Summerslam 2013 Coverage: Orton New Champ, Best PPV of 2013

August 19, 2013 Patrick Hickey Jr. Professional Wrestling 0

Well if you didn’t see that coming, then you’re an idiot.

That doesn’t mean it wasn’t a blast to watch though.

Randy Orton’s cashing in of his Money in the Bank briefcase after Daniel Bryan’s magical and clean win over John Cena at Summerslam was wonderfully executed. It also sets up an interesting, Orton vs. Bryan feud that will rekindle Orton’s fire and go another step in making sure Bryan, with Cena’s time off, stays the company’s top face.

Things just got very interesting.

Matches:

Pre-Show: United States Champion Dean Ambrose vs. Rob Van Dam: Both of these guys went at each other in a way that made it a travesty it was a free match. However, the rest of The Shield interrupted and soon enough, Mark Henry and The Big Show joined the party to give RVD the win via DQ. This possibly sets up a massive tag team encounter down the road.

Kane vs. Bray Wyatt w/The Buzzards: Kane simply beat the crap out of Wyatt. But three Chokeslams weren’t enough to put him away. Interference from the Buzzards and a Knox Out from Wyatt led to a win for the family.

Cody Rhodes vs. Damien Sandow: One of the best matches of the night. Rhodes broke out with some unique offense, including a Muscle Buster. After a ton of counters, Rhodes got the clean win with the Cross-Rhodes.

World Heavyweight Champion Alberto Del Rio vs. Christian: This was an epic. There were so many instances where it appeared that Christian would win the title, but powered by vicious kicks, Del Rio stayed in control. After 20 minutes of back and forth action, Del Rio won with Arm-Breaker.

Natalya Neidhart vs. Brie Bella: Nothing special here. Neidhart dominated the match and won with the Sharpshooter.

CM Punk vs. Brock Lesnar w/Paul Heyman: This had big fight atmosphere and certainly could be considered the match of the night. Between the stiff striking and submission counters, this felt like a MM match at times. However Lesnar wrestled his best match since his return, nailing a variety of suplexes and powerbombs on Punk. Even with Heyman’s involvement, Lesnar had trouble with the vigilant Punk, but not many people kick out of the F5, on a chair. Punk didn’t.

Dolph Ziggler and Kaitlyn vs. Big E. Langston and Divas Champion AJ Lee: Another match that wasn’t anything unique. Langston and Ziggler did the majority of the heavy lifting. After Kaitlyn nailed Lee with a Spear, Ziggler finished off Langston with the Zig-Zag.

WWE Champion John Cena vs. Daniel Bryan: Cena brought out the big guns here, hitting his old finisher the ProtoBomb and even flew off the top with the Sicilian Slice, but Bryan was amazing. In addition to his usual repertoire of kicks and submissions, he ended up gaining the win with a beautiful Shining Wizard.

After the confetti fell and Bryan shed a few tears however, Randy Orton felt it was time to hit the ring. With his Money in the Bank briefcase in hand, Bryan was ready to defend his newly acquired title. Triple H had other ideas. A Pedigree from the COO later and Orton was the new WWE Champion.

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About Patrick Hickey Jr. 14316 Articles
Patrick Hickey Jr. is a full-time Assistant Professor of Communication & Performing Arts and Director of the Journalism program at Kingsborough Community College and is the chairman of the City University of New York Journalism Council. He is the Founder and Editor-In-Chief of ReviewFix.com. He's also a former News Editor at NBC Local Integrated Media and National Video Games Writer at Examiner.com where his work was mentioned in National Ad campaigns by Disney, Nintendo and EA Sports. Hickey was also the Editor-In-Chief of two College Newspapers before he received his BA in Journalism from Brooklyn College. Hickey's work has been published in The New York Daily News, The New York Times, Complex, The Hockey Writers, Yahoo!, Broadway World, Examiner, NYSportScene Magazine, ProHockeyNews.com, GothamBaseball.com, The Syracuse Post-Standard, Scout.com and the official sites of the Brooklyn Aces and New York Islanders. His first book, The Minds Behind the Games: Interviews With Cult And Classic Video Game Developers was released in April 2018 and is chock full of interviews with legendary developers. His second book in the series, The Minds Behind Adventures Games, was released in December 2019. His third book, The Minds Behind Sports Games, was released in September 2020. His fourth book, The Minds Behind Shooter Games, was released in March 2021. The Minds Behind Sega Genesis Games and The Minds Behind PlayStation Games were released in 2022 and The Minds Behind PlayStation 2 was published in January 2023. Hickey is also a contracted comic book writer, currently penning his original series, "Condrey," as well as "The Job," "Brooklyn Bleeds" "Dem Gulls" and "KROOM" for Legacy Comix, where he serves as founder, owner and Editor-in-Chief. Hickey Jr. is also a voice actor, having starred in the 2018 indie hit and 2019 Switch, PS4 and Xbox One release, The Padre (also serving as English language Story Editor), from Shotgun With Glitters. The sequel, The Padre: One Shell Straight to Hell was released in February 2021- Hickey also served as a Story Editor and Lead Voiceover performer. He has also done narration and trailers for several other titles including The Kaiju Offensive, Relentless Rex and Roniu’s Tale. Hickey is also the lead voiceover performer on Mega Cat Studios’ upcoming title WrestleQuest, responsible for nearly 90 characters in the game, as well as Skybound's Renfield: Bring Your Own Blood, where he voices both Dracula and Renfield, as well as several other characters. He also stars in Ziggurat Interactive’s World Championship Boxing Manager 2, where he performs the VO of nearly every male character in the game. He also worked on the Atari VCS’s BPM Boy.

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