Cena's team explode on Raw but there are no fireworks

IF last week's WWE Raw was a red hot edition, then the follow-up was a rather lukewarm affair.

This week's show wasn't cold, but certainly didn't have the heat to get the waters bubbling.

The story was that the unit that John Cena had built at the conclusion of last week was falling apart at the seams, while Nexus stood together united.

The show began with Cena referencing his previous week's efforts, only to be interrupted by Chris Jericho who said that it was he who should be the team's leader. The pair debated this in a very strong verbal exchange, only to be interrupted by the chime of the mystery General Manager.

Michael Cole read the email from the anonymous GM, in which he made the fourteen man tag at SummerSlam an elimination match. This might be a disastrous move, because you are looking at up to 13 eliminations in one match, serious devaluing falls.

The GM's missive also booked Cena and Jericho in a tag match that night, with opponents to be named.

We soon found out the duo in question. Sheamus watched Randy Orton easily beat Jay Uso, and started to attack him after the event. Orton evaded the assault, and nailed an RKO on the Irishman.

This was the cue for The Miz to emerge, briefcase in hand, and attempt to cash it in on WWE Champion Sheamus. However, before he could do so, he too felt the force of an RKO.

When Miz and Sheamus squabbled soon after, the GM booked the pair as the team to face Cena and Jericho in the main event.

When that took place, like much of the rest of the show, it was a fine but nothing memorable until Jericho got tired of being on Cena's side and hit him with a codebreaker, allowing Miz to cover and get the win.

Cena and Jericho fought after the bell, with Khali emerging to try to settle the dispute.

He was soon speared by Edge - with whom he'd argued earlier in the show - and when rivals John Morrison and R-Truth also hit the ring all six men argued.

Bret Hart was not at Raw - in storyline he was training, in reality on his honeymoon - but expect him to return in a 'coach' role next week.

It wasn't a bad Raw by any means, just not as hot a show as the dynamite effort seven days previous.

Let's hope the heat is turned up once more next time in time for SummerSlam.

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