The Doctor's Weekly WWE Raw Recap: The 110 Things We Learned, Loved and Hated

The last Raw of 2011 was a great show in my opinion and had several interesting moments throughout the night.

John Laurinaitis came out to open the show in Chicago to CM Punk's music, wearing one of his shirts. Their feud continued when Johnny Ace put Punk in a 3-on-1 gauntlet match with Swagger, Ziggler and Henry with any one man getting a title shot if they beat the champion.

Punk beat Swagger, but got an attack to his leg after the match which left Ziggler with an opening. Laurinaitis distracted Punk, and Ziggler was able to capitalize and get the win, earning a WWE title match next week.

Kane revealed that he wants Cena to turn to the dark side. Booker T got some revenge on Rhodes by beating him in their rematch.

Ryder got a win in his mixed tag match with Eve and we got a rare Raw appearance from Tyson Kidd when he teamed with Natalya.

We also got our final teaser video hyping someone's return next week on Raw.

A while back, I started writing these little lists after shows and they caught on, so I decided to keep going. They're equal parts humor, recap, revelations, observations, questions and criticisms.

I write these as the show airs live so I apologize for any misuse of tense. Please sit back and enjoy the 110 things we learned, loved and hated from this week's edition of Raw.

1. CM Punk's music kicks us off
2, John Laurinaitis comes out with a Punk shirt on and does an impression of Punk's entrance
3. This guy is growing on me, he gets funnier every week somehow
4. The Chicago crowd is pissed
5. Laurinaitis thinks he brought a new golden era of wrestling
6. He is also claiming to be a fan of CM Punk
7. The real CM Punk comes out to a big ovation
8. Punk is really eating up this ovation
9. Judging by the shine in Punk's hair I would say he is a Dapper Dan man
10. Laurinaitis just puts Punk in a 3-on-1 gauntlet match
11. Punk wants to face Laurinaitis if he wins his matches
12. Punk gives a little shout-out to All-Japan Pro Wrestling
13. Johnny Ace says no, but Punk gets the crowd to say they want to see the match
14. It would be awesome if they had Laurinaitis actually beat the hell out of Punk
15. Laurinaitis accepts the match
16. A new 2012 video plays
17. It will be interesting to see what people find after they dissect the video
18. Booker T  comes out ready for action
19. Just a thought: A great way to debut Brodus Clay would be as Punk's last opponent and have him just destroy an already beaten Punk
20. Rhodes is out next to face Booker in a rematch from TLC
21. They replay Booker singing that awful rendition of Rudolph the Red-Nosed Reindeer
22. How long has Booker had that huge back tattoo? I only saw it the first time at TLC
23. Just had a thought: How epic would it be if all these 2012 videos are all for the anonymous Raw GM. It would be the best swerve of all time
24. Michael Cole calls a kick to the face that clearly landed under Rhodes' arm
25. Booker hits the scissor kick for the pin and the win
26. Ryder thanks Cena for helping him win the U.S. title
27. Cena is planning to confront Kane
28. The three opponents Punk has to face are Jack Swagger, Dolph Ziggler and Mark Henry
29. If any of them beat Punk then they get a title shot next week on Raw
30. I wonder if WWE wants to keep Henry relevant without having him face Bryan so they give him a shot at Punk's title if he beats him tonight
31. Wow, Clay gets a mention, supposedly we will see him debut next week
32. Johnny Ace isn't Big Show to answer for hitting Otunga last week
33. Big Show has to face Otunga with one arm tied behind his back
34. Big Show says Otunga has no testicles
35. Swagger and Ziggler are arguing
36. Eve comes out to a lukewarm reaction
37. Her partner is Zack Ryder in a mixed tag team match against Tyson Kidd and Natalya
38. Is WWE bringing back the Hart Dynasty with just the two of them?
39. The 1,000th episode of Raw will air July 23, 2012
40. I am sure they will make a DVD commemorating it with a bunch of moments already on other DVDs
41. I think Otunga is trending on Twitter for the first time ever
42. I don't care
43. Ryder and Eve get the win because giving Tyson Kidd a win is totally out of the question for WWE
44. Cena gets a reaction that is a little more negative than positive
45. Who the hell is Stu?
46. Cena looks a little shaken by the boos tonight
47. Cena says the Chicago crowd is salty but I would say we are more peppery
48. I live an hour outside the city and I can almost hear these boos
49. At least Cena gets an Eddie Guerrero chant going
50. Cena gets some cheap cheers by playing on the Chicago crowd's ego
51. Instead of Kane we get The Miz
52. Miz wants a match with Cena to tie up some loose ends
53. The match starts up
54. So how come Cena can just make a match and Johnny Ace has no problem with it?
55. Lawler just equates  Miz to Randy Quaid's character in Christmas Vacation
56. Good insult, great movie
57. Now Miz wants the match to be over because the crowd is not chanting his name
58. His whining gets him counted out
59. Mentioning the Packers beating the Bears is a low blow
60. Truth is back!
61. He is after Miz with a vengeance and the crowd goes nuts
62. I guess Truth is coming back as a baby face for now
63. Truth is talking to himself again, I wonder how that character will work as a good guy
64. I guess Truth and little Jimmy made up
65. This was a great way to bring him back, totally overshadowed Cena calling out Kane
66. Truth is still using the remixed version of his song he used to come out to
67. Got lazy so I eat a bowl of Cinnamon Toast Crunch. Quick tip: Microwave it for 20 seconds before eating, it's amazing
68. Big Show vs Otunga, with Show having an arm tied behind his back is next
69. Am I the only one who thinks Otunga's music is too poppy sounding for him to use?
70. Mark Henry interrupts the match and attacks Show
71. Daniel Bryan distracts Henry long enough for Show to recover and chase Henry off before choke-slamming Otunga
72. The Bellas are fighting over Del Rio again
73. Even he is sick of this stuff
74. The crowd actually boos him for sending them away
75. Swagger is out first to face Punk
76. Lawler says the announcer screwed something up but I can't tell what he is saying
77. They hype Kane speaking before the end of the night but with how much time is left I am guessing he will just attack someone
78. Swagger is looking impressive against Punk tonight
79. Punk beats Swagger with a high kick, but Swagger looks like he has his head right under the rope
80. Ziggler is out right away to take on Punk next
81. Swagger attacks Punk in between matches
82. They cut to commercial right when they are about to start fighting, terrible way to go to commercial
83. This Snickers commercial with Richard Lewis and Roseanne is awesome
84. Ziggler has control over a hurt CM Punk when we return
85. Wow, Dolph has a great drop kick
86. To Punk's credit he takes that right in the head without putting his hands up at all
87. I have never seen someone sling shot into the turnbuckle the way Dolph Ziggler just did, that looked incredible
88. Ziggler with a nice single leg Boston crab, this kid is really amazing in the ring lately
89. I want to see a long PPV match between Punk and Ziggler, they would have the match of the year, they have amazing chemistry in the ring
90. Johnny Ace comes out and boots Swagger and Vickie after she grabs Punk's leg, but this distracts the ref from counting Dolph down for a pin
91. YES! Ziggler hits the Zig Zag and gets a title match next week!
92. Ziggler grabs the WWE title and runs around the ring with it
93. As long as WWE does not plan anything stupid during this match, like a run-in, this will be awesome
94. Between the possibility of Brodus Clay debuting, the 2012 videos being resolved and this match being made next week is shaping up to be an awesome show
95. Kane will speak after the commercial
96. A video airs for the King of the Ring DVD, this really should be a more important accomplishment like it used to be. Once Billy Gunn won it the whole thing sort of lost its zeal
97. Barrett vs Orton in a falls count anywhere match is set for this Friday
98. Kane's music hits and here he comes with his hockey/welders mask again
99. I am still confused as to what the deal with the wig is, we know he is bald
100. Kane says we are seeing the true him
101. Cena's music hits and the crowd boos like crazy
102. An explosion hits on the stage preventing Cena from coming to the ring, are they implying Kane has magic?
103. Kane says he is not out here to pick a fight with Cena
104. He goes on about Hate and asks why rise above it when you can embrace it
105. Kane wants the same thing Piper wanted a few weeks back
106. A "Lets go Cena, Cena sucks" chant breaks out
107. Kane wants to help Cena on his path towards enlightenment
108. Kane starts a "Cena Sucks" Chant
109. Cena looks like he might cry a little bit
110. So the last Raw of the year ends with Cena and his head hanging low

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