— Daniel Bryan refused to surrender the
WWE World Heavyweight Title Monday night on RAW. As a result, Stephanie McMahon
told him that if he doesn’t give the title up publicly at WWE Payback this
Sunday she will fire Brie Bella for shoving her several weeks ago.
— Intercontinental Champion Bad News
Barrett will face United States Champion Sheamus this week on SmackDown. The
show will be taped tomorrow and air Friday on SyFy.
— Also on RAW as noted earlier, Brad
Maddox was relieved of his duties as Raw General Manager by Stephanie for
allowing The Shield to be at ringside last week. Maddox had been beaten up by
the group until he allowed them to be there.
— The Usos will face Erick Rowan and Luke
Harper in the top match at WWE Main Event, which will air live tomorrow on the
WWE Network.
