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The March 2, 2015 Edition of RAW is a Professional wrestling television show of the WWE's RAW brand, which took place on March 2, 2015 at Prudential Center in Newark, New Jersey.

Summary[]

Seth Rollins opened Raw in a positively Zen mood, having successfully goaded Jon Stewart to trek across the bridge and into Brick City to appear on Raw after their online back-and-forth led to a dustup on “The Daily Show” last week. Of course, Roman Reigns ain’t one to let his enemies relax for long. The No. 1 contender to Brock Lesnar's WWE World Heavyweight Championship put a swift end to Rollins’ showboating, though. Reigns crashed Mr. Money in the Bank's opening segment, socking him in the mouth and obliterating J&J Security with a Superman Punch (to Jamie Noble) and a Spear (to Joey Mercury). Let's just say, if Stewart throws a right hand half as good as Reigns does, Rollins has got himself in deep trouble.

Man, Bad News Barrett can't catch a break, can he? The Englishman (reluctantly, one must assume) tussled with Dean Ambrose to reclaim his pilfered Intercontinental Championship. But right as he was about to avenge his recent misfortunes and get his hardware back in advance of his Ladder Match defense at WrestleMania, Barrett found himself robbed once again by R-Truth from the commentary table.

The impetus for Truth's second consecutive theft was Barrett shoving the former U.S. Champion at ringside. Luke Harper quickly one-upped Truth, though, materializing at ringside and wordlessly demanding the title from Truth right as Barrett had Ambrose lined up for the Bull Hammer before calmly strolling away with the prize. The latest theft of his title threw Barrett into a frenzy, and Ambrose was right there to pick the bones with Dirty Deeds. And the game of keep away continues.

For weeks now, Bray Wyatt has sent dispatches to The Undertaker in an attempt to summon him from the void for a confrontation at WrestleMania. The Eater of Worlds’ latest address to The Deadman not only revealed the fruits of his darkened labor over the last month – a massive, wooden casket – but a grisly demonstration of what awaits The Phenom should he resurface: Following a sermon on the destructive powers of fire, Wyatt doused the box in gasoline and set it ablaze onstage, daring The Undertaker to find him.

Notch a loss in the books for the tag team division's noted cat enthusiasts (and reigning champions). Cesaro, Tyson Kidd & Natalya fell short in Mixed Tag Team action against The Usos & Naomi, with whom the trio has been butting heads in some form or another through much of the past month. Everyone got involved in the scuffle, with Natalya subbing in and re-injuring her already tweaked leg, prompting Kidd to spell her moments later. An oncoming double-superkick caused Kidd to flee the ring in terror and tag in a disbelieving Nattie, and Naomi quickly pounced with a rollup moments later.\

Hopefully, you did as Curtis Axel asked and refrained from changing the channel during his match against John Cena. If you did, you might have missed the rather exuberant beating the Cenation leader perpetrated upon The Ax Man. Truth be told, Cena had a reason to administer such a pasting. Moments after Cena declared himself an entrant into the Andre the Giant Memorial Battle Royal, Stephanie McMahon shot him down. She all but banned him from a spot on the WrestleMania card altogether unless he convinced Rusev to give him the U.S Title rematch he wanted in the first place. She then placed him into the match with Axel to prove her point.

Axel's own bullheaded quest to win the Battle Royal now includes billing himself as the greatest Royal Rumble Match competitor of all time. With a billed Rumble time of 35 days and 23 hours, the former Intercontinental Champion's got a point. But it took Cena far less time to destroy Axel, submitting him with the STF despite a Hogan-esque display of bravado from The Ax Man. The downside? All that wasn't enough to convince Rusev and Lana to give Cena another opportunity at the U.S. Title on The Grandest Stage of Them All.

As Triple H's historic WrestleMania confrontation with Sting draws closer, it appears The Game won't tolerate anyone skeptical of his ability to defeated The Vigilante on The Grandest Stage of Them All. First, The King of Kings laid hands on Ric Flair, and the next target of his zero-tolerance policy turned out to be Booker T, whose criticism of the COO and lukewarm assessment of his chances against Sting earned him an on-the-spot firing. Of course, the dismissal turned out to be little more than a farce designed to display Triple H's power, and Booker was allowed to return to the commentary table in one piece. The message was clear, however: Don't cross the boss.

The term “Anti-Diva” implies a certain amount of solitude, but give Paige credit: She's still got some friends, however unlikely, in the Divas division to bail her out of a beatdown when all's said and done. This came in handy after her Divas Title Match against Nikki Bella, granted as a result of the controversial conclusion to the title bout at WWE Fastlane.

Despite Nikki's unexpected deployment of power maneuvers, Paige rallied to lock in the PTO until Brie, who was roaming at ringside, jumped The Diva of Tomorrow to end the bout in a disqualification. Further humiliation followed the final bell, until AJ Lee, of all people, skipped her way down to the ring and joined forces with Paige to drive Nikki and Brie back. Why team with the woman who ended her record-setting title reign, you ask? Well, as the saying goes, the enemy of my enemy is my friend. 'Nuff said.

Enough about moments of Zen, time for the moment of truth: Jon Stewart finally chose to reveal himself to Seth Rollins about two-thirds of the way through Raw, right as Mr. Money in the Bank was eviscerating the late-night mainstay by mounting a one-man production of “The Daily Show with Seth Rollins.” Stewart, who brought no backup of his own, stepped up to Rollins with true Jersey bravado and called the legitimacy of his Money in the Bank victory into question, but understandably withered ever so slightly when J&J Security advanced on the outmatched anchor.

Enough about moments of Zen, time for the moment of truth: Jon Stewart finally chose to reveal himself to Seth Rollins about two-thirds of the way through Raw, right as Mr. Money in the Bank was eviscerating the late-night mainstay by mounting a one-man production of “The Daily Show with Seth Rollins.” Stewart, who brought no backup of his own, stepped up to Rollins with true Jersey bravado and called the legitimacy of his Money in the Bank victory into question, but understandably withered ever so slightly when J&J Security advanced on the outmatched anchor.

What a relief, then, that Randy Orton showed up? Strange as it sounds, The Apex Predator's arrival outta nowhere stopped Rollins in his tracks right as he was set to lay hands on the Comedy Central icon. Stewart capitalized by kicking Rollins full on in the crotch and making his timely escape while Orton looked on the whole scene in disbelief. Jersey strong, baby.

Gain a championship, lose a match. Luke Harper's weird moral victory earlier in the night when he stole the Intercontinental Championship from Bad News Barrett didn't give him any kind of a champion's advantage against Daniel Bryan. The “Yes!” Man sent the bearded behemoth back to the swamp in their one-on-one contest.

The win was the easiest part in what had been, up till that point, a grueling slog for The Beard. Tossed about and battered to a pulp by Harper, Bryan was out on his feet thanks to repeated attacks on his surgically repaired neck. He pulled himself out of the fire by the skin of his teeth, though, reversing Harper's crossface into the “Yes!” Lock for a quick tapout. Most baffling of all, however, was the scrum that erupted over Harper's ill-gotten title when Dean Ambrose, R-Truth, Harper, Barrett and finally a superkick-throwing Dolph Ziggler all played hot potato with the championship while a perplexed Bryan looked on.

First up, Paul Heyman, in epic fashion, said Roman Reigns had no chance of beating WWE World Heavyweight Champion Brock Lesnar at WrestleMania. The Big Dog took a step toward proving that wrong in Raw's main event by taking Seth Rollins, who has been in the ring with Lesnar, to the limit.

Yes, Reigns held the early advantage by targeting Rollins’ groin. Yes, Kane and Big Show both felt Reigns’ wrath at ringside, as well as J&J Security (rough night for those guys). And yes, Randy Orton's arrival — but not in Rollins’ corner, after a backstage verbal scuffle with The Authority — threw Mr. Money in the Bank off his game. But that same Viper snatched the victory from Reigns all the same. A big back body drop off the top from Reigns led to a one-armed sit-out powerbomb and the Superman Punch that followed set up for the Spear. Orton's timely trip-up, though, allowed Rollins to claim the win with a rollup. A furious Reigns didn't let the loss sink in for long, taking out the entire Authority singlehandedly (save Orton, who made a quick getaway). He may be ready for Lesnar yet. He certainly believes that.

Results[]

Numbers in parentheses indicate the length of the match.
(c) refers to the champion(s) heading into the match.

Other on-screen talent[]

Commentators
Interviewers
Ring announcer
Referees

Image Gallery[]

Roman Reigns confronts Seth Rollins[]

Dean Ambrose v Bad News Barrett[]

Bray sends a message to The Undertaker[]

Naomi & The Usos v Cesaro, Natalya & Tyson Kidd[]

John Cena v Curtis Axel[]

Triple H fires Booker T[]

Paige v Nikki Bella[]

Jon Stewart crashed ‘The Daily Show with Seth Rollins’[]

Daniel Bryan v Luke Harper[]

Seth Rollins v Roman Reigns[]

See also[]

External links[]

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1995 List of Monday Night RAW results
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1998 List of Monday Night RAW results
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1999 List of Monday Night RAW results
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2000 List of Monday Night RAW results
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2001 List of Monday Night RAW results
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2002 List of Monday Night RAW results
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2003 List of Monday Night RAW results
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2004 List of Monday Night RAW results
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2005 List of Monday Night RAW results
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2006 List of Monday Night RAW results
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2007 List of Monday Night RAW results
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2008 List of Monday Night RAW results
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2009 List of Monday Night RAW results
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2010 List of Monday Night RAW results
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2011 List of Monday Night RAW results
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2012 List of Monday Night RAW results
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2013 List of Monday Night RAW results
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2014 List of Monday Night RAW results
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2015 List of Monday Night RAW results
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2016 List of Monday Night RAW results
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2017 List of Monday Night RAW results
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2018 List of Monday Night RAW results
1/11/81/151/221/292/52/122/192/263/53/123/193/264/24/94/164/234/305/75/145/215/286/46/116/186/257/27/97/167/237/308/68/138/208/279/39/109/179/2410/110/88/1510/2210/2911/511/1211/1911/2612/312/1012/1712/2412/31
2019 List of Monday Night RAW results
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2020 List of Monday Night RAW results
1/61/131/201/272/32/102/172/243/23/93/163/233/304/64/134/204/275/45/115/185/256/16/86/156/226/297/67/137/207/278/38/108/178/248/319/79/149/219/2810/510/1210/1910/2611/211/911/1611/2311/3012/712/1412/2112/28
2021 List of Monday Night RAW results
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2022 List of Monday Night RAW results

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2023 List of Monday Night RAW results
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2024 List of Monday Night RAW results
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