January 10 , 2011 Monday Night RAW results The January 10 , 2011 Edition of RAW is a Professional wrestling television show of the WWE ' s RAW brand , which took place on January 10 , 2011 at Bridgestone Arena in Nashville , Tennessee . Shawn Michaels was the first 2011 WWE Hall of Fame inductee . Summary . CM Punk continues to impose his self - righteous revolt upon the Raw roster . As the de facto leader of the " new " Nexus , The Second City Savior foiled a scheduled WWE Tag Team Title Match in order to satiate his ego . Punk led the band of outlaws in an attack on current tag champions Santino Marella & Vladimir Kozlov . He then sprang a surprise on his own minions . Every Nexus member , including himself , must undergo an initiation ritual to prove themselves worthy of the yellow and black band . To establish his devotion , Michael McGillicutty was forced to endure the finishing move of each of his cohorts . The third - generation competitor reluctantly agreed , and by the time Punk delivered the final punishing maneuver , a GTS , McGillicutty appeared to be slipping in and out of consciousness . One down , five to go . La Verdad , or “ The Truth ” in Spanish , suffered another setback . For the second time in as many weeks , Alberto Del Rio emerged victorious in a bout against R - Truth . The Truth began to unravel when the SmackDown Superstar ’ s personal ring announcer , Ricardo Rodriguez , distracted him with taunts . After punishing Rodriguez , Truth could not manage a return to the ring in time to beat the 10 - count . Afterward , the Mexican aristocrat once again berated the American audience and vowed that he would win the Royal Rumble to headline at WrestleMania . Husky Harris faced a daunting test . In the second Nexus initiation of the night , the third - generation Superstar was required by CM Punk to undergo a series of strap lashings . As fellow Nexi cracked the leather slabs down upon his back , Harris writhed in pain . The ordeal finally ended at Punk ’ s discretion , after he had deemed Harris worthy enough to remain in the group . Tyson Kidd might want to think twice about hitching any wagons to Ted DiBiase ’ s star . The two paired up against United States Champion Daniel Bryan & Mark Henry in a tag bout and ended up fizzling under the heft of The World ’ s Strongest Man . Bryan undoubtedly hoped he could come up a winner the following night as well when he and his WWE NXT Rookie Derrick Bateman would embark on a double date with The Bella Twins . Unenviable task , meet immovable object . Big Show dropped by Raw to brag to the WWE Universe that it would be he who was going to prevail at this month ’ s Royal Rumble . During his tirade , however , The Nexus interrupted him . As if that weren ’ t masochistic enough , David Otunga , in pursuit of carrying out his initiation , hesitantly stepped into the ring , faced The World ’ s Largest Athlete and slapped him across the face . Needless to say , Show unleashed his wrath on a yielding Otunga and left him shattered on the canvas . It appeared as if the guru had almost run out of greatness . John Morrison appeared to be getting absolutely clobbered by his recent rival Sheamus . Before The Celtic Warrior could claim victory , however , Morrison showed there was still some delight left in his Monday night fight when he flipped the script on the Irishman deep in the match and quickly edged out a win . Not all Nexus initiations end with a brutal crescendo . When CM Punk insisted that Heath Slater and Justin Gabriel slug it out with kendo sticks in order to prove themselves worthy of the group , the two original members were clearly averse from the get - go . Although the two circled one another ominously , they eventually laid down their weapons and stormed out on The Second City Savior . The first 2011 WWE Hall of Fame Inductee will be … Shawn Michaels ! Although his induction has always been a foregone conclusion , HBK ’ s return to Raw still left everyone in the WWE Universe overwhelmed . Everyone , perhaps , except mouthy Mexican Alberto Del Rio . After criticizing The Showstopper , Del Rio felt pretty smug until the future Hall of Famer demonstrated just why he will be inducted into the esteemed hall – he leveled Del Rio with Sweet Chin Music ! Standing high on the TitanTron , CM Punk must have felt like the tops in Tennessee . Unfortunately for him , though , he turned out to be just a ninny in Nashville . Rather than take a leap of faith as he had promised , The Second City Savior instead laughed at the gullibility of the waiting audience , informing them he had no intention of jumping . He eventually made his way to the ring , where he joined the remaining disciples , who did follow through with their Nexus initiations : Michael McGillicutty , Husky Harris and David Otunga . As Punk bragged about his supposed superiority , Cena flashed onto the TitanTron . The 2010 WWE Superstar of the Year promised to be at Raw live next Monday night and challenged his nemesis to a match . When the Nexus leader agreed to compete , Cena vowed he would destroy Punk then and there . Alex Riley might want to think about a new gig . As assistant to WWE Champion The Miz , Riley has suffered his share of humiliation . This week proved no exception . Just three weeks until the WWE Title Match at Royal Rumble , Miz teamed with Riley in a tag team match against his Rumble opponent Randy Orton & Jerry “ The King ” Lawler . Although The Viper has demonstrated how dangerous he can be , Miz has also been unable to pin Lawler as well . As a result , Riley saw a lot of action – and Orton took full advantage . WWE ’ s Apex Predator laid out Riley with an RKO , but before he would pin the frat fiend , he offered The “ Cleveland Screamer ” a chance to rescue his partner . The Miz , selfish Superstar that he is , however , simply walked away and permitted Orton and Lawler the easy pin .