General Manager Booker T kicked things off by asking World Heavyweight Champion Sheamus to come out and apologise for driving Del Rio's car, so 'The Great White' joined the GM and admitted that as much fun as he had in the Ferrari, he had to do the right thing and apologised. But this wasn't good enough for Alberto Del Rio, who marched out and demanded Sheamus be punished further. So the champ offered Del Rio a World title match that very night as consolation, and the frustrated Del Rio accepted.
Sin Cara defeated Cody Rhodes in a fair to average match up. Pretty skippable really. I'm hoping Rhode's career begins to pick up again soon.
The always entertaining Daniel Bryan came out to complain about being left out of the WWE title match at SummerSlam and having to face Kane instead. Kane then decided to join his future opponent, shortly followed by the Raw GM AJ, who explained that she was there to warn Bryan and Kane to calm things down. She went on to ask Bryan to shake hands with Kane to prove he was mentally stable and a good sportsman. So Bryan extended his hand only to be attacked and chased off by the 'Big Red Monster' while AJ maniacally laughed. It was a strange segment, and brought AJ over as more of a heel in my opinion.
Jinder Mahal won a Handicap match versus two rookies. It was a very brief squash match, with Mahal forcing one of the opponents to tap to his signature Camel Clutch. Afterwards Ryback came out seeking vengeance, but Mahal quickly made his way out of the ring, so Ryback instead decided to also take out Mahal's two former opponents. At least this is making Mahal more interesting and building him up a bit, I think he already has the ability in the ring.
Chris Jericho prepared to interview Dolph Ziggler on his Highlight Reel, but instead received Vickie Guerrero as his guest on her client's behalf. After some mickey taking Vickie threatened to leave the show, only to be brought back by Jericho. Vickie then went on to reiterate Ziggler's words that Jericho had lost it, and was not the wrestler he used to be. Jericho claimed that maybe she was right, and that he has had to think some things over but now "Y2J" was back. Dolph himself then came running in and after a distraction from his manager Zig Zagged Jericho and struck him with his Money in the Bank briefcase in the head.
With Jericho's contract with WWE running out very soon before his new tour with band Fozzy I'm guessing that he'll put Ziggler over at SummerSlam (Jericho has always come across to me as someone who puts up and coming talent ahead of his own ego, unlike some) and then quietly disappear again. With a possible return around December or at the Royal Rumble perhaps. That's just my guess anyway.
Titus O'Neil and Darren Young beat Primo and Epico via disqualification to become number one contenders to the Tag Team titles. The match didn't really have enough time to get going or produce anything of any substance. The DQ came when Young and O'Neils manager AW threw water at Kofi Kingston and R-Truth (who'd been on guest commentary) causing the duo to enter the ring and begin attacking AW and his team. Oddly enough Rosa Mendes was absent from this bout, strange.
Christian defeated Antonio Cesaro in a very enjoyable contest. In Cesaro's best match since joining the main roster both men put on solid displays. It may have started off a little slow but once it picked up it was a lot of fun to watch. Afterwards Cesaro continued the assault as he threw Christian from the top rope to the outside and barged him into the barricade. Looks like Antonio's taking a step up on the roster.
Rey Mysterio beat The Miz in a decent match up. As usual the consistent Mysterio managed to bring out the best in his opponent in the ring and provided an exciting bout. Mysterio grabbed the one-two-three with a quick roll up, and hands Miz two losse in one week. I just hope they're not giving him another awful loosing streak storyline, it did absolutely nothing for him before.
Before Sheamus and Del Rio's World title match could begin a group of police officers surrounded the ring and Del Rio cancelled the bout, and it was then revealed that the group of men were in fact hired guns for Del Rio. The group and Del Rio then went on to take out the World Champion, with the show ending with the Mexican standing over his fallen SummerSlam opposition. It was a strong finish to the show and gave this feud some much needed energy and interest. Unfortunately I'm still waiting for that to happen to the WWE title bout.
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