WWE RAW Results March 16 2015 wrote:Location: Wells Fargo Arena; Des Moines, IA
Commentators: Michael Cole, Booker T, and John "Bradshaw" Layfield
Hour 1WWE RAW kicked off with a recap of Randy Orton's interview with Michael Cole on SmackDown. Live in the arena, Seth Rollins, Big Show, Kane and J&J Security were already in the ring. Rollins said while some of the crowd may chant his name tonight, they all loved what happened to him last week. He said Orton betrayed & screwed him over. Crowd chanted "RKO". Orton stalked him like an animal. Rollins said he trusted and vouched for Orton and he betrayed him. And unlike The Shield, which was a sound business decision, what Orton did was in cold blood and without the tiniest peace of empathy or decency. Orton conned himself into The Authority and made fools out of them all. Big Show told Seth that he owed him an apology. What Orton did was just cruel, but he is just a slimy snake in the grass. Show vowed to crush the snake. Kane also said he was sorry, and despite not being as gullible as Big Show, he was still sucked in and Orton will pay. Noble said he was the secret weapon of the Authority, & he didn't see a snake but a rat. Noble said Rollins is his friend and it hurt him too. God, what a bunch of dorks. Mercury, holding back tears, was unable to speak as he was so overcome. Rollins said the thing that will hurt the most is Randy Orton's ego. For years Orton has thought he could get away with anything with no consequences, but he has never messed with somebody like him. Seth Rollins then accepted the match for WrestleMania against Randy Orton...on one condition: Orton has to agree to face him tonight on RAW. Orton's music struck and out he walked on stage. Orton said he isn't the face of the WWE but just a guy; a guy who last week made Seth look like
"a little bitch". And he is also the guy that is going to beat Seth's ass tonight in the main event. Orton said he knows it will be 5 on 1, but Seth will need all the help he can get. Orton said he had enough venom for all The Authority, & vowed to end the future of the WWE at WrestleMania. Orton's music then immediately cut in...funny how they know when a promo ends, isn't it...
Rusev vs. John Cena contract signing to come later tonight, and we hear from Brock Lesnar in a a pre-taped interview.
Paige and AJ Lee were shown backstage heading to the ring.
Michael Cole said WrestleMania has a special time of 8pm...and then corrected himself to 7 eastern.
Vince McMahon JBL then went ape gooseberry fool on him for getting it wrong. 6 hours if you include the Kick-Off show. Yes, SIX.
The Bellas cut an inset promo about nothing.
Match 1: WWE Divas Champion Nikki Bella (w/Brie) defeated AJ Lee (w/Paige) in a non-title outing with the Rack Attack at 11:00 (!) in a match that went through a commercial break. Brie Bella posted Paige on the outside.
Season 1 of Tough Enough is on WWE Network.
Turd Daniel Bryan, Dolph Ziggler & Dean Ambrose face Stardust, Luke Harper & Intercontinental Champion Bad News Barrett later.
They recapped Roman Reigns Spearing a returning Mark Henry through the barricade on SmackDown.
Renee Young interviewed Kane and Big Show backstage. Kane said Big Show will be in Seth's corner tonight. Show then complained that he is never consulted about these things & they got into an argument about it. Rollins stepped in and said they represent The Authority and they were both being stupid. An angered Kane said Stephanie can address he and Show how she wishes...Rollins however, can not. Kane added that they kinda enjoyed what happened to Rollins after all, as he has being acting like an entitled spoiled little brat since Kane enabled him to win the Money in the Bank contract. Kane revealed he would not be at ringside later, and extended that offer to Big Show too. Show then just looked at Rollins and stormed off.
Sky caught a promo with Miz and Mizdow mid flow. Miz revealed that should he lose the Andre The Giant Battle Royal at WrestleMania, Mizdow will be fired. In a Thunder Blunder moment they then replayed the entire thing again moments later as an inset promo.
Match 2: In a rematch from this past Thursday, Ryback demolished The Miz (w/Mizdow) with Shellshocked in 2:00. After the match, Mizdow went to help Miz up...only to be put down with a Skull Crushing Finale.
We got a package on Cena vs. Rusev recapping last week.
Celtic Warrior SHY MOOSE video.
Hour 2Right at the top of the hour, Michael Cole was in the ring & introduced "15 time World Champion" John Cena to mass boos. Why does this show have to feel so rigid & formulaic. They had USA and Russia flags on the posts. Cole asked Cena to sign the contract. Crowd did the dualing Cena Sucks/Lets go Cena chant. "Lot of enthusiasm for WrestleMania in this building tonight". Hateful man. Cena said this contract was the most important of his career. Rusev is the champion of the United States, which means Rusev represents the people. Which is why this match is important. Crowd chanted
"USA". I can't believe this 80s era cynical 'storytelling' still gets over. Cena said he believes the USA is the greatest country on earth, and you can only push the USA so far before they come back and kick your ass. Rusev, in a suit, then came out accompanied by some goon. Lana was absent. Some of the crowd chanted
"We want Lana". The goon revealed himself to the be attorney, and said Rusev will not be competing against American John Cena at WrestleMania. Rusev didn't agree to the match. Exhibit A and B went up on the Tron, which was Lana accepting the match on behalf of Rusev. The commentators said they saw this 'attorney' parking cars earlier & is a phoney from Texas. The attorney then said if Rusev was allowed a prepared statement ripping on America undeterred he would sign. Crowd just 'whated' the whole thing. Cena got mad. Rusev said America is a cancer to the world & a country that will die.
"USA" chant again. Rusev then signed the contract & flipped the table onto John Cena & ran away up the ramp. The Russian flag then fell from the ceiling, as Cena clutched the contract and seethed in the ring. No, I don't really know why Rusev signed the contract either.
Tyson Kidd and Cesaro cut an inset promo and said they could even clap better than the New Day. Los Matadores with El Bollocko then made their way out.
Match 3: In a really lousy match that went under 2 minutes, Tag Team Champions Cesaro and Tyson Kidd (w/Natalya, who looked amazing it has to be noted) defeated Contender for Least Over Gimmick Of 2015 The New Day (w/Xavier Woods) in a non-title match when Cesaro pinned Kofi off a punch to the back of the head. After the match Los Matadores beat up New Day on the outside and Cesaro planted Kofi with the Neutraliser in the ring. Cesaro was then sent out of the ring by El Torito, leaving them standing tall. Seriously.
Jey Uso suffered a shoulder injury on SmackDown and will be re-evaluated later in the week.
They played Triple H vs Sting on the 2K Video game. It was slow.
In the RAW office, Seth Rollins was shown telling J&J Security to listen to him and not leave him high and dry tonight. Noble noted that it was Rollins who told them to leave last week. Noble said that if Rollins had listened to him then none of this would be happening. Rollins told Jamie Noble that if he didn't shut up he'd be fired. Noble said he can't be fired as he quits. Joey Mercury then walked out on Rollins too.
In a pre-taped interview, WWE Champion Brock Lesnar gave his thoughts on Roman Reigns. Lesnar said he was put on this earth to seek and destroy and to hurt people. That may be sadistic to some, but not to him. It's why he's here. WrestleMania means a day that he gets to show up, kick someone's ass, and be paid to do it. Undertaker didn't stand a chance last year. To those who were disappointed he beat the Undertaker, he doesn't care. Brock said in regards to his contract with WWE, stay or go, he will be WWE Champion. Reigns will not stand in the way of that. At WrestleMania, he is going to strawberry float up Roman Reigns. The End.
Big Show dismantled Erik Rowan in about a minute, & the match never officially got started. The Showster delivered a terrible elbow drop off the buckles.
They announced Larry Zbyszko will be inducted into the 2015 WWE Hall of Fame.
Kane was in the ring with a load of jobbers. He said forget AxelMania as there was only one person who is going to win the 'Mania Battle Royal, & that's him. Mark Henry then walked out, and said WrestleMania is going to have its own March Madness and that's the Andre The Giant Battle Royal, so he's going to throw his hat in there too. All of them (Jack Swagger, Titus O'Neil...erm...) got into it in the ring as Curtis Axel just watched from the outside. In an impromptu Battle Royal that went all of a minute, Mark Henry was the last man left standing after eliminating Curtis Axel, who had attempted to throw out Mark Henry as he was getting Kane over the top rope.
Hour 3In a 6 being interspecies match, El Torito and Los Matadores will face Cesaro, Tyson Kidd and Natalya on SmackDown.
As this
enthralling RAW rolls on, Paul Heyman was in the ring for a promo. Brock Lesnar views the concept of boundaries and regulations as something that was written by a pacifist. Lesnar is not coming to WrestleMania to make love, he is coming to make war. Heyman asked what happens when Brock decides to violate the parameters and boundaries that are imposed upon him? Are WWE going to shut off the lights, cut off the feed of the pay per view or the WWE Network? Are they going to give everyone their money back? We're stuck with Brock Lesnar as WWE Champion. WWE then cut his microphone off again. Heyman asked what WWE is going to do when Brock Lesnar does 'what he's not supposed to do'. Reigns was the stand-out in NXT, he won the Rumble, he defeated Daniel Bryan, and he was the bad ass of The Shield, but what is going to happen when reality bitch slaps him in the face. Roman Reigns then interrupted through the crowd & confronted Heyman in the ring. Crowd booed. Reigns said he has a lot of respect for Heyman, and his issue is not with him, rather with his client. Reigns said that if Lesnar was here right now he'd tell him to his face. Crowd started chanting
"Daniel Bryan" right over his promo. Reigns said he isn't going into this because he expects a fairy tale, rather he too is looking for a fight and hoping for a war. Reigns said he has had a lot of people saying he can't, but he will beat Lesnar's ass at WrestleMania. No because he wants or needs to, but because he can & he will. Believe that. Cole questioned if Reigns can do it, or whether Reigns is just spitting words out.
They replayed the opening segment...because why not. And then everyone quitting on Rollins later in the night.
Renee Young interviewed Paul Heyman in the hallway. Reigns won't have to wait till WrestleMania to come face to face with Brock Lesnar, as he will give him Lesnar next week on RAW. Reigns may want to think about it, not that he can do anything about it.
Star of NCIS:LA LL Cool J will be appearing Live at WrestleMania 31.
R-Truth came out for more 'hilarious' commentary. He had the Intercontinental Championship clipped to his back.
Yes, there really has been less than 15 minutes of wrestling in 2 hours and 20 minutes, meaning there is probably now more wrestling on an Eastenders omnibus than RAW.
Match 4: Finally returning to in-ring action...oh no wait sorry, they've gone to commercial. Daniel Bryan, Dolph Ziggler and Dean Ambrose def...another commercial...eated Stardust, Luke Harper and Bad News Barrett in 17:00 when Dean Ambrose planted Bad News Barrett with the Dirty Deeds DDT.
After the match Harper attacked Ambrose & sent him flying over the announce table. Ambrose quickly recovered and floored Harper, which allowed Stardust to escape through the crowd with the Intercontinental strap. He was then cut off by Dean Ambrose. They fought in the crowd and the title ended up landing back at ringside. Truth picked up the title but was stopped by Luke Harper. Truth threw the belt into the ring, & Ambrose took out Harper. Ziggler and Bryan fought over the title in the ring. After all the chaos, Barrett was left standing tall with the belt back in his possession after Bullhammering everyone in the ring. On the outside, Barrett confronted R-Truth...and then dropped him with the Bullhammer Elbow as well. Barrett celebrated atop the ladder on the stage.
Backstage, Seth Rollins confronted Triple H and Stephanie in the RAW Office. Rollins asked what they were going to do to fix the situation tonight. Stephanie said he made his own bed and will need to lie in it. Rollins said if they hadn't sent Big Show and Kane home last week then this wouldn't have happened. Hunter questioned who Rollins thought he was speaking to. Rollins snapped back that was rich coming from the guy playing hide and seek with Sting. Stephanie stepped in again & asked Rollins to man up...if he can. Triple H then told Rollins to run along before his situation goes from bad to worse.
They replayed highlights of Bray Wyatt's promo from last week & Undertaker accepting the match.
Bray Wyatt cut a promo on the Tron about Abigail, and all the lies this rotten world has been feeding him. She also told him about The Undertaker. Last week Undertaker tried to burn fear into his heart. All he succeeded in doing was turning the chair to dust. Everyone is asking what is left of Undertaker. Agony, fear...last year we saw a broken Streak. Now Undertaker is afraid to show his face. Bray continued that Undertaker's destiny is taken, and now he is out of time; his fate sealed. Wrestlemania 31 will be his final resting place. Bray vowed to make Abigail proud, as he takes his rightful place amongst the Gods.
They confirmed Roman Reigns will go face-to-face with Brock Lensar next week Live from Hollywood. Snoop Dog and Bill Simmons will be the Special Guests next week on RAW. JBL asked who the hell booked Simmons.
Over-runSeth Rollins came out on the stage and told Orton that it took him 3 weeks of scheming to make The Authority look like fools. Seth then broke into laughter, revealing that it's only taken him 3 hours to make a fool out of Randy Orton. BEHOLD THE KING then struck, as the entire Authority walked out onto the stage. Orton rolled out of the ring and grabbed a chair. The Authority surrounded the ring as the crowd chanted
"We want Sting". Well that's exactly what they got as the lights then suddenly went out. Upon coming back up, Sting was in the ring clutching a baseball bat beside Orton. Both men then went to work dispatching everyone. Sting delivered a Stinger Splash on J&J Security in the corner, followed up with a Scorpion Death Drop on Noble. Orton then nailed a Diamond Cutter on Mercury. With the crowd chanting
"STING! STING! STING", Randy Orton and Sting stood side by side in the ring to take RAW off the air in explosive fashion!
WWE Network EXCLUSIVEFollowing RAW, Michael Cole was in the ring to interview Sting and Randy Orton. Orton said he knows Sting isn't used to how things work around here, but he doesn't need anyone to watch his back...however even he's got to admit that was pretty damn cool. The both men then shook hands. Sting, cutting his first Live promo in WWE to a huge ovation, said that it took him 14 years to get in this ring right here, and it feels smoking good. Sting said he meant what he said, & vowed to take down Triple H at WrestleMania.