show opens with last nights tribute to dusty rhodes.
out comes wwe world heavyweight champ seth rollins with a huge amount of boos from the crowd, seth thanks everybody to monday night raw but replaces it with monday night rollins. claims to be the best and is proud to be the wwe world champion. he acknowledges dean ambrose from last nights ppv, mentions he brought his a game (recap of last nights match) the only problem with his a game is that his isnt as good as rollins. he says he lived up to his promise and he brought the title back home to him. he thanks the people who got him to the very top of the mountain, the crowd booing him as he says they lack respect. the first person he would like to thank is himself, and himself and himself and himself some more. who else would he thank, not J&J security, not kane, not even HHH and Steph. he said he should punch his name into the hall of game and that people should name their kids after him. he shoots on the ohio crowd and every team that wont bring them a championship. he said hes leaving this piece of crap town and taking the title with him… out comes dean ambrose to a huge pop from the crowd, ambrose comes down the ramp and starts brawling with rollins on the walkway, rollins works on his injured knee but ambrose fights his way out of it and takes the fight to rollins as rollins walks off with his title. ambrose grabs a chair and a mic, mentions how the title literally slipped from between his fingers and how he enjoyed making seths life a living hell the last few weeks, and that hes not leaving the ring til rollins gets his ass back out there.
we come back from commercial and ambrose is still sitting in the ring, rollins runs into HHH and Steph and they remind him of what he said from earlier when saying he didnt need anyones help, now they tell him they’ll make the decision whos gonna be the next opponent against seth rollins, rollins walks off as ambrose is still sitting in the ring waiting, out comes sheamus with his MITB briefcase and mic in hand. he says that he and dean have too much in common, they both love to fight but theres a bigger difference, that hes a winner and deans a loser. reminds the crowd that he became mr money in the bank as he draws crowd heat, he’s one brogue kick away from winning the wwe world heavyweight champion even if it means going through dean ambrose which sets up the first match for the evening.
Sheamus vs Dean Ambrose
sheamus working all over ambrose knee and has control of the match, they take the match outside the ring for a quick 8 count and bring it back inside as sheamus has control still, ambrose tries to fight back but gets a sidekick to the face as raw goes to commercial…
raw comes back from commercial with ambrose put in a muffler stretch from sheamus as the ref is checking to see if ambrose wants to tap, but ambrose kicks out and beats down sheamus for a short time as sheamus comes back and knocks him off the top turnbuckle, sheamus puts him in the cloverleaf as he reaches for the ropes, sheamus does his patent chest pound on the apron but ambrose counters it into his own and sheamus goes for a brogue but ambrose moves out of the way and gives him a top rope stunner, 2 count for ambrose, sheamus tries to fight back but ambrose hits him with his middle rope clothesline, sheamus tries to leave the ring but out comes orton as a distraction, sheamus goes for another brogue kick but ambrose ducks and rolls him up for the 3 count.
winner – ambrose *** 1/2
post match orton lays waste to sheamus outside the ring and hits him with a 2nd rope ddt, he goes for an rko but sheamus avoids it and runs off with his case.
Rollins is walking backstage, Joey Mercury and Jamie Noble appear out of nowhere. Seth says he doesnГt like to be the guy to tell you so, but he told you so! He says he didnГt need you guys last night because he did it on his own. He asks if he will give them their jobs back and if they have any outside information. Jamie Noble says they donГt have any info but even if they did, he knows who they should give the title match to. His boy Joey Mercury, the man that beat him in the middle of the ring last week. Seth says that is a joke but Joey Mercury speaks once again and says Seth is scared of him, because regardless of where SethГs career goes, it will always show in the record books that Seth lost to J&J Security. So it doesnГt matter where Seth loses the title, itГs only a matter of when and who! I love it!
Throughout the night we will be looking back at the career of Г¬The American DreamГ® Dusty Rhodes, we go back to a match from 1979 for the NWA World Heavyweight Championship between Dusty and Harley Race! Immediatley following tonight on Raw, we will have Dusty Rhodes: Celebrating The Dream. Hosted by Jerry Г¬The KingГ® Lawler.
We see Roman Reigns doing a promo for Father’s Day, his daughter is just so adorable.
R-Truth makes his way to the ring..with a plunger..why you may ask? Because he pinned King Barrett last night and thinks he is now King Whatsup. King Barrett makes his way to the ring and Truth is on commentary and he calls Byron Coach. Apparantly Truth is in this match, he goes in with his crown and bedsheets and this match is underway
R Truth vs King Barrett
Barrett already goes after Truth, taking him down, going for the bullhammer already, Truth rolls him up for the shocking victory!
Winner in less than 30 seconds: R Truth ** 1/2
Barrett attacks him after the match, hitting the bullhammer and has the mic, saying that Truth will no longer mock the king, you will all hail King Barrett!
An assortment of divas and superstars are with Machine Gun Kelly. Paige asks him to come to a party and after that he leaves.
Coming up next we will see the rise of Kevin Owens!
We have Chris Jericho hyping up Tough Enough.
We see highlights of the Kevin Owens vs John Cena match from MITB last night, Cena picked up the win but Owens takes Cena out and powerbombs him on the apron. Cena having to be helped to the back afterwards.
NXT Champion Kevin Owens makes his way to the ring. Cole tells us that John Cena has lower back contusions and a leg injury. Owens has the mic, he says John Cena is not here tonight, to which this crowd gives us a YES chant. If you want someone to blame for that, then look no further than John Cena himself. Now, IГm not denying that I had a part in what happened to John, because after our match, I did powerbomb him on the edge of the apron right there. But in reality John Cena forced me to do that, as we shook hands, Cena said something that disrespected me, you belong here! You belong here in front of all these people. John IГve known I belonged here the second I walked into a WWE ring, so I donГt need you to tell me that, and I donГt need you to endorse me in any way shape or form. People talk about him being a sore loser, but John was a sore winner, instead of walking to the back like Owens did, he insisted me to shake his hand, because John Cena always wants to be the hero. John Cena disrespected me and I did what I had to do. Regardless of what happened last night, I have a victory over the United States Champion, and he wants a rematch. And this time when he wins, he wants the United States Championship! Normally this would be the time in the show when Cena comes out and issues an open challenge. So he will do it himself! Who will accept the challenge? Out comes Dolph Ziggler and Lana. He has a mic in hand and says just like kissing Lana tonight, you made my night. You talk about sacrifice, I have scratched and clawed for everything he has earned in this company. Much like this city has scratched and clawed for a championship in this city and he will give it to him. Lillian announces it is for a title but Kevin says this is a non-title match.
Kevin Owens vs Dolph Ziggler
Owens has Dolph in a rest hold as we come back from break, Ziggler fights out of it, hits a few punches and kicks followed by a dropkick but Owens with a senton for a two count. Owens stomps on the ribs of Ziggler and screams Г¬and thatГs why I am the champ!Г® Owens tossing Ziggler to hang on the top rope by his ribs. Dolph eventually falls down and gets put back on the ropes ribs first, Dolph falls and kicks out. Headbutt by Owens followed by a stomp. Off to the corner and Ziggler hits hard on the turnbuckle. Owens stomps the gut. Owens grabs onto the hair of Ziggler and Ziggler with a flurry of punches followed by a clothesline that takes both men out of the ring! Owens with a forearm, following up with some clubbing blows but Ziggler fights back but Owens tosses him into the timekeepers area right into the timekeepers table! Ziggler tries to beat the count and gets in at the count of nine! Owens missing the senton and eating a DDT! Owens rolls to the outside as Raw rolls on!
Owens with a rest hold as we come back. We see app footage of Owens with a fallaway slam to the barricade! Back to live action as Ziggler fights out of it with a jawbreaker! Owens runs into a elbow, a superkick and a few punches but gets a punch of his own that knocks him down! Superkick again by Ziggler for a two count! Fameasser into a powerbomb into a victory roll by Ziggler for two. Fameasser connects this time and Owens kicks out again. Owens uses the ropes to get to his feet. Ziggler misses the Stinger Splash and a launching German Suplex followed by the cannonball senton for a two count! That German had Ziggler land on his neck! Ziggler jumps out of the Pop-Up Powerbomb, hits the Zig Zag, but could not captalize as Owens kicks out at two! What a match so far! Kick to the gut by Owens followed by a superkick and the pop-up powerbomb to pick up the win!
Winner: Kevin Owens ****
backstage the divas round up as paige calls them in for a meeting, talks about that they need to make a stand against the bella twins, the divas ask her why they should trust her because of her past, she acknowledges her past and still wants their help still, in comes the bellas to ruin the moment, nikki then tells the divas if they want to side with paige, then side with her. but they all walk off leaving paige alone for her match against both bellas later tonight.
Randy Orton vs Kane
out comes randy orton to get ready for his match against kane, the ref calls for the bell as randy orton strikes first with kicks to kane but kane comes back with some haymakers and a clothesline for a 2 count. kane with another attack only for a 2 count followed by a resthold from kane, orton fighting his way out of the resthold and randy orton takes him down with a backdrop and some stomps to kane, but kane quickly recovers and hits him with one of his side slams, kane putting on a clinic to orton but both men trade blows afterwards and randy orton fights back and hits him with a power clothesline, now orton has control of the match with some corner clotheslines but kane comes back for a short amount of time and out comes sheamus to distract orton in his match against kane. kane now changes the match to a no holds barred as the match ends short with an uppercut and a brogue kick to finish off orton, afterwards sheamus stands tall holding up his MITB case over orton with a nice amount of boos from the crowd.
Winner – Kane ***
replay from last nights MITB ladder match showing bray wyatts interference.
kane and rollins segment where rollins reminds kane he didnt win sunday nights MITB match, says he doubted him the most since thats how he felt about him over the time in the authority. kane gives him some veteran advice and rollins refuses it and reminds him of how he was hand held throughout his career and mentions his family as kane snaps and puts his hands on him telling him to never mention his family ever again as seth tells him he hopes he is the one they pick for the main event so he can put him out of his misery. seth walks off to end the segment.
Dusty Rhodes video package
The Big Show vs The Miz
Ryback at ringside on commentary for the big show vs the miz match as big show comes out first,,, next comes out the miz to a mixed reaction from the crowd, miz trying to calm down the big show but over the last few weeks he’s been under the big shows skin as show chases him around the ring as miz get the upperhand as the big show gets taken down quickly, meanwhile big show fakes an injury to his knee and goes right for the miz and attacks with a series of slaps to the chest, they take the action outside the ring, show throws miz onto ryback as the ref is counting out the big show as the miz slides right back into the ring counting out the big show.
Winner – The Miz ** 1/2
Post match ryback attempts to attack the big show but he quickly slides out the ring and avoids all confrontation.
Out comes roman reigns to confront bray wyatt on why he interfered in the mitb ladder match, he said he was pissed off and bray pops up on the screen saying why he went for him, weeks ago he denied bray his chance to become a mitb contestant. he says he reminds him of someone from the past that he remembers and that everything is all going to fall down on him. he pulls out a picture of reigns with his daughter as he laughs away to end the segment.
replay of last nights divas match between nikki vs paige.
Paige vs The Bella Twins
Out comes paige for her match against the bellas, out come the bellas to a mixed reaction from the crowd, brie starts off with paige as she scatters her into the corner, brie tags in nikki, nikki with a shoulder block to paige, paige fights back with some knees to the face on nikki but brie takes down paige from the outside. now brie starts to work on paige with a submission but paige finds a way out and gives her a few shots to the midsection but brie fights back with a knee to the gut, now nikki starts to work over page with some kicks into a scissorlock followed with some push ups. nikki hits her rack attack to finish off paige
winner – nikki and brie bella * 1/2
lillian garcia introduces MGK to the stage -*****
after the concert is over kevin owens comes out to congratulate him but instead kicks him and powerbombs him. *****
a replay is shown after commercial showing kevin owens destruction.
The New Day vs Neville & The Prime Time Players
in ring already is the new day awaiting their oppoents of neville and the new tag team champions the prime time players. young and woods start off the match as young gains upper ground against woods, young with a series of arm pulls into an irish whip into a hook right from young. woods tags in kofi but kofi selling the injured ribs and tags woods back in as he works over young. young with a power clothesline as he tags in his partner titus with a suplex drop onto woods, big e comes into the ring and gets tossed out the ring as neville follows behind with a top rope dive. we come back from commercial and big e working over young in the ring, now kofi gets tagged in and works over young as well. kofi with some high flying spots all over DY and lands a 2 count. woods gets tagged in and applies a sleeperhold but young fights his way out, woods knocks off titus from the apron as young makes a tag to neville, neville now redefying gravity as kofi tries to distract him but titus knocks him off the ring apron as big e tries to interfere, woods takes out neville and gets a 2 count, kofi gets tagged in as neville tags in young and DY hits him with the knees to the ribs, he tags in neville as he hits the red arrow from the top turnbuckle.
winners – Neville and The Prime Time Players – ***
backstage we see ambrose throwing darts at a seth rollins pictures, in comes kane to talk to dean as they have a heart to heart talk about their jobs and passion for the business. ambrose gets into kanes head asking him what he’s here for while ambrose is there to be the world champ. ambrose leaves the locker room as kane stands there in complete thought.
out comes the authority to apologize for owens actions against mgk earlier in the show, they also have picked out whos gonna face seth rollins, it wont be J&J, kane, or dean ambrose. if its not gonna be either of those men, who will it be? and out comes rollins with a huge smile on his face. rollins says it really doesnt matter who his next opponent is going to be, hhh says he is proud of what he has done, cashing in the mitb at wm against lesnar/reigns. they say they’ve invested alot into the future and into rollins, are they sure its going to pay off or is it sub cost, the question to rollins is, do you crumble or do you become the diamond invested. out comes BROCK LESNAR…. circling the ring staring down seth rollins, seth in total shock of who his opponent is going to be in the upcoming weeks. both men stare each other down as the crowd chants suplex city. seth looking around knowing he has no one to count on, no one to rely on, no help at all as he slowly starts to back away. rollins slowly leaves the ring heading back to the staging area as brock just continues to stare him down knowing full well they will have a match in 5 weeks at battleground, the show ends with brock continuing to stare down seth rollins as raw goes off the air.
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