August 5 , 2013 Monday Night RAW results The August 5 , 2013 Edition of RAW is a Professional wrestling television show of the WWE ' s RAW brand , which took place on August 5 , 2013 at Resch Center Arena in Green Bay , Wisconsin . Summary . Contrary to popular belief , Daniel Bryan is a good sport when it comes to corporate makeovers . Suit ? Fine . Hair gel ? Why not . Just don ' t touch the beard . The submission master had gamely submitted to Stephanie McMahon ’ s proposed renovation , rocking a spiffy - looking suit en route to his grand unveiling . And despite Bryan ' s rebellious attitude ( " John Cena is an entertainer . I am a wrestler ! " ) , Mr . McMahon himself seemed pleased enough with the results . However , things quickly south when McMahon summoned former Intercontinental Champion ( and apparent descendant of barbers ) Wade Barrett to administer the final touch that would firmly earn Bryan some corporate support . . . shaving off the No . 1 contender ’ s precious beard . Needless to say , Barrett ’ s attempt to raze Bryan ’ s famed follicles ended in disaster . At the moment of truth , the submission expert seized the clippers and cleaved Englishman ’ s own stubble in two before departing the scene , ripping the pricey threads from his body and revealing a new T - shirt bearing the message “ THE BEARD IS HERE . ” At least this time , The Chairman didn ’ t kicked in the crotch . Hooray for small victories ? Clearly a four - week layoff has not been kind to Ricardo Rodriguez , whose instincts aren ’ t quite what they were before he was El Kabonged onto the DL by Dolph Ziggler two months ago . Making his grand return after licking his wounds , Alberto Del Rio ’ s personal ring announcer instead ended up the World Champion ’ s personal whipping boy when he failed to help The Essence of Excellnece repeat his ill - gotten victory over Rob Van Dam from a few weeks ago on SmackDown . Facing the former WWE Champion , Del Rio was on the receiving end of RVD ’ s offense and in a tight spot , so Ricardo attempted to diffuse the situation by setting up his bucket against the turnbuckle . The dirty play backfired , though , and Ricardo ’ s beloved patron ended up taking a header into the spittoon instead . One roll - up later handed Del Rio his second defeat in as many weeks , though that was nothing compared to the fate of Rodriguez himself , who was subjected to a ruthless beatdown by Del Rio as punishment for his inefficiency . Who says Cody Rhodes holds a grudge ? Just two weeks after consigning Damien Sandow ’ s Money in the Bank contract to the depths of the Gulf of Mexico , the “ Essence of Mustachioed Magnificence ” retrieved his former pal ’ s precious cargo and invited Sandow out so he could to return it to him in Green Bay . Of course , the presentation turned out to be a trap for The Enlightened One , who not only caught a beating from Cody but suffered an even greater loss when Rhodes pocketed the actual contract from inside the Money in the Bank briefcase . Happily for both men , they ' ll soon have a chance to , shall we say , vent their frustrations . You ' re welcome . Same result , different circumstances : Mark Henry left Green Bay with another win over Ryback in a rematch of their WrestleMania 29 collision , but the " Human Wrecking Ball " was hardly humbled – or put off at all , really – by the count - out loss he suffered . The two titans picked up exactly where they left off , pounding each other with five - megaton strikes that would send smaller Superstars into a stupor . Ryback ' s agility gave him a brief leg up on Henry , but the big bully seemed content he ' d made his point when The World ' s Strongest Man regained the advantage . Pre - empting Henry ' s next onslaught , Ryback rolled out of the ring and backed up the ramp , talking trash for the count of 10 and beyond . Daniel Bryan had some strong words for John Cena earlier in the evening , yet The Champ certainly didn ’ t pull any punches when it came time for him to take his turn on the mic , turning Bryan ’ s entertainer - vs . - wrestler comments on their head and daring the submission master to underestimate the challenge that awaits him at SummerSlam . Cena was soon joined by Randy Orton , who reiterated his long - standing promise to strike when The Champ least expected it … and then The Shield ’ s entrance music sounded and things began to get truly complicated . Orton and Cena seemed destined for calamity at a 3 - 2 disadvantage until Daniel Bryan arrived to even the odds , though physicality never erupted thanks to some quick thinking from Raw GM Brad Maddox . Channeling his inner Teddy Long , Maddox decided to make the best of a bad situation and made an impromptu main event for the evening : Cena , Orton & Bryan vs . The Shield in six - man combat . Can Tons of Funk get down to a little “ Dueling Banjos ? ” The boogieing big men met their match on Monday when they stepped into action against Luke Harper & Erick Rowan of The Wyatt Family and ended up with a vicious thrashing from the backwoods brutes . Despite Brodus Clay ’ s attempt to save Tensai from Harper and Rowan , the Wyatt disciples overwhelmed the big men and scored a particularly brutal win . Bray Wyatt himself , as always , went for the last word by pulverizing Brodus with his signature STO and another eerie pontification . But the preacher was denied the pleasure of a clean exit when Kane appeared on the TitanTron and issued an ominous promise to trap " The Eater of Worlds " inside a " Ring of Fire , " setting the ring posts ablaze to prove his point . Looks like anger management is out the window , then . After nearly a year on the side of the angels , Layla rediscovered her vicious side on SmackDown when she joined forces with AJ Lee to cost Kaitlyn a Divas Title victory , and the former Women ’ s Champion followed her shocking turnabout up with a similarly underhanded win over the “ Hybrid Diva ” on Raw . Kaitlyn made it a point to get Layla back for her treachery and had been building to a spear that would put her former friend out for the night . The interference of AJ , however , occupied Kaitlyn ’ s attention and gave Layla the opportunity to strike , putting Kaitlyn down for three with a kick to the head and sauntering away with a truly flawless victory . Any rocker worth his salt has to have charisma and Heath Slater is certainly not lacking in this department . But 3MB ’ s flame - haired front man got a big dose of Captain Charisma on Monday when he faced the World Contender No . 1 contender in a match on Raw . Slater brought his A - game to the bout , giving Christian a stiff challenge and tossing the former World Heavyweight Champion to the ground with impunity . But the rocker took a bit too long to play for the crowd , and no sooner had Slater turned around to administer the final blow than he walked straight into a Spear from Christian that hit the lights on his evening . Curtis Axel has proven a thorn in CM Punk ’ s side for some weeks now , but the long - gestating bout between the Paul Heyman defector and his wunderkind replacement devolved into catastrophe when a beastly interloper decided to get himself involved . Driven by unbridled rage , Punk seemed intent on decimating both Heyman and his acolyte , targeting the mad scientist before the bout even started and attempting to hobble Axel when the contest finally got going . Despite a strong showing from the Intercontinental Champion and a reappearance by Heyman that robbed Punk of his focus , The Straight Edge Superstar had the Perfect progeny dead to rights … until Brock Lesnar appeared to menace his SummerSlam opponent . For all the fearlessness of the former WWE Champion ( Punk even took Brock down for a moment ) , The Anomaly still submitted Punk to a beating that went very much the same way as the first … right down to The Second City Saint ’ s refusal to stay down against his monstrous opponent , until a series of chair strikes and an F - 5 forced him to do so . As if that weren ' t enough , Heyman had a final challenge to his former friend after the match : a one - on - one fight next week on Raw . And guess what ? Punk said yes . Ryback and Mark Henry may have gotten the WrestleMania rematch , but Kofi Kingston & Fandango got a reprisal of their own of their memorable confrontation from the legendary post - WrestleMania Raw . Whereas that match represented a banner moment for Fandango , though – despite an indecisive conclusion , it birthed the chant that bears his name – the encore was all Kofi , all day long . Making his return from injury and sporting a new look , The Dreadlocked Dynamo looked like a man reborn . The former Intercontinental Champion shook off the rust of a three - month siesta and unleashed the full scope of his arsenal on Fandango , who was clearly expecting a lesser opponent than the one he got . The dancing king fought back and attempted to score a dirty win with his feet on the ropes yet it still wasn ’ t enough to stop Kofi , who took flight with a lateral press and clocked Fandango with Trouble in Paradise to cement his homecoming . Welcome back , Kofi . The Usos have been riding a wave of success ever since they battled their way into contention for the WWE Tag Team Championships , taking on all comers in their surge up the ranks of the tag division . However , the Samoan brothers found themselves at the opposite end of the spectrum on Raw thanks to The Real Americans , who have been hungry for a victory after falling individually to Daniel Bryan two weeks ago . The Usos ’ signature offense gave them an advantage over the ground - and - pound favoring Real Americans , but the self - proclaimed patriots would not go quietly , muscling their way back into contention and keeping The Usos on the defensive . It looked as though Jimmy & Jey would ultimately prevail until some well - timed interference from Swagger swung the tide back in the border - patrollers ’ favor and allowed Cesaro to strike with the Neutralizer and notch the win . Don ’ t tread on them , and don ’ t count them out . Chivalry may be alive and well , but Dolph Ziggler ’ s valiance cost him a victory on Raw when he attempted to diffuse a situation during his match with Big E Langston and ended up looking at the lights as a result . The reprisal of their match from last week ’ s Raw unfolded much as the last one had left off , with Langston using his brute strength to stop The Showoff from picking up steam . Some patience and solid scouting from Dolph allowed him to stay in the game , though sentimentality got the better of him when Kaitlyn returned to attack AJ Lee at ringside . The Showoff attempted to make the save for the former Divas Champion when the brawl spilled into the ring and got a monstrous clothesline from Langston for his troubles . One Big Ending later and it was sayonara , Showoff . Hours after The Shield attempted to attack John Cena , Daniel Bryan and Randy Orton , the three champions suffered a rare defeat at the hands of the troika of Superstars who banded together to battle them in six - man tag action . Despite the fact that Bryan , Cena and Orton are all rivals in the WWE Title picture , they displayed strong teamwork against the “ Hounds of Justice , ” beating The Shield into the defensive early in the contest . The Shield eventually isolated Bryan and tossed him into an unsuspecting Orton ( more on that in a bit ) before Bryan applied the “ Yes ! ” Lock to Seth Rollins . Dean Ambrose & Roman Reigns quickly stormed the ring to suffer the DQ loss , though Cena and Orton quickly drove them out . The Viper struck with RKOs to both Cena and Bryan and seemed ready to cash in his Money in the Bank contract until the “ Hounds of Justice ” returned . Orton , thinking better of his cash - in , left the ring altogether while Cena was felled with a spear , and Bryan by a Triple Powerbomb . In the unmitigated chaos that surrounds the WWE Title right now , it may not necessarily be the best entertainer , the best wrestler , or even The Apex Predator who captures the prize , but whoever is simply left standing when the dust finally clears .