Elimination Chamber is in the books and we’re back for another edition of Monday Night Raw. Dean Ambrose left with the WWE Heavyweight Title although Seth Rollins was named the victor of the match. HHH has given Ambrose to the start of Raw to return the belt or else. NXT champ Kevin Owens pinned John Cena in his debut. We’ll certainly see some fallout from that tonight. Who will be the first to challenge Ryback for his newly-gained Intercontinental Title? Who will be the next tag team contenders to challenge New Day after they retained their titles at Elimination Chamber? All this and more tonight on Raw. Stick with us here for live updates and highlights.
* The Authority opens the show and HHH tells Ambrose to return the belt. Roman Reigns comes out instead, says Ambrose is not there and wants a rematch (ladder match) at Money in the Bank. Reigns tells Rollins he may be the worst WWE Heavyweight Champ ever. Rollins tells Reigns he’ll give Ambrose his rematch and doesn’t need anyone, including the Authority. He throws the mic down and walks out. HHH tells Reigns he will fight tonight and if he loses, he’s out of the MITB ladder match. That match will be against King Barrett.
* Roman Reigns vs. King Barrett — Reigns’ participation in MITB on the line here. Reigns ducks a clothesline and hits a Spear on Barrett for the finish.
* Reigns is “congratulated” by HHH and Steph backstage and tells him now he’ll have to face Mark Henry tonight to be eligible for MITB.
* Paige interrupts an interview with Nikki Bella backstage and challenges her for the title. Nikki accepts and says they should have the match tonight.
* Ryback (c) vs. The Miz (for the Intercontinental Title) — Match is immediately interrupted by Big Show. He KO’s Miz and says if anyone is going to beat Ryback for the title it’s him and “The Big Guy” has got nothing on “The Big Show”. But then Big Show exits the ring and walks off, sending a message.
* John Cena and Kevin Owens nearly come to blows but Owens backs down.
* Dolph Ziggler (with Lana) vs. Kofi Kingston (with Xavier Woods & Big E) — Ziggler rolls up Kofi for the pin but is then attacked by Woods and Big E. The Primetime Players come out to the aid of Ziggler and turns into an official match.
* Dolph Ziggler, Primetime Players vs. New Day — Titus O’Neil finishes Xavier Woods with a big slam.
* Roman Reigns vs. Mark Henry (MITB qualifier) — Reigns wins by count out. Henry attacks him after the match with a slam and a splash.
* Curtis Axel and Macho Mandow video is pretty funny, Axel doing a better Hogan than Hogan these days.
* Paige vs. Nikki Bella — After slamming Nikki off the ropes, Paige and Nikki are both down. Nikki rolls out of the ring and switches places with Brie who was hiding under the ring. Brie sneaks in the ring and rolls Paige up for the pin. Nikki rolls right back in the ring to celebrate with Brie. Ref nor Paige seem to realize it was Brie who actually won.
* Randy Orton vs. Sheamus — Sheamus used a chair outside the ring and is disqualified. He beats him up some more and finishes him with a Brogue Kicks outside the ring.
* Rusev is depressed. An injury caused him to have to pull out of Elimination Chamber. He lost Lana. He lost his title. He’s not in a good space.
* Neville vs. Bo Dallas — Neville finishes Dallas with a Red Arrow.
* Roman Reigns vs. Bray Wyatt — Reigns finishes Wyatt with a Spear. The Authority starts to go after Reigns after the match but Ambrose shows up to spoil the party and help Reigns, who helped him out at Elimination Chamber last night. Ambrose hits Rollins with a Dirty Deeds to end it tonight. Ambrose flaunts the title to HHH and Steph and leaves through the stands still in possession of it.
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