9-2-13 Raw results and thoughts

Coverage and thoughts on the September 2, 2013 episode of Raw The show starts with Triple H in the ring (UGH!) The Shield is at ringside too. HHH wants to introduce the face of a company, the WWE Champion Randy Orton (I am REALLY TIRED of this crap)! Out comes Orton. (This is gonna be terrible)! Orton says as the face of WWE protecting the company is his number 1 responsibility. If you disrespect him you disrespect all of WWE & need to be dealt with. The fans chant no. Orton mentions Daniel Bryan & the fans chant yes. Last week Daniel de faced Orton’s personal property. The escalade HHH gave him. So Orton had no choice but to de face Daniel. They re show the end of Smackdown where Orton beat down Daniel (Is that how every show will end)? Orton wants to play a Q & A game with the fans now. Should Daniel face him at Night of Champions for the WWE Title? They cheer & he says no. Does Daniel have the slightest chance of beating him at NOC? No. Will Daniel ever amount to anything in WWE or will he always just be a b + player? Should Daniel give up his chance to face Orton at NOC for the WWE Title? YES! HHH says as COO of WWE he has some responsibilities. One of those is to make sure they put on the best product every week. It’s what the most intense fans deserve. His other job is to ensure the well being of the other super stars & Divas. Daniel’s ego has been getting him into situations like what happened on Smackdown. HHH sees the fans throwing up their arms & chanting yes & that’s a problem because they’re causing Daniel to confuse popularity with what’s best for business. Popularity has nothing to do with what’s best for business. He mentions Doink was popular but there’s a reason why he was never WWE Champion, because it would’ve been bad for business. It’s ok that Daniel will never be WWE Champion. HHH can bring back the Cruiserweight & European Titles. Daniel can compete for those. Then Daniel Bryan comes out. Daniel says he’s thrilled to be compared with Doink. Then the fans chant Daniel Bryan. Daniel’s not sure if there was ever a loud Doink chant in 92 & the only clowns Daniel sees are the 2 in the ring. He gets they want him to give up his title match the same way HHH gave up being a man when he decided to become a corporate sell out. Then he says that Orton gave up being in the WWE Title hunt till the title was handed to him. Should Daniel give up his title match at NOC? The answer to that is the answer to the same question is Orton more masculine than Stephanie? No. Orton asks how often does Daniel have to get beat down before he realizes he can’t win. Daniel says he was told he couldn’t get to WWE & when he got there all he was told was that he would be a good little hand. He would never be world champion. Daniel loves scraping & crawling & has loved everything he’s had to do to get to where he is now. Orton will never get that because he was handed everything. Daniel doesn’t think he can beat Orton, he knows he can. Orton & HHH know it too otherwise they wouldn’t have him in gauntlet matches. They also know that Orton might have the genetics of a champion but not the heart of 1. Orton might walk around like a big dog… Then Triple H calls him a grumpy old troll. Daniel shouldn’t be mad at HHH & Orton. He should be mad at a 7 foot tall 400 pound guy with an iron clad contract who just watches on as Daniel gets beaten. HHH will let Daniel take his anger out on Big Show tonight. Because tonight Daniel Bryan will face Big Show. This sucked!! I’m way past tired of HHH & Orton telling us that Daniel isn’t WWE Title material & all that same old repetitive idiotic crap!? This is horrific story telling WWE! Backstage we see HHH & Orton. They bump into Cody Rhodes. HHH asks how Dusty is. Cody says Dusty’s doing ok. Then Cody says tonight’s main event will be great as long as no 1 gets involved. HHH asks why anyone would. He asks Orton why he’s avoiding a match with Daniel. Is Orton scared of Daniel? Then Cody says that Daniel vs. Orton is what’s best for business. HHH says he was deciding what’s best for business, not Cody. HHH thinks Daniel vs. Show is what’s best for business. Cody has a lot on his mind with his wedding (I had no idea Cody was getting married). HHH got him an early wedding present. A match tonight with Orton. Cody thanks HHH. HHH says that if Cody loses then he won’t be there for long. He wishes Cody luck. TERRIBLE!! We’re only 23 minutes into the show & it’s already painful! The Miz vs. Fandango. Miz wins by submission. This was decent. They showed Miz kicking Fandango in the face, which happened during the break. The announcers said that Fandango got his nose broken & the Doc checked him out. I’m not sure Fandango’s broken nose is legit or part of the storyline. My guess is if it was really broken the match wouldn’t have continued but I could be wrong. WINNER – THE MIZ Backstage we see Daniel Bryan. In comes Booker T. Booker needs to talk to Daniel. He knows Daniel wants to rage against the machine & fight the McMahon family but it’s a fight he can’t win. He tells Daniel that he can go back to wrestling in high school gyms for little money. Then he says that Daniel should think about giving up the title match. Daniel says Booker’s “Tell me you didn’t just say that” line. Then he says this isn’t about money or the title. This is about his life. Booker says Daniel could get a career ending injury. The McMahon power travels far beyond this arena. Daniel needs to tread lightly. I’m tired of this whole “Daniel needs to give up his WWE Title match” crap!! They show a video package recapping the Punk-Heyman bit from last week. That was easily the best part of last Monday’s show! Dolph Ziggler comes to the ring for a match. Then Dean Ambrose comes in from behind & attacks Dolph. Then Ryback’s music plays & he comes out. So Dolph will be facing Ryback. Or will he? I don’t get this! Why is Ryback teaming with The Shield after they took him out months ago? How come we’re supposed to forget all that happened? Dolph Ziggler vs. Ryback. Ryback gets the pin. This was just as stupid as the rest of the booking. Ryback pounded on Dolph the whole match. Backstage we see HHH & Stephanie. Brad comes in. He tells them Big Show is refusing to face Daniel. Stephanie will handle this. It won’t be a private conversation. That’s not the way she rolls. This was more stupidity. Los Matadores are “coming soon”. Yippee. Stephanie McMahon comes to the ring (I’m really dreading this)! She would like to introduce someone who helped her out when she was younger. She grew up seeing the backstage end of the business & he helped her out a lot. She brings out her friend & giant the Big Show. She says she heard he doesn’t wanna face Daniel. He taught her it’s ok to things that you don’t want to as long as you’re willing to pay the price. Then she says that Big Show is flat out broke. He mad bad investments. He has nothing right now. There are public records on that. If he doesn’t perform his duties he is breaching his iron clad contract. There aren’t many 7 foot 500 pound leading men in Hollywood. She’s willing to tell him the truth at much as it pains her. Big Show’s giving all this up just because he won’t compete in 1 match. Then she says that giants don’t live as long as other people (That was tasteless). She says that he will face Daniel tonight. She’s sorry he is hurting but the only person hurting more is her of course. She leaves the ring & Big Show cries. MAN THIS WAS F’N TERRIBLE!! THIS WHOLE SHOW HAS BEEN PAINFUL! Edge will be on Raw next week. I hope he can make Raw more entertaining. They show Big Show backstage flipping out. This happened during the break on the APP. Time for the announcers to plug the APP. The Primetime Players vs. Heath Slater & Jinder Mahal. The Primetime Players win when Titus pins Jinder. This was a decent match. Backstage Brad is on his cell phone. Paul Heyman comes in. Heyman’s not doing to well because of Brad. Brad put his fate in the fans’ hands last week. Brad gave the fans the chance to let Punk get his hands on Heyman. Do you know what would happen if Punk got his hands on Heyman? You’d never see Heyman again. Now Brad puts him in a pretty much guaranteed spot that Heyman will get a beating from Punk at NOC. Is that best for business? In comes HHH. He approved the handicap match. Heyman asks why. HHH says it has nothing to do with their past. HHH watched Heyman for years as he weaseled his way out of situations. This match guarantees that Heyman won’t. Maybe Heyman does the unthinkable & does, but this could be the match where Punk gives Heyman the beating that he deserves. Either way HHH wins & that’s what’s best for business. Great so now HHH is ruining Heyman’s segments too. Time for a Bray Wyatt video. He says Icarus was warned to never let his waxed wings get too close to the sun. Pride can make people to foolish things. Icarus fell into the ocean & was never heard from again. Bray warned Kane. He told him that the fire he thinks is his friend would be Kane’s ending. When Kane let his pride cloud his common sense Bray knew he had Kane where he wanted him. Kane made his be & now he’s burning in it. This was good. Bray’s promos are creepy in a good way. Cody Rhodes vs. WWE Champion Randy Orton. Orton gets the pin. This was a really good match & easily the best part of this week’s show so far. I knew Cody would lose since he has his wedding coming up. Then HHH comes out AGAIN! He says let’s hear it for Cody. HHH says Cody fought like his life was on the line. Cody fought from the bottom of his heart & HHH respects him. But this is a business & in this business there has to be winners. It’s with “deep regret” that he has to tell Cody that he is fired. Cody sits in the ring in tears as the fans chant thank you Cody. Then Cody walks up the ramp as the fans chant his name. I hated that HHH had to be in this too but Cody did a good job selling his “firing” here. Cody will definitely be taking time off for his wedding. CM Punk comes to the ring holding a Singapore cane. Punk says “I promise”. Those are 2 words that don’t mean much to most people but Punk promises no more threats or talking. He’s having a hard time trying to figure out what he should say next. What’s left to say after last week? We’ve heard everything Punk has to say & Heyman’s said everything he wants the fans to believe. After what was done to Punk last week Punks wants to fight Heyman. If he has to fight Axel to get a shot at Heyman he’s all for it. He’d invite them out right now but he knows they wouldn’t come. Punk’s in such a dark place he wouldn’t wanna fight himself right now. Punk’s not talk the beat Heyman will get at NOC. Punk’s here to say something to the fans, friends & family. He has something to say to everyone who bought his t-shirt & made a sign to support him. Punk guarantees he will get past Axel & guarantees he will get his hands on Heyman At NOC you’ll see a side of Punk you’ve never seen & it might not be a side the fans like. Heyman said last week that Punk broke his heart. AT NOC Punk promises that he will break Heyman’s face. This was a great promo. They reshow Heyman & Axel beating down Punk from last week again. Punk’s still in the ring holding up the cane like a baseball bat. Backstage we see Daniel Bryan. Big Show comes in. He wants Daniel to know he didn’t want any part of this fight but he’s under a lot of pressure. Daniel says that what Show wants isn’t important. Daniel does what he has to do no matter what the obstacles are. It doesn’t matter if it’s The Shield, Orton or a giant. Show says he can’t let their friendship or what will happen to Daniel dictate what happens to Show’s family. Show’s in a no win situation. Daniel says that he is in a no win situation because he will Show just like he did to win his first World Title. This was decent but kinda odd too. When did Big Show & Daniel become friends? It kinda felt like they wanted us to remember that Daniel beat him for the World Title but also wanted us to forget they had a feud going. Before the next match AJ Lee skips to the announce table. Eva Marie, Nikki Bella & Cameron are also at ringside. Natalya vs. Naomi vs. Brie Bella to determine the number 1 contender to the Divas Title. The match ends in a no finish. Naomi had Natalya pinned but AJ broke that up & the referee called for the bell. Brie goes after AJ & then Naomi & Brie go after her too. They triple team AJ for a bit. Then the Divas walk up the ramp as AJ lies in the ring. This was a way for the Divas to get back at AJ. I’m not sure why this was even a match to see who will challenge AJ & have no finish. I thought 3 way matches were no DQ. Los Matadores vignette time. Damien Sandow is in the ring. Then out comes Ricardo to introduce RVD. Ricardo being Van Dam’s ring announcer makes no sense. Rob Van Dam vs. Damien Sandow. RVD gets the pin. This was a solid match. Alberto Del Rio came out during the match. That distracted RVD & Sandow kicked him out of the ring. Once again Damien loses cleanly. They show during that during the break Natalya, Naomi & Brie were in Stephanie’s office. Stephanie says that at NOC AJ will face all 3 of them. I’m not surprised. Backstage security escorts Cody out of the building. But then Josh comes in & asks if Cody has any parting words. Cody says Orton was the better man. Cody shouldn’t be surprised because for over 2 decades the McMahon family have hated the Rhodes family. They gave Dusty a polka dot out fit & they made Dustin Goldust. Josh then asks Cody if he has anything to say to his fiancé. Cody walks out the door. This was a good emotional promo. The whole roster is standing on the stage for the main event AGAIN! Is this gonna be a weekly bit? They remind us that Edge will be on Raw next week. Daniel Bryan vs. Big Show. Big Show leaves the ring & was about to walk out but then King of Kings plays. Out come HHH & The Shield. HHH tells Show to get back in that ring in finish it. Then The Shield gets in the ring & they attack Daniel. Show gets back in the ring to go after them but HHH tells Show to do what’s right for his family & step back. HHH tells “Paul” he doesn’t wanna do this. Then The Shield gives Daniel the triple power bomb. HHH tells Big Show to ball up that fist & do what HHH does him for Show’s family. HHH tells him to KO Daniel. Big Show is really upset about this. The Shield holds Daniel but Show rolls out of the ring. Then Stephanie comes out. She tells Show to think about his family. She makes Big Show get back in the ring. The Shield holds Daniel & HHH tells Big Show to KO Daniel. Big Show cries hysterically. Then Show was about to deck HHH but Stephanie jumped in between them. Big Show continues to cry & then he knocks out Daniel. Then Big Show cries some more as HHH & Stephanie tell him he did the right thing. Then HHH, Stephanie & Big Show walk up the ramp. Daniel is lying in the ring out cold. Then Randy Orton comes out. He gets in the ring & looks the unconscious Daniel. Then he puts his foot on Daniel’s chest & holds the belt over his head to end the show. This was the same predictable & beyond painful idiotic crap that they’ve been doing every week! This is bad! They have the same beginning & ending to these shows EVERY WEEK!! This week’s show was terrible just like the last few have been! This whole McMahon dictatorship storyline is really bad & has been done before! I’M REALLY TIRED OF THIS PAINFUL CRAP!! I CAN’T TAKE IT ANYMORE!! Every segment that HHH & Stephanie were in sucked big time. The Cody-Orton match & the CM Punk promo were easily the best parts of this week’s show. RVD-Sandow was decent but Sandow losing was predictable. Miz-Fandango was decent too, the 3 way Divas match wasn’t much & I wasn’t surprised that Stephanie made a 4 way Divas Title match for Night of Champions. I thought Cody cut a good promo on his way “out the door.” He was good in getting all emotional. I also liked him saying that the McMahon family added that stip because the McMahon family has always hated the Rhodes family. Dolph-Ryback wasn’t much. Having Ambrose attack Dolph before Ryback came out made no sense (Nothing in this company does). Bray Wyatt’s promo was also 1 of the few good parts of this show. The Primetime Players vs. Heath & Jinder was also decent. Overall though this show was terrible! Right now the product is really beyond painful to watch!