We are live covering Monday Night Raw.
Opening segment – Raw starts with Triple H and Stephanie McMahon. Triple H said it’s a good night to be right. Steph said that as The Authority they have the honor and privilege of making blockbuster announcements and tonight happens to be one of those nights. She introduced Dr. Joseph Maroon in a pre-taped interview from Pittsburgh. Maroon said that Bryan is not cleared to wrestle but will be reevaluated in the comping weeks. Triple H said that what’s best for business is to have a champion that can defend it. Stephanie said that it’s with heavy heart that they officially strip Daniel Bryan of the WWE World Heavyweight Championship. Steph gave condolences to his “ungrateful” wife Brie and she said that she knows Daniel is hearing this news for the first time since she was unable to reach him on the phone earlier. Steph said that for the first time ever there will be a WWE World Heavyweight Championship ladder match at the MITB PPV. She said the first qualifying match was on Smackdown so Alberto Del Rio is the first superstar in the match. Triple H said that the second person entered is Randy Orton because he deserves it because of who he is. He said that they guarantee that a new champion will be crowned at the PPV. Triple H said that Daniel Bryan is not WWE World Heavyweight Champion material. Triple H said that he’s not even there tonight, that’s how much he proved it. Then he talked about The Shield and said Seth Rollins adapted. They played highlights from the end of last week’s Raw when Rollins turned on The Shield. Triple H said that what is left of The Shield will whimper into the end. They will face the Wyatt Family. Triple H said that it might be tough for them to find a partner so it will probably be a handicap match. He said Rollins adapted and tonight The Shield perishes.
Commercial break. They showed a “be a father” commercial with Titus O’Neil.
Back from the break they showed the top 10 network shows from last week.
MITB Qualifying Match – Sheamus vs. Bad News Barrett – Barrett had some bad news. He said that once he grabs the WWE championship, he will never ever come back down. There was another commercial break during this match. Towards the end of the match Sheamus kicked out of a winds of change. Later Sheamus knocked himself out when he jumped off the ring and Barrett moved. He was almost counted out. Sheamus kicked out of wasteland. Finally, Barrett went for the bull hammer but Sheamus ducked and hit white noise. Barrett kicked out. Sheamus finally won the match with white noise. Winner: Sheamus.
Backstage we get a promo from The Wyatts. Luke Harper that sometimes they get urges from a deep, dark place. Then Bray Wyatt walked on screen. Bray said that the measure of a man is to control those urges. Bray said that The Shield fell victim to the faults of man. Bray said that he is reborn and their bond will never be broken.
Rusev (with Lana vs. Zack Ryder– she did the usual promo before introducing Rusev. She called Obama a sissy and a girly man. They played  a video of Obama working out. She said that Putin will crush Obama. Justin Roberts then introduced Rusev. Rusev did a promo in Russian. No surprise here. Rusev squashed Ryder and made him submit to the accolade. The Russian flag rolled out behind him from the ceiling. Winner: Rusev.
Commercial break.
Rybaxel vs. Goldust and R-Truth – Cody Rhodes watched the match from backstage. Axel pinned Goldust.
Backstage, Layla was getting her make up done. Summer Rae poured milk on her and then beat up Layla and poured powder on her.
Commercial break.
Hour 2 segment – 3MB was in the ring and was interrupted by The Shield. The Shield basically beat them up. Slater tried to get away but was speared by Reigns. Ambrose said that they beat everyone in WWE but they had a cancer named Seth Rollins. Ambrose said that when he gets the opportunity to rearrange his face, his nose will be by his ear and he will rip his ear and hair out by the roots. Rollins was backstage in a suit watching. He said that they will listen to what Rollins has to say later and then beat the hell out of him. Reigns said that Rollins is the scum of the earth and there’s things you don’t do….don’t tug on Supermans cape, don’t piss in the wind, and don’t ever stab your brothers in the back. Reigns said that Orton thinks everyone owes him something. He said that Orton will be the ass of the company. He said that when he’s done with Orton he’s coming for Triple H.
Commercial break.
The Usos vs. Fandango and Damien Sandow – Layla still had the milk on her from earlier. Sandow was dressed like a ballet dancer. This was a quick match. The Usos won after a splash off the top rope. Winners: The Usos.
Commercial break.
Xavier Woods vs. Bo Dallas – Xavier had new music. Before the match Bo said that Daniel Bryan might have a lot of anger but there is only one way Daniel can come back stronger than ever. The secret to his recovery is to BOLIEVE. Bo won with the running Bodog. After the match he told Xavier that he did a good job and to keep up the good work.
MITB Qualifying Match – Cesaro vs. RVD – Paul Heyman cut a promo in the ring. He said that his client and him were talking about doing something special tonight on Raw. He said that it’s time for a WrestleMania victory party. He said that the next WWE champion wishes to celebrate tonight fresh off his history making moment at WrestleMania. He then introduced Cesaro. The fans were clearly hoping for Brock Lesnar. Cesaro wins with the neutralizer.
Sheamus, Alberto Del Rio, Cesaro, and Randy Orton have qualified so far. They showed a tweet from Randy Orton that said he’s on vacation this week, thanks to The Authority. They showed a clip of Triple H talking from the beginning of the show and then they showed Reigns and Ambrose’s promo from earlier. Up next: Seth Rollins breaks his silence.
Seth Rollins interview with Michael Cole – Cole was in the ring. He introduced Seth. Seth came out to new music. Seth he doesn’t understand what all the controversy is all about. He said to him it wasn’t a big deal and he did what’s best for his business. He said that The Shield was created by him and said he had the right to destroy his own creation. He said that Ambrose is a lunatic and Roman Reigns, the golden boy, you’ll never see anger and fury like you’ve seen in Roman but without someone to control it he’s nothing and they owe all their success to Seth Rollins. He said that the pathetic remnants of The Shield will have their last hurrah later against the Wyatt Family. He said that The Shield beat everybody and he took them to the top. He said that they beat Evolution in a clean sweep at Payback. He said that he learned from Evolution that to become a success in this business you have to evolve and adapt. Fans chanted “you sold out.”  Rollins said he bought in into the evolution of Seth Rollins. Rollins said that it took a lot of guts to do what he did last week. He said Reigns and Ambrose were just business partners to him and he severed  business relationship. He said for 2 years, every night, he put his fist out and said to believe in the Shield and every night what he meant is that everyone better start believing in Seth Rollins. Rollins said his peace and welcomed Ambrose and Reigns to come out like they promised. Reigns and Ambrose came out but the Wyatt’s music hit and Harper and Rowan appeared in the ring. Rollins was outside the ring when the lights came on. Bray jumped in too. Rollins ran out as all 3 Wyatts attacked but Cena ran down and saved Ambrose and Reigns. Cena’s eye is still closed shut. It looked like they were being careful not to shoot his right eye.
Paige vs. Alicia Fox (with Aksana) – they worked hard but the crowd wasn’t into it, probably because they’ve done this match so much. Paige won with the PTO submission. Aksana helped Alicia get up. Fox slapped and beat on Aksana. Fox took 2 bottles of water and popcorn from a fan at ringside and poured it on Aksana. She ate some of the popcorn and beat on Aksana again. Fans were not liking this at all.
Commercial break
Jack Swagger vs. Santino Marella – Zeb slapped Swagger to fire him up. Swagger won with the gutwrench powerbomb.
Commercial break.
WWE touted a 90% satisfaction rate from subscribers of the WWE Network. Backstage, Cody said that he found somebody good enough to be Goldust’s tag team partner. Someone brighter than all the stars in the galaxy. He said that he will join Goldust next week. They replayed Steph and Triple H’s announcement from earlier. Backstage, Vickie was celebrating Brad Maddox firing when she accidentally dropped some wine on Steph. Steph told her to get out.
The Shield and John Cena vs. The Wyatt Family – They went to commercial before the Wyatt’s came out. Kevin Hart guest hosts Raw next week. This was a long match with a couple of commercial breaks. Â Late in the match Bray hit sister Abigail on Cena but Bray got hit with a superman punch. The match continued as things got crazy towards the end. Reigns speared Harper for the pin. Winners: The Shield and John Cena. Rollins and Triple H were in the back watching on the monitor. That’s the end of the show.
