Monday Night Raw – September 2, 2013: The Heavy Hands Of The McMahons
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Night Raw
Date: September 2, 2013
Location: Wells Fargo Arena, Des Moines, Iowa
Commentators: Jerry Lawler, John Bradshaw Layfield, Michael Cole
Fandango vs. The Miz
A hiptoss puts Fandango down but he rolls to the floor to escape the Figure Four. Miz sends Fandango into the barricade and does a quick dance with Summer before heading back inside. Fandango gets in a few shots to take over but a kick to the chest gets two for Miz. We hit the chinlock and take a break. Back with Fandango in control despite apparently having a broken nose.
We recap Heyman/Axel vs. Punk from last week.
Dolph Ziggler vs. ???
Dolph Ziggler vs. Ryback
Edge will be back next week for one night only. Cool.
Big Show broke a lot of stuff during the break.
3MB vs. Prime Time Players
Young gets taken down and triple teamed by the Band with Slater getting two off a neckbreaker. Mahal comes in to drop a bunch of knees to the chest but Slater charges into an overhead belly to belly suplex. The hot tag brings in Titus who gets two off a big boot to Mahal. Everything breaks down and the Clash of the Titus gets the pin on Mahal at 5:28.
Cody Rhodes vs. Randy Orton
Back with Orton throwing Cody back inside for two but Cody comes back with an elbow to the jaw and an uppercut to put Rhodes down. A springboard missile dropkick gets a close two and the Disaster Kick gets the same. Orton sidesteps the moonsault press and puts Cody down with the Elevated DDT. The RKO is countered into the Cross Rhodes out of nowhere for a VERY close two. I thought that was it. The fans are WAY into Cody here but Orton snaps his throat across the top rope. Back in and Rhodes gets two off a rollup but another Disaster Kick misses and the RKO connects for the pin at 13:35.
HHH comes out to praise Cody but fires him anyway. The fans chant for Cody as he limps to the back.
We look at Heyman attacking Punk last week.
Natalya vs. Naomi vs. Brie Bella
The winner gets AJ at Night of Champions. AJ comes out for commentary and Natalya gets a quick rollup for two on Naomi. Brie hits her X-Factor for two on Naomi as well as AJ talks about how worthless the Total Divas are. Naomi tries a sunset flip on Brie but Natalya sends the Bella to the floor. The Sharpshooter is countered into a small package for two but Natalya catches Brie coming off the top with a cross body. Naomi hits the Rear View on Natalya but AJ comes in for the DQ at 1:48. Fourway for the title I guess.
The Total Divas beat AJ down and leave her laying.
Los Matadores are still coming.
Damien Sandow vs. Rob Van Dam
Stephanie makes the obvious fatal fourway for the title shot at the PPV.
Cody is escorted from the building by security and admits that Orton was the better man. He rants about how much the McMahons have hated the Rhodes over the years and walks away.
The roster comes out to watch the main event again.
Daniel Bryan vs. Big Show
Show tells Daniel to stop fighting but Bryan keeps coming at him. Bryan dropkicks the knee out and fires off the kicks. A short DDT gets two but Big Show powers out again. Bryan goes up but dives into a shoulder to the ribs. Show loads up the WMD but starts to walk away. This draws out HHH and the Shield with the Game saying get back in the ring right now. Show keeps going as Shield gets in and beats Bryan down for the DQ at 5:56.
Results
The Miz b. Fandango – Figure Four
Ryback b. Dolph Ziggler – Shell Shock
Prime Time Players b. 3MB – Clash of the Titus to Mahal
Randy Orton b. Cody Rhodes – RKO
Natalya vs. Brie Bella vs. Naomi went to a no contest when AJ Lee interfered
Rob Van Dam b. Damien Sandow – Five Star Frog Splash
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