Archive of PWUpdate.net (2013-2014)

Venue: US Airways Center (Phoenix, AZ)

Commentators: Michael Cole, Jerry Lawler, & JBL

Daniel Bryan raged against the Triple H Regime this week on RAW, destroying WWE Champion Randy Orton‘s new car (ugh) and facing The Shield in a gauntlet match in the main event. Also on the show CM Punk took on Curtis Axel for the right to get his hands on Paul Heyman, Alberto Del Rio was in non-title action against Rob Van Dam, and AJ Lee laid into the Total Divas cast on the mic.

Read on for full results and notes from the show, culled from Chris Shore‘s much more detailed report/analysis over at ProWrestling.net.

Match Results

1. Cody Rhodes defeated Fandango [w/ Summer Rae] via pinfall with a roll-up when The Miz and Rosa Mendes distracted him by dancing (0:59); Damien Sandow was at ringside for commentary and all four men got into it, leading Brad Maddox to book a tag team match.
2. The Miz [w/ Rosa Mendes] & Cody Rhodes defeated Damien Sandow & Fandango [w/ Summer Rae] when Miz pinned Sandow with the MIC CHECK (2:55).
3. If Punk Wins, He Gets His Hands on Heyman: CM Punk defeated *WWE Intercontinental Champion* Curtis Axel [w/ Paul Heyman] via pinfall with the GTS (10:54).
4. Brie Bella [w/ Nikki Bella & Eva Marie] defeated Natalya [w/ The Funkadactyls] via pinfall (1:32).
5. Non-Title Match: Rob Van Dam [w/ Ricardo Rodriguez] defeated *World Heavyweight Champion* Alberto Del Rio via pinfall with a roll-up off a Rodriguez distraction (8:27).
6. Non-Title Match: *WWE Champion* Randy Orton defeated Christian via pinfall with the RKO (16:09).
7. Titus O’Neil [w/ Darren Young] defeated Jack Swagger [w/ Zeb Colter & Antonio Cesaro] via pinfall (3:11).
8. Gauntlet Match: Daniel Bryan defeated The Shield (*WWE U.S. Champion* Dean Ambrose and *WWE Tag Team Champions* Seth Rollins & Roman Reigns) by DQ when all three men attacked (12:27); Bryan had defeated Rollins and was onto Ambrose but Reigns interfered and caused the DQ.

News + Notes

• Triple H opened the show (The Shield acting as his security/paramilitary force) and put over again why Randy Orton being WWE Champion was best for business, citing ratings and social media prowess. He then introduced Orton and gifted him a brand new Escalade. Daniel Bryan interrupted and sparred verbally with both men, calling Triple H a loser in a suit instead of a rebel in a leather jacket. Triple H spat back and announced the main event of the show: Bryan Vs. The Shield in a gauntlet match.
  
• The Escalade would come into play later in the show as Daniel Bryan ruined it by spraypainting it all over with “YES!” in orange.
• Following his match against Curtis Axel, CM Punk went after Paul Heyman. However Axel attacked him from behind and cuffed his hands behind his back. Punk continued to fight back but Axel hit him with a chair to end the comeback. Axel grabbed a kendo stick from under the ring and handed it to Heyman, Punk telling him to “make it count”. Heyman proceeded to beat Punk over and over with the stick while yelling that he loved him and he fathered him. The action spilled to the outside and Heyman beat the hell out of him some more before he and Axel left the ring, the kendo stick in pieces.
• Following the Total Divas match, which also featured cast member JoJo Offerman as the ring announcer, WWE Divas Champion AJ Lee made her way out and laid waste to everyone on the mic, saying that unlike all of them she earned her spot through her actual abilities and that none of them are fit to lace her Chuck Taylors. Essentially the Divas version of the CM Punk pipe bomb.
• Ryback continued his bullying ways, this time unleashing her anger on Josh Matthews.
• The awesome Wyatt Family “Sister Abigail” vignette released online a few days ago played on the show. Click here to watch it because it’s the f*cking greatest.
• Triple H forced the WWE roster onto the entrance stage to watch the Daniel Bryan/Shield gauntlet match and said if any of them interfered they’d be fired. Renee Young attempted to interview some of the guys ringside but none of them would say anything for fear of their jobs. After the match ended Triple H made his way out, The Big Show turning his back on him (leading to “Big Show” chants), and watched as The Shield took Bryan out with a triple powerbomb. Randy Orton then made his way out and hit an RKO on the already hurt Bryan. The Shield posed over Bryan as Orton/Triple H left the ring to close the show. Lots of emphasis on The Big Show and Triple H mixed in between.

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