March 9 , 2015 Monday Night RAW results The March 9 , 2015 Edition of RAW is a Professional wrestling television show of the WWE ' s RAW brand , which will take place on March 9 , 2015 at CONSOL Energy Center in Pittsburgh , Pennsylvania . Summary . Stop us if you ’ ve heard this one before : A model employee is , erm , forcibly terminated by his employer , only to return with an understandable grudge against those who sent him packing . Cooler heads prevail and he ’ s allowed to return , though it took literally tripping up Public Enemy No . 1 to cement his allegiance for The Authority to allow him back with open arms . Only , in Randy Orton ’ s case , his re - induction into The Authority wasn ’ t without its hiccups . The Viper responded to his official welcome back with a “ joke . ” That is to say , he roasted Big Show , Kane and J & J Security before foretelling a rather gruesome dismantling of Seth Rollins , before playing the whole thing off for yucks at the end . About the only members of The Authority who bought the joke were Rollins and Big Show , though the results of Raw ’ s main - event Handicap Match would truly determine if Orton ’ s future in The Authority was a laughing matter . If all the hullaballoo surrounding the Intercontinental Championship hasn ’ t officially roped in Daniel Bryan just yet , it ’ s at least gotten The Beard to dip his toes into the game of hot potato surrounding the storied title . In fact , The “ Yes ! ” Man got his paws on reigning champ Bad News Barrett for a non - title match with R - Truth presiding , once again , as guest commentator . Not that the title could be up for grabs if Bryan wanted it to be , considering Stardust currently has it . In what ’ s become a recurring bad dream for Barrett , the champion managed to brawl his way into the advantage , only to be blasted in the face with a sudden Running Knee that added a few more degrees to Barrett ’ s already crooked nose . Barrett retaliated by Bull Hammering the beard off The “ Yes ! ” Man , only to be taken out himself by a clothesline from Dean Ambrose on the ramp . Bad news , indeed . Too bad for Bad News Barrett that a Dean Ambrose clothesline knocked him loopy , because The Lunatic Fringe squared off against the Intercontinental Title ’ s current ( illegal ) possessor , Stardust , moments after said sneak attack on Raw . And it ’ s too bad for Stardust that Ambrose ’ s own psychosis eclipses his identity crisis by a country mile . Even after tweaking Ambrose ’ s knee by tripping him up on the apron , the Fifth Dimension ’ s favorite son ate a rebound clothesline and Dirty Deeds while “ Cody ” chants rained around him all the same . True to form , Ambrose took that opportunity to pickpocket Stardust ’ s “ ivory enterprise ” once again , and that brought out Barrett , Daneil Bryan , Luke Harper and Dolph Ziggler for a Pier - Six Brawl around the fallen title . R - Truth took advantage of the chaos to stash Barrett ’ s title in a burlap sack , though JBL was quick to give him up once Barrett cleared the ring of his potential usurpers . Truth surrendered the bag under threat of a Bull Hammer , only to pull the switcheroo on an elated Barrett moments later by revealing he ’ d only given the Brit a replica title , only to keep the real thing for himself . That ’ s what ’ s up . He ’ s back . And he ’ s not impressed . The first Raw appearance of Brock Lesnar in a month was largely used as an opportunity for The Beast Incarnate to react , along with Paul Heyman , to a video hyping the rise of Lesnar ’ s No . 1 contender , Roman Reigns . That Heyman placed the hype on par with the leavings of a bull was unsurprising , especially with Lesnar standing by his side . But the degree to which Heyman predicted The Anomaly ’ s triumph at The Show of Shows was the most surprising : pinning Roman , tearing Seth Rollins limb from limb and putting any Montreal - like co - conspirators in their graves were all on the table . Getting his mic shut off again only kicked Heyman into overdrive . By the end of his missive , any title in the world was in play , Brock Lesnar was poised to conquer the world itself , and you could have heard a pin drop in Pittsburgh . As Ryback learned on SmackDown — and as The Big Guy used to say himself — two is greater than one . The Authority ’ s two - on - one beatdown of The Human Wrecking Ball on SmackDown forced Ryback to recruit some muscle for a tag - team throwdown against Kane & Big Show on Raw . And who better to fill the role than The Big Guy ’ s old running buddy Erick Rowan ? Good thing Ryback had him , too . The big man ’ s overzealous lead - off in the match got him smacked around by the former WWE Tag Team Champions until Rowan tagged in for the save . And Rowan , as we know , is smarter than the average sheep . Even though Kane took advantage of a distracted ref to force Rowan ’ s throat against the ropes , Rowan writhed loose just as Big Show came in with an illicit KO Punch . That left The Devil ’ s Favorite Director of Operations to eat the knuckle sandwich and Rowan ' s pin . On top of all that , “ the monster and the giant ” were sent packing by an irate Stephanie McMahon moments later . Bad night for business . Even a posse of mean girls at ringside couldn ’ t save Summer Rae from comeback kid AJ Lee , whose official , in - ring Raw return ended with a victory at the expense of the " Total Divas " veteran . With her “ frenemy ” Paige at ringside and The Bellas crowing in Flintstones cosplay backstage , AJ showed she ’ s more than ready for her trip back to WrestleMania by submitting Summer with the Black Widow despite catching a series of kicks to the face . Not bad for her second week back . Whether her friendly terms with Paige will hold up through The Show of Shows , well , that ' s another matter . The # AxelMania movement has given new life to the man known as Curtis Axel . But the Superstar who calls himself the most dominant Royal Rumble Match competitor of all time didn ’ t exactly get the Hogan - esque victory he ’ d been clamoring for when he called Rusev out on SmackDown . In fact , Axel was summarily dismantled by The Super Athlete ’ s powers of pain before their match even began , and a gritty rally didn ’ t save him from a brutal Accolade moments later . With Axel felled , Rusev took the opportunity to trash the U . S . A . once again , despite John Cena ’ s previous warnings not to do so , and for the first time , he got an appropriate response . The Cenation leader took The Super Athlete down and locked him in the STF until he passed out , revived him with a bottle of water and locked the hold in again , even forcing Rusev to tap for mercy . As Rusev slipped into unconsciousness once again , Lana saved the Russian ’ s skin , giving Cena his U . S . Title rematch at WrestleMania in exchange for Rusev ’ s release . It might actually be a new day for the tag team division , if The New Day ’ s victory over WWE ’ s reigning title - holding tandem , Tyson Kidd & Cesaro , is any indication . “ The Professionals ” have been stomping their way through the tag ranks since claiming the titles at WWE Fastlane , but Big E & Xavier Woods cut the champs ’ momentum short moments after declaring their intentions to challenge for the WWE gold at WrestleMania . Far from an empty boast , the guys ’ bravado turned out to have some legs , despite a two - on - one attack that saw Cesaro & Kidd twist Woods ’ leg into a pretzel . Cesaro & Kidd were so focused on keeping Big E out of the ring , in fact , that they wrote the tweaked Woods off entirely , and that came back to haunt them when Woods rolled Kidd up for a surprise pin . Cue the well - earned celebrations . The rough night for the WWE Tag Team Champions continued even after their own match finished , when unofficial third member Natalya once again found herself defeated by The Usos third , Naomi , in a Divas grudge match . Yet again , Tyson Kidd didn ’ t help his wife ’ s cause any by barking instructions at her when she locked in the Sharpshooter , causing Natalya to loosen the hold and Naomi to take advantage by kicking Natalya into the turnbuckle . The Usos neutralized ( no pun intended ) Cesaro at ringside , Naomi pounced with her self - proclaimed Rear View , and that was all she wrote for a very frustrated Queen of Harts . The Tag Team Championship makes teams do funny things . Moments after hungrily eyeing Cesaro & Tyson Kidd ’ s titles , Los Matadores pulled out all and we do mean all of the stops to beat The Usos . And not just in terms of their signature tandem maneuvers , although those were certainly in play . Usos and bullfighters flew left and right throughout the evenly matched contest , until Fernando decided to use an overzealous El Torito as an unwitting distraction , shoving Jimmy Uso into the bull and rolling him up with an unusually underhanded handful of shorts for the win . Well played , hermanos . Streak or no Streak , the guardian angel of WrestleMania is coming home . After weeks of dispatches from Bray Wyatt , The Undertaker finally responded from the great beyond to The Eater of Worlds ’ challenge for The Grandest Stage of Them All , and he did it in the ghoulish fashion The Deadman is best known for . As The New Face of Fear preached into the darkness with The Phenom ’ s urn in hand , smoke rose from the jar ’ s mouth and Wyatt ’ s own talisman , his rocking chair , emerged reformed in the ring . With “ The Man of 1 , 000 Truths ” paralyzed , The Deadman ’ s voice boomed over the loudspeakers , a message of acceptance appeared on the TitanTron and a bolt of lightning set the rocking chair ablaze . That , in other words , is a “ yes . ” Is it possible to end up a loser twice in the span of one match ? If you ’ re Seth Rollins , the answer is yes and yes . First , Mr . Money in the Bank took a loss in the traditional sense to Roman Reigns , who avenged his loss to Rollins last week by Spearing The Architect out of his boots . And then he lost in another sense to Randy Orton , who , after subtly manipulating The Authority all night – allowing Kane & Big Show to get themselves ejected , and convincing Rollins to send J & J Security packing as well – finally had Rollins alone in the ring after said Spear . All jokes aside , the double - bird that Orton flipped Rollins at the moment of truth turned out to be the least painful thing The Apex Predator subjected his prey to . The Viper chased Rollins throughout the entire arena , whispering venomous nothings into his ear all the way , culminating in a final RKO through the announce table . It wasn ’ t outta nowhere per se . In fact , it was a long time coming . But there was still nothing Rollins could do to stop it , which made it all the more satisfying . If nothing else , he ' ll certainly have something to talk about come his SmackDown return Thursday .