Daniel Bryan defeats Randy Orton in a post-RAW dark match

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Thanks to WrestlingINC.com readers Joseph Gerard and Roland for sending in these notes from last night’s RAW:

The dark match was between Daniel Bryan and Randy Orton. After Bryan asked the fans if he should wear Triple H‘s jacket in the match (everyone shouted “YES!”), he said he had to take it off despite wanting to listen to the fans, then proceeded to throw the jacket at Orton as the bell rang. The match was rather quick, as The Shield came down to attack Bryan, causing a disqualification. This caused R-Truth, Kofi Kingston, Goldust, and Cody Rhodes to run down to chase off the heels.

Orton and Bryan proceeded to wrestle even though the referee had ended the match, and was actually arguing with JBL while Bryan and Orton were trying to pin each other. The referee finally got back into the ring to count a pinfall on Orton, giving Bryan a “second” dark match victory. After the dark match ended, while many people started to leave, there appeared to be some confusion as it was only 11:15 and Justin Roberts hadn’t made an official announcement yet that the show was over. I guess people were expecting either a second dark match or the Bryan-Orton match to last longer. Eventually, Roberts made the announcement.