WWE RAW Results – July 6, 2015 – Cena vs. Cesaro, Rollins/Lesnar

Event: WWE Monday Night RAW
Airdate: Monday, July 6th, 2015 (USA Network)
Location: The Allstate Arena in Chicago, IL
Results by Matt Boone

“Yes, sir, we promised you a great main event…”

Brock Lesnar & Paul Heyman Kick Off RAW

This week’s show kicks off with Brock Lesnar’s theme music hitting. Lesnar and Paul Heyman make their way to the ring. Once in the ring, the fans break out into “Suplex City” chants.

Heyman gets on the mic and begins his promo. Heyman talks about what Lesnar did at the Beast In The East special this past weekend. He goes on to talk about Seth Rollins and what Lesnar is going to do to him.

As Heyman continues to talk, the fans are behind almost every word he says, until he brings up Lesnar conquering the streak. They boo, so Heyman tells them not to boo the advocate. He says they’ll cheer this one, as he proceeds to talk about Lesnar taking John Cena to Suplex City.

Finally, Heyman brings everything back around by guaranteeing that Lesnar will conquer Seth Rollins at Battleground and will take back his WWE World Heavyweight Championship. We head to our first commercial break of the evening.

Big Show vs. Ryback

When we return from the break, it’s time for our first match of the evening — Big Show vs. Ryback. The Miz is on commentary for this one.

The bell sounds and here we go. Early on, Miz won’t shut up, as he’s seated next to commentary but he’s actually just sitting there with a house mic yelling stuff at Big Show and Ryback in the ring.

Big Show nails Ryback with multiple chops to the chest, ones so hard that Ryback’s chest welted up and started to bleed a little bit. Ryback fires up as we head to a mid-match commercial.

We’re back from commercial and we see that Show has Ryback in a leg submission while Miz yells at him about retirement. Miz is on the apron yelling into the mic now. Show turns around from the distraction and Ryback scoops him but Show falls on top for a two count.

Big Show hits a big splash in the corner but Ryback takes his knee out. Ryback makes a comeback now. They trade shots in the middle of the ring. Ryback staggers Show with shoulders. He ducks a clothesline and knocks Show down with a shoulder. Ryback readies for the Meathook but Miz jumps on the apron.

Ryback swings and Miz drops down. Ryback hits the Meathook on Show, but only gets two on the pin attempt. Show rolls out of the way of a splash attempt by Ryback and counters with a chokeslam. Show hits a big elbow drop off the middle rope but Miz runs in and beats up Show, causing the DQ.

After the match, Show and Ryback corner Miz and trap him in the ring. Ryback hits the Shellshock on him. Big Show grabs him for a chokeslam. Ryback lays out Big Show to end the segment.

Winner via DQ: Big Show

Brie Bella vs. Paige

We head back to the ring as it’s time for our next match of the evening. In Divas singles action, Brie Bella will be going one-on-one with Paige.

Alicia Fox and Nikki Bella are in the corner of Brie for this one. Early on, Paige beats Brie down and stomps her out. Brie ends up making a comeback.

The action spills out to the floor. As the action heads back into the ring with Brie in control, we see that Naomi and Tamina are watching backstage.

After a ton of interference from Team Bella, and the action and pace picking up a bit, we finally head to the finish of the contest, which sees Brie take advantage of some distractions. She hits the Bella Buster for the 1-2-3.

Winner: Brie Bella

Roman Reigns vs. Sheamus

After a video package for the Roman Reigns and Bray Wyatt feud, we head back to the ring for our next match of the evening.

Roman Reigns’ music hits and he makes his way through the crowd to the ring. Reigns will go one-on-one with Sheamus after the break. We head to another commercial.

When we return from commercial, Sheamus’ music hits and out comes “The Celtic Warrior” with his Money In The Bank briefcase.

The bell sounds and here we go. Early on, Reigns is dominating the action, however Sheamus starts turning the tide just as we head to a quick commercial early into the match.

We’re back from the break and the first thing we see is Sheamus working over Reigns in the ring. We finally near the finish, as the lights go out and back on.

When the lights come back on, we see Bray Wyatt standing on the ramp. Reigns blasts him with a Superman punch, only to see a wig fly off and realize it’s not Wyatt after all.

After that happens, Wyatt appears on the titan tron laughing and saying, “Anyone but you Roman. Anyone but you.” As a result of what just transpired, Sheamus wins the match via count out.

Winner via Count Out: Sheamus

After The Match: The Viper Strikes!

After the match, Sheamus is celebrating until Randy Orton’s music hits. The Viper comes out and unloads on Sheamus. Sheamus sends Orton into the ring post and then rolls him in the ring, however when he goes in after him, Orton ends up hitting him with an RKO.

Backstage: Triple H, Seth Rollins & J&J Security

Backstage we see Triple H talking on the phone when in walks Seth Rollins and J&J Security. HHH tells them that he loves the upgrades they made to the Cadillac.

HHH asks to speak to Rollins alone, so J&J Security leaves. Hunter asks Rollins what he plans to do about Brock Lesnar and Rollins says that’s why he came in — for advice.

Ultimately, we get to the point that they decide that Rollins should call Lesnar out, as it’s unexpected. With that said, we head to another commercial break.

In-Ring Segment: Rusev, Summer Rae, Dolph Ziggler & Lana

We head to the ring where Rusev and Summer Rae come out. The two ramble on for a while, bickering with the fans and talking about Dolph Ziggler and Lana until those two finally show up.

Ziggler says one word too many, which leads to a big beatdown from Rusev. Meanwhile, Rusev has Summer Rae throw Lana out of the ring.

Rusev, not content with the damage he has already caused, continues his beatdown of Ziggler, using his crutches on him, taking the cast off his foot and continuing to go to work on Ziggler.

Finally, referees come out to try and stop the Bulgarian Brute. Eventually, Rusev and Summer leave. We end up seeing Ziggler being stretchered out as Lana looks worried walking beside him as he is carted off to the back.

Bo Dallas vs. Dean Ambrose

We head back to the ring for our next match. Bo Dallas comes out and cuts a quick, generic “Bo-Lieve” promo prior to the match.

Finally, Dean Ambrose’s music hits and out he comes to face Dallas in one-on-one action in our next match here on WWE RAW.

Dallas has a few offensive moments during the match, but this turned out to basically be a quick time-filler match that didn’t seem to mean anything, which ended when Ambrose hit Dirty Deeds on Dallas for the 1-2-3.

Winner: Dean Ambrose

King Barrett vs. R-Truth

Our next match on RAW will see King Barett go one-on-one with R-Truth. Both guys are dressed up like kings. The bell sounds and here we go.

Early on, Truth seems to be getting the better of Barrett. He sends him to the floor, only to have the tides turned and see Barrett slam him into the ring apron and into the ring post. We head to a mid-match commercial.

We’re back from the break and we see that Barrett is still in control. Truth finally starts making his comeback, only for Barrett to drop him with a cheap shot.

Barrett goes for the Bull Hammer Elbow, however Truth rolls him up for a near fall. Truth comes off the top rope but he falls right into a Bull Hammer Elbow from Barrett. 1-2-3. It’s over.

Winner: King Barrett

In-Ring Segment: Seth Rollins, J&J Security, Brock Lesnar & Paul Heyman

We head back to the ring where out comes Seth Rollins with an axe handle. Shortly behind him are J&J Security, who come out in their Cadillac. They pop the trunk open and each pull out an axe handle of their own.

With Rollins, Joey Mercury and Jamie Noble all standing in the ring with axe handles, finally Rollins calls out Lesnar. Eventually, Lesnar’s music hits and out he comes with his advocate — Paul Heyman.

Lesnar heads to the ring, only to stop. He sees the J&J Security Cadillac, and he heads over to it. Lesnar spends several seconds beating the living crap out of this vehicle as Mercury and Noble watch on in horror.

Eventually, J&J Security tries to attack Lesnar, only to see Lesnar go after Noble’s arm. He slams Mercury on the windshield as well. He also hits a big suplex onto the car.

Lesnar goes to get Rollins, only for Rollins to run away through the crowd. Lesnar poses with the WWE World Heavyweight Championship to end the segment.

Lucha Dragons vs. New Day

We return from the break and out comes The Lucha Dragons — Sin Cara and Kalisto. The New Day — Big E., Kofi Kingston and Xavier Woods — are all out next. The Prime Time Players — Darren Young and Titus O’Neil, are on commentary for this one.

The bell sounds and here we go. Big E. and Kofi Kingston will be representing The New Day in this match. The good guys dominate the action early on as we head to a mid-match commercial break.

We’re back from the break and we see Kingston dominating Kalisto in the ring. Big E. rushes in and knocks Sin Cara off the apron. He then suplexes Kalisto across the ring and does The New Day clap.

As all of this is going on, O’Neil and JBL are arguing on commentary. Finally, Sin Cara makes the hot tag and unloads on everything in sight until Cara is beaten down outside the ring and thrown back in to get pinned.

Winners: The New Day

U.S. Open Challenge
– John Cena (c) vs. Cesaro

When we return from the break, John Cena makes his way to the ring. It’s time for tonight’s U.S. Open Challenge.

Kevin Owens’ music hits and out he comes. Owens talks about how he now needs the U.S. title — instead of just wanting it — because he needs to be the guy to finally shut John Cena up.

As Owens gets ready to accept Cena’s open challenge, out comes Cesaro. Cesaro gets in Owens’ face and like every heel in history, Owens — the coward — backs down and walks away.

As a result, we get Cena vs. Cesaro once again this week for the U.S. Open Challenge. Much like last week, however, this match was awesome. WWE was smart to keep Cena away from the Chicago fans until he was in a match with a “smart-mark favorite” that would tear the house down at the end of the show.

With that said, that’s exactly what Cena and Cesaro did. Cena allowed Cesaro to have basically all of the offense in the match until the end. He let him showcase his unique power and strength, only to ultimately A.A. him off the ropes and pin him for the 1-2-3.

After the match, Kevin Owens attacked Cena. Cena ended up hitting Owens with an A.A. as well. Owens, who was on top of the ramp now, stared down Cena, who is still in the ring, as RAW goes off the air.

Winner and STILL WWE United States Champion: John Cena