Last night's RAW was, in my opinion, one of the best to date. It saw plenty quality matches between MITB contestants, hyping for other matches at the PPV, a GM change, and the long awaited debut of the Wyatt Family. Here are the results of the 7/8/13 episode of Monday Night Raw:
Daniel Bryan def. Sheamus
Good match between the two, with Bryan avenging "18 seconds" from Wrestlemania 28, which the commentators just will not allow people to forget about. Daniel Bryan reversed a Texas Cloverleaf by Sheamus into a cradle, picking up the clean win. After the match, both men stared up at the briefcase before shaking hands.
[WWE Tag Team Champions] Seth Rollins & Roman Reigns def. Tons of Funk (non-title match)
Definitely not a surprise here with the two members of the Shield picking up the victory. Roman Reigns picked up the pinfall after hitting Sweet T with a spear. Oddly, Dean Ambrose didn't come out after the match to celebrate with the Shield after their win, like what usually happens. He wasn't backstage with the other 6 MITB contestants later in the show either.
John Cena and Mark Henry promo
Henry is talking about how he's here to talk about the only thing that will satisfy his 17 year long hunger, and Cena interrupts him making a "joke" about Mark wanting a Snickers bar. Yeah. Cena repeatedly interrupts Henry throughout his promo, as Cena does with everyone, and Mark tells Cena that if he interrupts him one more time, MITB will start tonight. Cena wants Mark to cross the line and fight him, but Mark declines saying he won't do so for free. Mark fakes leaving the ring but then goes and attacks Cena. Cena tries lifting Mark up for an AA, but falls under the weight of Mark. Henry picks up Cena for a World's Strongest Slam, walks around a bit, then hits it.
Chris Jericho def. [WWE Intercontinental Champion] Curtis Axel (non-title match)
We saw Miz on commentary during this match, as he's facing Axel this Sunday at the PPV for the championship. Axel got distracted by a trash talking Miz outside of the ring during the match. After being ordered to get back in the ring by Paul Heyman, Axel walked right into a Codebreaker from Jericho, with Jericho picking up the pinfall victory.
Alberto Del Rio fights Sin Cara to a No Contest
The Mexican stars were going at it before Dolph Ziggler enters the arena, walking down the ramp with a microphone. Dolph then proceeded to give a not so flattering entrance for Del Rio, possibly mocking his absent ring announcer. Del Rio left the ring to attack Ziggler and they got into it. Apparently, the match was just thrown out since there was no official ruling.
Vickie Guerrero Job Evaluation
The McMahon's were set up at a table, ready to make a decision on Vickie's future. It's easy to see that no matter what Vickie Guerrero does, whether bad or good, she gets booed out of the arena. That's something Triple H made sure to make note of when making his case for firing Vickie. Vince, however, didn't see it that way. He saw her as entertaining, and the WWE is about entertainment. Triple H refutes she doesn't get booed in the "good way" and that they are a business. With Vince and Hunter fighting over what to do, they leave the decision up to Stephanie McMahon, who leaves it up to a WWE App poll. The WWE Universe voted in a landslide, 75-25, that Vickie failed at her job, and she was then fired. Vince said the people still deserved entertainment, and named Brad Maddox the new RAW GM.
Kane def. Christian
Interestnig spot as Michael McGillicutty's tron briefly plays at the beginning of Christian's entrance. I'm not even sure why WWE would still have that. Kane catches Christian with a Chokeslam as he tries to hit the Spear, picking up a pinfall victory.
Debut of the Wyatt Family
Right after Kane's win, a video of Bray Wyatt is shown on the Titantron. He tells people to wake up. He lights a lantern, showing Luke Harper and Erick Rowan behind him, says "We're here," and blows out the flame. The arena goes completely dark and The Wyatt Family begins making their way to the ring, with Bray Wyatt holding an electric lantern. Bray sits in his rocking chair and blows out the electric lantern(?) making the arena dark again. The lights come back on and Rowan and Harper are in the ring as they attack Kane, and they smash his head with the steel steps. Bray Wyatt poses over Kane, as they cut to a replay.
Kaitlyn and Layla fight [Divas Champion] AJ Lee and Alicia Fox to a No Contest
The Bellas were on commentary for this one. In the middle of the match, Kaitlyn hit AJ with the Spear as she tried running away. Kaitlyn's music started playing, so the match was apparently just thrown out again. Because the Divas are important, right?
CM Punk def. Randy Orton
We got a Wrestlemania 27 rematch for the main event, although this match's result was different, with Punk beating Orton. It was a very good back-and-forth match, with Punk picking up the win with a GTS. After the match, Daniel Bryan came out, taking out Punk, then grabbing a ladder and running over Orton with it. Bryan set up the ladder, climbed up, and grabbed the briefcase, YES'ing up the crowd as the show goes off the air.
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