Daenerys Targaryen first episode from a frightened girl to an empowered woman, was widely praised. Gilbert said that "Clarke doesn't have a lot of emotional variety to work with as Daenerys, aside from fierce determination, and yet she is riveting." In his review for "A Golden Crown," Todd VanDerWerff for "The A.V. Club" commented on the difficulty of adapting such an evolution from page to screen, but concluded that "Clarke [...] more than seal[s] the deal here. IGN's Matt Fowler also praised Clarke and noted that Daenerys's choice to watch Viserys die was "powerful" and an important shift in her character. "Time"s
William Regal one contender to the ECW Championship. On the 18 August episode of "ECW", Regal teamed with Kozlov again to face Ezekiel Jackson and the ECW Champion Christian in which Jackson attacked Christian to ensure Regal's victory, with the trio of Regal, Kozlov and Jackson forming a new alliance which was later dubbed the Ruthless Roundtable. At SummerSlam, Regal challenged Christian for his title, but was defeated in eight seconds. With the Roundtable's help, Regal defeated Christian in a non-title match on the 25 August episode of "ECW" to earn a title rematch against Christian at Breaking Point, but Christian prevailed