Wrestling Lockup with Brandon, 9.8.15: #RAW Recap

By @B_Rock1978

Wrestling Lockup with Brandon, brought to you by Triple Threat CLE. It's time for this week's RAW recap. Hope everyone had a safe and happy Labor Day as the last holiday of the summer closes out.

- RAW was live this week for Labor Day in Baltimore, Maryland.

- Seth Rollins Isn't So Mad Anymore: Seth Rollins kicks off RAW in the ring for a promo. Rollins says he's special, lists all of his accomplishments, Sting resents Rollins so Sting stole his statue and John Cena pulling backstage politics got him a WWE United States Championship Match. Rollins was upset at first, but realized he'll own both Sting and Cena at Night Of Champions. Sting interrupts Rollins on the Titantron with Rollins' statue. Sting says he's here with the statue and Rollins should come get it. Rollins is about to head to the back to get it when Sheamus interrupts. Sheamus sends a warning to Rollins, stating that if he survives Sting and Cena, Rollins may have to have a third match, cause Sheamus might cash in his Money In The Bank briefcase.

- Backstage, Stephanie McMahon tells Seth Rollins she has a plan. Rollins says he would rather have Triple H come up with a plan. Triple H appears and says Rollins will fight Ryback and then compete in a Six Man Tag Match in the main event. Stephanie says she was going to suggest just going after Sting, but she likes Triple H's plan better.

- Sasha Banks defeated Paige, by pinfall: Team BAD and Team PCB were all at ringside for this match. The match closes out with Paige going for Ram-Paige on Sasha, but Sasha escapes and gets to the floor. Paige lands a rolling senton off the apron and takes out Tamina on the floor. Back in the ring, Paige goes for the PTO submission on Sasha, but Naomi gets in the ring. The referee stops Naomi as Sasha pulls Paige's hair and rolls Paige up to score the pinfall.

- Roman Reigns and Dean Ambrose defeated The Ascension, by pinfall: Reigns and Ambrose make quick work of the former NXT World Tag Team Champions. The match closes out with Reigns hitting the apron drop kick on Viktor. Reigns, next, hits a Superman Punch on Viktor, joins Ambrose, and lands a double team doomsday device. Reigns hits a spear on Konnor and Ambrose hits Dirty Deeds to score the pinfall. After the match, The Wyatt Family appear on the Titantron. The Wyatts warn anyone that want to join Reigns and Ambrose in this war will be doomed.

- Backstage, Ryback cuts a promo and states that Seth Rollins isn't a fighting champion. Kevin Owens interrupts and tells Ryback to make sure he doesn't bite off more than he can chew.

- Ryback defeated Seth Rollins, by pinfall: The match closes out with Rollins tossing Ryback to the floor and hitting a series of suicide dives. Ryback avoids getting counted out, gets back in the ring and plants Rollins with a spine buster. Sting suddenly appears on the Titantron again, still with Rollins' statue and distracts Rollins. Ryback rolls up Rollins and scores the pinfall. After the match, Sting puts a Sting mask on the Rollins statue, making Rollins angry.

- Backstage, Seth Rollins bumps into The New Day. The New Day tell him not to fret cause New Day Rocks. Rollins turns to leave and bumps into Edge and Christian. Edge dares Rollins to try to break his neck like he tried to last time Edge was at RAW. Rollins leaves as Christian and Xavier Woods have an instrument battle. The Dudley Boys interrupt and announce that next week it's the Prime Time Players vs. The New Day and the winners of that match defend the WWE World Tag Team Championship against The Dudleys at Night Of Champions.

- Summer Rae Apologizes To Rusev: Summer Rae is in the ring for a promo. Summer says this has been a horrific week, Rusev is the true victim and owes Rusev an apology. Rusev comes out to the ring to meet Summer.  Summer says Dolph Ziggler has been after her for weeks and apologizes, while crying. Rusev says she betrayed him, but forgives her, blames Ziggler and says Summer and Lana are the real victims in this. Rusev says that Lana now has a broken heart thanks to Ziggler. Dolph Ziggler interrupts and heads to the ring. Ziggler says that everyone knows, including Lana that Rusev and Summer are liars. Ziggler says Lana has a message for Rusev and then proceeds to super kick Rusev in the mouth.

- Backstage, we see Roman Reigns, Dean Ambrose and Randy Orton talking together.

- Randy Orton defeated Sheamus, by pinfall: The match closes out with Orton getting a near fall on a second rope super plex. Sheamus comes back and hits White Noise on Orton, but gets a near fall. Sheamus tries to roll up Orton for a pinfall, but Orton kicks out, pops back up and hits the RKO on Sheamus. Orton covers and scores the pinfall. After the match, The Wyatt Family arrive, target Randy Orton and proceed to beat Orton down. Braun Strowman chokes Orton out with ease and then plants Orton with the inverted shoulder slam. Bray Wyatt sits in the corner and laughs as Orton is left laid out.

- The Dudley Boys defeated Los Matadores, by pinfall: The match closes out with Fernando getting into an argument with El Torito. Fernando slaps El Torito, turns around and gets laid out with the 3D, scoring the pinfall for The Dudleys. After the match, Diego attacks El Torito for costing them the match. The Dudleys make the save and put Diego through a table.

- Cesaro defeated The Miz, by count out: The match closes out with Miz in control and working on Cesaro's rib area. Big Show makes his way to the ring and targets Miz. Miz escapes the ring, jumps the barricade and escapes through the crowd, taking the count out loss. After the match, an angry Show knocks Cesaro out with the knockout punch.

- Nikki Bella Invites Us To A Party: Team Bella is in the ring for a promo. Nikki Bella announces that next Monday on RAW she's throwing a huge party when she officially breaks A.J. Lee's longest reigning WWE Divas Champion record. Team PCB interrupt and Charlotte announces that The Authority have granted her the WWE Divas Championship Match next week on RAW and she's planning on stopping Nikki from breaking the record. Charlotte attacks Nikki and traps her in the Figure Eight submission.

- John Cena and The Prime Time Players defeated Seth Rollins and The New Day, by pinfall, in a Six Man Tag Team Match: The match closes out with Xavier Woods attempting to distract Titus. Darren Young hits the Gut Check on Woods and both Cena and Rollins tag in. Rollins escapes a Cena AA attempt, but gets caught in the STF submission. Rollins escapes and tags in Kofi Kingston. Kofi leaps off the top rope with a cross body.

Cena rolls through and hits the AA on Kofi to score the pinfall. After the match, Sting appears on the Titantron again. Sting is standing with the Rollins statue next to a garbage truck. Rollins loses his mind in anger as Sting shoves the statue into the garbage truck, crushes it in the compactor and rides off on the back of the garbage truck to close out RAW.

Wrestling Lockup with Brandon 2.24.15: #RAW Recap

By @B_Rock1978

Wrestling Lockup with Brandon, brought to you by Triple Threat CLE. It's the RAW recap from last night's show. RAW took place live in Nashville, Tennessee. Tonight's RAW will be the fallout of what happened at Fast Lane and we begin the build-up towards the Super Bowl of Wrestling, Wrestlemania 31. Let's get to last night's recap.

- In Ring Segment with Randy Orton: Orton blames Seth Rollins for almost ending his career four months ago and tells him to get his ass out to the ring now. Triple H, Stephanie, Big Show and Kane come out instead. Stephanie welcomes Orton back and says he is her choice as the face of the WWE. Orton wants nothing to do with The Authority anymore and is going to bash in Rollins' head. Stephanie is confident Orton will forgive Rollins and The Authority are willing to forgive Orton. Orton is offered an Authority spot again, but Orton says he'd rather kick ass than kiss ass. Show tries to talk Orton into coming back, by saying it was the best decision Show ever made. Stephanie tells Orton he's not a good guy and never has been one. Stephanie offers Orton to listen to The Authority and come back home. The Authority leave the ring, but are stopped by Orton. Orton says he'll join their business meeting later and listen to what they have to say.

- In Ring Promo: Bad News Barrett calls Dean Ambrose a thief and wants his WWE Intercontinental Championship back.

- Dolph Ziggler vs. Bad News Barrett: R-Truth is on commentary for this one. Barrett with a near fall, early. Ziggler lands a neck breaker and an elbow drop for a near fall. Barrett hits a kick, some punches and hits a running knee for two. Barrett with more blows and irish whips Ziggler into the corner for a near fall. Ziggler makes a comeback and hits mounted corner punches on Barrett. Ziggler counters "Wasteland" with a DDT and a near fall. Barrett hits a power bomb for a near fall. Ziggler ducks a "Bullhammer" and gets a near fall rollup. Barrett blocks the "Famasser". Barrett hits the "Winds of Change" for a near fall. Ziggler hits a super kick. Barrett goes for "Wasteland" but Ziggler counters with another near fall rollup. Barrett missed a charge and kisses the turn buckle. Ziggler hits "Zig Zag" and finally scores the pinfall.

- After the Match: Dean Ambrose appears with Barrett's WWE Intercontinental Championship. Ambrose trash talks Barrett as Ziggler walks past Ambrose. Ziggler eye balls Ambrose and the Intercontinental Championship. Ambrose leaves still with the I-C Title in his possession.

- Backstage Segment with The Authority and Randy Orton: Stephanie thanks all for attending and Rollins can't believe they are letting Orton come back. Stephanie asks if Rollins has a problem and if not then to stand down. Rollins asks how can they trust Orton again. Stephanie asks Orton if he wants to move forward with The Authority. Orton shakes Rollins hand and it's announced that Orton and Rollins will face Roman Reigns and Daniel Bryan, later.

- Titus O'Neil and Darren Young vs. The Ascension: The Ascension double team Young in the corner. Viktor hits some chops and a suplex for a two count. The Ascension hit a double shoulder for a two count. Young hits a clothesline and a belly to belly but gets his tag blocked. The Ascension hit another double team move and get a near fall. Titus gets in the ring and takes himself and Konnor to the floor. Young rolls up Viktor from behind and scores the pinfall. The Ascension suffer their first loss on the main roster.

- After the Match: The Ascension beat down Titus and Young and finish Young off with the "Fall Of Man".

- In Ring Segment with Roman Reigns: Reigns talks about winning the Royal Rumble, beating Daniel Bryan at Fast Lane and knows everyone was rooting for Bryan. Bryan's music hits and out comes Bryan. Bryan says Reigns deserved the shot at Lesnar but Bryan boo'ed inside just like the fans. Bryan talks about what doubts he had about Reigns and how Reigns had proved him wrong. Bryan congratulated Reigns and they shake hands. Bryan tells Reigns they'll team together later and tells him to beat Brock Lesnar's ass at Wrestlemania. Bryan leaves but then out comes Paul Heyman. Heyman congratulates Reigns and actually talks Reigns up as being the next big thing in WWE. Heyman says Reigns, however, is the right guy, in the right place, but at the wrong time. Reigns will be fighting a beast that Reigns can't slay, or conquer and Lesnar will leave Wrestlemania, still WWE World Heavyweight Champion. Reigns says respect is going out the window and it's not about beating Lesnar, it's about how Reigns will do it. The segment ends with Reigns telling Heyman to "Believe That".

- "WWE World Tag Team Championship Match": Tyson Kidd and Cesaro (c) vs. The Usos: Jimmy near fall on Cesaro, early. Kidd and Cesaro try to double team, but Jimmy gets another near fall. Jimmy gets dumped to the floor and Kidd leaps at both Usos. The Usos catch Kidd and dump him into the barricade. Jey is in and hits a top rope cross body on Kidd for a near fall. Kidd off the top rope with an elbow but catches Jey's knees. Cesaro is in and gets a near fall. Cesaro "Cesaro Swing" on Jey and Kidd gets a near fall. Cesaro and Jey trade punches on the top turn buckle as Kidd tags in. Jey slams Cesaro off the turn buckle then hits the "Superfly Splash". Kidd hits an elbow drop on Jey, breaking up the illegal pinfall and gets a near fall of his own. Jey misses the corner splash and Kidd tries to cheat and use the ropes for a leverage pinfall, but Naomi shoves Kidd's legs off. Nattie Neidhart takes out Naomi and then crotches Jey on the ropes, causing the DQ. Kidd and Cesaro retain the WWE World Tag Team Championship. After the match, Naomi takes out Nattie for revenge.

- Backstage, Miz is pissed about lint on his jacket. Miz says he needs to win the Andre The Giant battle royal. Sandow thanks Miz for firing him, because Sandow has been getting phone calls for stunt double jobs.

- Backstage, Bray Wyatt says he's finishing the job at Wrestlemania, he knows Undertaker is afraid, but there is no reason to hide. Bray wants Taker to find him.

- Stardust vs. Jack Swagger: Stardust unloads on Swagger in the corner. Swagger goes after Stardust's knee. Stardust counters a "Swagger Bomb" and goes for the "Disaster Kick". Swagger catches Stardust and locks in the "Patriot Lock" submission. Stardust makes it to the ropes and breaks the hold. Stardust regains offense and works over Swagger. Goldust's music hits and out comes Stardust's brother. Stardust gets distracted by Goldust and Swagger reapplies the "Patriot Lock". Stardust ends up tapping out. 

- In Ring Segment with John Cena: Cena says Rusev took him to the limit and for the first time Rusev was close to defeat. Cena has no problem losing, but hates Rusev parading around like a hero. Cena proved Rusev's a coward. Rusev's music hits and Rusev and Lana interrupt Cena. Lana says Cena failed at Fast Lane and like all Americans, Cena gave up. Lana praises Rusev as Rusev takes the mic. Rusev says he broke Cena, it's his time now and nobody can beat him. Rusev wants Cena to admit that Rusev and Russia are the superior. Cena says Rusev is no hero, he's garbage and it's time to take out the trash. Cena vows to kick Rusev's ass and bring home the United States Championship at Wrestlemania 31. Rusev refuses to give Cena a rematch. The Russian Flag drops down behind Cena to end the segment.

- Backstage, Seth Rollins, Mercury and Noble confront Randy Orton. Orton tells Rollins to dismiss his pets. Mercury and Noble leave and Rollins talks with Orton. Orton says he'll never forget what happened with Rollins but they have to do what's best for business. Rollins says that's great that they can forget about the past and they shake hands.

- Paige and Emma vs. The Bella Twins: Paige is fired up and forced to calm down by Emma. Paige yells at Nikki for being a cheater at Fast Lane. Brie shoves Paige off the apron and hits her finisher on Emma to score the pinfall. After the match, Paige goes after Brie, but gets laid out by Nikki.

- The Bushwhackers are announced to be put in the 2015 Hall of Fame.

- In Ring Promo: Curtis Axel says he still was never eliminated from the Royal Rumble and should be going to Wrestlemania. Axel is entering the Andre The Giant Battle Royal. Ryback interrupts, says he's entering the Andre The Giant Battle Royal too.

- Curtis Axel vs. Ryback: Axel gets the upper hand on Ryback and beats him into the ropes. Axel lands more punches, kicks and rakes the forehead. Ryback hits the "Meat Hook" on Axel. Ryback lifts Axel and lands "Shell Shock" next. Ryback covers and scores the pinfall.

- Seth Rollins and Randy Orton vs. Roman Reigns and Daniel Bryan: Bryan with mat wrestling on Rollins. Reigns and Orton are in next with Reigns hitting a shoulder, but Orton retaliates with a drop kick. Orton works over Reigns until Reigns hits a clothesline and tags in Bryan. Bryan and Orton go back and forth until Orton tags in Rollins. Bryan dumps Rollins to the floor and sets Rollins up for a suicide dive. Orton grabs Rollins out of the way and Bryan stops himself. Reigns is in and gets beat down at ringside, giving Orton the advantage. Rollins is in and works over Reigns until Reigns hits a side slam on Rollins. Bryan tags in, knocks Orton to the floor and unloads stiff kicks on Rollins.

Rollins ducks a kick and rolls up Bryan for a near fall. Bryan counters into the "Yes Lock" submission but Orton breaks it up. Reigns takes out Orton to the floor. Rollins dumps Reigns to the floor. Bryan dumps Rollins to the floor, then hits a suicide dive on Rollins. Mercury and Noble distract Bryan and Rollins crotches Bryan on the ropes. Rollins near fall on Bryan. Orton hits uppercuts and head butts on Bryan in the corner, until the referee tells him to stop. Orton goes for a superplex but Bryan head butts Orton off. Bryan misses the top rope diving head butt. Reigns and Rollins are both tagged in and Reigns hits a flying forearm and corner strikes.

Reigns hits the "Superman Punch" on Mercury, who gets on the apron. Orton is tagged in and hits the power slam on Reigns. Orton goes for the hanging DDT, but Rollins tags himself in, not pleasing Orton. Orton looks like he's walking off as Reigns counters the "Curb Stomp" with a "Superman Punch". Bryan tags himself in and hits the running knee on Rollins. Bryan covers and scores the pinfall.

- After the Match: Kane tries to calm down Orton. Orton gets in the ring and walks up to Rollins. Orton hits Noble with an "RKO", then helps up Rollins. Orton stares down Rollins before leaving and RAW closes out.

And that's a wrap on this week's RAW results, till next time tap or snap.

~B~

Wrestling Lockup with Brandon 2.17.15: #RAW Recap

By @B_Rock1978

Wrestling Lockup with Brandon, brought to you by Triple Threat CLE. It's the RAW recap from last night's show. RAW took place live in Orlando, Florida. RAW served as the go home show to WWE Fast Lane this Sunday. Roman Reigns and Daniel Bryan, continue to make their claim to who will meet Brock Lesnar, at Wrestlemania 31, for the WWE World Heavyweight Championship. Will John Cena appear on RAW and confront Rusev one last time, after suffering an eye injury last week from the big Russian? Will The Authority punish Big Show for knocking out Kane on Smackdown? Also WWE Hall of Famer, Dusty Rhodes, will be here to try to talk some sense into his feuding sons, Goldust and Stardust. All that and a lot more, let's get to the recap.

- In Ring Segment with John Cena: Cena says he'll defeat Rusev at Fast Lane, will take the fight to Rusev, says he's always believed he could win, no matter who the opponent is and will make history when he defeats Rusev and wins the WWE United States Championship. Rusev and Lana arrive and interrupt Cena. Lana says Cena lives in a delusional world where his cup is half full and Lana and Rusev live in reality where Rusev is superior and the greatest U.S. Champion ever. Rusev takes the mic and says he will destroy Cena and everything he stands for. Cena says Rusev has never had his ass kicked and warns him to not make another move or he'll take that ass kicking now. Lana and Rusev mock Cena, forcing Cena to charge up the stage after Rusev. Cena beats down Rusev, throws Rusev into the RAW metal stage props and lands mounted punches on Rusev. WWE officials seperate Cena from Rusev as Cena raises his arms in victory.

- Dean Ambrose mocks Bad News Barrett's BNZ show with his own show. Ambrose says Barrett will sign a contract to defend his WWE Intercontinental Championship at Fast Lane later.

- Luke Harper vs. Dean Ambrose: Harper with a shoulder block and Ambrose ground wrestles with a headlock. Harper lands an uppercut, corner blows and a head butt. Ambrose lands a clothesline, an elbow drop, punches and hits a running bulldog on Harper for a near fall. Ambrose misses a floor dive and eats a boot from Harper. Back in the ring, Harper eats an Ambrose boot and Ambrose lands a tornado DDT. Ambrose lands a knee to Harper, a drop kick and an elbow off the top rope for a two count. Harper lands a superkick on Ambrose for a near fall. Harper counters an Ambrose clothesline with a side slam for a near fall. Ambrose regains control, hits a clothesline then "Dirty Deeds" for the pinfall.

- Backstage, Kane is talking to Triple H when Big Show interrupts. Kane
and Big Show start arguing and Triple H plays peacemaker. Triple H wants to see solutions to their problems with Roman Reigns and Daniel Bryan later.

- Backstage, Bray Wyatt cuts a promo and says what happened to "you" was a tragedy and says it's coming.

- Backstage, Dusty Rhodes meets with his sons, Stardust and Goldust. Dusty says everything they do mean nothing without family and he loves them both. Goldust and Stardust shake hands and both hug Dusty.

- Kofi Kingston and Xavier Woods vs. Goldust and Stardust: Dusty Rhodes watches from backstage. Woods with a near fall on Goldust early. Kofi is in, lands a springboard on Goldust and knocks Stardust off the apron. Kofi hits a drop kick, some punches, a forearm and hits the "Boom Drop" on Goldust. Kofi gets a near fall with a corner cross body block. Stardust is back in and takes control. Stardust goes for the "Disaster Kick" but misses. Stardust almost hits Goldust but stops just in time. As the brothers are distracted Kofi hits Goldust with "Trouble in Paradise" and scores the pinfall. After the match, Stardust helps Goldust up and hugs him. Stardust helps Goldust to the back where we get a.......HEEL TURN! Stardust grabs his brother from behind and lays him out with "Dark Matter".

- Backstage, Roman Reigns reminds us of the path he's been down and the path he must go down now to get to Wrestlemania. Reigns respects Bryan and gave him this opportunity, but now he's going to take it away.

- Backstage, Dusty Rhodes confronts Stardust. Stardust gets pissed with being called "Cody" again. Stardust says "Cody Rhodes" self destructed and dances with stars now, "Cody Rhodes" is dead and as far as he's concerned so is his father. Dusty looks stunned as Stardust walks off.

- Roman Reigns vs. Kane: Daniel Bryan watches from ringside. Reigns lands a suplex for a near fall. Bryan gets a "Yes" chant started, distracting Reigns. Kane takes control with mat wrestling and a couple near falls. Reigns counters a Kane charge. Kane counters Reigns leaping off the second rope and gets a near fall. Kane with a drop kick for a near fall. Reigns hits a boot and connects off the second rope on the second attempt. Reigns hits a samoan drop for a near fall. Bryan again distracts Reigns with "Yes" chants, causing Reigns to take a boot from Kane. Kane dumps Reigns on the floor and goes for a choke slam. Reigns counters, spears Kane and rolls back in the ring as the referee counts Kane out. After the match, Reigns and Bryan talk trash to each other. 

- Backstage, Daniel Bryan says Roman Reigns better get used to the "Yes" chants cause there will be more at Fast Lane.

- Backstage, Bray Wyatt with another creepy promo. Says "he" may have built this world but Bray will tear it down.

- Backstage, the Bella Twins steal Paige's clothes. Paige in only a looks for them. Paige grabs one of the Rosebuds for their outfit.

- Summer Rae vs. Paige: Paige appears in one of the Rosebuds outfits to wrestle. Paige unloads on Summer early. Paige hits corner back elbows then lands knees to the head. Summer sneaks in a rollup for a near fall, then plants a kick on Paige for another near fall. Summer locks in a submission hold but Paige escapes. Paige hits a few clotheslines and a drop kick then applies the "PTO" submission. Summer ends up tapping out. After the match, the Bellas appear with Paige's clothes and call her a loser. Paige says she doesn't need an outfit to win at Fast Lane and will be wearing the WWE Divas Championship afterwards.

- In Ring Segment with Seth Rollins: Rollins rips on everyone for celebrating President's Day, for celebrating the past. We should be celebrating the future in Seth Rollins. Rollins thinks he should be main eventing Wrestlemania and rips on Erick Rowan, Ryback and Dolph Ziggler. Ziggler interrupts and asks Rollins if he's mad cause Mercury and Noble gave him the wrong chocolate for Valentine's Day. Rollins says the only thing funny about Ziggler is his career and is nothing compared to Rollins. Ziggler agrees especially when it comes to being compared to a whiney sellout like Rollins. Ziggler is going to do what he does best tonight and show off. Ziggler attacks Rollins and Rollins rolls out of the ring. 

- Seth Rollins vs. Dolph Ziggler: Rollins with mat wrestling early. Rollins tosses Ziggler to the floor, but the referee ejects Mercury and Noble, before they can do any damage to Ziggler. Rollins tosses Ziggler into the barricade. Rollins lands a boot and stomps on Ziggler. Ziggler dodges a Rollins charge, making Rollins kiss the ring post. Ziggler hits a neck breaker and an elbow for a near fall. Ziggler hits a DDT for a near fall. Rollins regains control and lands mounted punches and stomps on Ziggler. Ziggler goes for the "Famasser" but Rollins counters with a kick. Ziggler counters the "Curb Stomp" and hits a super kick on Rollins. Ziggler hits the "Zig Zag", but Mercury and Noble hit the ring and attack, causing the DQ. Erick Rowan and Ryback hit the ring and make the save. Rowan throws Mercury to the floor and Ryback power bombs Noble.

- In Ring Segment with Triple H: Triple H thinks it's funny that everyone thinks he's afraid of Sting. At Fast Lane, WWE will stand in the ring with WCW. Ric Flair interrupts and makes his way to the ring. Flair loves and respects Triple H. Triple H tells Flair to save his breath because he already knows how good Sting is. Flair says not to take Sting lightly. Triple H talks about the great Flair vs. Sting feud of the 80's. Triple H respects Sting cause he stayed with WCW till it sank and never once jumped to the WWE. If Sting came to WWE, Triple H would've run him out of the company. Triple H gets more worked up about Sting and Flair tries to calm him down. Flair says Triple H is the best wrestler alive. Flair says he doesn't want to see Triple H sitting on his ass again at Fast Lane, against Sting, like he was last Monday. Triple H shoves Flair to the mat. Triple H says besides his wife and kids nothing else means more to him than WWE and it doesn't matter who it is standing between him and the WWE, they'll take an ass kicking. Triple H promises Sting will never show his face again after Fast Lane.

- Darren Young and A Local Wrestler vs. The Ascension: Darren Young returned to action, back from injury. Before the bell even rings, The Ascension attack Young and his partner and beat them down. Titus O'Neil hits the ring and makes the save. O'Neil and Young reform the Prime Time Playas and clear The Ascension from the ring.

- Backstage, The Miz tells Bad News Barrett to show Damien Sandow some tough love tonight, in their match. And in return, The Miz will take care of Dean Ambrose.

- Damien Sandow vs. Bad News Barrett: The Miz is ringside for this one. Barrett beats down Sandow, then Miz orders Sandow to clean Miz's shoes, which Sandow does. Barrett returns to beating down Sandow and gets a near fall. Sandow hits the neck breaker/backbreaker combo and goes for the "Skull Crushing Finale". Miz orders Sandow to stop and clean Miz's sunglasses or be fired. Sandow goes to do it but Miz says never mind. Sandow gets hit with the "Bullhammer" and Barrett scores the pinfall.

After the match, Dean Ambrose hits the ring and attacks Barrett. Ambrose tosses Barrett into the ring post and then zip ties Barrett's hands around it. Ambrose forces Barrett to sign a contract, granting Ambrose a WWE Intercontinental Championship Match at Fast Lane.

- Backstage, promo time again with Bray Wyatt. Bray is yelling for "him" to find Bray as Bray is hammering on a box.

- Jimmy Uso and Naomi vs. Tyson Kidd and Nattie Niedhart: Mat wrestling by the two Divas. Kidd and Uso are in. Kidd slaps Uso and tags right back out. Nattie hits a slam, a kick and a drop kick on Naomi for a near fall. Nattie goes for the "Sharpshooter" but Naomi counters with a rollup for a near fall. Naomi ends up scoring the pinfall on Nattie to win the match. After the match, Kidd gets upset with Nattie and Cesaro tries to calm Kidd down.

- Daniel Bryan vs. Big Show: Roman Reigns is at ringside. Show with corner chops, and a head butt. Bryan lands stiff kicks, chops Show's knee and applies a sleeper. Bryan keeps kicking until show blocks one, lands a chop then an elbow on Bryan. Bryan back at it with more kicks until Show traps Bryan in a bear hug. Bryan pulls Show to the floor, where Reigns is taking selfies with fans and giving away merchandise to fans, I guess to distract Bryan somehow. Show blocks Bryan's suicide dive by catching Bryan. Bryan shoves Show into the ring post. Show throws Bryan into Reigns. Show goes for a spear and connects on Reigns, sending Reigns into the barricade. Bryan hits corner drop kicks. Show goes for a choke slam but Bryan counters into the "Yes Lock" submission. Show makes it to the ropes to break. Bryan hits more stiff kicks and lands a roundhouse for a near fall. Bryan goes to the top rope but Reigns gets in the ring and hits the "Superman Punch" on Show, getting Bryan DQ'ed.

- After The Match: Bryan hits a missile drop kick on Reigns. Reigns hits corner shoulder thrusts on Bryan. Bryan tackles Reigns after being tossed on the floor. Both men brawl on the mat and out to the floor, trading punches. Reigns throws Bryan into the barricade and Bryan returns with punches. WWE officials try to separate both men as they continue to land shots. Things look like they are under control as Reigns and Bryan shake hands. But they soon begin brawling again as the WWE officials fight to break them up. Bryan hits a drop kick and suicide dives Reigns over the barricade. Reigns tosses Bryan into the crowd and the fight goes to the timekeepers table. Bryan hits Reigns with a steel chair and Reigns hits Bryan with a forearm. Reigns and Bryan fight over the announcers table as WWE officials again try to pull them apart. The chaos is finally under control as both men yell that they will see the other at Fast Lane. And with that RAW closes out.

And that's a wrap on this week's RAW results, till next time tap or snap.

~B~