July 13 , 2015 Monday Night RAW results The July 13 , 2015 Edition of RAW is a Professional wrestling television show of the WWE ' s RAW brand , which took place on July 13 , 2015 at Phillips Arena in Atlanta , Georgia . Summary . Even after Brock Lesnar turned J & J Security — and their prized Cadillac — into mincemeat last week , give Seth Rollins credit where it ’ s due . The Architect didn ’ t blink at the prospect of staring down The Beast Incarnate in Raw ’ s opening moments , even if he only had a well - rested Kane to speak of as his backup . Despite his depleted defenses , The Architect certainly talked a big game , as did Kane when Lesnar and Paul Heyman attempted to bait the Director of Operations into fighting The Conqueror by bringing up Lesnar ' s most infamous deed . Ever the professional , Kane brushed the taunts aside , at least until champion and challenger reunited with their respective retinues for the contract signing later in the night . Two long - simmering rivalries will finally boil over at WWE Battleground , but before Randy Orton goes toe - to - toe with Sheamus and Ryback battles Big Show and The Miz for his Intercontinental Title , four of the five parties involved joined forces for a tag team rumble on Raw . And indeed , it was quite the rumble , one that Ryback had taken control of after pummeling Sheamus with a spinebuster until The Miz sprang up from commentary and began heckling the various competitors . Miz ’ s presence enraged Big Show almost immediately ; the giant abandoned the match to give chase to The Awesome One after blasting Ryback with a KO Punch from the apron . Legal man Sheamus looked to capitalize on the giant ’ s interference with a Brogue Kick , but Orton sprang with some interference of his own in the form of an RKO to the Irishman while the ref was otherwise occupied . The Big Guy then sealed the deal with a big Frog Splash for the win . It ’ s been a long time since anybody got the jump on Bray Wyatt , so give it up for Roman Reigns for pulling off the impossible and dishing out some long - awaited payback on The New Face of Fear , whose mind games have tormented Reigns for a month . Bray was lured into the open under the pretense of battling his old foil Dean Ambrose , though The Lunatic Fringe was merely playing the proverbial carrot , while Reigns supplied the stick as soon as Wyatt stepped out through the fog . While Ambrose admired his brother - in - arms ’ handwork , The Big Dog went to town on The Eater of Worlds , at least until Wyatt used his lantern as an equalizer that allowed him to make his escape . Team Bella ’ s stranglehold on the Divas division just got a lot more tenuous . What was initially just the latest victory parade for the conniving trio of Nikki Bella , sister Brie and Alicia Fox was quickly spoiled by an appearance by Stephanie McMahon . The queen bee of WWE wasn ’ t very much impressed with the Divas Champion ’ s posturing , and decided to introduce some “ change ” in the Divas division by bringing out Paige … and some backup from NXT in the form of Becky Lynch and Charlotte . When Naomi and Tamina took issue with their exclusion , Stephanie brought out NXT Women ’ s Champion Sasha Banks to round out their own squad . Having “ set the table of opportunity , ” Stephanie dared the Divas to take it for themselves . What followed was an all - out brawl between the present and future Divas that culminated in each member of Team Bella locked in the NXT Divas ’ submission holds : Charlotte ’ s Figure - Eight Leglock , Becky ’ s Dis - arm - her , and Sasha ’ s Bank Statement . It ’ s too soon to call it a takeover , and “ invasion ” is a little aggressive , but “ revolution ” ? That ’ ll do it . The New Day may well win back the WWE Tag Team Titles at WWE Battleground … if there ’ s any of them left to challenge for the titles in the first place . The trio of Big E , Kofi Kingston & Xavier Woods stepped into the ring on Raw against The Prime Time Players , who boasted Mark Henry as their de facto third member . That , despite a gutsy effort by New Day , turned out to be the deciding factor of the match . After an ill - fated rally by New Day , Henry reminded us all of what he does when he ensnared Woods for a World ’ s Strongest Slam that pancaked the Ph . D . candidate into a positivity - preaching puddle . Call it the return of the King . “ King What ’ s Up , ” that is , as R - Truth resurrected his royal persona following a rebound victory over King Barrett , who Bull Hammered the former U . S . Champion all over the fiefdom last week on Raw . His Majesty wasn ’ t quite so lucky in a rematch , despite the fact that Barrett was well on his way to knocking Truth down once again in a fast - paced , furious battle . “ The Bloody King ” came up short when Truth caught him with the Lie Detector , and while His Grace pitched an epic fit in the ring , Truth retrieved his own royal garb from beneath the ring and paraded his way back up the ramp . The John Cena U . S . Championship Open Challenge is here , and a lot of people think they should be next in line . What was initially shaping up to be another effort by Rusev to reclaim the stars - and - stripes title was cut short by a line - jumping Kevin Owens , then again by Cesaro , looking for a rubber match against the Cenation leader after last week ’ s epic war of attrition . The solution was a Triple Threat brawl between the interlopers to see who would face Cena for the title itself , and it resembled less of a wrestling contest than a three - way car crash . So much so , in fact , that Owens up and left to preserve himself for WWE Battleground . That Rusev won was more or less because someone had to ; after a dominant run by Cesaro , The Bulgarian Brute knocked The King of Swing off the top turnbuckle and thrust - kicked him in the chest to seal it . Barely . Perhaps the WWE Universe , ironically enough , owes Kevin Owens a thank - you card : If not for the interference of the former NXT Champion , Rusev ’ s reign of terror might have begun anew as a result of his U . S . Title Match with John Cena on Raw . To be fair , The Bulgarian Brute was basically in shambles after withstanding an onslaught from Cesaro , but he still managed to claw his way into contention , suckering Cena into a false sense of security before reversing the Attitude Adjustment into the Accolade . Owens , who had abdicated the Triple Threat that got Rusev to the title bout in the first place , made a furious return by storming the ring and obliterating The Bulgarian Brute with a Pop - up Powerbomb . He then reiterated his mantra : If it ’ s gonna be anyone , it ’ s gonna be him . Stardust is back . And the demented space invader ’ s homecoming was exactly the grand celebration he ’ d been hoping for , despite the efforts of Neville to play spoiler . Ostensibly singled out by Stardust as the first foe in an anti - superhero crusade , The Man That Gravity Forgot indeed rose to the occasion of his bizarre opponent ’ s smothering offense . Although Neville couldn ’ t quite get into position for the Red Arrow — lest we forget , Stardust hates arrows — he made up for it by going to the ground , rolling Stardust up with La Magistral . “ The Prince of Dark Matter ” wouldn ’ t be so easily denied , though , reversing one of Neville ’ s rollups into a rollup of his own , grabbing the tights to help gain the ill - gotten win . How … sinister . One ax handle , one overturned table and one broken ankle later , and Seth Rollins is officially set to defend his WWE World Heavyweight Championship against Brock Lesnar at WWE Battleground . Despite the insistence of Kane that a plan was in play to weaken The Beast before Battleground , the contract signing quickly turned into a one - man demolition spree once pen had been put to paper . Not only did Lesnar flip the aforementioned table in Rollins ’ face , but Kane , who ’ d stood tough against Heyman ’ s slandering of his brother and an increasingly hostile Rollins all night , also suffered the broken ankle . The injury came after Kane ’ s master plan — an ax handle stored under the contract table — failed to pan out and his gritty efforts to fend Lesnar off were eventually thwarted by The Beast Incarnate and a set of steel steps . Further ignominy followed when a frustrated Rollins insulted Kane and stomped on his ruined ankle , pausing only to promise , once again , that he ’ d slay The Beast at Battleground . Partially because of adrenaline , sure , but at this point , it ’ s fair to say Rollins has nothing left to lose .