7-29-13 Raw results and thoughts

COVERAGE & THOUGHTS 0N THE JULY 29, 2013 EPISODE OF RAW The show starts with Vince McMahon & Brad Maddox coming to the ring. Vince says we’re gonna have fun tonight. Then he gives Brad the mic. Brad says he would like to apologize for his boneheaded decision to allow Cena to pick his opponent at SummerSlam. Vince says Brad referred to Daniel as a troll. Vince says a troll is an ugly dwarf. Brad might be onto something there. Vince then says that Brad said that Daniel is undersized, has psychological problems & didn’t have the aura of being WWE Champion. Vince wants to know how Brad really feels about Daniel. Cue Daniel’s music & he comes out. The fans chant Daniel Bryan. Daniel says with all due respect to Brad & Vince those words came out of Brad’s mouth but they were dictated by Vince. Vince says Daniel is cutting off the chairman of the board & that is a lack of respect. Daniel says that respect is a 2 way street. Despite giving everything Daniel has night after night, year after year for Vince’s company Vince hasn’t given him an ounce of respect. Vince asks Daniel if he respects Cena. Daniel respects Cena as a human being & a champion. He also respects that Cena picked to face him for SummerSlam. Vince says Cena didn’t mean a word he said. Vince says that Cena picked Daniel because Daniel is the hottest thing in WWE but Cena is lying & making Daniel look like a fool. He asks if Daniel & the fans are fools. Vince says Daniel can’t beat Cena. He can’t even beat Kane because he doesn’t have that intangible quality of ruthless aggression. Cena’s ripe for the picking but Daniel can’t beat him. Cena walks around here like he owns the place & thinks that he’s a better man than Vince. Vince owns the place. If he doesn’t want Cena to win does that mean that he wants to have an embarrassing troll win at SummerSlam? Vince says at SummerSlam Cena & Daniel will lock up & then there will be particles of both guys going through the air. Vince hopes that he himself wins at SummerSlam. Daniel says if Cena is lying to him he will have hell to pay. Here’s what Daniel likes about Vince. Vince is always honest & tells Daniel what he really thinks. But in Vince’s words it doesn’t matter what he thinks, it matters what the fans think. The fans chant yes. Daniel says it seems that the fans want a new champion at SummerSlam & his name is Daniel Bryan. Daniel wants Vince to listen to the fans & his own advice. Daniel asks the fans if they want a new WWE Champion. The fans chant yes & so does Daniel. This was terrible! Vince’s promo was absolutely horrific! How can he think that that by putting down Daniel & burying him that that is supposed to build him up!? Daniel was good here though!/Then out comes The Shield. Break time./Back from break &it’s time for the first match of the night./Mark Henry & The Usos vs. The Shield. The Shield wins when Ambrose pins Jimmy. This was a really good match. Then Henry throws The Shield around &then The Shield retreats over the barrier./They show a video from earlier in the day of Ryback showing up at the catering table. He thought someone said something about him. Ryback bullies him & asks if the guy’s hungry. Then he throws food in the guy’s face. Then Ryback says that he’s gonna put Cena through a table tonight & that he can put the guy through the table right now. Then he does. This was weak. Ryback as a heel doesn’t work./Time for a Wyatt family video package./Backstage we see Brad in the GM office. Kane comes in & asks where the Wyatts are. Brad says they’re not there but he can send them a message. If he wants to show them that he is a monster what better way to than against his former partner & friend Daniel Bryan. Thankfully this was a short backstage segment./Rob Van Dam vs. Fandango. RVD wins by count out when Fandango walks out. This was a decent match but I’m tired of Fandango walking out on his matches. Then Fandango gets the mic & says his name. Can they have him quit saying that too?/Backstage AJ tells Big E she beat Kaitlyn twice & complains about having to face her again. She says that a baby cries whenever Kaitlyn hits a spear. Then she asks Big E why he lets it happen every time. Before Big E can speak AJ says that Big E likes her & what she does in the ring & you never know what she will do next. Then she walks off. This was alright./Kaitlyn vs. Divas Champion AJ Lee. Kaitlyn gets the pin. This was a solid match. Then AJ goes into breakdown mode./Then out comes Dolph. He congratulates her on losing. Maybe her new friend Big E can be her shoulder to cry on tonight. Maybe she can return the favor later & be a shoulder for Big E to cry on. Dolph wants a match with Big E Right now. Dolph Ziggler vs. Big E Langston. Dolph wins by DQ when AJ comes in. AJ rakes Dolph’s eyes & pulls out some his hair. Dolph rolls outside the ring. AJ has another breakdown. Then Big E gets back in the ring & is pissed at AJ for costing him the match. Then Dolph gives Big E the Zig Zag./Backstage John Cena is on his cell phone & then Daniel Bryan comes in. Daniel asks if what Vince said before is true. Cena wouldn’t believe a word Vince says. Daniel says that good or bad Vince has always been honest with him. Cena asks Daniel if he is calling him a liar & then Cena walks off. This was a decent backstage segment./Christian vs. World Champion Alberto Del Rio. Christian gets the pin. This was a good back & forth match./Time for a look back at the Cody-Sandow saga from Smackdown./Cody Rhodes vs. Wade Barrett. Cody gets the pin. This was also a solid match./Then out comes Sandow. He is pissed at Cody for throwing the MITB case into the water (Even though this was taped first). Sandow says he has filed a complaint with WWE management. During their time together he tried to bring Cody up to his level. He taught the unwashed masses & won MITB while Cody grew a mustache. Sandow is from a family of Scholars & Cody is from a family of clowns. Sandow suggests sending Cody back to the carnival./Kane vs. Daniel Bryan. Daniel gets the pin. This was a really good back & forth match. Afterwards Kane choke slams Daniel. Then Daniel walks up the ramp./Then Kane was signaling for his pyro but the Wyatt family Tron shows up & out they come. Bray sits in the rocking chair. Then the lights come back on & Harper & Rowan are in the ring. Kane goes after Bray but Harper & Rowan stop him. Kane fights them off for a bit but they get the upper hand. Rowan throws Kane into Harper & Harper gives Kane a devastating clothesline. Then Bray gets in & they hold Kane. Then Bray gives Kane Sister Abigail. Bray says he heard Kane likes to call himself a demon but he’s not. Bray wants to let Kane in on a little secret. He better be careful who he says stuff in front of because you never know who might be listening. Follow the buzzards. This was good. It looks like we’ll be getting Kane vs. Bray at SummerSlam, or maybe Taker will return & they’ll find a partner & face the Wyatt family in a 6 man./They show a video from earlier in the today with Natalya & the Bella Twins. Natalya talks about her match with Brie & then says that they were all winners with Total Divas. The Bellas says that every story needs an ugly ducking. This was idiotic./Natalya vs. Brie Bella. Brie gets the pin. During the match Nikki comes out with a duck caller. Then Brie rolls up Natalya for the pin. This was awful./ Backstage Paul Heyman tells Curtis Axel it is time to show the world the greatest IC Champion of all time. Curtis Axel will be in action next./Paul Heyman & Curtis Axel come to the ring. Heyman finds it very erotic that his client’s opponent is known as R-Truth because their truth is that Heyman is the most exclusive talent agent in sports entertainment & 1 of the greatest managers ever. Take Brock Lesnar. He will end the career of Heyman’s former best friend CM Punk. This is being called the best vs. the beast. Now take Axel. Being a Paul Heyman guy means you’re amongst the most elite circle of top tier talent in history. A fact perfectly personified by Curtis Axel. Axel says his dad won the IC Title in Texas but despite that he went on & became Mr. Perfect. As for him, he is already perfect than perfect./R-Truth vs. Intercontinental Champion Curtis Axel. The match goes to a no finish when Punk comes out & yanks Axel out of the ring./Then Punk goes after Heyman. Heyman looks to escape through the crowed but Punk stops him. Then Axel goes after Punk & Heyman manages to escape. The match was ok but I hate when a match just ends out of nowhere because of a run in./Backstage HHH asks Vince if he’s done pulling Brad’s strings. Vince says he’s using reverse psychology on Daniel. HHH says Vince can’t say that with a straight face. Vince wants someone like HHH who is 23 years younger to face Cena. Stephanie comes in. She says the fans chose Daniel just as much as Cena. She think they need to give Daniel Bryan a corporate makeover. Vince says good luck with that 1 & leaves. HHH tells Stephanie it’s worth a shot. This was painful! I’m WAY BEYOND TIRED of this McMahon family soap opera & I really hope to God that they don’t give Daniel a different gimmick!/WWE Champion John Cena vs. Ryback in a tables match. Cena wins. This match was really good./Then Daniel Bryan comes to ringside. He picks up the WWE Title & then gets in the ring. Daniel hints at handing the title back to Cena but yanks it away. Then Cena takes the belt. Cena &Daniel stare down as Daniel chants yes to end the show. This was good too. Their match at SummerSlam should be entertaining./I thought this was a solid show overall. The opening segment was terrible! Vince’s promo was really idiotic & Brad Maddox was useless here. I thought Daniel cut a good promo here though. I’m tired of the McMahon family saga! Vince saying that Daniel is too small, etc. is just stupid. The backstage segment with the McMahon family was awful too & I’m really hoping that they don’t mess with Daniel’s character. Hearing Stephanie saying that he needs a make over got me worried. I liked the Cena-Ryback tables match & the Cena-Daniel stare down at the end was well done. Daniel & Kane also had a good match & I liked the Wyatt family attacking Kane afterwards. Bray cut a good promo too. The 6 man tag was really good. I liked that they gave it a good amount of time. Natalya-Brie Bella wasn’t much & the finish with Nikki using the duck caller was idiotic. The R-Truth-Curtis Axel match was ok but I hated that the match just ended because CM Punk ran out. There was no decision & no bell. Why? I was ok with Punk going after Heyman & Axel preventing Punk from getting him though. Kaitlyn-AJ was solid too & so was Dolph-Big E. The Cody-Barrett match was solid too & Sandow’s promo afterwards was decent. I also liked the backstage bit with Cena & Daniel. They’re really doing a good job with the build to this match. RVD-Fandango was decent too but I’m tired Fandango walking out on his matches & getting counted out. Christian vs. Del Rio was also good. Overall I thought this was a solid episode of Raw.