August 31 , 2015 Monday Night RAW results The August 31 , 2015 Edition of RAW is a Professional wrestling television show of the WWE ' s RAW brand , which took place on August 31 , 2015 at the Amalie Arena in Tampa , Florida . Summary . The Vigilante is back . No , not this vigilante . The Vigilante , The Icon , The Man Called Sting . One week after resurfacing for the first time since the night after WrestleMania and officially staking his claim on the WWE World Heavyweight Championship , Sting opened Raw with a few choice words for the title ’ s current bearer , Seth Rollins . Specifically , he called Rollins ’ continued reign as champion a mockery of justice , to say nothing of The Architect ’ s self - proclaimed status as a living legend . All of which made for a perfect opportunity for Stinger to seek the one major title he has yet to win and to take Rollins , a “ little boy ” who he says can ' t stack up to Triple H on his best day , for “ a heck of a ride . ” Now that ’ s how you redeem a double count - out , baby . In a mulligan of his SummerSlam showdown against Rusev , Dolph Ziggler showed the world he can , in fact , get a leg up on The Bulgarian Brute in a gritty singles match that ended in controversy . Despite a solid defensive game plan by Rusev that targeted Ziggler ’ s tenderized throat and stopped him from picking up steam , The Showoff showed his heart by simply taking a lickin ’ and keeping on tickin ’ . Eventually , Ziggler hit pay dirt by slithering out of the Accolade and landing a Zig Zag , but Summer Rae rushed the ring to break up the pinfall and hand “ Zig Man ” the disqualification win . That brought Lana in for another tussle that ended with Summer eating a faceful of The Ravishing Russian ’ s feet . So Rusev loses and Summer is humiliated , plus Lana and Ziggler make out again . Score one for America . One member of PCB is going to NOC — Night of Champions , that is — as the No . 1 contender to the Divas Title . And since all three of them are technically owed an equal crack at the champion Nikki Bella , it ’ s up to Father Time himself to determine who gets the nod in the form of a Beat the Clock Challenge . First up among the Divas Revolution ’ s insurgent upstarts was Becky Lynch , who targeted Alicia Fox ’ s arm early and often , leaving Team Bella ’ s wild card to scramble for cover . Alicia held on for three minutes and 21 seconds , but Lynch cut Foxy ’ s efforts short by rolling out of a tights - assisted rollup to lock in the Dis - Arm - Her . The Miz is out of the way , dispatched to instigate six - way brawls on “ Miz TV ” after being defeated by Ryback at SummerSlam . That means it ’ s The Big Guy vs . Big Show , one - on - one , for the Intercontinental Championship on Raw . And while the jeers of the WWE Universe certainly got in Big Show ’ s head , The World ’ s Largest Athlete didn ’ t have any issue taking his frustration out on a sorely overmatched Ryback . The one thing that carried The Big Guy through the thicket was his toughness , and the one thing that tripped up Big Show was that frustration . That and Miz , who rushed the ring from commentary right as Show was about to administer the KO Punch . The Big Guy snuck up on the giant ’ s flank and unleashed Shell Shocked on his challenger to retain the title . The race for the Divas Title No . 1 contendership just got a healthy dose of … Flair . Facing a 3 : 21 time limit against Brie Bella , Charlotte also had to contend with Brie ’ s deceptively smart strategy : to simply flee the former NXT Women ’ s Champion and run out the clock . She successfully evaded the Figure - Eight Leglock , but Charlotte managed to catch Brie with Natural Selection , sealing the win with time to spare and leaving a 1 : 40 mark for Paige to beat later in the night . Win , Owens , win , in a rematch of the former NXT Champion ’ s SummerSlam slugfest with Cesaro that ended with K . O . doubling down on his victories over The Swiss Superman . As impressive as Owens ’ victory was , though , it becomes doubly so when you consider the resilience of Cesaro , who absorbed Owens ’ best attacks without so much as a flinch , gut - wrenched K . O . off the middle rope , and reversed a top - rope tornado DDT into a crossface . It was , all in all , your standard miracle - working from “ The Professional , ” but Cesaro ’ s victories ended with the moral variety after Owens sent him careening rib - first into the commentary table . The injury stopped Cesaro from catching Owens in the Cesaro Swing , and Owens capitalized with a superkick to the side and a Pop - up Powerbomb for the win . Behold , the apocalypse incarnate in the form of Braun Strowman , The Wyatt Family ’ s newest monster and resident “ Black Sheep . ” And behold , a disqualification victory for said monstrosity against Dean Ambrose , though the comfort of a “ W ” did little to stop Strowman from dismantling The Lunatic Fringe and Roman Reigns , whose interference in the Strowman - Ambrose clash led to the big man ’ s disqualification win . Despite the combined efforts of Ambrose and Reigns , Strowman once again laid waste to the former Shield members , ultimately feeding Reigns into Bray Wyatt ’ s waiting arms for Sister Abigail . For real this time : " Run " . Last a minute and 40 seconds with Paige ? No problem for Sasha Banks . The Boss may no longer be NXT Women ’ s Champion , but she ’ s sure as hell up to thwarting The Diva of Tomorrow ’ s play for the Divas Champion , as she showed in the final installment of the first - ever Divas Beat the Clock Challenge . Rather than simply evading Paige , Sasha took the fight to the former Divas Champion for the duration of their match , though Team B . A . D . saved her from a pinfall after a Ram - Paige that would have otherwise handed Paige the No . 1 contendership . Sufficiently stalled , Paige attempted to lock in the P . T . O . , but by then , it was nothing doing . The match was over , and Charlotte was named next in line . Get the tables ! But for whom , exactly ? The Dudley Boyz are back with lumber to spare , but whether it ’ ll be The New Day or The Prime Time Players who take a plunge through the hardwood remains to be seen , even after Bubba & D - Von ’ s victory against the Tag Team Champions on Raw . With PTP watching from commentary , The Dudleys made their Raw return ( 10 years ! ) in high style , taking out the tandem of Kofi Kingston & Big E , while still finding time to sully Xavier Woods ’ Andre 3000 – style hairdo . While a 3D to Kingston spelled doom for The New Day , a second one intended to send Big E through a table was interrupted . And all the while , PTP watched , scouted and waited . Big E may have escaped the table , but Titus O ’ Neil & Darren Young may not be so lucky . Seth Rollins wanted his statue back . Fair enough . But much like the first time Rollins thought he was receiving a tribute from The Authority , The Architect ended up with yet another Superstar sizing up one of his championships . Specifically , John Cena , who is owed a rematch for the U . S . Championship , showed up to make good on that clause . Despite Stephanie McMahon presumably having Rollins ’ back as one of his benefactors , she had no choice but to sanction the contest , at which point Sting re - emerged to join Cena in staring Rollins down . So to recap : Rollins has two title defenses at Night of Champions ; he has to deal with Stephanie taking him to task over saying he ’ s on Triple H ’ s level ; and he still doesn ’ t have his statue . Hey , nobody said being The Man was easy .