6-10-13 Raw results and thoughts

Coverage and thoughts on the June 10, 2013 episode of Raw

The show starts with Triple H coming to the ring. Then out come Curtis Axel & Paul Heyman. Will the HHH-Curtis Axel match take place? I highly doubt it. The bell rings.

Triple H vs. Curtis Axel. Just seconds into the match Vince’s music plays and out he comes. The match actually continues. Or does it? Vince has the bell rung & the ring announcer says Curtis Axel wins by DQ. WTF!? Then Vince power walks up the ramp with a heel grin. Then HHH tells the time keeper to ring the bell. Then Justin Roberts says the match is being restarted.

Triple H vs. Curtis Axel take 2. Out comes Vince again. He has the time keeper ring the bell & Justin Roberts says Axel wins by forfeit. HHH is pissed & asks Vince what he thinks he’s doing. Vince walks back up the ramp. Then HHH has Justin Roberts say that the match will restart as a 60 minute iron man match.

Triple H vs. Curtis Axel take 3. Vince gets the mic & tells Axel that he’s won the match twice. He tells Axel to scram. Then he tells the time keeper that he needs to get another bell and then he takes the bell & walks up the ramp.

This whole opening segment was absolutely & totally STUPID! NO BEYOND STUPID!! WHO THE F CARES ABOUT THE MCMAHON FAMILY SAGA!? I sure don’t! This whole bit with Vince being a heel & not letting HHH wrestle & all the crap that’s going on here is really idiotic! Vince taking the bell was stupid too. Also I’m REALLY TIRED of JBL saying that Curtis Axel is undefeated! He lost almost every match when he was Michael McGuillicutty! But in McMahon land we’re supposed to forget that he ever used that name!! That or Vince thinks the fans are dumb enough to think it’s a different guy. If that’s the case then Vince REALLY has no respect for his fans & their intelligence!

We’re only 15 minutes into the show & I’m already flipping out! This story makes no sense. IT MAKES NO SENSE! I’m really close to cracking!

Backstage HHH yells at Stephanie & says Vince crossed the line. Stephanie agrees, but she asks Paul not to hurt him. Vince isn’t getting any younger. She pleads with HHH to think about their kids & not to hurt Vince. HHH says if he talks to Vince now it won’t end well. Vince won’t like what he has to say (And I won’t like what either one of them have to say)! More of the McMahon family drama! How long are they gonna have this painful dreck go on for!?

There’s no bell at ringside so it looks like the matches will be happening without the bell ringing. Nope wait during the next match a referee comes out & brings the bell back.

Kane vs. U.S. Champion Dean Ambrose. Kane wins by DQ when Rollins & Reigns come in. Then Daniel & Orton hit the ring & a brawl starts. Of course Kane, Daniel & Orton clean house on The Shield & The Shield retreats. This was a solid match & I liked the post match brawl.

They announce that Sheamus vs. Damien Sandow will be the Payback pre show match (Yay)!

Then they mention that Daniel & Orton will each face Rollins & Reigns & the fans can decide which 1 Daniel face. And guess where you can vote for that? Why on the OVERHYPED APP of course! The Shield guy who wins the voting will face Daniel & The Shield guy who doesn’t will face Orton.

Jerry Lawler is in the ring. Time to find out who Daniel will face tonight. The fans picked Rollins. So we got Daniel vs. Rollins & Orton vs. Reigns for tonight. I really hope to God they give these matches some time.

Backstage we see Kane, Daniel & Orton. Daniel says Orton’s RKO was on purpose. Orton says it was & he didn’t like that Daniel dropkicked him. Kane screams at them both, telling them they each have matches with The Shield and the last thing they need to do is fight with each other. In comes Vickie & she says they will face Rollins & Reigns for the tag title at Payback. It won’t be Kane & Daniel though; it will be Daniel & Orton. Daniel & Orton Daniel & Orton walk off & Kane says this doesn’t make any sense. Then Vickie tells Kane that he will face Ambrose for the U.S. Title at the PPV. Kane says he always liked Vickie and then bear hugs her. This was a decent backstage bit. I was surprised to see Vickie though since she hadn’t been on TV in a while. So far this storyline is decent but they keep having Daniel & Orton team up & not get along it will get stale real fast.

Michael Cole mentions that Fandango got a (legit) concussion & will not be at Payback. Now at the PPV it will be Miz vs. Barrett. That sucks Fandango got a concussion.

Wade Barrett is on commentary.  

The Miz vs. Cody Rhodes. Miz wins by submission. This wasn’t much & I knew Miz would win. Then Barrett goes to get in the ring but then out comes Paul Heyman. He says Vickie has authorized him to inform them that even though Fandango can’t compete Sunday there will be a triple threat match for the IC Title. The third guy of course is Curtis Axel. Axel says the perfect ending to the match this Sunday will be him Curtis Axel the new Intercontinental Champion. This was decent & I have a feeling they’ll be giving Axel the IC Title.

Time for a video package on Mark Henry returning next week. This was good.

Backstage we see Vince & Stephanie in the GM office. Stephanie knows Vince is upset & just trying to protect HHH, but what he did was embarrassing. Vince should be able to relate how proud HHH is & Vince walked all over him. Vince heard what HHH said about him before & he made Stephanie cry. Stephanie says that Vince made her cry because he destroyed Triple H’s pride. Vince doesn’t care about Hunter’s pride, business comes first. They both want what’s best for WWE. Stephanie asks Vince to talk to HHH. Vince says that HHH wouldn’t like what he has to say or how he says it. Vince has a show to run. Wow is this painfully terrible!! So Vince is a heel now & is screwing around with HHH or whatever. I could care less. Also Vince saying that he does what’s right for business was idiotic too. If he did what was right for business he wouldn’t be subjecting the fans to this sports entertainment family soap opera crap!

Chris Jericho comes to the ring. He welcomes everyone to Raw is Jericho. He’s said that many times & has also faced some of the greatest performers in WWE, but the guy to makes him more of a better performer & takes him to his limit is CM Punk. Say what you want about Punk’s attitude, but Punk is good because he believes that he is the best in the world. Jericho says that he believes that he himself is the best in the world at what he does. He & Punk accept no more than the best. This Sunday Jericho-Punk 3 continues the classic trilogy of matches that started at Mania 28, continued at Extreme Rules last year & will end Sunday. Punk will get Jericho’s best because Jericho has to beat him. After the match neither 1 of them will ever be the same. Cue Dolph’s music & he makes his return with Big E & AJ. Dolph says this would be a good time to make his return. When the world title was almost taken from him it wasn’t fair to him. He says no one wanted him to be champion so every night he stole the show & earned the title. Sunday he will show Del Rio that he is outclassed in every possible way. Dolph’s just getting started. Jericho says Dolph is stepping ahead of himself. Sunday’s a long way away. This is Monday Night Raw. Jericho says Dolph should have a tune up match to shake off some ring rust against Y2J. Dolph says he’s got it, against Big E Langston. This was a solid segment. Both Jericho & Dolph were good on the mic here. The only thing that really didn’t make sense is why have Dolph talk about Del Rio when Jericho is the guy in the ring? I get that they wanted to set up Del Rio vs. Dolph for Sunday but how come Del Rio wasn’t out there?

Chris Jericho vs. Big E Langston. Jericho gets the pin. Del Rio came out & hit Dolph from behind. That distracted Big E and then Jericho gave Big E a code breaker for the pin. This was a decent match.

Zeb Coulter is on commentary.

Sin Cara vs. Antonio Cesaro. Cesaro gets the pin. This was a solid back & forth match. It’s too bad both these guys are booked as jobbers.

Time for a Wyatt Family Vignette. This video package is really well done & I’m hoping that they’re booked well on the main roster.

Backstage we see Brad & Vickie. Vickie is eating burgers. Brad asks if he can 1. In comes Vince. He rags on Vickie & says that the main event for Payback is in Jeopardy by having a Cena-Ryback face off. That can somehow ruin the PPV match. Vickie says this isn’t how she would run the show even if it is great TV. Vickie says she’ll cancel the match. Vince says that can’t happen. Brad suggest that the lumberjacks should be out there to prevent Cena & Ryback from creaming each other. Vince likes the idea & he tells Vickie to share her burgers with Brad. This was idiotic! Having Vince all over the shows really makes for lousy TV. Plus this whole “The Cena-Ryback face off could jeopardize their PPV match” & Vickie saying that isn’t how she would run the show even if it is great TV MADE NO SENSE!! Isn’t Vickie the Raw GM or whatever they’re calling it now? So she “booked the face off” and then tells Vince that if she was running the show (which I thought in the storylines she is) she wouldn’t have booked it? My brain is spinning!!

Randy Orton comes out for his match with Roman Reigns. Then out comes Daniel Bryan. He gets in the ring & he & Orton have a stare down. Break time.

Back from break & Orton & Daniel are still staring down each other and then out come The Shield. Reigns & Rollins head to the ring & Ambrose walks back up the stairs.

Randy Orton vs. WWE Tag Team Champion Roman Reigns. The match ends in a no contest. Rollins attacked Daniel from behind & then Rollins got in the ring but Orton got him & was going to give him a second rope DDT but Reigns pulled Rollins away. Then Daniel got in the ring & dove onto to Rollins & Reigns on the outside. Then he & the fans chant yes. This was good. I like what they’re doing with Daniel & I liked that they went right into the next match.

Daniel Bryan vs. WWE Tag Team Champion Seth Rollins. Daniel gets the pin. This was AWESOME!! Easily the best part of the show! Then Daniel gives Rollins a round house kick and then Orton gives Rollins an RKO.

They have a video package showing some of the WWE talent at the Special Olympics. This was nice.

Kaitlyn is in the ring. She feels really silly & tells the admirer to show himself. Out comes Big E Langston with flowers. Kaitlyn is surprised that it’s Big E. He gives her the flowers. Then he says this hard for him. People only see him as a big bad tough guy and that all he cares about is beating people up. He cares about more than that. He cares about Kaitlyn. Big E says Kaitlyn should be skeptical but ever since he first laid eyes on her she was & he didn’t know how to tell her till now. Then they hold each other, Big E dips her like he’s gonna plant a big 1 on her and then he throws her down. Cue AJ’s music & out she comes. She asks if Kaitlyn feels worthless, alone & broken. That’s how AJ felt when Kaitlyn abandoned here. For the past year guys like Cena, Daniel & Punk used her while Kaitlyn was chasing the Divas Title. If you handle shattered glass wrong it can cut you deep. Kaitlyn calls AJ crazy. AJ says that she is smart. AJ used to put her on a pedestal & now she can push her off. AJ calls Kaitlyn trash. She says none of the fans care about Kaitlyn. The only thing that Kaitlyn has that’s worth anything is the Divas Title & after Sunday she won’t even have that. AJ will get everything she ever wanted & Kaitlyn will crawl back to whatever trailer she came out of. She calls Kaitlyn a useless unlovable cow and then Kaitlyn goes after AJ. We get a quick cat fight before AJ bails & skips up the ramp. This was corny but not as bad a lot of the other crap we’ve seen on this show.

Time for another Wyatt family vignette.

Damien Sandow comes to the ring. He says for the last fortnight he has been engaged in a battle of wits with the not so great white Sheamus. A battle that was clearly won by the intellectual savior of the masses. This Sunday at Payback kickoff Sandow will show that he is Sheamus’ physical as well as mental superior as he annihilates his opponent this evening. You’re Welcome.

R-Truth vs. Damien Sandow. Sandow gets the pin. This was a squash. Then Sheamus comes out. He says he came out to congratulate Sandow on his win. He also came out because Sandow got his attention on Smackdown & because of this they have a match at Payback kickoff & what better way to begin the kickoff then with Sheamus kicking off Sandow’s head.

Backstage Stephanie tells some guy to find Vince. It’s about urgent business & she wants to talk in her office. Then she tells some other guy to find HHH. It’s personal & urgent & she wants to talk in her office. This was lame.

Michael Cole says that Kofi Kingston had successful surgery & will be out for 8 weeks.

Time for a “Ryback Rampage” video package.

Out come Vickie & Brad along with the lumberjacks. Break time.

Back from break. Vince & Stephanie are in the office. Then HHH comes in. HHH & Vince argue & then Stephanie screams at them to work this out. Vince says he did the right thing because HHH is better than a match with Curtis Axel. HHH is an icon but Vince wants him to be the man. He wants him to sit behind that desk and tell people to go to hell. This is bigger than a match with Curtis Axel. HHH gets it. Vince says to show that he’s the bigger man HHH can have his match with Curtis Axel next week. HHH says Vince is right. HHH doesn’t want the match. Vince says he’d like to see the match. HHH doesn’t want it, Vince wants to see it. Then Stephanie comes back in & suggests a family hug because that’s bonding. Vince won’t hug HHH. HHH asks why Vince won’t hug him. Then they have the family hug. Then Vince & HHH leave. This was stupid.

Back to the ring & out comes John Cena. Then cue the ambulance sirens & out comes Ryback. Ryback stands on the stage. Cena says sometimes in WWE we use big words. He tells Ryback that face to face means Ryback gets in the ring & face him. Vickie set this up tonight & lined up the ring with super stars so they don’t tare each other apart. Then Cena talks about the first fall of their match, saying the lumber jacks prevent Ryback from escaping. Ryback can tare through the lumber jacks & every person in the arena if he wanted to. Ryback is standing on the stage for Cena’s benefit. Cena says if Ryback’s message has been that Ryback does damage he get6 it. If he thinks his message is to be WWE Champion…Ryback says he should have been champion 3 times over. He talks about his title matches at TL & Survivor Series. Then he brings up the cell. Cena says he gave Ryback that spot. Ryback says that’s where the problem started. Ryback says that he became a threat to Cena because he was too popular. When it was convenient Cena had his back but the going got thought Cena left him high & dry. Cena says he’s been here along time but has never had a Guardian Angel to watch his back. Ryback is gifted but he’s always complaining about conspiracies when Ryback himself is to blame. Cena says that he will walk out of Chicago WWE Champion. Ryback’s eyes are wide open, he can see Cena. Cena’s full of crap. He knows every move that Cena is making. If Cena thinks Ryback will back down from him then Cena’s lost his mind. The Cena legend ends when he beats him in the lumber jack match, puts him through a table, puts him in an ambulance & finally becomes WWE Champion. 8 months ago Cena gave Ryback his spot. This Sunday Ryback takes his spot. Cena says this Sunday Payback’s a b**ch. Cena goes to head up the ramp but the lumber jacks stop him. Then Ryback gets in the ring & the pull apart brawl happens. The lumber jacks holed them back to end the show. This was a mediocre segment. They really haven’t done much to hype this match & this segment didn’t really work for the “final” hype.

This week’s show was awful & I mean awful!! All the McMahon family bits were beyond stupid, the Cena-Ryback face off was weak, The bit with Vince, Vickie & Brad was terrible, Big E being the “admirer” only for it to be a set up by AJ was corny, R-Truth-Sandow was a squash, Sheamus’ promo after that match wasn’t great & Miz-Cody wasn’t much either. Having Heyman & Curtis Axel come out & announce that he will be replacing Fandango in the IC Title 3 way match was decent, the Sin Cara-Cesaro match was also solid & it’s too bad that these guys are on jobber island. I also wasn’t a fan of having Zeb Coulter be on commentary for this match & of course the commentators BARELY even acknowledged it! The backstage bit with Kane, Daniel & Orton was decent, but I’m hoping they don’t take the titles off Reigns & Rollins just so they can have Daniel be tag champions with another that he doesn’t get along with. That said, the Orton-Reigns match was solid & I liked that Daniel showed more aggression here. Easily the best part of this week’s show was the Daniel-Rollins match. That was really awesome!! Daniel Bryan & The Shield are easily the best booked guys right now. I thought the Jericho-Ziggler segment was solid too. Both guys were good on the mic. The Jericho-Langston match was solid too & I was expecting Del Rio to show up. Overall though they did a crappy job building to this Sunday’s PPV & most of the show was really painful! If you missed this show you didn’t miss much.