Event: WWE Monday Night RAW
Airdate: Monday, October 27th, 2014 (USA Network)
Location: The AT&T Center in San Antonio, TX
Results by Matt Boone
“Yes, sir, we promised you a great main event…”
The Authority, Seth Rollins & A Pissed Off Randy Orton Kick Off RAW
The post-WWE Hell In A Cell edition of RAW opens up with an elaborate highlight video package running down the key parts of last night’s pay-per-view.
From there, we shoot live into the arena in San Antonio, Texas where we hear Michael Cole welcoming us to RAW while “King of Kings” plays in the background. We then see Triple H, Stephanie McMahon and Kane — The Authority — in the ring.
The music cuts off and Stephanie welcomes us to Monday Night RAW. Steph says we got our money’s worth if we watched on the WWE Network — for only $9.99 — just off the two HIAC matches alone. HHH says it could be said it’s a bittersweet night as Randy Orton lost. He then puts over the man who is becoming “the new standard-barrer” in the WWE, Mr. Money In The Bank Seth Rollins.
Rollins’ music hits and out he walks with a big smile on his face and Joey Mercury and Jamie Noble walking behind him.
JBL puts over Rollins as the “undisputed future of the WWE” on commentary. When his music cuts off, Steph asks the fans to give it up one more time for Seth Rollins. The fans boo and chant “you sold out.” Seth opens up by saying, “Man, you guys are the best. Thank you so much!”
Rollins continues by saying finally “The Lunatic Fringe” Dean Ambrose is out of his hair once and for all. He says he proved last night once and for all that intellect conquers every single time over a mad man who should be institutionalized. Rollins says now that he’s done with Ambrose, he’s moving on to John Cena.
The fans cut him off with loud “let’s go Cena” and “Cena sucks” dueling chants. He says “blah blah blah blah.” He does Cena’s hand-waiving gesture and says later tonight he’s gonna “see” John Cena. He says he’s also gonna leave Cena in a pool of his own blood, laying in his own failure like he did to Ambrose last night.
His music hits again, he poses with The Authority, but before they can leave, Randy Orton’s theme hits. “The Viper” makes his way to the ring, walking fast with a purpose. Orton gets on the mic and is all worked up. He’s asking why everyone is saying Rollins is the future. Why has he heard twice tonight already that Cena beat him. He brings up Rollins curb-stomping him last Monday night and says he’s so pissed that he might check himself into anger management, which he says he legitimately did in 2006.
“The Viper” says he promised himself last night that if The Authority didn’t handle Rollins, than he was going to. He drops the mic and charges Rollins, blasting him with punches. Eventually, The Authority break them up. HHH gets in Orton’s face and tells him we’re not doing this tonight. He calms his voice and tells Orton to calm down. He tells Orton to relax and take the night off. He says when the time is right, they’ll deal with this, but not tonight. As HHH keeps talking, Orton simply pushes past him and nails Rollins with an RKO out of nowhere. He takes his shirt off and walks away as HHH looks pissed.
Orton’s music cuts off and a groggy, dizzy Rollins is helped to his feet. He takes a moment to clear the cobwebs and then he stumbles out of the ring. “King of Kings” plays as The Authority leaves together while we watch replays of Orton’s sudden RKO on Rollins moments ago. On that note, we head to a commercial break.
WWE Tag-Team Championship
– Goldust & Stardust (c) vs. Big Show & Mark Henry
When we return from commercial, Goldust and Stardust are in the middle of their ring entrance. From there, the team of Big Show and Mark Henry make their way to the ring. WWE Tag-Team Championship action is our first match on this week’s RAW.
As they make their way to the ring we see highlights of a backstage segment from the RAW pre-show with Show and Henry. Show talks about how he had Rusev beat until Henry came out. Henry says he just came to celebrate with him. He tells Show he got them a tag-title match tonight.
The bell rings and here we go. Goldust and Henry start things off. Henry clotheslines Goldust down and headbutts him in the corner. He throws him across the ring so Goldust tags Stardust in. Stardust pauses a bit but eventually comes in. Stardust tries using his quickness but Henry gets him in a corner and beats on him. He tags Show in.
Show picks up where Henry left off. He does the “shhh” thing to the fans and chops the hell out of him. The fans ask for another, so he obliges. He whips him into the corner hard and tags Henry back in.
The fans chant “sexual chocolate” at Henry as he continues the beat down on Stardust. Stardust is trying to leap for the tag over and over again but Henry is holding his foot so he ain’t moving anywhere. Show tags himself in. He beats up on Stardust, but Henry slaps him on the back and yells at Show for tagging himself in. Show and Henry are face-to-face arguing as we head to a mid-match commercial.
When we return from commercial, we see Goldust working over Show on the mat in the middle of the ring. We see highlights of Show and Henry arguing from before the break. Back live, Goldust is firing away at Show with punches until Show slams him down. He puts the calf-crusher on Goldust, so Stardust jumps in and breaks it up. Show rolls over and tags in Henry.
Henry comes in and clotheslines Stardust and headbutts him. Stardust takes out the knee of Henry from behind and tags in Goldust. Goldust comes in and beats up on Henry for a bit and tags Stardust back in. Stardust goes back to work on the knee as Show leads the fans in another “sexual chocolate” chant.
Stardust is beating up on Henry, throwing dropkicks at him until he’s knocked backwards into his own corner. Show tags himself in again, and it’s a self-hot tag as he’s all over the place taking out everyone in sight. He takes out Stardust with a KO punch and then throws Goldust to the floor. Show goes for the pin but Henry comes in the ring. He tells Show to tag him because he was already in before Show tagged himself in.
The two argue a bit until Henry picks Show up out of nowhere and nails him with the World’s Strongest Slam. He puts Stardust over Show and the ref counts 1-2-3.
Winners and STILL WWE Tag-Team Champions: Goldust & Stardust
After The Match
After the match, Henry stays in the ring and watches the Dust Brothers leave. He turns his attention to Show, who is slowly getting back to his feet. He hits him with another World’s Strongest Slam and says “what’s your problem, man?!” He yells, “chop me again! nobody chops me! don’t nobody hit me!” The fans chant “you suck” as Henry watches Show crawl up the ropes. Now some heel fans are chanting “one more time.” Henry waits for Show to turn around and indeed gives him a third World’s Strongest Slam. And then splashes him for good measure. He finally walks off as fans boo. We head to a commercial.
Backstage: Renee Young With Mark Henry
Backstage, we see Mark Henry walking. Renee Young walks up and only gets the word out “why?” before Henry goes on a rant. He says he’s Show is the largest athlete in the world and he’s the strongest man in the world, he says Show always wanted to be him. He says he got to him before Show could get to him first. Sounds exactly like HHH’s explanation to Orton for Rollins curb-stomping him on RAW last week. Diversity!
Roman Reigns Live Via Satellite
The announcers talk to Roman Reigns live via satellite. They ask him how his recovery is going. He says it’s never good to be on the sidelines. They ask him his thoughts on the Rollins-Ambrose HIAC match. He says it was carnage as you would expect. He talks about how Rollins is a scumbag and a sellout. He tells Rollins that when he’s medically cleared, he’s going to make him the past — believe that. His music hits and the two-question Roman Reigns is over.
AJ Lee vs. Alicia Fox
From there, AJ Lee’s music plays. The WWE Divas Champion skips to the ring as we head to a commercial break.
When we return from commercial, Alicia Fox is in the ring, as she’s AJ’s opponent tonight. Paige is on commentary. She talls Fox her “bestie” and the announcers are confused. She plays off slapping her last night and calls her such a sweetheart.
The “CM Punk” chants break out as Fox dropkicks AJ out of the ring. Paige explains all the ways Fox is like her on commentary. “I love the way she screams.” Now she’s talking about how she loves Alicia’s eyes. Paige is a mixture of lesbian and crazy on commentary while Fox dominates AJ in the ring.
AJ hits a tornado DDT on Fox out of nowhere. That looked cool. Fox dropkicks AJ down. As she’s standing over AJ, Paige jumps off commentary and trips Fox from behind and screams at her to “win.” AJ rolls Fox up, 1-2-3.
Winner: AJ Lee
After The Match
After the match, Paige is begging for Fox’s forgiveness now. Fox is pissed though. Paige takes off one of her spiked bracelets and offers it to her. Fox takes it and as she does, Paige kicks her in the gut. She screams and continues to attack Fox on the floor. It’s a night of turning on people! Every segment or match has had one thus far. Lawler gets off commentary to go over and help Fox and try and get Paige to stop. Paige’s theme hits and she leaves. We head to commercial.
John Cena, Stephanie McMahon & Triple H In-Ring Segment
When we return from commercial, John Cena’s theme hits. Out he comes smiling. He makes his sprint to the ring and it’s time for his advertised promo. He says there’s a lot of energy out here, it’s almost like you’re about to win a championship. The fans chant “let’s go Spurs.” Cena says “let’s go Spurs, indeed.” He switches gears after getting that loud cheap pop to his win over Orton at Hell In A Cell.
He talks about how he earned the right to challenge Brock Lesnar for the WWE World Heavyweight Championship. He says while Lesnar sits at home thinking he’s a champion, he’s here every night fighting like one. He says whenever Lesnar decides to return, he’s going to win the title. He says from now on anything he does is going to be to send a message to Lesnar.
Now he talks about what’s in store for tonight, talking about his scheduled match with Seth Rollins. He addresses The Authority talking about Rollins like he’s the future of WWE. He says he often says the future goes through me, but tonight “I go through the future.” He says tonight Rollins is going to go “face to face with the man who runs the place.”
Before he can continue, Stephanie McMahon’s theme hits. She makes her way to the ring. She congratulates Cena on his win. She says she can’t wait to see Cena and Rollins tonight. She says she also can’t wait for the Survivor Series where there will be a traditional elimination match. The fans start doing the “What?” chants at her. Steph mocks Cena for doing the Spurs cheap pop earlier.
She continues talking but they chant Spurs at her, she says “see, even I can do it.” Cena interrupts her and says, “no, I’m listening to these people, something you should do.” She says “when you listen, do you hear them chant Cena sucks.” They instead chant “Cena! Cena! Cena!” and Cena smiles. Steph says, “oh that moves you don’t it? One arena chants your name when every other says you suck for the past ten years.”
Steph says he shouldn’t fight for the fans approval. She says he could come to The Authority. He laughs at that idea. The fans chant “No! No! No!” She reminds him that he’s going to fight Lesnar again, the man who beat him up twice before. She says she thinks The Authority might be able to offer a little bit of insurance. She says they could help guarantee a victory. She tells him to think about it.
Cena takes his hat off, scratches his head and walks away. She says maybe tonight the winner of Cena-Rollins could be the captain of “Team Authority” at Survivor Series. She tells Cena he deserves to be a part of a family. Cena says all he deserves is a chance to come to this ring and tell show all these people how much he loves this. Steph tries interrupting him, but he’s on a roll kissing up and sucking up.
Steph asks him again to join The Authority. He gives her the answer, which is “hell no.” As he goes to leave, “King of Kings” plays as Triple H makes his way down to the ring.
HHH comes down and tells Steph, “told ya so.” He says Cena wouldn’t budge. He tells Cena that he’s been here 10-12 years now, but he’s been here 20. He says he’s hanging on by a thread recently. He says Cena knows what he does, which is that “he can’t fight the future.” HHH tells him it doesn’t have to be this hard. He tells him what life could be like, then tells him he can turn them down and be the beat up, shell of himself fighting for one last hurrah.
HHH says maybe this conversation won’t work, maybe he’s got to prove it to him. He tells Cena to have it has way. He says at Survivor Series, they’ll make it hard on him. He tells him to go backstage and find someone to stand up with him to fight against The Authority at Survivor Series. HHH announces Team Authority will take on Team Cena, and Team Cena is gonna be comprised only of whoever Cena can find to join him. He reminds him that he can’t fight for the future. We head to commercial.
The Usos vs. The Miz & Damien Sandow
When we return from commercial, The Usos are finishing up their ring entrance. Already in the ring are The Miz and Damien Sandow. The bell rings and here we go. Miz and Uso start things off. The fans chant “we want Mizdow” as Uso takes it to Miz early on.
Sandow is selling along with Miz on the apron, running back and forth from post to post on the apron and mimmicking Miz’s movements.
Miz asks the fans if they want him to tag Sandow. They pop big so he doesn’t. He beats up on Uso himself while Sandow cheers him on. Uso clothesline Miz over the top and to the floor. Sandow jumps off the apron. You think it’s to check on Miz, but instead he crashes on the mat like he got thrown out to the floor too. Both Usos hit a dive on both of them as we head to commercial.
When we return from commercial, Miz is working over Uso in the middle of the ring as Sandow cheers him on. Miz finally tags Sandow in and the fans pop. Sandow picks up where Miz left off, beating up on Uso. Sandow quickly tags Miz back in upon his demand. The fans boo.
Uso goes for the superkick. Miz reverses into a Skull Crushing Finale attempt, but Uso avoids. Uso rolls up Miz but Sandow kicks Uso. The Usos do the twin switch behind their backs and when Miz goes to pick Uso up, he’s rolled up and pinned 1-2-3. Sandow quickly runs over and lays down next to Miz, looking up like “what happened,” which is exactly what Miz is doing. Sandow rules.
Winners: The Usos
Backstage: John Cena & Dolph Ziggler
It’s muted, so no audio, but we see John Cena talking to Dolph Ziggler. Ziggler is shaking his head yes. They shake hands. Assuming that’s Ziggler joining Cena’s Survivor Series team. On that note, we head to commercial.
Backstage: Dolph Ziggler & Kane
When we return from the break, we see Ziggler walking backstage with his cell phone. Kane walks up and says there’s a report going around saying he was talking to John Cena. He says as Director of Operations, he can only claim that’s an act of aggression against The Authority. He threatens Ziggler.
Hulk Hogan In-Ring Segment
Back live in the arena, Lilian Garcia introduces “The Immortal” Hulk Hogan. Hogan makes his way to the ring in his pink Susan G. Komen Foundation to a nice response from the San Antonio fans.
The music fades and the chants begin. “Well let me tell you something, brother!” The crowd cheers. He says he was happy to see Cena beat that no good Orton. He says he can’t wait to see his champion John Cena take on that stinky beast Brock Lesnar and take back his title.
Hogan talks about all the pink we see around in the arena. He says that’s proof that Susan G. Komen-mania has been running wild all month long. He thanks WWE for letting him be one of the spokesmen for this campaign. He talks a bit more about the campaign.
He asks the representatives to stand up and be recognized by the fans. Hogan finishes with a “Whatcha gonna do?!” and his music plays again. The barricade opens and all the Susan G. Komen breast cancer survivors are walking into the ring with Hogan. They all do the Hogan poses together and then we head to a commercial.
Bo Dallas vs. Ryback
When we return from commercial, Bo Dallas makes his way to the ring. He cuts a quick promo about issuing an open challenge and then says “let’s see who Bo-Lieves” and who his opponent is. Ryback’s theme hits and out he comes to a big pop.
Ryback dominates Dallas from bell to bell, which only lasted about two minutes. Ryback hits him with the Shellshock. 1-2-3. It’s over that quick. We go to another commercial.
Winner: Ryback
In-Ring Segment: Dean Ambrose, Cesaro & Bray Wyatt
When we return from commercial, Dean Ambrose makes his way to the ring. He jumps up on the announcers desk. He says last night he went straight to hell. He talks about beating down Ambrose and then brings up Bray Wyatt interfering. He tells Wyatt to remember the laws of the jungle — don’t mess with an animal who’s claws are longer than yours….and you DON’T mess with Dean Ambrose.
The fans pop and then chant “Ambrose! Ambrose!” as he takes his gear off. He goes in the ring and blasts Cesaro, already in the ring, with the mic over and over and over again. The ref jumps on him. Cesaro runs out of the ring. Ambrose follows him out and pounds him with the mic over and over again. He chases him up the ramp just beating the crap out of him with the mic. He comes back down the ramp and yells for Bray Wyatt.
He says he doesn’t do magic tricks and he ain’t much for smoke and mirrors. He says he’s standing right here. He challenges Bray to come out so he can kick his ass. The lights cut out and Wyatt appears on the big screen.
Bray says he understands it, because he came from it too. He says everytime he looks at Ambrose he can’t help but see his own derranged reflection. He talks about how what makes people cringe excites people like them. He tells Ambrose to think about it. He says what happens next — you tell me. He says he’s not his brother or his friend. He sees I know you, I am you. He says he’s going to dismantle his mind. He says “run Dean, run” to close out the promo. The lights cut out again. That’ll do it for that segment as we shoot to the announcers.
Nikki Bella (with Brie Bella) vs. Naomi
Nikki Bella’s theme hits. Out she comes with Brie behind her. She makes Brie hold the ropes open for her. She says something in Brie’s ear. We see highlights of their match at last night’s Hell In A Cell pay-per-view.
When we return from the break, Naomi — Nikki’s opponent for tonight — is in the ring. She works over Nikki early on but an Alabama Slam from Nikki, with Naomi hitting her head on the mat HARD — turns the tide.
Nikki is in control now as the announcers put over the “assistant” stipulation with Brie. Nikki beats up on Naomi until Naomi finally makes her big comeback. This lasts until Brie trips Naomi, allowing Nikki to get back in the lead. Nikki tells Brie “good job.” The announcers say that must be what Nikki whispered into her ear before the match. Nikki hits her finisher on Naomi and pins her. After the match, Nikki makes Brie raise her hand and other assistant stuff.
Winner: Nikki Bella
Dolph Ziggler vs. Kane
When we return from commercial, we get the ring entrances of the WWE Intercontinental Champion Dolph Ziggler, as well as The Authority’s Director of Operations, Corporate Kane.
The bell rings and here we go. Kane promised to destroy Ziggler for talking to John Cena earlier. Early on, Ziggler is trying to use his speed and quickness to avoid the monster’s wrath.
It works briefly, but it isn’t long before Kane is dominating his smaller opposition. We head to a mid-match commercial with Kane firmly in control.
When we return from the commercial the action is still going on in the ring. Kane gets control of Ziggler again and is beating him down as the fans chant for Ziggler to make a comeback.
Ziggler starts making his comeback and is flying all over the place, hitting Kane with every move in his arsenal. It does no good, however, as about two minutes into his run, Kane cuts him short and is dominating again.
Kane is calling for the chokeslam now, waiting for Ziggler to get back to his feet. Ziggler does and turns around right into a hand on the throat. Ziggler squeezes his way over Kane and rolls him up. 1-2-3. Ziggler pulls off the upset.
Winner: Dolph Ziggler
After The Match
After the match, as Ziggler is going to leave, he is attacked from behind by Seth Rollins. Rollins rolls him back into the ring. He and Kane both beat on Ziggler until John Cena’s theme hits. Cena sprints to the ring and Rollins heads for higher grounds. Kane, unfortunately has to be clotheslined to get out of the ring. Cena helps Ziggler up and raises his hand, the crowd pops. Ziggler’s theme hits again as we have the stare off between Cena and Rollins, which we’re told is next on RAW. We head to another commercial break on that note.
John Cena vs. Seth Rollins (with Jamie Noble & Joey Mercury)
When we return from commercial, Cena is still in the ring. Rollins’ theme hits and out he comes in his gear this time, accompanied by Joey Mercury, Jamie Noble and a gold briefcase. Our RAW main event is up now.
Rollins takes his top thing off and we see that his ribs are heavily taped up. The bell rings and here we go. Nope, no we don’t. Rollins runs right out of the ring immediately and goes over to Noble and Mercury. He whispers something in their ears.
Mr. Money In The Bank runs back in, gets hit with one move and rolls right back out. The fans boo him as Cena tells him to come back in the ring. Rollins does this a few more times until Cena finally has enough and runs out after him. Now he’s punching away at him on the floor.
Rollins finally gets control of Cena on the floor and back in the ring, Rollins is now following up, selling his ribs in between spots. Mercury jumps up the apron and cheap-shots Cena while Rollins has the ref distracted.
Rollins throws Cena out to the floor where Mercury and Noble stomp the hell out of him behind the ref’s back. Rollins goes out after him and suplexes him on the floor. He screams in pain because of his ribs. The fans are chanting “Cena! Cena! Cena!” — it surprisingly enough has literally been a legitimate pro-Cena crowd all night. Just goes to show what a cheap sports team pop can do ya — when your team is in the finals, of course. Any other time of year, maybe not so much because it’s failed when he’s tried it in the past.
Back in the ring, Rollins continues to work over Cena, with some help from his two buddies outside the ring here and there as well. we head to a mid-match commercial.
When we return from commercial, Cena is firing away at Rollins outside the ring. It doesn’t last long forever, as the numbers game with Rollins, Mercury and Noble ends up being too much for Cena. Rollins is back in control.
We’re back in the ring now and Rollins is going back to work on Cena. The action quickly spills out to the floor again where Rollins remains in control, again, with help. Back in the ring again and Rollins puts the boots to Cena in the corner.
Cena hits a cross body off the top onto Rollins and goes for the A.A., but Rollins avoids it and hits a huge DDT on Cena. Both guys are down now and the fans are chanting and cheering Cena on.
Rollins is up first and goes to work on Cena. They end up outside the ring again where Rollins slams Cena into the barricade. Back in the ring, Rollins catches Cena off the top rope with a big knee to the face. Rollins goes for the pin but only gets two, so he throws a big hissy fit.
Cena starts making a big comeback, including a five knuckle shuffle and launching Rollins way over the top where he’s caught on the floor by Mercury and Noble. Or, well, he goes through them I should say. Back in the ring, Cena is still in control. He hits a big tornado DDT off the middle rope.
Cena hoists Rollins up for the Attitude Adjustment. He launches Rollins but Rollins lands on his feet. Cena grabs Rollins by the leg, looking for the STF, but Rollins avoids it and hits a big move on Cena for a near fall.
Rollins picks Cena up in the powerbomb position, runs across the ring and throws him into the corner. He tries to pin him off of that but Cena kicks out yet again. The fans in San Antonio are really getting into this match now. “This is awesome” chants, lots of clapping, etc. Rollins goes for the Curb Stomp but Cena avoids it and slaps the STF on Rollins. Rollins waves his hand and out comes Kane.
Winner via Disqualification: John Cena
After The Match
After the match, Kane and Rollins beat up on Cena. Out comes Dolph Ziggler and now Cena and Ziggler are firing up on Kane and Rollins, however this leads to Noble and Mercury coming out. Now the heels are in control again. Next thing you know, the entire roster runs out. Faces and heels. Everyone is fighting everyone so Rollins ducks out the back door, as does Noble and Mercury.
Triple H and Stephanie McMahon come out and join them on the stage and they look at the chaos that’s taking place in the ring. The ring clears up a bit and Cena starts hitting A.A.’s on anything that moves. His theme plays as he stares down The Authority looking back at him on the stage. The announcers question who is going to be on who’s team at Survivor Series when it’s Team Authority vs. Team Cena. The show goes off the air on that note.
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