Tuesday Night's Main Event - Main Event recap for July 1, 2014

Cesaro and Paul Heyman start the show. Cesaro is wearing an eye patch over his right eye. Heyman states that Cesaro's match with Dolph Ziggler (whom he calls a "perennial runner-up") cannot take place tonight as Kofi Kingston supposedly blinded Cesaro in one eye on Raw, leading Cesaro to snap and attack Kingston with a vengeance after the match. Though Cesaro cannot compete tonight according to Heyman, he will be in the battle royal for the vacant WWE Intercontinental Championship at Battleground. Immediately after this is announced, Dolph Ziggler shows up and tells Heyman that unlike Cesaro, he's won a briefcase at Money In The Bank and cashed in to become World champ. Ziggler then announces he's entering the battle royal. As Ziggler tells Cesaro to man up, Big E shows up and puts his hat in the running for it, too. So do Rybaxel (Ryback and Curtis Axel), who also show up as Big E speaks. Rob Van Dam shows up after this and, after making a joke about Ryback copying his singlets, throws his hat in the ring before everyone gets in a brawl. Ziggler, Big E and RVD are the only guys left in the ring after all the heels are cleared out in seconds.

The Wyatt Family (Luke Harper and Erick Rowan) are coming...

A six-man tag match between Big E, Dolph Ziggler and Rob Van Dam vs Cesaro and Rybaxel (Curtis Axel and Ryback) is announced for tonight.

Chris Jericho will be on SmackDown this Friday!

The Wyatt Family (Luke Harper and Erick Rowan) beats R-Truth and Xavier Woods.

Stephanie McMahon tells Nikki Bella that her sister Brie Bella abandoned her (like she did on Raw) before giving her a tag team partner for her rematch against The Funkadactyls (Cameron and Naomi): Alicia Fox.

The Funkadactyls (Cameron and Naomi) beat Nikki Bella and Alicia Fox after Fox turns on Nikki.

Renee Young interviews Sheamus. Sheamus issued a 4th of July challenge for the United States title because this is America...and he plans to be its fighting champion. Alberto Del Rio shows up, and not only enters the battle royal for the Intercontinental title at Battleground, he plans to take the United States title this Friday on SmackDown.

Renee Young interviews Cesaro and Paul Heyman. Heyman makes it clear Cesaro will fight at the battle royal at Battleground, even though it's obvious he's trying to weasel him out of a match tonight.

Sheamus will defend the WWE United States Championship against Alberto Del Rio this Friday on SmackDown!

Dolph Ziggler, Big E and Rob Van Dam beat Rybaxel (Curtis Axel and Ryback) and Cesaro.