RAW LIVE Coverage & Discussion - 11th MayL, 2015
We see a limo pull into the arena and Triple H emerges and walks in.
He may have been gone for a few weeks, but he will start things off. Triple H makes his way to the ring.
Hunter says ‘Daddy’s Home’ and he says it is funny because that is what he says to his children when he comes home from a trip. Immediately they behave better. It seems like that is something he needs to say to his director of operations and to the WWE Champion. You leave for a couple of weeks to . . . run a billion dollar company and people cannot do what you ask them to do. He did not ask them to like each other or hang out. He just wanted them to do what he asked them to do.
He will not let this get derailed due to someone’s unchecked ego. It will be solved tonight. Hunter asks for Kane and Seth Rollins to come to the ring.
Seth comes to the ring and he is joined by Joey Mercury and Jamie Noble.
Seth welcomes back Hunter and he says they missed him. He wanted to be the first to say that they are on the same page. Seth tells Hunter to ignore the chants for local boy Dean Ambrose. Seth says that he cannot function at the top of his game when there is a seven foot cancer trying to poison it from the inside. Is Kane jealous that Seth is the man and he will never be the man.
Seth tells everyone he is trying to talk to his boss while the crowd chants that he sold out. Seth says it seems like it is Kane’s mission to have him lose his title. First, there was the app vote where Kane allowed the people to make a Triple Threat Match. Then last week, Dean Ambrose was added to make it a Fatal Four Way. Seth asks the people if they are happy that he chanted his stupid name.
Seth points out that it is more a three on one handicap match on Sunday. Kane has put him in situations where his health was put at risk. Seth says that he doesn’t think Kane is fit to be director of operations. Seth says he knows that Hunter has known Kane for years, but this is not the same Kane. He is broken and cannot be fixed. Maybe it is time to take Kane out back and put that dog out of his miseries.
Kane’s music plays and he makes his way to the ring.
Kane tells Seth he may be older than him and with age comes wisdom. His many years of experience tells him to choke Seth by his turkey neck and choke slam him straight to hell.
Seth says this is what he is talking about and Kane threatens him. Kane tells Seth to be a man. Seth tells Hunter to do something about this.
Hunter tells Kane he respects him . . . but . . . you need to get on the same page as the rest of us. You need to check your ego aside. Hunter says Seth can be a little irritating and you want to punch him in the face, but you don’t because Hunter says you don’t and he is what is best for business. Right now, Kane leaves him no choice but to say if Seth does not walk out of Payback as WWE Champion, maybe your services as Director of Operations will no longer be needed.
Kane tells Hunter it is a shame he feels that way. As much as he respects Hunter, it might be worth it to eviscerate Seth.
Seth says it is direct insubordination but Hunter tells Seth to shut up.
Hunter tells Kane to let him know right now if this is not something he can do. If so, this is a place to amicably part ways. Hunter says that appears not to be what he wants so he wants to know they are on the same page. All four participants in the Fatal Four Way Match will be in action tonight. Hunter wants to know that Kane is invested in this so he will give him a reason. Kane will face Roman Reigns.
Seth Rollins . . . you will face in the main event . . . Randy Orton.
Jamie Noble tells Hunter with all due respect it is easy to stroll in in your limo and do things. Seth Rollins is the man here.
Hunter asks Jamie and Joey if they are still here because there is another man in the Fatal Four Way who needs to be in a match. He should be in that match right now. Hunter gets on Jamie and Joey’s level. Since you two stack up to a full man, you can wrestle Dean Ambrose in a handicap match.
Hunter tells Kane and Seth to come with him.
Ambrose makes his way to the ring.
We go to commercial.
Dean Ambrose vs Jamie Noble and Joey Mercury
Mercury starts off but it is a way to get Noble to try to attack him but Ambrose pulls Noble off the apron. Ambrose brings Mercury back into the ring and he kicks Mercury. Ambrose with punches and a head butt followed by a slam. Ambrose with jabs and he clotheslines Mercury over the top rope to the floor. Ambrose brings Noble into the ring and Noble wants a time out.
Ambrose offers his hand to Noble but it was a trap. Ambrose with a kick and Noble gets to the floor. Mercury with a shoulder to the midsection on the floor and they send Ambrose into the announce table. Ambrose rolls around on the apron and hits a double clothesline.
Ambrose takes a seat and then he sends Mercury into the ring. Noble distracts Ambrose and Mercury pulls Ambrose onto the ropes and then Mercury with a clothesline. Mercury punches Ambrose and he tags in Noble. Noble with a leg drop and he gets a near fall. Noble with a snap mare and he tags in Mercury and Joey kicks Ambrose in the ribs. Mercury with a drop kick and he gets a near fall.
Mercury with a reverse chin lock. Mercury and Ambrose bang heads and they both go down. Noble tags in and Ambrose gets to his knees so he can be face to face with Noble. Ambrose with jabs and chops followed by running double thrusts. Ambrose with a running forearm into the corner and Mercury stops the bulldog. Ambrose with a suicide dive onto Noble and Mercury. Noble is sent back into the ring and Ambrose goes up top for the elbow to the chest but Mercury breaks up the cover.
Ambrose with a kick to Noble but Mercury with a kick. Ambrose rebounds off the ropes and hits a double clothesline followed by the double underhook DDT on Noble for the three count.
Winner: Dean Ambrose
We go to commercial.
We are back and Sheamus joins the commentary team for the next match.
We are told that Dolph Ziggler will face Sheamus on Sunday at Payback.
Wade Barrett tells Dolph a commoner friend of his has attempt to rise from his peasant roots. A man named Neville. Gravity has not forgotten young Neville, but he will be reacquainted with gravity when he is hit with a royal Bullhammer at Payback. Wade says that he is going to allow Ziggler to become a Royal ass kisser.
Dolph Ziggler vs Wade Barrett
Ziggler with a super kick for a near fall. Ziggler sends Barrett into the turnbuckles and punches him. Ziggler with a snap mare and then he hits a leaping elbow drop for a near fall. Ziggler drop kicks Barrett off the apron.
We go to commercial.
We are back and Barrett gets a near fall. Barrett returns to the reverse chin lock. Barrett with an elbow to the back of the head. Ziggler with a kick and Fameasser for a near fall. Barrett avoids a super kick and he tries for Wasteland. Ziggler gets to his feet but Barrett with a kick and he sets for the BullHammer but Ziggler with a drop kick and rollup.
Barrett misses a charge into the corner and then Ziggler sees Sheamus on the apron and he tries for a super kick but Sheamus moves. Barrett with a BullHammer for the three count.
Winner: Wade Barrett
After the match
Barrett goes to the back and Sheamus gets in the ring while the referee checks on Ziggler. Sheamus kicks Ziggler and slaps him while telling Ziggler to get up. Sheamus takes off his hat and he kicks Ziggler around the ring. Sheamus puts Ziggler in the corner and he tells Ziggler he is not fit to clean his shoes. Ziggler with a Thesz Press and punches but Sheamus with a Brogue Kick and Ziggler goes down.
We go to commercial.
Erick Rowan (with Luke Harper) vs Fandango
Before the match starts, the announcers make bets on how long they think the match will go and none are much more than 2 minutes.
Fandango attacks Rowan and Fandango with a clothesline to the back of the head for a near fall. Rowan with a spin kick and he hits a full nelson slam for the three count.
Winner: Erick Rowan
After the match
Harper Irish whips Rowan into Fandango in the corner and then Rowan sends Fandango into a clothesline from Harper.
We go to commercial.
We are back and it is time for John Cena to make his way to the ring for his weekly US Title Open Challenge.
John says it is a little different than last week because it sounds like there are some John Cena fans in here. There are also people who aren’t John Cena fans. Regardless of you who like and don’t like, there is one thing we can appreciate and that is the United States Title. John says he thinks the United States is the greatest country on Earth. He wanted to win this trophy because he thought the wrong guy had it. John says he has been renewed with passion and purpose. You have given this title more life. Most would say ‘The’ Championship is the WWE Championship. There is always plotting going on and the title is so guarded that so many will never get close to that trophy.
That is not the case with this title because this is what he believes in and this is what the United States is all about. It is a symbol of excellence, sportsmanship, and opportunity. He gives a chance to any man brave enough to do it. You can be a WWE Superstar, part of the Authority, or even an NXT superstar. Anyone can get a chance.
Cena says there is one man who doesn’t have a chance and his name is Rusev. He faces Rusev on Sunday in an I Quit match and John says he never gives up. Last week, Rusev said he would confront John in this ring and tell him how he will make him quit. John says he was advised to cancel the Open Challenge, but John says he does not like that idea. He asks the people if they want to see a United States Title Match right now. It sounds like the people want a match.
United States Title
John Cena (c) vs Neville
They lock up and Cena with a clean break. Cena with a wrist lock but Neville with a reversal and wrist lock take down but Cena gets to the ropes and Neville with a clean break. Cena with a jab and Neville goes down. Cena with a back elbow and he gets a near fall. Cena with a reverse chin lock. Neville with a side head lock and jumping side kick that sends Cena to the floor.
We go to commercial.
We are back and Neville with an Irish whip but Cena with two flying shoulder tackles. Neville escapes the Blue Thunder Bomb and Neville with a German suplex for a near fall. Cena rolls to the floor and Neville with a baseball slide. Neville goes to the apron and he hits a corkscrew Asai Moonsault onto Cena.
Neville rolls Cena back into the ring and he gets a near fall. Neville with a shoulder and he comes back into the ring but Cena with a Blue Thunder Bomb and he sets for the Five Knuckle Shuffle and he hits it. Cena gets Neville on his shoulders but Neville gets his hand on the ropes. Neville with a kick to the head and then he goes up top for a corkscrew moonsault from the middle turnbuckle for a near fall.
Cena punches Neville and continues with jabs and a forearm but he misses a punch and Neville with a back heel kick. Cena with a Michinoku Driver for a near fall. Cena picks up Neville and gets him on his shoulders but Neville with a crucifix for a near fall. Cena with an Irish whip. Neville floats over and flips across the ring. Neville with an elbow. Neville with a cross body but Cena catches him and rolls through. He gets Neville on his shoulders but Neville lands on his feet. Neville with a drop kick for a near fall.
Neville pulls Cena into the corner for the Red Arrow but Cena takes Neville down and applies the STF. Neville tries to fight through the hold and he rolls over and gets a near fall. Cena with a clothesline that flips Neville. Cena misses a charge into the corner and Neville with a round kick but Cena bounces off the ropes and hits an Attitude Adjustment but Neville kicks out at two.
Neville goes to the apron so he cannot be pinned while he recovers. Cena picks up Neville and climbs the turnbuckles. Cena gets Neville on his shoulders but Neville gets onto the top turnbuckle and he goes for a sunset flip power bomb and he hits it but Cena kicks out at two. Neville rolls Cena into the corner and he goes up top for the Red Arrow. Neville hits the Red Arrow but Rusev is in the ring and he attacks Neville to force a disqualification.
Winner: Neville (by disqualification)
After the match
Rusev with a jumping thrust kick to Neville. Rusev does the same to Cena. Rusev stomps on the back and applies the Accolade.
The Russian flag drops and Rusev stands over Cena holding the United States Title.
We go to commercial.
Kane vs Roman Reigns
Kane attacks Reigns as he comes over the ringside barrier from the crowd. Kane sends Reigns into the ringside barrier and he punches him and connects with knees. Kane sends Reigns into the apron and then he punches Reigns and sends him into the ring steps. Reigns drops Kane on the top rope and then he runs Kane into the ringside barrier. Kane sends Reigns into the apron and then they exchange punches.
Kane sends Reigns into the ringside barrier and apron. Kane sends Reigns over the ring steps and Kane clips it with his knee. Kane with a boot to Reigns and then he rearranges the announce table. Reigns with uppercuts and punches before sending Kane into the apron. Kane Irish whips Reigns into the steps but Reigns leaps over them. Kane blocks a Superman punch and he sets for a choke slam but Reigns escapes. Reigns with a Superman punch and then he spears Kane over the announce table.
Reigns stands on the announce table while Kane is barely moving beneath.
We go to commercial.
We are back and Naomi says the Bellas had a taste of their own medicine with the numbers game. She should be champion if not for Brie. Tamina says ‘payback’ comes early.
Brie Bella (with Nikki Bella) vs Tamina Snuka (with Naomi)
They lock up and Brie with forearms but Tamina with a kick. Brie with an elbow but Tamina with a back breaker followed by a double sledge to the back. Tamina with an Irish whip and rear chin lock. Brie with a knee but Tamina with a knee. Tamina with a knee to the back and then to the midsection for a near fall. Tamina chokes Brie in the ropes. Tamina pulls Brie up and Brie lands on her feet and gets a near fall with a rollup. Tamina with a clothesline.
Tamina gets a near fall. Brie lands on her feet on a belly-to-back suplex. Brie with a clothesline and a drop kick. Brie goes to the turnbuckles for a missile drop kick and she gets a near fall. Brie with the Brie Mode running knee to the head. Brie has a second knee blocked and Tamina with a super kick for the three count.
Winner: Tamina Snuka
We go to commercial.
Curtis Axel vs Damien Sandow
Axel rips off his shirt like he is Hulk Hogan. Axel with punches and he tries for the big boot but Sandow holds on to the ropes and connects with a clothesline and he slams Axel and goes up top for the elbow drop but the music for the Ascension play.
Viktor asks if you think this is entertaining. These two delusional idiots imitating two relics from the past to jump start their pathetic careers. Konnor says dressing like a legend doesn’t make you a legend. There is a difference than being laughed at than laughed with. There is a new age in the WWE. This is the dawning of the age of Total Destruction. They are the Ascension and Welcome to the Wasteland.
Sandow sends Konnor over the top rope to the floor. Sandow slams Viktor and he tells Axel to do the leg drop of doom and Axel does it. Sandow goes to the turnbuckles for the elbow drop but Konnor pulls Viktor out of the ring.
No Contest
We go to commercial.
We are back and it is time to look at some Tough Enough video submissions.
Daniel Bryan makes his triumphant return to Raw and he makes his way to the ring and he has the Intercontinental Title belt.
The crowd chants for Daniel and Daniel says the last couple of weeks, he has been in and out of doctor’s appointments. Other than that he has had a lot of down time. Daniel says he doesn’t do that well with down time. He needs to be where the action and excitement is. He needs to be around energy.
Daniel says he needed to be standing back there, right behind the curtain, waiting for his music to hit so he could come out here and be part of a reaction like that. How long have you been treating him like he is something special? It seems like it has been years that you have been treating him way better than anyone in the back has treated him.
It was terrible to have Stephanie strip her of the WWE title a year ago. Daniel says he felt like he let everyone down because you gave him that opportunity to be champion, not anyone in the back. The hard thing for him to admit, even as you are ‘yesing’ him now . . . Stephanie was right to do it. No one knew how long he would be out. He could not defend the championship and you deserve a fighting champion.
That is why he asked to come out tonight.
Daniel says that he had an MRI last week and they don’t know how long he will be out. Maybe it will be weeks, but it could be months. There is a chance he might never be able to wrestle again. Daniel throws out a but and says despite the uncertainty in his career, it makes him know what has to happen with the Intercontinental Title. You deserve someone fighting for the title. You deserve Wade Barrett, Dolph Ziggler, and Dean Ambrose fighting for the title.
The Intercontinental Championship should not be on a physical therapist’s chair. It belongs in the ring. That is where he is leaving it. He is going to officially relinquish the Intercontinental Championship.
Daniel says he has one thing left to say ‘Thank You’
Daniel leaves the ring and walks to the stage.
We go to commercial.
We are back and the announcers talk about Daniel Bryan’s announcement.
Xavier Woods says not to embrace the negativity because Daniel Bryan is gone. Accept the positivity. He says Cincinnati is not like the other cities so they want everyone to chant ‘New Day Rocks’ but they don’t do it right. Kofi says one day they will do it right. Kofi says the New Day is all about giving chances and second chances, especially to those you care about. Big E says except for Pete Rose. He does not deserve a second chance. Kofi brings up Cesaro and Tyson Kidd. They failed but at Payback, they will give them a second chance to be the tag team champions in a two out of three falls match. Woods says like they are giving Kidd and Cesaro a second chance, they are giving everyone else in the arena a second chance to do the chant the right way.
Cesaro (with Tyson Kidd and Natalya) vs Big E (with Kofi Kingston and Xavier Woods)
They lock up and Big E with punches and knees. Big E with a side head lock. Cesaro catches Big E on a leap frog and he slams Big E and does a double stomp to the chest. Cesaro with a European uppercut. Cesaro goes over the top rope to the apron and he connects with a boot and then he hits a cross body for a near fall.
Cesaro with rhythmic kicks and then he clotheslines Big E over the top rope.
We go to commercial.
We are back and Big E with an abdominal stretch. Cesaro gets away and he returns to the abdominal stretch. Cesaro escapes and hits a gutwrench suplex. Cesaro with punches but Big E with a uranage and then he misses a Warrior Splash when Cesaro moves. Cesaro charges into the corner and Big E with another uranage for a near fall.
Big E with a flying shoulder tackle for a near fall. Cesaro with a European uppercut followed by a springboard European uppercut and both men are down. Cesaro with a German suplex and he holds on for a second one. He holds on but Big E counters. Cesaro with an overhead belly-to-belly suplex. Cesaro with three running European uppercuts after Irish whips and then he sets for the swing. Woods gets on the apron and Kidd pulls him off and then he kicks Woods from the apron.
Kofi pulls Kidd off the apron. Cesaro with a hammer lock and he turns it into a rollup and gets the three count.
Winner: Cesaro
We are told that on the Kickoff Show, Damien Sandow and Curtis Axel will face The Ascension.
Michael Cole announces that there is a Pay Per View on the WWE Network and it will be the return of the Elimination Chamber. That pay per view will be on May 31st from Corpus Christi.
We go to commercial.
We are back and on Smackdown, Kane will face Roman Reigns and there must be a winner by pinfall or submission.
Titus O’Neil and Darren Young are doing their homage to tag teams with the New Age Outlaws. Darren talks about how much he liked Billy Gunn’s music. They drop down and come back up and do the New Age Outlaws Entrance tribute.
Instead of two words, they have three words . . . Millions . . . of . . . Dollars.
Bray Wyatt makes his way to the ring.
Bray says he feels sorry for all of you. He wishes he could reach out and fix everything. He wishes that he could wake you up from this nightmare. Fear is all around you. It has engulfed this world like a wildfire. If you need proof, it ain’t too hard to find. Read the newspaper or turn on the television. Fear is being fed to you. Fear of a crumbling economy that will never stop. Fear of a global conflict. Fear of a dying Earth. Some of you will not accept this fear. You have accepted the man’s idea that you can overcome all of the odds if you work hard.
Ryback must be such an inspiration to each and every one of you. He shatters his ankle into a million pieces. The doctor told him that he would not be able to compete again. Bray laughs. He fights through the injuries and fights the odds to do what he loves again. Bray calls him his hero. Then came along the spider.
Ryback has gone toe to toe with fate and has overcome the odds, but he has never seen anything like this. He has never faced the new face of fear. Ryback has to be asking ‘why me?’ The answer is simple . . . he was in his way.
Bray asks the kids if they want to hear something your parents will never ever tell you. The nightmares will never stop and the bad guy just wins.
Ryback’s music interrupts the end of Wyatt’s comments.
Bray with forearms to Ryback as he enters the ring. Ryback with a spinebuster. Ryback with a clothesline.
Wyatt goes to the floor and Ryback wants to be fed more.
We go to commercial.
Non Title Match
Randy Orton vs Seth Rollins (c)
They lock up and Rollins with a side head lock into a hammer lock but Orton with a reversal and side head lock take down. Rollins with a head scissors and Orton escapes. Rollins with a side head lock and shoulder tackle. Orton with a back elbow. Rollins with kicks and punches to Orton. Orton sends Rollins to the mat by the hair and then he sends Rollins into the corner on an Irish whip.
Rollins with a Michaels flip in the corner and then Orton with a clothesline. Orton with the Garvin stomp. Orton with a knee drop and he gets a near fall. Orton with a back breaker. Rollins with a flatline into the turnbuckles followed by a Harley Race knee to the back to send Orton through the ropes and to the floor.
We go to commercial.
We are back and Rollins with a reverse chin lock on Orton. Orton with a head butt to get out of the hold. Rollins with a slingblade for a near fall. Rollins with a knee to Orton followed by an Irish whip. Rollins gets sent to the apron by Orton and Orton crotches Rollins on the top rope. Orton stands in front of Rollins who is still feeling the effect of falling on his ding ding.
Orton with a superplex and both men are down. Rollins with punches and Orton with head butts. Orton throws in punches as well. Orton with a kick. Rollins with more punches. Orton with a European uppercut and punches. Rollins punches back but Orton with the advantage. Rollins with a kick to the midsection.
Orton with two clotheslines and he ducks a clothesline and Orton sets for the power slam but Rollins holds on to the ropes. Orton runs into a boot and then Rollins goes to the turnbuckles but Orton catches Rollins and hits a power slam for a near fall. Orton is dropped on the top rope by Rollins and Rollins with an enzuigiri from the apron.
Rollins with a springboard knee to the head and he gets a near fall. Rollins sets for a buckle bomb but Orton escapes and he tries for a back breaker but Rollins lands on his feet. Orton with a t-bone suplex that sends Rollins to the apron. Orton tries for the IEDDT but Rollins gets back into the ring and Orton with an enzuigiri to send Orton to the floor. Rollins with a suicide dive that sends Orton into the ringside barrier but Rollins hits the barrier as well and both men are down.
Rollins is up first and he sends Orton back into the ring. Rollins misses a splash into the corner. Orton tries for an RKO but Rollins counters into a rollup. Rollins with a super kick to Orton but he can only get a near fall. Rollins twists to the mat and pounds the mat and does the Orton pose. Rollins picks up Orton for the buckle bomb but Orton counters with a back body drop and Rollins lands on his feet. Orton sends Rollins to the apron and he hits the IEDDT.
Orton looks around and then he twists to the mat and shows Rollins how to pound it. Joey Mercury and Jamie Noble attack Orton and the referee calls for the bell.
After the match
Mercury and Noble attack Orton but Orton sends Noble into the post and he punches Mercury. Orton clotheslines Rollins, but Rollins fights back.
Kane’s music plays and he makes his way to the ring.
Kane picks up a chair from ringside and he brings it into the ring. Rollins thinks that Kane is going to use it on Orton but since Kane takes his time, they attack Orton.
Dean Ambrose and Roman Reigns come into the ring. Mercury and Noble are sent to the floor. The three challengers surround Rollins while Kane stands on the floor with the chair. Ambrose hits the double underhook DDT on Rollins. Ambrose picks up Rollins for Reigns to hit the spear on Rollins.
Kane continues to stand on the floor with the chair. Reigns and Ambrose discuss something and they pick up Rollins for an RKO. Reigns with a spear to Orton and Ambrose with a double underhook DDT to Reigns.
Ambrose stands tall in the ring while Kane stands outside the ring like a statue.
We go to credits.
