Monday Night Raw Results 7/14: Raw kicked off with John Cena expressing his gratitude to Roman Reigns. Apparently, Reigns, the former WWE Tag Team Champion - and potential WWE World Heavyweight Champion - hasn't made any bones about keeping the current titleholder, John Cena, in his sights despite having two Authority members in the Fatal 4-Way title match as well.
Before the heat between the two intensified, Dean Ambrose, played the peacemaker and said they only have one goal tonight and that is to beat the Authority. However, he was surrounded by Kane, Randy Orton, and Seth Rollins and was beaten up to a pulp and is unable to compete in the 6 man tag team main event.
The Miz def. U.S. Champion Sheamus
Even though his precious face took its fair share of kicks, The Awesome One displayed some impressive strategy by targeting Sheamus' knee to neutralize the Brogue Kick. He did get caught in Ten Beats of the Bodhrán and the Irish Curse in quick succession, but a Brogue Kick missed "the Moneymaker" by a country mile and Miz capitalized when Sheamus caught himself on the turnbuckle, rolling up the Irishman from behind for three.
Dolph Ziggler def. Fandango
Rae and Layla distracted Fandango which let Ziggler capitalize by rolling up the 'Dango from behind.
Alberto Del Rio def. Rob Van Dam
Del Rio turned out to be the craftier of the two, using the ring apron to trap Rob Van Dam just as he did Dolph Ziggler last week, and later countering the Five-Star Frog Splash with knees to Mr. Monday Night's rapidly descending sternum. Del Rio transitioned seamlessly into the Cross Armbreaker and that sealed the deal.
Big E def. Cesaro
E's speed and power gave him much-needed separation when he belly-to-belly suplexed Cesaro clean across the ring, though it was Kofi, perched at ringside, who saved E in the end: When The King of Swing produced a chair from beneath the apron, Kofi wrenched it clean out of Cesaro's hands to send him wandering straight into a Big Ending.
Divas Champion AJ Lee def. Eva Marie
AJ uses the Black Widow to capitalize over Eva Marie
Bo Dallas def. The Great Khali via Count-out
Bo made it back to the ring by the count of 10 to notch his 15th straight win. The streak lives. he did it via a technicality almost as big as The Punjabi Playboy himself, rebounding from a series of chest-caving chops by taking Khali's knees out from under him and hitting the running Bo-dog off the ring steps to the arena floor.
WWE World Heavyweight Champion John Cena & Roman Reigns def. Randy Orton, Kane & Seth Rollins via Disqualification
After a nasty spill that tweaked Rollins' knee and removed him from the match, Orton and Kane rounded on Reigns and beat him to the point of disqualification.
The attack kicked off a four-way brawl that ended with Orton's tension boiling over via an RKO to Kane and Reigns spearing both Cena and Orton to end the show on a high note. So, to recap, as Battleground approaches, alliances are tenuous at best, Plan Bs and Plan Cs are in play, and the WWE World Heavyweight Champion has nothing to count on but the endorsement of a Hall of Famer. May the best man win.
