Big Show came out and expressed how frustrated he was when he only held the World title for around forty-seconds last year and then had to witness the man who'd won it from him, Daniel Bryan, loose it in eighteen-seconds at WrestleMania XXVIII. As Show went on to explain how he'd defeat the current champ Sheamus, Randy Orton joined him and claimed that the giant will not stand in his way of winning his tenth World title at Hell in a Cell (their match later on was a World Heavyweight Championship number one contendership one).
Alberto Del Rio also arrived and once again complained that he'd somehow been screwed out of the World title, and told both men that he deserves the next shot ahead of them. This was met with a swift RKO from Orton, who then left the ring. Quite a pedestrian segment to start the show, especially compared to Daniel Bryan, Kane and Edge's brilliant one from last week.
Antonio Cesaro defeated Santino Marella in a fair match up. In their strongest outing to date both men put in worthy efforts, even Santino who seemed to add some new moves to his repotur. I'm hoping this is the end of their contests, it's become quite tiresome now. Cesaro needs to move on to better competition to advance up the ranks.
Beth Phoenix beat Natalya in a decent bout, and the best Divas match I've seen for a long, long while. Both women went back and fourth in a heated contest, with Phoenix grabbing the one-two-three with a quick roll up pin. Seeing this standard of women's match makes it even more frustrating knowing that Beth is on her way out of the company, although I don't blame her. Afterwards Eve announced that Beth was "indefinitely suspended" as she was a suspect in the mysterious attack on Kaitlyn at Night of Champions. It's a daft storyline.
Backstage Booker T reversed Eve's decision and reinstated Phoenix. Eve then tried to put the blame on Teddy Long, claiming that he told her to do it. A confused Booker asked both of them to leave to let him think things over.
Wade Barrett defeated Zack Ryder in a passable contest, with a few enjoyable moments here and there. Unfortunately the match wasn't given much time so it couldn't produce anything of any real substance. I'm really not sure where the writers are going with Barrett right now, and maybe they aren't either.
World Champion Sheamus joined The Miz on his talk show 'Miz TV', and ended up taking over and asking the host all the questions instead, claiming that it was so all the fans did't have to just listen to the Intercontinental Champion. Sheamus also mocked Miz for his loss to Ryback on Raw, so Miz retorted by claiming that for him to excel at anything people have to pay, it's not for free. He also stated how surprised he was that Sheamus was in a jokey mood considering he'll be facing Big Show or Orton at HIAC and most likely loose his title. 'The Great White' reminded Miz of how hard he trains and how seriously he takes the World title, and what a privilege it is to hold.
MITB contract holder Dolph Ziggler then joined them and warned Sheamus that the man he should worry about is him, since he plans on cashing in after the Hell in a Cell match. So by announcing that we can all asume that Ziggler will not have a successful cash in at HIAC. In retaliation Sheamus then took out both Miz and 'The Show Off', chucking them both out of the ring and standing tall.
The Rhodes Scholars defeated The Usos in the first round of the WWE Tag Team number one contenders tournament. It was a decent enough contest with the action condensed due to the time allocated, which actually helped keep the interest up throughout. It was a worthy display from all wrestlers involved.
Ryback beat Tensai in a standard powerhouse vs powerhouse match up, with both big men going toe to toe with their powerful maneuvers. It was okay, you wouldn't miss much by passing on it.
Before the main event Del Rio took out Orton with an attack from behind, taking him out. He then came out to Orton's music and announced himself to be taking Orton's spot in the match, but 'The Viper' made a return and struck Del Rio from behind.
Big Show defeated Randy Orton to become number one contender to the World Heavyweight title in a match that ranged from rather drab to enjoyable. The first half wasn't much to shout about, with slow methodical offense from Show on the injured Orton. Fortunately it managed to pick up and grab your attention once Orton started to make his comeback, even applying an RKO for a very nice near fall. But it wasn't to be for 'The Viper' as Show delivered two Choke Slams for the victory.
Afterwards he also KO'd Orton with a WMD punch and warned Sheamus that he'll be seeing him at Hell in a Cell. I'm not expecting much from that match, but hopefully I'll be proven wrong and they smartly work to both mens strengths and carefully plan it out. At least this also means the end of Del Rio challenging once again, his feud with Sheamus had grown pretty tiresome.
Overall it felt like the show had taken a big step back after last weeks very entertaining broadcast. The matches were okay and the segments weren't anything outstanding, so it's back to normal on the blue brand I guess. They really need to include the Tag Team Champions on the show next week, even just a couple of segments or a match will add some needed interest and excitement.
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