On Monday night's edition of WWE RAW, Triple H stripped Daniel Bryan of the WWE Championship after it was alleged that Bryan conspired with senior referee Scott Armstrong in the fast count that occurred at the Night of Champions pay-per-view event.

Triple H then announced that he would not be returning the title to Randy Orton, but instead, the title would be declared vacant.

Bryan refused to give Triple H the title; however, he forcibly took it from him as Randy Orton gave Bryan an RKO.