Here are your quick and dirty, editorial-free WWE Raw results for August 24, 2015. The show featured a star-studded 8-man tag, an appearance from Brock Lesnar and former Daily Show host Jon Stewart explaining his controversial actions at SummerSlam.
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WWE Raw Results:
– The show opened with Brock Lensar and Paul Heyman calling out The Undertaker for a rematch. Bo Dallas answered instead, and took 4 German suplexes and an F-5.
1. The New Day defeated Lucha Dragons. Before the match, the New Day sang a parody of ‘New York, New York’ with Xavier Woods on trombone. The Prime Time Players were on color commentary. New Day won with the Midnight Hour while Woods played TAPS. After the match, The Dudley Boyz made a surprise return to WWE and put Woods through a table with a 3-D.
2. Roman Reigns and Dean Ambrose defeated Bray Wyatt and Luke Harper. Ambrose and Reigns won by disqualification when they were attacked by the newest member of the Wyatt Family, a giant in a black sheep mask (seen above). This is NXT’s Braun Strowman, making his main roster debut.
– Team PCB were guests on Miz TV. Miz ran them down for “wrestling like girls.” Team Bella interrupted, and eventually attacked, setting up the next match.
3. Team Bella defeated Team PCB. Alicia Fox pinned Paige after an axe kick. The crowd chanted “boring” and did the wave.
– Stardust and King Barrett came to the ring for a tag team match, but Stardust turned on Barrett. Neville charged the ring and brawled with Stardust, setting him up for a Red Arrow, but Stardust fled.
– Jon Stewart explained his actions at SummerSlam, saying he did it to preserve Ric Flair’s record of 16 world championships. Flair himself came to the ring and told Stewart that he’d ruined everything. That brought out John Cena, who confronted Stewart and attacked him with an Attitude Adjustment.
4. Dolph Ziggler, Cesaro, Randy Orton and Ryback defeated Rusev, Kevin Owens, Sheamus and Big Show. Big Show accidentally hit Sheamus with a KO Punch, allowing Randy Orton to hit an RKO and get the win for his team. After the match, Rusev and Kevin Owens beat up Show. After that, Ziggler, Orton, Cesaro and Ryback all ganged up on Show and beat him up as well.
– The Authority sang “happy birthday” to Mr. McMahon, and presented a bronze statue to Seth Rollins in recognition of his accomplishments at SummerSlam. When the curtain was pulled up on the statue, Sting was there. Sting attacked Rollins, sent him fleeing and held up the WWE World Heavyweight Championship.
