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7/4/14
by anthony benigno
bryan's miracle CONTINUES
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Twenty-four hours later and it still doesn’t seem quite real. But there he was in the flesh, Daniel Bryan – WWE World Heavyweight Champion Daniel Bryan – galloping all the way down Bourbon Street with his conjoined championships on display as the “Yes!” Movement all but swallowed him whole on the first Raw after WrestleMania ("YOU-DE-SERVE-IT!" was the chant du jour, as they say in the French Quarter). And Triple H was, as ever, right there to pull Bryan back down to Earth. The King of Kings apparently isn’t one for miracles, as he vowed to kick-start the Reality Era and end Bryan’s reign before it even got going, naming himself as the first challenger to the submission expert’s title later the same evening.
the wyatt family def. john cena, sheamus & big e
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John Cena ensured his legacy will live another day by defeating Bray Wyatt at WrestleMania 30, but The Eater of Worlds did not grant the Cenation leader a further reprieve the night after The Show of Shows. Finding himself in need of two partners for a six-man showdown, Cena came strapped with Big E and Sheamus at his side, and at first the heavy artillery appeared to pay dividends against “The Man of 1,000 Truths” and his dead-eyed brood when all three charged The Wyatts right off the bat.
The relative inexperience of The Wyatts left them at a slight disadvantage when faced with a team of two veterans and a champion, though Bray’s aggressiveness and Rowan’s raw power kept them in the game. Big E brought the crowd to its feet with three backbreakers to Rowan, but Harper was right there to reclaim the advantage with a timely tag. The bout see-sawed wildly for 20 epic minutes (The crowd, it should be mentioned, seemed to be under the sway of Bray Wyatt) and it was Bray himself who dispatched his foes with Sister Abigail to Big E while Cena looked on in horror.
The relative inexperience of The Wyatts left them at a slight disadvantage when faced with a team of two veterans and a champion, though Bray’s aggressiveness and Rowan’s raw power kept them in the game. Big E brought the crowd to its feet with three backbreakers to Rowan, but Harper was right there to reclaim the advantage with a timely tag. The bout see-sawed wildly for 20 epic minutes (The crowd, it should be mentioned, seemed to be under the sway of Bray Wyatt) and it was Bray himself who dispatched his foes with Sister Abigail to Big E while Cena looked on in horror.
Paul Heyman & Brock Lesnar
on The Streak
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Well, we can’t say we weren’t warned. The WWE Universe was told by Paul Heyman, time and time again, that his monstrous client would be the one to defy The Undertaker and suck the life from his WrestleMania Streak. Even a day after that fateful F-5 sent The Phenom from the ’72 Dolphins to the ’07 Patriots, it’s difficult to believe the mad scientist’s typically empty rhetoric carried so much weight. Yet, Lesnar and Heyman – with the headlines to back them up – strutted down Bourbon Street with the swagger of two Egyptian Pharaohs, relating the story of The Deadman’s trip to the hospital and the prevailing excellence of Lesnar himself. As for the WWE Universe, they are nothing more than “wannabes” in Lesnar’s black-and-blue eyes, while The Anomaly himself is “The one … the one in 21-1.”
the usos def. batista & randy orton
via count-out
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We may not see another Evolution run with the WWE Tag Team Championships, and despite the fact that Randy Orton & Batista didn’t dethrone The Usos as the twin titleholders, they did display a kind of brutal synergy in their Authority-mandated challenge of the Samoan brothers. The Viper & The Animal displayed a ruthless aptitude when they hit Daniel Bryan with an RKO-Batista Bomb combination one night previous at WrestleMania, and they picked right up where they left off against The Usos, taking it to the twins in what amounted to something of a mugging.
The Usos hadn’t even gotten their fleet feet under them when their opponents tossed the titleholders to the outside, bashing the brothers to and fro while the referee counted them out. Not that they particularly cared; the twosome punctuated their evening with a hanging DDT to Jey off the barrier and a Batista Bomb to Jimmy atop the steel steps.
The Usos hadn’t even gotten their fleet feet under them when their opponents tossed the titleholders to the outside, bashing the brothers to and fro while the referee counted them out. Not that they particularly cared; the twosome punctuated their evening with a hanging DDT to Jey off the barrier and a Batista Bomb to Jimmy atop the steel steps.
rob van dam def. damien sandow
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WWE was having a party in “Nawlins” and didn’t invite Rob Van Dam?! Clearly, that simply would not do for the former WWE Champion, who soared back into WWE the night after WrestleMania with a typically high-flying victory over the increasingly beleaguered Damien Sandow. The former Mr. Money in the Bank (Sandow, that is) didn’t take too kindly to RVD’s attempt at a happy homecoming, cutting the former Mr. Money in the Bank (Van Dam, that is) short each time he attempted to do his famous chant.
An Elbow of Disdain knocked Van Dam loopy, RVD recovered and initiated a highlight reel of greatest hits: First a corkscrew guillotine leg drop to Sandow atop the barricade, a Rolling Thunder, and finally Mr. Monday Night descended upon The Intellectual Savior of the Masses with a Five-Star Frog Splash for the win. Welcome back, Rob! Van! Dam! (Yes, he did the chant.)
An Elbow of Disdain knocked Van Dam loopy, RVD recovered and initiated a highlight reel of greatest hits: First a corkscrew guillotine leg drop to Sandow atop the barricade, a Rolling Thunder, and finally Mr. Monday Night descended upon The Intellectual Savior of the Masses with a Five-Star Frog Splash for the win. Welcome back, Rob! Van! Dam! (Yes, he did the chant.)
ultimate warrior returns to raw
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The Ultimate Warrior had the entire WWE Universe on the edge of their seats when he took the stage for a no-holds-barred acceptance speech at the WWE Hall of Fame Induction Ceremony. How about an encore?
The firebrand WWE Hall of Famer made his return to Monday Night Raw and rode that rocket ship one last time (oh yes, ropes were shaken), tossing on an Ultimate Warrior mask and slipping seamlessly back into his old persona. Rather than talk up his own legend, the former WWE Champion gave his gratitude to all his Warriors, asking them to lend their same spirit to all future legends in the WWE locker room.
The firebrand WWE Hall of Famer made his return to Monday Night Raw and rode that rocket ship one last time (oh yes, ropes were shaken), tossing on an Ultimate Warrior mask and slipping seamlessly back into his old persona. Rather than talk up his own legend, the former WWE Champion gave his gratitude to all his Warriors, asking them to lend their same spirit to all future legends in the WWE locker room.
cesaro switches allegiances
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He was a Real American … now he’s a Paul Heyman Guy?!?!
Cesaro, who seemingly broke free of Zeb Colter’s Real Americans hours before he channeled Hulk Hogan and bodyslammed Big Show out of the ring to win the Andre the Giant Memorial Battle Royal at WrestleMania 30, not only cemented his split from Colter’s clan on Raw, but shocked the WWE Universe at large when he revealed his new allegiance.
The Immortal One himself had come to present Cesaro with the Andre trophy when Colter crashed the party and extolled the virtues of his mightiest “Zeb Colter Guy.” The former U.S. Champion, however, politely informed The Founding Father that he was, in fact, now a Paul Heyman Guy. As Colter stood there gobsmacked and Heyman instructed the announce team how to address the “King of Swing,” Jack Swagger struck from behind and destroyed the Andre trophy. Unfortunately, that only made Cesaro mad …
Cesaro, who seemingly broke free of Zeb Colter’s Real Americans hours before he channeled Hulk Hogan and bodyslammed Big Show out of the ring to win the Andre the Giant Memorial Battle Royal at WrestleMania 30, not only cemented his split from Colter’s clan on Raw, but shocked the WWE Universe at large when he revealed his new allegiance.
The Immortal One himself had come to present Cesaro with the Andre trophy when Colter crashed the party and extolled the virtues of his mightiest “Zeb Colter Guy.” The former U.S. Champion, however, politely informed The Founding Father that he was, in fact, now a Paul Heyman Guy. As Colter stood there gobsmacked and Heyman instructed the announce team how to address the “King of Swing,” Jack Swagger struck from behind and destroyed the Andre trophy. Unfortunately, that only made Cesaro mad …
triple h def. wwe world heavyweight champion daniel bryan
via disqualification
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Triple H has made a habit of cutting Daniel Bryan’s World Title reigns short. But habits were, of course, made to be broken. The Game seemingly had entrusted The Shield to make sure Daniel Bryan didn’t leave New Orleans with the WWE World Heavyweight Championship. Alas, Kane exposed The Game as the architect of his recent attacks on The Hounds, so they weren’t much interested in supplanting a pre-match beat down of The Beard by Randy Orton, Batista and Kane himself.
The referee only rang the bell – on The Game’s orders – after that mauling had concluded, and The Shield made themselves known before Triple H could pin the felled Bryan. With Kane, Orton and Batista frothing for a fight and The Shield looking for some payback, The Game was unable to corral his lieutenants into order and ate a Spear from Reigns that ended the match with a DQ; though Triple H ended up worse for wear after The Shield drove his men from the ring and Bryan himself blasted him with the Running Knee. As they say in New Orleans: Oui! Oui! Oui!
The referee only rang the bell – on The Game’s orders – after that mauling had concluded, and The Shield made themselves known before Triple H could pin the felled Bryan. With Kane, Orton and Batista frothing for a fight and The Shield looking for some payback, The Game was unable to corral his lieutenants into order and ate a Spear from Reigns that ended the match with a DQ; though Triple H ended up worse for wear after The Shield drove his men from the ring and Bryan himself blasted him with the Running Knee. As they say in New Orleans: Oui! Oui! Oui!
raw recap
The Wyatt Family def. John Cena, Sheamus & Big E
Santino Marella & Emma def. Fandango & Summer Rae
The Usos def. Randy Orton & Batista via C/O
Rob Van Dam def. Damien sandow
Bad New Barrett def. Rey Mysterio
Alexander Rusev def. Zack Rder
Paige def. AJ Lee
Cesaro def. Jack Swagger via C/O
Triple H def Daniel Bryan via DQ
Santino Marella & Emma def. Fandango & Summer Rae
The Usos def. Randy Orton & Batista via C/O
Rob Van Dam def. Damien sandow
Bad New Barrett def. Rey Mysterio
Alexander Rusev def. Zack Rder
Paige def. AJ Lee
Cesaro def. Jack Swagger via C/O
Triple H def Daniel Bryan via DQ