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Miz introduces everyone to the Divas who will be on Total Divas.
Miz hands things over to Jerry Lawler because there are women in the ring.
Jerry says hello to the five Divas he knows and then he introduces himself to Jo Jo and Eva Marie.
Eva says that she does not like the way that Jerry is looking at her. She says that she is here to make a name for herself and she slaps Jerry.
Jerry hands things over to Miz to remind everyone when to watch the show.
We go to commercial.
We are back and Triple H interrupts a Brad Maddox phone call. Hunter asks Brad if he thinks Daniel Bryan isn’t big enough, strong enough, or championship material. Hunter says that it sounds like someone put words in his mouth. He doesn’t care what the old man thinks, Daniel Bryan might be the future of the company.
Hunter says that he did not go out there to fix Brad’s mistakes because he knows that Daniel is so driven that he will overcome whatever Brad puts before him. Hunter says that two trains are leaving the station. Choose the right train because one is the future and one is a dead end.
Stephanie tells Brad that she feels for him because she has been between Hunter and Vince, just like Brad. She has a solution, but once she has it, she will tell him. Brad says that he is on board.
We take a look at the Wyatt Family in video form.
Damien Sandow and his briefcase join the announce team for the next match.
Match Number Four: Fandango (with Summer Rae) versus Cody Rhodes
They lock up and Fandango with a side head lock and shoulder tackle. Fandango dances and he turns around into a drop kick from Cody and then he chops Fandango. Fandango with chops of his own followed by a punch. Cody with a knee and snap mare followed by a running knee to the head for a near fall.
Cody with a punch but Fandango with an Irish whip and Cody sends Fandango to the apron. Fandango sends Cody into the turnbuckles and he gets a near fall. Fandango kicks Cody in the head and he punches him. Fandango with punches followed by a back elbow and he gets a near fall. Fandango with a cravate.
Fandango with a knee to the head and he affects Cody’s breathing by working on the face. Fandango returns to the cravate. Cody with punches and he escapes. Cody with punches to Fandango followed by the drop down uppercut and then he kicks Fandango in the abdomen and he hits a moonsault and Fandango goes to the floor.
Damien Sandow gets up and he goes into the ring and he avoids Fandango trying to attack him from behind. Rhodes sends Fandango into Sandow and Cody with Cross Rhodes for the win.
Winner: Cody Rhodes
We go to commercial.
We are back and CM Punk makes his way to the ring.
Punk says that we should talk about what happened last week. He got his ass handed to him by Brock Lesnar. He grabbed him and rag dolled him and hit him with his best shot over and over and over until Punk was a laying heap at ringside. He knew that he was dealing with a genetically gifted freak athlete. No matter how hard Brock hit him and threw him around, he got up.
We are one week later and he still has thirteen staples in his head. He has messed up ribs and ankle. Maybe he shouldn’t be here, but he is still standing. That is the think about a Brock Lesnar beat down or ambush. Brock can beat him down, but he cannot keep him down.
Brock Lesnar is an NCAA Champion, a former WWE Champion, and a former UFC Heavyweight Champion. A man who broke the likes of Triple H, John Cena, and the Undertaker. Over all of the years and fights, his biggest strength has not been his speed, power, technique, or fighting skill. His biggest strength has always been fear.
Punk says that he has seen it up close. Punk says that he is not afraid of Brock Lesnar. He is not afraid of Paul Heyman’s monster.
Now he wants to talk about Paul Heyman. Paul Heyman had a decision to make and he made the wrong one. He will make sure that Paul lives to regret it each day of his miserable life. He is relentless and he will not stop until he has Brock laying in the heap Brock left him in. He will send Brock back into obscurity.
Punk says that this is his ring. He has proven it every time. He has proven it to Rock, John Cena, and the Undertaker. He would have proven it to Brock Lesnar until the man he called his best friend stabbed him in the back for a second time.
Punk tells Paul that he has a promise for him. There will not be a third time. He will get his hands on Paul and he will pay. Punk says that he will not pretend that Brock is not a monster. Monsters were put on this Earth for one purpose . . . to be slaughtered. He will slay the beast. He wants Brock one-on-one and he will kick his ass at SummerSlam. He wants the Best versus The Beast.
Paul appears on the TitanTron and he repeats The Best versus The Beast and he likes the idea and the marketing.
Punk wants to know if Paul is really via satellite or if he is here because he will grab him by his fat neck and drag him into the ring.
Paul asks Punk if he is going to play hero to the Texans. Thank God that we live in the age of instant global communication so they can give their message and not once have to set foot in the state of Texas. Punk is in front of his new worshipers playing the hero. Paul says ‘Show me a hero and I will show you a coward who ran out of options or a fool who was too stupid to stay down.†Is Punk a coward or a fool?
Punk says that he will give Paul and his client his answer at SummerSlam.
Paul says that it bothers him . . .
Punk says that he wants to know where Paul is because he will walk to kick his ass.
Paul says that it bothers him that Punk doesn’t realize that they were the Reigning and defending champion for 434 days.
His client is in his best fighting shape. Punk is all beaten up from the Money in the Bank ladder match and the heinous beating at the hands of the Beast Incarnate from last week. If CM Punk wants a fight, the challenge for SummerSlam is accepted. Paul says that the Best is the Beast and he is his client and best friend in the world . . . Brock Lesnar.
Rob Van Dam walks in the back as we go to commercial.
We are back and we are told that Rob Van Dam will face Alberto Del Rio on Smackdown this week.
Match Number Five: Wade Barrett versus Rob Van Dam
Van Dam poses on the turnbuckles and Barrett hits Van Dam from behind. Van Dam flips over Wade and hits a jumping back heel kick and Barrett goes to the floor. Barrett pulls Van Dam to the floor and runs him into the apron. Barrett sends Van Dam back into the ring and he gets a near fall.
Barrett with a forearm and he puts Van Dam on the turnbuckles an he connects with forearms to the back and then he kicks Van Dam in the midsection and Van Dam falls to the mat and Wade gets a near fall. Barrett with a knee to the back and a boot to the chest. Barrett chokes Van Dam in the ropes.
Barrett puts Van Dam in the ropes and he connects with knees and a running boot to the head and Van Dam hangs from the ropes. Barrett gets a near fall. Barrett with a reverse chin lock. Barrett sends Van Dam to the mat again and he gets a near fall. Barrett returns to the reverse chin lock. Van Dam with elbows but Barrett with a forearm and he tries to send Van Dam into the turnbuckles but Van Dam blocks it and he kicks Barrett in the head.
Van Dam with a side kick from the turnbuckles and then he hits Rolling Thunder for a near fall. Van Dam goes up top and he hits a flip senton for a near fall. Van Dam with shoulders in the corner and then he misses a shoulder into the corner. Barrett with a back heel kick. Van Dam with an Irish whip and a spinning heel kick.
Van Dam with a back heel kick and then he goes up top for the Five Star Frog Splash and he hits it and gets the three count.
Winner: Rob Van Dam
Daniel Bryan walks in the back as we go to commercial.
We are back and Zeb Colter has something to say. They are in a city named after a Patriot, Stephen F. Austin. If he was alive today, he should go on Maury for a paternity test after seeing what his children did to this state. Stephen F. Austin fought and died for Texas independence. Did he die so people could chant a stupid slogan like ‘Yes’? He says shame on the people and shame on Daniel Bryan. Daniel is just like these people. He has no problem with a hand out because that is what John Cena did with him. Daniel will learn what it is like to be in the ring with a real American.
Match Number Six: Daniel Bryan versus Jack Swagger (with Zeb Colter and Antonio Cesaro) in the first part of the Daniel Bryan Gauntlet of Facial Hair and One Word Exclamations
They lock up and Swagger backs Bryan into the corner but Bryan with punches and kicks. Swagger tries to put Bryan on the turnbuckles but Bryan with a sunset flip for a near fall. Swagger with a shoulder to the knee. Swagger with a shoulder tackle and then he waits for Bryan to get up for another shoulder tackle.
Swagger kicks Bryan and then he connects with knees in the corner. Swagger punches Bryan and then he suplexes Bryan. Swagger with forearms to the back while the fans criticize Swagger’s alma mater. Swagger with a punch but Bryan with a drop kick.
Bryan sets for the suicide dive but Swagger with a forearm that stops Bryan. Swagger with the double jump Swagger Bomb. Swagger takes too long and Bryan applies the Yes Lock and Swagger taps out.
Winner: Daniel Bryan
We go to commercial.
Match Number Seven: Daniel Bryan versus Antonio Cesaro (with Jack Swagger and Zeb Colter) in the second part of the Daniel Bryan Gauntlet of Facial Hair and One Word Exclamations
The match is joined in progress and Cesaro with a chin lock and arm bar. We see footage of Cesaro hitting Swiss Death during the commercial break. Bryan with kicks in the corner but Cesaro with a hard Irish whip to the sternum and Cesaro with a near fall. Cesaro with a crossface and then he applies the choke to wear down Bryan but Bryan escapes and he applies a dragon screw leg whip and then hits a second one. Bryan with a third one and then he puts Cesaro into the surfboard but he decides to drive the knees into the mat.
Cesaro blocks a suplex and then Cesaro with a dead lift vertical suplex and then he punches Bryan. Cesaro with an elbow drop for a near fall. Cesaro waits for Bryan to get up and he returns to the choke. Bryan gets back to his feet but Cesaro pulls Bryan down to the mat to hold on to the reverse chin lock.
Bryan with elbows and Cesaro with an Irish whip and Bryan floats over and then he hits a flying clothesline. Bryan with Kicks of Yes to the chest and then he misses the round kick and Cesaro returns to the choke. Bryan tries to use the turnbuckles to get out of the hold and he succeeds on the second one. Bryan with the drop kick into the corner and then he hits the hesitation drop kick and he gets a near fall.
Bryan goes up top and Swagger pushes Bryan off when Colter distracts the referee and Cesaro with a European uppercut for a near fall and we go to commercial.
We are back and Cesaro with a back body drop but Bryan holds on and gets a near fall with a sunset flip. Cesaro with a double stomp to the chest for a near fall and then he hits a dead lift side salto for a near fall. Cesaro kicks Bryan in the head and then he taunts him. Bryan with a head butt and forearms.
Cesaro with the Alpamare Water Slide for a near fall. Cesaro with an Irish whip but he runs into a knee from Bryan. Bryan with a German suplex and then he kicks Cesaro in the head and he gets a near fall. Bryan goes up top for the missile drop kick but Cesaro hits the ropes and it crotches Bryan. Cesaro with a leaping European uppercut and then Cesaro sets for a superplex but Bryan with a knee to block it. Cesaro with forearms to Bryan and then Cesaro tries again for the superplex but Bryan escapes and he crotches Cesaro.
Bryan puts Cesaro in the Tree of Woe and Bryan with Kicks to the chest and a hesitation drop kick. Bryan picks up Cesaro and he goes for a belly-to-back superplex but Cesaro is able to counter in mid air and he gets a lateral press out of it but he can only get a near fall.
They struggle to get up and then they exchange European uppercuts with Bryan getting the first advantage but then it is Cesaro’s turn to hit many European uppercuts. Cesaro with a short arm clothesline for a near fall.
Cesaro tries for the Gotch Style Neutralizer but Bryan drops down and then he counters with a back body drop. Cesaro with more European uppercuts and Bryan with forearms and then he hits another dragon screw leg whip and then he connects with a series of forearms.
Bryan sends Cesaro to the floor and Bryan with a suicide dive onto Swagger and Cesaro. Bryan rolls Cesaro back in and he goes up top for the diving head butt but Cesaro tries to climb the turnbuckles but Bryan with a forearm. Bryan counters Swiss Death with a small package and the three count.
Winner: Daniel Bryan
Alex Riley is in the office with Brad Maddox and he says that Daniel Bryan has been impressive but Brad says to wait to see how he does against his next opponent.
We go to commercial.
Match Number Eight: Daniel Bryan versus Ryback in the third part of the Daniel Bryan Gauntlet of Facial Hair and One Word Exclamations
Bryan with a knee to the head and kicks to the leg. Bryan with a European uppercut but Ryback with a forearm and Ryback says something to Bryan. Bryan with forearms but Ryback with a knee to Bryan’s chest. Ryback chokes Bryan with his boot and he tells the referee he has to five. Ryback with kicks to Bryan.
Ryback chokes Bryan with his boot and he mocks Bryan. Ryback with a hard Irish whip. Ryback with a suplex and he gets a near fall. Ryback with a reverse chin lock. Bryan with forearms and Ryback with a Thesz Press and Bryan counters with a version of the Maple Leaf. Ryback tries to get to the ropes and he succeeds.
Ryback with a back elbow and he takes Bryan to the mat. Ryback with a splash for a near fall. Ryback with a spinebuster and then Ryback looks to the sky for his Warriors to get behind him. Ryback sets for the lariat but Bryan with a knee that staggers Ryback. Bryan with a drop kick into the corner and then he hits a second one. Bryan goes for a third one but Ryback with a clothesline and he gets a near fall.
Ryback goes to the floor and he looks under the ring and he gets a table and sets it up on the floor. Bryan with a suicide dive and it sends Ryback into the announce table. Bryan with kicks to Ryback against the announce table and Ryback sends Bryan into the ring steps. Ryback moves the table.
Bryan rolls into the ring and Bryan with knees and kicks. Ryback blocks a round kick and Bryan counters a power bomb with a sunset flip for a near fall. Bryan tries for the Yes Lock but Ryback pulls him up and throws him into the corner. Bryan with a drop toe hold that sends Ryback into the corner.
Bryan with a kick and he goes up top for a missile drop kick and he gets a near fall. Bryan with the Crippler Crossface and Ryback tries to get to the ropes. Ryback is inches from the rope and he gets there in time.
Ryback rolls to the floor and Bryan goes for the flying knee off the apron but Ryback catches him and power bombs him to the floor. Ryback sets for the power bomb through the table and he hits it and the referee calls for the bell.
Winner: Daniel Bryan (by disqualification)
After the match, John Cena comes out and he goes after Ryback and he sends Ryback into the ring. Cena with punches and then he clotheslines Ryback over the top rope to the floor. Cena goes to check on Bryan.
Cena gets on the mic and he asks if that is what you do to Daniel Bryan after wrestling for a half hour. He tells Ryback to try to do the same thing to him. Cena wants a tables match with Ryback.
Vince McMahon enters Brad’s office and he says that Ryback will face John Cena in a Tables Match on Raw next week. Vince asks him about Daniel Bryan. Will Daniel Bryan be denied the opportunity to prove himself. He needs to face someone bigger and more vicious. What about a friend or best friend? Brad announces Daniel Bryan versus Kane for next week.
Daniel Bryan goes into the ring and the crowd gives him a standing ovation.
We go to credits.
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