March 16 , 2015 Monday Night RAW results The March 16 , 2015 Edition of RAW is a Professional wrestling television show of the WWE ' s RAW brand , which took place on March 16 , 2015 at Wells Fargo Arena in Des Moines , Iowa . Summary . Whether Seth Rollins ’ trust of Randy Orton was truly as “ shameful ” as The Apex Predator insisted is a matter of opinion . After all , family trusts family . But after allowing The Viper into their henhouse and infighting themselves out of the building before he made his move , The Authority opened Raw with egg on their face and revenge on their minds . In a particularly payback - centric mindset was Mr . Money in the Bank , who accepted The Apex Predator ’ s call for a WrestleMania match to settle their score , provided he also went toe - to - toe against Rollins in the main event of Raw . Being far more difficult to dupe than his heir apparent , Orton wasn ’ t exactly fooled by Rollins ’ transparency . Knowing full - well he ’ d have to endure a five - on - one beatdown to punch his ticket to Santa Clara , Calif . , Orton accepted Mr . Money in the Bank ’ s caveat with a warning of his own . When the beating did come , he said , The Authority better finish the job , lest Orton complete his own retribution and destroy Rollins entirely at The Show of Shows . Perhaps it ’ s the mark of a gracious Divas Champion that Nikki Bella made like the hashtag says and gave a Diva a chance on Raw by going one - on - one against AJ Lee . Perhaps it ’ s the mark of an uphill battle that the three - time titleholder didn ’ t get the job done against the butterfly - emblazoned title ’ s current occupier . Nikki took advantage of AJ ’ s lengthy stay on the injured list to weaken the former champion ’ s arm about halfway through the contest . The Black Widow was able to rally into the advantage , though , with a triangle choke and a Thesz Press that put Nikki on her heels . As AJ picked up momentum , however , a spill outside the ring led to a spat between Brie Bella and Paige , accompanying their sister and frenemy at ringside , respectively . AJ took her eyes off a reeling Nikki to tend to Brie , and that gave Nikki the opening she needed to hit AJ with a forearm to the face and a Rack Attack for the win . A lot of Superstars have their sights set on victory in the Andre the Giant Memorial Battle Royal , and Ryback has made it his personal business to dash their hopes in brutal fashion , one after the other . The latest course on The Big Guy ’ s plate was The Miz , who has pegged himself the pre - emptive victor of the melee despite a series of embarrassing miscues with his personal assistant , Damien Mizdow . In fact , Miz ’ s latest attempt to shame his beloved gofer nearly got him knocked out by his fellow former WWE Tag Team Champion when Ryback manhandled Miz to the outside and gave Mizdow a free shot at The Moneymaker . Miz managed to beat Ryback away and convince Mizdow to reconsider , but his diverted focus got him Meathook Clotheslined and then Shell Shocked into the mat all the same . It was Mizdow who ended up with the brunt of The Awesome One ’ s frustration , taking a Skull - Crushing Finale from the beleaguered A - lister as he attempted to help him off the mat . That ' s some questionable management right there . Turns out John Cena ’ s strong - arming of Rusev into a U . S . Title rematch at WrestleMania wasn ’ t as ironclad as the Cenation leader originally thought . Seeing as it was Lana who agreed to the bout and not — as Stephanie McMahon decreed — Rusev himself , the bout was more or less null and void before it even happened . All of which would have made for a very short contract signing indeed , had Cena not decided long ago that he wasn ’ t going to take no for an answer . With Lana mysteriously absent and a Russian lawyer the only protection for the champion , Cena was handed an ultimatum by The Hero of the Russian Federation . He ’ d get the match , provided Rusev was allowed to read his latest anti - American manifesto uninterrupted . It was touch - and - go for a bit there , but John Cena is nothing if not resilient : He took Rusev ’ s abuse stoically , put pen to paper , and the match was made . With The New Day and the newly " vicioso " Los Matadores having come out of nowhere as potential contenders to the WWE Tag Team Titles , reigning champs Cesaro & Tyson Kidd needed a near - perfect outing to preserve their momentum . They got it on Raw , beating The New Day ’ s Big E & Kofi Kingston to ensure a strong footing as the teeter - totter battle over the twin titles continues toward WrestleMania . Considering they did it despite some serious diligence from the referee was doubly impressive . The official was all over Cesaro & Kidd ’ s trademark tandem maneuvers , enforcing the no - tag rule so severely Kidd had to storm the ring and take a Trouble in Paradise meant for Cesaro so The Swiss Superman could roll Kingston up for the win . Los Matadores , who spent the match prowling the outside , provided the exclamation point , feeding Xavier Woods to Cesaro before deploying El Torito to toss the Tag Team Champion between the ropes . Que peña . If nothing else , the first ever Six - Being Interspecies Tag Team Match on this Thursday ' s SmackDown will certainly be much more personal . Erick Rowan just cannot catch a break against Big Show . For all the mental manpower the sheep - faced monster is said to possess , it isn ’ t doing much to protect his skull from Big Show ’ s fist , which has found its way home again and again since the two big boys first battled at WWE TLC in December . In fact , the latest bout between the two was a note - for - note reprisal of their SmackDown bout a few weeks ago , with Show swarming Rowan right out of the gate , KO Punching him and adding a new wrinkle with a sternum - steamrolling elbow from the second rope . Where Curtis Axel goes , chaos follows . The greatest competitor in Royal Rumble history has ignited a revolution with his # Axelmania movement , but the movement hasn ’ t so much cleared The Road to WrestleMania of The Ax Man ’ s enemies as drawn them out of the woodwork , one by one , to attack him . This week , nearly every announced competitor — Kane , Jack Swagger , Goldust , The Prime Time Players , Zack Ryder , Adam Rose , Heath Slater and the recently returned Mark Henry — in the Andre the Giant Memorial Battle Royal came down to the ring to stand face to face . But all of the competitors engaged in a bench - clearing brawl that came down to Kane , Henry and Axel , who attempted to toss The World ’ s Strongest Man over the top rope in a display of his battle royal prowess … only to be flatly denied and sent soaring over the cables . Hey , it ’ s just a trial run . Thirteen days until # AxelMania runs wild for real . . . brother . The furious orations of Paul Heyman have been must - see TV over the last two weeks . He ’ s all but set fire to the curtain separating the WWE Universe from the behind - the - scenes action of sports - entertainment , while simultaneously hyping the WrestleMania main event between Brock Lesnar and Roman Reigns to near - biblical proportions . But the advocate for The One in 21 - 1 may have finally bitten off more than he can chew . His newest missive brought Reigns himself to the ring with his latest mantra emblazoned across his chest and fire in his belly as he sent a message to Lesnar that , despite whatever Heyman says , he can and will dethrone The Beast Incarnate at WrestleMania . The best part is , next week , Reigns will have the chance to say that to The Conqueror ' s face . With Daniel Bryan officially throwing his beard into the ring in the mad dash for the Intercontinental Championship , the seven - man Ladder Match for the storied title has officially become one of the most must - see contests of WrestleMania 31 . In advance of the surefire showstopper , six of the competitors involved teamed up for a Six - Man rumble on Raw , while the seventh , R - Truth , took up his now - customary post at the commentary table with the ill - gotten Intercontinental Title clamped onto his back . A common goal made enemies out of supposed teammates early on . Despite a strong opening , tensions rose quickly between Bryan , Dolph Ziggler & Dean Ambrose , though the three still managed to put their squabbles aside to stop a furious rally by the ne ’ er - do - well trio of Bad News Barrett , Luke Harper & Stardust . Even though Ziggler accidentally superkicked Bryan on the apron , Ambrose picked up the slack by reversing Barrett ’ s Bull Hammer into Dirty Deeds for the three . Of course , it wasn ’ t long before Truth ’ s deception was uncovered and yet another brawl erupted over the title , the upshot of which was Barrett Bull Hammering everyone in sight and finally getting his Intercontinental Championship back . Good news all around . True to Randy Orton ’ s prediction , the squabbles between the infighting Authority ( Jamie Noble quit ! Triple H threatened his protégé ! ) turned out to be little more than a ruse to lull Orton into a false sense of security before his match against Seth Rollins . No sooner had Rollins made his entrance than the corporate crew reformed and closed ranks around Mr . Money in the Bank , leaving The Viper thoroughly outfoxed . What happened next , however , really was surprising . Before Orton could be sent packing to the emergency room , the lights cut out and Sting came to the aid of The Apex Predator , clubbing Kane with the baseball bat and Stinger Splashing J & J Security before dispatching Noble with the Scorpion Death Drop . Orton followed suit with an RKO to Joey Mercury , and The Authority , duly rebuked , backed off from the scorpion - snake tandem . Unfortunately for Rollins , his WrestleMania fate may already be sealed anyway . Thirteen days till , well , showtime .