Sting made sure it wasn't a happy homecoming for Seth Rollins on Monday Night RAW.
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With a Randy Orton vs. Seth Rollins match teased for the main event of RAW in Rollins' home state of Iowa at the Wells Fargo Arena, each member of The Authority told "Mr. Money in the Bank" that they didn't have his back.
Rollins then came out for the main event and told Orton that "The Viper" spent three weeks plotting to get the better of him, but it only took Rollins three hours to do the same. The entire Authority then came out and prepared to attack Orton.
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Before they could strike, the lights went out and a crow sounded and when they came up, Sting was standing by Orton's side. "The Vigilante" attacked The Authority alongside "The Viper" as Triple H looked on.
RAW went off the air with Sting and Orton staring down The Authority with just 13 nights to go until WrestleMania 31.
Other major storylines kicked in as even though WWE World Heavyweight Champion Brock Lesnar wasn't live at RAW, he did appear in a vignette where he brought up his contract situation and said no matter what, he's leaving WrestleMania with the belt even if he decides to depart from the WWE.
"The Beast" brought up ending The Streak of The Undertaker, defeating The Rock to send him to Hollywood at SummerSlam 2002 when he captured his first WWE Championship and then decimating John Cena at SummerSlam 2014. Lesnar said he's going to f--k Reigns up at WrestleMania.
Lesnar's manager Paul Heyman then came out and said that no one can stop Lesnar and he's coming to WrestleMania to bring war not love and that there is nothing anyone can do to end Lesnar's reign. Heyman's mic was cut off and then brought back and Heyman said not even Roman Reigns could stop his client.
Reigns then came out and said his issue is with Lesnar and not Heyman. Reigns said he is expecting a fight and hoping for a war at WrestleMania. He said he may have to get carried out after all is said and done, but he'll be carried out with the WWE World Heavyweight Championship.
The show opened with Rollins, The Big Show, Kane and J&J Security in the ring. Rollins said Orton betrayed him and that what "The Viper" did to him was worse than him turning on The Shield. The Big Show then apologized to Rollins for letting it happen. Kane also apologized while taking a dig at The Big Show.
Rollins accepted the challenge for WrestleMania that Orton laid out as long as Orton would face him on RAW and Orton accepted and said he was the future of the WWE.
There was also a contract signing between United States Champion Rusev and John Cena.
Cena said he's sick of the Russian carrying around America's belt and said he would put a stop to it in 13 nights. Rusev then came out without Lana, but he was flanked by a "lawyer" who started speaking Russian, but changed his accent halfway through.
They played a video of Stephanie McMahon saying only Rusev can grant a Fastlane rematch to Cena. Rusev then said there won't be a match and flipped the table over at Cena before leaving, but then the match was made.
There was a six-man tag team match involving participants in the Intercontinental Championship Ladder Match as Dean Ambrose, Daniel Bryan and Dolph Ziggler defeated Bad News Barrett, Luke Harper and Stardust.
In the end, after everything broke down between all six men, Ambrose got the win for his team after hitting Dirty Deeds on Barrett and pinning him. R-Truth brought the stolen Intercontinental Championship to the ring and after all the members of the bout fought over it, Barrett ended up finally getting it back.
Elsewhere, there was a segment involving some of the participants from the Andre the Giant Memorial Battle Royal and in the end, Mark Henry stood tall after last disposing of Kane.
The WWE also announced "The Living Legend" Larry Zbyszko as the latest inductee into the 2015 Hall of Fame Class.
Quick Match Results:
--Nikki Bella w/ Brie Bella def. AJ Lee w/ Paige via the Rack Attack.
***Brie attacked Paige after an argument between the two, distracting Lee.
--Ryback def. The Miz w/ Damian Mizdow via Shellshocked.
***After the match, Miz hit Mizdow with the Skull Crushing Finale.
--Cesaro and Tyson Kidd def. The New Day
***After the match Los Matadores got the better of both teams and stood tall.
--The Big Show and Erick Rowan fought to a no contest after Show knocked him out before the match started.
--Dean Ambrose, Daniel Bryan and Dolph Ziggler def. Bad News Barrett, Luke Harper and Stardust in a six-man tag team match after Ambrose pinned Barrett.
With just 13 days left until WrestleMania 31, here is the updated card coming out of RAW:
WWE World Heavyweight Championship:
Brock Lesnar (c) w/ Paul Heyman vs. Roman Reigns
Icon vs. Icon:
Sting vs. Triple H
United States Championship:
Rusev (c) vs. John Cena
Singles Match:
The Undertaker vs. Bray Wyatt
2nd Annual Andre the Giant Memorial Battle Royal:
Participants: The Miz, Curtis Axel, Ryback, Fandango, Adam Rose, Zack Ryder, Jack Swagger, Titus O'Neil, Darren Young, Big Show, Kane, Erick Rowan, Damien Mizdow, Sin Cara, Mark Henry and TBD.
WWE Intercontinental Championship Six-man Ladder Match:
Bad News Barrett (c) vs. R-Truth vs. Luke Harper vs. Dolph Ziggler vs. Dean Ambrose vs. Daniel Bryan vs. Stardust
Tag Team Match:
The Bella Twins (Nikki & Brie) vs. AJ Lee and Paige
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