August 26 , 2013 Monday Night RAW results The August 26 , 2013 Edition of RAW is a Professional wrestling television show of the WWE ' s RAW brand , which took place on August 26 , 2013 at US Airways Center in Phoenix , Arizona . Summary . If you ’ re going to be a WWE Champion , rule No . 1 is that you ’ ve got to roll like a WWE Champion . Triple H knows this better than most , and so , after validating his actions last week as a " personal response " to Bryan ' s insults , The Game presented his handpicked WWE Champion , Randy Orton , a brand new Cadillac Escalade to go with his ill - gotten title . Daniel Bryan wasn ’ t about to let The Apex Predator gloat with impunity , though , and quickly arrived to crash the party . Coincidentally , though , Triple H also had a " gift " for the jilted former champion : The opportunity to prove his worth in a Gauntlet Match against each member of The Shield , to take place later in the evening . No re - gifting allowed . Fandango has been embroiled of late in an extensive grudge with The Miz , and the animosity between the two ultimately cost the dancing Superstar a win when he felt The Awesome One ’ s wrath during a match with Cody Rhodes . Despite the presence of Damien Sandow at commentary , Rhodes was nearly textbook in his effort against Fandango , though the match ultimately ended in a much less technical manner after The Miz emerged in a stolen Fandango enemble and flanked by Rosa Mendes . The former WWE Champion ’ s spastic “ Thriller ” dance left Fandango gobsmacked enough for Rhodes to seal with win with a roll - up , but the chaos only increased when Sandow and Miz stormed the ring and laced into their opponents with reckless abandon . Looking to corral the Superstars into something resembling coherence , Raw GM Brad Maddox made his entrance and – taking a play from one of the greats – finagled Fandango & Co . into a Tag Team Match ( the “ playa ” is , as always , implied ) . Damien Sandow can add a new tidbit to his vast wealths of knowledge : Never place his trust in the man who calls himself Faaannn - DAAAHHNNN - Go . Thrown together with the dancing king in an impromptu tag match , Sandow not only found himself on the wrong end of Fandango ’ s finicky tendency to walk out on his opponents , but his even more notorious tendency to bail on teammates at the moment of truth . Sandow , to his credit , had been keeping his former partner Cody Rhodes on the defensive and was in position to win the match . That is , until Miz tagged in and put the boots to Sandow , pausing only to blast Fandango with a kick so stiff the dancing king two - stepped away from the match altogether , leaving the “ Uncrowned World Champion ” to suffer a Rhodes - assisted Skull - Crushing Finale for the three . The only thing less surprising than the WWE Universe ’ s App vote for this match – if CM Punk beats Curtis Axel , he gets Paul Heyman in the ring – was the fact that , when it came time to pay the proverbial piper , Heyman managed to worm his way out of his comeuppance . Despite the mad scientist ’ s trepidation , Curtis Axel ’ s confidence more than made up for it in the early stages of the contest : Showing no fear against the ferocious Second City Saint , Axel took advantage of Punk ’ s bloodlust for Heyman to strong - arm the former WWE Champion into the defensive when Punk took his eye off the ball . Though it seemed like Axel would pull off the victory , a Go to Sleep sent the gloating champion to the showers . But Punk was denied satisfaction when Axel retaliated with a low blow and incapacitated Punk with handcuffs before he could attack Heyman . The Intercontinental Champion then handed his boss a Kendo stick and the ECW mastermind went to work , hacking away at The Straight Edge Superstar until he was overcome with emotion and slumped up the ramp , looking for all the world as heartbroken as Punk was physically broken . All in all , this was not Punk ' s night of retribution . Night of Champions , however , may prove to tell a different story . The “ Total Divas ” gals are at it again . Proving that drama knows no boundaries , Brie Bella and Natalya stepped into the ring for a SummerSlam rematch . And while it appeared that Brie was doomed to suffer another loss to the “ Queen of Harts , ” some timely distraction by Eva Marie and Nikki gave her the opportunity to steal a win … though there weren ’ t really any winners once AJ Lee skipped to the mic and aired her grievances . Dropping her own version of her ex - paramour ’ s famous pipe bomb , the “ Black Widow ” administered a lethal dose of poison to her fellow Divas , whom she felt were gifted the opportunities she had to sacrifice for . “ You ’ re all worthless excuses for women , and you will never be able to touch me , ” said AJ . “ And that ’ s reality . ” Looks like Ricardo Rodriguez ’ s big client switch is starting to pay dividends . One week after officially leaving Alberto Del Rio ’ s services in favor of Rob Van Dam ’ s , Ricardo ’ s new jefe pulled off a big win against The Essence of Excellence and punched his ticket to Night of Champions in the process . Despite the fact that Van Dam ' s had the champion ' s number of late , the newly solo Del Rio wasn ’ t exactly shaking in his boots against Mr . Monday Night , matching the former WWE Champion shot for shot and even aping Van Dam ’ s famous taunt when the opportunity suited him . Though Del Rio had RVD dead to rights , Rodriguez ’ s rallying of the WWE Universe stopped his momentum just long enough for Van Dam to struck with a roll - up as Del Rio attempted the Cross Armbreaker , springing a surprise pin on The Essence of Excellence . Not bad . But can he do it again in three weeks ? There are two things the WWE Universe will never get tired of : A renewal of old rivalries , and the defacing of Randy Orton ’ s automobiles . Over the course of The Viper ’ s contest against Christian on Raw , said Universe was treated to both . Two years after they took each other to hell and back in pursuit / defense of the World Heavyweight Championship , “ The New Face of WWE ” and Captain Charisma locked up once again in The Viper ’ s first match since reclaiming the WWE Title . After sending Christian for a gruesome - looking fall off the turnbuckle , Orton seemed to have the advantage . But the former World Champion rallied , dodging an RKO before connecting with the Spear . Christian ’ s tenacity forced Orton to resort to dirty play , thumbing Captain Charisma in the eye behind the ref ’ s back before finally administering the RKO for a win . If only Orton ’ s car escaped similarly unscathed : Moments after Orton notched the pin , Daniel Bryan appeared on the TitanTron alongside The Viper ’ s Caddy , which he had defaced with a bevy of “ YES ! ” es thanks to a can of spray paint . Well , if Night of Champions turns out well for him , Bryan can rest easy knowing he ’ s already got a custom ride all ready to go . Zeb Colter might take issue with the result , but there are few things more American than a good , old - fashioned fight , and that ’ s exactly what happened when Titus O ’ Neil tangled with Jack Swagger in a continuation of The Prime Time Players ’ grueling rivalry with The Real Americans . “ The Big Deal ” and the former World Champion took each other to the woodshed in a nasty little tilt that carried more hallmarks of a brawl than a wrestling match . Though Swagger successfully plied the Patriot Lock on O ’ Neil , Titus powered out of it only to suffer a dirty roll - up attempt that Darren Young helped to thwart . The ensuing smack talk between the Superstars ’ teammates gave O ’ Neil the necessary down time to recover and finally dispatch Swagger with Clash of the Titus . Millions of dollars , everybody ( by the way , that ’ s pretty American , too ) . Put a challenge in front of Daniel Bryan and he will find a way to surmount it . Case in point : Faced with the wrath of WWE COO Triple H , the submission master plowed his way through each of The Game ’ s three instruments of destruction , The Shield , to prevail in a Gauntlet Match , although he came out significantly worse for wear when all was said and done . With the WWE roster forced to stand silent witness before Bryan ’ s apparent undoing , the bout had all the look and feel of a public execution as Bryan faced down the three Hounds of Justice in consecutive bouts . Except Bryan survived . First came a grueling onslaught from Seth Rollins , which Bryan endured thanks to a top - rope German suplex and running knee to the head that put the Tag Champion down for a pin . His next two wins came under less decisive circumstances , as Roman Reigns and Dean Ambrose interfered in each other ’ s Gauntlet installments to give Bryan a pair of DQ wins . With the referee unable to control the chaos , The Shield felled Bryan with the Triple Powerbomb to soften him up for Randy Orton , who – with Triple H ’ s blessing , sunk his fangs into the unconscious Bryan with a final RKO that left the No . 1 contender unable to move , fight back , or so much as give a “ No ” in protest .