WWE RAW Results (4/6): The Authority Takes the Night Off, Reigns vs. Orton vs. Ryback, Divas Tag Team Match & More

Byron announces the retirement of AJ Lee. They call her one of the greatest Divas Champions of all time. 

Kane is backstage with Brad Maddox for some reason, who is sweet talking him for “showing leadership” tonight. Seth Rollins shows up and starts screaming about Kane being out of line for booking him in title matches. Kane says it’s his job as Director of Operations to make quality matches, no matter how scared the champion is of Randy Orton. Rollins says maybe it’s about time for somebody to step down…  He walks off but then comes back and gets in his face, so Kane books a match for the champion up next. 

Regarding AJ I’m not surprised they’re trying to play nice. WWE can’t be happy she played the retirement card to get out of her contract without actually getting out of her contract. But the last thing they want is the fans thinking she “walked out” and waiting for another Colt Cabana podcast.  

Seth Rollins is in the ring with J&J Security talking about how he should never be put in this position as the champion. He calls out his opponent, and NEVILLE answers the call! Rollins makes fun of him for being a rookie and gets kicked in the face for his trouble. 

SETH ROLLINS vs. NEVILLE

Neville in control right away with kicks. Rollins attacks him from behind and fires away with right hands in the corner, but Neville does a double backflip and takes him to the floor with a tilt-the-whirl headscissors. He flies over the top rope to take down the champion and slides back into the ring before J&J can get their hands on him. 

Rollins is back in control after commercials. Normal heel stuff during the break. He puts on a rest hold, Neville fights back, Rollins beats him down and goes back to the rest hold. Repeat. Rollins feints on an Irish whip and throws a knee to the gut instead. He does the spot a second time, but on the third Neville rolls him up for two. They do a counter exchange and the champ turns him inside-out with a lariat. Neville counters a turnbuckle powerbomb and tries for the Red Arrow, but J&J cause a distraction. Rollins catches him out of the air and hits the buckle-bomb followed by a Curb Stomp for the 1-2-3. 

Winner: Seth Rollins

Rollins hits the Curb Stomp a second time after the bell and beats down Neville while J&J block the referee from getting involved. 

Solid match. Obviously Neville wasn’t winning here, but I wouldn’t necessarily call that “doing the job” either. It’s more important that he went 15 minutes with the champ on RAW and had a good match. The crowd was respectful and you could tell those that knew NXT were into it, which is a good sign as the support will only grow if they use him properly. That’s a really big “IF”.