What Will Open Tonight's RAW?, Anniversary Of Three Hour RAWs, Brad Maddox
- Tonight marks the one year anniversary of the three-hour Raw episodes, first implemented on the Raw 1000 show. WWE listed the top 10 matches of the three-hour format at this link, with the above match of Chris Jericho vs. CM Punk as No. 5.
- A contract signing between John Cena and Daniel Bryan for their match at SummerSlam will open tonight's RAW.
- Brad Maddox hyped that his second Raw will be better than his first on Twitter, writing:
Let me just say that tonight's #Raw is going to be EVEN BETTER than last weeks. #BradMaddoxEra
? Brad Maddox (@BradMaddoxIsWWE) July 22, 2013