WWE: Talking Points from 19th August RAW

After SummerSlam, everyone wanted to see what would happen in the world of WWE. On Sunday night, Triple H betrayed the new WWE champion, Daniel Bryan and the WWE Universe, as he drilled Bryan with a pedigree, enabling Orton to cash-in his Money in the Bank contract and become the new WWE champion.

With all said and done, this week’s episode rolled out of the Honda Center in Anaheim, California, and the show kicked off with the former WWE champion. So what were the major talking points coming out of the show? Let’s find out.

Ricardo has a new client

Rob Van Dam

Alberto Del Rio managed to retain his World Heavyweight title this past Sunday at SummerSlam against Christian, but one shouldn’t forget his attack on his former manager/mouth piece, Ricardo. This past week on RAW, Ricardo returned with a message, saying he found someone else to replace Alberto Del Rio, and it was none other than “Mr. Monday Night” Rob Van Dam.

As a shocked Alberto looked on, RVD made his way to the ring and nearly took ADR’s head off, but ADR managed to escape before RVD could connect with the five star frogsplash. What does this unlikely alliance mean for RVD? We’ll find out next week!

Sin Cara gets injured again

Sin Cara returned from an injury not so long ago, and this past week, he took on the World Heavyweight champion, Alberto Del Rio. After the match began, Sin Cara took down Alberto Del Rio with a suicide dive on the outside, but immediately motioned to the referee that something was wrong.

The referee immediately held up the cross sign, which is usually an indication for a real – life incident that needs medical attention. The medics and doctors immediately tended to Sin Cara, and although an official announcement hasn’t been made yet, it looks like Sin Cara will be taking some time off again.

CM Punk sends a strong message to Paul Heyman

After losing to Brock Lesnar at SummerSlam, Punk made his way out gingerly and invited Paul Heyman to come down to the ring so that he could apologize to his face. As Paul came out with Axel, Punk told Heyman that he was sorry he couldn’t rip his hand out and take it home with him.

Punk then got into an unsanctioned brawl with Curtis Axel, and took Axel down with hard chair shots and a GTS on the steel steps, staring down Paul Heyman. Will WWE go ahead with a Punk – Axel program? Or do they have anything else on in store for Punk? Punk only has retribution on his mind, and one feels that it’s only a matter of time before Punk gets his hands on Paul Heyman.

The Shield prove their dominance in the WWE

The Shield were involved in a couple of matches on RAW, and were used as the bodyguards for the corporation during the “championship coronation” segment. Although The Shield have been booked poorly in the past couple of months, they have looked dominant in the past week, and this week showed just why they have been the most dominant faction in the WWE.

John Cena out of action for 4 – 6 months

Another major news coming out of RAW was Cena’s diagnosis, and he dropped a bombshell on the WWE Universe that he would be out of action from 4-6 months, which was met by loud cheers (Oh! well). With Cena out of the WWE for so long, it will give guys like Punk and Bryan their due exposure. With both of them stepping up, it won’t be much of a problem for WWE, especially now that their focus is solely on Daniel Bryan.

The Corporation derails Daniel Bryan

Triple H and Daniel Bryan

After being screwed out of the WWE title, Stephanie and Triple H told Bryan this week that he wasn’t championship material. After being thrown out of the building by the security, Bryan made his way into the building once again, and was called out by Triple H, who promised him that no one would touch him.

The Shield then attacked Daniel Bryan, but before they could connect with the triple powerbomb, Hunter asked them to leave him, and told Bryan to step into the ring. As soon as Bryan pulled himself into the ring, Orton connected with the RKO, ending the show standing on top of Bryan along with the McMahons. This will lead a Stone Cold esque journey for Bryan against the powers that be, and I for one cannot wait to see how this story unfolds.