After reading this and the other stuff people said about Raw, went back to watch the last hour. Yeah, can definitely see why all of you liked the show.
I totally agree with Crayo here, Orton deserves a lot of credit either (probably because Bryan having another 4-star match is just another day at the office). Randy's a lot like Cena, when you give the guy something interesting to do you usually get some pretty good results. This was cool and he pulled off a lot of really nice spots, but it's a no-DQ match. Orton usually excels at those, but that's why Bryan really shined as well. Orton's known as a "remorseless bastard" in No-DQ matches and Bryan came across like he could match Orton shot for shot. This was stiff and this was awesome.
The entire body of work for Bryan is really blowing my mind right now. No matter the style he can hang with the best of them. He can trade stiff shots with Orton. He can trade counters and holds with Jericho. He can trade highspots with guys like Kidd. He can hold his own in talking segments with the best in the company and even steal the spotlight away on occasion. Wow.