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WWE RAW Results (5/11) – Daniel Bryan Returns, Orton/Rollins, Cena’s Open Challenge & More!

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Event: WWE Monday Night RAW
Airdate: Monday, May 11th, 2015 (USA Network)
Location: The U.S. Bank Arena in Cincinnati, OH
Results by Matt Boone

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

Triple H & The Authority Members Kick Off RAW

This week’s show, which tales place from the US Bank Arena in Cincinnati, opens up with a limo pulling up to the building. Out comes Triple H, as he heads into the arena and the RAW theme hits.

The WWE ring announcer officially introduces “The Game,” and out he comes by himself to “King of Kings.”

Triple H takes the mic and fans boo. He says “daddy’s home” and says that’s the same thing he says to his kids when he’s been gone on a trip. He says his kids behave better than apparently Kane and Seth Rollins. Triple H says he left for a few weeks to run a billion dollar company but Kane and Rollins couldn’t even do what he asked them to do. He’s not about to let this all unfold due to someone’s unchecked ego. Triple H says we’re going to clear the air once and for all. He calls out Kane and the WWE World Heavyweight Champion. Rollins is out first with Joey Mercury and Jamie Noble.

Rollins welcomes Triple H back and says they missed him. Rollins want to be the first to say he agrees with Triple H and they are on the same page. Fans chant for Dean Ambrose, the hometown star. Rollins says he can’t function at the top of his game with a 7 foot cancer trying to poison The Authority from the inside. Fans chant “you sold out” and Rollins says he’s trying to talk to his boss here. Rollins feels like Kane has made it his personal mission to make Rollins lose the title. Another Ambrose chant breaks out.

Rollins goes on but is cut off by fans loudly singing Ambrose’s name. Rollins says Kane is broken and can’t be fixed, maybe it’s time they put the old dog out of his misery. Kane’s music hits and out he comes to a pop.Kane gets hype and threatens to chokeslam Rollins straight to hell. They start arguing and Triple H gets in between them. Rollins tells Triple H he needs to do something about this. Ambrose chants start again but Triple H doesn’t let them interrupt him. Triple H admits Rollins can annoy you to the point that you want to punch him but Kane can’t do that because Rollins is what’s best for business. Triple H says if Rollins doesn’t leave Payback with the title, maybe Kane’s services as Director of Operations are no longer needed.

Kane says it’s a shame Triple H feels that way because as much as he respects Triple H, it might be worth it to eviscerate Rollins. Rollins runs his mouth and Triple H gets in his face, telling him to shut up. Triple H says Kane needs to let him know right now if they need to amicably part ways. Triple H extends his hand and says Kane’s silence shows that’s not what he wants, to part ways. Triple H says he needs to know that they’re all on the same page. He announces the Payback main event participants will be in action tonight. He announces Kane vs. Roman Reigns and Rollins vs. Randy Orton. Noble gets in Triple H’s face and isn’t happy about Rollins having to wrestle tonight. Triple H mocks J&J and announces a handicap match with Ambrose vs. Mercury & Noble.

Triple H mocks their height and keels down to get in Noble’s face. He says since they both stack up to one man, they’ll do just fine in a handicap match. The crowd pops. Triple H tells Rollins and Kane to come with him. They leave the ring. We head to commercial.

3-On-2 Match
– Dean Ambrose vs. Jamie Noble & Joey Mercury

When we return from commercial, Dean Ambrose comes out to a big hometown pop as Triple H, Rollins and Kane walk past him on their way to the back. Ambrose hits the ring as we go to commercial. Back from the break and Mercury starts off with Ambrose. Ambrose strikes first and unloads in the corner. Ambrose stomps away and is told to back off by the referee. Ambrose with more strikes and a scoop slam. Ambrose sends Mercury to the floor and brings Noble in. Noble begs for Ambrose to take it easy and they shake hands but Ambrose kick him for Dirty Deeds. Noble dodges the move and goes to the floor.

Ambrose follows and J&J takes control, sending him into the barrier and the announce table. Ambrose bounces back from the apron and clotheslines them both over the announce table. They come back in and distract Ambrose, pulling him from the top for a 2 count by Mercury. Noble comes in and keeps Ambrose down, dropping a leg for 2. They keep control and Mercury comes in for some double teaming as fans boo. Mercury keeps Ambrose grounded with a headlock now. Ambrose turns it around with a shoulder but goes down after they butt heads.

Ambrose comes back and unloads on Noble. Mercury pulls Noble to safety, avoiding a bulldog. Ambrose runs the ropes and leaps out onto both of them. Ambrose brings it back in and hits a big double clothesline.Ambrose hits Noble with his finisher for the 1-2-3. We head back to another commercial break.

Winner: Dean Ambrose

“King” Bad News Barrett vs. Dolph Ziggler

We’re back from the break and out comes Dolph Ziggler and “King” Bad News Barrett. Barrett cuts a demeening promo on Ziggler. Once the bell rings, Ziggler immediately blasts Barrett with a super kick and pins him in a way that you thought it was going to be over right there.

Instead, Barrett kicked out, got back to his feet, and immediately took over control of the offense. Barrett pounds away on Ziggler as we head to a mid-match commercial.

When we return from commercial, the first thing we see is the action resuming in the ring. Barrett is still in firm control. In the end, Barrett managed to blast Ziggler with a “King Bull Hammer Elbow,” which allowed him to score the pinfall victory.

Winner: “King” Bad News Barrett

Sheamus Attacks Dolph Ziggler

Once the match concluded, Sheamus made his way out and attacked Ziggler from behind. He yells at him that he’s not fit to clean his shoes as he stops away at him. Sheamus continues to beat down Ziggler until finally Ziggler fired up with some wild punches. It wasn’t enough, however, as Sheamus blasted Ziggler with a Brogue Kick to floor him and establish dominance, ending the segment. We head to another commercial break.

Fandango vs. Erick Rowan

When we return from the break, out comes Luke Harper with Erick Rowan. We see highlights of what happened on SmackDown. Out next is Rowan’s opponent tonight, Fandango.

The bell sounds and here we go. And well, that one didn’t take long at all. The clock had it at 0:37 seconds. Harper dominated from bell to bell and picked up the easy squash-match victory.

After the match ends, Harper comes in the ring and joins Rowan as the two do a two-on-one beat down on the dance master.

Winner: Erick Rowan

U.S. Open Challenge
– John Cena (c) vs. Neville

John Cena’s music hits when we return from the break and out comes the WWE United States Champion. Cena cuts a lengthy promo on the significance of the U.S. title, as well as his history with Rusev.

With all of that said, Cena finally gets to tonight’s business, as he announces that right now he is holding another U.S. Open Challenge.

After a small pause, Neville’s music hits and out he comes. The crowd is into Neville in Cincinnati. The bell sounds and here we go. Keep in mind, the WWE United States Championship is on the line in this one.

As the bell sounds, Cena goes to work on Neville, but Neville is using a good job of utilizing his speed and foot work, as to not get beaten up too bad by the larger, stronger U.S. champ. Cena remains in control as we head to a mid-match break.

When we return from the commercial, the action is still going on in the ring. Neville is finally having his moments, and is stringing together some nice offense. Neville goes to the middle rope and does a modified version of his Red Arrow finisher. He covers Cena, but it was only good enough for two and a half.

Neville really starts getting in some offense, effective offense at that. This all leads to Neville laying Cena out in perfect position for him to climb to the top rope and hit his Red Arrow finisher. The fans in Cincinnati were hot for this spot, but in the end, Rusev came out and spoiled the whole damn thing for everyone.

Rusev beats down Neville and Cena, the giant Russian flag drops, his theme plays and he stands tall in the ring as we head to another commercial break.

Winner: No Contest

Roman Reigns vs. Kane

As we head to the break, we are informed that up next, Roman Reigns and Kane will go one-on-one. Stay tuned!

When we return from the commercial, Kane makes his way out to the ring. As Roman Reigns’ music hits, and he makes his way through the crowd, Kane attacks hmi when he gets to the barricade.

Reigns finally fights back but Kane whips him hard into the barrier. Reigns leaps off the steps for a Superman punch but Kane fights back.

Kane is trying to fight back, but out of nowhere, Reigns nails Kane with another Superman punch. This time, however, he follows it up with a big spear onto the table. Reigns’ stands tall as his music plays and we head to a commercial.

Tamina Snuka (with Naomi) vs. Brie Bella (with Nikki Bella)

When we return from the break, Nikki Bella and Brie Bella comes out to the “Brie Mode” song, so we know it’s Brie that’s in action tonight.

As they make their way to the ring, we see highlights of what has gone down between them and the team of Naomi and Tamina Snuka.

Out next is Brie’s opponent for tonight, Tamina Snuka, who makes her way to the ring accompanied by Naomi. The bell sounds and here we go.

This one didn’t last long, and it wasn’t very competitive. The numbers game played a big factor in the match, as Tamina would be dominating on her own, but Naomi would add insult to injury.

In the end, Tamina blasts Naomi with an impressive move, which I’m assuming is her finishing move, and then scores the 1-2-3. On that note, we head to another commercial break.

Winner: Tamina Snuka

Curtis Axel vs.

When we return from the break we see Curtis “Axelmania” Axel already in the ring. As Axel stands in the ring, we see highlights of a backstage segment from the RAW pre-show where Renee Young is interviewing Axel, but is interrupted by Damien Sandow, who is going a “Macho Man” Randy Savage.

After the video highlights conclude, Macho Man’s real theme song plays. Out comes Damien Sandow dressed up like “Macho Man” Randy Savage. The announcers are calling him “Macho Mandow.”

The bell sounds and here we go. Axelmania and Macho Madness, is what this is called, according to Michael Cole. Booker T corrects him and says is Axelmania vs. Macho Mandow.

As Macho Mandow heats to the top rope to hit his flying elbow smash, he is interrupted by The Ascension’s theme song. Viktor and Konnor come out and cut a promo from the top of the stage.

The Ascension talks about how they are not entertaining or good. They say dressing up like a legend doesn’t make you a legend. Obviously a shot at them dressing up like the Road Warriors. They say this is the dawning of the age of destruction.

Before they can continue, a brawl breaks out in the ring between Macho Mandow, Axelmania and The Ascension. Mandow and Axelmania take turns doing Randy Savage and Hulk Hogan’s finishing moves. i guess this is a no contest, not sure.

Mandow and Axelmania do the famous Hogan-Savage “power shake” when they joined forces back in the 1980s. Anyways, after all of that nonsense, we are told that up next is Daniel Bryan addressing the WWE Universe. On that note, we head to a break.

Daniel Bryan Addresses The WWE Universe

As noted, as we headed to another commercial break, we were told that WWE Intercontinental Champion Daniel Bryan will be out next to address the WWE Universe. We are now just waiting for the commercial break to end.

We’re back from the break and Daniel Bryan’s music hits. Out comes the I-C champ. He enters the ring to a ton of “Yes!” chants. He gets on the mic and begins his speech.

Bryan looks sad in the face, with his head kind of drooping down as he begins talking. He said the past several weeks he’s been in and out of doctors offices.

Bryan says it’s been years now that the fans have been treating him way better than anyone in the back has ever treated him. He says that’s why it was so crushing to him, almost a year to the day ago, where Stephanie McMahon came out and stripped him of the WWE title.

He says it wasn’t just him that was upset about it because he let all of the fans down. He says “they” in the back where never gonna give him an opportunity. He says the fans gave it to him.

He says even as fans are “Yes’ing” right now, Steph did the right thing. He said there was no indication as to how long he would be out and that the fans deserve a fighting champion. He says that’s why he asked to come out here tonight.

The fans start chantig “No! No! No!” Bryan pauses and then says he had an MRI last week and they don’t know how long he’ll be out. He said they told him maybe weeks, maybe months, he said they told him he may never be able to wrestle again. Bryan got choked up when saying that last line.

He says despite the uncertainy in his own personal career, that makes it clear what he needs to do with his I-C title. He says they deserve someone fighting for this I-C championship on a regular basis. He names a bunch of names that should be fighting for this championship. He says this belt belongs in this ring and in this ring is where he is going to leave this title. He says tonight he officially relinqushes his Intercontinental Championship.

The fans break out in “Thank You Daniel! Thank You Daniel” as Bryan looks emotional in the eys. He says you’ve got it all wrong. He says for everything you’ve ever done for me, I’ve got one thing left to say — thank you. He lays the I-C title down on the ground. The fans chant “Thank You Daniel!” again. He leaves the ring and walks to the back almost in tears. He stops at the top of the stage, turns to the fans and begins leading them in a big “Yes!” chant as his music plays and he leaves.

Cesaro (with Tyson Kidd & Natalya) vs. Big E. (with Kofi Kingston & Xavier Woods)

When we return from the commercial break, The New Day’s theme music hits and out they come. They try and lead the fans in a clapping “New Day ..rocks! New Day …rocks!” chant. Of course, however, the fans chant “New Day ..sucks!” “New Day …sucks!” instead.

New Day makes their way to the ring and out next come Cesaro, Tyson Kidd and Natalya. With all six people at ringside we find out that this is a one-on-one match between Big E. and Cesaro.

For the first several minutes of the match, it was a power display. Cesaro doing some ungodly power move to Big E., and Big E. doing his own version right back to him.

Cesaro calls for the big swing. As he goes to do it, Woods jumps up on the apron and distracts him. Kidd knocks Woods down but then Kingston attacks him from behind. While all of this is going on, Cesaro rolls up Big E. 1-2-3. Cesaro wins.

Winner: Cesaro

Backstage: Prime Time Players Promo

When we return from the break, backstage, Titus O’Neil and Darren Young — dressed up in goofy outfits — cut a typical “wannabe comedy” promo. It ends with their “Millions of Dollars, Millions of Dollars” chant.

Bray Wyatt & Ryback Attack

From there, we cut to the ring, where the lights are out. Bray Wyatt is in the ring cutting a typical Wyarr-style promo. He’s talking about fear and how Ryback thinks he has no fear, but he knows a dirty little secret.

He knows how to scare Ryback. He knows how to beat him. He says Ryback has seen and conquered many before, but he’s never met anyone like him before. He says he’s never met the new face of fear.

Wyatt says Ryback is probably wondering “why me? why me?” Wyatt says it’s simple — he was in his way. He tells the parents to tell their kids something they might not learn — sometimes the bad guys just win.

As he celebrates to finish his speech, we hear “Feed Me More.” With that said, Ryback charges the ring. He jumps right on Wyatt and starts pounding away. Ryback nails Wyatt with a big spinebuster and another move, knocking him out of the ring.

Ryback leads the fans in a loud “Feed Me More” chant as Wyatt looks at him from the floor. Wyatt seems to be almost smiling after getting his ass kicked. We head to a commercial break. We are told that our main event is up next.

Randy Orton vs. Seth Rollins

When we return from the break, “The Viper’s” theme hits and out comes Randy Orton. As Orton makes his way to the ring, the announcers hype this Sunday’s WWE Payback fatal four-way match for Seth Rollins’ WWE World Heavyweight Championship.

With that being said, Seth Rollins’ theme music hits and out comes the reigning WWE World Heavyweight Champion without his J&J Security. The announcers speculate that they are still beaten up from the attack they received at the hands of Dean Ambrose earlier tonight.

With Rollins and Orton both in the ring, it is officially time for tonight’s WWE RAW main event. The bell sounds and here we go. Early on, Orton gains the offensive control over Rollins, grounding the faster man and keeping him on the mat.

Rollins works his way back to his feet and is now using his quickness and tenacity to get in some offense of his own. It’s short-lived, however, as the more powerful Orton takes back control of the offense. Meanwhile, the announcers are hard-selling the fatal-fourway match at this Sunday’s Payback PPV.

Orton continues to dominate the action until he finally misses a big spear in the corner but misses and nails himself shoulder-first into the ring post. Rollins dumps Orton out to the floor and is in full control of the action as we head to a mid-match commercial, likely our final break of the evening.

The action continues as Orton is still in firm control of the match. As Orton gets into “Viper Mode” and starts pounding the mat, waiting for Rollins to get up — just as he goes for the RKO, out of nowhere, J&J Security hit the ring.

Rollins and J&J Security beat down Orton after the match until Kane’s music hts. They stop and wait to see what Kane is going to do. Kane comes down and stands at ringside, watching this unfold.

As that happens, Dean Ambrose sprints to the ring to a huge pop. Ambrose cleans house of J&J Security. We’ve now got all four Payback main eventers, Reigns, Orton, Rollins and Ambrose in the ring, with Kane outside the ring standing there with a chair. Each guy takes a turn nailing Rollins.

The babyfaces continue taking turns hitting their finisher on Rollins, who is helpless by himself, as Kane remains outside the ring holding a chair and watching all of this unfold. Now they pick Rollins up and feed him to Orton, who blasts him with an RKO. Kane has still not budged outside the ring.

Now, Reigns blasts Orton with a spear out of nowhere, only to turn around into a Dirty Deeds from Ambrose. Ambrose’s music plays as he’s the only man standing in the ring, while Kane is the only man standing outside the ring. The announcers to their final hard sell for Sunday’s WWE Payback pay-per-view as we go off the air for this week’s RAW.

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