"I'm getting worked!": Monday Night RAW (2/15/16)

The go-home show of Monday Night RAW kicked off with IC champ Dean Ambrose doing an in-ring promo and asking for more punishment from Brock Lesnar (who's actually booked for Smack Down). Stephanie McMahon comes out instead and grants Ambrose's wish for another F5, except it would be a Fatal 5-Way against Kevin Owens, Stardust, Dolph Ziggler, and Tyler Breeze to defend his IC title. If his buddy, Roman Reigns interferes, Ambrose will be DQ'd and removed from the triple threat main event at Fastlane.

I want to get this out of the way: I am tremendously sad that Ambrose lost. I was really looking forward to him having a long reign with the IC title (he had it for 64 days). Considering how Ambrose has been booked after Royal Rumble - fighting to be a #1 contender for the WHC and not defending the IC title - he had to lose it. If Ambrose had to lose the belt to someone, there's no better choice than Owens, who is now a 2-time IC Champ. Ambrose's loss means he might have a better chance at winning at Fastlane. Whatever the scenario, it's very interesting how much the focus has shifted to Ambrose over Reigns in the last few weeks. However, it could also be WWE being very crafty with their misdirection and not making it obvious that Reigns will get his Wrestlemania moment.

The rest of RAW seemingly dragged on afterwards with a mix of new matches set for Fastlane and filler matches that didn't do anything storyline wise. The results can be found here. If the best match of the night was the IC Fatal 5-Way, what was the main event? It was Big Show against Braun Strowman, which bored the hell out of Anaheim crowd, and ended in DQ when the rest of the Wyatt family interfered. Kane and Ryback came out to assist Big Show and the show pretty much ended there, just so it can transition to Stone Cold Steve Austin doing his live podcast with Big Show afterwards.

Here are the confirmed matches for Sunday:

• Kick-off: Kalisto vs Alberto Del Rio for the US Title Championship in a 2-out-of-3 falls match
• Kevin Owens vs Dolph Ziggler in an IC Championship match
• Sasha Bank and Becky Lynch vs Naomi and Tamina
• AJ Styles vs Jericho Part III (likely to be confirmed after Smack Down)
• Brie Bella vs Charlotte in a Divas Championship match
• Ryback, Kane, and Big Show vs The Wyatt Family
• Main event: Dean Ambrose vs Roman Reigns vs Brock Lesnar in a #1 Contenders Triple Threat
• Edge and Christian's Cutting Edge Peep Show with The New Day (no title defense?)

"You better be a lot quicker than that, baby!"