Archive of PWUpdate.net (2013-2014)

Venue: Mississippi Coast Coliseum (Biloxi, MS)

Commentators: Michael Cole, JBL, & Jerry Lawler

With a week to go until their first of two October PPVs, Battleground, WWE went into full salesmanship mode this week on RAW adding new matches (including one featuring the Brothers Rhodes) and continuing the hype for others (Punk/Ryback, Orton/Bryan). And also, after weeks of hype, the “mysterious” tag team of Los Matadores finally made their in-ring debut…complete with a midget in a bull costume. Yup.

While there is no review this week (I ended up shutting the show off an hour and change in to do literally anything else), 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. CM Punk defeated Big E Langston via pinfall with the GTS (9:01).

• Notes: CM Punk opened the show by cutting a promo hyping his match against Ryback this Sunday. He tried to goad Heyman and his “Guys” to an early fight but GM Brad Maddox came out to talk him out of it. Big E Langston then made his way out and attacked Punk, setting up this opening contest.
  

2. Kofi Kingston defeated Fandango [w/ Summer Rae] via pinfall with TROUBLE IN PARADISE (3:00).

• Post-Match: Bray Wyatt came out and cut a promo while in his rocking chair, saying he now knew what he had to do and that everyone would fall. No attack or anything, just ominous words.
  

3. Los Matadores (Fernando & Diego) [w/ El Torito] defeated 3MB (Heath Slater & Jinder Mahal) via pinfall with a combo slam/double Angle Slam of sorts (3:59).

• Notes: The man behind the El Torito mask/ridiculous body suit is luchador mini Masacarita Dorada. Check out some clips of his work by clicking here.
  

4. Non-Title Match: R-Truth defeated *WWE Intercontinental Champion* Curtis Axel [w/ Paul Heyman] via pinfall with the LIE DETECTOR (4:22).

• Notes: CM Punk’s music hit causing Axel to be distracted and allowing Truth to take the advantage and score a pinfall victory. The Mississippi crowd also seemed more into R-Truth than most WWE fans and that’s despite the fact he botched the hell out of his entrance rap; it was way off tempo with his theme song. This is pretty much when I started tuning out and went about doing other things with my time.

5. Brie Bella [w/ Nikki Bella] defeated Alicia Fox via pinfall with an X-Factor (3:17).

• Notes: WWE played off the engagement between Brie and Daniel Bryan throughout the show, showing a video about their romance as well as featuring a backstage segment where Randy Orton lobbied threats to Brie about her fiance. It also would come into effect for the show-ending segment, which will be discussed in the next part of this coverage.
  

6. Non-Title Match: *World Heavyweight Champion* Alberto Del Rio defeated Zack Ryder via submission with the CROSS ARMBREAKER (4:06).

7. The Shield (*WWE U.S. Champion* Dean Ambrose and *WWE Tag Team Champions* Seth Rollins & Roman Reigns) defeated Dolph Ziggler & The Usos (Jimmy & Jey Uso) when Reigns pinned Ziggler following a SPEAR (12:02).

8. Santino Marella [w/ The Great Khali & Hornswoggle] defeated Antonio Cesaro [w/ Jack Swagger & Zeb Colter] via pinfall with a roll-up (2:47).

NEWS + NOTES

–Triple H and Stephanie McMahon invited The Rhodes Family (Dusty, Goldust, and Cody) out to the ring and offered a business proposition: if Cody and Goldust (who was in a suit and the makeup) can beat Rollins & Reigns of The Shield this Sunday at Battleground, they can have their jobs back. Dusty then got fresh with Triple H, leading to The Shield commencing an attack, including some shots at Dusty as well.

-In an interview with Renee Young, the downtrodden giant The Big Show said he couldn’t take anymore, cocked his fist, and promised to knock Triple H the hell out. Cameras later caught up to Show, who was being threatened with arrest by local police. Stephanie McMahon came in and prevented it because he had a big mortgage payment due. She left with the cops and Show punched a poster of the new Triple H DVD in frustration.

–Paul Heyman “proposed” to Ryback, asking if he’d be the latest Paul Heyman guy, but the music of CM Punk broke the proceedings up. Punk made his way through the audience then keeled over with a knee injury. Trainers and refs checked on him, as did a curious Heyman, which allowed Punk to pull out a kendo stick from under the knee and whack Heyman with it. Ryback pulled Heyman away, leaving Curtis Axel to eat a GTS from Punk on the entrance stage.

-Three matches were announced for Battleground. They are as follows:

1. The Rhodes Boys (Cody Rhodes & Goldust) [w/ Dusty Rhodes] Vs. *WWE Tag Team Champions* The Shield (Seth Rollins & Roman Reigns); if The Rhodes’ win they get their jobs back.
2. AJ Lee (c) Vs. Brie Bella for the WWE Divas Championship.
3. Battleground Kick-Off (Pre-Show): Dolph Ziggler Vs. Damien Sandow

-The show ended with a face-to-face between Randy Orton and Daniel Bryan, mediated by Jerry Lawler. The two traded barbs back and forth to build their Battleground match then a brawl broke out once Orton brought up Bryan’s new fiancee. Orton eventually got the advantage and hit the hanging DDT on the floor as Brie Bella watched, then finished him off with an RKO through the announce table. Brie tended to her husband-to-be to end the show and create the final sell for Battleground.

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