WWE RAW Results – July 27, 2015 – Seth Rollins vs. John Cena

Event: WWE Monday Night RAW
Airdate: Monday, July 27th, 2015 (USA Network)
Location: The Chesapeake Energy Arena in Oklahoma City, OK
Results by Matt Boone

“Yes, sir, we promised you a great main event…”

The Authority, Seth Rollins & John Cena Kick Off RAW

This week’s show kicks off with Triple H, Stephanie McMahon and Seth Rollins making their way down to the ring. Triple H gets on the microphone and welcomes us to Monday Night RAW.

HHH says tonight will be a huge night of firsts. He says he’s gonna kick off the firsts with a huge announcement. He announces that this year’s SummerSlam pay-per-view will be a four-hour event.

Stephanie puts over Undertaker vs. Brock Lesnar and then HHH announces that tonight on RAW, Big Show will go one-on-one with Dean Ambrose. Stephanie then announces Sasha Banks vs. Paige for tonight.

HHH then says Kevin Owens will face Randy Orton here tonight as well. Stephanie announces Alicia Fox and Nikki Bella vs. Becky Lynch and Charlotte for tonight.

Seth Rollins gets on the mic and says if we’re talking about firsts, he knows a thing or two about firsts. He brags a bunch and then says to cap this night of firsts off, we need to involve all of us. He tells everyone to stand up and admit that he will go down as the greatest champion of all-time.

From there, John Cena’s theme song hits and out he comes. Cena calls Rollins an arrogant jackass. He mocks Rollins for claiming to be the greatest champion ever. He calls him a joke. He calls Rollins a coward for running from him last week.

Cena turns his attention to HHH and Stephanie. He talks about tonight being a night of firsts. He says tonight we need to see if Seth Rollins can become a man. He challenges Rollins to a one-on-one match for the WWE World Heavyweight Championship.

Rollins tells Cena to do everyone a favor and for the first time, shut the hell up. He says this isn’t a little U.S. Open Challenge. He says you have to earn an opportunity at his title. Stephanie cuts him off. She says they should let the people decide.

Stephanie asks the fans if they want to see Cena vs. Rollins for the WWE World Heavyweight Championship. The fans cheer and break out into a light “Yes!” chant. Stephanie says for the first time ever, she’s saying no. She says she agrees with Rollins.

HHH says he gets that. He says no one wants to see the world title defended on RAW. He says the idea is valid, so tonight in this ring, it will be John Cena vs. Seth Rollins, but it will be for Cena’s United States Championship, because that’s what’s best for business. His music plays and they walk off. From there, we head to a commercial break.

Big Show vs. Dean Ambrose

When we return from the break, Dean Ambrose and Big Show each make their way out to the ring for the first of our “night of firsts” matches.

The bell sounds and here we go. Early on, Dean Ambrose lives up to his moniker of “The Lunatic Fringe,” as he’s a madman, jumping all over Big Show.

As the match goes on, the larger Big Show starts to exert his dominance. Slowly but surely, Ambrose faded, and Big Show completely took over.

Big Show took out Ambrose on the floor. The referee counted to nine and Ambrose just barely made it in. From there, Ambrose had Big Show isolated on the floor and went to dive through the ropes, however Big Show caught him coming out with a KO punch. This time, Ambrose couldn’t make it in.

Winner via Count Out: Big Show

After The Match

After the match, Big Show sees Ambrose won’t stay down. Big Show charges at him but Ambrose moves and Big Show crashes through the barricade. Ambrose laughs and walks off. We head to another commercial break.

Fandango vs. Neville

When we return from the break, Fandango is in the ring Fandango’ing and then Neville’s music hits. The high-flyer makes his way to the ring for our next match. The bell sounds and here we go.

This one doesn’t last long at all, maybe two minutes? Fandango got almost no offense in, and in the end, Neville won with his top rope Red Arrow finisher for the clean pinfall victory.

Winner: Neville

After The Match

After the match, Stardust appears on the titan tron from backstage. He taunts and mocks Neville in his typical weird fashion. He references superheroes and Stephen Amell. Neville just looks at him like, “that dude is weird” after he finished.

Backstage: Paige, Charlotte, Becky Lynch, Team B.A.D.

Backstage, we see Paige, Becky Lynch and Charlotte together. They talk about how social media loves the new NXT Diva call-ups. In walks Team B.A.D. — Beautiful and Dangerous — Sasha Banks, Naomi and Tamina. The six girls argue, which leads into the next match.

Paige vs. Sasha Banks

We head back into the arena. Paige’s music hits and out she comes with Charlotte and Becky Lynch, with all three girls wearing Paige’s “This is my house” t-shirts.

Out next comes Team B.A.D. — Sasha Banks, Naomi and Tamina. It’s time for one-on-one action. The Diva Revolution continues as Paige and Sasha Banks go one-on-one.

The bell sounds and here we go. The girls do a lot of technical mat wrestling for a while, with Paige getting the better of the exchanges. Paige hits a big dive to the floor on all three Team B.A.D. members as we go to a commercial break.

When we return from a mid-match commercial, the referee ends up ejecting Tamina, Naomi, Charlotte and Becky Lynch from ringside. Paige and Banks are now out their to fend for themselves.

The match doesn’t last much longer after that, as both Divas start winding down, hitting their finishers and scoring nearfalls until Banks hits the Backstabber and locks Paige in the Bank Statement for the win.

Winner: Sasha Banks

Backstage: Renee Young & Seth Rollins

Backstage, Renee Young is with WWE World Heavyweight Champion Seth Rollins. Rollins says we have seen enough of John Cena tonight. He talks about the future passing John Cena by, and of course by future, he’s referring to himself. We head to a commercial break.

In-Ring Segment: Rusev, Summer Rae & Lana

When we return from the commercial break, Rusev and Summer Rae make their way down to the ring.

Rusev talks about being into Summer, who he calls always hot and obedient. Rusev brings in a box that has a puppy in it. He gives the puppy to Summer.

Rusev then says the puppy is ugly. He says it has skinny legs and pisses on itself. He says it’s neutered, so they should call it “Dolph Ziggler.”

He gives Summer another surprise, this time a big dead fish. He tells her to hold it high. He says they should call that one “Lana.”

Lana ends up coming out and telling Rusev to shut up. Lana says she is sick of listening to Rusev and Summer. Lana ends up grabbing Summer and rubbing her face into the dead fish. Lana leaves as Rusev tries to throw the fish at her. We head to a commercial break.

The Lucha Dragons vs. Los Matadores

After that segment, The Lucha Dragons — Sin Cara and Kalisto — make their way down to the ring. They will be in tag-team action against the Los Matadores next. We head to another commercial break.

When we return from the break, Los Matadores, along with El Torito, are already in the ring. The Prime Time Players are on commentary for this one. The bell sounds and here we go.

Early on, both teams are exchanging leads, with tons of high-flying offense. When the smoke clears and the dust settles, Los Matadores appear to be the team in control.

Matadores have isolated Sin Cara in the ring and are in control. They taunt The Prime Time Players on commentary before turning their attention back to the match.

They hit some double team moves on Sin Cara, however the end comes when The New Day comes out, providing the distraction. The Prime Time Players confront them at ringside. While all of this is going on, The Lucha Dragons get the win via roll-up.

Winners: The Lucha Dragons

Bray Wyatt & Luke Harper

We return from the break and out comes Bray Wyatt and Luke Harper. The lights go out and the cell phone “fireflies” light up the arena.

Bray starts off by talking about family. He says Harper was once a damaged man, but Wyatt fixed him. He said he knew one day that he would have to be set free. Wyatt hands Harper the mic and tells him to say his peace. Harper says there was a time where he wondered why he even existed and what his purpose was.

Harper goes on to mention that his family found him and Wyatt showed him the truth. Harper says this is all the fans fault, they made Harper what he is and they shunned him. Harper says Wyatt saved him, opened his eyes, made him stronger than ever.

Harper says now he knows that when you pray for the rain, you best be ready for the mud. Harper says his life is for Wyatt and hands the mic back. Wyatt says Harper would go to hell for him and already has.

Wyatt talks about Roman Reigns and Dean Ambrose now. Wyatt says if Reigns really cared about Ambrose he would tell him to walk away from this. Wyatt says he’s going to seal Reigns’ fate.

Wyatt closes by saying, “We’re here!” He follows that up by saying, “Follow the buzzards.”

Charlotte & Becky Lynch vs. Nikki Bella & Alicia Fox

We head back to the ring as it’s time for our second match of the evening, as the “Diva Revolution” continues, this time with Divas tag-team action.

Out first comes the team of Charlotte and Becky Lynch. Next out are their opponents, Nikki Bella and Alicia Fox, who are accompanied to the ring by Brie Bella.

The bell sounds and here we go. Early on, Nikki gets the upper-hand on Lynch, as the two kick things off for their respective teams. We see Brie Bella watching on at ringside.

The action picks up now as Charlotte tags in and takes over control. She is hitting a number of fast-paced, athletic moves, and showcasing her abilities as usual.

We near the finish now, as Lynch unloads on both members of Team Bella. Charlotte comes in and takes out Bella with a spear. This allows Lynch to apply the Disarm-Her finisher. Fox taps.

Winners: Charlotte & Becky Lynch

Kevin Owens vs. Randy Orton

Both guys make their way to the ring for another “night of firsts” match. The bell sounds and here we go. Both guys go face to face and start talking trash to each other.

Owens shoves Orton. Orton kicks Owens. Orton drops Owens with a big shot and Owens rolls out to the floor to take a timeout. Orton goes out after him.

Owens knocks Orton down and slams him into the barricade. He throws him back in the ring and the action continues, however now Orton is back in control of the offense. We head to a commercial break.

We’re back from the break and we see Owens controlling Orton on the mat in the ring. The action starts to pick up. Owens gets the announcers involved, yelling at Michael Cole while he takes it to Orton.

The action spills out to the floor again. Orton slams Owens into the barricade. Sheamus comes out of nowhere and blasts Orton from behind with a Brogue Kick. The referee calls for the bell..

Winner via Disqualification: Randy Orton

After The Match

After the match, the fans are boo’ing Sheamus. He asks if we’re entertained. He throws Orton back into the ring when out comes Cesaro.

Cesaro nails Sheamus with a big shot. He leaps out onto Owens. Sheamus comes out to get Cesaro from behind, but Cesaro catches him coming in with another big shot.

Cesaro gets back in the ring but turns around into a Pop-Up Powerbomb from Owens. Owens stands over Cesaro. Sheamus raises his MITB briefcase.

Backstage: Renee Young & John Cena

Backstage, Renee Young is with John Cena. Young asks Cena what if Rollins wins tonight. Cena goes on about how he has defended his title a lot lately, but none of those matches were as important as tonight’s match. He says tonight either Rollins is as good as he says he is and leaves with both titles, or Cena shocks the world and defeats the world champion in the center of the ring. We head to another commercial break.

WWE United States Championship
– John Cena (c) vs. Seth Rollins

We’re back from the break and we hear John Cena’s music hit. Out comes the WWE United States Champion to the ring. Out next is his opponent tonight in this match for the U.S. title, WWE World Heavyweight Champion Seth Rollins.

Lilian Garcia does the formal introductions for this title contest. The bell sounds and here we go with tonight’s main event of the evening.

Cena and Rollins lock up. Cena out powers him. Rollins rolls out to the floor for a breather. Rollins comes back in but Cena takes him down to the mat with a head lock.

We get some back-and-forth action now as Cena tries for an Attitude Adjustment early on in the match, to no avail. Rollins blocks it and starts connecting on Cena with big shots. Rollins takes Cena to the mat now as we head to a mid-match commercial break.

When we return from the break, we see the action is still going on. Rollins starts to take it to Cena now. Rollins enjoys a long stretch of time in control of the offense now, as Cena is completely down and out and hasn’t connected with much in a while.

Finally, Cena fires up out of nowhere and starts taking it to Rollins. Rollins slows Cena down with a big kick. Cena cuts Rollins off on the top rope and he goes up after him.

Rollins jumps over Cena and now has him up in the powerbomb position. He runs across the ring and slams him into the top turnbuckle. He covers Cena but he manages to kick out at two.

Rollins ended up catching Cena with a huge knee to the face. As a result, Cena’s nose appeared to be badly broken. The announcers outright said it looks like Cena’s nose is badly broken. In the end, however, Cena rallies to get Rollins in the STF. Rollins taps. Cena retains. RAW goes off the air with a beaten up Cena celebrating as the announcers put him over like Superman.

Winner and STILL WWE United States Champion: John Cena