Raw - March 7, 2011 - Dallas, TX

A wild night of Raw kicked off with The Undertaker making a proposition to his WrestleMania XXVII opponent, Triple H: to have his match be no holds barred!




Before Randy Orton could compete against David Otunga, CM Punk & the new Nexus jumped Orton in the hallway & dragged him out to the ring. After the match was officially underway, it took Orton a moment to get himself together & deliver a RKO for the win. And despite the efforts of CM Punk & Mason Ryan, Orton still managed to kick Otunga in the skull.




Christian was supposed to face Alberto Del Rio, but instead, Del Rio replaced himself with his NXT rookie & runner-up, Brodus Clay. Throughout the match, Brodus held his own, but Christian had plenty of ring experience, which allowed him to win the match. Afterwards, Alberto attacked Christian from behind and locked in his cross armbreaker.




For the Divas championship, Eve, with Gail Kim at ringside, defended her title against Nikki Bella with Brie at her side. During the match, Michael Cole showed a great deal of disrespect by wanting to have the match end sooner so that he could make his big announcement for WrestleMania XXVII. Towards the conclusion, the Bellas tried Twin Magic, but the referee caught it and Eve took advantage by dropping Nikki on her head to get the win & remain Divas Champion.




Excited about his announcement, Michael Cole introduced the return of John "Bradshaw" Layfield as the special guest referee for his match against Jerry "The King" Lawler at WrestleManai XXVII. But before JBL could sign the contract, the crowd erupted with the sound of the glass and out came Stone Cold Steve Austin! With little hesitation, Austin delivered the stunner to JBL, had a few beers, and signed the referee contract himself. And as an added insult to injury , Stone Cold shared a couple of beers with Michael Cole by pouring them on his head.




In a non-title match, United States Champion Daniel Bryan took on King Sheamus. The match ended rather quickly when Bryan dropkicked Sheamus to the outside, causing him to hurt his ankle to the point he lost by countout. Afterwards, Sheamus made a challenge to Bryan for his United States title next week, stating that if he loses, he'll quit the WWE.




In one-on-one competition, CM Punk took on R-Truth. A good match until CM Punk executed the GTS along with applying the anaconda vise on R-Truth to make him tap out. Afterwards, Mason Ryan put his two cents in with a shoulder breaker, sending a message to Randy Orton next week.




Much to everybody's suprise, Vicki Guerrero came out & introduced Dolph Ziggler as the newest member to the Raw roster. After the announcement, Ziggler took on John Morrison in 1-on-1 competition. A great competitive match until Dolph caught Morrison from behind with zig zag finisher to win the match. After the match, the Raw GM announced that since he hired Dolph & not Vicki, she could be a part of Raw if she defeats Trish Stratus next week. With that said, security escorted Vicki out of the ring.




John Cena came out to respond to The Rock's comments last weeek in the form of "hip-hop" instead of rap. Soon after, he got a suprise visit from someone who said he would boycott this Raw because he felt disrespected.