WWE 2013: The YES! Era

Monday Night Raw [8/19/13]
Tonight's show opens with Daniel Bryan's victory promo. Bryan starts to speak but is quickly interrupted by Vince who states he may have underestimated him and possibly overestimated his son-in-law. These comments from the chairman bring out Triple H & Randy Orton who claim a screwjob on account of John Cena’s interference. Triple H makes a rematch for Randy tonight and Vince doesn’t seem to like the idea but Bryan accepts the challenge. Triple H tells Bryan that he has no chance since his buddy Cena isn't in the building tonight because he is getting his elbow evaluated.

Alberto Del Rio def. Fandango (w/Summer Rae) following a Cross Armbreaker. Afterward, Del Rio claimed to be the best champion in the sport of professional wrestling all around the world. No challenger will be able to dethrone him as champion just as Christian learned last night. Del Rio celebrated his second impressive victory in a row as he made his way to the back and Summer Rae checked on Fandango's arm.

Promo for the Wyatt Family airs. Bray makes note that Kane won’t be returning anytime soon as he is currently undergoing treatment under Bray’s care. Wyatt turns his attention to the rest of the WWE and tells them that they will all be made examples of. He is an eater of worlds and he is ready to take the WWE Universe starting tonight.

Brad Maddox is backstage talking with Vince McMahon when Triple H walks in with Randy Orton. Triple H explains his decision in trying to help Orton win the belt last night was to bring some prestige back to the championship and to keep it off that caveman looking monster Bryan. Vince agrees that Bryan doesn’t have the look of a champion but he sure does have good heart and he assures Orton that the heart will be there tonight.

Big E Langston (w/AJ Lee) def. Christian following the Big Ending in a great match. Christian was blistering hot coming out of Money in the Bank but has now suffered back to back big match losses. Langston celebrates his victory with AJ on the ramp as Christian looks on pissed.

Rob Van Dam approaches Mark Henry backstage. They talk about how they need to band together to stop the Shield. RVD just got back from Maddox’s office and there is a six man tag match against the Shield tonight and if they win, Big Show & Mark Henry get tag title shots and RVD gets another chance at Ambrose…WITH THE SHIELD BARRED FROM RINGSIDE. Henry grins and fist bumps RVD.

Brie Bella (w/Nikki Bella) def. Cameron following a distraction from Naomi and Nikki fighting on the outside. Brie was able to roll Cameron up and score the win. Who will be the next #1 contender to the dominant AJ’s title?

Renee Young is standing by with Cody Rhodes who is pumped about his win over the now sole Money in the Bank briefcase holder Damien Sandow last night. Rhodes proclaims himself the real holder after defeating Sandow and wants a shot to take that briefcase away from. The Real Americans and Zeb Colter approach the interview and Colter goes on about how he shouldn’t be anywhere near getting that briefcase. One of his two REAL AMERICANS should be getting a shot to steal it from Sandow. Rhodes implies that he has been on a hot streak since MITB and the Real Americans cannot buy a win. A match between Cody & a partner versus the Real Americans was made for later tonight!

Rob Van Dam, Mark Henry & The Big Show defeat The Shield following a Five Star Frog Splash to Seth Rollins. Since the trio beat the Shield cleanly, they will be receiving respective title shots against them! Following the match, the Shield retreated as they suffer a major loss to the very dangerous threesome of RVD, Big Show and Henry.

Dolph Ziggler is backstage getting ready to head home as his night was quiet after defeating Langston and his ex-girlfriend last night. He is seen walking down a corridor when the Wyatt Family ambushes him from out of nowhere. Rowan and Harper do a number on Dolph, throwing him around into everything in the hallway while Wyatt watches on. Before they are finished with him, Wyatt crushes Dolph with a Sister Abigail and then kisses him on the forehead.

The Real Americans def. Cody Rhodes and Sin Cara after Cesaro hit the Neutralizer on Sin Cara while Sandow distracted Rhodes on the outside. After the bell rang, Cody fully chased Sandow into the back and Swagger delivered an exploder slam to Cara for extra measure.

A video message from Paul Heyman and Curtis Axel aired. Heyman makes a comment about how CM Punk got lucky last night after bad communication between the Heyman Family, but that won’t happen again. Heyman vowed that Punk hasn’t seen the last of them and he will pay at the hands of Paul Heyman and the Beast Incarnate Brock Lesnar!

WWE Champion Daniel Bryan retained over Randy Orton after nailing the flying headbutt and scoring the three after Vince McMahon stopped Triple H from interfering in the match which distracted Orton and allowed Bryan to take advantage. After the match was over, Bryan fled into the crowd as Triple H and Orton turned their attention to Vince. Triple H nailed him with a pedigree and Orton was about to punt him, but Stephanie McMahon came running down to plead with her husband. Triple H told Orton to stop and leave Vince be for now. Triple H and Randy Orton left together as Daniel Bryan is nowhere in sight with the WWE Championship as Raw comes to a close!