Raw Results 03/30/15

Raw results from San Jose, CA:

The opening segment featured Paul Heyman putting over his client’s match against Reigns last night and mentioning that slimeball Seth Rollins came along and stole the title away. He said that makes Rollins most undeserving champ of all time, and even though Heyman could get the decision legally reversed, instead Brock is invoking his rematch clause for tonight’s Raw. Stephanie came out to interrupt, with some back and forth remarks from the crowd and Heyman about Ronda Rousey taking it to her. She said Rollins had to fly to New York for the “Today” Show but should be back for the rematch later. Heyman said he was going to drop a spoiler that Lesnar is once again reigning and defending WWE Champion.

Daniel Bryan defeated Dolph Ziggler via pinfall to retain the Intercontinental Title. Late in the match, the two traded headbutts like in last night’s ladder match. Bryan ended up getting the upperhand and hitting his running knee for the win. Post-match, Barrett got into the ring to attack Bryan. He got cleared out though. Sheamus came rushing out and Brogue Kicked Bryan down. He grabbed Ziggler and hit him with White Noise. Sheamus picked up a mic and announced “I’m Back” to the fans trying to mock him.

The Lucha Dragons, Big E, and Kofi Kingston defeated The Ascension, Tyson Kidd, and Cesaro via pinfall. Lucha Dragons made their debut in the match with the crowd chanting how New Day sucks. Kalisto of Lucha Dragons got the advantage late, hitting moves on Viktor of The Ascension. Kalisto finished him off with a reverse neck breaker for the pin.

Brock Lesnar and Paul Heyman went to the ring for the WWE title match. Rollins came out with the title belt and J&J Security. He held the title up in Lesnar’s face to taunt him. Lilian Garcia did in-ring introductions for the match. Rollins didn’t hand his title belt over to the ref, and instead got a mic outside the ring to say he was jet lagged and his foot still hurts from Curb Stomping Reigns and Lesnar last night. Rollins said Brock would get his rematch, just not tonight. 

Lesnar went out and grabbed Rollins to attack him. He hit a German Suplex on Rollins, then went to F5 him but Rollins landed on his feet. He kicked Lesnar, who didn’t seem too fazed by it. Rollins fled the ring, so Lesnar went wild attacking J&J Security and tossing them across the announcers table. He grabbed Michael Cole, brought him in the ring and hit an F5. Lesnar took out his frustration on a cameraman. Stephanie came out and pleaded with Brock to stop, but he hit the F5 on the cameraman. She told him he was suspended indefinitely. The crowd chanted “one more time” and Lesnar obliged, hitting another F5 on the cameraman.

Renee Young spoke with Stephanie McMahon backstage. Stephanie said she had to suspend Lesnar because he was endangering employees. She said she was going to hit Lesnar where it hurts and fine him too. She said he’ll get a title shot when she says so. Steph said she owns him since he just signed a new contract.

Damien Mizdow defeated Stardust via pinfall. Mizdow hit a Skullcrushing Finale for the win. Miz attacked him post-match and hit the SCF on him. He yelled at Mizdow that he gave him everything so this is all his fault. Miz yelled at the crowd too.

Adrian Neville defeated Curtis Axel via pinfall. Neville made his WWE debut from NXT. He came out wearing a hooded cape. In the match, he got the win hitting the Red Arrow in about a one minute match.

John Cena came out to the fans singing “John Cena sucks” to parts of his theme song. He got on the mic in ring and said the WWE Universe doesn’t get the credit they deserve. They kept up the “Cena sucks” chants and he held the mic up to capture it. Cena issued an open challenge to the locker room with his title on the line. Dean Ambrose came out to answer the challenge.

John Cena defeated Dean Ambrose via pinfall to retain the United States Championship. Late in the match, Cena tried the AA with Ambrose getting out and putting a STF on Cena. Cena escaped. Cena tried another AA, but Ambrose got away and hit Dirty Deeds for a 2 count. The close saw each guy try for their finisher, with Cena able to hit the AA for the win. Post-match, Ambrose took some time to get back up near the ropes. Cena went over and slapped hands with him out of respect.

Backstage, Renee Young spoke with Seth Rollins who said he was glad Lesnar got what he deserved and hopes he gets a seven-figure fine. Randy Orton showed up to inform Rollins that he may have got rid of Orton as a problem, but has another staring him in the face. He said he never got a rematch and wants the title. Kane and Big Show showed up, telling Orton he had until later tonight to find two partners for a six-man tag match.

AJ Lee, Paige & Naomi defeated The Bella Twins & Natalya via pinfall. Naomi got the win when she hit the Rearview on Nikki. 

Rusev defeated Goldust via submission. Rusev won using The Accolade in about two minutes. During the match there were “We want Lana” chants but she wasn’t at ringside with Rusev after last night’s blowup from Rusev towards her.

Roman Reigns, Randy Orton, and Ryback beat Seth Rollins, Big Show, and Kane via pinfall. The close saw Reigns go for a spear but Rollins leapfrogged over him. Rollins left the ring. Kane tried to chokeslam Reigns, but Orton RKO’d him. Reigns hit a spear on Kane and pinned him. Post-match, they showed Sting backstage saying he’d be on WWE Network in a post-Raw interview next.

2015 WWE WrestleMana 31 Results Coverage (Updated)

Welcome to live coverage of WWE WrestleMania 31 results updates. This year’s event is scheduled for Sunday, March 29, 2015 from Levi Stadium in California. The main event will feature Roman Reigns vs. Brock Lesnar for the WWE World Heavyweight Championship. Also on the card will be Sting vs. Triple H, John Cena vs. Rusev, Bray Wyatt vs. Undertaker and Seth Rollins vs. Randy Orton among other matches. A seven man ladder match for the Intercontinental Title will also highlight tonight’s show.

WrestleMania 31 gets started at 7 p.m. EST with an approximate run time of four hours. The latest updated results for each match with recaps will be posted below.

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WrestleMania 31 Pre-Show Results:

Tyson Kidd & Cesaro defeated The Uso Brothers, Los Matadores & New Day to retain the WWE Tag Team Championships.

Big Show won the 2015 Andre the Giant Memorial Battle Royal.

WWE WrestleMania 31 Results & Match Recaps:

7-Man Intercontinental Title Ladder Match

At one spot, Ambrose was climbing the ladder but Harper grabbed him and power bombed him out onto a ladder set up across the outside. Ambrose fell through it and appeared to hurt his neck, requiring medical personnel for the rest of the match. The finale saw Barrett hit multiple Bull Hammer elbows to knock out R-Truth and Stardust. Daniel Bryan managed to get up the ladder, with Dolph Ziggler climbing to try to prevent it. The two traded shots including multiple headshots with Ziggler falling off and Bryan snatching the title for the win. 

Winner: Daniel Bryan won the 7-man ladder match to become new Intercontinental Champion.

Randy Orton vs. Seth Rollins

Late in the match, Orton stunned Rollins. They traded a few moves and Seth went to grab Orton but got flipped over top of him. Orton hit the quick RKO but Rollins kicked out last second. Orton went for the punt kick, but J&J got involved. Orton RKO’d each guy, and Rollins quickly kicked down Orton. He hit the Curb Stomp but Orton kicked out. Rollins went for the corkscrew moonsault but Orton rolled away. Rollins landed to his feet and Orton tried for an RKO but Rollins shoved him to the ropes. A few seconds later, Rollins tried for a Curb Stomp but got pushed up in the air by the back of Orton’s head. Orton RKO’d Rollins down from the air for the win.

Winner: Randy Orton wins via pinfall over Seth Rollins.

Sting vs. Triple H

Triple H made his entrance complete with Terminator-style robots rising up alongside him. He arrived out wearing a skeleton mask and arms in Terminator style, and then had an intro from Arnold Schwarzenegger saying "This is Judgment Day." Lilian Garcia announced the only way to win is by pinfall or submission. Michael Cole listed off Sting's various accomplishments with WCW, but ignored referring to anything TNA.

During the match, Sting had the upperhand and put on the submission hold. Out of nowhere, DX theme music hit and out came Billy Gunn, Road Dogg and X-Pac. Each man got punched or knocked off the apron. HHH tried to hit a Pedigree but Sting backdropped him out of the ring. From there, The Icon dove out on top of everyone to crash in a pile. Back in the ring, HHH reset and hit the Pedigree, but Sting kicked out. A frustrated HHH went out and got his sledgehammer since there were no DQ’s. More theme music hit and it was the NWO. Out came Kevin Nash, Hulk Hogan and Scott Hall wearing black and white NWO shirts. The three older legends walked down the ramp to confront DX, knocking them down at the bottom of the ramp as Cole yelled “The Monday Night War has come to WrestleMania!” In the ring, Sting grabbed HHH and hit the Scorpion Deathlock, but HHH kicked out. Sting put the submission on him and HHH tried to grab the sledgehammer but Hogan pulled it away. The DX and NWO guys all fought outside the ring while Sting kept the submission on HHH in the ring. Triple H eventually reached and grabbed a bottom rope to break it.

Out of nowhere, Shawn Michaels appeared in the ring wearing a DX shirt. Sting turned and saw him just as Michaels hit the Sweet Chin Music. Michaels hit a DX crotch chop and left the ring as Triple H rolled on top of Sting. The ref counted with Sting barely breaking out of the pin.

Triple H crawled on top of Sting and made the surprising pinfall win. Post-match, the members of DX helped up HHH while NWO helped up Sting. They faced each other from opposite corners. HHH walked to center ring and extended his hand for Sting. Sting shook as the two shared some words.

Winner: Triple H defeated Sting via pinfall.

Backstage, Maria Menounous interviewed new IC title holder Daniel Bryan who spoke about how great it was to win for the first time. He was interrupted first by Pat Patterson congratulating him and then Rowdy Roddy Piper. Ric Flair stopped by next, followed by Ricky The Dragon Steamboat and Bret Hart. They all started up a “Yes” chant, but then Ron Simmons came in and looked at them, drawing silence. Maria asked if he ever won the IC title. Simmons looked around a moment then yelled “DAMN” into the mic before walking off. They started back up their “Yes” chant again.

They had a performance by Travis Barker, Skylar Grey and rapper Kid Ink.

Paige & AJ Lee vs. The Bella Twins

Paige & AJ Lee defeated The Bella Twins via submission. The early story was the Bellas isolating Paige to wear her down as they knocked AJ off the apron several times to get rid of a tag partner for Paige. Eventually, Paige threw both Bellas to the outside and then dove onto them from the apron. She managed to crawl over and escape Nikki to make a hot tag to AJ. AJ took it to Nikki, with Paige grabbing Brie on the outside and tossing her into the ring steps. From there, AJ slapped on her Black Widow and Nikki eventually tapped giving Paige and AJ the big win.

Winners: Paige & AJ Lee defeated The Bella Twins via submission.

They showed highlights from last night's WWE Hall of Fame 2015 induction ceremony. Members of the 2015 Hall of Fame were all introduced on stage in front of the WrestleMania crowd including Rikish, Larry Zbyszko, Alundra Blayze, Steve Michalek on behalf of his son Connor "The Crusher" Michalek, The Bushwackers, Tatsumi Fujinami, Lanny Pofo on behalf of his brother Macho Man Randy Savage, Arnold Schwarzenegger and Kevin Nash.

John Cena vs. Rusev - United States Championship Match

The close saw Cena power up with Rusev holding The Accolade on him. Cena broke out of it. Lana tried to cause some interference on the apron. The ref started to try to get her to get off the apron. Meanwhile, Rusev charged at Cena who stepped aside with the ref. Instead, Rusev bumped Lana who flew off the apron and onto the outside floor near the ramp. Rusev was distracted and Cena grabbed him to hit a winning Attitude Adjustment and the pinfall. Post-match, Rusev yelled at Lana who was being checked on by refs and medical staff. Rusev walked off without her, still angry at his first loss and losing the title. Cena went over and kissed some family members in the front row.

Winner: John Cena defeated Rusev via pinfall to become new United States Champion.

Stephanie announced a new record of 76,976 in attendance for the event. Triple H gloated about defeating Sing and all of the fans watching there and around the world tonight. He said he owns Sting, just like they own all the superstars, divas and fans. Triple H said The Authority always wins. Just then, The Rock’s theme music hit and out came The Rock to interrupt. 

Rock said HHH doesn’t own the people backstage and damn sure doesn’t own him. He talked about how they can talk all this trash or simply create another WrestleMania moment. HHH got in Rock’s face and said they had a hell of a rivalry, but he remembers kicking Rock’s butt for most of it. He said he has nothing to prove and walked away. Rock told him it sounds like he left his balls in Stamford, CT. HHH took off his jacket and prepared to fight, but Stephanie got in between them and reminded Rock that he wouldn’t be anywhere if not for the McMahons. Rock made a comment that Steph wouldn't be in power if not for Vince McMahon's "Johnson." Steph shook her head for a few moments then said "still crass as always" and slapped Rock in the face. She asked what he was going to do about it, hit a woman? Steph told Rock to leave, and he got out of the ring and went up the ramp, but stopped, then walked back to ringside.

Rock walked over the crowd and stopped at Ronda Rousey of the UFC who was in the front row. They shared a look and then Rock invited her over the barrier and into the ring with them. Rousey obliged. Steph tried to pretend that she and Ronda were friends, but Rhonda shook that off. Ultimately, Triple H said he was getting fed up with this whole routine. He tried to walk over and strike Rock, but Rock fought back and beat up HHH in the corner. HHH went across the ring and Rhonda threw him down with an armbar takedown. Steph yelled at Rhonda over what just happened, and tried to hit her, but Rhonda grabbed Steph into an armlock several times. She eventually let go and Steph rolled out of the ring to HHH to back up the ramp. Rock got on the mic to say that was the WrestleMania moment of the night with The Rock and Ronda laying the SmackDown on The Authority.

The Undertaker vs. Bray Wyatt

Wyatt arrived out carrying his lantern down the ramp and was trailed by staggering faceless scarecrows who acted like zombies. Wyatt stopped at one who was motionless on the ramp, tapped it on the forehead and it was able to follow along with the others to the ring.

Late in this one as both guys were worn down, Taker hit a huge clothesline and then stumbled near the ropes. He signaled the cutthroat and then picked up Wyatt for a Tombstone Piledriver. Taker had the cover, but Wyatt kicked out of it to everyone’s surprise. Taker signaled another cutthroat and went for a Tombstone but Bray reversed to hit Sister Abigail for a near fall of his own. The WWE Network video feed cut out but audio stayed on. Later, Wyatt went for Sister Abigail again, but Taker countered and hit the Tombstone Piledriver another time on Wyatt. This time, the pin was good for the win, giving Taker a 22-1 record at Mania. JBL yelled “The Deadman does it again!”

Winner: The Undertaker wins via pinfall over Bray Wyatt.

Roman Reigns vs. Brock Lesnar (WWE Championship)

Reigns hit another big Spear on Lesnar but was recovering near the corner. Just then, Seth Rollins’ theme music hit and he arrived out with the MITB briefcase sans J&J Security. Rollins headed down to the ring quickly as both wrestlers were still on the ring mat. He handed over the briefcase to the ref, who gave it to the outside. Lilian announced that Seth was cashing in for the championship, making this a Triple Threat. He went over and kicked Rollins out of the ring, then set up in the corner. As Lesnar started to got on his hands and feet, Rollins rushed over and hit a Curb Stomp on him. He went over to check the outside for Reigns to make sure he was down, then went for a second Curb Stomp on Brock. This time, Brock caught him and prepared for the F5. Just then, Reigns came in and Speared down Brock for a pinfall. Rollins hit the ropes, came over and Curb Stomped Reigns, then pinned him for the win with Brock out of it. Rollins posed at top of the stage with the WWE Championship as fireworks went off in the stadium to celebrate his victory.

Winner: Seth Rollins defeated Roman Reigns via pinfall in a Triple Threat match for the WWE Championship.

SmackDown Results 03/26/15

SmackDown results from Los Angeles, CA:

Jimmy Uso defeated Cesaro, Big E and Fernando via pinfall. Big E had Fernando set up for the Big Ending but Jimmy kicked him in the face. After Jimmy tossed Fernando out of the ring he got the big splash on Cesaro for the win.

They talked about WrestleMania Axxess before showing a video package on Brock Lesnar re-signing with WWE to close the MMA chapter in his life. They showed a Roman Reigns package talking about his family and the threat he’s facing in Brock Lesnar.

Another video package displayed the history of the Intercontinental Title and showed highlights of various matches. They transitioned to the upcoming ladder match for Mania saying Barrett could make history as the first one to defend the title successfully at WrestleMania in 14 years.

A video package was shown to illustrate the feud between John Cena and Rusev over the United States title for their upcoming WrestleMania match.

AJ Lee came out to discuss how the Bellas manipulated her and Paige into fighting each other because they both love the Divas Championship. Paige came out to the ring to interrupt, saying AJ is trying to skip past what happened on Raw. AJ suggested they need to be on the same page if they want to take the “Kardashians” down at Mania. Paige put out her hand but was interrupted when the Bellas came out. A war of words between the teams occurred, with Nikki about to head to the ring to fight, but Brie stopped her. She said she’d see them at WrestleMania.

Renee Young and Byron Saxton talked about the HHH vs Sting feud and upcoming match, before introducing a video package. They each made predictions for the match with Saxton picking HHH and Young picking Sting.

Another video package shown, focusing on Bray Wyatt saying he will end Undertaker’s reign at WrestleMania and take over as the new face of fear.

Daniel Bryan, John Cena, Mark Henry & Roman Reigns defeated Bray Wyatt, Big Show, Seth Rollins & Kane via pinfall. The main event match lasted almost 20 minutes total. The finish saw Reigns hit his Spear on Kane and Bray Wyatt. Mark Henry hit a Splash on Big Show, and Cena followed it with an AA on Show. Finally, Bryan hit his running knee on Show to get the pinfall win.

Raw Results 03/23/15

Raw results from Los Angeles, CA:

The opening segment had Sting come to the ring to talk about how it feels to kick off Raw, and about that he isn’t here to fight for WCW, because that’s pointless now. He said he’s there to take down Triple H. Stephanie came out to interrupt and called Sting a big fish in a tiny little pond at WCW. She said he lost his dignity and pride when WCW was lost, and he’ll lose whatever’s left of it at WrestleMania against HHH when he gets pinned. Steph called him a face-painted freak, but Sting let out a “Woooo!” Steph went to slap him, with Sting stopping her by grabbing her by the arm.

Triple H’s music hit and he arrived out, removing his tie as he came to ringside to check on Steph’s wrist. She eventually gave HHH the sledgehammer. Sting revealed he had the bat. HHH backed off from getting in the ring and went up the ramp with Stephanie, as Sting continued to motion for HHH to get in the ring with him.

Dean Ambrose & R-Truth defeated Luke Harper & Stardust via pinfall. Truth got control of Stardust late, but Harper broke up a pin attempt. Ambrose came in and they all brawled, with Ambrose taking Harper out of the ring. Truth hit his finisher on Stardust for the win.

Titus O'Neil, Darren Young, Ryback, Zack Ryder & Erick Rowan defeated The Miz, Mizdow, Adam Rose & The Ascension. ESPN’s Bill Simmons joined the commentary team and talked about wanting to do an E60 documentary about Andre the Giant. He also helped Cole promote WWE Network. In the match, Ryback was able to gain control against Miz, hitting a Meathook clothesline and then Shell Shocked for the win.

Fans voted on Randy Orton’s opponents for the night. Seth Rollins along with J&J Security won the poll overwhelmingly over Kane and then Big Show.

Randy Orton defeated Seth Rollins, Jamie Nobiel and Joey Mercury via pinfall. The match lasted a bit over three minutes with Orton getting the best of J&J in the ring late as Rollins was on the outside. Orton hit a double draping DDT. Rollins attempted to sneak back in, but Orton saw him first so Rollins ran away. Orton finished Noble with an RKO to win. 

Nikki Bella defeated Paige via pinfall to retain the Divas title. The match was over 10 minutes long, with a mishap at ringside. AJ Lee and Brie Bella were ringside, with Lee taking out Brie late. Paige went near AJ outside the ring and got elbowed in the face with AJ seeming to do it on accident. Nikki took advantage, bringing Paige back in the ring for a Rack Attack and the pinfall. Post-match, Paige attacked AJ, punching at her. The two rolled around a bit before refs separated them.

They had a segment with Snoop Dogg in the ring to hype up WrestleMania 31. Curtis Axel interrupted, coming to the ring to talk about AxelMania and insulting Snoop’s lyrics. Snoop said Axel is missing the most important Mania of them all. Hulk Hogan’s music hit and he came out to the ring. Hogan joked with Snoop asking what Axel is smoking over here? Axel ripped off his shirt before trying to attack Hogan, but Hogan blocked and punched Axel. Snoop was able to toss Axel out of the ring, then ripped off his shirt to reveal a Hogan shirt. He and Hogan posed in the ring to close the segment.

Los Matadores & El Torito defeated Tyson Kidd, Cesaro and Natalya. Usos were on guest commentary. Torito was able to counter Nat’s power bomb attempt and rolled her up into a pinfall for the win.

They had a backstage segment where Kane told Bad News Barrett to hand over the IC title so it could be hung above the ring. He said if he doesn’t comply, he’ll be stripped of the title. Barrett called it a travesty, but Kane joked he didn’t know why he’s so upset, all he has to do is beat six other men in a ladder match.

Cole reminded fans that on SmackDown the main event is John Cena tagging with Roman Reigns, Daniel Bryan, and Mark Henry to take on Bray Wyatt, Seth Rollins, Big Show and Kane.

Rusev defeated Jack Swagger via submission in a non-title match. Lane was not at ringside as she is shooting a movie. Rusev won in over four minutes, using the Accolade to make Swagger tap out. He kept the hold on after the match, but John Cena’s music hit. Cena rushed the ring to attack. Rusev got the upperhand and shoved Cena into the barricade near the ring. He kicked Cean in the face, before tearing the announcers’ table up and putting Cena on it for The Accolade. Rusev posed after releasing the hold.

Bray Wyatt came down to stand in the ring with a spotlight shining on him while the rest of the arena was dark. He talked about people not liking the person they’ve become and that they’re all liars. He said he may be a lot of things, but a liar isn’t one of them. He said the sword of truth will cut through the deception of your world. He said Undertaker is like them, a liar, denying that he wants his soul set free. Wyatt called himself the one to take him back to the other side. Undertaker’s lightning flickered and Wyatt said that’s what the fans are addicted to, but the lights and demons belong to him now. He said he has judged Taker to be guilty and he will meet his fate in the form of Sister Abigail’s Kiss.

Dolph Ziggler defeated Daniel Bryan via pinfall. Dean Ambrose was voted by fans to be the special referee for the match. Late in this one, Bryan had the advantage and was throwing kicks at Dolph. Bryan charged Ziggler in the corner moments later only to get super kicked by Ziggler and then hit by the Zig Zag. Post-match, Ambrose attacked Ziggler, then went to ringside to grab a ladder. He went up the ladder in the ring where the IC title was hanging up. The rest of the ladder match participants came out to get in a brawl. Eventually, Harper shoved a ladder over when Stardust and Ambrose were on it. The ladder bounced back to land on Harper’s leg. He rolled out of the ring holding his leg in pain.

Paul Heyman arrived out with WWE Champion Brock Lesnar for the final segment. Heyman put over his client for the WrestleMania main event, saying if you want to see him put a beating on another human being, this is the fight to watch. He said Brock has made failures of all others put in his path. He also mentioned that John cent is not the main event at WrestleMania this year, Brock Lesnar is. Heyman concluded by mocking Roman Reigns’ catchphrase line. Reigns’ music hit and he arrived out to the ring to stare down Lesnar. Lesnar held up his title belt to brag a bit, before Reigns snatched it away and held it up, drawing boos. The two men tugged on the belt between them, glaring at each other as Raw went off the air.

SmackDown Results 03/20/15

SmackDown results from Kansas City, MO:

The opening segment had Roman Reigns come out to talk about Brock Lesnar and Paul Heyman trying to use intimidation tactics. He was interrupted by Mark Henry who came out to endorse Reigns after he got the best of him last week, spearing him through a barricade. He said all his money’s on Reigns to beat Lesnar at Mania. Seth Rollins interrupted with The Authority and Kane. Kane said he doesn’t believe for a second that Reigns can beat Lesnar at Mania. Rollins said anything is possible at WM and held up his MITB briefcase. He then said people are looking forward to seeing Randy Orton tonight but he won’t be there because extra security has been brought in to secure the arena. Rollins said at WrestleMania he’ll get his face-to-face with Orton and show him the future of the WWE. Rollins said he needs to work out some aggression tonight. Kane booked he and Rollins against Henry and Reigns for the main event match.

Paige defeated Brie Bella via pinfall. Paige won after reversing Brie’s pinfall attempt into an a crucifix for the winning pin. Post-match, AJ Lee and Nikki talked trash back and forth on the mic.

A gauntlet match was announced involving all of the participants in the IC title ladder match for WrestleMania.

Dean Ambrose defeated Stardust via pinfall. Stardust tried for a late Sunset flip only to have it blocked by Ambrose who put him down for the pin.

Dean Ambrose defeated R-Truth via pinfall. Truth rushed to the ring after Stardust lost and sent Stardust out of the ring. Stardust distracted Truth after that, which allowed Ambrose to hit Dirty Deeds for the win.

Luke Harper defeated Dean Ambrose via pinfall. A back and forth match which lasted six minutes, saw Ambrose come back late, hitting a huge clothesline. However, Harper hit a discus clothesline and then a sit-out powerbomb for the win.

Daniel Bryan defeated Luke Harper via submission. Late in the match, Harper hit a discus clothesline but only got two. Bryan was able to slip out of a power bomb attempt and then put Harper into a submission hold to make him tap.

Dolph Ziggler defeated Daniel Bryan via pinfall. Bryan had a Yes Lock on Ziggler late. Ziggler managed to fight his way out. Moments later, Bryan tried for a kick to Ziggler’s head but Dolph avoided it and then hit the Zig Zag to get the win. Post-match, IC title holder Wade Barrett walked down the ramp with a mic in hand to start talking trash about Ziggler. Ziggler attacked him, but Barrett hit him with the mic. He brawled with Daniel Bryan. Eventually, Barrett laid out both guys with a mic shot and Bull Hammer elbows to stand tall.

Natalya, Kidd and Cesaro defeated El Torito & Los Matadores via pinfall. Late in the match, Diego and Fernando knocked the tag champs out of the ring before diving out on them. That left Natalya against Torito with the diva hitting a sit out power bomb on the little guy for the pinfall win.

Roman Reigns made his entrance for the main event. Backstage, the camera caught footage of his supposed tag team partner Mark Henry laid out with a steel chair next to him. The Authority made their entrance next with extra security guards to help out.

Roman Reigns defeated Seth Rollins and Kane via pinfall. Early in the match, Kane and Rollins continued to team up on Reigns as J&J Security interfered to try to help out. Later on, Reigns was able to clear some of the guards off the side apron. The close saw Rollins choke Reigns on the top rope. Kane tagged himself in as Rollins jumped off the top rope into a Superman Punch and then Kane was the recipient of a Spear from Reigns for the win. 

Post-match, Reigns went up the ramp after shoving security guards out of his way. In the ring, Rollins was throwing a tantrum over the loss. Randy Orton’s music hit and Rollins looked around for him, but Orton surprised him from behind. Security guards got involved but Orton RKO’d them or hit draping DDTs. He eventually an RKO on Noble and one on Mercury, before Rollins escaped the ring as SmackDown closed with Orton looking out at him.

Raw Results 03/16/15

Raw Results from Des Moines, IA:

The opening segment featured Seth Rollins, J&J Security, Big Show and Kane discussing what Randy Orton did on last week’s show. They discussed how he was a rat and sociopathic. Rollins said Orton has never messed with someone like him. He told Orton he’d accept his WrestleMania challenge on one condition, that Orton faces him in a match later tonight. Orton came out to interrupt, with Orton saying he accepts. He said he knows it will be 5-on-1 so they better finish the job tonight because otherwise, he’ll end the “future of WWE” at WrestleMania.

Nikki Bella defeated AJ Lee via pinfall. Late in the match, Brie and Paige started to fight outside with Brie slamming Paige into the ring post. AJ was distracted in the ring allowing Nikki to hit her Rack Attack finisher.

Backstage, Renee Young talked to Kane and Big Show. Kane said that Show will be in Seth Rollins’ corner for the main event tonight. Show started arguing that Kane didn’t tell him this earlier. They started to argue more but Rollins showed up and reminded them why they were sent home last week. He asked how stupid they could be. Kane told Rollins he’s been acting like a spoiled jerk since winning MITB. Kane said he’s not gonna be in Rollins’ corner and Show doesn’t have to be either. Show shot a glare Rollins’ way as the two walked off.

Ryback defeated The Miz via pinfall. Mizdow was ringside. Ryback recovered in the match after Miz yelled at Mizdow at ringside. After the Meathook Clothesline, Ryback finished Miz with Shellshocked. Post-match, Miz hit a Skullcrushing Finale on Mizdow to take out his frustration.

They had an in-ring contract signing for the Cena vs Rusev US title match at WM 31. Cena was out first and cut a promo about how Rusev is currently the representation of the United States as long as he wears the belt and Cena is saying “enough is enough.” Rusev arrived out with an unknown man with him, who turned out to be an attorney. He said they would not sign the contract because Rusev never officially agreed to a match like Stephanie McMahon said he needed to. They showed footage of Lana agreeing to it last week. Cena made a comment about “having balls.” Rusev insulted America some before he finally signed the contract, flipped the table against Cena and left the ring.

Tyson Kidd & Cesaro defeated Kofi Kingston & Big E via pinfall in a non-title match. Los Matadores were ringside with El Torito. At one point, Kofi was distracted, so Cesaro hit him with a move from behind then got the pin. Post-match, Los Matadores attacked Xavier Woods on the outside and put him into the ring for a Neutralizer from Cesaro. Torito got in the ring and attacked Cesaro, causing him to flee the ring. Matadores and Torito celebrated.

Backstage, Jamie Noble told Rollins if he’d just listened to him last week they wouldn’t be in this mess now. Rollins slapped Noble in the face and threatened to fire him. Instead, Noble quit and walked off.

They had a sit-down pre-recorded interview with WWE champ Brock Lesnar. He talked about ending Undertaker’s streak and not caring about the people who were disappointed with that. He said his contract situation with WWE is if he stays with the company, he’ll be champion, and if he leaves, he’ll leave as champion. He talked about there being no happy ending or feel good moments at WrestleMania for Roman Reigns, because he’s going to mess him up. The End.

The Andre the Giant battle royal trophy was shown sitting at ringside. Big Show attacked Erick Rowan as he was trying to get in the ring for their match. Show kept up the attack, as the commentators discussed the same thing happening a few weeks ago on SmackDown.

They showed a video package for the latest WWE Hall of Fame inductee, Larry Zbyszko.

They had an in-ring segment with some of the Andre the Giant Battle Royal participants. Fandango, Goldust, Heath Slater, Adam Rose, Curtis Axel, Alex Riley, Titus O’Neil, Jack Swagger, Darren Young and Kane were there. Kane said to forget about AxelMania, he was there to show them what will happen in the battle royal. Axel left the ring right as Mark Henry showed up. Henry announced he’ll be in the Battle Royal too. He and Kane eliminated all the other guys from the ring. Henry started to try to eliminate Kane, but Axel came in the ring and attacked him. Henry dumped Kane out, then got Axel out.

They had an in-ring promo from Paul Heyman about Brock Lesnar taking on Roman Reigns at WrestleMania. He talked about what WWE will do if Brock Lesnar ignores the rules, asking if they’ll cut the lights out on the match, cut out the WWE Network feed and give viewers their money back. He said everyone will be stuck with Brock Lesnar as WWE champion and there’s nothing they can do. Heyman acted like his mic was cut out, then slapped it. He said doing that to him is one thing, but they won’t do that to Brock Lesnar. Roman Reigns music hit and he eventually came out through the crowd.

Reigns said he respects Heyman as one of the best talkers in the business. He said some people might think Heyman’s talking trash about his family but he’s just introducing what he’s all about really. He said he’s going to address Heyman’s client now. He looked at the camera saying he’d say it to his face if he were there right now. He said they both view this as a fight, and that he’ll have plenty of his family members there to carry him out, but it’ll be as the WWE Champion. He said he will beat Lesnar at Mania, “Because I can, I will and I believe that.”

Backsage, Renee Young interviewed Heyman about what Reigns said. Heyman said Reigns is playing it calm, cool and collected, but next week he’ll get a chance to say whatever he wants face-to-face with his client Brock Lesnar. He said Lesnar can do anything he wants to Reigns next week, so Reigns may want to spend the next week thinking about that and knowing there’s nothing he can do about it.

Daniel Bryan, Dean Ambrose, and Dolph Ziggler defeated Bad News Barrett, Stardust, and Luke Harper via pinfall. The match lasted about 17 minutes total. It came down to Ambrose tagging himself in when Bryan was in. Ambrose had a 2 count on Harper that Stardust broke up. Ambrose hit a huge clothesline off the ropes on Stardust, then eventually hit Dirty Deeds on the legal man, Barrett, for the pinfall win. Post-match, Harper attacked Ambrose and wanted Truth to give the title belt to him. Ambrose attacked Harper and Stardust stole the title from Truth. Everyone eventually got involved, taking turns with attacks. Bryan hit Harper with a running knee, but then Barrett hit Bryan, Ambrose and Ziggler with Bull Hammer elbows, before grabbing back his title belt and leaving the ring. At ringside, he hit R-Truth with another Bull Hammer.

Backstage, Rollins got irritated with Stephanie and Triple H asking what they were going to do about everyone quitting on him. Stephanie said Rollins made his own bed so he needs to lie in it. Rollins blamed Steph for sending Show and Kane home last week. Triple H got in Rollins’ face, and Rollins asked if he was done playing hide and seek with Sting. He asked if HHH is going to screw with the Future of WWE. Steph got in the middle telling Rollins to take responsibility for his actions. HHH told Rollins to run along before things got worse for him.

A Bray Wyatt promo was shown from a smokey set where he talked about how Taker only turned his chair to dust last week. He said Taker’s afraid to show his face because he knows the eyes of the world have been opened. He said Taker’s fate is sealed and WrestleMania is going to be his final resting place and after that “no one will be safe.”

Randy Orton came to the ring for the main event. Seth Rollins’ music hit and he arrived out alone on stage with his MITB briefcase. He said on the mic that it took Orton 3 weeks to make a fool out of him and The Authority, but it only took him one night to make a fool out of Orton. The Authority’s music played and out came Stephanie, HHH, Kane, Show and J&J. They all walked down to get on the apron and surround the ring. Just as they all started to enter the ring, the lights went out sending the crowd into a frenzy. When the lights came back on, Sting was standing in the ring with his baseball bat next to Orton. Orton looked puzzled, but had a chair in hand and got prepared to fight with Sting.

The duo cleared Kane and Big Show out of the ring. Sting hit a Stinger Splash on Noble and Mercury. Then hit a Scorpion Death Drop on Noble. Orton hit an RKO on Mercury. Sting gave a staredown to HHH. The fans chanted for him to close the show as Sting pointed his bat from the ring towards HHH. Cole called it one of the greatest moments in the history of Raw.

SmackDown Results 03/13/15

SmackDown results from Detroit, MI:

A Daniel Bryan promo kicked off the latest episode of SmackDown. He put his name into the ladder match at WrestleMania for Wade Barrett’s Intercontinental Title. Barrett came out to interrupt reminding everyone he’s still champ. Ziggler, Harper, Ambrose and R-Truth all got into the promo. It ended up creating a big tag match for the main event.

Tyson Kidd & Cesaro and Los Matadores defeated New Day and The Usos via pinfall. Los Matadores managed to pull a switch to get a pinfall. Fernando hit a neck breaker on Kofi for the win.

Ryback defeated The Miz via pinfall. Ryback hit a Meathook Clothesline and the Shellshocked for the win.

Roman Reigns came out to cut a response promo to Paul Heyman. Mark Henry came out to interrupt it. It ended up with Reigns hitting a Superman Punch on Henry and spearing him through the barricade outside the ring before climbing on the announce table to yell in rage.

AJ and Page defeated The Bellas via submission. Paige put the PTO on Summer to make her tap after AJ knocked Cameron off the apron.

Randy Orton did a backstage interview about Seth Rollins, challenging him to a match for WrestleMania.

Daniel Bryan, Dean Ambrose, and Dolph Ziggler defeated Luke Harper, Wade Barrett and Stardust via pinfall. Ziggler slipped out of Harper’s finishing attempt late and hit Zig Zag. He tagged in Bryan who hit the running knee for the win. Post-match, Ziggler thanked Bryan for stealing the match from him. He said Bryan had luck on his side at last year’s Mania, but this time around Dolph will be in the match. Ambrose took the mic and said he knows Ziggler has some professional jealousy and maybe an inferiority complex. He said he may not agree with Ziggler on much, but that everyone thinks D-Bryan is a great guy, but backstage everyone knows the truth about Daniel Bryan, that he’s a turd.

Raw Results 03/09/15

Raw results from Pittsburgh, PA:

Opening segment had Seth Rollins, Big Show, J&J Security and Kane in the ring. Randy Orton came down and they did a bit of a talk about welcoming him back to The Authority, one-by-one. J&J said they felt Orton couldn’t be trusted. Orton started saying he has just been doing all this to get close to Rollins so he can dismantle him. Things got serious and Orton gave a head fake at Rollins, but then said he was just kidding about everything. Rollins laughed it off and hugged Orton and then the group put their hands in for a “Because that’s what’s best for business” line.

Daniel Bryan defeated Bad News Barrett via pinfall in a non-title match. R-Truth was on guest commentary. Bryan won with a running knee after making a comeback. As he celebrated post-match, BNB dropped him with the Bull Hammer Elbow. As Barrett went up the ramp, Dean Ambrose’s music hit and he rushed out to knock Barrett down.

Dean Ambrose defeated Stardust via pinfall. Stardust came out wearing the IC title belt. Ambrose came back in the match after Stardust worked on his hurt knee for a while. Ambrose hit Dirty Deeds. Post-match, Ambrose took the IC belt but Barrett came out and attacked from behind. Daniel Bryan attacked BNB next. Luke Harper and Dolph Ziggler both got involved in the brawl. R-Truth took advantage of everyone fighting and grabbed the belt in a burlap sack he had. He sat down at the commentary table. BNB eventually went over and demanded the belt. Truth handed him a different sack and then left up the ramp. Barrett found the sack had a fake belt in and Truth revealed he had the real one on stage.

Michael Cole announced that Connor Michalek will be a special inductee into the WWE Hall of Fame Class of 2015. Michalek was an 8-year-old WWE fan who died of brain cancer. He will be the first-ever recipient of the Warrior Award. His family was shown seated at ringside, while fans chanted “Connor.”

Paul Heyman came to the ring and stood there as a highlight video played of Roman Reigns including a Byron Saxton interview he was in. Heyman called Brock Lesnar to the ring as he made his first appearance on Raw in a while. Heyman talked up how Reigns was raised and was considered a tough guy fighter, but that he won’t be defeating Brock Lesnar. He said that nobody can take the title away from Brock and if he wants to spend his summer unifying the WWE and UFC titles, so be it. He suggested that Brock could go to Vegas and slap around Mayweather and Pacquiao if he wanted to. Heyman put over Brock’s accomplishments including sending The Rock to Hollywood, nearly killing Undertaker as he took away his streak and destroying John Cena. Heyman said Brock’s name again and then they looked up to the WrestleMania 31 banner to close things.

Erick Rowan & Ryback defeated Big Show & Kane via pinfall. Kane held Rowan and Show went for the KO punch. Rowan moved away and Show KO’d Kane instead. Rowan ended up with a pin on Kane for the win. Post-match, Kane and Show kept arguing. Stephanie McMahon came out and told them to shut up. She said she wants “her monsters back” then ordered them both to pack up their stuff and leave the arena. The duo left the ring looking humbled.

Backstage, The Miz pitched an album idea to Wiz Khalifa who said their brands don’t really go together and he’d already ran into an A-lister today. Mizdow came out in a hat with a dreads wig. He rapped a bit about being in the Andre the Giant Memorial Battle Royal. Miz left the scene upset.

Wiz Khalifa performed three of his hit songs including “We Dem Boyz,” “Black and Yellow” and one other. After the set, Mizdow came out and shook hands with him.

The Bella Twins had a backstage promo where Byron Saxton congratulated them for being a part of The Flinstones movie. They said they're the only divas in the movie and are the best team since Betty and Wilma.

AJ Lee defeated Summer Rae via submission. The match lasted about 3 minutes with AJ able to put on the Black Widow for the win.

A video package was shown with Sting speaking about broken authority of the NWO in WCW. He brought up how at WrestleMania it will be game over for Triple H, as he’s been waiting 14 years for this opportunity.

Backstage, Rusev and Lana were walking when they came upon Cena. Rusev told Cena he’s not getting a rematch at WrestleMania. Cena said he knows that fighting at Mania is a privilege, not a right, and it’s a shame Rusev hasn’t figured that out. Cena said it’s fine if Rusev is proud of where he’s from but he can’t go around here degrading this country. Cena said if Rusev goes out there and says anything bad about the US he’ll see just how much fight America has. Rusev smirked as he walked off.

Rusev defeated Curtis Axel via submission in a non-title match. Rusev attacked Axel before the bell. The ref allowed Axel to recover before starting the match. Rusev got a kick in on him and then put in The Accolade for a quick win. Post-match, Rusev got on the mic to start trash talking the U.S. but John Cena came out. Cena took off his hat and shirt and rushed to the ring to attack. He managed to get the better of Rusev and put him in the STF until he passed out. Cena poured water on Rusev to wake him up and then put on the STF again. Rusev tapped out. Lana begged Cena to let go and finally said Cena could have his title match at Mania. Cena let go of the hold.

Xavier Woods & Big E defeated Tyson Kidd & Cesaro in a non-title match. Kofi cheered on New Day team members from ringside. Kidd and Woods were in the ring late, with Woods able to roll through a move to get the pinfall. Post-match New Day was leaving up the ramp as The Uso Brothers and Naomi came to the ring for a match.

Naomi defeated Natalya via pinfall. Naomi hit the Rearview finisher for the win. Post-match, Los Matadores came to the ring for a match as they walked by Kidd, Cesaro and Natalya.

Los Matadores defeated The Usos via pinfall. Late in the match, Torito distracted one of the Usos. One of Los Matadores ended up running the legal Uso at Torito and then was able to roll him up for the pinfall.

Backstage, Rollins reminded J&J they are working for him and said that Orton is one of them. J&J remained skeptical of Orton’s allegiance but Rollins seemed to buy into it.

Bray Wyatt did an in-ring promo about Undertaker and had the Urn in the ring on a podium. He talked about the streak ending and said WrestleMania can be a chance for Undertaker’s resurrection but it will be his final resting place. He told Taker to “come out, come out wherever you are.” Eventually the lights flickered and Taker’s gong sounded. Wyatt kept asking if he was there. The lights went out again with another gong and then a third time. A message appeared on the screen “WrestleMania: The Man Comes Around.” Taker’s voice was heard saying “You will rest in peace.” A lightning bolt hit Bray’s rocking chair and it caught on fire in the ring. Bray laughed about it maniacally as the segment closed.

Roman Reigns defeated Seth Rollins & Randy Orton via pinfall in a handicap match. Early on, Orton argued with J&J so Rollins sent them backstage. At one point, Reigns had control against Rollins who went over for a tag but Orton pulled away. He gave a double middle finger to Rollins. Reigns did his yell and then hit a Spear on Rollins for the win. Post-match, Orton picked up Rollins and asked if he really thought he was going to let what he did to him slide. Orton conducted an assault on Rollins at ringside which included a draping DDT off the guardrail and chasing him into the crowd with a chair. Eventually, Rollins was tossed over the announcers table. Orton picked him up on the table and hit the RKO to crash through the table. Orton walked off as his music played with Rollins laying out cold on the floor to close Raw.

SmackDown Results 03/05/15

SmackDown results from Washington, DC:

Opening segment had an exchange between the various competitors for the WrestleMania IC title ladder match. Ziggler came out wearing the belt, but was interrupted by Bad News Barrett. Luke Harper snuck up behind Ziggler to take the belt away and knock him out of the ring. Dean Ambrose came down to help Ziggler fight the heels. R-Truth snuck to the ring and was able to get away with the belt to go backstage, leaving everyone else clueless where the belt went. Backstage, he told Renee Young his plan was to hold onto the belt through WrestleMania. She told him that it would be hanging above the ring at the ladder match and Truth acted surprised.

Cesar and Tyson Kidd defeated Los Matadors in a non-title matchup via pinfall. Kidd and Cesaro hit a double team Swing into a neck breaker for Cesaro to get the win.

Backstage, Kane and Big Show bickered about Randy Orton. Both guys said they’re entering the Andre the Giant Memorial Battle Royal. Show joked about Kane being Devil’s Favorite Demon or Men’s Warehouse spokesperson. Kane told Show he’ll know after he faces Ryback tonight.

Ryback defeated Kane via pinfall. Ryback shoved Kane into Big Show at one point, and Ryback followed the distraction with a Meathook Clothesline to win. Post-match, Kane got a microphone and told Ryback he’s got another match - against Big Show, next.

Big Show defeated Ryback via pinfall. Kane interfered in the match late and Ryback hit another Meathook Clothesline on him. Big Show was able to take advantage of the distraction to hit a KO punch on Ryback for the win.

Bray Wyatt cut a promo about how he has something he thinks Taker can relate to. He said he’ll unleash it’s spirit on Monday’s episode of Raw, because not even he can outrun his own fate.

AJ Lee defeated Brie Bella via submission. Paige and Nikki Bella were also ringside. Late in the match, all four divas got into a bit of a fight on the outside. AJ managed to toss Brie back inside and then put the Black Widow on her. Paige stopped Nikki from getting involved and Brie tapped out.

Renee Young interviewed Daniel Bryan backstage alluding to comments Dolph Ziggler made about him earlier with regards to the IC title match. Bryan said Ziggler might be right about it stealing the show at Mania. He said he’s interested to see who leaves the building tonight with the belt.

New Day defeated The Miz and Damien Mizdow via pinfall. Late in the match, Mizdow was in control of Kofi, but Miz tagged back into the match. The duo argued a bit and Big E took control, hitting Miz with a Big Ending DDT double team move for the win.

A promo from Roman Reigns discussed how Paul Heyman has made a living by running his mouth and lying. Reigns admitted he knows he’s gonna get hurt at Mania, but he’s going to use all he’s got and get back up. He vowed to cut Brock in half with a spear to win the WWE title.

Rusev defeated Jack Swagger via submission. During the match, Swagger gained control when he sent Rusev out of the ring. He went after him and tossed Rusev back in but as Swagger got in he ran into a huge kick. Rusev stomped on Swagger and put on The Accolade for the win.

Curtis Axel had a promo on the Titantron doing a Hulk Hogan impression. He said he’s coming after Rusev this Monday and then for the US Championship at WrestleMania. Axel ripped off his shirts and flexed for the promo.

Dolph Ziggler and Dean Ambrose defeated Bad News Barrett and Luke Harper via pinfall. The match lasted just under ten minutes. The win came when Ambrose took Barrett out of the ring and Ziggler was able to hit a superkick and then a Zig Zag on Harper for the win. Post-match, Barrett hit a Bull Hammer on Ziggler and went to get the IC belt from Truth. Ambrose dove out onto Barrett and Truth headed up the ramp. Luke Harper tried to confront him, but Truth avoided him and went up the ramp. Daniel Bryan’s music hit and he came onto the ramp so Truth handed him the belt. Bryan celebrated a bit until Stardust arrived out to attack him and took the title as his to finish out SmackDown.

Raw Results 03/02/15

Raw results from Newark, NJ:

The opening segment had Seth Rollins come to the ring with Joey Mercury and Jamie Noble. They replayed footage of Rollins showing up on Jon Stewart’s “Daily Show” and challenging Stewart to come to Raw on Monday. Roman Reigns came out to interrupt. Rollins talked about how he’ll be the next WWE champ, not Reigns. He listed out the various ways he could cash in his MITB contract. Reigns said maybe he could punch him in the mouth. Rollins shoved Reigns who punched back. J&J Security went after Reigns, but he fought them off, hitting a Superman Punch and the Spear. Rollins rolled out of the ring to safety.

Backstage, Rollins complained to J&J about getting punched by Reigns. Randy Orton showed up and suggested Rollins should take on Reigns tonight to show he’s the better fighter. Rollins thanked him for the advice, but said he’d handle it on his own. Orton said he was only trying to help.

Dean Ambrose defeated Bad News Barrett via pinfall in a non-title match. Ambrose hit Dirty Deeds due to Luke Harper coming to ringside and taking the IC title from R-Truth who was on commentary.

Backstage, The Miz had various superstars around to see the debut of his new commercial on a flat screen TV. Instead, it was an erectile dysfunction commercial with Miz talking about how it’s “too soft, too small and utterly useless.” It finished with Mizdow delivering the product tag line as he stood with two actresses. Miz got upset and yelled at Mizdow for setting him up. He slapped Mizdow, who got upset, but Miz reminded him he’s the reason he is still working. Mizdow apologized but still seemed irked.

Bray Wyatt came out with a giant wooden casket to cut a promo on Undertaker. He said he built it just for Taker, but “where are you?” He poured gasoline on the casket and said Taker can’t hide. Bray added that “everything burns and The Undertaker will burn at WrestleMania.”

The Usos and Naomi defeated Tyson Kidd, Cesaro and Natalya via pinfall in a non-title match. Naomi scored the winning pinfall on Natalya who still had a hurt leg from last time. Kidd and Natalya got into an argument post-match with Cesaro trying to keep the peace. Kidd hugged Natalya and she cried.

John Cena came to the ring to talk about not getting his rematch for the US title. He said rather than whine or complain he was going to enter the Andre the Giant Memorial Battle Royal at WrestleMania 31. Stephanie McMahon came down to the ring to interrupt and told him he didn’t get to decide if he’s in that match or not. She mentioned that Cena couldn’t get the job done against Rusev, so maybe it’s time to find someone who can. Curtis Axel came out wearing his #AXELMANIA t-shirt and said “Don’t change the channel because AxelMania is running wild!” Cena told Axel he was giving him one chance to leave the ring now, because if the match starts, Axel won’t walk out of the ring.

John Cena defeated Curtis Axel via submission. Axel did some mock Hulk Hogan poses and some of the crowd chanted “Axel Mania.” Cena got a huge clothesline and then hit the Attitude Adjustment later followed by an STF. Post-match, Lana and Rusev came out. Rusev kept the crowd waiting several times saying it was up to him if he fights Cena at WrestleMania. He finally said his answer is “No” and the Russian flag fell behind Cena in the ring.

Triple H came out to do a promo about Sting. He brought up how he gave Sting a chance for greatness with WWE but he’s trading it all for one fight on the grandest stage of them all at WrestleMania. HHH said he heard Booker’s comments on commentary suggesting that maybe HHH did some politicking to keep Sting from ever being part of WWE before. Triple H invited Booker in the ring and bantered with him a bit about what he said. He talked about the funny thing about having power and control, then said “Oh and Booker you’re fired.” Booker started to leave the ring as if he was done, but HHH said he was just messing with him. Triple H said that was just an example of control. Before HHH left the ringside area, he walked over to Booker, said some words to him and patted him on the back.

Paige defeated Nikki Bella due to disqualification. The match was for the Divas title with Brie at ringside. Late in the match, Paige was able to knock Brie off the ring apron then kicked Nikki to put on the PTO. Brie interfered and hit Paige to cause a DQ. Post-match, both Bellas began beating up Paige. A.J. Lee’s music hit and she ran to the ring to help Paige clear the ring of the Bellas.

Backstage, Renee Young interviewed A.J. Lee about coming back. Paige was there and asked AJ who asked her to come out there. AJ said nobody and it’s a good thing because she doesn’t do what she’s told. She said she saw The Bellas bullying the divas division and thought she’d come back to “give Divas a chance.” Paige said they’ve been friends and enemies in the past but she respects her unlike the Kardashian and Olsen twin wannabes. 

Seth Rollins did an in-ring mock version of “The Daily Show” to show why he can do the show better than Jon Stewart. He brought up Stewart not showing up and then dissed him including some jabs at his movie and his fake comedy show. “The Daily Show” music hit and out came Jon Stewart to the ring. Once in-ring, Stewart talked about how Rollins never earned anything and he’s just a poster boy for The Authority. He told him that posters eventually get taken down when people get tired of them. 

Stewart brought up former greats like Bruno, Gorilla Monsoon, Mick Foley, Steve Austin and The Undertaker, saying Rollins took shortcuts, unlike those guys. Eventually Rollins got upset and grabbed Stewart by the collar. Randy Orton’s music hit and Rollins turned to look to see where Orton was. Stewart delivered a low blow kick to stun Rollins, who fell against the desk in the ring. Stewart left the ring. Orton came in and jawed at Rollins a bit, then walked up the ramp with Stewart following behind.

Daniel Bryan defeated Luke Harper via submission. Harper had the IC title belt he’d taken from earlier from Wade Barrett’s match. Bryan won eventually with the Yes Lock. Post-match, Barrett came to the ring and attacked a celebrating Bryan, then snatched the title belt back. Dean Ambrose rushed out to attack and took the title belt. Harper delivered a big boot and took the title away. R-Truth showed up next and took the title away from Harper, who recovered and took it back. Finally, Dolph Ziggler came out and super kicked Harper to take the belt and pose on stage with it.

They had a video package to introduce the new WWE Hall of Fame 2015 class member, Alundra Blayze aka “Madusa.”

Backstage, Rollins was upset with J&J Security with him. Orton showed up and security held him back. He said he saved Rollins money by making sure he didn’t put his hands on Stewart. He told Rollins if he needs help against Reigns tonight, all he has to do is ask. Big Show and Kane showed up and stood behind Orton as backup. Jamie Noble told them they wouldn’t need anyone else out there.

Paul Heyman came out to cut a promo about his client, Brock Lesnar. He said it was true that his client will be at WrestleMania, Believe that. He said his client will go anywhere he damn well pleases before Mania (inferring UFC events). A few times, Heyman’s mic sound went out so he demanded a new one which Lilian Garcia handed him. He talked about how Brock would squash other wrestlers such as Austin, Taker, Daniel Bryan, etc, and that he would likely do the same thing to Roman Reigns. He referenced that it may be a beating like Brock gave Cena at SummerSlam or similar to how Ronda Rousey won her match in 14 seconds at the UFC pay-per-view. He said Reigns will be “beaten, hurt, emasculated and conquered by Lesnar, Believe that.” Reigns’ music hit and he made his way to the ring through the crowd as Heyman left the ring.

Seth Rollins defeated Roman Reigns via pinfall. J&J, Big Show and Kane were all ringside for Rollins. Randy Orton’s music hit at one point when Rollins gained control. Later in the match, Reigns hit Big Show on the outside, but Kane was there to hit Reigns with a chair to the gut. Back in the ring, Rollins had the advantage and nearly hit a Curb stomp but Reigns avoided it. Reigns set up for his finish, but Orton reached in to grab his legs. Rollins used the distraction to grab a rollup pinfall for the win. Post-match, Orton went backstage. Reigns dove out onto the other heels on the outside. Back in the ring, he speared Show and then speared Rollins after jumping from the top rope. Reigns stood tall to close out Raw.

SmackDown Results 02/26/15

SmackDown results from Atlanta, GA:

Opening segment involved Daniel Bryan giving a promo about how nobody believed in him last year, but now he has people behind him who helped him to main event WrestleMania. Bad News Barrett came out to interrupt and the two traded verbal jabs. Ambrose comes out with the IC belt he took to attack Barrett. Bryan picks up the IC title when its dropped. Barrett gets back up, so Bryan and Ambrose put him down, then Ambrose picks up the title to close the segment.

Dean Ambrose defeated The Miz via pinfall. Ambrose hit Dirty Deeds for the win after reversing Skull Crushing Finale. Barrett also came out to try to get his championship belt back. Mizdow wasn’t there for the match.

Natalya defeated Naomi via pinfall. The Usos and Cesaro/Kidd were all ringside. Late in the match, Naomi went after Natalya’s hurt leg, but Cesaro and Kidd got attacked on the outside by The Usos. The ref checked on Natalya to see if she was ok. Naomi wasn’t ready as Natalya sprung to action and clotheslined her down for the win.

Rusev and Lana came out to do another anti-Cena, pro-Putin promo. They had a message on screen with Putin calling Rusev a hero. Rusev said he’ll defend his title at WrestleMania against a worthy opponent but not John Cena again. Jack Swagger came out to suggest Rusev is scared of Cena. Swagger attacked Rusev and cleared him out of the ring. Rusev snuck back in and kicked Swagger, then held The Accolade on him to make Swagger try to tap.

Daniel Bryan defeated Wade Barrett via pinfall in a non-title match. During the match, R-Truth grabbed the IC title belt and took off with it. Barrett was able to recover from the Yes Lock and tossed Bryan into the ring post. Moments later, Bryan countered a Bull Hammer elbow with his running knee for the win.

Byron Saxton had an interview with Roman Reigns saying he hates the word “can’t.” He vows to defeat Brock Lesnar and said he’ll prove it at Mania.

Fandango defeated Curtis Axel via pinfall. Axel cut a promo on his #Axelmania movement. Fandango got the quick win, hitting his top rope leg drop finisher.

Mizdow was shown backstage doing a commercial shoot. The Miz showed up and yelled at him. The director then offered Miz the commercial instead, which he accepted. Mizdow was upset by it.

They announced Bad News Barrett will defend the IC title at WrestleMania in a ladder match with multiple opponents.

Goldust defeated Adam Rose via pinfall. Rose missed on a late top rope move so Goldust hist the Final Cut.

Ryback, Erick Rowan & Dolph Ziggler defeated Seth Rollins, Big Show and Kane via pinfall. Late in the match, Ryback hit ShellShocked for the victory with the face celebration closing out SmackDown.