Only five days remain until WWE Extreme Rules and the card looks like it's heating up after an eventful Monday Night Raw in Tulsa, Olka on May 13.
The show kicked off with Fandango and Chris Jericho, both of whom will meet at Extreme Rules, engaging in a dance-off. As Jericho has had experience strutting his stuff on "Dancing with the Stars," it was shaping up to be a potentially entertaining segment.
However, Fandango's partner, Summer Rae, faked an injury, creating a distraction that allowed Fandango to jump the six-time world champion from behind, starting off an assault that culminated in Jericho being struck over the head with a piece of the parquet floor added to the ring for the dance off as Fandango walked away. Later, Jericho vowed that he would have the last word at Extreme Rules when they meet in a rematch from WrestleMania.
Ryback defeated Zack Ryder via the Shell-Shock.
The Prime Time Players defeated Tons of Funk after Darren Young hit ToF member Brodus Clay in the throat with his hair pick, allowing fellow Prime Time Player Titus O'Neal to roll up Clay for a pinfall victory.
In an update on World Heavyweight Champion Dolph Ziggler's condition, footage was shown of Ziggler sustaining a concussion at the hands of his Extreme Rules opponent Jack Swagger on Smackdown last week. While Ziggler won't be stripped of the title, he will be out for the PPV, and it was announced that Swagger and Alberto Del Rio would be competing in a No.1 contender "I Quit" match. The match marks the second PPV meeting between Swagger and Del Rio, both former world champions, since their WrestleMania 29 title bout.
U.S. Champion Kofi Kingston defeated Damien Sandow with the Trouble in Paradise kick. But Kingston will face a stiffer challenge on Sunday when he defends the title against the highly-touted Dean Ambrose of The Shield. Ambrose has defeated Kane and gone toe-to-toe with The Undertaker in his recent singles bouts. And with The Shield, Ambrose has a wave of momentum heading into the match.
Mark Henry came out to plug his upcoming strap match at Extreme Rules against former three-time world champion Sheamus. He did so by beating up on announcer Josh Matthews and dragging him around the ring, prompting Sheamus to chase off "The World's Strongest Man" with his own strap. Of course, there won't be any running at Extreme Rules when both powerhouse grapplers are strapped together in a match where the goal is to drag your opponent around the ring and touch all corners of the ring.
Randy Orton beat Antonio Cesaro after a pinfall via the RKO.
The Miz made his return to TV after taking time off from his latest film project to beat 3MB's Heath Slater by submission via the Figure Four Leg Lock.
John Cena, Kane and Daniel Bryan defeated The Shield via DQ in an elimination match, when Roman Reigns and Seth Rollins intervened as Cena was about to force Ambrose to tap out to the STF. After the Sheild laid waste to Cena, Ryback, the No.1 contender for the WWE title, entered the ring and blasted Cena's injured ankle with a chair. The two clash this Sunday in a Last Man Standing match for the WWE title.
Jack Swagger defeated Big E Langston via count-out, only for Del Rio to charge the ring and beat down both men.
The No.1 contender to the WWE Divas title, AJ, defeated Natalya on a submission via her "Black Widow" octopus hold.
And in the final segment of the night, Triple H called out Brock Lesnar to meet him in a steel cage confrontation, just days before the two are set to meet inside a cage at Extreme Rules. Paul Heyman, Lesnar's mouthpiece, taunted Triple H and refused to let Lesnar inside the cage, but "The Game" taunted the former UFC champion until he went down to the ring and the two exchanged blows and shots before Lesnar was thrown out of the cage, and retreated with Heyman in tow. But will Triple H be as successful Sunday when "The Beast" and the "King of Kings" clash in the rubber match of their bitter rivalry inside a cage?
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