Monday Night Raw Results 7/14/14: WWE Raw Recap July 14, 2014: Sting Reveal, Ric Flair Returns, Roman Reigns Stands Tall in Battleground Go-Home Show

The July 14, 2014 edition of WWE's Monday Night Raw emanates live from the Richmond Coliseum in Richmond, Virginia and begins with WWE World Heavyweight Champion John Cena, who encourages fans to sign up for the WWE Network to watch Battleground on Sunday.

He says he could lose his title in the Fatal Four Way match, and Roman Reigns' music eventually cuts him off. He walks into the ring and Cena makes it clear he heard Reigns' message at the end of Raw last week. He keeps talking and Reigns tells him to get to the point. Cena says tonight they can take out Randy Orton and Kane so that Reigns can test himself against the champ and see if he is as good as he thinks he is. Reigns doesn't back down an inch.

Dean Ambrose interrupts them on the TitanTron and says he understands their testosterone is running wild, but tonight is about screwing the Authority and Seth Rollins. Their three opponents then show up next to Ambrose and proceed to beat the hell out of him backstage. When they are done, a prone Ambrose simply asks if that's all they have. Rollins hits him with the Curb Stomp to end the segment.

The Miz defeats Sheamus, and the former had his face enlarged on the TitanTron for the entire match.

Rollins, Orton and Kane celebrate their assault backstage and Rollins leaves. Orton and Kane start to argue about Battleground and Triple H walks up and says they must trust each other because he does. He tells them to focus on bringing the title back to the Authority and to take care of business tonight. Stephanie McMahon walks up all turned on by the way Triple H handled himself just now and kisses him.

Dolph Ziggler beats Fandango when Summer Rae and Layla distract the latter by dancing on the announce table, which allows Dolph to hit the Fameasser. The girls go into the ring and keep dancing around Ziggler as Fandango watches from the corner.

Damien Sandow interrupts a Sonic worker dressed as a Sonic worker himself and takes her tray. Adam Rose comes in with the Exotic Express and pushes Sandow away on his roller skates.

The Usos comes out to do their entrance but Luke Harper and Erick Rowan demolish them.

Rusev and Lana come out for a "U.S.-Russia détente" with Jack Swagger and Zeb Colter with Michael Cole as the moderator. Lana speaks Russian for a bit and then insults both Colter and America by saying they both use violence to solve their problems. She calls them stupid and gets some major "What?" chants. The crowd chants "USA" as Lana yells at them to shut up. She demands an apology from Colter.

He recounts some of his war experiences and says "hell no" to her demand. Lana says arrogance is the reason USA is crumbling into pieces. She puts a picture of Vladimir Putin on the TitanTron and Colter responds with a picture of President Barack Obama. He says whether we like him or not, real Americans respect the office.

Colter asks when Rusev is going to step out from behind Lana and face Swagger at Battleground. Rusev takes the mic and says "This is war," which apparently is a yes. Lana leads Rusev out of the ring and Colter says he always wondered who wore the pants and who wore the skirt in the relationship. Colter leads a "We The People" chant, which enrages Lana and she slaps him.

Rusev comes back in the ring but Swagger spears him. Lana grabs Swagger's hair and Rusev splashes him in the corner. He tries to superkick him but Swagger grabs his ankle and puts him in the Patriot Lock. Rusev escapes the ring and the four parties stare each other down.

Roman Reigns is backstage when Cena comes up to him. He says this is an obvious setup by the Authority and demands Roman stand up. Cena asks for trust to survive the night. Reigns says they took out one of us, but by the end of the night the duo will take out all three of them.

Alberto Del Rio defeats Rob Van Dam with the Cross Arm Breaker.

Nikki Bella comes out for a tag team match but Stephanie comes out and says she almost feels sorry for her because Brie Bella abandoned her. She says this will be a handicap match and tells her to blame her sister. Alicia Fox and Cameron come out for the match and Nikki puts up a valiant fight, but Alicia pins her.

A commercial airs for WWE 2K15 with Sting as the featured character. The commercial touts "two generations of Sting" as a pre-order bonus.

Triple H is backstage and Orton walks in to talk about Kane. He asks if he is sure about him, and Hunter tells him to forget about Kane because he is just their pawn. He says the plan is for Orton to walk out of Battleground as champion and Kane will stick to that plan. Orton says there should be no need for a Plan B and Hunter agrees.

Stardust and Goldust cut a promo.

Cesaro comes to the ring without Paul Heyman to face Big E (w/Kofi Kingston). Cesaro grabs a chair from under the ring and throws it at Kofi. He tries to swing at Big E., but Kofi grabs it and Cesaro walks right into a Big Ending for the pin.

Chris Jericho comes out to the ring and says he is at home now. He says he has done it all in WWE and lists his accomplishments but says he has never seen anything like Bray Wyatt. He demands to know why Bray is coming after him and says they will get crazy at Battleground.

Bray appears on the TitanTron and asks if Jericho remembers what it was like to be a child. He asks what happens than changes a man. Bray says he is coming after Jericho because he abandoned them when they needed him. Bray then says he has gone to war with many different great men.

Bray asks if he is afraid of the dark and blows out his lantern. The lights go out and when they come back on, Harper and Rowan are in the ring. They try to attack him but Jericho ducks them and escapes up the ramp. He backs up to the stage but Bray attacks him from behind. He hits Sister Abigail on the stage.

AJ Lee defeats Eva Marie in a quick match with the Black Widow. Paige was on commentary and praised AJ ahead of their title match at Battleground.

Bo Dallas is now 15 and BO after he beats The Great Khali by count out with a Bo-Dog on the floor.

Seth Rollins talks to Triple H and Stephanie and says he will cash in on Sunday if Cena or Reigns win for some reason on Sunday. Triple H tells him not to worry because he knows what Plan B is.

Paul Heyman then walks in and says he likes Triple H's plan. But in case it fails, Heyman has a foolproof Plan C.

Renee Young is in the ring and introduces Ric Flair. He struts around Renee for a while as he says Virginia is for lovers and woos a lot. Renee asks whom he thinks will win the Fatal Four-Way match at Battleground. Flair picks Cena to win and Roman Reigns' music hits.

He makes his way to the ring and Flair extends his hand. They shake and The Nature Boy leaves the ring. He heads up to the ramp when Cena's music hits. Naitch struts a bit while Cena comes out and the champ hands him the Big Gold Belt. They hoist the belts up and embrace. Cena lets Flair hold onto the belt as he heads to the ring.

The 3-on-2 handicap match ends in a disqualification when Kane and Orton gang up on Reigns and refuse to stop. After the bell, Cena makes the save and Kane accidentally hits Orton on the apron. Cena goes for the AA on Kane while Reigns tries to spear Orton, but Kane shoves Cena right into the spear. Orton then RKOs Kane and poses on the turnbuckle. But Reigns gets back up and spears Orton to stand tall as the show goes off the air.

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