January 5 , 2015 Monday Night RAW results The January 5 , 2015 Edition of RAW is a Professional wrestling television show of the WWE ' s RAW brand , which took place on January 5 , 2015 at American Bank Center in Corpus Christi , Texas . Summary . So Triple H and Stephanie McMahon are back , and they wasted no time in kicking off 2015 much in the way they kicked off 2014 : with proclamations and machinations designed to put their enemies in their places . Assembling the entire WWE roster in the middle of the ring , The Authority — after some perfunctory face - rubbing for John Cena , who was forced to reinstate them — set about rewarding facilitator Seth Rollins with a third spot in the WWE World Heavyweight Title Match between Cena and Brock Lesnar at the Royal Rumble . They also declared the night “ John Cena Appreciation Night ” as payment for the Cenation leader ’ s contributions … and placed Dolph Ziggler into an Intercontinental Title Match against Bad News Barrett . If The Authority ’ s back , that can only mean one thing : Dolph Ziggler is not long for this world as Intercontinental Champion . The corporate cabal picked up right where it left off before Survivor Series vis a vis The Showoff and his title , immediately putting him into a defense against Bad News Barrett , who technically never lost the championship in the first place . A fair enough ruling , though when Ziggler escaped the impromptu bout by reversing the Winds of Change into a pin , Barrett ’ s lengthy post - match pasting left The Showoff in tatters and Kane — re - installed as Director of Operations — turned the match into a 2 - out - of - 3 - Falls contest on the spot . The fix was in from that point on . Barrett took Fall No . 2 with the Wasteland , and even though Ziggler overcame a battered shoulder and rallied to bring the Englishman to the edge , it wasn ’ t enough to get the job done . After a superkick took Barrett off his feet , Ziggler took his eye off Barrett to drive an interfering Kane back and the Brit roared into action , lighting Ziggler up with the Bull Hammer to claim his fifth Intercontinental Title . Call The Ascension a throwback , just don ’ t call them the new Road Warriors . Or the new Demolition , for that matter . Konnor & Viktor ’ s path of destruction extended into their second week on the main roster , as the former NXT Tag Team Champions laid waste to their second set of local athletes after denouncing any comparison to the powerhouse tag teams of WWE ’ s yesteryears . The poor guys didn ’ t even stand a chance , and The Ascension obliterated them with the Fall of Man in a matter of minutes . What a … well , you know . Having traded trips over the announce desk last week , one would expect the third Roman Reigns – Big Show battle in two weeks to contain some combination of airborne bodies and unmitigated destruction . The rubber match was , however , light on gratuitous chaos and heavy on the bone - rattling power maneuvers that have come to define both Superstars . While Reigns promised to use his speed to his advantage , the giant took the wind out of his sails with a spear early on and The Big Dog played catch - up for a solid 10 minutes until Big Show decided to end Reigns ’ night with a blast to the face from the steel steps . Even though the ref threw the match out , Reigns still managed to get the last laugh by spearing Show in the ring with the stairs above his head , taking the giant out and adding insult to injury when the steps crashed down on him . Never underestimate the power of “ Total Divas ” solidarity . While Natalya and Paige seemed to be on the outs at the end of last night ’ s midseason premiere , The Diva of Tomorrow extended an olive branch to Natalya that was even better than a gift for little Makaveli . After The Queen of Harts rode a distraction from Paige and defeated Nikki Bella in a reverse of last week ’ s result , Paige then ran to her castmate ’ s aid and saved Natalya from an after - the - bell ambush by the champ . The Authority ’ s belated tour of revenge got off to a boffo start when they finagled Dolph Ziggler out of the Intercontinental Title yet again , and their follow - up was equally impressive . Nothing less than the mental and physical railroading of Erick Rowan . Not only did the corporate power worm their way into “ Big Red ’ s ” formidable cerebellum by pitting him against his former Wyatt Family brother Luke Harper , but they also stacked the deck physically by appointing J & J Security as the guest referees . The strategy paid dividends almost instantly . Despite a smothering attack by Rowan , J & J bailed the former Intercontinental Champion out at every turn , blocking his attacks and intentionally bungling the pinfall count . That is , until Harper unleashed his discus clothesline on an exasperated Rowan and J & J hit the canvas for a fast - count and assisted in a post - match humiliation of the sheep - masked giant . Somebody dial 911 ! In a trip to Happy New Year Hell he certainly didn ’ t expect , The Lunatic Fringe was wheeled out of Corpus Christi , Texas , in the back of an ambulance , taking the decisive loss in his and Wyatt ’ s epic rivalry . Blame a solid plan of attack by The Eater of Worlds for the loss . Wyatt went to town on the former U . S . Champion ’ s knee in the early stages of the sprawling brawl and Ambrose was slowed to a crawl for a long slog of the bout . But a plunder in the match restored life to The Lunatic Fringe . Chairs and tables stored in the bed of the ambulance provided him last - ditch escapes and a stretcher backboard to his enemy ’ s throat ( turnabout is fair play ) plus an elbow off the top of the ambulance to a table - prone Wyatt seemed gave Ambrose some much - needed breathing room . His relief was short - lived , though , as a pair of Sister Abigails to the ambulance doors left Ambrose out on his feet , and it was Wyatt who finally shut the door , literally and figuratively , on the contest . So Ambrose is headed to the hospital . Now , just pray for the poor orderlies who have to restrain him . The Miz & Damien Mizdow have yet to declare their rematch for the WWE Tag Team Titles , but in the meantime , The Awesome One and his rising - star stunt double got themselves mixed up in yet another professional rivalry : that of former and new “ Total Divas ” cast - members Naomi and Alicia Fox . With the two Divas uniting alongside The Usos and The Mizzes , respectively , the ensuing Six - Person Mixed Tag Team Match immediately took on an intensely personal air . Naomi and Alicia started things off — unsurprisingly given the incident before the match — but the bout quickly reverted to Miz , Mizdow and The Usos . Mizdow , sadly , was denied entry into the match yet again by his mentor , but Miz proved to have learned his lesson from last week . A timely bit of misdirection employed to a rolling Uso gave Miz the opening to seal the bout with a roll - up . Awesomely done . The hits keep on coming for the veterans of Team Cena . After Dolph Ziggler and Erick Rowan were served their payback by The Authority , Ryback was the next to face the brass - knuckled bruise of the corporate power couple when his bout with Seth Rollins was turned into a Handicap Match pairing Mr . Money in the Bank with Kane . Needless to say , The Devil ’ s Favorite Director of Operations hadn ’ t quite exorcised his lingering beef with Ryback over their concession - stand fracas from a couple months ago , and despite The Big Guy ’ s positivity - fueled counter - attack , The Authority ’ s synergy was too strong . Interference by Kane stopped Ryback from hitting Shell Shocked on Rollins , and when The Big Guy answered by administering his signature slam to Kane , Mr . Money in the Bank pounced with one — no , two — Curb Stomps to finish it . Adam Rose , it seems , has fashioned himself less a party leader than a deity among his Rosebuds . He certainly had some kind of higher power on his side in a match against Big E , who was well on his way to steamrolling Rose when two masked Rosebuds interfered and disposed of the former Intercontinental Champion on their benefactor ’ s behalf . The hooded bandits turned out to be none other than Cesaro & Tyson Kidd , who have been making waves in the tag division of late and appear to have served notice of their own to one of the WWE roster ’ s more beloved entertainers . “ John Cena Appreciation Night ” took a sinister turn particularly fast , as The Authority ’ s would - be celebration of the man who brought them back turned into a systematic dismantling of the Superstars who helped oust them in the first place . Less an appreciation than a public humiliation of the Cenation leader ’ s closest allies , The Authority went from a disingenuous “ praising ” of Cena ’ s perseverance to making him watch as they subjected his Survivor Series teammates to their long - promised punishment . For their insubordinate actions at Survivor Series , Erick Rowan , Ryback and Dolph Ziggler were all fired . So say the king and queen .