May 21 , 2012 Monday Night RAW results The May 21 , 2012 Edition of RAW is a Professional wrestling television show of the WWE ' s RAW brand , which took place on May 21 , 2012 at Richmond Coliseum in Richmond , Virginia . Summary . One look at John Cena ' s face and you could tell this is a dark day for the Cenation leader . Cena opened the show in a state of rage and frustration over his loss to Laurinaitis at WWE Over the Limit . Cena , although clearly embarrassed by the defeat , fired back at his doubters who wondered why Cena took his time humiliating the General Manager during their contest . Cena then called out Big Show , claiming he sold out by coming to Laurinaitis ' aid and ruined the prime opportunity to get Laurinaitis terminated . Executive Administrator Eve interrupted the Cenation leader to introduce Laurinaitis , who sputtered out onto the stage aboard a " People Power " scooter ( perhaps we ' ll see that sold on an infomercial soon ? ) . The GM cited his potential serious injuries that he sustained during his match against Cena and reminded WWE Superstars that they risk immediate termination if they lay a finger on him moving forward . Laurinaitis then announced that Cena will face the rehired Big Show at the No Way Out pay - per - view on June 17 ! The World ' s Largest Athlete refused to apologize for his actions at WWE Over the Limit and said he " did what he had to do " while the crowd chanted , " You ' re a sellout ! " Big Show angrily shouted at Cena for judging him and threatened to knock him out at No Way Out . As Big Show stormed off , David Otunga came out and challenged Cena to a match and dedicated the one - on - one contest to Laurinaitis . With his boss watching on , David Otunga tried his best to impress against John Cena . But Laurinaitis ' legal counsel quickly found himself overmatched and tapped out to the STF . Right after the bell rang , chaos erupted as numerous Superstars rushed to the ring and ganged up on Cena . As the Cenation leader struggled to fight back , Sheamus rushed out to back up Cena . As The Great White cleaned house , Laurinaitis announced that the main event would be Raw ' s first - ever 2 - on - 3 Handicap Lumberjack Match , with Cena and Sheamus joining forces to face three opponents of the GM ' s choosing . In a bit of high comedy , Santino Marella made fun of Ricardo Rodriguez ' s eyebrows , saying they looked like " caterpillars , " and the two proceeded to get into a duel over who can roll their " R " s better . After the verbal spat , Santino struck Ricardo with The Cobra and did his best impersonation of Ricardo by introducing Alberto Del Rio for his match against Randy Orton . Del Rio repeatedly targeted Orton ' s shoulder throughout the contest , trying to soften him up for the Cross Armbreaker . Although clearly ailing , The Viper found his second wind and planted The Mexican Aristocrat with a vicious DDT off the second rope . Before he could finish Del Rio off with an RKO , however , Chris Jericho came out of nowhere and planted his knees into Orton ' s face with a Codebreaker . Not satisfied there , Jericho delivered two more Codebreakers on Orton , sandwiched between relentless taunts of " I am the best in the world at everything I do ! " The Mental Mastermind definitely made a powerful statement coming off his loss in the Fatal 4 - Way Match at WWE Over the Limit ( a clash that also included Orton and Del Rio ) . Daniel Bryan is not a happy camper . The irate submission specialist showed the crowd photos of his WWE Over the Limit match against CM Punk , alleging that the WWE Champion tapped out to the " Yes ! " Lock before Punk notched the pinfall . The Straight Edge Superstar retorted that the count of 1 - 2 - 3 obviously happened first , which makes any submission afterward irrelevant . To be fair , as announcer Michael Cole pointed out , Bryan still proved to the WWE Universe that he could make the WWE Champion tap out . The Second City Savior then revealed that Bryan ' s next opponent would be none other than Kane ! With Punk dishing out some running commentary , Bryan did his best to wear down The Big Red Monster . But as Punk toyed with Bryan on the outside , Kane used the extra time to recover , then drove the former World Heavyweight Champ into the mat with a massive chokeslam for the victory . Following the match , Punk added insult to injury by locking Bryan in an excruciating Anaconda Vise . The new Intercontinental Champion is proving he ' s ready to be an all - out workhorse . Christian , just one day after participating in a 20 - Man Battle Royal and shocking Cody Rhodes , made his return to Raw to defend his title against Jinder Mahal . Less than 24 hours after competing in two intense battles at WWE Over the Limit , Captain Charisma rallied back against Mahal and hit the Killswitch . Christian didn ' t go for the pin there , however , opting to finish Jinder off with a surprising frog splash for the emphatic victory . Fresh off her selection to Maxim ' s new Hot 100 list , Kelly Kelly laid into Beth Phoenix with a series of kicks , showing off some early aggression while matched up against her longtime Diva rival . But right as Kelly Kelly tried to execute a handspring elbow in the corner , Phoenix responded with a crushing double axe handle to the back of Kelly Kelly ' s head . From there , it was just a matter of " Glam Slam . Ding , " as The Glamazon likes to say on Twitter . One can imagine what was going through the mind of Divas Champion Layla as she watched Beth ' s win closely on a backstage monitor . From the early going , there was no doubt that John Cena and Sheamus had their work cut out for them . Isolating The Great White at a distance from his tag team partner , Tensai twisted and yanked on Sheamus ' head like it was a stripped screw . After Sheamus was tossed to the outside , the Laurinaitis hand - picked lumberjacks let loose with a flurry of punches and kicks , further weakening The Celtic Warrior . Every time Sheamus appeared closer to mounting a rally , the trio of Dolph Ziggler , Jack Swagger & Tensai made sure to stop him right in his tracks . Remarkably , Sheamus found the momentum he needed to tag Cena by executing a rolling senton against Ziggler , and The Cenation Leader followed with a couple of turbocharged shoulder blocks . The comeback wouldn ' t last long , though , as the lumberjacks pulled Sheamus off the apron and promptly mauled The Great White before storming the ring to turn their attention to Cena . A huge brawl then broke out as the locker room emptied and a horde of Superstars rushed to the ring to exchange blows with the lumberjacks . Meanwhile , Big Show watched all the chaos unfold from the stage . The melee raged on and Cena went to the backstage area in search of The World ' s Largest Athlete , but found himself face to face with Laurinaitis instead . The General Manager reiterated to Cena that he wasn ' t allowed to lay a finger on him or else the Cenation leader would be terminated . As Cena turned away from Laurinaitis , he was knocked out cold by Big Show ' s ferocious WMD for the second night in a row .