May 7 , 2012 Monday Night RAW results The May 7 , 2012 Edition of RAW is a Professional wrestling television show of the WWE ' s RAW brand , which took place on May 7 , 2012 at Greensboro Coliseum Complex in Greensboro , North Carolina . Summary . Raw and SmackDown General Manager John Laurinaitis showed no remorse for his ruthless assault on John Cena at the end of last week ' s Raw . The GM said he wasn ' t punished by the Board of Directors for his actions , which he claimed was justified because The Cenation Leader tried to undermine his authority and ridicule his leadership skills . Laurinaitis mandated that Cena not appear live tonight and instead undergo rehabilitation so he doesn ' t have an excuse why he will lose to him at WWE Over the Limit . Laurinaitis then revealed that the reason his voice sounds so hoarse is because he was injured in a match against " Dr . Death " Steve Williams in Tokyo , Japan . Showing off images of his in - ring action on the TitanTron , Laurinaitis boasted that , when he performed in Japan , he was Hulk Hogan , " Stone Cold " Steve Austin and The Rock , all rolled into one dominant competitor . Before Laurinaitis could get any further , WWE Champion CM Punk came out to the ring to confront the cocky General Manager . Punk blasted Laurinaitis for losing touch with the people , despite all the GM ' s bragging that he ' s the brains behind " People Power . " The Straight Edge Superstar ' s sharpest jab of all came when he told Laurinaitis the reason he went to Japan is because no one in America ever wanted to see him compete . Angered by Punk ' s verbal barbs , Laurinaitis made a big match for Raw SuperShow tonight , pitting the WWE Champion against the fearsome Lord Tensai . Before Big Show ' s match , he accidentally bumped into an irate John Laurinaitis , who chastised The World ' s Largest Athlete for not looking where he was going . Big Show was then caught red - handed by Executive Administrator Eve while he made fun of Laurinaitis ' voice . Still upset by his loss to Cody Rhodes at Extreme Rules , Big Show unleashed on the Intercontinental Champion with a flurry of slaps and punches . Rhodes wriggled out of trouble with a Disaster Kick , but soon found himself on the receiving end of more of Big Show ' s punishment . Looking for an easy escape , Cody rolled out of the ring , asked for his Intercontinental Title and headed back up the entrance ramp . Following Big Show ' s victory by way of count - out , Eve came out to reprimand him for making fun of Laurinaitis ' voice and demanded an apology from The World ' s Largest Athlete . Big Show apologized for mocking Laurinaitis , but Eve wasn ' t satisfied there , and proceeded to humiliate Big Show before he apologized a second time for his actions . Kofi Kingston , one half of the newly minted WWE Tag Team Champions , had his hands full with Dolph Ziggler early on in this matchup . The Dreadlocked Dynamo fed off the energy of the Greensboro crowd , though , and powered back with a mighty S . O . S . But when Kofi looked to nail a high - risk maneuver off the second rope , Jack Swagger shoved Kingston to the canvas , allowing Ziggler to capitalize with the Zig Zag for the victory . John Cena appeared live via satellite from Tampa , Fla . , where The Cenation Leader is rehabbing his arm injury . Cena said a group of doctors have strongly recommended he not compete for the next couple of months . However , he ' s ignoring their advice and fully plans to clash with John Laurinaitis at WWE Over the Limit . The Cenation Leader claimed that the Board of Directors wanted to fine the General Manager , but he told them to forgo any disciplinary action because the only fitting punishment for Laurinaitis is to get beaten and embarrassed at Over the Limit . Beth Phoenix appeared at ringside to provide scathing commentary while her opponent at Over the Limit , Divas Champion Layla , dished out a heaping of hurt on Maxine in the ring . With The Glamazon looking on , Layla executed The Layout neckbreaker as she cruised to a convincing victory alongside tag team partner Kelly Kelly . Sheamus didn ' t let a shoulder injury inflicted by Daniel Bryan hold him back in this fiery tag team clash . After Randy Orton went to work on Chris Jericho , The Great White followed with some painful shots of his own as pounded his fist into Jericho ' s chest . Jericho and Alberto Del Rio soon found a way to exploit Sheamus ' injury , however , when The Celtic Warrior missed the mark with a running shoulder block into the steel ring post . Finding a second wind , Sheamus scrambled to the corner and tagged back in The Viper , who tried his hardest to fight off persistent double - team efforts from Del Rio and Jericho . In a stunning exchange , Sheamus hit Jericho with the Irish Curse backbreaker after he was tagged back into the match , and Orton promptly knocked Del Rio out of the contest with a thunderous RKO . But perhaps feeling the effects of his shoulder injury , Sheamus then inadvertently crushed Orton with a Brogue Kick , and Jericho quickly landed a Codebreaker on The Great White to pull off the victory . After the crazy finish , Sheamus tried to lift his tag team partner back to his feet , but The Viper responded by drilling Sheamus with an RKO . Their adrenaline still running high , all four Superstars in the tag team contest vented in John Laurinaitis ' office before engaging in a wild brawl . The Raw and SmackDown GM announced Sheamus will defend his World Heavyweight Title in a Fatal 4 - Way Match against Del Rio , Jericho and Orton at WWE Over the Limit . Did The Miz potentially discover the blueprint to defeating Brodus Clay ? The Awesome One gave Brodus an earful of trash talk before wearing him down with everything from a suffocating headlock to a vicious Skull Crushing Finale . But right when it looked like The Funkasaurus would finally suffer his first loss , he overwhelmed The Miz with his impressive strength and finished him off with Ah Funk It ! Brock Lesnar was extended an invitation to explain his shocking assault on WWE COO Triple H , but Brock was nowhere to be found Monday night on Raw SuperShow . Instead , Brock ' s representative , Paul Heyman , came out to the ring to address his client ' s feelings and read a powerful statement from Lesnar . Heyman stated Brock was maligned and underappreciated by the WWE audience since day one , and that especially holds true for corporate management . Heyman also said Brock feels betrayed because his contract demands were not met , and that he deserves to feel that way because he ' s the only man to ever win the WWE Championship , the UFC heavyweight championship and an NCAA Division I wrestling championship . Heyman claimed that , above all else , Brock is an " honest man , " since he vowed that he would hurt people in WWE and he did . Heyman said Brock asked him to personally appear and read a statement . In the written address , Brock took shots at Triple H , saying the WWE COO is jealous of him , and expressed anger at how he has been treated in WWE . The statement concluded with a stunning revelation : Brock has quit WWE and " will never be coming back . " Before the main event , John Laurinaitis announced that the CM Punk vs . Lord Tensai contest was now a 2 - on - 1 Handicap Match , with Punk taking on both Tensai and Daniel Bryan . The WWE Champion had his work cut out for him , as Tensai blasted and mangled Punk early with a series of power moves . Punk mounted a rally after Bryan missed with a flying headbutt off the top rope , but the strength in numbers would soon prove to be too much for The Straight Edge Superstar to overcome . As Punk went to the top turnbuckle , a lurking Bryan sent him flying with a shove , and Tensai took full advantage by squeezing The Second City Savior ' s head like a vice with a green mist - filled claw . Adding insult to injury , Bryan snapped the " Yes ! " Lock onto Punk following the 2 - on - 1 victory and berated the helpless WWE Champion . If we ' ve learned one major lesson from this Raw SuperShow , it ' s that Laurinaitis is hell - bent on making Superstars pay dearly for crossing him .