Post by Steveweiser on Sept 16, 2013 13:39:02 GMT -5
RAW is live tonight from Cleveland, and the Triple H Administration have some business to attend to, most of it not particularly "Best".
Daniel Bryan is once again the WWE Champion... maybe. He did his part right - he hit Randy Orton clean in the middle of the ring at Night of Champions with his Busaiku Knee Kick, and made the cover. However, referee Scott Armstrong proceeded to make the three count a bit faster than he should have. You could argue that he was knocked loopy during the match, and his timing may have been off as a result, but known Bryan critic Triple H would be looking for any excuse to take the title off Bryan, and this is as good as any. Will Trips make the executive decision to rule Bryan's big win null and void, or will he find another way to punish the new champion?
Another problem Triple H has is with the Rhodes family. Two weeks ago, he fired Cody Rhodes for questioning his orders, and last week, Dustin Rhodes, as Goldust, was invited to try and save his brother's job, only for Orton to defeat him, and Stephanie McMahon to dress him down further after the match. This week, Stephanie has invited former NWA World Heavyweight Champion "The American Dream" Dusty Rhodes on to RAW to discuss "a business proposition". Problem is, Triple H recently fired Dusty as the general manager of NXT, and replaced him with John "Bradshaw" Layfield, so Dweam is smelling a rat. What will be the latest in this family feud?
CM Punk disposed of Curtis Axel last night at Night of Champions, and finally got his hands (and kendo stick) on Paul Heyman... only for Heyman to then reveal his new Heyman Guy, none other than "The Big Guy" Ryback, who put Punk through a table, and laid his former best friend on top of him for the shock win. So although Punk got his shots in on the man who betrayed him, he now has to go through another monster in order to get his final revenge. Punk does have a great prior record against Ryback, but that was when Heyman was on his side. Will that be the case now that Heyman has switched sides?
The Shield came through both their matches last night with their titles in tact, as Dean Ambrose retained his United States Title over Dolph Ziggler, and Seth Rollins and Roman Reigns held on to their Tag Team Titles against the Prime Time Players. Triple H's hired muscle continues to dominate, will anyone step up to them and offer a serious threat to either of their titles?
In other title action, despite Punk getting the better of him, Curtis Axel did have a prior victory, retaining his Intercontinental Title over Kofi Kingston, Alberto Del Rio escaped with a disqualification loss to Rob Van Dam to hold on to his World Heavyweight Title (although he later ate a Van Terminator), and AJ Lee survived the wrath of the Total Divas to hang on to her Divas Title. What's next for all of them, as well as The Big Show and other key players in the Best for Business Era? Find out tonight on USA and other stations around the world.
Daniel Bryan is once again the WWE Champion... maybe. He did his part right - he hit Randy Orton clean in the middle of the ring at Night of Champions with his Busaiku Knee Kick, and made the cover. However, referee Scott Armstrong proceeded to make the three count a bit faster than he should have. You could argue that he was knocked loopy during the match, and his timing may have been off as a result, but known Bryan critic Triple H would be looking for any excuse to take the title off Bryan, and this is as good as any. Will Trips make the executive decision to rule Bryan's big win null and void, or will he find another way to punish the new champion?
Another problem Triple H has is with the Rhodes family. Two weeks ago, he fired Cody Rhodes for questioning his orders, and last week, Dustin Rhodes, as Goldust, was invited to try and save his brother's job, only for Orton to defeat him, and Stephanie McMahon to dress him down further after the match. This week, Stephanie has invited former NWA World Heavyweight Champion "The American Dream" Dusty Rhodes on to RAW to discuss "a business proposition". Problem is, Triple H recently fired Dusty as the general manager of NXT, and replaced him with John "Bradshaw" Layfield, so Dweam is smelling a rat. What will be the latest in this family feud?
CM Punk disposed of Curtis Axel last night at Night of Champions, and finally got his hands (and kendo stick) on Paul Heyman... only for Heyman to then reveal his new Heyman Guy, none other than "The Big Guy" Ryback, who put Punk through a table, and laid his former best friend on top of him for the shock win. So although Punk got his shots in on the man who betrayed him, he now has to go through another monster in order to get his final revenge. Punk does have a great prior record against Ryback, but that was when Heyman was on his side. Will that be the case now that Heyman has switched sides?
The Shield came through both their matches last night with their titles in tact, as Dean Ambrose retained his United States Title over Dolph Ziggler, and Seth Rollins and Roman Reigns held on to their Tag Team Titles against the Prime Time Players. Triple H's hired muscle continues to dominate, will anyone step up to them and offer a serious threat to either of their titles?
In other title action, despite Punk getting the better of him, Curtis Axel did have a prior victory, retaining his Intercontinental Title over Kofi Kingston, Alberto Del Rio escaped with a disqualification loss to Rob Van Dam to hold on to his World Heavyweight Title (although he later ate a Van Terminator), and AJ Lee survived the wrath of the Total Divas to hang on to her Divas Title. What's next for all of them, as well as The Big Show and other key players in the Best for Business Era? Find out tonight on USA and other stations around the world.
