WWE Monday Night RAW results - 14th April 2014

All of WWE’s Superstars and Divas join the WWE Universe in paying tribute to the memory of the late, great Ultimate Warrior.

Monday Night RAW kicked off with a special tribute to The Ultimate Warrior. A video tribute plays for The Ultimate Warrior. Some of his last promo plays over the video.

Several WWE Superstars are clearly holding back tears. Lawler announces that tonight will be a celebration of Warrior’s life. Warrior’s theme music plays and we see shots of hundreds of Warrior signs in the crowd.

Fan signs

Match One: Intercontinental Tournament Match: Rob Van Dam vs. Alberto Del Rio

Rob Van Dam

Alberto Del Rio starts off and pushes RVD into a corner. RVD turns things around and hits a monkey flip.

RVD and Del Rio go back and forth for a while. Del Rio takes control with a running kick in the corner and he gets a pair of near falls.

He lines up RVD over the apron and kicks him in the head.

Back from commercial,

RVD is in control but gets kicked in the gut. Del Rio with a big DDT. RVD lands on the corner with a back kick. RVD drops Del Rio and goes for a split legged moonsault but lands on Del Rio’s knees. Del Rio drops RVD with a Backstabber and covers for another pin attempt.

Del Rio comes off the top but RVD catches him with a big heel kick. We see Big E backstage watching again. Del Rio crotches RVD on the top. Del Rio with a big kick to the head. RVD blocks the cross armbreaker. More back and forth. RVD gets the win and advances in the tournament.

Winner: Rob Van Dam

Backstage, Triple H telling Orton and Batista to look out for The Shield tonight. They tell him it’s his problem to deal with and walk away.

Match Two: Rybaxel vs. Cody Rhodes and Goldust

So much brawn – Ryback

Axel takes control of Goldust early, but Goldust gets back at him and tags in Cody. They beat down Axel, until he manages to tag Ryback who comes in and takes Goldust apart.

Axel tags back in for an elbow drop and a near fall on Goldust.

Goldust finally creates some space with an elbow off the middle rope and Cody tags in. He counters Ryback at every turn and ends up hitting a moonsault from the top rope than almost missed.

Cody runs up the ropes and dives to the outside onto Ryback. He follows up with a springboard dropkick, but Axel breaks up the pin.

Cody gets taken out with a clothesline while he is going for a Beautiful Disaster and Rybaxel gets the pin.

Winners: Ryback and Curtis Axel

Match Three: Paige vs. Alicia Fox

Paige

Paige backs Foxy to the ropes and breaks clean and Fox tries to take a cheap shot. Paige gets in a few shots, but Fox takes control with a tilt-a-whirl backbreaker.

Paige hits a hard kick to the gut and then she starts to build a head of steam. Paige manages to make Fox tap out to pick up her second victory on Raw.

Winner: Paige

Match Four: The Usos vs. Randy Orton and Batista

The Shield beat up Orton and Batista

The Usos walk out wearing Warrior paint and unload on Orton and Batista as soon as they enter the ring, and send them out of the ring. The Usos hit the suicide dives and take both men out.

Orton comes back in and tries to fight back. He hits his signature backbreaker before tagging in The Animal.

The Shield end up coming out of nowhere to attack Batista and Orton. Orton is thrown over the barricade and Batista is trapped in the ring.

The Shield surrounds Batista and he waits for a fight. Seth Rollins hits the ring and Batista nails him. Same for Dean Ambrose. Reigns hits a Superman punch, knocking Batista to the floor with Orton. The Shield’s music hits to a pop as Orton and Batista scramble up the ramp.

No Contest

Batista and Orton walk up on The Authority backstage. Triple H shakes his head and says, “told ya.” They walk off.

Back in the ring, Paul Heyman comes out. He introduces himself as the advocate for the conqueror of The Streak, Brock Lesnar. Heyman brags about Lesnar ending The Streak. Lesnar has asked Heyman to show him some photographs from WrestleMania XXX. Heyman then introduces the King of Swing Cesaro and out he comes with no theme music.

Match Five: Intercontinental Title Tournament Match: Cesaro vs. Mark Henry

The new Paul Heyman guy

Henry and Cesaro lock up and Cesaro is able to hold his own for a bit, but eventually Henry overpowers him and tosses him over the top rope like it’s nothing.

Cesaro and Heyman speak outside the ring before Cesaro gets back in. Cesaro starts in with his uppercuts to corner Henry.

Cesaro starts hitting big elbows and uppercuts and Henry keeps trying to shove him away. Cesaro was finally grounded with a clothesline.

Cesaro hits the Neutralizer on Henry for the pin and the win.

Winner: Cesaro

Match Six: Alexander Rusev vs. Xavier Woods

Rusev was all over Woods

Lana comes out and introduces Alexander Rusev like she always does.

Rusev takes control of Woods as soon as the match starts.

Xavier Woods taps out to Rusev within a minute. R-Truth comes in after the match and fends off an attack from Rusev.

Winner: Alexander Rusev

Truth checks on Woods and Rusev runs over and delivers a nasty kick to the face of Truth.

Match Seven: Intercontinental Title Tournament Match: Sheamus vs. Jack Swagger

Sheamus and the new Zeb Colter guy

Swagger and Sheamus are pretty evenly matched physically, so a lot of shots went back and forth at first. Sheamus ends up clotheslining Swagger over the top rope early. Swagger comes back in but Sheamus goes for the forearms on the apron. Zeb distracts the referee and Sheamus comes over. This leads to Swagger slamming Sheamus hard on the floor.

Sheamus comes back in and starts building momentum. Swagger sidesteps the battering ram and he locks in the Patriot Lock.

Sheamus rolls it over and kicks Swagger away, but Swagger runs right into him and knocks him through the ropes to the outside.

Swagger gets a huge running start before he runs into Sheamus’ knee against the barricade. Swagger rolls him into the ring and then runs right into a Brogue Kick.

Winner: Sheamus

Back from the break and we get a video of Stephanie McMahon and Triple H talking about Warrior. There’s also an unseen clip of Warrior riding in a limousine, likely during WrestleMania week.

Most deserving person in the WWE

We go to the ring and Damien Sandow has a microphone. He says he’s the most deserving person in WWE. Big Show’s music hits and interrupts. Sandow continues to yell about how he’s not going to be silenced. Show enters the ring and Sandow says he’s got something to get off his chest.

Sandow cuts a promo about how deserving he is and Show is getting visibly annoyed. Sandow asks Show what he has to say about all of this. Sandow talks more about how deserving he is.

Sandow pokes a finger at Show’s chest and says Show knows he’s telling the truth. Sandow says he’s the future of WWE and a future champion. Show shuts him up with a knockout punch. Show’s music hits and he exits the ring.

With Erick Rowan and Luke Harper in tow, Bray Wyatt arrives on Raw with a cryptic message aimed at John Cena.

The Wyatt Family comes to the ring. Wyatt cuts a promo and says he’s never lied to us but John Cena has. Wyatt says he’s got Cena right where he wants him, right against the ropes. Wyatt tells Abigail he doesn’t want to slay the Cena monster just yet, he just wants it to come out and play. Wyatt calls Cena out. Cena’s music hits to a big pop.

Cena jokes that the last thing he needs is another push, nobody wants to see that. Cena asks why Wyatt is always so serious. Cena says Wyatt tried at WrestleMania XXX but the monster doesn’t exist in him.

Cena jokes about if he could only get the Wyatts to happy hour, they would be fun. Cena cracks on Bray’s appearance. Cena says he found Sister Abigail Wyatt on MySpace and shows us a picture on the big screen. It’s a somewhat female version of Bray.

‘Sister’ Abigial Wyatt

Cena continues with his jokes and found Bray’s mom Bobby Jo Wyatt on Tinder. It’s a somewhat female version of Luke Harper.

Bobby Jo Wyatt- Bray Wyatt’s ‘mom’

Cena says the Wyatts had a baby born just one month ago and he got the photos from his friends at TMZ, Chastity Lynn Wyatt and it’s a somewhat baby version of Erick Rowan.

Chastity Lynn Wyatt

Wyatt says every time a serious threat gets in Cena’s face, all he can do is make jokes.

Cena asks if Wyatt wants serious. Cena gets serious and challenges Wyatt to a steel cage match at Extreme Rules. Wyatt says he likes that. Bray cuts a promo and gets some of the crowd to sing “he’s got the whole world…” with him.

Match Eight: Emma and Santino Marella vs. Layla and Fandango

Santino and Fandango

Fandango and Santino start things off.

Santino goes for the Cobra early on but Fandango tags Layla. Emma comes on and hits a Thesz Press and slams Layla’s head into the mat.

Layla charges but misses in the corner. Emma with the Dil-Emma submission on the ropes. Santino knocks Fandango off the apron. Layla pulls a distracted Emma off the top for the pin out of nowhere.

Winners: Layla and Fandango

Backstage, Stephanie is talking to Kane. She’s not happy with his performance lately. He tries apologizing but she doesn’t want to hear it.

Stephanie screams at Kane to shut up. She says he used to be a monster and asks what happened. She gets him fired up.

He tosses his chair and gets in her face, fuming. The Kane mask is sitting in the glass case it usually is in. Kane stares at it and grabs it. He tells Stephanie he’s going to eviscerate Daniel Bryan and send him to the depths of hell.

Match Nine: Intercontinental Title Tournament Match: Dolph Ziggler vs. Bad News Barrett

Bad News Barrett. Literally.

Ziggler tries to wrestle Barrett to the mat, but he ends up having to go outside the ring to avoid Barrett. Barrett takes control when Ziggler gets back in the ring, but Ziggler comes back and takes Barrett over the top rope. They start slugging it out outside the ring until Ziggler gets sent into the steel post.

Back from the break and Barrett has Ziggler down on the mat. Ziggler sends him into the ring posts.

Barrett nails Wasteland but Ziggler kicks out right before the 3 count. Ziggler blocks a pumphandle slam and hits the Fame-asser for a 2 count. Ziggler misses head first in the corner. Barrett goes to the second rope but Ziggler sits him down.

Ziggler climbs up for a superplex but Barrett sends him to the mat. Ziggler runs back up and plants Barrett face first in the mat. Barrett ends up hitting Winds of Change but Ziggler kicks out at 2.

Ziggler ducks the Bullhammer and rolls Barrett up for 2. Barrett blocks a DDT and nails the Bullhammer for the win and to advance in the tournament.

Winner: Bad News Barrett

Match Ten: The Shield vs. Alberto Del Rio, Fandango, Jack Swagger, Jinder Mahal, Heath Slater, Drew McIntyre, Titus O’Neil, Ryback, Curtis Axel, Alexander Rusev and Bad News Barrett

The Shield vs. Everyone

The Shield corner Slater and tag in and out while beating on him. Barrett saves the match when Rollins covers Slater and Ambrose comes in and fights him off.

A huge brawl breaks out on the floor and the referee calls for the bell. Rollins leaps out and takes them all out. The Shield go back in the ring and stand tall. The group attacks them again and another big brawl breaks out. The heel continue to beat down The Shield.

The Evolution music hits and out come Triple H, Batista and Randy Orton.

Evolution

The trio makes their way to the ring as everyone else leaves. They start stomping away at The Shield. Reigns tries to fight back, but he gets an RKO.

Reigns takes a Batistabomb and then they focus on Rollins. Ambrose tries to help out, but Evolution takes him out. Ambrose takes the Powerbomb/RKO.

Triple H screams at Reigns as he crawls across the ring. Batista and Orton grab him so Triple H can hit the Pedigree after saying “Believe in Evolution.”

What a way to end the show. Evolution is officially back, and a match at Extreme Rules against The Shield seems very likely at this point.