May 9 , 2011 Monday Night RAW results The May 9 , 2011 Edition of RAW is a Professional wrestling television show of the WWE ' s RAW brand , which took place on May 9 , 2011 at Thompson - Boling Arena in Knoxville , Tennessee . Summary . Three slots , four competitors . Something had to give . And so it was when Alberto Del Rio , Rey Mysterio , The Miz and R - Truth each made a strong case as to why they should be the No . 1 contender for the WWE Title against John Cena . After The Mexican Aristocrat argued about the title being his destiny , The Master of the 619 cut him off at the knees , arguing otherwise . The Awesome One wasn ’ t about to be excluded , so he , naturally , shot off his mouth , too . Finally , Truth bragged about how he put John Morrison in the hospital with a neck injury in the wake of his attack last week and insisted he get an opportunity as well . Raw ’ s anonymous General Manager , however , decided to arrange a Triple Threat Match to determine the No . 1 contender for the WWE Title – and , among the four , the rapping Superstar found himself odd man out . The Divas division continues to tremble – and with good reason . For the second week running , the braided behemoth Kharma targeted a Diva for punishment . This week , after Kelly Kelly & Eve managed to defeat Divas Champion Brie Bella & her sister Nikki , Kharma beat a path to the ring . Kelly Kelly exited , perhaps wisely , but Eve confronted the Divas ’ tormentor . The braided behemoth laid out the Latina lovely before darting from the ring in an attempt to get her hands on Kelly Kelly . After she realized the blond beauty was out of her grasp , she returned to the canvas , where she punished Eve with an utter lack of compassion . Last week , Mason Ryan leveled both WWE Tag Team Champions Kane & Big Show . This week , retribution came in one size : XXXL . As Kane tangled with Ryan in a singles match , his partner attacked The New Nexus ringleader CM Punk as they watched outside the ring . The attack prompted the rest of the New Nexus disciples to converge on The World ’ s Largest Athlete and his partner . Having dispensed of Ryan ’ s Nexus brethren as well , the WWE Tag Team Champions trained their considerable fury on the Welshman and demolished him with a double chokeslam . With his bothersome business associate , Vickie Guerrero , cheering him on , Dolph Ziggler tackled the challenge of Santino Marella . With the Italian in the ascendant , the “ new and improved ” Ziggler easily prevailed and demonstrated just why he could well represent , in the words of Guerrero , “ the present and future of WWE . ” Is there nothing Alex Riley won ’ t do to kiss up to The Miz ? After The Cleveland Screamer blamed him for blowing his WWE Title opportunity last week , Riley took it upon himself to challenge WWE Champion John Cena to a non - title match . Yikes ! After disposing of his opponent , The Champ spotted Miz approaching . As if to send a clear – and agonizing – message , Cena administered several Attitude Adjustments to Miz ’ s lackey before locking on an excruciating STF . Everybody knows , you don ’ t talk about another man ’ s momma . For Michael Cole , however , the rules of decorum never seem to apply . The cheese - eating announcer proclaimed his ring “ retirement ” before taunting his favorite target , Jerry Lawler . As a result , the WWE Hall of Famer confronted Cole and challenged him to another match – raising the stakes considerably . King told his nemesis that were he to lose , he would personally induct Cole into the WWE Hall of Fame himself and even give him his Hall of Fame ring . For his part , the weasely announcer refused the test and scurried back into his Cole Mine . Eventually , Cole ' s trainer Jack Swagger ambushed Lawler , leaving him hurting on the arena floor . Jerry Lawler has another chance to shut up the mouthy menace of Michael Cole . During a title match pitting U . S . Champion Kofi Kingston against Jack Swagger , the WWE Hall of Famer provoked Cole and his trainer , Swagger , into accepting a match challenge he issued earlier in the evening . Lawler distracted The All - American American , allowing Kingston to retain . Afterward , the WWE Hall of Famer attacked Swagger and moved on with determination to his fellow announcer . As Swagger defended Cole and ushered him up the entrance ramp , he took it upon himself to accept Lawler ’ s challenge . Alex Riley ’ s road to redemption just got a little shorter . During The Miz ’ s Triple Threat Match against Alberto Del Rio and Rey Mysterio to determine the No . 1 contender for the WWE Title , Riley proved invaluable to his boss . Just as it appeared that Mysterio would pin The Mexican Aristocrat for the win , Miz ’ s boot - licking lackey interfered , pulling Del Rio from the ring . The intrusion allowed The Miz to triumph , propelling him into a WWE Title Match against John Cena at Over the Limit . Upon hearing the news , The Champ addressed the WWE Universe , and The Cleveland Screamer in particular , explaining that he had decided to make their title match in two weeks an “ I Quit ” Match . Then , when tensions had seemed to settle , R - Truth flew into the ring and attacked an unsuspecting Mysterio , declaring , " Now , that ' s what ' s up ! "