May 28 , 2012 Monday Night RAW results The May 28 , 2012 Edition of RAW is a Professional wrestling television show of the WWE ' s RAW brand , which took place on May 28 , 2012 at New Orleans Arena in New Orleans , Louisiana . Summary . Big Show opened Raw SuperShow in a foul mood as he expressed his frustration to the WWE Universe . The World ' s Largest Athlete said that entertaining the WWE Universe was a calculated business decision , but now that he has an ironclad contract with a big , fat bonus , he ' s set for life and can do whatever he wants to whoever he wants . Big Show reiterated that he ' s a giant , not an entertainer , and claimed that there ' s no sports star or WWE Superstar who is even in his league . Big Show then showed footage from the May 14 Raw SuperShow of Brodus Clay , Kofi Kingston and R - Truth dancing in the ring , just minutes after The World ' s Largest Athlete was fired and humiliated by General Manager John Laurinaitis . After blasting those Superstars for not standing up for him , Big Show turned his attention to John Cena , saying the Cenation leader hurt him by spending most of his time making jokes to Laurinaitis ' face instead of standing up for his fired comrade . The World ' s Largest Athlete warned Cena that he ' ll see the real Big Show at No Way Out – an unstoppable giant – not the businessman . Big Show closed his tirade by saying that Cena thought he suffered the worst defeat of his career to The Rock , his worst beating against Brock Lesnar and his most embarrassing loss to Laurinaitis , but now he ' s going to experience all three of those things in one night at No Way Out . Leave it to Alberto Del Rio to rub in a victory with pain on top of pain . The Mexican Artistocrat made quick work of Santino Marella by locking in the Cross Armbreaker , but wasn ' t finished with the United States Champion there . Del Rio put Santino back in the excruciating submission hold as he no doubt tried to send a message to his opponent at No Way Out – World Heavyweight Champion Sheamus . In a bit of a revenge from getting bit by The Cobra on last week ' s Raw , Ricardo Rodriguez then announced Del Rio as the winner right into Santino ' s ear while Alberto stuffed The Cobra tube sock into The Italian Stallion ' s mouth . Backstage , Eve told Big Show that John Laurinaitis is letting him pick his opponent for tonight ' s Raw SuperShow . Listening in to the conversation , Alex Riley then tried to tell The World ' s Largest Athlete that he ' s always admired him and didn ' t think it was right that the General Manager fired him . Big Show responded by viciously slamming Riley ' s head into the wall – a glimpse of the utter chaos to come from the mammoth Superstar . Kofi Kingston and R - Truth left it all on the mat with the WWE Tag Team Championship on the line . Jack Swagger and Dolph Ziggler momentarily seized the advantage of the high - adrenaline matchup , but some remarkable teamwork gave Kingston and R - Truth the big edge . After R - Truth springboarded his tag team partner into Swagger , he drilled The All - American American into the canvas head first and secured the pinfall . After the match , Ziggler ' s short temper was on full display as he shouted , " I ' m better than this ! " to Vickie Guerrero and Swagger and stormed off . Can the duo of Ziggler and Swagger survive this misstep ? One thing ' s for sure : The Show - Off is not a happy camper when he ' s on the losing end of any contest . Backstage , it appeared Big Show was about to unleash more of his rage , this time on Santino Marella , but Brodus Clay stopped The World ' s Largest Athlete and confronted him about talking trash earlier in the show . Big Show accepted Clay ' s challenge for a match and made him a promise : " Forget about dancing , because after tonight , you won ' t be walking . " Flanked by Eve and David Otunga , General Manager John Laurinaitis made a few announcements , including that the match between John Cena and Big Show at No Way Out will now take place in a steel cage , and that Brodus will indeed face Big Show on tonight ' s Raw SuperShow . The GM then unveiled a fake cover of the " WWE ' 13 " video game , with none other than " Mr . Excitement " smiling from ear to ear on the front . As he ' s prone to do , WWE Champion CM Punk interrupted Laurinaitis , stopping to place gum on the seat of Big Johnny ' s " People Power " scooter on his way to the ring . Punk proceeded to share some choice words about Laurinaitis before revealing the real cover of the " WWE ' 13 " video game , with The Straight Edge Superstar gracing the awesome artwork . After Laurinaitis sputtered back up the ramp on his scooter , Punk drove his foot right through the fake cover . Things are really starting to get interesting between CM Punk and Daniel Bryan , and we ' re not even talking about the stellar action in the ring . Punk and Bryan hammered away at each other in this back - and - forth contest with kicks , submissions and high - risk maneuvers . Midway through the match , though , Bryan ' s ex - girlfriend AJ came out to the ring wearing Punk ' s official merchandise ( T - shirt and wristbands ) and began to cheer on The Straight Edge Superstar . After Bryan took advantage by wrenching Punk ' s left arm repeatedly , Punk found a second wind and mounted a rally , but the submission specialist seized the momentum again by nailing a punishing superplex . Bryan then took one of the turnbuckle covers off and AJ scrambled to tell the referee that Bryan was trying to cheat . As The Second City Savior shot AJ a disapproving glare , Bryan used the extra time to recover , planted Punk into the exposed turnbuckle and pinned the WWE Champion in the Non - Title Match . Following the exhausting battle , Kane snuck up on Bryan , drove a steel chair into his back and chokeslammed him onto it , getting payback for Bryan ' s relentless assault on last week ' s SmackDown . Kane prepared to go after Punk next , but AJ came to The Straight Edge Superstar ' s rescue and slid him a steel chair so he could defend himself . Punk laid into The Big Red Machine with blow after blow of the steel chair as AJ watched and smiled . Perhaps having AJ as his adoring fan has its benefits after all . Christian is on a serious roll since his return at WWE Over the Limit . The new Intercontinental Champion keeps racking up victories , his latest triumph coming against The Miz in impressive fashion . Cody Rhodes sat ringside to provide scathing commentary on the match , but left before he could watch Captain Charisma take to the air with an explosive frog splash for the win . The Miz refused to leave the ring after the match and complained that he deserves a championship match and to be treated with more respect for his accomplishments . In an out - of - nowhere attack , Randy Orton slithered out to the ring and , without saying a single word to The Miz , sent him crashing to the mat with a big RKO . Dolph Ziggler , watching on a backstage monitor with Vickie Guerrero , told his manager that he wants out of the tag team with Jack Swagger and desires to be more like Orton . David Otunga tried his hardest to impress his boss by exerting his strength against World Heavyweight Champion Sheamus , but The Great White could only be held in check for so long . After a flurry of fists against the ropes , Sheamus nailed Otunga with a Brogue Kick in the face for the victory . WWE Champion CM Punk will defend his title against Kane on SmackDown For the first time in eight years , the WWE Championship will be contested on SmackDown . CM Punk will go up against the very man he whacked repeatedly with a steel chair – Kane – on SmackDown this Friday night . What fury will The Big Red Monster have in store for Punk as a response ? Before the match even began , Big Show taunted Brodus Clay by calling The Funkasaurus a laughingstock who embarrasses himself on a nightly basis . The World ' s Largest Athlete then drilled Brodus with a huge spear , refusing to wait for the bell to dish out a mountainous load of punishment . Using the top of the announce table , Big Show slammed the splintered wood repeatedly onto Clay ' s back . Kofi Kingston and R - Truth tried to rush out to rescue Brodus , but they were dealt a devastating beatdown as well . First , Kingston was catapulted hard into the barricade , and then R - Truth was tossed into the steel ring steps . Big Show finished off his path of destruction with a brutal WMD to The Funkasaurus ' face . The World ' s Largest Athlete started the night by claiming he can now do whatever he wants to whoever he wants , and this savage attack certainly proves that point . What carnage will Big Show have planned for John Cena when the Cenation leader returns to Raw next week ?