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Below are the results from tonight's RAW episode that took place in the Staples Center of Los Angeles tonight in case you need a refresher:
Results:
-The show opened up with Sting's music hitting and then hitting the ramp.. Sting speaks for the first time about his WM31 opponent, HHH. Steph McMahon's music hits and then she walks down the ramp to talk to Sting. Steph attempts to slap Sting causing the Icon to grab her wrists.. Triple H's music hits and he approaches the ring to confront Sting.. Sledgehammer & Bat come into play and without stepping into the ring the prominent figures of the authority walk away.
-Dean Ambrose & R-Truth vs. Stardust & Luke Harper.. Four of the IC Ladder match contestants face off in a tag team match.. Bad News Barrett is on commentary for the match. Was a decent back and forth between the two teams, nothing overly impressive here all 4 competitors were able to show some offense.. R-Truth gets the pin on Stardust.
WINNER: R-Truth and Dean Ambrose
-Renee Young announces the WWE's partnership with the Country's Special Olympics event that takes place this June in Los Angeles.
-A brief Roman Reigns WM31 video package is aired.
-Damien Sandow, The Miz, Adam Rose, Konnor & Viktor vs. Titus O'Neil, Darren Young, Zack Ryder, Ryback and Erick Rowan: Bill Simmons came out as a guest commentator for this 5-on-5 tag match.. Nothing really special about this match, everybody seemed to get a small form of offense or another.. Sandow got some big pops throughout the match. Ryback looked like a beast when it came time for him to get in the ring. Ryback destroys Miz and gets the pin for the win.
WINNER: Titus O'Neil, Darren Young, Ryback, Zack Ryder & Erick Rowan
-Randy Orton vs. Seth Rollins w/ J&J Security: Randy unloaded on J&J to start until a distraction let Noble get some offense in. Orton gives J&J a double DDT off the rope. Rollins comes in tries to curb stomp Orton, misses and runs out of the ring after Orton failed to RKO him.. Orton RKOs Joey Mercury and gets the pin.
WINNER: Randy Orton
-A brief interview video clip of Cena on his match with Rusev at WM31 aired.
-A short backstage segment between Paige & AJ was shown.
-Paige w/ AJ Lee vs Nikki Bella w/ Brie in a title match: Nikki offered either AJ or Paige a title shot but the decision had to be made by them.. this was an attempt to cause a rift between her & Brie's WM opponents for this Sunday.. AJ gave up the chance to Paige because she didn't want to create any tension on her team.. Not a terrible divas match, especially coming from WWE.. A decent bit of action followed by a good couple of nearfalls from each competitor.. AJ accidentally elbows Paige thinking she was Nikki sneaking up on her outside of the ring.. Nikki picks up the pin after a rack attack.. Paige attacks AJ for a brief moment after costing her the match.
WINNER: Nikki Bella
-Snoop Dogg is out at the ramp for his guest star segment.. Axel comes out and starts talking crap and Snoop calls out the 'Mania' no one's talking about.. 'HULKAMANIA!' Out comes Hulk, him and Snoop send Axel out of the ring.
-A Brock Lesnar video pre-WM31 video package aired.
-Tyson Kidd, Cesaro & Natalya vs. The Los Matadores in an interspecies tag match: This match was nothing special at all.. El Torito pinned Natalya for the victory.
WINNER: The Los Matadores
-Jack Swagger vs Rusev: This match didn't last long at all, Swagger got in minimal offense and than Rusev unloaded on him and forced him to tap.. Rusev refused to let go of his hold so Cena came to make the save.. Rusev proceeded to beat up on Cena and choke him out.
WINNER: Rusev
-Bray Wyatt comes down the ramp, enters the ring and gives a promo relating to his match with The Undertaker at Wrestlemania.
-Kevin Nash as Diesel's official WWE 2015 Hall of Fame Announcement is presented.
-Backstage Segment involving Burger King, Tyson Kidd & Natalya.
-Daniel Bryan vs. Dolph Ziggler w/ Dean Ambrose as the Special Guest Referee: This match was created simply due to the reaction it got to close the Gauntlet match on SD last week.. It seemed to start off pretty slow but picked up a bit later in the match. There was a decent bit of back and forth here and both men got in a good bit of offense. Dolph Ziggler hits a superkick out of nowhere and executes a zig zag then pins Daniel Bryan..
WINNER: Dolph Ziggler
-Dean Ambrose then goes onto attack Dolph Ziggler after the match.. all the contestants of the IC Ladder match at WM31 come out and a brawl ensues.. All of the men are laid out and none of them make the symbolic climb to mock grab the IC belt.
-Roman Reigns & Brock Lesnar (w/ Heyman) have a last face-to-face confrontation before their match at WM31.. It starts off with Heyman & Brock; Paul discusses all the things that Lesnar has done since he has returned.. Roman heard enough and came down to say a few words of his own.
