of the WWE ' s RAW brand , which took place on July 30 , 2012 at U . S . Bank Arena in Cincinnati , Ohio . Summary . Even a fire at U . S . Bank Arena couldn ' t stop Raw from marching on to episode 1001 . Following a minor pyrotechnic incident involving the Raw set , the show took to the air at its normally scheduled time , and what a night it turned out to be for Raw General Manager AJ Lee ' s first night on the job . Find out what WWE Champion CM Punk had to say about his shocking attack on The Rock last week , how AJ spoiled The Straight Edge Superstar ' s plans after the main event , and much more in WWE . com ' s complete results of the action - packed three - hour Raw . WWE Champion CM Punk opened Raw by addressing the WWE Universe . The Straight Edge Superstar proclaimed that the end to Raw ' s 1000th episode left a bad taste in his mouth , and then confronted commentator Jerry " The King " Lawler face to face from atop the announce table . Telling Lawler that he was wrong to say Punk turned his back on the WWE Universe , The Straight Edge Superstar boasted that The Rock showed an incredible lack of respect to him last week , so he dropped him with the Go To Sleep to show him exactly what he has to look forward to when they square off at the 2013 Royal Rumble . Big Show came out to the ring and told Punk that the 1000th episode of Raw was all about him costing Cena the WWE Title , not Punk ' s attack on The Rock . The World ' s Largest Athlete vowed that he will be the next WWE Champion , to which Punk shot back that Big Show wasn ' t able to beat Cena at No Way Out or win a Money in the Bank contract . John Cena ' s music suddenly hit and the Cenation leader promptly unloaded on Big Show with a series of rights and lefts , clearing him from the ring as the crowd erupted . In her first official act as the new Raw General Manager , AJ Lee emerged from the back to announce that Cena will face Big Show in tonight ' s main event , with the winner advancing to face Punk for the WWE Title at SummerSlam ! Alberto Del Rio was the aggressor early on , but Santino mounted a comeback and sent his opponent looking to regroup on the outside . The Mexican Aristocrat didn ' t fall for Santino ' s usual tricks , however . After the U . S . Champion attempted a split - legged dodge , Del Rio caught him with a stinging kick to the midsection , and then planted his knees into Santino ' s arm when he tried to strike with The Cobra . With The Milan Miracle in pain , Del Rio slapped on the Cross Armbreaker and quickly forced him to tap out . As the No . 1 contender to the World Heavyweight Title , Del Rio declared after the match that he would not compete again until his bout against Sheamus at SummerSlam . A dance contest between Brodus Clay and Vickie Guerrero was short - lived , but we did get to see The Queen Diva show off some old - school dance moves like " The Hitchhiker " before Damien Sandow played the role of party pooper again . Sandow came out and told the WWE Universe that he considers himself a martyr , not a victim , after getting humiliated by D - Generation X on the 1000th episode of Raw . The Intellectual Savior of the Masses then clipped Brodus ' leg and left The Funkasaurus ailing after a surprise ambush . Daniel Bryan tried to tell off AJ Lee for embarrassing him and standing him up at the altar last week . The new Raw General Manager quickly shut up her former fiancé , alleging that he wasn ' t sincere about marrying her and might have even tried to have her legally committed on the 1000th episode of Raw . AJ then told Bryan that the submission specialist will face Sheamus tonight on Raw , with the WWE Universe getting to decide what kind of match it will be : a No Holds Barred Match , a Falls Count Anywhere Match or a Street Fight . An overwhelming 73 percent of the WWE Universe chose Street Fight , which elicited a " YES ! YES ! YES ! " chant from the Cincy crowd . The RAW active match type selected by the WWE Universe — a Street Fight — played right into the World Heavyweight Champion ' s comfort zone early on . Sheamus made Daniel Bryan shout in pain when he back - dropped him onto the steel entrance way , then slammed him into the WWE logo . Bryan used his arsenal of kicks to get back into the match , sending The Great White flying off the entrance ramp and following up with a vicious flying knee strike . The thrilling action on the outside continued as Sheamus suplexed Bryan over the barricade and onto the hard arena floor . After getting clotheslined over the top rope , Bryan used the extra time to catch his breath and reach for a Kendo stick , which he whipped Sheamus with over and over again . When Bryan went for one final strike with the splintered Kendo stick , however , Sheamus grabbed it and responded with some strikes of his own until Bryan drilled him out of nowhere with a dropkick right into a steel chair . Sheamus took a couple more hard blows into the steel ring post and barricade before the action returned to the ring , where the steel ring steps were waiting to be used as a weapon . The Celtic Warrior capitalized by emphatically Brogue Kicking his opponent right onto the steps and pinned him for the 1 - 2 - 3 . After the exhausting battle , a furious and inconsolable Bryan refused to leave the ring , despite the urging of multiple WWE officials . WWE Tag Team Champion Kofi Kingston , who was scheduled for a match next , came out and tried to convince Bryan to move on . Kingston ' s tag team partner R - Truth tried to get Bryan to leave as well , but their efforts only seemed to make Bryan angrier . The submission specialist shocked the WWE Universe by kicking Little Jimmy out of the ring , sending R - Truth rushing to his wounded friend ' s aid . General Manager AJ Lee then came out to restore order to Raw , as she told four men in white coats to escort Bryan out of the ring and directed Bryan to undergo a psychiatric evaluation . A . W . resorted to one of the stranger methods of interference in recent memory in order to assure a victory for his client , Titus O ' Neil . With WWE Tag Team Champion Kofi Kingston seemingly in control of the matchup , the owner of All World Promotions chucked his shoe at Kingston , and The Dreadlocked Dynamo threw it right back at him . O ' Neil then took advantage of the momentary distraction and planted Kingston hard into the canvas with Clash of the Titus for the victory . One week after losing to yet another WWE Legend , Heath Slater found himself going head to head with the original Legend Killer , Randy Orton ! The One - Man Band called out any current Superstar in the back to answer his challenge , and Orton responded by pummeling Slater all over the ring . After blasting Slater with a rapid - fire powerslam and a DDT off the second rope , The Viper nailed him with a neck - twisting RKO to make a big statement in his return to Raw . Emotions were riding high as Dolph Ziggler and The Miz joined forces to take on their newfound rivals , Chris Jericho and Christian , in an action - packed tag team matchup . As the two teams battled for the early advantage , Christian took to the air and launched a flying crossbody on both The Miz and Jericho on the outside . Captain Charisma continued to take risks , jumping off the top rope to hit Ziggler with a high elbow when the action returned to the ring . Ziggler reversed the momentum of the bout with a swift superkick on Christian , and The Miz proceeded to punish him further with a big boot to the face after getting tagged in . Christian would find the opening he needed to make the tag when he caught Ziggler in mid - air as he attempted a leg drop bulldog and planted The Showoff with a powerbomb . Jericho unloaded on Ziggler with a springboard dropkick and then nailed a Lionsault on The Miz . Just as The Awesome One appeared to regain control , Christian caught him by surprise with a thumb to the eye , and Jericho followed with a Codebreaker for the victory . Ziggler got the last laugh , though , when he blasted Jericho with the Money in the Bank briefcase from behind and snickered as he stood over The Mental Mastermind . Just a few weeks after his huge upset , Tyson Kidd made a valiant effort to recapture the magic against Tensai . But the Japanese warrior was hell - bent on inflicting pain on Kidd as he used his brute force to overpower his smaller opponent . Tensai drilled Kidd with a sit - down powerbomb , then dropped his full weight on top of him with a senton splash for the victory . Not satisfied with just avenging his defeat , Tensai unleashed more punishing blows on Kidd , which forced the ref to reverse his decision and award the match to Kidd via disqualification . Furious with the outcome , Tensai took out his frustration after the match by hitting his worshipper Sakamoto mercilessly . With WWE Champion CM Punk joining in on commentary ( and verbally sparring with Jerry " The King " Lawler ) , John Cena and Big Show held nothing back in a fierce clash to determine the No . 1 contender for the WWE Title . Big Show took Cena off his feet early with a big headbutt and a splash in the corner , but the Cenation leader found a way to take some energy out of The World ' s Largest Athlete with a sleeper hold . A relentless Cena applied the hold a second time , making Big Show temporarily pass out , though it wasn ' t enough to get a three - count as he was flung straight out of the ring . After wearing down Cena with a crushing bearhug , The World ' s Largest Athlete went for the chokeslam , but Cena pulled off a remarkable counter into a DDT . Cena also rolled out of the way right as Big Show delivered a mighty splash off the second rope , giving him an opportunity to rally against the fazed giant . Back and forth , Cena and Big Show tried to gain the decisive edge to no avail . Cena hit the Five - Knuckle Shuffle , but Big Show bounced back up almost immediately . The 7 - footer responded with a towering chokeslam , and Cena somehow kicked out at the two - count . As the action spilled to the outside , Big Show catapulted Cena over the announce table and into Punk , leaving the WWE Champion strewn across the arena floor . After narrowly beating the 10 - count back into the ring , Cena then ducked Big Show ' s WMD and lifted The World ' s Largest Athlete above his head , setting him up for the Attitude Adjustment . However , Cena never got a chance to finish the maneuver as The Straight Edge Superstar stopped him with an axe handle to the back , followed by a vicious kick to the head of Big Show . Grabbing the microphone after his attack , Punk declared : " And your winner of this contest is … nobody . They ' re both losers . " Punk walked with his WWE Title straight to the back , but the new Raw General Manager wasn ' t about to let The Voice of the Voiceless have the final say . AJ Lee told the WWE Universe , " Actually , CM Punk is wrong … they ' re both winners , " and announced that Punk will defend his WWE Title against both Cena and Big Show in a Triple Threat Match at SummerSlam . The revelation did not make Punk a happy camper as he defiantly marched back out and demanded that AJ show him some respect . AJ just smiled and Punk continued to let loose on the new GM as Raw went off the air .