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Cody Rhodes defeated Wade Barrett
The bout went for just under 5 minutes, and saw Cody picking up the victory with the Cross Rhodes. Rhodes is a tremendous worker, and I’m happy that he finally has something going for him in the WWE. Post match, Sandow cut a promo about Cody throwing his briefcase in the Gulf of Mexico.
Rating: * ½
Daniel Bryan defeated Kane
The former partners faced each other for the first time in a year, and Daniel Bryan picked up the victory after a good back and forth match with an inside cradle after the 12-minute mark. Post match, Kane connected with a chokeslam, but was interrupted by the Wyatt Family. He was attacked by Luke and Erick, and Bray finished things off with the swinging spike DDT, and then cut a promo about Kane not being the Devil’s favourite demon.
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Rating: ** ½
Brie Bella defeated Natalya
Another instance when WWE made Natalya look like a joke. The mediocre bout went for about 4 minutes before Nikki distracted Natalya, enabling Brie to pick up the victory. Post match, they made fun of Natalya. For what? For having more talent in her pinky than the Bellas combined I suppose.
Rating: ½ *
Paul Heyman came out next and cut a promo about Punk facing Brock Lesnar. Heyman said Brock would destroy Punk at SummerSlam.
Curtis Axel (With Paul Heyman) took on R-Truth in No Contest
The match barely started before Punk came to the ring and tried to get his hands on Heyman. Heyman escaped, but Punk took his frustrations out on Axel. It’s a good way to build the much anticipated Punk – Lesnar/Heyman match at SummerSlam.
Rating: Dud
Backstage, Vince McMahon and Triple H confronted each other, and McMahon told Triple H that Bryan doesn’t look like a ‘WWE Champion’. Hunter said he could give him a makeover. Anyone remembers the same thing happening with Austin in ’98? I like where this is going if so.
John Cena defeated Ryback in a Tables match
The bout went on for 16 minutes, and was the same typical Cena-Ryback match that we got so bored of seeing till last month. Cena ended things with an AA over the table to pick up the victory.
Post match, Bryan came to the ring and handed Cena the title, only to take his hand back. Cena took the title from Bryan, and stared back at him. The show faded with Bryan leading the crowd in a ‘Yes’ chant.
Rating: ** ½
Show Rating: ** ½
That was a pretty average show, considering they were coming off a great couple of weeks. This week’s show was taped last week itself, so that hurt the show a bit. The Cena-Bryan feud is being built nicely at its own pace, which will make it memorable if the cards are played right. That’s it for this week’s review. We’ll be back with next week’s review, and hopefully, it will be much better than this week’s show.
