World Heavyweight Champion Sheamus opened the show by giving credit to past WrestleMania opponent Triple H, claiming that whatever he chooses to do next he has his respect. Damien Sandow then interrupted the champ, calling him a disgrace to his Irish heritage and an ignoramos. 'The Great White' simply told Sandow to shut up and challenged him to enter the ring, which he refused. General Manager Booker T then joined them and predictably booked a match between the two. I've become a big fan of Sandow, he's so effortlessly charismatic on the mic.
Rey Mysterio defeated Cody Rhodes in an enjoyable match up. Both men looked in good form (pretty standard for Rey) as they provided a fun bout to watch. An upset Cody attacked Rey after he'd been pinned with a quick roll up and attempted to take his mask off until his nemesis Sin Cara came to Mysterio's aid and helped take out Rhodes. He then proceeded to put a copy of his mask on Cody as revenge.
Kaitlyn beat Natalya in a passable Divas bout. There wasn't anything particularly outstanding about it but it wasn't bad by any means. Kaitlyn caught Natalya out with a quick roll up pin for the one-two-three. Considering she isn't winning her matches on televised shows very convincingly I doubt Kaitlyn's chances in her Night of Champions match for the Divas title.
In an interview backstage Vickie Guerrero announced that she'd had words with WWE's Board of Directors regarding Raw GM AJ's attack on her on this weeks show, stating that if they don't take action she will. Could AJ be out of the door already? For me she's been a mixed bag in her new role so far, but I think there's still more that could be done with her as GM.
Sheamus won via count out versus Damien Sandow in a contest that ranged from fair to average. The actual wrestling was decent enough, I just felt it dragged a little at times and was a bit drab. To save face Sandow decided to leave up the ramp rather then take any more punishment from Sheamus, accepting the loss.
Darren Young and Titus O'Neil defeated Justin Gabriel and Tyson Kidd in a fair tag team match. The most entertaining parts were contributed by the underutilised Kidd, I really think him and Gabriel should be given a push as a team.
As Josh Matthews brought up Alberto Del Rio's losses against Sheamus in an interview with the number one contender, Del Rio began to threaten to attack him until Kane came out and scared him off. As part of his anger management classes (which were shown partly on Raw, and they were brilliant segments) he apologised to Matthews for attack him at SummerSlam. Teddy Long then booked Kane and Del Rio in a match up.
Alberto Del Rio defeated Kane in a good bout. I honestly wasn't expecting much here but both guys worked well together and put on displays to be proud of. After the bell rung Kane turned back to his destructive side and Choke Slammed Josh Matthews. I'm finding Kane far more interesting now than I have since he returned last year, I'm intrigued to see where they go with this.
Randy Orton beat Dolph Ziggler in a solid enough main event. While not as exciting or engaging as their previous encounters it was still a fair match, it just didn't feel like a significant main event to end the show with for me. Maybe if Dolph had picked up a surprise win over Orton to give him the boost he needs a lot more than 'The Viper' does it might've been different.
Once again the blue brand provided passable action in the ring, just nothing that exciting to take away. They need a dose of Daniel Bryan on the show each week I reckon, he's the best thing about the company right now.
