July 19 , 2013 Smackdown results The July 19 , 2013 Edition of Smackdown is a Professional wrestling television show of the WWE ' s Smackdown brand , which took place on July 16 , 2013 at the Dunkin Donuts Center in Providence , Rhode Island . Summary . As the cloud of a new Guerrero regime returned to the blue brand , SmackDown turned up the heat with an incredible night of whirlwind action with its sights set on SummerSlam . While returning SmackDown General Manager Booker T and his Senior Advisor Theodore Long both looked to the WWE Universe to settle the question of who should run the blue brand moving forward , WWE Chairman Mr . McMahon had other plans . Aiming to impress the head of WWE , Teddy made a huge Intercontinental Title Match , pitting titleholder Curtis Axel against Chris Jericho ! Booker , in turn , put World Heavyweight Champion Alberto Del Rio in the main event against Randy Orton ! Then , in a surprise effort to steal the job for himself , the new General Manager of Raw , Brad Maddox , emerged to announce the return of RVD to SmackDown for the first time in 8 years ! Despite their efforts , Mr . McMahon made the shocking announcement that the new permanent GM of SmackDown would be none other than the recenty fired GM of Raw Vickie Guerrero ! The ecstatic Queen Diva was “ back with power ! ” While the referee didn ’ t exactly see Antonio Cesaro interfere in his fellow Real American Jack Swagger ’ s match against Dolph Ziggler , enough suspicion was raised to get both the disruptive Superstar and Zeb Colter ejected from ringside . Then , as ex - girlfriend and Divas Champion AJ Lee and Big E Langston looked on from the back , Ziggler overcame his controversial opponent by escaping the Patriot Lock to hit the Zig Zag for the three - count . After the bell , The Showoff took the opportunity to get the last laugh on his erratic ex - boo , sending the message that he was sorry … sorry that he didn ’ t end things sooner . This threw AJ into a major meltdown . And as Big E worked to calm her down , it seemed as if a passionate moment nearly occurred between them . After The Usos thwarted The Shield ’ s attempt to interfere with the World Heavyweight Championship Ladder Match on Sunday , Jimmy & Jey once again looked to go to war against the WWE Tag Team Champions in a pay - per - view rematch . But before the bell could even ring , the two teams engaged each other and chaos ensued . When United States Champion Dean Ambrose joined the fray , things seemed ready to go from bad to worse . That is , until Mark Henry – who suffered a thunderous triple powerbomb courtesy of The Shield on Raw – plowed his way into the situation and helped The Usos clear The Hounds of Justice from the ring . After being named the No . 1 contender to the WWE Championship by John Cena himself Monday on Raw , Daniel Bryan overcame the brutal Barrett Barrage on SmackDown with the “ Yes ! ” Lock . The submission specialist continues to pick up huge victories week after week . But will he overcome the 11 - time WWE Champion at SummerSlam ? After being appointed the new General Manager of SmackDown by WWE Chairman Mr . McMahon himself , Vickie Guerrero wasted no time getting back in the swing of things , delivering an earth - shattering slap to Raw General Manager Brad Maddox and having Teddy Long thrown off SmackDown altogether . Utterly disgusted with the level of depravity reached by Paul Heyman in his controversial situation with CM Punk , The Miz uncharacteristically opted not to ask a single question to the outspoken advocate , choosing instead to simply give him the floor . Following up on his nefarious actions against Punk at Money in the Bank and Brock Lesnar ’ s assault on The Straight Edge Superstar on Raw , Heyman used the time to speak on behalf of The Anomaly , " pleading " with his former best friend to stay down and disappear or Brock would be forced to deal with him . A disgusted Miz walked out of the ring , leaving Heyman to welcome Intercontinental Champion Curtis Axel to the arena for his pending title showdown against Y2J . Thanks to a distraction by the crafty Paul Heyman and a devastating swinging neckbreaker , Curtis Axel scored a near - perfect triumph in a fierce Intercontinental Title Match against Chris Jericho . Then , as the dust was still clearing , Ryback stomped to the ring with mal intent . Despite Y2J ’ s attempts to fight back , the war - torn six - time World Champion tasted a meat hook clothesline / Shell Shocked combination , courtesy of “ The Human Wrecking Ball . ” After stealing the World Heavyweight Championship Money in the Bank Ladder Match victory away from his longtime friend Cody Rhodes on Sunday , The Intellectual Savior of the Masses attempted to smooth things over with the son of a son of a plumber . Calling Rhodes to the ring , the Enlightened One “ forgave ” Rhodes for attacking him Monday on Raw and offered his would - be cohort the “ honorable ” position of “ Protector of the Case . ” In response , Rhodes brained Sandow with the briefcase ! After disposing of an interfering Titus O ’ Neal , the ultra - explosive RVD reigned supreme over Darren Young with the Five - Star Frog Splash – chalking up a victory in his first SmackDown match in more than eight years ! On Sunday , Randy Orton emerged victorious in the Money in the Bank All - Stars Match , overcoming five other former World Champions to claim a WWE Title contract that he can cash in any time in the next year . With no rest for the serpentine supreme , The Viper took on World Heavyweight Champion Alberto Del Rio in SmackDown ’ s main event . And in the final moments of the furious match , Orton rolled out of the titleholder ’ s dreaded Cross Armbreaker attempt , ducking out of the way of a wild kick to hit the RKO and pin the World Champion for a non - title victory ! Despite his huge win , the nine - time World Champion did not walk away unscathed .