Vickie Guerrero announced that The Main Event tonight is Alberto Del Rio vs John Cena in a Champion vs Champion match.
Daniel Bryan kicked off the show with as usual massive cheers. He has a new shirt "Respect The Beard", Lots of YES! chants. There was a ladder in the ring and a Red MITB briefcase. He talked about How he proved last week that He is not the weak link when He made Randy Orton tap out. He spoke about winning the WWE Champion and also mentioned some of the other former Champions. Sheamus Interrupted and said How he made Bryan lose in 18 seconds at WrestleMania, and Then Randy Orton also came out saying He hasn't been champion since nearly two years.
All the MITB participants (except RVD) were in the ring together and All of them told about Why they deserve to win the MITB and How long It has been since they have been champion. The whole segment was predictable but Logical at the same times, All the superstars played their roles well on the mic explaining why they should win the MITB. As you'd expect, things got out of hand as Randy Orton RKO'd Kane. They made Randy Orton look strong as every other participant moved out of the ring. Overall, It was a solid segment to kick off a average Raw.
Since tonight is Champion vs Champion match between Cena and Del Rio, they will air clips of some of the other greatest champions in History.
The Shield defeated Christian and The Usos in a great match. Just incase You don't know, Usos and Christian shockingly gave Shield their 2nd loss on Smackdown this past week so This was a rematch. This match was good but wasn't better than their Smackdown bout. The whole match was set to let Shield get their revenge from Friday Night. Also Interesting that They had Christian get pinned Instead of one of the Usos, That way you have Usos look like a threat to The Shield. I also think this rivalry will also set up Dean Ambrose vs Christian at SummerSlam.
Dolph Ziggler beat Jinder Mahal in a basically, a squash match. So Ziggler has a match at Money In The Bank for The World Heavyweight Champion and by beating Jinder Mahal, He is getting ready for the match. The crowd began to chant Announcers name Instead of paying one bit of attention to the match. Post-match, 3MB tried to attack Dolph Ziggler, He avoided the attack from them and gave McIntyre a Zig Zag outside the ring. That was fantastic.
Sheamus beat Fandango by count-out in Fandango's return match. I think It would have been better had Fandango got a surprising win over Sheamus since He made his return. I thought the finish was very weak, to Have Fandango return from the Injury and then lose by count-out. Pointless match and waste of time.
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The Miz beat Ryback in a decent match after Ryback decided to quit. It was great to have Chris Jericho in the commentary table. I don't understand why they had that finish because It made Ryback who hasn't won a PPV since 12 months weaker than He already is. Chris Jericho gave him a code breaker after the match.
Decent promo from Mark Henry hyping his match with John Cena at The Money In The Bank pay-per-view. He talked about earning the respect from last 17 years. The crowd were chanting WHAT throughout the whole promo which was annoying since It doesn't let wrestlers cut a good promo, IMO. It wasn't better than the fake retirement speech promo but It was alright.
CM Punk and Curtis Axel teamed up to take on The Prime Time Players. Axel wasn't tagging Punk throughout the whole match, which lead to a little arguement between them. The crowd were silent throughout the whole match Until Axel made the hot-tag to Punk and the crowd finally woke up. CM Punk hit a GTS on Darren Young but Axel tagged himself in and pinned Young to win the match. CM Punk was not Impressed. Heyman wanted them to celebrate, but Punk just left. They are doing really great with the Heyman/Punk angle so far, Sooner or later, Heyman will turn on Punk.
Decent match between Kaitlyn and Alicia Fox. Is Alicia Fox a heel or a babyface? we don't know. Layla was there ringside for Kaitlyn. Kaitlyn hit a spear to win the match. Post-match, The Divas Champion AJ Lee and Big E Langston showed up. AJ showed some funny pictures of Kaitlyn. Out of everything we've seen between AJ/Kaitlyn, This was a poor segment. Nevertheless, Still a good build-up for their rematch at Money In The Bank.
Good match between Antonio Cesaro and Cody Rhodes. First of all, Why is Cody Rhodes (a heel) facing another heel and In front of a crowd like that? That's tough. Cesaro hit the Neutralizer to win the match. Post-match, They mentioned How Damien Sandow is angry that Cody Rhodes lost, Which could lead to a feud between them and Cody Rhodes to turn face.
Backstage segment with Bellas and other divas to promote the new TV show: Total Divas. Poor segment.
Great match between The World Heavyweight Champion Alberto Del Rio and The WWE Champion John Cena. This match was promoted the whole night, so at least It had a finish, I thought It would end in a No count-out or something. I think this was the best match of the night but then again there weren't a lot of matches that were given as much as time this match was given. Cena and Del Rio has wrestled twice against each other on pay-per-views and about three or four times on Raw. Mark Henry Interrupted but He didn't do much except just stand outside the ring. Dolph Ziggler distracted Alberto Del Rio, Cena gave a AA to Del Rio to win the match. Post-match, Mark Henry played mind games with Cena and left the ring.
The show ended with One more Wyatt Family video promo. They will be debuting next week. I think they will get a big push upon their arrival.
Again, It was a average episode of Raw. Nothing exciting happend, or anything notable. I liked that they announced couple of more matches for the MITB pay-per-view. The card is stacked. If I had to rate this Raw, I'd give It a 4/10 (Happy Canada Day).
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