WWE: Raw Results, Returning Orton and Jericho Announced

Jun 19, 2012 11:08 AM EDT

Vince McMahon wasn't teasing.  It looks as if John Laurinaitis's tenure as the Raw and Smackdown GM has actually come to a close.  On last night's Raw, John Cena unloaded three Attitude Adjustments on the former authority figure before closing the show.

Last night's show gave further indication as to who one of the Money in the Bank winners will be.  Following praise by Sheamus for their high intensity match at No Way Out, Dolph Ziggler officially disbanded from Jack Swagger after beating him in one-on-one competition.  WWE is teasing a Ziggler-Guerrero romance.

Reports surfaced last week that WWE is planning on booking two superstars to win their respective MITB matches that have not yet held a briefcase.  The likely candidates at this time are Ziggler (as he is in mid-push) and Cody Rhodes. 

One superstar that may have seen his rapid climb up the ladder hit a snag is Zack Ryder.  Despite Raw broadcasting from Long Island last night (Ryder's hometown), the "Long Island Iced-Z" was relegated to a SuperStars taping.

The build towards Triple H's match with Brock Lesnar at SummerSlam continued.  Paul Heyman got into a war of words with "The Game" and after a well done promo, the father of ECW was laid out by an enraged Hunter.

Cyndi Lauper made an appearance that quite honestly, could have been skipped.  Roddy Piper was involved in her segment and eventually he would rake the eyes of an interrupting Heath Slater.

Smackdown will be taped tonight and Mick Foley will make an appearance.  

Chris Jericho has been advertised to return on next week's Raw and Randy Orton is being billed to return prior to SummerSlam. Recent rumblings indicated that both of these main event roster members might be leaving the organization following their respective suspensions.  As of right now, that is obviously not the case. 

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