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411’s WWE RAW Report 4.7.14
Championship Roll Call:
Undisputed WWE World Champion: Daniel Bryan
US Champion: Dean Ambrose
IC Champion: Big E. Langston
Unified Diva’s Champion: AJ Lee
WWE World Tag Team Champions: The Usos
Talk about an emotional rollercoaster, y’all! Tony’s here and the rumor is I might be stickin around a little longer than usual. I’ll keep you updated. As for the show, we start with the video package of Bryan that we saw a few times at Mania and during the pre-show.
After the package, we are introduced to the NEW WWE World Heavyweight Champion!!! Huge chant for Daniel Bryan. He mentions how hard it is to raise his hands for some Yes chants when he is holding two titles. So the crowd obliges and does it for him. It was a little over two years ago, when he brought out the YESs and now here we are, and it seems like everyone here and watching, and the entire Universe. We get a YOU DESERVE IT chant and it’s super loud. Bryan says he deserves it a little bit, but WE deserve it. When he started Yessing, it wasn’t just a word. It was about the power that each and every one of us have to make change and because of us, he went into Mania and beat The Authority, and now he stands as the NEW World Heavyweight Champion!
The music of The Game hits, and he comes out super pissed off. Steph doesn’t look too happy, either. ASSHOLE chant. Haven’t heard that in a while. Triple H refeses to get in the ring because he’ll do something he might regret. Bryan then grabs the belts, gets in the face of Triple H on the apron, and Yeses his heart out. Triple H said to enjoy the moment, because that’s all this is. It won’t last. We all know it. It can’t last and it won’t. Matter of fact, it won’t even make it through the night and he will personally make sure of it. Tonight, he will defend the championship…against Triple H, and he won’t just become the 14 time World Champ, he will put an end to this crap. He will shut up the world. Trips says this is his show and there’s not a damned thing he can do about it. Triple H drops the mic and walks out.
Daniel Bryan just throws some more Yes chants out. haha.
Triple H and Steph are talking about how they will decimate Bryan tonight. Batista is here asking Triple just what the hell Trips is thinking. Orton is here, too. They both want rematches. Triple H says they’ll get them, just not tonight. Tonight, he takes care of this problem. Steph says after RAW, they will settle everything. As for tonight, Batista and Orton will face The Usos for the WWE Tag Team Titles. Neither are ok with it. Triple H says this is all happening for one reason, and understand that historically, when the three of them are on the same page…no one can stop them.
THEY’RE HERE!
The commentary team covers the Mania match with Cena and it appears that we’re getting some Six Man tag action…NEXT
All three men (Sheamus, Cena, Big E) all run into the ring and attack The Wyatts. They clear the ring of the Family, and it looks like Cena and Wyatt. Bray gets crazy with it and attacks Cena. He grabs the mouth. The crowd chants for Bryan. They boo Cena. Running bulldog from Cena and a tag to Sheamus. He comes over the top rope and rams Wyatt in the shoulder then sends him in the corner. Boots to the gut. Sheamus gets scrapped then Wyatt attacks the back. He sends Sheamus into the corner then tags in Rowan. Right hands to Sheamus and the crowd is still chanting for Bryan. Right hand is blocked and Sheamus gets some of his own. The crowd BOOS him!! They CHEER Rowan!! The hell? Sheamus sends Rowan in the corner, atacks the head. Rowan attacks but Sheamus clips the knee. Tag to Big E. Whip in the corner and Big E hits a shoulder block. Big E with a back breaker. Another. One more! Pin 1…2..NO! Tag to Harper. Rope work. Shoulder tackle. Harper backs E in the corner and Cena gets a blind tag. Cena with a protobomb. Goes for the Five Knuckle. Harper hits a move. I didn’t see it. Cena drops. Tag to Wyatt. Commercial.
Back, and Harper has a headlock on Cena. LETS GO HARPER chant. Cena is able to lift him, but Harper hits a DDT and pin for 1…2…NO! Harper reaches for a pin. Tags Rowan. Rowan is in. Delayed body slam from Rowan. Leg drop to Cena. Tag to Wyatt. Kicks from Wyatt. Stomps in the corner. The crowd is firmly behind Wyatt. Clothesline out of nowhere from Cena. Big Boo. Wyatt with a chokeslam like move. Pin for 1…2..NO! Headbutts then tag to Harper. Harper is crazy. Headbutt. Uppercut from Harper. Cena with the up and over. Quick tag to Sheamus. Tag to Rowan. Sheamus gets him in the corner. Sheamus sends the Wyatts off the corner then fall away to Rowan. He hits a Rolling whatever to Harper ON ROwan. He hops up top and hits a shoulder block to both Rowan and Harper. Sheamus beats the chest, Wyatt distracts. Clothesline from Harper! Both men down! Tag to Big E. Tag to Wyatt! Big E with a belly to belly. Splash from Big E. The straps are down. Big E goes for the Big Ending, BIG BOOT from Harper stops it! Rowan is in and sends Sheamus out. Harper with a dive to the outside!! Wyatt and Big E are left in the ring!
Wyatt does the corner thing, crawls towards Big E. WYATTS GONNA KILL YOU!! hahahaha. Sister Abigail!! Pin for 1….2….3!!!
Official Result: The Wyatts
Awesome match made more awesome by the crowd, of course. I wonder if they altered the ending due to the crowd.
RATING: ***
A year later and the Fandango chants are BACK! haha. Fandango basks in it, because this time he knows.
Santino and Fandango to start. Fandango misses a right and Santino gets an arm drag. Tag to the girls, and Summer and Emma are in. Tarantula on the ropes. Emma dances and hits a cross body to the lower turnbuckle. We get a submission from Emma.
Fandango tries to interrupt but Santino pulls out the Cobra. Summer Rae taps out!!
Official Result: Santino and Emma
Fun….?
RATING: 1/2*
We’re back to the music of Brock Lesnar. Brock’s got a black eye. The crowd isn’t too keen on the Next Big Thing…Heyman is, though. He bows down to Brock and laughs his heart out. Once the music stops, the crowd seems a bit indifferent. Heyman introduces himself. That gets some boos. It is the greatest privelage of his career to serve as the advocate for the Beast Incarnate, Brock Lesnar; the Conqueror of The Undertaker’s streak. A streak that lasted nearly a quarter of a century that ended in three seconds. BULLSHIT chant. There they are. Heyman understands the shock, but he told us so. They stood before us in a shirt, and they know how difficult it is to read, but his shirt says it…and we had the balls to doubt it? Let’s get one thing straight…Brock is not here to make us smile. He’s here to shock the WWE Universe and put tears in the eyes of children. Now that we know all the headlines, how bout we shoot a bit from the hip.
Five seconds after walking through the curtain, The Undertaker collapsed. As all the doctors are panicking, the most ruthless man that has ever had the pleasure of meeting Heyman, Vince McMahon, left Wrestlemania and rode to the hospital with The Undertaker. The Undertaker is being treated today for a severe concussion. He came THIS close to a broken neck. THIS close to a cracked skull…and the greatest thing he ever did was not get his shoulder up, because if he did, he would have had a broken neck and cracked skull. Brock was prepared to beat on Taker to such a degree that the complexion of the show would have changed…because Brock wasn’t done until the streak was dead.
When the match was over, JBL and the two other things that call themselves announcers stood up and gave Taker a standing ovation. (Heyman takes a jab at Hogan). What Heyman doesn’t understand is that in every fight there’s a winner and a loser, and last night, Taker was a LOSER, and the WINNER was Brock Lesnar. Since this is supposed to be the wildest crowd of the year, they should all feel empowered because every single one of us is exactly like every single member of the WWE locker room…all a bunch of wannabes. No one gave Brock a standing ovation, because no one respected Brock Lesnar. It’s fine, cuz he respects no one – certainly not us. So notice this, there are a lot of people in the back that sit and say he could have been the one to jump from WWE to UFC, but Bryan, Cena, Taker never fought in the octagon. They’re all wannabes. Brock is the ONE. A lot wanted to be Brock, but NO ONE has ever pulled it off. He says there were a lot of people saying they could have been the one, but BROCK is the 1. The 1 in 21-1. The crowd WHATS him. Heyman says he forgot who we were, Broooooooocccckkk Lessssnnnnaaaar iisssss theeeeee ooonnneeeee iiiiinnnn twentyyyyyy oneeee annnnnd ooonnneee.
There’s only ONE Brock Lesnar.
Heyman is really awesome, but that went on a little long. I kept wiating for the interruption, and when it didn’t come, I questioned the reason behind so much repetition.
So…um…Adam Rose has a party bus….
The Usos vs Randy Orton and Batista
We start with Batista and a Superkick o the gut! Uppercut. Batista sends Uso in the corner and orton tags himself in. Orton beats down as Batista grabs uso from behind. Sneaky. Whip and a blind tag to Uso. Uso with an uppercut. Another. Kneed uppercut. Orton with a kick to the gut and a headbutt. Uppercut from Orton. Orton with a knee to the chest and Batista tags in then stomps. Blind tag from Orton and he kicks down Uso. Another tag to Batista. The other Uso is tired of the beatdown, so he runs in and attacks, but Batista sends ihm shoulder first into the ringpost. Orton sends the other Uso out. Both are on the outside. Batista follows, then Orton. Batista sends an Uso on the barricade stomach first while Orton sends the other into the steps.
Orton sets up for the DDT from the barricade as the ref hits the 10-count. !
Official Result: Double Countout
Poor Usos…
RATING: *
Orton and Batista, apparently, don’t care. Batista with a HARD ass Batista Bomb onto the steel steps!! OUCH! Both Orton and Batista enter the ring and raise their hands in the air.
When we come back, Hogan will present the Andre the Giant trophy to Cesaro.
Son of a bitch, I go to the restroom and come back to RVD kicking Damien Sandow!?!
By the time I get to the match, RVD has Sandow on the outside. He drops him stomach first on the barricade then hits the spinning leg drop to Sandow! YOU STILL GOT IT chant. RVD sends Sandow in the ring. Sandow attacks the midsection. Sandow misses a clothesline, so RVD kicks him right in the freakin head. RVD hits the ropes. Rolling Thunder. Pin? Nope!
RVD heads up top! ROB VAN DAM! Five Star Frog Splash. Pin for 1….2..3!!
Official Result: Rob Van Dam
Nothing but a welcome back
RATING: *
I need more AJ in my life….
That’s better.
Hey, look, Barrett is gonna wrassle! Barrett grabs the mic before the match starts. He’s afraid he’s got some bad new…
Mysterio attacks while Barrett has the mic. The crowd boos him. Rey with the atack then a hurricanrana, sending Barrett to the outside. Rey slides under the bottom rope for a splash onto Wade. Rey sends him back in the ring then hits a shoulder block. Rey locks the legs around the neck, but Barrett sends him up then kicks the gut. Barrett attacks the back of Rey. He sends Rey head first into the corner. Wade whips Rey into the corner. Rey with the boots up. Hits the ropes, but Wade with a side slam and a pin for 1…2..NO! Wade sends Rey atop the turnbuckle horizontally. Wade raises his hands for the crowd then sends a hard knee to the gut of Rey! Wade sets up for a suplex. Rey blocks. he sends Barrett down. Barrett stands. Rey with the seated senton. Rey with a DDT and a pin for 1…2..NO! Rey dropkicks Wade on the ropes. Sets up the 619. The crowd boos as he hits it! Rey hears the boos. He hops up top.
Wade is up and crotches Rey! He gets ready for the bull hammer! He hits it! Pin for 1…2…3!!
Official Result:
Soak it up, Barrett…
RATING: **
Cole says there’s a big time debut coming up next. It’s Rusev. We get a video package which is some NXT clips and a few Rumble clips….
Another preview of The Exotic Express is shown. Adam Rose displays the importance of midgets during a party. So he’s a slightly more comprehensible Russel Brand?
The ravishing Russian is here to introduce Rusev. The Rusev Legacy starts now. Here comes the big man. His name is displayed in Russian. Cool. He’s going to be facing…Zack Ryder. haha.
Rusev blocks a right and stomps Ryder in the corner. Kicks to the legs. Ryder tries to fight back, but Rusev gives him a hard kick to the face. Rusev lifts Ryder, sets him up perpindicular, sets him on the ropes, gives some knees, then hits a fall away slam type manuever.
Rusev lifts up Ryder with ease and slams him down, then locks in the Camel Clutch, which is what Rusev calls The Accolade. Ryder taps.
Official Result: Alexander Rusev
Squish
RATING: 1/2*
Apparently, The Ultimate Warrior is going to be here, Live.
We are back, and The Ultimate Warrior is HERE. He asks us Warriors to speak to him. He has been thinking about what he is going to say. It’s been hard for him to find the words…so he brings out a Warrior mask. King jizzes all over the announce table. Warrior tells himself to shut up and let him do the talking. No WWE talent becomes a legend on their own. Every man’s heart is going to die, but if what that man did in his life makes others breathe, then his essence will be immortalized by the storytellers and the memory of those who honor him and make the legend live forever. He essentially continues with this sentiment. Nice speech, although a bit pointless.
AJ!!!!
We’re back, and Tamina doesn’t seem too happy to be supporting AJ. AJ on the mic.
“295. For 295 days, I have been your Divas champion; the longest reigning Divas Champion of all time. And a couple of months ago, I stood at the top of that stage and I tore all the Divas a much deserved new one. But I gave them a chance. I gave them 294 days to prove me wrong, and they couldn’t. Last night, they proved that I am the hero of this story. Last night at Wrestlemania, it was ‘AJ Lee vs The World’ but it’s always been that way. The odds were 13 to 1 but it’s always been those odds. She has gone from a poor girl in New Jersey to the best girl in the world.”
CM PUNK CHANT
“I am the savior of your Divas Divison. I AM the Divas Division.”
SCREECH…….
PAIGE!!!!!!
She’s here. AJ wants to know what the hell she is doing here. Paige just came to do what no one else would, and that’s to congratulate AJ; she did great last night. AJ says thnks and thinks everyone should be thanking her, but as much as she appreciates it, she doesn’t need it. Why don’t she go running back to NXT, because the champ doesn’t like being interrupted. Paige said she just wanted to say congrats. AJ calls her a sweet little crumpet. But since Paige is all dressed, how bout AJ beats her right now. Paige says she’s not ready. AJ says oh but she is, and slaps Paige across the FAYCE! Are you ready now? Are you ready now, Paige? Ready or not, I think we need to have a match right now.
AND IT’S FOR THE TITLE!!! I love AJ, but this may be a passing of the torch!!!
AJ Lee vs Paige
AJ runs for the attack once the bell rings. She beats on the back of Paige. AJ smiles. She whips Paige to the ropes, hits a back elbow. AJ skips around Paige. AJ with a spinning heel kick. She hits the ropes, looks for the Black Widow. She’s almost got it. It’s in, but Paige tries to stand, so that AJ can’t lock the leg. Paige has her on the side.
Paige spins it and trips up AJ….cover….1…2…3!!!
Official Result: NEW WWE Divas Champion Paige
Look, I know I’m supposed to be mad – and I am – but not for the reason you would think. THAT’S how she wins?! Come on…I know it’s her finisher, but….looked like just a trip up. Ok, I’ll stop being negative. Congrats, Paige.
RATING: ****1/2
We get a Bo Dallas commercial, and he wants us to Bolieve in ourselves…oh wow. Called it.
The music of Hogan hits, and here comes the Hogan. The trophy is in the ring. Hogan wants to tell us somethin (brother). Last night, we had the biggest and baddest Mania of them all, right in the middle of the Superdome, brother. Hogan is cut off a bit with a Cesaro chant. Hogan said he was watchin the Battle Royal and saw Big Show get thrown over the top rope, it made his heart feel great cuz he knew Andre was looking down with a smile on his face, and now every single Mania, the memorial will go down cuz of all of us. So does that mean it’s a yearly thing? There was supposed to be 30 last night, but apparently there was 31. He introduces Cesaro.
Cesaro comes out with Zeb. The crowd sings along with the entrance to The Real Americans. Cesaro stands aside his trophy. Hogan says congrats, and hands the mic over. Then leaves. Zeb speaks instead. He says he wants to let a Real American talk. In a few moments, he’ll give the mic back to Cesaro. He wants to bring up the fact that Cesaro isn’t from here, but he took him and made him a Real American. He also made him a self-cultured guy. Cesaro cuts him off. He says he is not a Zeb Colter guy. He’s a Paul Heyman guy…..
OH WHAAAAAAAAAAAT!!!!!!!
HOOOOOOOLLLLLLLLLLYYYYYYYYYYYY
Here is Heyman! He is the advocate for the KING OF SWING, Cesaro! Zeb is shocked. Heyman knows this is shocking, but it seems to be the week of shocking moments for Paul Heyman guys, so his first order of business is to instruct JBL and the other guys that they will discuss the future of Cesaro. KING OF SWING chant. Heyman goes to the announce table to berate the guys. Out of nowhere, Swagger comes to attack!! He sends Cesaro to the outside then pushes the trophy down and BREAKS IT!!
Cesaro is pissed! He heads into the ring, gets some right uppercuts, then sends Swagger to the outside with a clothesline!!
We’re back with a match in progress. Cesaro slams Swagger down for 1…2..NO! Gutwrench from Cesaro, and he tosses Swagger aside. Cesaro sends Swgger to the outside. Cesaro with a kick to the gut then he sends Swagger into the apron. A knee to the chest followed by sending Swagger into the ring. Cesaro hits the apron, but Swagger chokes him up. Cesaro with a back elbow then he goes to the tope rope. Swagger hops up, too! Belly to belly. Pin for 1….2..NO! Swagger gets Cesaro in the corner with some knees, sending Cesaro into the seated position. Swagger goes WE THE PEEPS on Cesaro, so he gives him a right hand. Swagger with a toss across the ring. Swagger pulls on the arms from behind then sends Cesaro into the ropes chest first and elbows the back. Again. Swagger sends Cesaro into the ropes one more time, but he fires back with an upercut. Another. Swagger sends him up and over for a pin 1….2..NO! Swagger Bomb in the corner to Cesaro! He hits Cesaro’s boot instead, though! Heyman screams that now is the time for Cesaro. Cesaro gets on the second rope. Swagger is on the apron. Suplex!! Holy shit! Pin for 1…2…NO! That Suplex….amazing.
Cesaro runs and hits an uppercut to the cornered Swagger. Goes for another, and hits it. One more! He sends Swagger to the other side, hits another! The crowd loves it!! Cesaro wants a Swing, but Swagger heads out of the ring! He’d rather take the countout. Zeb agrees.
!
Official Result: Antonio Cesaro via Countout
What a rush!
RATING: **1/2
Backstage, she is talking to The Shield AND Kane, and she says she doesn’t care what happened last night, they are going to make sure Triple H wins the title tonight. Seth wants to ask a quick question; where are the New Age Outlaws, huh? Kane says they are on thin ice. Triple H sees them for what they are; nameless, faceless, expendable. Those were Tripel H friends. Steph tries to shut up Kane, but it’s too late, as he confesses that it was Triple H who sent Kane and the NAO to attack them on Smackdown…
Steph calls Bryan an injustice, and that’s why The Shield should take him out. Tonight, they will all be on the same page because what THE BOSS wants, he gets.
Commercial
Bryan comes out first, but before Triple H comes out, here come Orton and Batista. The walk down slowly, then enter the ring and try to attack Daniel Bryan! They get him in the corner then pull him to the center of the ring. It’;s a beatdown. RKO to Bryan! Batista Bomb to Bryan!! The fires of hell hit the stage, and out comes Kane! He saunters down the ring as Bryan lays prone in front of Batista and Orton. Kane enters the ring, yells at Batista and Orton a bit, then backs them away from Bryan. GOOZLE to Bryan! Chokeslam! The music of Triple H hits…he’s ring ready. He makes Chioda ring the bell.
The bell rings. Triple H is about to lift up Bryan. The music of The Shield hits!!! Here they come! Orton, Kane, and Batista hop up on one side of the apron. The Shield is near the announce table. Triple H isn’t so stupid as to think they’re there to help him, but he stops Kane and Co from doing anything. Reigns, Rollins and Ambrose on the apron. Triple H says this is not going to happen. He points at The Shield. THIS IS AWESOME. THE SHIELD IS IN THE RING!! Triple H tells them to stand down. Kane, Batista, and Orton are in the ring. Triple H tries to hold them back. Kane points, Triple H makes them back up. Kane says he doesn’t trust The Shield. Triple H says this will not be a war. This is not happening. Batista hops around. Triple H turns…..RIGHT INTO A SPEAR!!!! Batista and Orton sent outside!! Ambrose and Rollins with suicide dives! Kane Goozles Reigns! Reigns breaks it! Hard punch to Kane!! Triple H is laid out. All three members of The Shield circle him!! YES! YES! YES! YES! YES! Triple H gets up on his knees. He points towards The Shield, reminds them of who the boss is. KNEE FROM BRYAN!!!!!
Bryan and The Shield stand in the ring as the show ends.
END SHOW
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