WWE RAW Retort – Say Hi to Dusty for me

Battle of the airbrushed singlets!

I don’t know what happened to the ring skills he used to have, but they appear to have completely disappeared since making his debut as Ryback. The way he was working was atrocious!

Even worse is that Ryback was in the ring with a wrestler who can work with almost anyone and make them look solid – except Ryback. The only redeeming quality of this match was that the airbrush artist had two of his singlets in the ring at the same time.

I love that Ryback went to RVD and asked if he minded that he use the same airbrush artist for his singlets. RVD thought it was great because he wants to support the artist, and RVD was in TNA at the time, so there wasn’t a chance they’d be facing each other in the ring.

Now that they have, in the worst match of the night, the only good thing was the art work.

Bryan takes control!

Daniel Bryan takes control

There was no way that the WWE could go into Night of Champions with Bryan not getting the upper hand in any way. Bryan needed to show that he could beat down Orton, somehow.

Bryan’s work with Ambrose was stellar, but that’s to be expected. It was Bryan’s work with Ambrose between his runs with the WWE that brought Ambrose into the WWE. Their work was so good in those few matches that Ambrose was hired. The two men have proven over and over how well they work the ring together, and tonight stole the show working together – yet again!

And that work should have dominated the night, but it was after the match that things really became interesting. Since Big Show didn’t have a hand in the match, of course he had to be involved after the match.

The thing is that the WWE built themselves another huge plot hole and didn’t fill it in. Steph said that Big Show couldn’t lay a finger on The Shield. That, to me, says that Big Show could have hit them with his chair. It was a loophole.

And then there’s the fact that she said he couldn’t lay a finger on The Shield, but she didn’t say that Big Show couldn’t lay a finger on Orton! Orton was all up in Big Show’s face, saying that he was doing it by Trip’s proxy, and Big Show didn’t touch him.

Maybe I over-analyze every bit of fiction I encounter, especially when it comes to pro wrestling, but I keep seeing these huge plot holes in this storyline, specifically where it effects Big Show.

You’d think that WWE creative, especially with Steph and Trip working so closely on their own storylines, that they would work out these problems before they make it to TV. And then there’s the fact that The Shield was nowhere to be found when Bryan took Orton out in the ring. Why were they suddenly gone?

All that being said, it was great that Bryan was able to take out Orton on his own, without Big Show’s help. It shows he has the abilities to do it, and that’s what he needed to show going into Night of Champions.

With that ending segment, the WWE and Daniel Bryan made Night of Champions, and the main event into something so much bigger and better than it might have been if Bryan didn’t prove that he can hold his own.

Finally, I’m getting excited to see what the WWE is going to bring us on Sunday night! Make sure you check out my Night of Champions Predictions later this week and read what I think will go down this Sunday when Punk and Bryan step up to take back what is theirs!