July 29, 2013 Raw Review

Raw would start with Vince McMahon and Brad Maddox coming to the ring. Brad would apologize for his "bone-headed" decision to allow Cena to choose his opponent for SummerSlam. Daniel Bryan would come down to the ring. Vince would say that Bryan couldn't beat Cena and he said that Cena had been lying to Bryan. He would also say that he didn't want Cena or Bryan to be WWE champion after SummerSlam. Bryan would say that it didn't matter what Vince thought, it mattered what the fans thought. Bryan asked the fans if they wanted a new WWE champion and the crowd started chanting "Yes". Daniel Bryan would leave. This was a good segment and made it seem that at SummerSlam Orton will cash in the briefcase and become WWE champion.

The Shield would come out and the first match of the night was the Shield vs Mark Henry and the Usos. Dean Ambrose would hit one of the Usos with his finisher and pick up the win. After the match Mark Henry would attack the Shield. This was a good match but not as good as most of the Shields other matches. It seems that the Shield and Henry feud will continue to SummerSlam.

Fandango vs Rob Van Dam was next. This match didn't last too long. Fandango would leave the match and RVD would pick up the win. I think this match could have been very good if it was longer.

Next up would be AJ vs Kaitlyn. Kaitlyn was able to win after hitting AJ with a spear. This was a good match. After the match Dolph Ziggler would come out and challenge Big E to a match.

Big E would accept. Big dominated most of the match. During the match he yelled at Dolph Ziggler "Your time is up" and "it's my time now". At the end Big E would fall out of the ring and AJ would attack Dolph. Dolph was able to escape. Big E would come back into the ring and start yelling at AJ and then Ziggler would hit Big E with a Zigzag. This was an ok match. Big E dominated most of it.

Up next was Alberto Del Rio vs Christian. Alberto Del Rio would go for the cross-arm breaker but Christian countered it into a pin and he was able to get the win. This was a good match.

The next match was Cody Rhodes vs Wade Barrett. Cody Rhodes would hit the Cross Rhodes and get the win. After the match Damien Sandow would come out and say that he came his dad was a scholar and Codys dad was a clown. He would also say that Cody was below him.

Up next was Kane vs Daniel Bryan. Kane would go for a chokeslam but Daniel Bryan would counter it into a roll up and get the win. After the match Kane would hit Bryan with a chokeslam. Then the Wyatt family would come out. When the lights came back on Kane went straight for Bray Wyatt but the other two would save Bray Wyatt. Bray Wyatt would hit his finisher on Kane and then cut a promo where he said Kane is no demon. The match was good and the segment after did a good job continuing the Wyatt family and Kanes feud.

The next match was Brie Bella vs Natalya. It was nice to see more than one diva match in one night. Before the match their was a backstage segment where the Bellas called Natalya an ugly duckling. Nikkei Bella would come out with a kazoo and distract Natalya letting Brie win with a roll up pin.

The next match was Curtis Axel vs R-Truth. Axel would hit his finisher on Truth but CM Punk would come out and attack Axel. He would then turn his attention to Paul Heyman but Axel would attack Punk allowing Heyman to escape. The match wasn't very good but the segment did a good job advancing the Punk and Brock feud.

The main event was Ryback vs John Cena in a tables match. At first I wasn't excited for the match but it was actually pretty good. John Cena hit Ryback with an AA through a table to win the match. Daniel Bryan would come out and take the WWE championship. He would then go into the ring and when Cena was about to grab it he pulled it away. Then Cena would snatch it.

This was a good edition of Raw and did a good job promoting the matches for SummerSlam.

July 22, 2013 Raw Review

Raw would start with a contract signing between John Cena and Daniel Bryan for their match at SummerSlam. John Cena said that hr choose Daniel Bryan because he deserved it and he is the best in WWE. Brad Maddox said that Daniel Bryan is too small and isn't worthy of the match. He would set up a gauntlet match so Daniel Bryan could prove he was worthy.

The first match of the night was Alberto Del Rio vs Sheamus. Sheamus had a bruise on his leg from Money In The Bank and Alberto Del Rio would take advantage by attacking it. At the end Sheamus would try to go for white noise but his leg was to weak and Del Rio was able to counter it into a roll up for the win. It was nice to see Del Rio win cleanly.

The next match was Christian vs Titus O'Neil. The match was ok but it was pointless. Their was no story behind it and nothing happened after the match. Christian was able to get the win after hitting a Killswitch.

Next Mark Henry would come out to the ring and call out the Shield. The Shield would come down and attack Henry but the Usos would come out and help Henry fight off the shield.

The next match was Darren Young vs Dolph Ziggler. This was a good match and Darren Young was able to get a good amount of offense. At the end Darren Young was standing above Ziggler taunting him but Ziggler would quickly get up and hit Darren with a ZigZag. After the match Big E would come out and try to attack Ziggler. Ziggler would send Big E over the top rope. Big E would come back in but Ziggler would escape the ring and leave.

Next up would be Miz TV with the cast of Total Divas. This segment was pretty pointless. It was to promote the show but they could've done that with a commercial. Miz would allow Jerry Lawler to come in and talk to the divas (I have no idea why). Jerry Lawler would say hi to Eva Marie and she would grab the microphone and say that she was here to make a name for herself and she slapped Jerry.

The next match was Cody Rhodes vs Fandango. Damien Sandow was on commentary. This was a good match. Sandow would get on the ring apron and distract Cody Rhodes. Fandango would try to come from behind and hit Cody but Cody dodged him and sent him into Sandow. Cody would hit a disaster kick which knocked Sandows briefcase into Fandango and Cody was able to get the win.

Up next CM Punk would come out and talk about the attack last week. He would say that no matter what Brock did he kept getting back up. He would also say that he wasn't afraid of Brock Lesnar. He would challenge Lesnar to a match at SummerSlam. Paul Heyman would appear on the titantron and accept Punks challenge.

The next match was RVD vs Wade Barrett. This was also a pointless match. It was good but it was just to get RVD a match. At the beginning RVD would turn his back to taunt and Wade Barrett would attack him from behind. Wade was able to get a good amount of offense but RVD was able to get the win after hitting a Five Star Frogsplash.

The main event was the Gauntlet match. Bryans first opponent was Jack Swagger. This match was pretty short and Daniel Bryan was able to make Swagger tap to the Yes lock. The next opponent was Antonio Cesaro. This match was awesome. It got "this is awesome" chants. Antonio Cesaro got a lot of offense which I was happy about. Cesaro would throw Bryan up and go for the uppercut but Bryan would counter into a roll up and get the win. The last opponent was Ryback. This was pretty short and wasn't that good. Ryback would put Daniel Bryan through a table. John Cena would come out and attack Ryback. He would then challenge Ryback to a tables match. Ryback would accept. Raw would end with Daniel Bryan getting up and get back into the ring and the crowd started chanting "Yes".

This was a good edition of Raw but it wasn't as good as last week. Ryback vs Cena in a tables match was announced for next week. Also Daniel Bryan vs Kane was announced. An interesting fact is that for the second week in a row Alberto Del Rio was the only champion to have a match. Not even the Money In The Bank winners had a match. Randy and the Wyatt family didn't appear on Raw. The Wyatt family will probably return next week because Kane will be returning.