Monday Night Raw – April 13, 2015: Show and Tell
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Night Raw
Date: April 13, 2015
Location: 02 Arena, London, England
Commentators: Booker T., John Bradshaw Layfield, Booker T
Opening sequence.
We open with John Cena to a very loud JOHN CENA SUCKS to the tune of his music. Even Cena seems a bit blown away by how intense it is tonight. Cena brings up the London crowd not liking him all that much but it means they have more energy than any crowd WWE performs for.
US Title: Bad News Barrett vs. John Cena
Barrett rolls to the floor to avoid the Shuffle and sends Cena into the steps. A missed top rope elbow lets Cena hit the Shuffle this time but the AA is countered into Winds of Change for two. Cena grabs the STF out of nowhere but Barrett is too close to the ropes. A low superkick gets two for Bad News and both guys are down. Barrett throws him into the corner for another kick to the face, setting up Wasteland for another near fall.
Post match Lana comes out to distract Cena so Rusev can come in and get a cheap shot with a chain. The rematch is officially a Russian chain match.
We recap Orton winning the triple threat last week to get the pay per view title shot.
Orton vs. Cesaro and Rollins vs. Ziggler tonight. If Rollins and/or Orton win, they get to pick the stipulations for Extreme Rules.
Battle Royal
Rosa Mendes, Paige, Naomi, Natalya, Cameron, Summer Rae, Alicia Fox, Emma
Winner gets Nikki Bella at Extreme Rules and the Bellas are on commentary. Everyone pairs off and Rosa actually dropkicks Summer and Natalya, only to get dropkicked out a few seconds later. Another dropkick, this time from Fox, gets rid of Emma. Cameron and Alicia team up to go after Paige and get loudly booed, only to have Paige slide back in. A double Rear View puts Cameron down and Alicia gets rid of Paige, leaving her with Naomi as the final two. They fight to the apron with both coming close to elimination, only to have Paige avoid the Rear View, allowing her to superkick her to the floor at 3:50.
Lucha Dragons vs. Ascension
Randy Orton vs. Cesaro
Cesaro/Tyson Kidd vs. Randy Orton
Notice something here: Seth is emasculating Kane to set up a face turn. Stephanie emasculates people and we never see a comeback.
Adam Rose vs. Dean Ambrose
Ambrose goes right at him to start but Rose takes it to the mat for a chinlock. That goes nowhere as Dean fights back up with chops and punches before hitting some running forearms. He follows up with a suicide dive and Rose is in big trouble. Back inside and Rose knocks him into the ropes for the rebound clothesline, followed by Dirty Deeds for the pin at 2:08. Nothing match but when was the last time Ambrose won a match clean?
Fandango vs. Stardust
Rusev vs. Cena is officially a Russian chain match.
Seth Rollins vs. Kane
Rating: C+. Well they started slow but that second batch of staring was straight out of Funk vs. Brisco back in 68. Just great stuff there. Unfortunately it was downhill from there and the Stooges interfering ruined what was otherwise great stuff. Still though, that 18 seconds of staring made it work. Good enough match.
Miz vs. Damien Mizdow
Mizdow has Summer Rae with him after kissing her on Smackdown. After spending a minute on the disrobing, Miz jumps Mizdow to get going. A quick Reality Check puts Miz down but neither can hit the Skull Crushing Finale. Instead, Mizdow rolls him up for the pin at 2:10.
Cole calls the announcements of the stipulations the Extreme Decisions and says people have been calling it by that name tonight. WHO IS CALLING IT THAT COLE??? WHO BESIDES YOU HAS CALLED IT THAT IN THE LAST FIFTEEN MINUTES???
Ryback vs. Luke Harper
Neville vs. Dolph Ziggler
Ziggler checks on Neville post match but gets run over by Sheamus. Neville takes a Brogue Kick but Ziggler fights back, only to be taken to the floor for a Brogue Kick of his own.
Results
John Cena b. Bad News Barrett – Attitude Adjustment
Paige won a battle royal last eliminating Naomi
Lucha Dragons b. Ascension – Swanton Bomb to Viktor
Randy Orton b. Cesaro via DQ when Tyson Kidd interfered
Randy Orton b. Cesaro/Tyson Kidd – RKO to Kidd
Dean Ambrose b. Adam Rose – Dirty Deeds
Stardust b. Fandango – Disaster Kick
Seth Rollins b. Kane – Kane laid down
Damien Mizdow b. Miz – Rollup
Dolph Ziggler b. Neville – Zig Zag
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