WWE Raw August 10 TV results and Recap: Randy Orton vs. Seth Rollins title match, Stephen “Arrow” Amell to wrestle at SummerSlam
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by Jeff Hamlin, WrestlingObserver.com
The Big Takeaway: This was an excellent show featured Randy Orton-Seth Rollins in a main event for the WWE World Heavyweight Championship. Sheamus pulled Orton out of the ring to cost him the championship. Sheamus then teased cashing in the Money in the Bank briefcase, but Orton came back in to deliver an RKO. Stephen Amell will compete at SummerSlam in a tag team match. The gimmick is its the Green Arrow (I thought Amell portrayed the Arrow, but just go along with it) and the Red Arrow (Neville) vs. Stardust and King Barrett.
Show Recap:
Seth Rollins starts the show. Again, they played the highlight of Rollins breaking John Cena’s nose. Rollins said he hasn’t heard from Cena regarding the challenge for a title-vs.-title match. Rollins says Cena wasn’t Straight Outta Compton, he’s Straight Outta Action. Rollins said he heard rumors that Cena was going to be at Tough Enough tomorrow night, then heard from someone at ringside that Cena was going to appear via satellite. Turned out, it was a picture of Cena with his nose broken with a mouth superimposed doing a fake Cena voice, just like the old Conan O’Brien routine.
The fake Cena voice’s best joke was “Hustle, Loyalty and Respect” has now become “Surgery, Recovery and Rehab.” The mouth also added he looked like he got a fake nose job from Picasso. He told his fans to never give up, unless Seth Rollins breaks your face.
Cesaro came out with more Cesaro Section signs all over the place. Cesaro challenged Rollins to a match tonight. Rollins said there was no open challenge tonight. Kevin Owens walked out and said Cesaro has done nothing to earn a title shot and said some idiot had written out Cesaro Section signs and handed them to sheep who will hold up any sign.
Owens mentioned he was the only man among the three who has beaten Cena and if anyone deserves a title match tonight, it’s him. Rollins started to turn him down when Randy Orton came out. Orton wanted a title shot, poking fun at Owens weight in the process.
Rollins said Tom Brady has a better chance of getting a free meal in Seattle than any of them getting a title shot tonight. He said he doesn’t care what the Authority thinks, he thinks everyone should get the hell out of his ring.
HHH came out. Apparently, the roulette ball landed on “babyface” this week on the Authority Wheel of Kayfabe. HHH was mad over Rollins said he didn’t care about the Authority and ordered Cesaro vs. Owens vs. Orton in a three-way with the winner getting a shot at Rollins tonight for the WWE World Heavyweight Title.
Daniel Bryan will appear on MizTV tonight.
After one week, the Submission Sorority name for Paige, Charlotte and Sasha Banks is already done. They’re now Team PCB and did commentary for the opening match. Marshawn Lynch thought these women were boring and repetitive in their answers to Michael Cole.
Team Bella defeated Team Bad (8:57)
Brie Bella pinned Tamina after a leg cradle . Even though she was on the heel team, crowd chanted big for Sasha Banks.
It broke down into a nine-way fight posmatch where Naomi threw the best women’s dropkick since Manami Toyota on Alicia Fox. They teased Charlotte and Banks showdown and members of Team PCB and Team BAD had a staredown.
Stephen Amell was shown at ringside for the upcoming angle with Stardust.
The New Day defeated Los Matadores (3:58)
Big E. Langston pinned Fernando after the Midnight Hour. El Torito tried to give Xavier Woods a huracanrana outside the ring, but Woods blocked it like he was going to power bomb. But Diego dropkicked Woods from behind, and El Torito completed the move. Some fans arte treating New Day as faces now. There should be a mic dedicated solely to Woods because he’s the most colorful talker in the company (outside of Paul Heyman) with no script.
They showed a picture of Titus O’Neal hanging with Marshawn Lynch at Seattle Seahawks headquarters today. Darren Young also had a photo taken with Russell Wilson.
New Day did a postmatch promo with Renee Young, who informed them they would get a title shot at the Prime Time Players at SummerSlam. Young also said it would be a four-way match with Los Matadores and Lucha Dragons. In other words, the consequences for Los Matadores losing tonight was getting a tag team title shot at SummerSlam. I love it when Raw wins and losses hold such high stakes. Renee started clapping with New Day, which was a total babyface act.
HHH and Rollins argued over why the title should be defended tonight. HHH said Rollins opened the door last week with the open challenge against Neville and if Rollins wanted to be the man, he has to be the man every single night. Rollins agreed.
Randy Orton pinned Cesaro in a three-way that also included Kevin Owens to earn a WWE World Heavyweight Title shot at Rollins (18:10)
A sensational match where the crowd got the hottest down the stretch when Owens and Cesaro traded big moves. As Owens tried to give Cesaro a Pop-Up Power Bomb, Orton climbed back in the ring and gave Owens an RKO, and gave an RKO to Cesaro as well. Orton pinned Cesaro. Highlights included Cesaro holding Orton in a crossface. Orton had to struggle out of the ring to break in since there is No-DQ in a three-way. Owens followed with a somersault tope onto both men. Later, Orton gave both Cesaro and Orton draping DDTs at the same time.
Dean Ambrose did a backstage promo about how he didn’t have many friends growing up, though it would have been nice to have one since you always need one to bail you out when you’re in a Mexican border town. Roman Reigns interrupted him and basically said he was first real friend that Ambrose ever had. Reigns said he and Ambrose were brothers while Bray Wyatt was just using Luke Harper. Reigns’ catchphrase is “Believe that.”
They did a piece on the Undertaker vs. Brock Lesnar. They had various Hall of Famers like Steve Austin, HHH and John Cena put over the streak. Seeing the highlights of Undertaker vs. Giant Gonzales, King Kong Bundy and a totally past him prime on goes knows what Jimmy Snuka brought ot mind how the Undertaker had to face some crappy opponents in the 90s. Austin, Ambrose, HHH and others put over how stunning it was that Lesnar ended the streak. Heyman said Lesnar will put an end to the Undertaker. It was a very good, UFC-style hype piece.
They mentioned for next week’s go-home show, the Undertaker and Lesnar will be in the building.
Luke Harper defeated Dean Ambrose (10:35)
Harper got the pin afterr a discus clothesline on Ambrose. It spilled into a four-way when Wyatt got involved. Wyatt tried to clothesline Ambrose, who ducked and Reigns hit Wyatt with a Superman Punch. Harper kicked Reigns in the head, but Ambrose hit a tope on Harper. Wyatt then crotched Ambrose after he climbed to the top rope, leading to the finish. Apparently, Wyatt lost his rocking chair so Harper threw Byron Saxton out of his chair for Wyatt to sit in. It got funny when the fans later started chanting “Sit down Byron.” There must be an added bonus in JBL’s paycheck for every week he mentions DX as among the most dominant factions of all time.
MizTV started with The MIz pointed out Ammell out Ammell. Miz threw in a jab about how once Stardust is done polishing the floor with Amell, he can call Miz for acting lessons. Amell had to bite his lip to keep from laughing. Dryan came out to the expected big reaction. Crowd kept chanting “Daniel Bryan” so long Miz had to stop them.
Miz tried to talk to Bryan about how he mad Bryan’s career. Bryan mentioned Miz’s upcoming film “Santa’s Little Helper,” which Miz can take credit for. But Bryan’s accomplishments are because of everything he’s ever done for himself, not the Miz.
Miz turned the subject to Bryan’s injury since he’s been on the shelf. Bryan sent a nod to Mick Foley and mentioned his best selling book and being on Tough Enough. Miz turned the attention to himself again and focused on Ryback, saying Ryback should forfeit the Intercontiental title because of his staph infection and cancel the three-way match at SummerSlam. The Big Show came out to run down Miz. Crowd chanted “Please retire” at Big Show, who got mad. Ryback came out for his return. Miz and Bryan bolted so Ryback and Show could have a staredown. Then Bryan threw Miz in the ring between both of them.
Show bullied Show and Ryback into the corner. Show give Miz a Beal Throw, but Ryback clotheslined Show out of the ring. Then Ryback gave Miz a Meathook clothesline which left Miz with only one show on. Bryan raised Ryback’s arm and gave him the I-C belt back while the two chanted “Yes!” Weird to see the most over star on the show as the setup guy for a midcard program.
A package profile on Charlotte featured her talking about her father’s dedication to the business and learning from him. She vowed to main event WrestleMania one day and compared herself to Ronda Rousey.
This led to an announcement of a three-team elimination match at SummerSlam with Team Bad vs. Team PCB vs. Team Bella.
Mark Henry and Rusev went to a no contest (1:06)
Lana was at ringside. Summer Rae jumped on the apron for some reason, leading to Lana pulling her down. Rae threw Lana into the ring, where she was kneeling looking up to Rusev. It led to Rae running for the DQ. Meanwhile, Rusev took out Mark Henry by throwing him into the steps. Rae decked Lana from behind. Rusev ordered Rae to crush her. Rae then put Lana into the Accolade until Lana was unconscious. As Rusev and Rae posed, the Bulgarian flag came down which now has Rusev’s face on it. Now that is cool.
Neville defeated King Barrett (1:17)
Neville got the pin on King Barrett after the Red Arrow.
Right away, Stardust ran in the ring to put the boots to Neville. Then Stardust got out of the ring and got in Amell’s face and shoved him. Amell hopped the railing and speared Stardust before security pulled him off. Announcers sold it like Amell had stepped over the line by jumping the rail and going into the ring after Stardust, which was fine. Except we’ve seen dozens of examples of it over the years from numerous celebrities.
HHH scolded Amell and Neville for jumping in the ring. Ammell said he wanted Stardust and Barrett at SummerSlam. Amell looked like Andre the Giant standing next to Neville. HHH started to talk down to him about being a TV star in a wrestling ring. Amell said he didn’t care and ordered HHH to draw up the legal papers for him to face Stardust at SummerSlam. I was startled to see somebody talk back to HHH. Good thing Amell isn’t a wrestler. He’d be looking at 6 months worth of jobs to Zack Ryder if he was. HHH told Amell he had no idea what he was getting himself into but agreed. Amell was very good here, but Neville isn’t a talker.
JBL was back with his trusty cards about how people will pay more money if they buy SummerSlam on PPV. By the way, Rousey says hello and 900,000 buys.
JoJo interviewed Sheamus, who called Orton “boring” (irony) and called Rollins a “skunk haired weasel.” He held up the Money in the Bank breifcase and said he would be the new World Heavyweight Champion and said the time to cash it in may be tonight.
Randy Orton defeated Seth Rollins (C) by DQ, so Rollins retained the WWE World Heavyweight Championship. (13:32)
Another very good match with the crowd really behind Orton. Rollins used Orton’s own draping DDT on him, then made mannerisms like he was going to do the RKO. Instead, Rollins tried a Pedigree, but (after some early communication issues between the two), Orton backdropped Rollins over the top rope. Rollins landed on the apron and went right to the top rope and jumped off, but Orton caught him with an RKO. Orton covered Rollins, but Sheamus ran down to pull Orton out of the ring. Sheamus threw Orton into the steps and dumped him over the barricade.
Sheamus saw Rollins till down, hit a Brogue Kick and was about to cash in the Money in the Bank briefcase. Orton was supposed to run up behind Sheamus before he cashed it and give him an RKO. But Orton was way late in doing so and the referee and Sheamus had to play tug of war forever before Orton finally showed up. Crowd really was into the final segment.
SUMMARY:
This was one of the rare weeks where a crowd wasn’t burned out after three hours. The Amell angle helped. So did having three very good matches on the show. Plus, it was a good show for the TV viewer because we got the good matches plus a terrific Lesnar-Undertaker buildup package. A very good show.