WWE RAW Results
February 2nd 2015
Report by Bill Pritchard for Wrestlezone.com
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The Authority starts the show by teasing their announcement, and Stephanie talks about how awesome the Super Bowl was, then they say that game had controversy too. Triple H makes a comment about the #CancelWWENetwork hashtag, and they say they listened to the fans about have to address all of this controversy. Stephanie says they will do something about this because they can’t allow this to continue, then they show a clip of the final moments of the Royal Rumble match with The Rock’s run in. HHH says Big Show and Kane are guilty of being unsportsmanlike, but his main problem is with The Rock because he has no business here. He says The Rock is great, and he’s one of the biggest stars and will always have a place in WWE, but he’s not a WWE Superstar anymore and had no business getting involved in the Rumble. HHH says that’s partly his fault for letting people back in, just like he let Sting affect the outcome of Survivor Series. He says it happened again but that’s going to stop, and he promises to resolve their problem if Sting shows up at Fast Lane.
HHH says the Sting problem brings them back to the original problem and the controversy surrounding Roman Reigns, and Stephanie asks what if The Rock didn’t interfere? She says they could have had a different star winning the Rumble, and Reigns’ name will be in the history books, but they aren’t sure he should face Brock Lesnar at Wrestlemania. Reigns cuts them off and heads right to the ring, and gets right in HHH’s face and asks if they are really going to try and take his title shot away after he won the Rumble. Reigns says hell no, then they have a staredown but Stephanie gets in between them and tells Reigns to stop and think. She says the very family he is trying to impress is the reason he probably shouldn’t main event Wrestlemania, then Daniel Bryan comes out and says he’s sorry Reigns has to deal with this. Bryan says they put him through the same thing, and he wants to talk about title shots since he was stripped of his title, and never got a rematch. He says if there’s a title shot he wants his name in, but HHH says he probably could have got his title shot but he came back all cocky and put himself in the Rumble match, even when he shouldn’t have. Seth Rollins cuts them off as we go to a break, then we get back to see Rollins mock Bryan for wanting a shot at Brock Lesnar. He says Lesnar would eat Bryan alive, and Bryan got hurt and lost his title, so it’s no one else’s fault, then he turns his attention to Reigns.
Rollins says Reigns shouldn’t even get a title shot since he had help, but he deserves it because he is the guy who went toe-to-toe with the champion. Reigns threatens to knock him out, then Triple H and Stephanie calm them down and HHH announces they will have a match between Bryan and Rollins, and the winner will face Reigns at Fast Lane. He says the winner of that will get the Wrestlemania title shot, and Reigns looks pissed, but HHH says Reigns has a lot to lose, but it’s Reigns’ choice to make, and he could make things right and prove himself. Stephanie says Reigns has a chance to prove he does belong, but Bryan says he will face Reigns at Fast Lane and they will tear the house down. Rollins says no one wants to see that, but Reigns should make the right choice or else everyone will think he is afraid to face Rollins, not Bryan and lose. Stephanie asks for his decision and calls it the most defining moment of his career, then Reigns says ‘screw it’; he says he’ll fight either one of them because it’s always been one versus all. HHH makes the match official, then he tells Reigns not to go anywhere because he has plans for him, and Big Show makes his way to the ring.
BP: I’m not sure about ‘shaking WWE to the core’ but it was a good segment, even if a bit lengthy. They’ve put title shots on the line before (at the February PPV), so this doesn’t surprise me too much. Either it’s a reaction to the negative reaction Reigns has gotten and they’re changing things, or they want to make him look good and get a few solid wins. My money’s on Reigns keeping the title shot; that promo with Heyman and Brock was the start of the feud, and they’ll invest in that.
