"Silly fun crap": Monday Night RAW (5/25/15)

I was anticipating what Monday Night RAW was going to be like. This was going to their last live event at the Nassau Coliseum, which will be demolished pretty soon. This was their go home show before the Elimination Chamber, a house-show-turned-PPV, which suddenly got stacked in the last few days. How can they sustain the hype by another week? By being silly.

First, the Authority kicked off Raw and said that the WWE WHC title match with Ambrose and Rollins was a verbal contract that was made under duress after Ambrose threatened to hit Rollins with a chair as he laid out on the cinder blocks. They're saying that this match shouldn't even happen. Just to humor the "unstable" and "lunatic fringe" (I'm really annoyed by those labels), they wrote up a contract that will make the match official. BUT FIRST, he and Reigns have to go against Rollins and Kane to make it happen. Team Ambreigns wins but Ambrose still has until the end of the night to sign the contract. What follows afterwards was a funny backstage segment with J&J Security tricking Ambrose into thinking they had a contract for him to sign, brawling with them, and Ambrose accidentally knocking down a WWE cameraman.

Now this is where the Ambrose segments, as much as I enjoyed them, get really silly:

• Rollins and HHH bring in said cameraman and 2 police officers to confirm Ambrose did hit him, but not before admitting that he felt he was pushed into Ambrose, which Rollins was suspiciously quick to remind the cameraman to answer the question.
• A handcuffed Ambrose is then escorted to a large police van as Kane, J&J Security, and Rollins heckle and jeer at him. **cue Rollins laugh**
• HHH got confirmation that Ambrose is getting booked, leaving him ABSOLUTELY NO CHANCE WHATSOEVER to sign the contract by the end of the show.
• EXCLUSIVE Youtube footage shows that another backstage crew member recorded the earlier altercation between J&J Security and Ambrose and showed that ROLLINS pushed the poor cameraman (the father of newborn triplets, by the way) unto Ambrose. EXCLUSIVE!
• Despite this video evidence, the Authority basically said it doesn't matter because Ambrose is behind bars and Rollins' gets the night off. Reigns shows up (via ramp!) and starts wailing on Rollins but is quickly overwhelmed by him, J&J Security, and Kane. Rollins grabs the contract and yells, "What did you think was going to happen?" as the crowd cheers "WE WANT AMBROSE!"
• Ambrose comes in, driving the very same police van he was escorted in. Oh, and he's dressed up like a police officer. Reigns can be seen laughing in the middle of the ring while the rest of the Authority looks on in shock.
• Team Ambreigns wins again. Reigns grabs the contract for Ambrose to sign, making the match FOR REALS this Sunday.

As an Ambrose fangirl, I loved every second of it! I enjoyed his promo as he called himself the new face as the WWE Heavyweight Champ and I loved that he did his wiggle as the crowd chanted his name. As a wrestling fan, I thought this was a silly buildup right after Payback and, while Ambrose is unbelievably over right now, it further confirms that Rollins is going to retain the title this Sunday. Also, Stephanie called out Ambrose and Reigns' cute little bromance that they have going on recently, which is definitely signaling a split and/or heel turn from Reigns very soon.

The rest of Raw was uneventful and the crowd in between the Ambrose segments was quite dead. 

• Long Island's own Zack Ryder answered Cena's U.S. Open challenge (with the cast of Entourage by his side) and he looked great despite losing.
• Cena got a surprise Pop Up Powerbomb from Kevin Owens. And he stomped on the belt again :D
• Lana and Rusev had a hilarious segment where he would take Lana back if she said she was sorry, which was later ruined when we were reminded that Ziggler was still involved.
• Stardust briefly confronted Arrow star Stephen Amell in the audience before losing to Neville, which no one in commentary bothered to call out that Neville's finished is called "Red Arrow."
• The New Day was in a 10 vs 3 match, if you can call it that, with The Ascension, Los Matadores with El Torito, Prime Time Players, Tyson Kidd & Cesaro, and Lucha Dragons that quickly ended when Woods taunted them and got jumped by all of them. Seriously, how would they all fit in the chamber??
• Paige and Tamina had a match and it was so unwatchable. Last week's NXT Unstoppable PPV with Banks and Lynch has set the bar so high for Women's wrestling that any of the Diva's match is nearly crap in comparison.
• Oh hey, let's get the other guys competing for the IC title in a match too. Sheamus defeated Ziggler. Ryback defeated King Barrett. Rusev defeated R-Truth.

TL;DR: I loved the Ambrose-centric RAW but it didn't do much to get me excited for the Elimination Chamber. I'll still watch it. More wiggle please!