Monday Night Raw – July 22, 2013: A Night Of Wrestling
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Night Raw
Date: July 22, 2013
Location: Frank Erwin Center, Austin, Texas
Commentators: Michael Cole, John Bradshaw Layfield, Jerry Lawler
Opening sequence.
Alberto Del Rio vs. Sheamus
Non-title again and Sheamus has a BIG bruise on his thigh from MITB. Del Rio kicks him in the bruised leg but Sheamus sends him into the corner for a quick shoulder into the ribs. A neckbreaker gets two on Del Rio but he superkicks Sheamus out of the corner to take over. Sheamus comes back with forearms out of the corner and a snap suplex for two more. Del Rio kicks the leg out again and stomps away as this is still a basic match so far.
Booker T and Teddy Long bicker over who was more surprised by Vickie being named permanent GM of Smackdown. Teddy suggests that Booker left him holding the bag but Booker says he was out with an injury. Long also suggests that Booker should have been fired if Teddy was getting the job full time.
Darren Young vs. Dolph Ziggler
Post match Langston runs out to beat down Dolph but Ziggler beats him to the punch and sends him to the floor.
Video on the Wyatt Family so far.
Fandango vs. Cody Rhodes
Wade Barrett vs. Rob Van Dam
Daniel Bryan vs. Jack Swagger
Swagger pounds on him in the corner but walks into a dropkick to send him to the floor. The FLYING GOAT is countered with a forearm to the face and Swagger drops the Vader Bomb for two. He loads up the Patriot Lock but gets caught in the YES Lock for the first submission at 2:57.
Antonio Cesaro vs. Daniel Bryan
Back from a break with Cesaro getting two off the gutwrench suplex. A kind of Death Valley Driver gets two but Bryan comes back with a hard kick to the head for two of his own. Cesaro takes him to the corner for a superplex but gets forearmed and kneed down, only to have Cesaro come back with a top rope superplex attempt. Bryan slips through his legs and gets Cesaro in the Tree of Woe for a bunch of kicks, capped off by the delayed running dropkick to the face.
A belly to back superplex is countered into a crossbody to give Antonio two as this is getting really good. Back up and Cesaro DESTROYS Bryan with about 25 uppercuts in a row followed by a huge clothesline for two. Bryan backdrops out of the Neutralizer and starts firing off forearms before putting on a leg lock and pounding away with driving forearms to the face. Cesaro is sent to the floor and the FLYING GOAT takes out the Real Americans. Back in and Cesaro tries to throw Bryan in the air for the uppercut but Bryan comes down into a small package for the pin at approximately 15:00 shown.
Maddox is in the back with Alex Riley next to him of all people. Bryan has a third opponent after the break.
Daniel Bryan vs. Ryback
Post match Ryback loads up another powerbomb but Cena comes out to make the save. He chases Ryback off and challenges him to a tables match next week.
In the back Maddox makes the tables match official but Vince comes in to make Bryan vs. Kane next week.
Results
Alberto Del Rio b. Sheamus – Cradle
Dolph Ziggler b. Darren Young – Zig Zag
Cody Rhodes b. Fandango – Cross Rhodes
Daniel Bryan b. Jack Swagger – YES Lock
Daniel Bryan b. Antonio Cesaro – Small Package
Daniel Bryan b. Ryback via DQ when Ryback powerbombed Bryan through a table
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