WWE Raw Review: 5 Things We Learned from Tonight's Episode (May 14)

Huh? What? How?

Sorry, but that's how I feel after watching tonight's episode of "Monday Night Raw," which was about as big of a disaster as anything that I've seen from the WWE in recent years.

From the start of the show to its finish, I found myself questioning just about everything that was going on. That was, of course, at the times I wasn't falling asleep, though.

I already though that the Over the Limit pay-per-view buyrate would tank, and tonight's episode of Raw did nothing to make me think otherwise.

If you missed the show, do yourself a favor and skip it.

Just read my Raw review and take a look at five things we learned from what was a sleep-inducing show instead. 

5. AJ Is Probably Going to Get Involved in Punk vs. Bryan on Sunday

AJ is going to get involved in the WWE Championship Match at Over the Limit on Sunday—I can feel it.

The buildup to this great matchup between Daniel Bryan and CM Punk has actually been far from great, but we got a little tease of that involvement from AJ in a backstage segment with Punk.

She wished Punk good luck in his match against Bryan, and Punk basically told AJ that she's crazy. AJ, in turn, didn't look too thrilled with what Punk told her.

With AJ going bonkers on SmackDown over the last several weeks and Punk fueling that craziness with his comment, I think it's safe to say that AJ is going to make her presence known at Over the Limit.

The only question I have is: What will she do?

AJ may look to screw over Bryan, but she also may target Punk after that little backstage segment tonight.

I have no idea what will actually happen, and that's precisely why I'm intrigued.

4. John Laurinaitis Is on TV Far Too Much

I don't mind John Laurinaitis as a TV character because he generates some solid heat and is unintentionally hilarious, but I'd still prefer to see him in small doses.

Yet, he's on Raw all the time. Segment after segment. Show after show.

Although I get that the WWE wants to get him over as a Vince McMahon type of heel authority figure, they've crossed the line into overexposure.

Laurinaitis is on TV far too often, and it wouldn't be that big of a deal if he was, you know, actually a full-time, active wrestler.

But since he's not, all he's really doing is taking away TV time from actual wrestlers who deserve to be in the spotlight.

Stop me if you've heard that before.

3. The Selling of Injuries Is a Joke

WWE: The place where arm injuries get completely no sold.

Two weeks ago, John Cena suffered a brutal attack at the hands of John Laurinaitis, Sakamato and Lord Tensai while already wearing a sling. 

So, where was Cena's sling tonight? Nowhere to be found, that's where.

Then, Triple H suffered a broken arm two weeks ago, returned tonight with some sort of contraption on it and used that very same arm to make gestures the entire time he was talking during his show-opening promo.

And oh yeah, what about Sheamus? I guess his arm's all better too, huh?

What a joke.

It was bad enough that the WWE booked three arm injuries to three of its top stars in pretty much the same week, but it's made even worse by the fact that those injuries are already being no sold.

Newsflash, WWE: If you don't make your angles believable, we're not going to believe them.

2. The Big Show Needs a Heel Turn Now More Than Ever

Holy crap. How brutal was that segment with The Big Show and John Laurinaitis?

I felt like I was dying a slow, painful death while watching Big Show do the same...in front of millions of people.

That was one of the worst segments in recent WWE history, one that proved two things: Big Show can't act, and he is in desperate need of a heel turn.

Big Show's baby face routine has been stale for a while now, but that was never more evident than it was during that 20-minute snooze-fest we had to sit through tonight.

No one—well, at least no one I know—is going to feel sympathy for a guy like Big Show.

He has to turn heel, and he has to do it now. 

Perhaps tonight's tearjerker will be the first step in the much needed Big Show heel turn process.

1. The WWE's Current Booking Philosophy Is Questionable...at Best

Who the hell booked this show and actually thought it was a good idea?

A 20-minute cry-fest for Big Show? A 15-minute show-opening promo for a match that is three months away?

No promo time for Daniel Bryan and CM Punk? Brodus Clay winning again? Booking Zack Ryder versus Kane at least two months after it should have happened? 

Good Lord, this show was an absolute disaster, and the blame for that can be put squarely on the shoulders of the creative team.

The booking of this show resulted in a very bad episode of "Monday Night Raw," one which really made me wonder if the creative members all decided just to produce two hours worth of crap as a joke and see if we noticed. 

Guess what, guys? We noticed.

Questionable booking would be a very polite way to describe what made most of this show damn near unwatchable.

Drake Oz is the WWE Lead Writer for Bleacher Report. You can follow him on Twitter and ask him any wrestling-related questions (to be answered in the B/R Mailbag) on Formspring.