Monday Night Raw Results 9/8: RAW kicked off with Bray Wyatt defeating Chris Jericho. During the climax of the match, Jericho was rammed face-first into the steel links, Wyatt looked to have all the momentum in the world (in his hands). Veteran - plus some well-aimed kicks and chops that softened Wyatt up for the Lionsault savvy kept Jericho in the game - but The Wyatt Family lurking at ringside kept Y2J from escaping the cage. Jericho made lemonade with a sky-high crossbody that left his knee injured. The Eater of Worlds literally pounced on his injured opponent, ultimately writhing free of the cage after a brawl with Jericho at the door ... that is, before locking himself back in and beating on Jericho a little while longer.
WWE.com has all the results of the matches that transpired tonight:
Divas Champion Paige & AJ Lee def. Natalya & Rosa Mendes
The champion's cockiness cost her when AJ tagged herself into the match by slapping Paige across the chest and stole The Diva of Tomorrow's thunder by making Rosa tap out with the Black Widow.
Seth Rollins def. U.S. Champion Sheamus
The former WWE Tag Team Champion picked his moments wisely, targeting Sheamus' leg to prevent him from using the Brogue Kick, and the head to ... well, just to slow him down. Cesaro harrumphing outside the ring didn't help the titleholder much, especially when The King of Swing laid hands on the Irishman's coveted championship. Rollins played his ace at that point, dropkicking the surging Sheamus face-first into the turnbuckle and following up with the Curb Stomp to steal the win.
NXT Champion Adrian Neville & Sami Zayn def. Tyler Breeze & Tyson Kidd
Zayn kicked things off against Breeze and, despite his eye-popping maneuvers, found himself outflanked by Breeze and Kidd. Neville tagged in at the moment of truth and immediately set to show why they call him The Man That Gravity Forgot. With a timely assist from Zayn, Neville battered Breeze onto his back with kicks and pounced with his signature maneuver, the Red Arrow, to score the pin.
Gold & Stardust def. Los Matadores
Stardust dodged a double-suicide dive from Los Matadores that took Goldust out, then helped The Bizarre One rally before scoring the finishing blow with Dark Matter.
The Usos didn't allow their No. 1 contenders to get away unscathed, though: Jimmy & Jey literally came out swinging when the challengers' backs were turned, driving a crutch straight into Stardust's back.
Roman Reigns def. Randy Orton via Disqualification
The "Roman Empire" reigns on ... though not without its hiccups. Roman Reigns did repeat his SummerSlam victory over Randy Orton in the main event of Raw's season premiere, but it was a technicality that gave The Big Dog his "W" and he certainly wasn't celebrating when Raw went off the air. The former WWE Tag Team Champion's gritty, punch-for-punch effort against The Apex Predator took a turn for the worst right as Reigns reversed the RKO into a Superman Punch. Orton commanded Seth Rollins and Kane to come help him and help him they obliged, handing Reigns the disqualification win. But that wasn't all.
As if the 2-on-1 beatdown wasn't enough, The Authority also had the steel cage from earlier in the night lowered. Even though Reigns got a Spear in on Orton, the corporate cronies eventually overwhelmed him with the help of a steel chair, whomping him within an inch of his life. Rollins provided the exclamation point, Curb Stomping Reigns face-first onto the steel.
