Superstars of the show - RAW 21st October 2013

If the previous week’s edition of RAW climaxed with new champs being crowned, then this week’s RAW in a lot of ways was quite the anti-climax compared to last week.

Not only were there no new champs crowned, but holders of three of the five current titles in the WWE lost their matches on RAW.

AJ Lee got pinned in tag team action by her opponent at the upcoming pay-per-view ‘Hell in a Cell’, Brie Bella while Dean Ambrose, the US champion lost a competitive match to Daniel Bryan and Big E Langston pinned Curtis Axel, the IC champion.

As the go-home show for this Sunday’s HIAC pay-per-view, RAW definitely stoked up interest for the main-event which will see Daniel Bryan go up against Randy Orton for the WWE championship with HBK serving as the special guest referee.

But can the same be said for all the other matches on the card? Well, it depends on who you are asking.

The other world title up for grabs had a major presence on the show courtesy of the buzz surrounding the impending return of John Cena, though the reigning champion was nowhere to be seen.

Also, a couple of matches got added to the card for Hell in a Cell, on RAW.

The episode overall had a mix of exciting matches intertwined with your average fare, good promos and a throwback to the good ol’ times with a Giant driving down a giant truck into the arena.

Let’s take a look then at the superstars who made this episode of RAW memorable :

Randy Orton

The Viper had another great showing on this week’s RAW, heading into his biggest match this year.

In this day and age, it really is hard to play a heel that is truly despised and is unpredictable at the same time. And the closest thing to that barometer among the WWE’s performers is ‘The Viper’.

As good as he is in the ring, his actions & mannerisms have been compelling, and he has been able to get a reaction from the crowd every night.

This week, he was paired up in the ring with Dolph Ziggler, just the perfect guy to sell his vicious looking moves.

In a good competitive match between the two, Orton prevailed after he hit an RKO on Ziggler after he had run through his arsenal of moves.

Later on, in the closing moments of the show, he returned in a contract-signing segment where he shone as he made convincing threats at Bryan to begin with, but ended up eating a running knee for his efforts.