August 20 , 2012 Monday Night RAW results The August 20 , 2012 Edition of RAW is a Professional wrestling television show of the WWE ' s RAW brand , which took place on August 20 , 2012 at Save Mart Center in Fresno , California . Summary . Tonight ’ s WWE RAW opens up from the Save Mart Center in Fresno , California . Out comes Brock Lesnar and Paul Heyman to kick things off . Michael Cole welcomes us to RAW as Lesnar and Heyman head to the ring . Heyman takes the mic and talks about how Lesnar vs . Triple H at SummerSlam was uncomfortable to watch . Heyman goes on about how Triple H is strong but Lesnar was able to stop him . Heyman gets hyped up talking about how Lesnar forced Triple H quit on his family , the fans and everyone else . Heyman says Triple H had his dignity and his manhood stripped . He says Lesnar left Triple H a battered shell of a man . Heyman doesn ’ t feel sorry for Triple H and says none of the fans should either . Heyman calls out referee Scott Armstrong . Heyman talks about how Triple H had Armstrong bend the rules at SummerSlam . Heyman says Lesnar has two words for Armstrong . Lesnar slowly backs Armstrong to the corner . Lesnar pats him on the head and shoulder , then tells him good job and backs off . Heyman anoints Lesnar as the new King of Kings , the Master of the Brock - tagon and the conqueror of the WWE Universe . Heyman says we all are now the loyal subjects to the master of the WWE Universe , Brock Lesnar . Lesnar ’ s music hits and they leave . - Cole and Jerry Lawler plug Shawn Michaels ’ appearance for later tonight , via satellite . We go to commercial . Kofi Kingston , R - Truth and Sin Cara vs . Titus O ’ Neil , Darren Young and Cody Rhodes We go to the ring and out comes WWE Tag Team Champions Kofi Kingston and R - Truth . They have some Mattel Brawlin ’ Buddies for the fans . Out comes their partner Sin Cara . Out first for the next team comes Cody Rhodes . His partners are Titus O ’ Neil and Darren Young . Young starts off with Kofi . They trade holds and Young drops Kofi with a shoulder . Young runs the ropes and Kofi takes him down with an elbow for a 2 count . Truth tags in and they double team Young . Kofi with a big kick to the face and a double dropkick to Titus . Cody comes in and Cara pulls him out of the ring . Cara goes to the top but Cody runs away . The tag champs dropkick Titus and Young off the apron . Cara tells Cody to come back to the ring as we go to commercial . Back from the break and Truth goes at it with Young . Truth kicks him in the face but Young fights back . Cody tags himself in and drops Truth for a 2 count . Cody works Truth over and taunts his partners . Titus comes in and continues the beatdown on Truth . Truth tries to comeback but Titus hits a big boot for 2 . Young comes back in and steps on Truth before they double team him . Another 2 count on Truth . Titus comes back in and hits a bunch of shoulder thrusts in the corner . Truth finally fights both of them off but gets stopped by a big Titus clothesline . 2 count by Titus . Titus goes and hits Kofi but turns around to a big shot from Truth . Cody tags in as does Cara . They go at it with Cara hitting his moves . Cara with a big kick from the apron and a crossbody for 2 . Everyone is in the ring now and the tag champs send Titus and Young to the floor . Kofi is sent flying over the top . Cody tries to take Cara ’ s mask off but Cara rolls him up for the win . Winners : Sin Cara , Kofi Kingston and R - Truth - Coming later tonight is Zack Ryder and Kane vs . Daniel Bryan and The Miz . - Matt Striker is backstage with RAW General Manager AJ Lee . David Otunga walks up and says he ’ s back to RAW . He talks about leaving to film The Hive with Halle Berry . Otunga congratulates AJ on being GM of RAW . He points out that she might need some Harvard educated legal counsel . Otunga offers his services and she wants him to offer them in the ring tonight , against an opponent of her choosing . Otunga walks off . Striker brings up CM Punk ’ s Tout from earlier about picking his own # 1 contender . AJ says that ’ s fine with her as long as she approves of it . AJ skips off and we go to commercial . - Back from the break and Cole plugs tonight ’ s Social Media Ambassador Khloe Kardashian . She ’ s been tweeting about Sin Cara , Brock Lesnar and Paul Heyman . Ryback vs . Mike Spinner and Andy We go to the ring and out comes Ryback with his new theme song . Two local wrestlers are waiting in the ring . Ryback tosses the one guy out of the ring and shoulder thrusts the other into the corner . Ryback manhandles the guy and powerbombs him . Ryback with two more powerbombs as the other guy comes in the ring . Ryback calls him stupid and suplexes him in on his face . Ryback grabs both of them for the double Shellshocked when Jinder Mahal runs in and attacks from behind for the disqualification . Winner by DQ : Ryback - After the bell , Mahal continues the attack and hits Ryback with a knee to the face . Mahal applies The Camel Clutch but Ryback powers to his feet with Jinder on his back . Ryback drops down and Jinder retreats from the ring . Ryback stops one of the local wrestlers from attacking . Ryback grabs both jobbers and slams them down to send a message to Mahal , who looks on from the ramp . - Chris Jericho is backstage when Dolph Ziggler walks up . Ziggler congratulates him on the SummerSlam win . Ziggler wants a rematch tonight . He says he can beat Jericho . Jericho says he knows how to win the big one and asks if Ziggler does . AJ comes skipping in and makes the rematch . If Jericho loses , his contract is terminated . If Ziggler loses , Jericho gets his Money in the Bank contract . AJ skips off and Ziggler chases after her . - Alberto Del Rio is shown walking backstage and he ’ s not happy . He slaps something out of Ricardo Rodriguez ’ s hands and keeps walking . We go to commercial . - Back from the break and out comes Alberto Del Rio . He demands a World Heavyweight Title rematch tonight . AJ Lee comes out and puts him in a match … against Randy Orton . Randy Orton vs . Alberto Del Rio Orton makes his way out to a big pop as we go to commercial . Back from the break and before the match begins , out comes World Heavyweight Champion Sheamus . He joins Cole and Lawler for commentary . Orton goes to work on Del Rio and dropkicks him . Orton with an early pin attempt . Orton with a headlock now . Orton goes on and Del Rio rolls to the apron and gets knocked to the floor . Orton goes back to work on Del Rio in the ring . Orton hits a slingshot suplex for a 2 count . Orton starts stomping on Del Rio and covers for another pin attempt . Orton mounts Del Rio with rights in the corner but Del Rio turns it around . Del Rio with a big kick to the head and a 2 count . Del Rio with a headlock now . Del Rio charges and misses in the corner . Orton rolls him up for 2 . Del Rio comes right back with kicks and dropkicks Orton for 2 . Del Rio goes on and hits a suplex . Del Rio mocks Orton and stomps away some more . Del Rio goes to the top but Orton cuts him off . Orton climbs up for a superplex and nails it . 2 count for Orton . Orton makes a comeback and hits the big powerslam . Orton brings Del Rio in from the apron but Del Rio knocks him back to the apron . Del Rio with a big kick to the head and a 2 count . Del Rio stomps away some more but Orton catches him with a backbreaker . Del Rio comes back with more kicks . Orton blocks the cross armbreaker with a swinging neckbreaker . 2 count by Orton . Del Rio goes back to the corner and Orton cuts him off again . Orton grabs Del Rio and hits the second rope draping DDT from out of the corner this time . Orton readies for the RKO and the crowd pops . Ricardo gets on the apron and Orton jumps at him . Sheamus gets up and makes Ricardo run away . Orton and Sheamus lock eyes , allowing Del Rio to attack from behind with the backstabber . Del Rio covers for the pin but Sheamus puts Orton ’ s foot on the bottom rope , breaking the pin . Del Rio argues with Sheamus and turns around to a big RKO from Orton . Orton covers for the win . Winner : Randy Orton - Cole hypes that CM Punk will name his new # 1 contender later tonight . We see the WWE . com video of Punk speaking after SummerSlam about retaining the WWE Title . - Still to come , Shawn Michaels via satellite . Back to commercial . - Back from the break and we get a look at Antonio Cesaro winning the United States Title from Santino Marella in the SummerSlam pre - show match . - Cole leads us into a video package of highlights from SummerSlam weekend in Los Angeles . Brodus Clay vs . Damien Sandow We go to the ring and out comes Brodus Clay with Cameron and Naomi . We see footage from two weeks back when Damien Sandow attacked Clay on the ramp . Clay waits on Sandow to come out but we go to commercial . Back from the break and out comes Damien Sandow . We get a side video where Sandow says he will send The Funkasaurus back to extinction tonight . The bell rings and Sandow goes for the leg but Clay beats him down and into the corner . Clay with rights and lefts in the corner . Sandow turns it around and goes to work on Clay ’ s knee . Clay shoves him off and hits a big clothesline . Clay keeps control and takes Sandow to the other corner . Clay with a big belly - to - belly slam and an elbow drop . Clay talks some trash to Sandow . Sandow comes back with kicks to the knee and takes Brodus down . Clay comes back and shrugs it off . Clay hits the big splash in the corner . Clay dances on Sandow and hits the rear bumps in the corner . Clay with a headbutt to the chest . Clay misses another splash and Sandow rolls him up out of nowhere for the win . Winner : Damien Sandow - After the match , Clay grabs Sandow and hits him with a big suplex . Clay splashes Sandow and dances as his dancers join him in the ring . Several kids wearing John Cena t - also come in to dance . - Cole shows us some of the Superstar tweets on Triple H ’ s future . Still no mention of the Tout video from Brock Lesnar announcing he ’ s leaving WWE that was posted a little while ago . - We see Shawn Michaels at home being prepped for the satellite interview . Shawn has his arm in a cast . We go to commercial . - Back from the break and we see footage of Brock Lesnar attacking Shawn Michaels on last week ’ s RAW . Cole is live via satellite with Shawn Michaels from his home in Texas . Cole asks his feelings on what happened at SummerSlam . Shawn says he thinks he knows what ’ s going through Triple H ’ s head right now . Shawn talks about preparing for your career to end but says there ’ s really nothing that prepares you for that day . Shawn says Triple H is a warrior and always has been , a man of honor and integrity – something Heyman and Lesnar would know nothing about , he says . Shawn says Triple H gave everything he had every night and SummerSlam was no exception . Shawn wonders if things would have been different if he was in Triple H ’ s corner . Shawn says he should have told Triple H the truth – that he didn ’ t think Triple H could beat Lesnar . Shawn starts to get emotional and says Triple H has nothing to be ashamed of . Shawn calls him one of the greatest Superstars to ever live . Shawn says he has always respected him and will always be proud of him , and always love him . Shawn thanks Triple H for a job well done on behalf of the WWE Universe . We go back to commercial . David Otunga vs . Big Show Back from the break and out comes David Otunga for his first match in a while . Otunga is introduced as a graduate of Harvard Law School . AJ Lee put him in this match and out comes the opponent she picked – Big Show . Show comes to the ring and he ’ s pissed . He takes Otunga to the corner with a big body blow and then chops him to the mat . Show with another big chop . Show scoop slams Otunga and backs him to the ropes with more shots to the gut . Show knocks Otunga back to the mat and steps on him . Big headbutt by Show now . Otunga tries to fight back but gets knocked back to the mat . Show chokes him on the ropes now . Show with another big chop in the corner . Otunga tries to fight back again but has no luck . Show with knees to the head . Show with another big slam and the knockout punch for the win . Winner : Big Show - We see the WWE . com video of Big Show venting after SummerSlam and wondering when he will get a singles match . - Up next is Zack Ryder and Kane vs . The Miz and Daniel Bryan as ordered by AJ . Back to commercial . Zack Ryder and Kane vs . The Miz and Daniel Bryan Back from the break and out comes Kane first for his team . Zack Ryder is out next and is hesitant to enter the ring because of their past . Out next comes Daniel Bryan followed by Intercontinental Champion The Miz . Bryan starts out with Kane but quickly tags in Miz as soon as the bell hits . Kane pulls Miz into the ring and takes him to the corner . Kane hits Miz and tags Ryder in . Ryder with some offense and knees to the face . Ryder with a dropkick on Miz . Miz stops him with a big boot and starts stomping . Miz with another big kick and a 2 count . Bryan comes in and continues the beatdown on Ryder . Bryan with knee drops to the back . Bryan wants Kane to tag in but goes back to work on Ryder . Bryan with kicks to the chest now . Bryan with a big knee drop and another pin attempt . Miz comes back in and they double team Ryder . Miz keeps control of Ryder as Kane looks on . Miz with another takedown and a pin attempt . Bryan tags back in and hits a bunch of kicks in the corner . Bryan misses a clothesline in the corner and knocks Miz off the apron . Ryder tags in Kane and Bryan goes to tag in Miz but he jumps off the apron . Bryan ducks Kane and smacks him . Bryan leaves the ring and runs through the crowd . Kane stops chasing him and grabs Ryder . Kane hits a big chokeslam on Ryder and immediately starts tearing up everything at ringside . Kane grabs a WWE crew member and tosses him over the barrier . Kane goes back in the ring to Ryder and lays him out with a Tombstone Piledriver . Kane runs off to the back as trainers come down to check on the timekeeper who was assaulted . - We see the WWE . com video of John Cena reacting to SummerSlam after the WWE Title match . Matt Striker is backstage now with WWE Champion CM Punk . Punk wonders who his next opponent is and says he ’ s already beat everyone . Punk is going to pick someone that a lot of people say Punk can ’ t beat . John Cena . Punk says under one condition and he will call Cena out in the ring later tonight to see if Cena accepts this condition . Punk says he is going to demand respect tonight . - Up next , a # 1 contender ’ s Divas battle royal . We go to commercial . WWE Divas Champion Layla is at ringside for this one . All the Divas stare at her while Tamina backs up and here we go . Rosa is beat up by Tamina and Aksana early . She comes back and tackles Aksana . They roll around the ring and under the bottom rope to the floor . Cole says they both are eliminated . Eve and Kaitlyn go at it now . Natalya and Natalya work to eliminate Kaitlyn but she fights back in . Natalya and Tamina double team Alicia Fox and try to double suplex her out of the ring . Alicia counters and sends them to the apron . Natalya comes in and rams Alicia back into the corner . Natalya gets eliminated . Tamina kicks Alicia out of the ring . Kaitlyn eliminates Tamina . Eve gets Kaitlyn from behind and tries to eliminate her but she hangs on . Kaitlyn with an uppercut and a clothesline but Eve doesn ’ t go . Kaitlyn hits another clothesline and Eve is gone . Winner and New # 1 Contender : Kaitlyn - Layla looks shocked at ringside as Kaitlyn celebrates in the ring . Layla claps for Kaitlyn and it appears Eve has a cut on her face . - We get more stills from Lesnar vs . Triple H at SummerSlam . Cole shows us the beginning of RAW where Heyman bragged about Lesnar ’ s victory . They finally show Brock Lesnar ’ s new Tout video where he says he is leaving WWE for good . - Up next is Chris Jericho vs . Dolph Ziggler with Jericho ’ s contract and Ziggler ’ s briefcase on the line . Back to commercial . - We get another Wade Barrett vignette . His fists are his weapons of choice . His barrage cannot be stopped . - Cole and Lawler plug the new WWE app . - Vickie Guerrero is backstage talking to Dolph Ziggler about his match tonight . She says he must win for her tonight . Ziggler says he has to win this for himself and it ’ s the biggest match of his career . Vickie is freaking out about how they have to win tonight . Dolph says they will win , grabs his briefcase and walks off . Back to commercial . Contract vs . Contract Match : Dolph Ziggler vs . Chris Jericho Back from the break and out comes Dolph Ziggler with Vickie Guerrero . Out next comes Chris Jericho and his ribs are still taped up . The bell rings and they lock up . Early pin attempts and holds back and forth . Jericho drops Ziggler with a big uppercut . Jericho takes Ziggler to the corner with right hands but Ziggler comes right back and beats him to the mat . Ziggler with an elbow drop and a 2 count . More back and forth . Jericho dropkicks Ziggler out to the floor and we go to commercial . Back from the break and Ziggler is in control . Ziggler drops a big elbow for another 2 count . Ziggler goes back to the headlock and takes Jericho down . Jericho back drops him . Ziggler runs into a boot in the corner . Jericho with a pair of shoulder blocks . Jericho goes to the top and crashes down on Ziggler as the crowd pops . Ziggler blocks the bulldog but they go to the corner . Jericho climbs up for a series of right hands and a scissors takedown . Jericho covers for a 2 count . Ziggler comes right back with a DDT for a 2 count . Jericho blocks Zig Zag and goes for the Walls of Jericho but it ’ s countered . Jericho rolls him up for 2 . Jericho with a clothesine . More back and forth until Jericho hits a bulldog . Ziggler blocks the Lionsault with his knees and hits Zig Zag for the win . Winner : Dolph Ziggler - After the match , Ziggler grabs the briefcase and celebrates in the ring with Vickie . We go to replays as Jericho recovers . Dolph runs around and poses on the turnbuckles as Jericho sits there . Jericho grabs the briefcase from Vickie and hits Dolph in the gut with it , then over the back . Jericho hits a Codebreaker and his music hits as Vickie yells at ringside . Jericho waves to the fans as we get another replay . Jericho shakes his head and greets a few fans at ringside on his way up the ramp . Jericho stops and looks back at the crowd as we go to a preview of The Day . - CM Punk is shown walking backstage as we get another commercial . - Back from the break and out comes WWE Champion CM Punk . Punk stops and comes out in front of Jerry Lawler . Punk remembered how Lawler said he turned his back on WWE a few weeks ago . Punk wants Lawler to go ahead and admit that was a lie . Lawler said he meant no malice at all and felt at that moment that he turned his back . Punk wants an apology from Lawler . John Cena ’ s music hits and out he comes . Cena hits the ring to a mixed reaction as Punk looks on . Punk asks if Cena could have waited until he called him out . Punk says he has been taking a backseat to Cena , Triple H and The Rock out of respect but respect is a two - way street and it ’ s never been reciprocated how it should be to him . Punk says people always ask him why he ’ s not in the main event . Punk says out of respect he has let Cena go on last . Punk says taking a backseat no longer makes any sense . Punk points out he beat Cena last year for the title . Punk says Cena is the # 1 contender because he has to beat him again , because he is going to beat him again . Punk says all Cena has to do is admit Punk is the best in the world . Punk wants Cena to tell the truth . Cena talks about how he hasn ’ t been WWE Champion in 9 months and how people stick with him through everything and have respect . Cena talks about the city of Fresno and gets them to pop . Cena says he ’ s not going to let everyone down and won ’ t be calling Punk the best in the world . Cena says to succeed , he has to believe in his heart that he ’ s the best . Cena talks about how he didn ’ t think he would lose to The Rock at WrestleMania and if he gets another chance , he will . Cena goes on and congratulates Punk on his title reign but points out he held it for well over 300 days straight . Cena says during that time he never came out and demanded anything from anyone , inside or out of the ring . Cena says Punk has been WWE Champion for over 270 days and all anyone remembers of him is the night he blew a kiss to Vince McMahon and left town . Cena says he isn ’ t here to stroke Punk ’ s ego . Cena offers Punk vindication and tells him to prove it . Cena says he can live with it if Punk doesn ’ t choose him as # 1 contender because he ’ s confident he can get another title shot . Cena points out that Night of Champions is in his hometown . Cena says if Punk can walk out WWE Champion , that will defy his existence . Cena says the choice is Punk ’ s . Cena says if Punk doesn ’ t choose him , he has no respect for the WWE Title or himself . Cena drops the mic and walks off to the back . Punk turns right to Jerry Lawler and demands the apology again . Punk calls Lawler to the ring for a conversation . Punk says Lawler went too far with what he said and owes him an apology . Lawler says this is all a misunderstanding but if Punk wants him to , he apologizes . Lawler turns to leave but Punk stops him . Punk says if Cena doesn ’ t want to say it , then he wants to hear Lawler say he is the best in the world . Lawler says he can ’ t do that and the crowd pops . Lawler goes to leave and Punk kicks him in the back of the head . Punk grabs the WWE Title and kneels down in front of Lawler . Some of the fans boo as Punk just stares at Lawler and RAW goes off the air .