WWE 2009-2014: Raw 10/6 (IC Title: AJ Styles vs Cody Rhodes)

AUGUST 25, 2014 FROM THE HONDA CENTER IN ANAHEIM, CALIFORNIA

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The Monday Night Raw intro video airs and following it, the cameras cut in to the Honda Center from Anaheim, California. Michael Cole, Jerry 'The King' Lawler and John Bradshaw Layfield give the welcoming to the show as tonight, the Elimination Chase will continue as John Cena, Alberto Del Rio, Randy Orton, Roman Reigns and Kevin Owens will look to move on. Also, Bray Wyatt has left messages for Bryan Danielson all over social media over the past week and tonight, he has offered to give his wife Brie Bella back if Danielson hands over his WWE Championship!

The theme music of CM Punk hits to a big ovation from the crowd. He makes his way out from behind the curtains and takes his time to make his way to the ring, playing up to the fans. He comes down and in to the ring, taking a microphone from ringside before sitting cross-legged in the middle of the squared circle, tapping the mike to the palm of his hand. "You might have saw last week right here on Raw... the weasel known as Seth Rollins lost the Intercontinental Title he had won just twenty four hours before to AJ Styles and maybe, just maybe, I had something to do about that." He grins to the crowd and looks all around the arena, saying that AJ deserves to be the Intercontinental Champion and should never have lost it but that isn't really the reason why he screwed Rollins over. He brings up the week before Money in the Bank, saying that he got a call from none other than Eric Bischoff himself. In a mocking tone, he describes the phone call. "Hey, Punk, it's Eric Bischoff... Guess what!? Vince McMahon made another stupid decision and hired me as the General Manager again... say, that Irish fella got hurt, you want to return and hop in the Money in the Bank Ladder Match!?" Punk shrugs his shoulders and says that he saw an opportunity to not only exact some revenge on Kevin Owens, but to also win the Money in the Bank for a third time. He says he did the first part and then some, but when he was just inches away from grabbing that briefcase, Eric Bichoff himself stepped in to the ring and struck him with a steel chair and let Seth Rollins climb up that ladder and grab the briefcase himself. The WWE Universe boos the description and Punk scratches the back of his head, saying that it took a while, but he did promise revenge on Rollins and Bischoff and last week, he got some not once, but twice. Before Punk has a chance to say more, the recognizable "I'm Back!" is heard.

Out to the stage comes General Manager Eric Bischoff, shortly thereafter being followed down to the ring by 'Mr. Money in the Bank' Seth Rollins and his Masked Security Team. The four get in to the ring together and stand across from Punk, Bischoff telling him to hold on, waving at the stage until four police officers make their way down! They come in to the ring as well, Punk laughing in response, asking Bischoff if he is serious. "Of course he is serious, Punk!" Shouts Rollins, stepping forward with a furious look across his face. "You screwed me over twice last week and you ruined what was going to be not only my week but the beginning of my era! The Seth Rollins era!" Punk raises his eyebrows and asks if that really calls for the police. Bischoff steps forward, holding Rollins back a bit as he comes up in front of Punk himself, telling him the police are indeed necessary. "We all know what a rebel you are, Punk... we all know how you like to stick it to those in charge and all those associated! Since Seth didn't get the opportunity to have a celebration for becoming the Intercontinental Champion last week thanks to you and AJ Styles... he is going to have a celebration here tonight and these fine gentlemen are here to escort you out of the building." The Honda Center fills up with boos as Punk puts his hands up, saying that isn't going to be necessary, because he would like to be the first right here tonight to congratulate Seth on all his success in the past, present and future. He pushes Bischoff to the side, sending a big kick to the back of the head of Rollins! Before he can do anything else to his recent rival, the masked security team takes him to the mat! They begin to pummel Punk, Seth hopping on top to drive fist after fist to the head. The police officers are called upon and they turn Punk on to his stomach, keeping him forced down to the mat in order to cuff him! "Really? Is that necessary in order to escort Punk out of the arena!?" Questions Cole, JBL quick to defend it by saying that he was out of order by attacking Seth Rollins!

After getting Punk cuffed, they pull him up on to his knees but instead of escorting him from the building, they allow Rollins to smack him across the face! The masked security team brings him back on to his knees and forces him to stay put, allowing Rollins to set up for the Curb Stomp! Before he can hit off the ropes, however, Intercontinental Champion AJ Styles storms down to the ring! As soon as he comes underneath the ropes, he is tackle down by the police officers, Seth's security team stomping down on him. The six drag him over next to Punk and cuff him up as well, holding both men in place next to one another. "You both deserve this! This is my night! This is Seth Rollins' night!" He hits off the ropes and, at the same time, hits both men with the Curb Stomp! He paces back and forth across the ring, demanding that the police 'take the trash out'. He has his arms raised up by the security team as Bischoff presents him with the Money in the Bank Briefcase, patting him on the back as Punk and Styles are removed from the ring.

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We return to a replay from what just happened moments ago as Seth Rollins, his unknown duo of masked security and multiple police officers assaulted CM Punk and AJ Styles. Now, with both men gone, Eric Bischoff has promised to have a celebration for Seth Rollins later on tonight!

The Miz (w/Damien Mizdow) vs Jack Swagger (w/Zeb Colter): The bell rings and before Swagger can step forward, Miz holds things up and flaps his hands to the crowd, dramatically removing his sunglasses. Mizdow, meanwhile, does the exact same thing on the outside to the delight of all. The match finally gets under way, Swagger using his amateur wrestling skills to take Miz down repeatedly. He fails on an early Swagger Bomb attempt, however, as Miz sticks his boot up to him. He gets up and drops Swagger with multiple clotheslines, rolling him up as he ducks one in return, getting a close count of two. Miz tries to keep momentum going but it is brought to a sudden halt as he is blasted with a big boot! Swagger starts to work away at the ankle and keeps going at it, refusing to let up. He eventually applies an ankle lock and Miz yells out in pain as he scrambles his hands about for the ropes. He eventually reaches them and the referee gets to a count of four, Mizdow pulling Miz from the ring and taking his place! Swagger heads back over but is confused. "What is he doing in here!?" He shouts, the official confused just as much as he is. He tries to get Mizdow to exit the ring and Swagger pulls him up himself, tossing him over the ropes to some boos. He backs right up, however, in to the Skull Crushing Finale from Miz! He rolls Swagger over and hooks the legs for the three count!
The Miz def. Jack Swagger in 5:53.

Miz gets on to his feet with a big smile over his face, Mizdow coming in to the ring quickly to join him and, as his stunt double, do the exact same things Miz does. Swagger rolls out of the ring in pain, Colter pulling at his mustache in frustration over the result!

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Backstage, both The Miz and Damien Mizdow are seen walking backstage with smiles on their faces as they point to those they walk by, even spinning around in the process together. As they continue to make their way down the halls, they come to a stop and each slowly remove their sunglasses. Up to them walks Wade Barrett, whom has a scowl across his face. "Real cute, you two... Damien, I think the time for fun and games is over and it is time that you come on back to The Commonwealth." Miz puts his hands up and tells Barrett that this isn't all fun and games as he described it. As he speaks, Mizdow mouths the same words behind him. Miz tells Barrett that this is very serious business. "Damien has a lot of talent... when I first talked to him about this opportunity, he did a pretty good impression of you, even." Barrett puts his hands to his sides and questions what he is talking about, Miz gesturing his hand out to his stunt double. He steps forward and runs his hand over his face, Miz telling Barrett that he needs to get in to character first, it's an acting thing. With a deep, British accent, Mizdow looks up. "Bloody hell, Damien, you were supposed to get the job done! You were supposed to make sure I won that match for that title because lord knows I can't do it on my own! Paige, how dare you talk back to me! What do you mean you're leaving!?" Miz laughs hysterically in the background and points behind Barrett, asking if that is Paige right over there! Barrett spins around and looks wildly, Miz and Mizdow disappearing before he has a chance to turn around, leaving him enraged!

Elsewhere stands Renee Young, whom introduces her guest at this time to be the man that was eliminated first from the Elimination Chase, Antonio Cesaro. He steps forward with an angry look across his face, Paul Heyman shortly following on to the scene as well with a similar look as well. She thanks them for their time and asks how are they dealing with things after what was obviously a disappointing outcome last week on Raw. "Disappointing?" Questions Heyman as he shakes his head. "Renee, this wasn't just disappointing this was a travesty. Not just last week on Raw, but last week at Summerslam! At Summerslam, Antonio Cesaro had that match with John Cena in the bag and it was ripped away from him! Last week in the Elimination Chase once again he was robbed! Had his opportunity ripped away!" Heyman shakes his head, vowing that things are going to get back on track for his client. Cesaro nods in agreement, saying that ever since he had the WWE Championship taken away from him, he has had things not go so well but now it is time he gets things back on track. "There is nobody that is going to get in the way of 'The Swiss Superman' from now on..." He and Heyman head off together.

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John Cena vs Kevin Owens vs Randy Orton vs Alberto Del Rio vs Roman Reigns in the Second Elimination Chase Match: The match starts and immediately, Owens steps out of the ring and looks to the other four, whom all stare at each other. They all begin to laugh as they all decide to exit the ring and all charge at Owens! They begin to beat him up and he hops over the barricade, going through the crowd. Orton and Del Rio, his former Purge victims, go right after him but are blindsided by Sami Zayn and Solomon Crowe in the middle of the crowd! Cena and Reigns brawl outside of the ring with each other and eventually get back inside of it. As Del Rio and Orton are taken out of the equation by the WWE Tag Team Champions, Owens charges back in the ring from behind and hits Cena with a sleeper suplex! He gets right back up and runs at Reigns as he is sat in the corner, hitting him with a cannonball splash! He gets back to his feet and leans over the ropes, glaring to the crowd with a grin as we get a commercial break. After the time away, Owens continues to dominate the match and very shortly after the commercial, throwing Reigns around a bit on the outside. He ends up powerbombing him right on to the steel steps and lets out a roar to the crowd! However, he turns right in to a clothesline from Orton as he comes from out of nowhere! He begins a beat down on Owens and ends up tossing him in to the steel steps, kicking and punching away at him. Cena gets back in to the ring and walks right in to a superkick from Del Rio, which results in a near fall. Orton gets back in to the ring and hits Del Rio with a backbreaker, getting a near fall of his own off of it. He gets back up and walks around the ring, shaking his head. He pounces to the mat and slams his fists to the mat, setting up for the RKO. Cena gets up first, however, so he changes direction and goes for him only to get shoved in to the ropes and caught with the Attitude Adjustment on the return! He lays out on the mat for a little while before crawling over for a close count of two! As he staggers back on to his feet, as does Owens from the outside. He comes in and clubs Cena across the back, hitting him with some shots to the face on the turnaround. He pushes him off the ropes and delivers the pop-up powerbomb on the return! Cena is smart to roll out under the ropes, Owens growing frustrated. He turns around right in to a Spear from Reigns! He pops up on to his feet and lets out a big roar to the crowd, spinning around only to be suddenly hit with a charging uppercut from Antonio Cesaro! The crowd boos as he flexes his muscles to the fans, Paul Heyman making his way out to the stage with a grin as 'The Swiss Superman' pulls Reigns back up in order to plant him with the Neutralizer! He stands over him for a moment and then exits the ring. Owens takes the opportunity to drape his arm over Reigns for the pinfall!
Kevin Owens, John Cena, Randy Orton and Alberto Del Rio def. Roman Reigns in 18:44.

The Anaheim fans boo as Cesaro and Heyman meet each other at the top of the ramp, shaking hands with one another. In the ring, Owens gets back to his feet and is met by Crowe and Zayn. Reigns crawls to the ropes and looks up the stage with a fury in his eyes at Cesaro and Heyman whom just stare back, having gotten some revenge for the elimination from the chase last week and, obviously, there is still some bad blood between the two from their former 'partnership'.

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In the ring stands Tyson Kidd, along with his wife Natalya. He holds a microphone in his hand and removes his headphones, looking out to the crowd. "Last week on Raw Roulette I landed on 'Blast From the Past Match', fact!" He says that he ended up having to face The Godfather in his putrid hometown of Las Vegas, Nevada - fact. "They say that what happens in Vegas, stays in Vegas... Fact! But the thing is, me winning isn't going to stay in Vegas - Fact! I'm going to come out here each and every week and make a challenge to any former Intercontinental Champion, like The Godfather, until I get the title shot that I deserve! Fact!" He backs up and Natalya rubs his back with a smile, loosening him up as he waits. To the surprise and delight of everyone a few moments later, a familiar line in the form of "Oh you didn't know!?" is heard! Soon, out to the stage comes Road Dogg and Billy Gunn, the New Age Outlawz! They come down and in to the ring and with smiles on their faces, look around the cheering Honda Center. Road Dogg has a microphone and he starts the run down of who the New Age Outlawz are, even throwing out a couple of 'fact's in the process, much to the chagrin of Kidd. "So... I'm sorry... what is your name again, kid?" Tyson steps forward and says 'yes', which Road Dogg is confused by. "Wait a minute... your name is 'Yes'? Who are you? The WWE Champion Bryan Danielson!? Sounds like a bit of gimmick infringement to me!" Kidd paces back and forth and takes his microphone back from Natalya, telling Road Dogg his name is Tyson Kidd and if he wants to accept his challenge here tonight to shut his mouth and get on with it. The crowd boos and 'The D-o-double-G' puts his hands up, telling Kidd that he isn't the one accepting the challenge - Billy is! Gunn steps up with a smile and gives a thumbs up to the crowd as he leans in a bit in the middle of the ring. "And if you're not down with that... we've got two words for ya!" He raises the mike to the sky and the crowd gives a giant response of 'Suck it!', Road Dogg and Natalya exiting the ring.

The Tyson Kidd Intercontinental Champion Challenge: Tyson Kidd (w/Natalya) vs Billy Gunn (w/Road Dogg): The bell sounds, Kidd and Gunn circling the ring before locking up. Billy plays around with Tyson a bit and brings him to the mat, firing up the crowd only to also fire up Kidd as well, as he runs up and takes him down with a big dropkick! Kidd is fast and refuses to let up on the veteran, going for a top rope DDT. Gunn pushes him back to the ropes, however, and catches him with a dropkick of his own. He keeps Kidd grounded and brings him back up, getting elbowed in the gut. Tyson flies off the ropes but again gets caught, this time hit with a big tilt-a-whirl slam. Gunn gets a two count on the pin attempt and gets back up. He lets Tyson rise and they exchange some chops with one another, Kidd catching one and kicking Gunn in the gut. He flies off the ropes and returns with a big leaping tornado DDT! He pops right back up and looks to Road Dogg on the outside, sending a crotch chop his way! The crowd boos as Kidd laughs, Road Dogg getting on the apron and being told to get down. Kidd turns back to Gunn, bringing him on to his feet. He is hit with a low blow, however, with the referee still distracted! Gunn gets back up and the crowd cheers as he sees the prime opportunity, hitting off the ropes! He comes charging back for the Fame Asser but Kidd manages to move out of the way and kick him right in the face! He quickly applies the Sharpshooter and not long after, Gunn has to tap.
Tyson Kidd def. Billy Gunn in 5:40.

Kidd gets back on to his feet and Road Dogg slides in to the ring, getting on to his feet as Kidd stomps at Gunn. Dogg throws some fists and gets a bit funky with his step, rattling off one big elbow to the head! Kidd rolls out of the ring, angry, kicking the steel steps and slapping the mat of the ring repeatedly. Natalya steps up to him and holds him back, Road Dogg encouraging him to get back in to the ring. He and Natalya, however, make their way towards the back.

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The signature of The Wyatt Family hits and on the titantron appears Bray Wyatt with a sick grin across his face and his lantern dangling from his hand. "Anaheim... we're here." He warns, blowing the light out. He, along with Luke Harper and Erick Rowan make their way out to the stage and along with Rowan is Brie Bella, her arms pinned behind her back. They come down and in to the ring, Wyatt wielding a microphone as he smiles to the crowd. "Have you ever had what you love most taken away from you?" He asks the fans, gesturing his hand out in front of Brie. "Now you have, Bryan... now you know what it is like to have things taken away that you love most just like you took away what is rightfully mine! The WWE Championship belongs to me, the eater of worlds! THE ONE BEHIND TWENTY ONE AND ONE! THE MAD KING! ME! BRAY WYATT!" He widens his eyes and looks in to the camera, the fans responding with heavy boos. He says that Abigail told him as he was growing up in to the man, the monster he is today that he was bound for greatness, he was bound for all the glory to be shared by no other! He says that the day of reckoning for Bryan has come and gone, but there is still time for him to destroy everything that Danielson has built up, to take it all away, just as he took his wife. Wyatt laughs and runs the back of his gloved hand across the cheek of Brie, saying that he gave Bryan an offer over the past few days to come out here, hand over the WWE Championship and in turn, he won't do any harm to him or to his wife and this dream won't become a nightmare for him.

As Wyatt goes to say more, the WWE Champion Bryan Danielson makes his way out from the back with no normal spring in his step as he glares down to the ring. He marches right down to the ring but before he gets there, Wyatt warns him to stop and Harper comes up towards the ropes. "You aren't going to be no false hero tonight, Bryan..." Wyatt says as he comes up next to Brie again, twirling her hair in his finger with a chuckle, angering Danielson. "If you are going to make the right decision tonight and save your dear, dear wife... you're going to do it exactly how I command you... because I am the one who calls the shots now, Bryan! I AM THE EATER OF WORLDS AND I AM THE REAPER OF SOULS AND THOSE THAT DEFY ME SHALL BE PUNISHED FOR THEIR SINS!" He breaths heavily and tells Bryan that he wants him to put his championship in the hands of Harper and back away slowly. Hesitant, he looks to his wife and gives a nod to her. He steps forward to Harper as he puts his hands between the ropes, Danielson taking a moment before placing it in to his hands despite the chant of 'No!' from the crowd. They boo as Luke backs up slowly with a smile, Bray laughing as the title is presented in front of him. As he is about to be handed it over, however, Danielson comes in to the ring with a kendo stick and whacks Harper in the back! He drops the title and Bryan swings the stick in to the gut of Wyatt, turning to Rowan as he backs up with Brie in his grasp still. Danielson mutters under his breath as he points the kendo towards his face, turning around to crack Wyatt in the head! He wobbles backwards and in to the corner, holding Harper back as he starts to kneel down with a laugh. "You tried to be a hero, Bryan!" He shouts, Danielson giving him a stare with a fire in his eyes. "You tried and you failed! GIVE UP NOW, BRYAN! THIS IS YOUR LAST CHANCE! I AM WARNING YOU!" He stands up and spreads his arms out, Danielson scooping his title belt back up. Looking down at it, he takes his chances and charges to Rowan - leaping and clocking him in the head! Rowan lets go of Brie and she escapes from the ring, Danielson sliding out as well as fast as he can. "Go! Go! GO!" He screams to his wife as they rush up the ramp! They get to the top of the stage and hug each other tight, Wyatt on both knees in the ring laughing hysterically! "I'm going to destroy you, Bryan! I'M GOING TO DESTROY YOUR WHOLE WORLD!" He shouts up the ramp as Bryan and Brie have a worried look on their faces, despite being able to escape tonight.

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The New Day (w/Kofi Kingston) vs The Usos: The match begins with Woods and Jey, the prior making his in-ring Raw debut. He takes it to one half of the brothers that were once WWE Tag Team Champions. He gets, perhaps, a little too over-confident as he starts to clap 'New! Day Rocks!' with Big E and Kofi, allowing Jey to hit him with a shuffle kick to the gut followed by a big drop-uppercut after hitting off the ropes. He throws Woods in to the corner and begins to make frequent tag with Jimmy, the now-veteran tag team dominating the contest. Woods hits a kick to the gut of Jimmy and a neckbreaker, both men slowly crawling to their corners in order to each make the hot tag. They do, and Big E storms in with a big time clothesline! He hits a series of belly-to-belly suplexes and gets fired up, clapping along with Kingston on the outside. He is dropkicked from behind as he grows too distracted, Woods dropping down to check on him along with Kingston. As they are all trying to regroup with each other with their clapping, it is both Jimmy and Jey running and flying over the ropes to take all three out! After getting back to their feet, The Usos pull Big E to his feet and back in the ring. Kingston tries to stop them but he is ignored, Jimmy getting on to the apron. He goes to the top rope and as the referee checks on Big E, Kingston gets on to the apron and pulls on the ropes! The crowd boos as, hung up, Jimmy falls down from the turnbuckle. Big E gets up and makes the tag to Woods, pulling Jimmy up just to pull him on to his shoulders and plant him with a Big Ending-DDT combination with Woods! He hooks both legs up as Big E holds Jey off for the three count and victory.
The New Day def. The Usos in 7:03.

The New Day gathers on the outside of the ring, in joy of their victory, albeit cheap. They don't acknowledge how and while the referee and Jey Uso have no idea how the victory came, Cole
calls for the decision to be reversed! "Oh, quiet down, Michael! A win is a win! Don't take this away from The New Day!" JBL says in response, saying he thinks he likes these guys! Lawler mumbles that of course he does, Layfield arguing there is nothing wrong with liking winners!

Backstage, we see Eric Bischoff in his office talking with some crew members, saying he really needs things to be right tonight. As they walk off, in to the room comes Roman Reigns, a very angry look across his face. Bischoff asks if he could knock next time, Reigns telling him that he is going to do whatever he damn well pleases, causing the General Manager to take exception to the response. He asks Reigns if he knows who he is, to which Roman says he does. "You're the slime ball General Manager who is running things like he did before... corrupt and giving a bunch of preferential treatment to similar slime balls like Seth Rollins..." The crowd gives a big 'ooh' in response as Bischoff tells him that he has this celebration to keep planning, so he tells Reigns to get to what he wants. "I want to take this fist... and knock both Antonio Cesaro and Paul Heyman's teeth down their throats..." Bischoff laughs and says that he finds that to be very amusing, actually, and he understands why. He says that him and Heyman have never really gotten along, that is well known, and just because of that he'll be more than happy to make a match for Night of Champions: Roman Reigns versus Antonio Cesaro! The crowd cheers for the decision inside the arena, Reigns nodding. He prepares to leave but Bischoff stops him. "Just... one more thing, Roman... don't you ever come in here bashing me the way you did again or this 'slime ball General Manager' will see fit to you no longer getting the chance to use that fist to drive teeth down throats." He smiles and pats Reigns on the shoulder before letting him go.

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A promo video airs for the next upcoming WWE pay-per-view, Night of Champions, with the official theme song, "Fire" by Gavin DeGraw. A voiceover comes in, saying that every single superstar, every single diva dreams one day of becoming a champion. On one night of the year, every championship is absolutely guaranteed to be defended, a night where every champion has no way to avoid giving the opportunity to a challenger, a night that could result in a total turnover on the WWE Universe. This night... is Night of Champions. Live on the WWE Network and pay-per-view on September 21, 2014 from the Bridgestone Arena in Nashville, Tennessee!

The Diva's Champion AJ Lee's music hits and to a cheer from the crowd, she skips her way to ringside and hops right in on commentary with a smile on her face. As she is welcomed, Lawler says he has to ask if she thinks she'll end up giving Paige another Diva's Championship match. "You know, Jerry, Paige has had chance after chance after chance... but I'm considering it after she dumped that loser, Wade Barrett... maybe her mind will be cleared. But, she still has to do a bit of showing me that she deserves it first." JBL says that idea is crazy, Paige obviously does not deserve another title shot! AJ looks to him and asks if he just called her crazy. JBL is quick to apologize, Cole and Lawler laughing at him as he tells them both to shut up!

Paige vs Cameron: As soon as the match starts, Paige dominates Cameron. He slams her to the mat repeatedly, showing some power. She has a determined look across her face as she looks to AJ, giving a nod before delivering a big boot to the gut of Cameron! She hits a series of short-arm clotheslines before pushing Cameron in to the corner. Paige shouts to the crowd with a smile, throwing her arms up. She runs back at Cameron and gets hit with an elbow to the jaw and rocked backwards. She hits a hard shot to the back of the head from behind and goes for the pin, Paige managing to kick out at two. Cameron applies a modified surfboard stretch after, pulling back on it aggressively. Paige screams out and eventually pulls herself free, crawling to the ropes and back on to her feet. She hits a hard mule kick as Cameron comes up, planting her with the Paige-Turner right after! She covers her for the three count.

Paige def. Cameron in 4:25.

With the crowd relatively behind her, Paige gets to her feet and looks back over to ringside. AJ removes her headset and stands up to look right back at her with a smile, raising up the Diva's Championship. She skips around the ring a few times and shrugs her shoulders after Paige asks if she is going to give her another title match or not. AJ skips her way on to the back and Paige just shakes her head, still without an answer as to if she'll get her opportunity.

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Coming back from the break, 'The Bulgarian Brute' Rusev and 'The Ravishing Russian' Lana
make their way down to the ring, Rusev waving the Russian flag proudly over his head. With a microphone in her hand, Lana calls for the attention of the WWE Universe and even orders that they shut up! "For the past five months, you have all been witnesses to the path of destruction led by Rusev... all-comers have come in with hopes and dreams of defeating Vladimir Putin's hand-picked super-athlete... and have, like America, failed." The boos come down, the crowd even breaking out in to a 'U-S-A!' chant in response. She explains how last week, Rusev was in a Flag Match against Dean Ambrose and 'The Lunatic Fringe' proved to be weak like the country he was representing, losing to the superior Russia and Rusev. "Then your fan favorite... your criminal Dean Ambrose... had the audacity to come and challenge Rusev to a match for this Thursday for the United States Championship..." She rolls her eyes, saying that something like that just shows the stupidity, the ignorance and blind arrogance of Ambrose. She claims that he is a misrepresentation of what a champion should be and the man to her left is a true winner, a true champion and with this opportunity will be more than glad to take away the United States Championship and bring it back proudly to Mother Russia. He raises his flag up once again.

As one may expect, the United States Championship Dean Ambrose himself comes on out to the stage with his title belt slung over his shoulder. "It sounds to me like we've got ourselves a main event set for Smackdown, huh!?" He questions, saying he just wanted to make sure, since he can barely understand a word Lana says with that peanut butter mouth, if Rusev is accepting his challenge. Rusev takes the microphone from Lana and starts to shout back in his language, Ambrose taken aback by it. He puts his hands up and tells him to take it easy. "Jeez, man, I just said I couldn't understand what Lana was saying and you're even worse... I mean, we should make this simple... if you want to accept this challenge for my United States Championship this Thursday, just nod or give me a good ol' Mick Foley thumbs up or something!" Rusev steps up and with a bit of a smirk, speaks more calmly in English, telling Ambrose that he accepts his challenge. "You can make your jokes, but the jokes are over Thursday. I shall break you. I shall crush you. I shall weaken you and take your championship, Dean Ambrose!" The two stare at each other and Ambrose blinks rapidly, saying he didn't even realize Rusev spoke English! The crowd gets a laugh out of it as Rusev has been speaking in broken English for quite some time now. He scratches his head and says that it will be fun, real fun. "The fun part being that I'll get to give you a great old fashioned American ass kicking, baby! And why wait until Thursday, eh?" He drops the microphone and starts to rush down to the ring, Rusev sliding under the ropes at him! Ambrose leaps right in to him and takes him against the ring apron, throwing crazy fists! 'The Bulgarian Brute' shoves him back to the steel steps and runs forward, only for Ambrose to avoid him and let him crash and burn right over the steps! Ambrose mounts on top of him again and swings fists as wild as he can, refusing to let up! Multiple officials come rushing down to ringside to break things up, Ambrose throwing his hands up and down to the crowd to keep them fired up! Rusev stumbles on to his feet and falls back against the barricade with a look of shock across his face as Ambrose holds his United States Championship high over his head!

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Cody Rhodes vs Big Show: The bell rings and Rhodes tries to avoid Show in the early goings, eventually being caught by the back of the neck and tossed in to the corner! He holds him back and after shushing the crowd, hits a huge slap to the chest! Rhodes tries to stumble away but gets brought right back and hit with another smack! Show applies a boot to the neck, applying a lot of pressure. After a four count, he backs away. Rhodes avoids a shot on the turnaround and begins to work away at the tree trunk-like legs. He can't get Show down, however, and gets hit right in the gut with a fist! Show toys around with him a bit and gets a couple of near falls in the process. Cody finally starts to get some momentum going as he keeps targeting the legs and he manages to take Show down after a top rope DDT! He goes for the pin, but also gets a count of two. Frustrated, Rhodes tries to beat Show up before he can get up but gets tossed right off and through the ropes and to the outside. He comes back in and hits the Disaster Kick as soon as Show gets up, but he fails to knock him back down and gets pushed right over the ropes and to the floor on the outside! Instead of going back in to the ring, however, Rhodes decides not to get back in to the ring, but rather let the referee get to a count of ten to boos from the crowd.
Big Show def. Cody Rhodes via count out in 6:04.

As Rhodes backs up the ramp, he throws his hands up and says he doesn't need this. Before he can back all the way through the curtains, however, he is taken from behind by Adrian Neville! He runs Rhodes all the way down to the ring and rolls him in, Rhodes getting to his feet with an angry and confused look on his face. He turns right around to a Knockout Punch from Show! The crowd cheers as Neville gets on to the apron with a smile, climbing to the top rope. Show points to him as he looks around the arena, delivering the Red Arrow on Rhodes! He gets back to his feet immediately, holding his gut, and has his arm raised up high by Show as he has gotten some revenge on Rhodes for his two assaults last week on both Raw and Smackdown!

Backstage, we see The New Age Outlawz walking backstage together. They're talking about the energy being out there earlier and are suddenly brought to a stop as up to them steps none other than Seth Rollins. He stares at the two of them with a smile across his face, mockingly saying it must have felt great being out there earlier again. "Too bad you're in the wrong era, grandpas... this is the Seth Rollins era, not the Attitude Era. So I suggest you go ahead, sit back and relax watching the celebration of me and then hit the bricks to your retirement home." Seth chuckles and Road Dogg laughs right back, telling him that that back in the Attitude Era, Rollins was just a little kid wishing he could be in the spot they were. "You've got your success and my hats are off to ya, but you ain't done a damn thing to be walking around like you're the man yet, boy." Gunn agrees, saying that if Rollins isn't down with that, they've got two words for him. As the crowd gives the expected response in the background, the two veterans smile and head off together as Rollins just shakes his head, his celebration coming up next!

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The ring is set up with a black carpet over the mat and pictures of Seth Rollins from over his career in the WWE, dating back to his debut in 2012 to his Intercontinental Championship win in October of that year, which he would go on to hold for almost an entire calendar year. There is also some images of this year where he won Money in the Bank and where he won back the Intercontinental Championship at Summerslam, although - while not pictured - he would lose it the next night. After all the images are looked over, Eric Bischoff makes his way out and down to the ring, a big smile across his face as he is booed heavily. He takes a microphone as he gets in, saying that this has been quite a night here on Monday Night Raw! "But nothing will be more memorable than this celebration right here, right now!" He gets booed heavily as he says that a few months ago, he was given this opportunity to be the General Manager once again and one of the key reasons why he accepted it was because of the man they are celebrating right now. He explains that he saw not just a superstar in Seth Rollins, but the superstar! "So, yeah, I may have had a hand in getting Seth the Money in the Bank and some of you, including CM Punk, might not have liked that but now you have a damn near guarantee that he will be your WWE Champion one day and while you may boo that now, you'll be thanking me when that day does come!" He says that without further ado, he'd like to get this celebration on the road!

Bischoff points up the stage and proceeds to welcome the man of the not just the hour, but of the night, Seth Rollins. He makes his way out with a smile and plays up to the booing crowd as he stands atop the stage. After getting down and in to the ring, he shakes hands and embraces Bischoff, thanking him for giving him this here tonight. "I deserve this, Eric." He says with a grin. "I deserved to have this last week but because AJ Styles got lucky with not just the spin of the Raw Roulette wheel, but because of CM Punk, we have to have it this week but it is better late than never to celebrate the great Seth Rollins!" Bischoff claps for him and Rollins says he would like to thank a few people first and foremost and the first person he'd like to thank is none other than the General Manager, Eric Bischoff. The Honda Center boos and Rollins tells the crowd to not be so rude, because he is a genius! "I'd also like to thank Jerry 'The King' Lawler..." He says while pointing to ringside. "If it weren't for a weak, fragile old man like Jerry... I wouldn't have had the opportunity to sit in on commentary for a week and save you all from listening to his horrific commentary! You're all very welcome!" He laughs as Lawler just shakes his head from the desk, Rollins also saying he'd like to thank Mick Foley, for on that same night he gave him a WWE Championship match at Payback and also let him Curb Stomp his head in as well! "If it weren't for Mick disrespecting me that night, I wouldn't have been able to take him out and then get the man standing next to me to be in charge!" He throws his hands up with a smile and pats Bischoff on the back, saying he'd also like to thank two more people. While things haven't gone so swell the past seven days, eight days ago he got a big hand in two men that are very loyal and very close to him and earlier tonight, they made things right by helping take care of the two biggest nuisances in his life as of late in CM Punk and AJ Styles. "So I feel that now is a better time than any to introduce those two men that have been behind the masks..." He points up the ramp and introduces Eddie Edwards and Davey Richards! Cole notes on commentary how these two have been in NXT for the past year or so and have been big in the tag team division down there, but now they are acting as personal security for Seth Rollins of all people!

The two enter the ring and shake hands with Rollins, also giving him hugs in the process. He laughs to the crowd and says that these men are loyal and they have chosen the right man to be loyal to and it will certainly pay off! "These men are The Wolves, my loyal wolves! They will protect me and they will build off of my success to become successes of their own and sooner or later you will all recognize you should've been on the side of 'The Administration' but it may just be too late!" He lets out a long laugh as Bischoff says that this past weekend in preparation for this, he had a video made up in honor of Seth Rollins! He says that the pictures in the ring show a lot, but why not show it all in video? Footage proceeds to play on the titantron, showing highlights from the start of Rollins' career to current day. After it is over, Rollins has a big smile on his face as Bischoff and The Wolves applaud him. 'Mr. Money in the Bank' once again hugs the General Manager, telling the WWE Universe that is what they get to look forward to not just in the present, but in the future for a very, very long time and The Administration will forever rule over all! "And if you're not with us, you're against us and you're making the biggest mistake of your life if you're against us!" He raises his briefcase over his head and just as it seems that Raw is going to come to an end, the arena explodes as 'King of Kings' hits for the first time in months! The newly named Administration all look in shock as Triple H comes out to the stage! He looks all around at the crowd and his music slowly dies down as he holds a microphone in his hand, the fans chanting his name. "Hey, guys, sorry to interrupt your glorious celebration of Seth Rollins... but I had a meeting back in Stamford over the weekend after all that has gone down recently and the Board of Directors told me that they needed me to do them a favor..." He builds up the anticipation of everyone in the building, saying that at first, he didn't think it was necessary but the more he looked over things, the more he realized it wasn't just necessary, it was basically his civic duty. "So allow me to introduce to you... the new Co-General Manager of WWE!" He gestures behind him to the curtain but pulls back slowly with a smile, a big pop from the crowd coming as The Administration is in disbelief. With everyone already knowing, Hunter simply says: "Me!" As his music hits once again, he stares down to the ring as things have been drastically changed for The Administration and the WWE Universe as Raw comes to an end!

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Triple H made his unannounced return to WWE television at the end of Monday Night Raw this past week, making the big announcement that he was to be the Co-General Manager alongside Eric Bischoff. While there are no plans to depart with Bischoff, whom is said to be enjoying his second run as General Manager, it is setting the stage for a potential power struggle feud while also possibly setting the stage for the rumored brand split following WrestleMania 31, where we could see Triple H and Eric Bischoff potentially fill those two roles for Raw and Smackdown.

The brand split is reportedly picking up a lot of traction with creative, whom see with the big expansion of the roster - especially via the rapid rise of NXT - as this as a good opportunity to utilize Smackdown ("The B-Show") as the second building ground for current and future stars of tomorrow to begin honing in their craft. While there is no word on a final decision for the split, there have been preliminary discussions in some top stars potentially representing both brands in the event that they do go forth in once again forming two rosters.

Roman Reigns has slowly, but surely, increased his popularity with the crowd since his split from Paul Heyman and his merchandise sales are reportedly a key note from it. While there is still some work for Reigns to do to keep getting over with the crowd, continuing his pivotal feud with the likes of Heyman and Antonio Cesaro is considered to be one of the first steps to make him a top babyface after being one of the top heel upper-midcarders since his April 2013 debut.

TLC: Tables, Ladders and Chairs has been added back on to the pay-per-view schedule after being absent last year for Cyber Sunday. While last year's December test event did gain some good fan participation and fit in with the social media craze, WWE has apparently decided to rid of the event in order to bring back TLC: Tables, Ladders and Chairs. The calender for upcoming pay-per-views until WrestleMania 31 in March is currently as follows:

- Night of Champions: September 21, 2014 (Nashville, TN)
- Hell in a Cell: October 26, 2014 (Dallas, TX)
- Survivor Series: November 23, 2014 (St. Louis, MO)
- TLC: Tables, Ladders and Chairs: December 14, 2014 (Cleveland, OH)
- Royal Rumble: January 25, 2015 (Philadelphia, PA)
- No Way Out: February 22, 2015 (Memphis, TN)
- WrestleMania 31: March 29, 2015 (Santa Clara, CA)

SEPTEMBER 1, 2014 FROM THE WELLS FARGO ARENA IN DES MOINES, IOWA

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Starting things off, footage from last week's Raw is shown where a celebration for Seth Rollins was to be held by Eric Bischoff. At the start of the night, CM Punk and AJ Styles ended up being beaten down at the hands of Rollins' masked security team - revealed later on in the night to be Eddie Edwards and Davey Richards, The Wolves - and corrupt police officers. However, as 'The Administration' was coming in to full form and celebrating at the end of the night, the party was brought to a halt as, unannounced, the Chief Operating Officer of WWE, Triple H, would make his return. He would go on to make the blockbuster announcement he was now the Co-General Manager alongside Bischoff, drastically altering things for The Administration and the WWE.

Instead of the Raw opening video airing, we go straight in to the Wells Fargo Arena from Des Moines, Iowa. After Michael Cole, Jerry 'The King' Lawler and John Bradshaw Layfield give the welcoming from commentary, 'King of Kings' hits and the crowd cheers as Triple H proceeds to make his way out to the stage with a big smile. He comes down and to the ring, a microphone in his hand as acknowledges the crowd and thanks them for the warm welcoming. "You know, I haven't been around for a few months after I had my battles with Dean Ambrose earlier this year and while I haven't been in front of all of you, I have been doing the old office job back in Stamford, I've been spending quality time with my family and doing work down there in Florida at NXT and the WWE Performance Center... I've also taken time each and every week to watch Monday Night Raw and Thursday Night Smackdown." He says that while the talent has been rich and the matches have been great and a lot of things are going really well, there has been one constant thing each and every week that has made him want to shut off the television and just bang his head off a wall and that is Eric Bischoff. The WWE Universe boos just the mention of his name and Hunter shrugs his shoulders, saying plain and simple he doesn't think Bischoff has been doing a good job and neither does the WWE Board of Directors and that is why he was put in the role as Co-General Manager alongside Bischoff. "Because you see, it wouldn't be... well, pardon the pun, 'best for business' to just fire Eric as things have been on the ups with ratings and promotion sales, et cetera, et cetera... but rather try and right the ship by putting someone like myself beside Eric in order to guide him in the right direction." He says that while he gets that we are here in Iowa, the home state of Bischoff's golden boy, things may be getting quite a bit out of hand. Part of the crowd starts chanting Seth Rollins' name, to which Hunter says that is fair enough, he knows Seth is an incredible young talent but he is also quite an arrogant and immature kid that needs to do some growing up before he can get to the top of this company.

Before Triple H can say anything more, Eric Bischoff's music hits. The other half of the now Co-General Managers makes his way out and is followed by The Administration of Seth Rollins and The Wolves. The group comes down to the ring and stands across from 'The Game', Eric saying he just can't help but find this quite ironic. "Hunter, in case you've forgotten... back when I was originally General Manager around here ten-plus years ago, I was pulling strings left and right in order to make you champion and now you've got the audacity to come out here and say that Seth Rollins isn't deserving of special treatment?" Bischoff says that he finds it hypocrisy at it's finest and even goes as far to say that Rollins doesn't absolutely need any special treatment, but he is the present and future of this business just like Triple H used to be. After a stare down between Bischoff and Hunter, the latter finally responds. "Wow, Eric, you make a good point. I mean, you did do a lot for me when I was an active competitor... but the thing is I was already the man before then. I was already the guy that was kicking ass and taking names week in and week out! I was 'The Game'! I was 'The Cerebral Assassin'! I was 'The King of Kings' and damn it I still am to this day..." The crowd applauds him as he gets close to Bischoff, backing away a bit with a laugh, saying that he could pull that guy out any day, but this is what he is doing now. He is the Chief Operating Officer and now Co-General Manager of the WWE and he isn't going to stand for unnecessary corruption around here and if Bischoff wants to co-operate with him, things will run a lot smoother. Rollins takes the microphone quickly from Bischoff and steps up.

"Do you understand who you are talking to right now?" Rollins asks, getting a big mixed reaction from his home-state crowd. "You're talking to Eric Bischoff! The genius behind everything that is going right in this company right now, the genius behind The Administration and the genius that was behind WCW... the company that almost put you out of a job, Hunter..." As Rollins cracks a grin, Triple H steps forward and tells him that he understands exactly who Eric Bischoff is and he has a lot of respect for what he has done, but he doesn't yet have any respect for Rollins or The Wolves or anybody else that has yet to prove themselves. Rollins looks down at the mat, not having a response. "Yeah, congratulations to you, Eddie. Congratulations, Davey. You won your debut match last week on Smackdown against my good friends, Road Dogg and Billy Gunn, The New Age Outlawz. I know you guys are very impressive and I know you've got a lot to offer but just like Seth... I think right now you're a bunch of talk. I think you're still a bit too arrogant and a bit too immature. Back when I was coming up and getting to the top... I earned the right to be arrogant and to be confident and yeah, I was a bit immature when it comes to my days in D-Generation X... but I earned it. I'd love for you guys to earn it too, but it seems like you have no interest in doing that... you think you can align yourself with the likes of Eric Bischoff and get everything handed to you but it doesn't work like that." He takes a moment to pause and turns his attention back over to Rollins, saying that he is making his first two decisions as Co-General Manager right here and right now. The first being that in three weeks at Night of Champions, it will be Seth Rollins versus CM Punk one-on-one. Rollins' eyes widen as he is caught off-guard by the announcement, Hunter going forth to say that the second decision is that The Wolves will get another chance to show what they are made of, this time against the team of CM Punk and the Intercontinental Champion, AJ Styles! The crowd pops for the announcement, Triple H also throwing in that indeed, that match will be right here, right now! The Administration is baffled as 'Cult of Personality' hits to another big pop, CM Punk proceeding to make his way out from the back with a big smile across his face, soon being followed out by AJ Styles as they have the opportunity to get their hands on The Wolves in our opening contest - coming up next!

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CM Punk and Intercontinental Champion AJ Styles vs The Wolves (w/Seth Rollins): The bell rings, Punk beginning things with Richards with a very smile across his face. Richards steps forward and they lock up, each exchanging headlocks on one another. Punk gets thrown off the ropes and met with a series of shoot kicks to the gut, followed by a hard snap DDT that leads to a two count. Richards is fast to pull Punk back on to his feet and fire away at him until he falls back in to the corner, hitting a charging elbow to the face before tagging in Edwards. He comes in and The Wolves hit a pop-up toss from Edwards with a kick from Richards as he falls down, resulting in another near fall. Eddie dominates the match for a couple of minutes but he is quick to lose momentum as Punk starts to fight back, eventually hitting a giant kick to the back of the head! He goes for the Go To Sleep but Edwards manages to slip off and apply a dragon sleeper! Punk scrambles around in the hold and as he starts to fade away, he suddenly snaps and gets out of it, tossing Edwards over his shoulder and to the mat, blasting him with a sharp kick to the chest! He makes the tag to Styles and he springboards off the ropes with a forearm to the face! Edwards rolls all the way across the ring and to the outside, looking to regroup with Richards and Rollins as we go to a commercial break. After the time away, the match goes very back and forth, The Wolves finally grabbing the upper hand after Rollins takes Punk's leg as he hits off the ropes, allowing Richards to come up from behind and drop him with a huge German Suplex! He continues with a series of suplexes before delivering a gutbuster that registers a two count. Richards makes the tag to Edwards and he comes in, stomping Punk down a bit before locking him in to a single leg Boston crab. Punk scrambles around wildly in the hold, trying to dig his way out of the hold. After staying locked in it for over a minute, he finally drags himself all the way to the ropes and force the official to break the hold! Edwards staggers to the ropes and grows frustrated, going for another Boston crab only for Punk to roll over and kick him away, quickly scurrying over to his corner to tag Styles in! He springboards off the ropes with a giant dropkick! He pops right back up and runs at Richards, knocking him off the apron. He goes to the top rope as fast as he can and delivers a big crossbody on Edwards, hooking the legs for a very close count of two! The action gets very fast paced and in the mix of things, Punk hits a big kick over the ropes and in to the face of Edwards, having him spin around right in to the Pele via Styles! He falls down to the mat and Styles makes the tag to Punk, whom goes to the top and delivers the signature Randy Savage-inspired elbow drop! He gets back to his feet and puts his hands to the side of his face with a grin, only to have Rollins come in to the ring with his Money in the Bank Briefcase and swing it at his head, only for Punk to duck it and kick him in the back of the head on the turnaround! Rollins falls backwards and through the ropes, Punk turning right in to the grasp of Edwards, Richards coming in to the ring to execute on the Force of Nature! As Styles tries to get in to the ring to break the pin, Rollins grabs his leg and the three is counted!
The Wolves def. CM Punk and Intercontinental Champion AJ Styles in 15:02.

Styles drops in to the ring as Rollins lets go, The Wolves sliding out of the ring with, despite the antics, a very impressive win in their second WWE match. They make their way over to Rollins and fall in to his arms, 'Mr. Money in the Bank' laughing at Styles as he looks towards them as he checks on Punk, whom remains cringing in pain on the mat from the Force of Nature. "I told you on Thursday, Michael, that these guys are the real deal!" JBL says with some excitement, Cole saying he can't help but agree that they are impressive, but he also thinks that Triple H is right about that trio and that they are arrogant and immature, but still have a lot to prove! "They just proved themselves right there and then, Michael!" JBL shouts as they get in to a bit of an argument with each other. "No! Shut up, Michael! Eddie Edwards and Davey Richards are the best tag team in the world today and they are going to prove it every chance they get! And with Seth Rollins and Eric Bischoff backing them they will be unstoppable! I guarantee it, Michael! I guarantee it! Don't you argue against me, you idiot!" Rollins and The Wolves keep celebrating as they make their way towards the back, Punk sitting back up in the ring shaking his head.

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We return to see Seth Rollins and The Wolves walking down the halls, celebrating with each other over the victory for Richards and Edwards just moments ago. As they keep heading down, they come to a stop as up to them walks none other than Triple H. "Oh, come on!" Rollins says as he is approached by the new Co-General Manager, whom stuffs his hands in his pockets and congratulates The Wolves on their victory against Punk and Styles, telling them that it was quite impressive. Rollins thanks him and tries to pull his guys along, only to be stopped by Hunter. "Whoa, whoa, whoa... Seth! Seth! Where you going?" He asks, Rollins asking what he wants. 'The Game' shrugs his shoulders and says he just wants to make sure he wasn't leaving before his match later on. Rollins scoffs and says he isn't competing tonight, which Hunter quickly shuts down saying that he actually is. "See, your opponent for Night of Champions, CM Punk, just had a match... so I figure it would only be fair if you had one as well... so, tonight, Seth Rollins will go one on one... with The Big Show." Triple H smiles as Rollins and The Wolves look at him in disbelief, Hunter patting 'Mr. Money in the Bank' on the shoulder before walking off.

Cutting to Renee Young, she welcomes her guest at this time - Tyson Kidd. He steps forward along with his wife, Natalya, and removes his headphones. Young thanks him for taking time to speak to her before his 'Intercontinental Champion Challenge' continues. She asks what it is that is making him begin this challenge every week, Kidd laughing. "Renee, everyone in WWE... scratch that, everyone in the world knows that Tyson Kidd deserves to be a champion. Fact! As a top graduate of The Hart Dungeon... the last graduate. Fact!" He says that he hasn't been a champion since winning the WWE Tag Team Championships on two different occasions in 2010 and it has been a miracle he has lasted so long since - fact. "But the real miracle, Renee... is that the WWE has lasted this long without Tyson Kidd being a champion... Fact! So until we get what we all deserve - an Intercontinental Championship match for Tyson Kidd - fact! We'll have the Tyson Kidd Intercontinental Champion Challenge and anybody that accepts the challenge will be beat... Fact!" He and Natalya head off, as his challenge is coming up next.

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After the break, Tyson Kidd and Natalya stand in the ring waiting for somebody to answer The Tyson Kidd Intercontinental Champion Challenge. After there is nobody coming out at first, Kidd says that everyone is clearly afraid. However, the entrance music of Rob Van Dam hits to a big pop from the crowd! He makes his way out for the first time since participating in the first ever Andre the Giant Memorial Battle Royal back at WrestleMania XXX, the former six time Intercontinental Championship coming in to the ring with a big smile on his face, being met with some 'welcome back!' chants, Kidd escorts his wife out of the ring and shakes his head at RVD.

The Tyson Kidd Intercontinental Champion Challenge: Tyson Kidd (w/Natalya) vs Rob Van Dam: The referee calls for the bell and Kidd steps up, talking some trash to the veteran, whom just smiles and puts his thumbs over his head, leading the crowd in unison of saying his initials 'R-V-D'! Kidd takes exception to it and goes for a kick, only for RVD to catch it and hit him with a spinning wheel kick! Kidd rolls out of the ring as fast as he can and paces back and forth in anger before getting back in to the ring. After going back and forth with one another for a bit, Kidd rakes the eyes in the corner and hops to the second rope, diving off with a huge DDT! He hooks the legs and thinks he has it won, only for Van Dam to kick out at two. Kidd gets agitated and begins to argue with the referee, allowing RVD to roll him up for a very close near fall. Kidd pops right back up and gets drilled with a series of kicks, finished off with a thrust kick from the corner. He looks all around the arena and gets his initials shouted again, smiling while giving a thumbs up to the WWE Universe. He hits off the ropes and comes back with the Rolling Thunder to a pop! He gets right back up and goes to the corner, leaping right to the top rope. He seems to be poised for the Five Star Frog Splash but Natalya gets on to the apron, RVD shouting at her to get down. The referee encourages the same and Natalya seems hesitant about it, eventually getting down very slowly. 'The Whole Dam Show' returns his attention back to Kidd and leaps off with the Five Star Frog Splash only for Kidd to roll out of the way! The crowd boos as Tyson gets back up, planting RVD with a swinging fisherman suplex! He hooks the leg for the pinfall.
Tyson Kidd def. Rob Van Dam in 6:48.

To the disapproval of the Wells Fargo Arena, Kidd gets back on to his feet and pumps his fist to the crowd with a grin. In to the ring comes Natalya, whom gives her husband a hug and kiss as for the third week in a row - after The Godfather and Billy Gunn - he has defeated yet another Intercontinental Champion and continues to plead his case to get a title shot.

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Non-Title Match: Diva's Champion AJ Lee vs Paige: The bell sounds, AJ and Paige coming up to the middle of the ring. AJ extends her hand and Paige accepts it, the two getting some applause as they back away and circle around. They lock up with one another and Paige shows her desperation early, going for some quick pins as soon as she rattles AJ a bit. After hitting a high knee in the corner, she goes for a suplex but AJ slips her way out of the hold and hits a big kick to the gut. She hits a big tilt-a-whirl headscissors and gets a near fall off of it, leading to a little bit of frustration. She drags Paige back up and keeps control of the match by applying a few standing submission holds, eventually hitting off the ropes only to come back to a giant side kick to the face! Paige goes for the pin and gets a very close two count! Back to her feet fast, Paige picks the pace up of the match, but stops going in for the finish. She ends up applying a modified STF! AJ struggles in the hold immediately and stays in it for a while, Paige screaming for her to submit. The champion, however, digs her way to the ropes and manages to grab the bottom rope and force Paige to break it by the referee's count of four. Both women get on to their feet and Paige charges at AJ in to the corner, mashing her with a clothesline. She yanks AJ back to the middle of the ring and puts her in position for the Ram-Paige, letting out a scream to the crowd! Before she can hit the move, however, AJ manages to writhe her way free, duck a shot to the face and wrap Paige right up in the Black Widow almost out of nowhere! Paige flails around in the hold before dropping on to her knees, looking to be in tons of pain from the Black Widow as AJ continues to pull away at it. Paige realizes she can't get out and submits!
Diva's Champion AJ Lee def. Paige in 8:24.

AJ lets go of the hold and drops to the mat, seeming to be a bit exhausted from the match. She gets to her feet shortly thereafter, being presented with her Diva's Championship belt. "AJ Lee may have won this match, guys, but Paige put all she had in to that..." Lawler comments as Lee exits the ring, backing up the ramp slowly. Paige, meanwhile, gets on to her knees holding on to her arm while shaking her head, knowing that she may have lost her opportunity to convince AJ she deserves another shot at the Diva's Championship here tonight.

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Backstage after the commercial break, Paige is seen walking backstage with a look of absolute disappointment on her face. She takes a seat on one of the production trunks and just looks down to the floor, being slowly approached by the woman that just defeated her moments ago, Diva's Champion AJ Lee. The two don't say anything at first but AJ finally tells Paige that she has made a decision about giving her another title shot. "You've impressed me, Paige, I'll admit it... but I did defeat you tonight." Paige stands up and tells AJ she understands and begins to go off, only for Lee to tell her to hold on just a minute. "I did beat you, Paige... but like I also said: You have impressed me lately. So I'm going to give you one more chance at my championship." Paige's eyes widen in shock, thanking AJ for the chance. The Diva's Champion says that it will be under one condition, however, and that condition is that this be the absolute final match for the Diva's Championship between the two of them. "No matter who wins, Paige, you and I don't get back in to the ring and do this again because after the past nine months this needs to come to an end... do you understand?" Paige nods and tells AJ she does understand. Lee tells her that she'll be seeing her at Night of Champions and skips away, Paige staring with some confidence.

Suddenly, the signature of The Wyatt Family hits and on the titantron appears Bray Wyatt to a loud reaction from the crowd. "You know something, man?" He questions as he paces back and forth, laughing a little bit under his breath. "I tried to make this easy... I tried to do right by you and I tried to right by all... but you've lived this lie and you keep fighting it... now, I have been left with no choice but to destroy you." He looks deep in to the camera, saying that he has lived this life destined for greatness, bound for all the glory and to ascend to the throne of a broken world. "Your day of reckoning may have come and gone, Bryan... but the hands on the clock do not stop ticking! I WILL COME AFTER YOU AS IT KEEPS ON TICKING AND TICKING UNTIL I GET WHAT I DESERVE! WHAT I'M DESTINED TO HAVE AND BECOME WHAT I AM DESTINED TO BE AND WHAT I AM DESTINED TO BE IS THE WWE CHAMPION!" He spreads his arms out with his eyes widened, nodding very slowly with a chuckle. He says that tonight he will make an example of Roman Reigns and he hopes that Bryan is watching very closely because as the time winds down to their battle at Night of Champions, the more lethal and more hungry he will become. Wyatt takes a long while to stare in to the camera while laughing once again, simply giving a warning of "run" as the signature of The Wyatt Family hits once again.

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We return at ringside where Cole, Lawler and Layfield talk about how we started the night off with a bang as Triple H made the announcement Seth Rollins would face CM Punk at Night of Champions. Cole says that also, we were given the opportunity to see The Wolves in action as they took on Punk and AJ Styles and since Punk will go up against Rollins at Night of Champions, Co-General Manager Eric Bischoff has announced that next week right here on Raw, he will be making the decision on whom AJ Styles will defend the Intercontinental Championship against in three weeks at Night of Champions! "Well you've got a lot of guys to choose from, Michael!" JBL points out, saying that he is confident that Eric Bischoff will make the right decision! After they are done having that discussion, The Usos are brought in to the scene as they are going to be joining in on commentary for the next match. "JBL, uce, you need to chill, man!" Jey says with a laugh, Jimmy agreeing with his brother - telling JBL to take it down a notch, he always seems so tense. "Well, guys, some people that aren't so tense are ones you've had problems with lately!" Notes Cole. "That being Kofi Kingston, Big E and Xavier Woods of The New Day..." The Usos are quick to say that they are indeed a positive bunch, but they are a bunch of cheapskates too!

The New Day (w/Xavier Woods) vs The Miz and Damien Mizdow: Starting things off are Miz and Big E, the prior starting off by doing his now-signature dramatic sunglasses removal, which Mizdow follows up by doing himself - getting a much more positive response for it. Big E is quick to overpower Miz and toys around with him a bit, clapping in the middle of the match a few times. "The New Day sure love to clap, but they should learn how to win without cheating." Jimmy says as Big E and Kingston start to make in-and-out tags, dominating the match. After a missed leaping splash in the corner from Kingston, however, Miz manages to plant him to the mat with a backbreaker-neckbreaker combination. Both men slowly crawl to their respective corners and make the hot tag each, Mizdow shocking Big E as he flips him over his shoulder and to the mat! He gets a bunch of momentum going but as he hits off the ropes, Woods grabs his feet and trips him up! The crowd boos as Woods backs up and puts his hands in the air to show his innocence to the official, Big E hooking the waist of Mizdow as he brings him to his feet. He is distracted, however, as The Usos come off of commentary and take Woods by the hair! "Hey! That's my hair! THAT'S MY BEAUTIFUL HAIR!" Woods screams, Big E tossing Mizdow aside. He steps up to the ropes and yells at The Usos to knock it off, giving enough time for Mizdow to make a tag to Miz, whom comes in to the ring from behind with a grin. As The Usos let Woods go, Big E backs right up to the Skull Crushing Finale! Miz hooks the legs for the one, two, three!
The Miz and Damien Mizdow def. The New Day in 5:54.

The crowd gives a pop to the surprise victory as The New Day is absolutely livid over the result! Kingston and Woods try to go at The Usos but they make their way around the ring while Miz and Mizdow make their way up the ramp, their fists in the air while making the same motions.

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Coming back from the break, The Miz and Damien Mizdow are walking through the back and Miz is talking himself up, Mizdow mouthing every word he says while still making the same motions with his body. "I could be the greatest tag team of all time!" Miz says with a twinkle in his egotistical eye, the two soon being approached by The Commonwealth to boos from the fans in the background. "You two really think you're the hot tag team now, do you?" Barrett questions with a scoff, Miz saying that he is the hottest tag team right now. "Well, I just had a long conversation with Triple H and Eric Bischoff and before you two get up on your high horse too much, there is another team on the block in the form of myself and my new right hand man, Drew McIntyre." He pats McIntyre on the back as he steps forward, staring Mizdow down with a shake of his head - telling him that he was disappointed when he left, but he is real glad now. Barrett says that not only will he and McIntyre face them this Thursday on Smackdown, but next week on Raw it will be them, Miz and Mizdow, The Usos and The New Day in a fatal four way match to determine the next number one contenders for the WWE Tag Team Championships. The Commonwealth all laugh together as they head off, Miz just laughing along with Mizdow.

Elimination Chase: John Cena vs Randy Orton vs Alberto Del Rio vs Kevin Owens: The bell rings and, similar to last week, Owens hops out of the ring and tells the other three to go at it. Cena, Orton and Del Rio all look to each other and shake their heads, exiting the ring. Owens backs up the ramp and out from the crowd comes the WWE Tag Team Champions, Sami Zayn and Solomon Crowe to boos. They hop over the barricade on the other side of the ring. However, as they start to circle the ring out comes new Co-General Manager Triple H! He stands just a few feet away from Owens and says he isn't going to have any of this this week. "Crowe, Zayn... if you get involved in this Elimination Chase, Kevin Owens is going to be disqualified." The Purge are livid over the announcement as a commercial break comes in! After the time away, the match is split in half as Orton and Owens go at it while Cena combats with Del Rio. They mix up a few times, eventually Orton and Del Rio being thrown to the outside which brings us to a stare down between Cena and Owens, the crowd getting very excited as the two stare down, Owens licking his lips with a smile. They come up to one another and Cena offers up a lock up, only to be kicked right in the gut after Owens teases it! He begins a ruthless beat down on Cena and pushes him off the ropes, delivering a big time Pop Up Powerbomb! The crowd is stunned as he goes for the pin, Cena finding a way to just barely kick out at two! Owens shakes his head as he gets back to his feet, dragging Cena along with him. He pushes him off the ropes again only for Cena to push off as Owens goes for the powerbomb again, spinning him around right in to the RKO from Orton! 'The Viper' hooks the leg but Owens some how kicks out just in the nick of time! Orton sits up and looks over his shoulder in disbelief at Owens kicking out. He gets back on to his feet and sees Del Rio coming on to the apron, rushing to him in order to bring him through the ropes for the rope hung DDT. As he snaps his head around wildly, however, Cena comes rushing up and hits him with a shoulder block! Cena starts to get momentum going against Orton and ends up setting him up for the Five Knuckle Shuffle! He hits off the ropes for it but comes back to Owens back on his feet, tossing him right through the ropes and to the floor to a loud mixed reaction, some loud cheers in the mix. He stands up over Orton and looks around the arena, mocking Cena as he proceeds to deliver the Five Knuckle Shuffle! He leans in, seemingly ready to hit the powerbomb on Orton only to have Del Rio come up from behind and hit him with a huge superkick! Owens drops to a knee, wobbling as he gets back to his feet. 'The Mexican Aristocrat' taking the arm for the Rolling Cross Armbar only to be shockingly caught as he goes to roll over on to Owens' shoulders and popped up in to the air, Orton catching Del Rio with the RKO on the fall! The Iowa crowd goes wild as 'The Apex Predator' is quick to pounce on the opportunity, hook the legs and get the three count!
Randy Orton, John Cena and Kevin Owens def. Alberto Del Rio in 15:45.

Orton sits back up as the crowd is still electric over the finish to the match, 'The Viper' getting back on to his feet as multiple replays of the finish are shown. After doing some celebrating on the second rope, Orton drops down and turns to see Owens standing across the ring from him and Cena coming back in on the other side. The three all look around at one another as they'll take part in the blockbuster final three of the Elimination Chase next week. As Cena goes to exit the ring, however, he is hit from behind by Owens with a boot to the back of the head! He starts a beat down in the corner and backs up across the ring, breathing heavily as Orton watches on. He runs forward and it seems he is going for a cannonball, only to have Orton step in front of him and set him up for the RKO - Owens managing to shove him off and catch him off the ropes with the Pop Up Powerbomb! With his eyes widened, Owens seizes the opportunity to bring Cena on to his feet, push him off the ropes and hit him with the Pop Up Powerbomb as well! A big roar is let out by Owens as he shouts to the crowd, vowing victory in this Elimination Chase! "This man definitely could win this Elimination Chase, guys." JBL says, saying that he is one of the most dangerous superstars he has seen in a long time and everyone should be on notice!

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We return and the crowd explodes for the arrival of United States Champion, Dean Ambrose! He stomps his way out from the back and marches all the way across the stage, his eyes widen as a chant of his last name even breaks out. He comes down to the ring and tosses his belt over the ropes, rolling in after it while snatching up a microphone from ringside. "In case you can't see it way up there in the rafters, Iowa..." He says as he scoops his title back up from the mat with the crowd cheering for the mention of the state. "Last week on Smackdown I stepped in to the ring with that big, Russian... Bulgarian... whatever... and I took it to him and he damn sure took it to me but being the bumbling moron that he is, he took himself out of commission by
throwing himself through an announce table..." He points up to the titantron, showing a replay form Thursday where Rusev was controlling the match and decided to put Ambrose up on the announce table, going to splash him through only for Ambrose to roll off and let him crash. Back live, the crowd cheers the footage as Ambrose says he may have won by count out, but Rusev kind of asked for it doing stupid stuff like that. "And hey, trust me, I know a thing or two about stupid stuff and that is why I'm out here tonight because after last week... I don't feel too proud to have beaten Rusev the way I did last week so I wanted to offer him another chance at my title at Night of Champions!" The fans cheer Ambrose on as he says that sounds fair to him and he loves beating the crap out of Rusev, so it sounds like a win-win. Meanwhile, on commentary, JBL calls Ambrose totally nuts for wanting to keep getting in the ring with 'The Bulgarian Brute'!

Soon after, Rusev and Lana proceed to make their way out and the prior certainly doesn't look very happy as he holds the Russian Flag proudly in his hand. "Dean..." Lana says, stopping very quickly as the crowd chants 'U-S-A' at them, prompting 'The Ravishing Russian' to order them all to shut up to heavy boos. "Dean... you're right. You know what stupid is, for if you truly want to step in to the ring with Rusev once again, there will be no mistakes. The only mistake will be yours for making said challenge, for you will be crushed!" Ambrose leans across the ropes and raises his eyebrows, calling Lana 'baby' repeatedly as he says that he just loves to beat the ugly out of Rusev and he thinks it may take a long time to make Rusev look like Leonardo DiCaprio! The crowd gets a kick out of the comments as Rusev takes the mike from Lana, responding with a mocking laugh towards Ambrose's jokes. "You think you're funny, Ambrose? You're not! What is funny is you thinking you stand a chance against me..." Rusev reminds Ambrose that he was destroying him in their match last week before he got too greedy when he attempted to crush him. He says that he'd be more than happy to accept a rematch at Night of Champions, so he can finally take the United States Championship back to Russia and be a champion 'all the stupid Americans' will be forced to bow before. Ambrose chuckles, saying he is looking forward to it. He tosses the mike over his shoulder but Rusev steps forward, stomping his feet to the stage. He lets out a big yell and shakes his fists wildly with the Russian flag still in his hand, a bigger version of the flag dropping down from above the ring. Ambrose looks up at it and shakes his head as Rusev gives a big-eyed stare to the ring before storming to the back along with Lana.

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A promo video airs for the next upcoming WWE pay-per-view, Night of Champions, with the official theme song, "Fire" by Gavin DeGraw. A voiceover comes in, saying that every single superstar, every single diva dreams one day of becoming a champion. On one night of the year, every championship is absolutely guaranteed to be defended, a night where every champion has no way to avoid giving the opportunity to a challenger, a night that could result in a total turnover on the WWE Universe. This night... is Night of Champions. Live on the WWE Network and pay-per-view on September 21, 2014 from the Bridgestone Arena in Nashville, Tennessee!

Adrian Neville vs Cody Rhodes: The match begins, Neville flying around the ring wildly while rattling Rhodes repeatedly. He handsprings all the way across the ring and comes flying back only to be caught with a huge elbow to the face, Rhodes looking to put things away early with the Disaster Kick only for Neville to duck underneath it and deliver a big kick to the gut, followed by a huge tornado DDT that stuns Rhodes for a two count. Cody rolls out of the ring and Neville follows after him, the two beginning to brawl on the outside. 'The Man That Gravity Forgot' gets in to the ring to break up the count of the referee before going right up to the top rope, leaping off with a moonsault! Neville lands on his feet and brings Rhodes back up, working away at him against the apron before rolling him in to the ring. He goes to the top rope and sets up for the Red Arrow already, only for Rhodes to get back up before he leaps, springboarding and hitting the Disaster Kick with Neville on the ropes! He falls down to the mat and Cody stops himself, slowly rolling out of the ring. He takes the leg of Neville and with a sick smile, swings it right in to the steel post! He continues to wrap it around the post until the referee gets to a four count. Rhodes comes back in to the ring and sits over Neville's chest, pounding away at the knee some more. He slams it to the mat a few times and has to be held back by the official. Soon, Neville struggles back on to his feet and Rhodes continues to toy with him a bit, kicking the knee out from underneath 'The Man That Gravity Forgot'! He refuses to let up on it but eventually decides to put Neville out of his misery, dropping him with Cross Rhodes. He covers him for the pinfall.

Cody Rhodes def. Adrian Neville in 6:29.

Rhodes slowly gets back to his feet with a smirk, continuing to stomp away at the knee despite the pleas of the official. "I told you I would take you out!" Rhodes shouts as he continues to put the boots to the knee. This is what happens when you mess with the diamond of the Rhodes family!" He drags Neville on to his feet and chucks him to the outside, following just to drop him with Cross Rhodes on the hard floor! The crowd boos as Rhodes rises on to his feet very slowly, running his hands over his face and through his hair, backing up the ramp with a sick smirk.

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The entrance music of Big Show hits following the break and he makes his way out to a solid pop from the crowd. 'The World's Largest Athlete' comes in to the ring and after raising his big hand to the WWE Universe with a roar, looks up the ramp awaiting his opponent. After a bit of a wait, Seth Rollins proceeds to make his way out to the stage but he stays atop the ramp, a suspicious smile across his face as he taps a microphone in his hand with a laugh. "Big Show... Big Show... Big Show... Big Show." He shakes his head and says he can't believe that he really thought he was going to get the chance to put his big old paws on him here tonight. "Because while Triple H thinks he can call the shots around here, I've got a bit of say in things too... You see, The Administration is going to run strong even if Triple H wants to try and ruin things for everybody and after checking back with my personal doctor, it appears I have a small issue with my knee right now, so our match isn't going to be happening tonight, Show." Rollins laughs and Show demands a microphone from ringside, saying that he doesn't believe a word coming out of his mouth and he thinks he is just afraid to get in the ring with him. "And if you can't have a match with me, Seth, I'll just fight you and I'll fight you right up there on that stage if I have to." Rollins' home state crowd gets a bit anxious as Show steps over the ropes, only to drop down to the floor and be jumped on by Eddie Edwards and Davey Richards - The Wolves! Punches go flying as they work away at Show, only to get shoved back. They come right at him again, however, and end up pushing him back in to the steel post! Rollins comes rushing down to the ring and swings his Money in the Bank Briefcase right in to the face of Show! "So much for that knee injury, huh, Seth!?" Lawler exclaims on commentary, saying he knew he was faking it!

Rollins, Richards and Edwards pull Show to his feet and bring him in to the ring, The Wolves retrieving steel chairs from ringside! They bring them in to the ring and Edwards hands one to Rollins, all three of them beginning to smash the chairs down across the back of Show! Boos fill the arena as the beat down continues, a loud chant for CM Punk breaking out. The riff of 'Cult of Personality' soon hits, CM Punk and Intercontinental Champion AJ Styles making their way out from the back with steel chairs of their own! As soon as they hit the ring, however, Rollins and The Wolves get out of the ring with smiles on their faces, having accomplished what they came to accomplish by taking care of Big Show rather than have Rollins compete. Despite that, Punk and Styles continue to try and get them to come back in to the ring to no avail.

Renee Young is standing by backstage with Roman Reigns and thanks him for his time ahead of his match coming up against the number one contender for the WWE Championship, Bray Wyatt. She asks him about going in to this match with a manipulator like Wyatt while he still has to have Antonio Cesaro and Paul Heyman on his mind, how can he focus? "Renee, I'm always focused... I can focus on many things at once but once I step in to the ring, no matter who is standing across from me, I'm like a raging bull because all I can see is red." He says that yeah, he definitely has Cesaro and Heyman on his mind but he also has Bray Wyatt on his mind and he doesn't care if he is a master manipulator or the number one contender for the WWE Title. "The fact of the matter is I've got a hair trigger... and when Antonio and Paul set me off last Monday after all I've been through... man, if anyone should be worried tonight it should be Bray Wyatt because I've got this fist cocked and loaded and I'll be damned if I don't use it every chance I get right now... and you can believe that, Renee." He holds his fist up in front of his face with a determined smile, heading off as the main event is coming up next!

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Bray Wyatt (w/The Wyatt Family) vs Roman Reigns: The bell rings, Wyatt leaning down in to the corner. He gets out and laughs as he dangles his fingers in front of his face towards Reigns. "You're just like him! You're a lost soul! YOU HAVE NO DIRECTION! YOU'RE A FAILURE!" The two come up to the middle of the ring, exchanging stiff shots back and forth. Wyatt gets the upper hand and hits a few headbutts in the corner, Reigns coming back with a hard shot to the chin. He hits some headbutts of his own and even drops Wyatt with a Samoan Drop! He gets back to his feet and lets out a fired up yell to the crowd, getting them behind him a bit. He turns to see Rowan getting on to the apron and runs up to him, delivering a huge Superman Punch! He leans over the ropes to stare at Rowan a bit before looking over to Harper, warning him that he'll do the same to him. As soon as Reigns turns around, however, he is smashed with a hard body block! He gets on to his knees and spreads his arms to the booing crowd with a smile as a commercial break comes in. After the break, Wyatt maintains control of the match as it slows down and he keeps things on the mat. He works Reigns a bit and gets him in the corner. Once Reigns starts to mount a comeback, however, he gets rocked with a shot to the face and tossed to the outside. As Wyatt stays back by orders of the official, Rowan gets a bit of revenge for the Superman Punch from earlier on in the match by hitting him with a big spin kick to the face! Wyatt rolls out of the ring and stands over Reigns, smacking him a few times before slamming his face in to the steel steps repeatedly. He gets elbowed, however, and Reigns shoves him in to the steel post back first! He takes hold of him and rams 'The Eater of Worlds' up against the barricade and the ring apron before getting back in to the ring. He goes for a pin but gets just a count of two. Reigns gets back up and brings Wyatt with him, each throwing heavy shots at each other with the crowd responding with back-and-forth boos and cheers to go along with the punches. Reigns starts to gain the upper hand until Wyatt suddenly snaps and takes a hold of his head, setting up for Sister Abigail! "THIS IS WHAT IS COMING FOR YOU, BRYAN!" He shouts only for Reigns to break free and push off the ropes, returning with a Superman Punch! He rolls out of the ring and suddenly charges at Harper, hitting him with a Spear! Rowan comes running over, but Reigns ducks a boot to the face and proceeds to Spear him as well! Wyatt crawls to the ropes and leans in between the middle and bottom, Reigns charging at him and leaping with a big kick to the face! Reigns lets out a roar to the crowd as he is all fired up! He rolls back in to the ring and leans in the corner, setting up for the Spear on Wyatt. However, Antonio Cesaro
strolls out from the back alongside Paul Heyman. Reigns just shakes his head at them while looking over the ropes, pointing up the stage. He turns back around to Wyatt and runs at him for the Spear, only for it to be avoided and for Reigns to go right in to the steel post! Wyatt hits him immediately with Sister Abigail as he falls out, hooking the outside leg for the three.
Bray Wyatt def. Roman Reigns in 14:39.

The majority of the Des Moines crowd boos the result as Wyatt slowly pulls off of Reigns with a laugh. He gets to his knees and spreads his arms out, Harper and Rowan soon coming in to join him in the ring. Wyatt gets to his feet and after taking a moment to look down at Reigns, turns his attention up the ramp - Cesaro and Heyman gesturing for him to have at it before making their way towards the back, Wyatt giving an evil grin as he moves over to the corner - grabbing a hold of the ropes while stomping his foot. He leans back upside down with a crazed look in his eyes, beginning the spider walk towards Reigns' lifeless body! As soon as he reaches him and turns over, however, the music of WWE Champion Bryan Danielson hits to a huge ovation! He runs right in to the ring and ducks a boot from Rowan, hitting Harper with a dropkick! He gets up and turns right to an absolutely vicious clothesline from Wyatt - flipping him upside down in the process! The electricity from the crowd dies down as Bray once again pushes himself up in to the corner, looking all around the building. He whips his head around and stomps right over to Danielson, dragging him to his feet just to drop him with Sister Abigail! Instead of taking his time to give another message to the crowd and continue to play mind games, however, he brings Danielson on to his feet once again and throws him shoulder first in to the steel post! As he lets him drop to the apron, he instructs Harper and Rowan to dispose of Reigns. They take him to the outside and after clearing the announce table, deliver a big double powerbomb right through it! Back in the ring, Wyatt calls for a microphone and Harper delivers one to him.

"Why... oh why, Bryan, do you insist on living this lie?" Wyatt questions as he stands over him. "Are you afraid of what might happen if you stop being this false idol!? This false hero!? ARE YOU AFRAID OF WHAT WILL HAPPEN WHEN YOU LOOK IN THE MIRROR AND ALL YOU SEE LOOKING BACK AT YOU IS THE DEMONS THAT ARE INSIDE OF YOU THAT YOU REFUSE TO LET OUT!?" He drives his foot in to the face of Danielson as he tries to use the ropes to get away, telling him that he can run, but he cannot hide. He leans down right in to the face of Danielson, ordering him to stop struggling. "I don't hide from what I am, Bryan... I am what these people need and I am what these people truly deserve... not you... WHETHER THEY RECOGNIZE THESE TRUTHS OR WHETHER THEY ARE BLIND SHEEP FOLLOWING ALONG IN THE HERD THEY ARE GOING TO BE THANKING ME WHEN I TAKE MY SEAT RIGHTFULLY UPON THE THRONE AS WWE CHAMPION!" He swings the microphone down in to the skull of Danielson and unleashes with it, continuing to pummel away as the thud, thud, thud is heard with each shot until the microphone dies out. He throws it aside and drags Bryan's limp body up in to the middle of the ring, taking a moment to look around the arena before planting him with another Sister Abigail! The arena is silenced as Wyatt gets to his knees, Harper and Rowan coming in with the WWE Championship in their hands, presenting it to their leader. He holds it in front of him and begins to laugh wildly while rocking back and forth. "BEHOLD! THE NEW FACE OF FEAR!" He shouts to the crowd, his laugh echoing throughout the Wells Fargo Arena as Monday Night Raw draws to an end.

WWE NETWORK PRESENTS: INTERNATIONAL INVASION FROM TOKYO, JAPAN

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History will be made live on the WWE Network on the morning of Saturday, October 4th as for the first time ever, WWE will produce a show live from Tokyo, Japan! In an event expected to be the first of many "International Invasion"s in the coming year, fans from all around the world will be treated to an extravaganza from the legendary Ryougoku Sumo Hall in Tokyo.

Wrestling legend and WWE Hall of Famer Hulk Hogan will make the trip as a special guest to the beloved place where one could argue "Hulkamania" was truly born, where he'll be honored by Japanese legend, Tatsumi Fujinami, for his contributions to Japan pro-wrestling.

In what will be a WWE first, whether they are champions at the time or not, an Intercontinental Champion battle will be taking place as current WWE Intercontinental Champion AJ Styles will go toe-to-toe with former IWGP Intercontinental Champion Shinsuke Nakamura, whom is set to compete for the championship at New Japan Pro Wrestling's upcoming "Destruction in Kobe". Styles may also not be champion, as he must defend his belt at "WWE Night of Champions". Regardless of the outcomes to their respective matches, Styles and Nakamura will square off.

Also set for the event is a one-time appearance for legend Chris Jericho as he will return to Japan to take on Tyson Kidd, whom recently has been facing former legendary Intercontinental Champions and now in Japan, gets the opportunity to face the man that has held one of WWE's most prestigious belts more than anyone else, 'Y2J'. Jericho got his start back in the early 1990s in Japan before becoming the future WWE Hall of Famer that he is today.

Current WWE Champion Bryan Danielson, yet another Japan alumni, will also be there in non-title action (if he is still champion at the time) against a hand-picked opponent. He is expected to make that choice within the coming weeks leading up to the event. Also in the weeks leading up, more will be announced as there is an expectation of at least five matches to take place.

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WWE Network presents International Invasion in Tokyo, Japan live on October 4, 2014 at 5:30 A.M. EST.