WWE Main Event TV results
May 8, 2013
Taped 5/7/13 in Raleigh, North Carolina
Aired on Ion Television
By Michael Cupach, PWTorch contributor

-WWE open.

-Main Event music video and then full pyro in the arena. Michael Cole welcomes everyone to Main Event on Ion Television, and Cole is joined by JBL. Cole and JBL discuss Randy Orton taking on Big Show at Extreme Rules in a few weeks while Randy Orton makes his way to the ring. Cesaro, looking like Col. Mustafa in Switzerland colors, makes his way out.

1 - ANTONIO CESARO vs. RANDY ORTON

Orton and Cesaro start the match with some chain wrestling. Orton looked to hold his own against a superior mat wrestler. They stalemate and Cesaro knocks Orton down with a back elbow and stands over Orton triumphantly. Orton gets back to his feet and gives Cesaro a receipt for his back elbow and follows up with a Garvin Stomp. The crowd starts chanting Orton’s name and he almost shows emotion looking out at the crowd! Cesaro backs Orton into the turnbuckle and drives a shoulder into the midsection of The Viper. Cesaro sits Randy up on the turnbuckle and shoves him to the floor as Main Event cuts to a break!

(Commercial)

-A commercial for Raw this Monday spotlights a dance-off between Fandango and Chris Jericho!

Cesaro has the momentum on his side when the show returns, as he is working the midsection of Orton by driving shoulders into it in the corner. Cesaro picks up Orton with brute strength into a gutwrench suplex - an amazing display of strength! Uppercut by Cesaro gets a two count; he could have maybe gotten three, but Orton was under the rope and the referee wouldn’t count until Cesaro hooked both legs.

Outside the ring, Antonio drops Orton sternum-first on the barricade. Cesaro rolls back into the ring and tries to win via count-out, but Orton is back in at eight. Cesaro pounces the milli-second Orton re-enters the ring and hooks him in a chinlock. Orton fights out and both men trade European uppercuts. Orton gets the advantage with a clothesline followed by a powerslam! Orton couldn’t pull off the rope-assisted DDT, though, and Cesaro back body drops Orton to the apron.

Cesaro tries a German suplex on the apron to the floor, but Orton hangs on and blocks the attempt, then he elbows Cesaro to the floor. Orton tries jumping off the apron on Cesaro, who side-steps and Orton drives himself into the barricade as Main Event cuts to break!

(Commercial)

Back from break, Cesaro tries a top-rope high-risk move, but Orton nails him with a mid-air dropkick! Orton is favoring his shoulder along with the midsection. Cesaro sees this and tries to target the arm, but Orton counters with a backbreaker for two! Orton tries an overhead suplex, but Cesaro turns it into a powerslam for another two count. Cesaro goes up again and gets caught again. This time, Orton gives him a big boot and then superplexes Antonio Cesaro hard to the mat! JBL called that “Air Swiss!” Even after that superplex, Orton can’t put him away.

Orton tries a charge in the corner, but runs into a big boot and a big forearm. Cesaro tries an armbreaker and Orton writhes in pain and scream in agony. Orton mounts a comeback, though, and hits with the rope-assisted DDT. Orton calls for the RKO, but Cesaro counters into a big right uppercut for a two count. Cesaro tries a Neutralizer, but Orton was playing possum and nails Cesaro with a RKO for the win!

WINNER: Randy Orton by pinfall in 19:25.

Mike's Reax: Excellent match between these two. Cesaro kept trying to go outside his repertoire to put away Orton and Orton kept cutting him off at the pass. I still think that Orton is being used wrong here. I don’t care for his “I sometimes win, I somethings lose, aw shucks” mentality. Orton needs to find that edge he once had and I think fans will rejoice.

-Clips from last Monday's Raw when Cena and Ryback had an interaction in the ring together.

(Commercial)

-The video of Brock Lesnar destroying a broom closet is shown. After researching the video more I learned that the broom closet was Triple H’s office at WWE Headquarters. Triple H and Brock Lesnar will be in the same building this Monday on Raw - will Hunter have a cleaning bill for Lesnar?

-3MB make their way to the ring. On their way out, highlights from last week's Justin Gabriel vs. Heath Slater match are shown.

-Justin Gabriel and his tag team partners, The Usos, make their way to the ring. They are in action next!

(Commercial)

-A photo of Sheamus’s welt-riddled back is shown. Mark Henry left his…mark on Sheamus!

2 - JUSTIN GABRIEL & THE USOS vs. 3MB - six-man tag match

The faces trap Jinder Mahal in their corner and make fast tags to keep him subdued. Jinder backs Jey Uso to his corner and tags in Drew McIntyre. Drew has little luck against the Uso, so Jey kicks him in the face for a two count. Jinder is back in, then Jimmy drops an axe handle smash on Jinder's elbow. Drew is tagged back in and he hangs The Uso on the top rope as Main Event goes to commercial.

(Commercial)

Jinder and Drew are double-teaming The Uso. Jinder slows the pace with a chinlock, then Uso fights out with a knee to the face and Heath Slater is tagged in for this team. Heath jukes and jives on Jey and then lays low with a rear chinlock. Jey Uso tries making a comeback, but he walks into a kick from Slater. Front facelock by the lead singer of 3MB, which the Uso reverses to drive Heath Slater into the corner hard.

Both men hot tag out and Jimmy is in with Drew. Uso with a running knee in the corner a la his father, Rikishi. Justin Gabriel is tagged in and the pace quickens. Springboard moonsault by Justin can’t put Heath away, then Heath rolls to the floor and tries walking away with his bandmates. But, the Usos dive onto 3MB before they escape.

Drew is tossed back in the ring with Gabriel, so they are the legal men. Jinder breaks up a three count, then everyone hits their finishers in a fun spot. Drew tries his finisher on Gabriel, but he counters with a heel kick to the face. Justin Gabriel then finishes Drew off with a 450 splash!

WINNERS: The Usos & Justin Gabriel via pinfall in 13:33.

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