The WWE presented Monday Night RAW live tonight from the American Airlines Center in Dallas with only six days until the Royal Rumble and in the end Sting came out to aid John Cena.
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The Authority put Cena in a handicap match against Seth Rollins, Kane and The Big Show with the stipulation that if he won, Dolph Ziggler, Erick Rowan and Ryback would get their jobs back.
Rollins and his team had the match well in hand when Sting appeared on the big screen. His music then sounded and distracted Rollins, enabling Cena to roll him up and pick up the win.
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Triple H then screamed at Sting who swiftly exited and WWE World Heavyweight Champion Brock Lesnar came out. Lesnar attacked Rollins until Big show and Kane pulled him off. Lesnar then hit Show and Kane with an F-5 while The Authority and Rollins fled the scene.
In the opening segment, Lesnar came out to rip on Rollins and was met with The Authority, who tried to defuse the situation. Rollins then appeared on the big screen and talked trash while proclaiming he'll win the title on Sunday.
Cena then came out and threw his two cents in with the whole thing, which ended with Triple H announcing if Cena won his match then Ziggler, Rowan and Ryback would get their jobs back, but if Cena lost he was out of the Triple Threat Match on Sunday.
Daniel Bryan was in action for the first time on RAW in nearly a year and he lost to Bray Wyatt via Sister Abigail after Kane got involved. Kane attacked Bryan after the match.
There was a Hall of Fame panel with Shawn Michaels, Hulk Hogan and Ric Flair as well. The trio ran down their memories of the 30-man Rumble Match and made their picks for who will win this year. Michaels went with Wyatt, Hogan chose Bryan and Flair picked Dean Ambrose.
The Big Show interrupted the panel and talked about having the biggest chance to win the Rumble Match and he talked down the legends. Big Show threatened them to get out of the ring and Flair stepped up, leading to Show hitting him with a Knockout Punch.
Reigns then came in through the crowd and attacked Show, clotheslining him over the top rope and onto the floor.
In another in-ring segment, Scott Hall, Kevin Nash and Sean Waltman came out and hyped the nWo. The Ascension then interrupted and talked them down. This led to an APA reunion with JBL and Faarooq and the New Age Outlaws also came out. Konnor and Viktor attacked and the NAO got the better of them.
It was announced the Outlaws will battle The Ascension at Sunday's Royal Rumble.
The WWE also announced a new match for the Rumble that will pit Paige and Natalya against The Bella Twins.
Here are the complete results of this week's edition of Monday Night RAW.
Quick Match Results:
--Bray Wyatt def. Dean Ambrose via Sister Abigail.
--Dean Ambrose def. Wade Barrett via the Dirty Deeds in a non-title match.
--Big E and Kofi Kingston def. Cesaro and Tyson Kidd after Big E rolled up Cesaro.
--Paige and Natalya def. Summer Rae and Alicia Fox in a tag team match.
--Rusev def. R-Truth via The Accolade.
--Jey Uso w/ Jimmy Uso def. The Miz w/ Damien Mizdow via a splash off the top rope.
--John Cena def. Seth Rollins, Big Show and Kane in a handicap match after a distraction from Sting.
With just six days until the Royal Rumble on Sunday at the Wells Fargo Center in Philadelphia, here is the card so far:
30-Man over-the-top-rope Royal Rumble Match to determine the No. 1 contender for the WWE World Heavyweight Championship at WrestleMania 31:
Participants: Roman Reigns, Daniel Bryan, Rusev, Bray Wyatt, Dean Ambrose, Bad News Barrett, Goldust, Stardust, Kane, The Big Show, Justin Gabriel, R-Truth, Fandango, Diego, Fernando, Big E, Kofi Kingston, Xavier Woods, Tyson Kidd, Cesaro, The Miz, Damien Mizdow and eight others
WWE World Heavyweight Championship Triple Threat Match:
Brock Lesnar © vs. John Cena vs. Seth Rollins
WWE Tag Team Championships:
The Usos © vs. The Miz and Damien Sandow
Tag Team Match:
The Ascension (Konnor and Viktor) vs. The New Age Outlaws (Road Dogg and Billy Gunn)
Divas Tag Team Match:
Paige and Natalya vs. The Bella Twins
Six-man Tag Team Elimination Match (Pre-Show):
A New Day (Kofi Kingston, Big E and Xavier Woods) vs. The Masters of the WWE Universe (Tyson Kidd & Cesaro) and Adam Rose
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