WWE RAW Results (5/18) – Two Title Defenses, Kevin Owens Appears, Ambrose Challenges Rollins!

Divas Championship

Naomi (w/ Tamina) vs Nikki Bella (c)

Brie connects with a few forearms and a suicide dive as we go to a break, then we get back to see Nikki set up for Rack Attack. Tamina runs in and superkicks Nikki to cause a disqualification, then Paige runs out and makes the save. Nikki gets up and sees Paige helped her, and goes to get her title, but Paige drops her with Ram-Paige and panders to the crowd with the title. 

Winner (by disqualification) – Nikki Bella  

Renee Young catches up with Kevin Owens outside after he is done speaking with Triple H, and announces he will fight John Cena. Owens says he just got a match against Cena at Elimination Chamber, and he will do the same to Cena as he will do to Sami Zayn on Wednesday.  

The Authority is in the ring for the ‘Architect of a Dream’ ceremony, and Seth Rollins is welcomed to the ring. HHH praises Rollins for his accomplishments, then Kane is asked to speak and he says he is glad Rollins is still champion. Kane plays a highlight reel for Rollins, then they all praise him before Dean Ambrose cuts the ceremony off. Stephanie says he has some nerve, but Ambrose says he wants his title match and he won’t take no for an answer. Stephanie says he hasn’t earned anything and tells Rollins to ‘get’ Ambrose, and they end up trading punches.

J&J jump Ambrose but he fights them off and suplexes Rollins on the floor, then he whips J&J into the barricade. Ambrose whips Rollins into the commentary table while the Authority watches, then reveals he has a pile of cinder blocks under a blanket! Ambrose threatens to smash a chair over Rollins’ head, but Stephanie screams to let Rollins go, and Ambrose gets the match. Mercury sneaks over and takes the chair away, but Ambrose fights the Authority before Rollins gets away. Kane tries to chokeslam Ambrose, but Ambrose clotheslines him and calls for Dirty Deeds, then Rollins sneaks in and drops Ambrose with a Pedigree to end the show. 

BP: I know there’s been a bit of criticism, but I actually like Rollins using the Pedigree for the time being. Doing that is a bit of a passing of the torch. I’ll go out on a limb and say this show was even better than the ‘Sami Zayn’ debut show a few weeks ago. It was a bit slow to start, but the majority was excellent. Lana’s turn, aligning with Ziggler, Kevin Owens showing up, and Ambrose’s involvement were great, and there were some good matches too.   

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