The Doctor's Weekly WWE Raw Recap: The 176 Things We Learned, Loved and Hated

We are just hours away from Valentine's Day, but more importantly for WWE fans, we are six days away from WWE's Elimination Chamber PPV event.

The go home Raw aired tonight and made for a few interesting advancements with some of the current feuds going into the Chamber.

Each week I recap Raw with a long list made up of equal parts humor, recap, review, preview, questions answers, revelations, observation and anything else that strikes me along the way.

A new addition to the weekly recaps is my quest to find new and hilarious nicknames for David Otunga. Each week I give you something to do with Otunga's character or outfit and you come up with nicknames for him revolving around it.

So far some of the best submissions have been Folger's Soldier, Coffee Crippler, Sweater Vest Saint, Silver-Shoed-Suckup and many more. Check the list for this week's nickname idea and share yours below.

I have fun with these so I hope you enjoy this week's list of the 176 things we learned, loved and hated from this week's WWE Raw.

1. We open the show with a video recapping the Kane/Cena feud, Kane is the one who seems to be shown more prominently in the video
2. We get a close up of Kane talking about how there is no line he won't cross to get Cena to embrace the hate
3. He promises someone will take a ride in an ambulance tonight
4. Interesting, Kane is wearing makeup around his eyes which matches his mask
5. We are reminded that HBK will be here tonight
6. Sweet, Lawler is in the ring with a new segment, an elimination chamber match debate
7. Dolph and Y2J are the only ones not wearing their own shirt
8. Glad to see Truth is good to go after that scary bump last week
9. A CM Punk chant breaks out so Lawler starts with him
10. He is asked how he can retain but Laurinaits interrupts with the cardigan creep, David Otunga
11. That is tonight's game, come up with a cardigan related nickname for Otunga
12. Ha, Punk boos into the mic
13. JL talks about how happy he is to still have his job as GM
14. Somewhat of a useless interruption
15. Punks answers the question by saying this debate will not end in violence, that he congratulates JL to keep his job and he must have worn out knees in his slacks
16. Punk says he will win because he is the best wrestler in the world
17. Vickie tries to speak for Dolph but gets booed too loud to speak
18. Nice, Ziggler pokes fun at when Truth said "What's Up" to the wrong town
19. Truth says he would trade Vickie and Dolph for Hornswoggle and a box of spiders
20. Truth is being pretty funny pretending this is an election
21. Ha, he calls Lawler "Your Honor"
22. I think Truth has officially taken over the "What" chant from Stone Cold Steve Austin, "Don't what me, OK what me"
23. Truth's running mate is Little Jimmy, this is priceless
24. I don't know how he did it but he somehow connected Spider Stew to winning the chamber match, this guy is pure gold on the mic these days
25. Miz is next and he talks over Lawler about how he won last year's WrestleMania match

 
26. Miz almost fails to get out a line and Punk kind of mocks him
27. Miz runs down every superstar in the ring but a buzzer hits before he can get to Jericho but he keeps going and rips into Jericho
28. Kofi butts in and talks about being overlooked for too long
29. Who's gonna take the first punch here?
30. We get to Jericho and he talks about being the true best in the world
31. I guess Jericho has some pretty good Chamber stats
32. Jericho probably isn't that far off when he says he has accomplished more than everyone else in the ring
33. Punk mocks Jericho finishing seventh on DWTS
34. This is going on for a lot longer than I expected
35. Truth tweeks out for a second before Lawler says the first match of Kofi vs. Y2J is up next
36. Jericho gets in Punk's face and Punk just holds his title up high
37. Damn, Jericho walks into a Trouble in Paradise that looks like it hit Jericho pretty hard, or it was just sold really well
38. Back from commercial and the match officially starts
39. Kofi in his Riddler-inspired attire is taking it to Y2J
40. Lawler wishes the political debates would be like this, that would be awful
41. Is that piece that covers the monitors on the announce table even connected by anything, Jericho barely touches it and it moves all over the place
42. It sounds like a dueling Kofi/Y2J chant breaks out but the crowd can't get in sync and just gives up
43. Kingston spring-boards into a walls of Jericho
44. Kofi manages to make it to the ropes to break the hold and Jericho complains to the ref
45. Jericho turns into another Trouble in Paradise but Kofi can't capitalize in time and Jericho gets his foot on the rope to avoid a three-count
46. Jericho gets a thumb to Kofi's eye and hits the codebreaker for the pin and the win
47. Good match, quick action and some decent offense for Kofi despite a loss
48. They show HBK backstage and he is smiling as he runs into Triple H and they hug
49. I wonder if they will do a DX entrance and throw out some glow sticks to the kids?
50. After commercial, Ryder and Cena are backstage and Cena is trying to tell Ryder he needs to keep clear of Kane but Ryder wants to give Eve some flowers

51. Did Cena just say he would let Ryder get busy in his locker room?
52. The Cardigan creep and JL are talking about how he can run Raw
53. Otunga points out that JL is not the permanent GM, but he has an idea of how to make JL the GM of both Raw and SmackDown, interesting
54. I bet Teddy Long is too busy with Aksana to care
55. We get an exclusive video showing how Show choke slammed Orton after SmackDown went off the air
56. Daniel Bryan's music hits and he gets some good heat as he makes his way out doing his usual schtick of pointing to his title and yelling
57. So we get Orton vs. Big Show to settle their dispute from Friday, so Bryan must be on commentary
58. I just noticed WWE has a tiny little #RAW graphic in the top left corner, I wonder if their Twitter obsession has ended and now we will get these tiny graphics instead of the big ones?
59. God I hope so
60. Two baby faces going at it, this should be good
61. Big Show is in control early on but Orton is getting in some offense too
62. Orton slithers out of a WMD attempt right before it goes to commercial
63. OK match so far
64. We come back to Orton holding a sleeper on Big Show
65. Cole is talking up Bryan after ripping him before the commercial, this guy is all over the place sometimes
66. Orton hits a huge dropkick for a two-count that throws Orton from the ring
67. They go outside and Big Show slams Orton's head into the announce table
68. Show looks at Bryan but goes back into the ring and eats another dropkick
69. Whoa, Orton hits a huge top-rope-hung DDT on Big Show
70. That was awesome looking
71. Orton winds up for the RKO as Show struggles to his feet but Orton and Show botch the RKO and Orton looks pissed, hard to tell who was at fault
72. Ha, the crowd chants "You f'd Up" I think Orton thought Show was supposed to push him off and Show thought he was supposed to take the RKO
73. Orton picks up Show and hits another RKO after a little exchange that finally hits but Bryan runs in and hits Orton with the title to end the match
74. Bryan hits Show with the title too and he stands tall in the middle of the ring to some major heat
75. Nice way to end the match without either man losing as well as making Bryan look like a strong heel going into the Chamber match

 
76. Looks like WWE opted to go with one DVD set for the best of Raw and SmackDown in 2011 instead of two separate sets, I wonder if they didn't sell well the first time?
77. Kind of a lot has happened in the first hour of the show, we have seen five non-wrestling segments and two matches
78. Someone in WWE management loves Nickelback
79. Nice, Shawn Michaels is out next when we return from commercial and he gets a nice pop, not the deafening explosion I was expecting, though
80. Has he put on a few pounds?
81. Cole puts him over and Lawler calls him a suck-up to everyone tonight
82. Someone tell that kid his "HBK" sign is upside down
83. Damn, a normal-sized Twitter graphic, I guess we're not out of the woods yet, but they didn't talk about it so that's progress
84. Michaels says he is nervous after not doing this for a long time
85. I think Shawn came close to busting out a Macho Man impersonation
86. He wants Triple H to accept the Undertakers challenge
87. Shawn thinks this is all just Triple H baiting the Undertaker and he needs to come out and accept the challenge
88. Hunter's music hits and he comes out in his suit
89. A "D-X" chant breaks out and they do a quick X symbol to the crowd to a big pop
90. I did laugh a little at Triple H's Elmer Fudd joke
91. Trips gets a cheap pop by asking the crowd if they want to see more of HBK
92. They go into why Triple H doesn't want to face Taker again
93. Shawn is upset, he calls Triple H a closer and that ending careers is what he does
94. Coffee's for Closers Shawn
95. Ooooh, Shawn brings Stephanie into the argument and calls Triple H a sellout
96. Superkick him, Shawn!
97. Tips tries to reason with Shawn but he isn't hearing it
98. Michaels basically calls Triple H a coward
99. Pedigree him, Hunter!
100. A "One more match" chant breaks out and Triple H tries to walk away again but comes back to explain how HBK can't possibly understand

101. Interesting, Triple H says "All of this is going to be mine"
102. A takeover angle between Trips and Vince could be cool if they go that direction at some point
103. Hunter says if he faces Undertaker, he has to end that brand, and that is bad for business. Will someone just throw a punch already?
104. Triple H says he won't let Shawn live through him to get done the things he couldn't get done
105. Shawn is losing his voice, he hasn't done this kind of yelling in a while
106. OK, how about the lights just go out and we come back to Undertaker choke slamming both guys
107. Triple H says "No" and Shawn leaves the ring and Triple H goes to leave but the gong hits and the lights go out
108. They come back on and we see another video message on the screen to Triple H
109. I like these videos of Undertaker obsessively watching the footage of their last match and looking at news clippings over and over
110. I guess they are explaining his shaved head with this video as we see him take a razor to his hair
111. I think it would be cool if Taker came out during Elimination Chamber in his American Bad Ass attire
112. Punk vs. Miz is still to come tonight
113. Ziggler is in the ring with his modified version of Morrison's old jacket for his match with R-Truth next
114. I could also see a number of Divas wearing that vest
115. Ziggler is showing off early on as he does his little strut after a dropkick
116. Truth steals a win with a cradle while Ziggler is doing some sit-ups
117. Good match for how quick it was, both men looked good tonight
118. Santino busts into Ryder's room to talk to him about Valentine's Day
119. Santino uses garlic breath strips? At least this is better than seeing Natalya fart again...it's such a stupid way to use her
120. It is looking like this will be week three without Brodus Clay, come on WWE, get with it
121. These "Just for Men" commercials with the baby are creepy as hell, I wonder if the E-Trade baby will sue?
122. It looks like they are using Tamina's last name Snuka
123. I didn't think the Bellas could improve on those catsuits, I was wrong
124. Tamina wins over Brie Bella with the Superfly Splash. The Divas match was 1:29 bell to bell
125. I am starting a contest, try and predict the exact time to the second of the next Divas match on either SmackDown or EC, whatever comes first, and I will give the winner a shout-out, but you have to get the exact time

126. The Rock stole Chris Masters Pec-popping gimmick
127. Because I am watching this live it feels like this video is taking forever
128. Cena is backstage but can't get a word out because he hears Eve screaming in the distance
129. Kane is forcing Eve into the ambulance before Cena comes in and pounces on him
130. He tries to get in the door but Kane stops him and drives off, but not before Eve dives out of the ambulance into Cena's arms
131. Very interesting, she lays one on Cena
132. Hahaha, the camera pans over to Ryder, arms open in his wheelchair, and he simply simply says "What?"
133. So it's a love triangle now? Cena's wife is gonna be so pissed, but his dad will high-five him
134. We are back from commercial and it is clear Eve is not wearing a bra tonight
135. She says she just wants to be frieds with Ryder and he rolls off pouting
136. Miz is out for his match with CM Punk for the main event of the evening
137. If WWE had made the "W" on Miz's "Awesome" shirt their logo as well, it would have had more symmetry
138. "Poor Zack" is a chant? That's somewhat hilarious
139. Miz is in control of the action in most of the early going
140. Punk reverses the momentum with a huge kick to Miz's head
141. Miz comes back by just pounding away at Punk's shoulder
142. You don't often see someone just unload like that on someone else's shoulder, it's effective-looking
143. Punk is signaling for the GTS but Miz fights out and drops Punk with a DDT for a near fall
144. Miz hits his running clothes lines in the corner but Punk ends up taking back control and hits a nice power slam for a near fall
145. Punk hits the Macho Man elbow drop and almost hits the GTS but gets the Anaconda Vice on instead
146. Miz taps and Punk wins
147. Jericho is shown backstage watching the match and smiling for some reason
148. We see the ambulance backing into the arena again as we go to commercial
149. I wonder how WWE is going to end the show, usually a match rounds us out but there doesn't seem like enough time for another one
150. We're back and Cena is out in the ring and he says he is sorry to Ryder for what happened with Eve

151. He talks about how Kane has been trying to turn everyone against him so he will embrace the hate
152. He says it won't work and he won't give in to what everyone wants him to do
153. Wow, a "We all hate you" chant breaks out, that's cold
154. "Don't mistake my kindness for weakness"
155. Ryder rolls out on the ramp and makes his way down with some crutches
156. Did anyone tell Ryder how to sell a broken back?
157. Ryder knocks the mic from Cena's hand
158. Nice, he slaps the taste out of Cena's mouth and Cena takes off his tags
159. Is he really gonna beat up a guy with a back brace on?
160. Ryder is still in his face, will Cena embrace the hate?
161. Cena blocks a punch and almost hits Ryder but he stops himself
162. So he goes from punching a guy to needing crutches again?
163. Kane taunts Cena from the titantron talking about how he stole Eve from Ryder
164. He says Cena has now embraced the hate, but Kane feeds off hate
165. Kane says Sunday will be the last time anyone sees Cena until WrestleMania
166. How do you take out a guy for exactly five weeks?
167. Cena grabs another mic
168. Holy Crap! Kane comes out and just rolls Ryder off the side of the stage and Ryder falls hard
169. Cena runs to his aid, he warned Ryder to stay away
170. Eve is out and sits by Ryder as he is attended to by medics
171. I give Ryder credit, he took that fall pretty hard and the chair hitting him on the way down couldn't have made it any more pleasurable
172. No one is talking on commentary to sell the moment as being tragic
173. Hahahaha, they show a little girl who they probably thought was crying, but she took her hand away from her face and she look stone-faced bored
174. We fade off with Ryder being carted out, so I guess Kane was telling the truth when he said someone would leave in an ambulance
175. Good show overall heading into Elimination Chamber

176. Still pissed we haven't seen Clay in weeks, and no mention of US Champion Jack Swagger of Tag Team Champions Epico and Primo

So there you have it. Don't forget to make a prediction for the length of the next Divas match on SmackDown or Elimination Chamber to the second as well as your cardigan-themed nicknames for David Otunga.

Thanks for reading and feel free to share your thoughts and additions to the list below. Don't forget to check back this Friday for my weekly recap list and additional coverage heading into Elimination Chamber