Raw results, June 13, 2016: Styles and Cena sign on the dotted line

An eight-man tag team melee heats up Raw, live in New Orleans.

NEW ORLEANS — Well whaddya know? Enzo Amore has apparently played a tune with Francesca II. Muscles Marinara was left singing a sad song, along with Big Cass and The New Day, when they teamed up against Luke Gallows, Karl Anderson & The Vaudevillains in advance of their Fatal 4-Way clash for the WWE Tag Team Titles Sunday.

Despite bickering among the fan-favorites over whether Kofi Kingston’s Steph Curry kicks were old-man footwear, their alliance held strong in the early goings against the gentlemen and the goons, thanks to a Kingston plancha over the turnbuckle(!). A Gallows clothesline to Big E behind the ref’s back swung the match, though. Even a last-ditch brawl couldn’t deter Gallows & Anderson from executing a sneaky tag and dropping Kingston with the Magic Killer.

After trading verbal jabs, The New Day teams with Enzo Amore & Big Cass to face The Vaudevillains and Luke Gallows & Karl Anderson on Raw.

WWE's former Director of Operations uses his conflict resolution skills and believes he'll be a tremendous asset to SmackDown's leadership team when it goes live on July 19.

With the great Teddy Long experiment in the rearview and Stephanie McMahon officially making a power play for SmackDown, tensions between the McMahon siblings are at an all-time high. But true to the phrase “anything can happen in WWE,” the brother-sister headbutting was cut off at the pass by the return of Kane. Corporate Kane, that is, with résumé and references in hand (including one by The Undertaker, apparently) and ready to make his own case as a candidate to run the blue brand come July 19, much to the McMahons’ collective horror.

The Super Athlete lays waste to the imposing Floridian, six nights before their United States Championship Match at Money in the Bank.

Titus O’Neil is set to challenge for the U.S. Title on Sunday, largely because he refused to stop demanding Rusev for the match. That’s a bold strategy, Cotton, but The Bulgarian Brute can be just as incorrigible as his opponent, as he showed on Raw by bum-rushing O’Neil from behind before The Big Deal’s planned match. In lieu of a verbal response to O’Neil’s bravado, Rusev simply locked his No. 1 contender in the Accolade while officials tried in vain to separate the two. Oh, now it’s personal.

Long Island Iced-Z takes on The Celtic Warrior.

New Era or not, enough people in the WWE Universe still “Woo Woo Woo” enough that Zack Ryder, the miracle kid of WrestleMania 32, isn’t going anywhere anytime soon. That, of course, didn’t sit well with freshly minted box-office topper Sheamus on Raw, who’s been a little bitter over the lack of deference by his fellow Superstars lately.

And true, Sheamus’ beef has mainly been with Apollo Crews, but Ryder, who has jaw-jacked with The Celtic Warrior a bit over the last week, proved incredibly difficult for the Irishman to put away, landing two Broski Boots and an El-Bro Drop. Ryder finally went down for the three after Sheamus hit the Brogue Kick, but even then, Sheamus refused to let up and kept kicking The Ultimate Broski while he was down. Enter Crews for the save, which sent Sheamus scurrying for higher ground until Sunday’s deciding showdown.

The Underdog from the Underground battles The Swiss Superman, six nights before both men collide in the Money in the Bank Ladder Match.

Let’s try this again: Zayn-Cesaro V devolved quickly into a brawl a few weeks back. But the sixth lock-up between The Underdog from the Underground and The King of Swing was the kind of true-blue battle of wills the two have having for years now … right down to a somewhat surprising conclusion, given the series’ history.

“Somewhat surprising” was sort of the name of the game for Zayn all night long, actually. Cesaro dared Zayn to prove he belonged on the big stage, so Zayn came ready to show The Swiss Superman he wasn’t to be trifled with before the Money in the Bank Ladder Match. Given his slide last week, it was an edge Zayn needed, and one that ultimately paid off during a series of reversals on reversals when Zayn landed a Canadian Destroyer for the one-two-three. Olé!

An opportunity to compete in the Money in the Bank Ladder Match hangs in the balance as Kalisto & Sin Cara face The Prizefighter & The Essence of Excellence.

Kevin Owens’ pre-Raw trick on Alberto Del Rio — he reported The Pride of Mexico to TSA and got him detained for five hours — left The Essence of Excellence spitting nails, which meant they hadn’t even laced up their boots before they were at each other’s throats. Unfortunately, they had to coexist anyway, because thanks to a Corporate Kane “team-building exercise,” they were forced to unite and defend their spots in the Money in the Bank Ladder Match against The Lucha Dragons.

As it turns out, necessity is the mother of invention, or in this case cooperation. Owens & Del Rio fought the entire way, but they came together when it counted, with Owens saving Del Rio from a count-out and a Sin Cara senton before tagging himself in and hitting the Pop-up Powerbomb while The Pride of Mexico disposed of Kalisto. Their partnership over, Del Rio then kicked Owens in the face. Sounds about right.