Layin' da SmackDown - SmackDown recap for August 23, 2013

Vickie Guerrero shows up and says she's cleared the air with Triple H. She then brings out Randy Orton, who apparently isn't in the mood for hugs. Randy Orton plans to give the WWE Universe what they deserve, and sounds patronizing as he does so. He then asks for their support as he is the new face of the WWE. Daniel Bryan shows up, thanks John Cena for their match at SummerSlam, compliments Randy Orton on how pretty he looks...then says Orton's so pretty that he could kick Orton in the face after calling Orton a product of nepotism. D-Bry then says he could beat Orton for the WWE title, but Orton tells him he'll have to wait until Night of Champions. Orton then tries to RKO Daniel Bryan, but D-Bry pushes Orton away in time. Orton leaves.

Vickie Guerrero has a Daniel Bryan problem...and Wade Barrett wants to take Bryan out of the equation for good! Guerrero makes a Steel Cage match between Barrett and Bryan for tonight!

Curtis Axel beats Cody Rhodes with the help of Paul Heyman. After the match, Heyman puts Axel on a pedestal before whing about CM Punk again, saying Punk should have given up after the beating he received from Brock Lesnar at SummerSlam. Heyman then says Nobody can beat Axel, not even for the Intercontinental Championship. Axel takes the microphone and challenges Punk to a match live on Raw, saying he's going to finish where Brock Lesnar left off and finish Punk off.

Dolph Ziggler beats Big E Langston.

Alberto Del Rio beats Christian with the Cross Arm Breaker from the top rope. Del Rio tells everyone to follow him as he looks and talks down to them, then Ricardo Rodriguez shows up...and says Rob Van Dam stands up for people, unlike Del Rio. As RVD walks down the ramp, Christian hits a Missile Drop Kick on Del Rio, before RVD hits the Rolling Thunder and sending Del Rio into a full retreat.

Big Show and "The World's Strongest Man" Mark Henry beat 3MB (Heath Slater, Drew McIntyre, Jinder Mahal) in a 3-on-2 handicap match. After the match, The Shield (Seth Rollins, Roman Reigns) show up on the TitanTron to tell them to just give up...because they're just better.

Darren Young beats Antonio Cesaro.

Some guy asks Ryback for an autograph...but doesn't know his name and asks "which one he is." Ryback then tears up the autograph.

Daniel Bryan beats Wade Barrett in a steel cage match. Randy Orton hits an RKO on Daniel Bryan from out of nowhere after the match.