WWE RAW results: Daniel Bryan vs Randy Orton for the WWE World Heavyweight Championship

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The Main Event for tonight’s episode is underway with former WWE and World Heavyweight Champion Daniel Bryan makes his way to the ring with the crowd clearly behind him.

This will be Randy Orton and Daniel Bryan’s fourth or fifth meeting with a championship on the line. This is a great Main Event made by the creative team, because I was almost positive that the rematch between John Cena and Randy Orton would happen tonight.

Finally, the champion makes his way out to the ring with both titles raised about his head. The champion looks like he’s as confident and cocky as he has ever been in his career. I don’t blame the guy, since he’s holding both major championships.

The ref calls for the bell and the match is underway. Both men square each other up and lock up which leads to a power struggle in the corner. Orton rolls out of the ring and tries to get himself together after taking a shot to the eye. Bryan stands in the ring staring out at the champion. He takes Orton down with a headlock then locked in between Orton’s legs. The champion squeezes the challengers head, but Bryan reverses the hold and works on Orton’s legs.

The champion lashes out with some vicious kicks and punches to the challenger. He hits a hard suplex on Bryan, which causes the opponent to arch his back in pain. The champion pulls him to his feet and looks as if he’s stalking his prey. A sick sadistic look was on the face of the champion.

Bryan gets momentum back on his side after using the ring post to work the legs of the champion. Bryan attempts to go back to work on the leg of Orton but gets caught with an uppercut that stops him in his tracks. Orton continues his attack but it only sparks something dangerous in the challenger.

Daniel hits a series of forearms to the head, hits him with an Irish whip then lays a knee into his gut sending the champion flipping onto the canvas. He kicks Orton in the gut and drags him to the middle of the ring by his leg. The champion tries to fight as he continues to work on the legs.

Orton hits a hard clothesline and begins stomping the arm of Bryan. He goes back to stalking his prey as the bandage over his eyebrow falls off and he begins to bleed from the cut he sustained last night.

Randy taunts the crowd and goes back to work on Bryan. He grabs his fingers and bends them back, working the arm that he stomped. The champion hits a hard back elbow that sends the challenger to the mat. Orton pins him and picks up a two count.

The champion goes right back to work and starts beating up that banged up arm.

RAW comes back from a commercial break with Orton going back to work on the challenger. Daniel attempted a suicide dive on Orton but he side stepped it and sent him flying into the barricade.

Orton pulls Bryan back in the ring and places him on the top turnbuckle. He locks Daniel in a front-face lock and pulls him to his feet. Both men are now standing on the top turnbuckle. Orton bends his knees and launches himself backwards and connects cleanly with a Superplex.

A few moments later in the match, Orton goes to hit an RKO but gets rolled into a back slide but kicks out at two. They both stand up quick and Orton gets caught with a solid kick to the head. Bryan pins him and picks up another near fall.

Bryan climbs the turnbuckle, looking to hit his signature diving headbutt but Orton takes his legs out from under him. Orton begins stalking Daniel Bryan once again and takes a moment to look out at the crowd. He pulls himself up in the same turnbuckle in which he hit a Superplex earlier on. He attempts another Superplex but gets knocked off the turnbuckle by Bryan. Bryan pulls himself to his feet and launches himself into the air.

Bryan hits a diving headbutt but fails to pick up a three count. Both men try to pull themselves together.

Orton goes to roll up Bryan but gets caught up in the LeBell Lock. Here comes the Beard and the Furious. Bryan hits a flying drop kick and begins to get pumped up. He hits one kick to the chest, followed by another, followed by another but gets ducked under on the last one and caught with a low blow.

WINNER BY DISQUALIFICATION: Daniel Bryan 

It was an obvious out come of this match which ends with Cena running out to attack Orton. Cena throws Randy out of the rig and comes to the aid of Daniel Bryan. Orton climbs back in the ring and RKO’s John Cena when he turns around.

The show ends with Randy Orton holding both titles over his head. John Cena and Daniel Bryan laying motionless on the mat.