Monday Night Raw Results 4/22: What was supposed to be Daniel Bryan's dream month, where he won the WWE Daniel Bryan's and his wedding with Brie Bella, came to an end when an old friend gave him a brutal, belated gift that surely wasn't on the registry. It was Bryan's former fellow Tag Team Champion Kane. Clad in his signature red mask, Kane administered something borrowed - his brother's Tombstone Piledriver, three times over - that sent Bryan to a local medical center with a severe stinger, which caused a burning sensation down his neck and arms. Despite Stephanie McMahon's unheeded commands for Kane to stop, the attack leaving the WWE Universe feeling collectively blue ... though in a few weeks' time, it'll be Bryan who sees red when, per Stephanie's decree, he defends his title against The Devil's Favorite Demon in East Rutherford.
Bad News Barrett def. Sheamus to advance in the Intercontinental Championship No. 1 Contender's Tournament
Barrett's fighter's reflexes saved him from doom when he dodged the Brogue Kick and scooped up a ricocheting Sheamus into the Winds of Change. Sheamus didn't let the move slow him down, which turned out to be his downfall: The three-time Intercontinental Champion chose to use Sheamus' momentum against him, unleashing a springing Bad News elbow to the Irishman's head as Sheamus ran to chase him out of the ring.
Los Matadores & El Torito def. 3MB & Hornswoggle
What ensued was a magnificent clash of wills, and if not for Jinder Mahal's timely interruption, Torito might have stood tall with the "Bull-sault." Drew McIntyre - smarting for some payback of his own against the bull - tagged in to exact revenge, but all he got was yet another strike to the nether regions and a triple-pronged attack from Torito and his toreadors that forced "The Chosen One" to fall short.
WWE Tag Team Champions The Usos def. Cody Rhodes & Goldust
It was a battle of two prominent wrestling clans on Raw between The Usos And The Rhodes.
Cody found himself seeing double when he missed a tag by his opponents, though, and ate a match-ending superkick from one Uso while he had the other set up for Cross Rhodes. Of all the tandems involved, it was Rybaxel who got the last laugh. First, Cody shoved Goldust away as The Bizarre One attempted to console his brother, and then "The Big Guy" and his buddy stormed the ring to lay waste to the unsuspecting champions. Rybaxel rules? Seems so.
Emma def. Layla
The rivalry between Santino, Fandango, Emma, and Layla continues. As the match reaches its climax, the tide quickly turned when Santino struck Fandango with The Cobra on the outside and Emma laid out Layla with a clothesline, producing a pink "Queen Cobra" moments later to fell Layla for the win.
Rob Van Dam def. Cesaro via Count-out to advance in the Intercontinental Championship No. 1 Contender's Tournament
As Paul Newman's new recruit, Cesaro was poised to take this one easily. If only Jack Swagger did not intervene.
A European uppercut knocked RVD loopy while he was trapped in the ropes, but just as Cesaro got ready to send Van Dam a-swingin', Jack Swagger and Zeb Colter interfered and threw The Swiss Superman into the ring post moments after he rolled Van Dam into the ring. The attack cost Cesaro the match via count-out, though Swagger got the brunt of "The King of Swing's" fury when he was scooped up by his former partner after the bell and hit with a mammoth Cesaro Swing.
Divas Champion Paige def. Aksana
Since winning the WWE Divas Title, Paige is still flawless as she locks the Lithuanian Aksana in the modified Scorpion Crosslock for a tap out win.
Alexander Rusev def. Sin Cara
With The Super Athlete set to battle R-Truth & Xavier Woods two-on-one at Extreme Rules, Rusev put on a display of his power against the outmatched Sin Cara while Lana observed at ringside. The Mexican Icon actually managed to knock The Bulgarian Brute off his feet at one point, but Rusev rallied with pure brute force and, at Lana's command - "CRUSH!" - locked in the Accolade to put Sin Cara to bed.
John Cena def. The Wyatt Family via Disqualification
The match began as little more than a ravaging, with all three Wyatts feasting intermittently on Cena - Bray himself danced with his foe's unconscious body like a rag doll - while the Cenation leader got in his hits where he could (he couldn't get in much). Bray left his disciples to do most of the heavy lifting, saving his own strength for the final burst. That came when Cena planted Luke Harper with a tornado DDT, though the Cenation leader found daylight after a lengthy scrap with The Eater of Worlds. Rowan & Harper interfered at the moment of truth to hand the bout to Cena via DQ, but thanks to Bray's post-match mauling, it'd be a reach to call Cena a winner by any stretch of the imagination.
