June 8 , 2015 Monday Night RAW results The June 8 , 2015 Edition of RAW is a Professional wrestling television show of the WWE ' s RAW brand , which took place on June 8 , 2015 at the Smoothie King Center in New Orleans , Louisiana . Summary . The NXT Champ is here , and even though he opted out of an impromptu fight last week with John Cena , that didn ’ t stop Kevin Owens from resuming his verbal takedown of the Cenation leader during Raw ’ s opening moments . Yet again , The Champ offered Owens the chance to put his money where his mouth was , and yet again , he said he ’ d pass until bell time at Money in the Bank . Despite refusing Cena ’ s challenge , Owenswasin the mood for a fight . After butting heads for a few moments , the two champions decided the mood was right for an open challenge of some point , and whomever answered would have his pick of title bout . Enter Neville , who swooped in with a second NXT Title reign on his mind , leading to … Neville , meet gravity . The New Sensation ’ s previous encounters with Kevin Owens tended to end in abrupt , brutal fashion , and his answer of Raw ’ s first ( but not the first ) NXT Title Open Challenge didn ’ t turn out any better for the high - flying wonder . To be fair , Neville landed himself in the hole early on by insinuating Owens was unworthy to hold the NXT Championship in the first place . That sentiment drove Owens into third gear almost right out of the gate . The big man flattened Neville with the Cannonball and almost hit an Attitude Adjustment before Neville turned it around into a tornado DDT . The Man That Gravity Forgot continued his comeback long enough to set Owens up for a pair of Red Arrows , but the champion thwarted both and finally hit his own Pop - up Powerbomb to end Raw ’ s first NXT Championship Match . So Nikki Bella ’ s got Paige one - on - one at Money in the Bank . So far , so good . But the title - holding half of Twin Magic ’ s practitioners had to contend with Summer Rae on Raw before The Diva of Tomorrow got her turn at Money in the Bank . Nikki passed the test with flying colors , though , fending off the “ Total Divas ” veteran with a springboard enzuigiri and the Rack Attack for the victory . Did you know ? Turnabout is fair play . And so , when Sheamus spoiled Randy Orton ’ s return with a chair to the gut last week on Raw , it was practically written that The Apex Predator would repay The Celtic Warrior in kind . And of course he did , with apparent delight , in the first of three singles contests between the Money in the Bank match competitors organized by Kane . The build - up to the chair ’ s fateful appearance was equally enjoyable for The Viper , who stomped on Sheamus ’ ankle early on to pre - emptively neutralize the Brogue Kick and sent the Irishman tumbling into the barricade . The beating continued until Sheamus was a braid ’ s length from an RKO , at which point the Irishman maneuvered the fight to the outside , and after a brief scrap , he ended up with a chair fastballed into his stomach , Eddie Guerrero - style . Never one for subtlety , Orton continued to beat his opponent up , culminating in a successful RKO to an out - on - his feet Sheamus . As it turns out , Rusev doesn ’ t even need two working feet to step all over Dolph Ziggler in the wake of The Showoff ’ s budding relationship with Lana . Rebounding quite nicely from his foray into despair last week , The Super Athlete made his lingering presence known when Ziggler went one - on - one with Kane on Raw . He sneak up behind The Ravishing Russian right as Ziggler was rallying from a lengthy beating at the hands of The Devil ’ s Favorite Demon . Rusev ’ s appearance forced Lana into a hasty attempt to flee , only to trip and fall off the ramp in a development that seemed to please The Super Athlete very much indeed . While Lana tended to her ankle and Rusev made himself scarce , Kane struck , seizing a distracted Showoff by the throat and executing the Chokeslam to claim his victory . Last week The Miz had been cast in the role of human punching bag in Ryback and Big Show ’ s oncoming head - to - head over The Big Guy ’ s Intercontinental Championship . On Raw in New Orleans , the most must - see talk show in WWE history “ Miz TV ” was reduced to rubble when The Miz found himself once again on the receiving end of his former tag - team partner ’ s titanic fists . Miz met this fate despite trying to manipulate Ryback into taking Big Show out over KO ’ ing him last week . Though when that plan failed Miz took matters into his own hands and clocked the giant over the head with his microphone . A few seconds later and The Awesome One went adios real fast , but Ryback had the last laugh of the night when he hoisted his No . 1 contender up for a Shell Shocked that shook New Orleans to the core . Truth be told , it wasn ’ t even close . Despite the hard - nosed points they earned in the Elimination Chamber , Los Matadores simply weren ’ t ready for Luke Harper & Erick Rowan , the reunited “ reapers ” who tore them to shreds in one of their first matches back as a tag team . In fact , except for a brief spurt by the bullfighters at the match ’ s open , Harper & Rowan were nearly unstoppable , cementing their victory with their tandem maneuver , " The Way , " and a brief address promising “ judgment ” for all who oppose them . The New Day might not be worth millions of dollars , but Big E was certainly money in his match against Titus O ’ Neil , a soft run for the teams ’ battle over the Tag Team Titles Sunday at Money in the Bank . The Big Deal seemed poised to continue his hot streak over The New Day , tossing “ The Minister of Mass ” to and fro until Xavier Woods and Kofi Kingston surrounded Darren Young at ringside . When O ’ Neil took his eyes off Big E to come to Mr . No Days Off ’ s aid , Big E rallied for a Big Ending and the victory . As Roman Reigns has shown on several occasions , he ’ s got bigger ups than you might expect for a big man . So Kofi Kingston , who typically flies around his opponents , didn ’ t have that inherent advantage when the two faced off in the night ’ s final singles match between Money in the Bank foes , and the first singles bout between Reigns and Kingston to boot . To Kingston ’ s credit , he made good use of his New Day comrades at ringside , using Xavier Woods and Big E to distract Reigns . Woods even took a Superman Punch meant for Kingston to facilitate a rally for The Dreadlocked Dynamo . But the dreaded numbers game wasn ’ t enough to topple one of its original practitioners , and The Big Dog sealed his win with a Superman Punch to an airborne Kingston . Two weeks ago , Seth Rollins had a title , a security team and a 7 - foot enforcer . He had none of those things by Raw ’ s end when , having goaded J & J Security into a match he felt would be a tune - up , Rollins instead suffered one of the most demoralizing losses of his career . It ’ s not that Joey Mercury & Jamie Noble are slouches — far from it . But their track record hasn ’ t been great and Rollins has . Despite all that , The Architect ’ s plans were dashed to pieces when Dean Ambrose , whose tour of New Orleans had taken him to ringside with Rollins WWE World Heavyweight Championship , dangled the prize in his former “ brother ’ s ” face . The distraction allowed Mercury to schoolboy The Architect for the pin . To add insult to injury , Ambrose crushed his former friend even more after the loss , hitting Dirty Deeds and taking the title back before posing atop a ladder with the title in hand . Let the good times roll , Dean - o .