WWE ROYAL RUMBLE 2015 PAY-PER-VIEW

The 2015 WWE Royal Rumble pay-per-view kicks off with the usual, elaborate video package. This one is a really good one, as you’d expect. The focus is heavily on the 30-man over-the-top-rope Royal Rumble match itself, as well as the triple-threat match between Brock Lesnar, John Cena and Seth Rollins for the WWE World Heavyweight Championship.

After the video package, we shoot live into the Wells Fargo Center in Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, where Michael Cole welcomes us to the 2015 WWE Royal Rumble pay-per-view. He informs us that their are 17,164 fans in attendance.

New Age Outlaws vs. The Ascension

From there, we hear, “Oh you didn’t know?!?” Road Dogg babbles the whole way to the ring as only he can, as he and Billy Gunn, wearing goofy ass green hats are inside the squared circle now. He finishes up with “ladies and gentlemen” and all that jive. They throw their hats to the fans and finish up their entrance with “We’ve got two words for ya,” as the announcers mock Gunn for his reputation for screwing up his words all the time.

After that, The Ascension’s theme hits. The fans boo as Konnor and Viktor make their way to the ring looking like two Legion Of Doom clones. A video recap is shown of the RAW Reunion segment with The Ascension, the nWo, the APA and the New Age Outlaws.

Back live in the arena, Viktor and Billy Gunn start the match off for their respective teams. The bell rings and here we go. Gunn is in control of Viktor early on, knocking him down, doing a little ass-shake pose and locking him in an armbar. The fans chant “you still got it” as Gunn tags in Road Dogg.

Road Dogg comes in, but quickly Viktor takes over the offense and tags in Konnor. It isn’t long, however, before Road Dogg is doing his punching spot, where he does the shimmy-shimmy-shake fist-drop on the mat afterwards. The Ascension double-teams Road Dogg and now appear to be in complete control of the match.

Viktor tags back in and is dominating Road Dogg with ease. On commentary, Jerry Lawler gives Road Dogg props for inventing the phrase “puppies” for women’s breasts, pointing out the fact that he stole it from him and “made it famous.” Meanwhile, The Ascension are utilizing quick tags back-and-forth, keeping a fresh men on a grounded Road Dogg and enjoying complete control in this contest.

Road Dogg tags Gunn back in. Gunn hits his trademark slam, with JBL putting him over for “not aging a bit” and calling him “the man that time forgot.” Then, out of nowhere, The Ascension hit their finisher on Gunn and cover him. 1-2-3. The Ascension wins.

Winners: The Ascension

Backstage: The Authority & Paul Heyman

After a quick video package plug for the return of the “Stone Cold Podcast,” which airs live on the WWE Network following RAW next Monday night, February 2nd, with special guest Triple H, we see another video package, reminding everyone that Sting returned at RAW Reunion to help John Cena win back the jobs of Dolph Ziggler, Ryback and Erick Rowan.

From there, we go backstage to The Authority — Triple H and Stephanie McMahon, who complain amongst themselves about Sting sticking it to them on RAW. Triple H says if Sting walks into their house again, he’s going to destroy him.

Then, Paul Heyman enters the room. Heyman says he’s here to solve their problems. He says they had a problem with John Cena being champion and he gave them their solution, Brock Lesnar. He says if they have a problem with Sting, he’s got their solution — Brock Lesnar. He walks off.

WWE Tag-Team Championship
– The Miz & Damien Mizdow vs. The Usos (c)

After the quick backstage segment, we shoot back live into the arena, where The Miz and Damien Mizdow make their way down to the ring. It’s clear from the reaction from the fans inside the Wells Fargo Center that the Philly crowd is going to be strongly behind Mizdow tonight. The fans boo as Miz reacts to the crowd and then erupt with cheers when Mizdow does the same. After that, The Usos make their way down to the ring.

Miz and Mizdow do their sunglasses routine to the fans and it’s now official — Philadelphia freakin’ loves Damien Mizdow. The Miz starts things off with Jey Uso. The fans immediately break out into a “we want Mizdow” chant as Uso takes it to Miz here in the early goings. Uso tags in his brother, who picks up where he left off, taking it to The Miz.

Mizdow finally start doing the big stunt-double sell job on the apron, including some high-spot bumps from himself to …himself. Meanwhile, Miz throws Uso into the ropes. The fans chant “Mizdow’s awesome” as Miz stomps away at Uso. When Miz finally makes that tag, the roof may literally explode off of the top of the Wells Fargo Center. “We want Mizdow” chants break out again as Mizdow reaches for a tag while Miz locks Uso in a headlock.

Miz does a super-long tease, pretending he’s going to tag Mizdow into the match, only to pull his hand away at the last second. He turns around into a big kick from Uso, which both he and Mizdow sell. Uso tags in the other Uso, who is flying all over the place with clotheslines and Samoan drops. Uso pays homage to his pops, Rikishi, with a big butt-splash on Miz in the corner. Mizdow tries to make the save but misses and ends up sailing through the ropes and crashing out on the floor.

The Miz plants Uso with a big DDT for a near fall. Everyone is down now. Miz works back to his feet as the fans erupt in a loud “we want Mizdow” chant yet again. Miz looks for the figure four leg lock, but Uso works his way out. Uso nails Miz with a super kick. He goes to make the big dive through the ropes but Miz stops him. The other Uso tries, he goes flying but Miz pulls Mizdow in the way. The other Uso does the dive but misses. The fans, in typical Philly-fashion, immediately jump on Uso with a “you f*cked up!” chant.

Back in the ring, Uso goes for the splash on Miz, but Miz moves. Miz nails Uso with the Skull Crushing Fniale. He covers Uso. 1-2…Uso kicks out. The fans rally with another chant, “Miz-dow! Miz-dow!” Miz runs right into a super kick from Uso. Uso goes to the top rope for the splash. He hits it and makes the cover, but Mizdow breaks it up. Mizdow hits the Skull Crushing Finale on Uso behind the ref’s back. He runs out of the ring and Miz covers him, 1-2…Uso kicks out.

Miz and Uso slowly work their way back to their feet. A crazy sequence happens involving a superkick, a powerbomb off the top rope and a big Uso splash. 1-2-3. Usos win and retain the titles and the reaction was totally flat, as the fans never really got to see Mizdow do much of anything.

Winners and STILL WWE Tag-Team Champions: The Usos