The following are the results of the June 10th edition of WWE RAW, which took place at the Richmond Coliseum in Richmond, VA. Michael Cole, Jerry Lawler & JBL were the announce team for the final RAW before the Payback pay-per-view this Sunday in Chicago, IL.
Singles Match
Curtis Axel (w/Paul Heyman) defeated Triple H by DQ. Vince McMahon came down to the ring during the match, asked for the bell to be rung, and told ring announcer Justin Roberts to announce that Curtis Axel was the winner due to a DQ. Triple H was irate, and he forced the ring announcer to restart the match. This brought Vince out again, and he declared Axel the winner again by forfeit. This led to Triple H restarting the match and making it a 60 minute iron man match. McMahon came down again, told Heyman and Axel to leave the ring because they won twice already. He then grabs the ring bell and Roberts’ mic so the match could not be restarted. A very strange way to start the show up.
Backstage Segment
Triple H and Stephanie McMahon are in the back, as Stephanie tries to calm her husband down. She pleads to Triple H not to hurt her father, and Triple H tells her to go talk to her father. This storyline looks like it will continue throughout the show tonight.
Singles Match
Kane defeated Dean Ambrose by DQ when the other members of The Shield interfered in the match up. Daniel Bryan and Randy Orton came out to the aid of Kane, and they cleared the ring of The Shield.
After the match, Michael Cole announces that the WWE Universe will be able to vote on who Daniel Bryan will face tonight on RAW. He will face either Seth Rollins or Roman Reigns of The Shield. After the break, it’s revealed that Bryan will face Rollins and Orton will face Reigns.
Backstage Segment
Randy Orton and Daniel Bryan are in the back arguing over what happened on SmackDown last Friday. Kane is trying to be the peace maker, and tells them they need to focus on their matches against The Shield later tonight. Vickie Guererro interrupts and informs them that she has made a Tag Team Championship match for this Sunday’s Payback PPV. However, it is not Team Hell No that will face Rollins and Reigns, instead Daniel Bryan and Randy Orton will have to team together! The two walk away upset, then Vickie tells Kane that he will have a US Championship match against Ambrose this Sunday. Kane is happy with that and gives her a hug.
Back at ringside, Intercontinental Champion Wade Barrett joins the announce team. Michael Cole informs us that due to his medical condition (concussion), Fandango will not be allowed to wrestle this Sunday at Payback. Instead, we will have Wade Barrett defending his title against The Miz in a singles match.
Singles Match
The Miz defeated Cody Rhodes by submission with the Figure Four. After the match, Barrett looks to attack The Miz, but Paul Heyman comes out to the top of the ramp. He says that Vickie Guerrero has authorized him to inform both of them that the IC title match this Sunday will still be a Triple Threat Match with Curtis Axel replacing the injured Fandango.
Video Segment
A promo video for the return of the World’s Strongest Man, Mark Henry is shown. Henry will return next Monday on RAW.
Backstage Segment
Stephanie confronts her father Vince McMahon over his actions against Triple H earlier tonight. Vince is very stubborn and claims all he cares about is “business” and he will not talk with Triple H over his actions, and that he “has a show to run.”
In Ring Segment
Chris Jericho makes his way to the ring to address his match with CM Punk this Sunday. He says that out of all the past and present champions and wrestlers he has faced in his career, CM Punk pushes him the furthest. Dolph Ziggler’s music hits, and he makes his return to RAW after suffering his concussion weeks ago on SmackDown. Jericho interrupts Ziggler and says they should have a match right now, Ziggler says he’s got the match…against Big E. Langston.
Singles Match
Chris Jericho defeated Big E. Langston (w/AJ & Dolph Ziggler) by pin fall with the Code Breaker. The ending saw Alberto Del Rio attacking Ziggler which led to the distraction that allowed Jericho to hit his finisher.
Singles Match
Antonio Cesaro defeated Sin Cara by pin fall with the Neutralizer. Zeb Colter joined the announce team, and seemed impressed with Cesaro.
Video Segment
A Bray Wyatt promo video is shown, “We’re coming.”
Backstage Segment
Vince McMahon confronts Vickie Guererro and Brad Maddox about the face to face meeting between Cena and Ryback that she set up. He says that she has jeopardized the main event for Payback by having them meet tonight. Maddox comes up with a solution, having lumberjacks in the ring to separate Cena and Ryback.
Singles Match
Randy Orton (w/Daniel Bryan) vs Roman Reigns (w/Seth Rollins) is a No Contest due to interference by Seth Rollins and Daniel Bryan.
Singles Match
Daniel Bryan (w/Randy Orton) defeated Seth Rollins (w/Roman Reigns) by pin fall with a quick roll up after a distraction from the outside. Reigns looked to attack Bryan, but Orton prevented Reigns from interfering. After the match, Bryan and Orton double teamed Rollins and hit him with an RKO.
In Ring Segment
Kaitlyn is out in the ring to find out who her secret admirer is. Out comes… Big E. Langston!! Langston all dressed up and with some flowers tells Kaitlyn how he feels about her, and how he has liked her since he first laid eyes on her. Langston moves in for a kiss, grabs her and dips her down. It looks like he’s going to kiss her, but he just drops her to the mat and laughs. AJ’s music hits, and she comes skipping to the ring. This was her revenge on Kaitlyn, because she wasn’t there for her last year when she was getting hurt by Daniel Bryan, CM Punk, or John Cena. Kaitlyn was chasing the Diva’s Title instead. Kaitlyn lunges at AJ, and attacks her for awhile, until AJ escapes. The Diva’s Championship will be defended at Payback this Sunday.
Singles Match
Damien Sandow defeated R-Truth by pin fall with the Silencer. After the match, Sheamus is out to cut a promo for their match at Payback “Kick-Off.”
Backstage Segment
Stephanie McMahon is in the back and she asks an employee to find Vince McMahon and tell him that his daughter wants him to meet in her office to discuss business. She also asks another employee to find Triple H, and tell him to meet her in her office, it’s something personnel.
After the break, Vince McMahon is with Stephanie in her office and Triple H walks in. She tells them to stop arguing, and work this out. Vince doesn’t want Triple H to wrestle Curtis Axel, he’s bigger than that, he wants him to run the business side of things. Triple H understands Vince’s point of view, but Vince says Triple H can have his match next week. Now, Triple H doesn’t want the match, so they argue over this. Stephanie comes in and gets them to do a group hug, and the segment ends
In Ring Segment
John Cena and Ryback are set to meet face to face in the ring, with all the lumberjacks at ringside. However, Ryback doesn’t get into the ring, he stays at the top of the ramp, and Cena calls him out for that. They cut their promos, then Cena tries to leave the ring to attack Ryback, but the lumberjacks prevent him, and throw him back in the ring. Then Ryback runs into the ring to attack Cena, and Cena throws him to the outside. Lumberjacks attack Ryback and throw him back into the ring. Cena and Ryback are ready to go at it, and then all the lumberjacks come into the ring to seperate them. They’re on opposite corners, with lumberjacks seperating them, when the show ends.
