WWE Raw results, Aug. 15, 2016: The Demon King emerges to confront Seth Rollins

The Big Dog confronts The Super Athlete and offers a unique apology to the United States Champion.

CORPUS CHRISTI, Texas — Last week, Lana got her face inadvertently shoved into a wedding cake. Now, it’s her husband’s turn to get himself mired in a messy situation. Despite retaining his United States Title against Cesaro last week, Rusev was still fuming over Roman Reigns’ disrespect, and he vowed to hijack Raw until the No. 1 contender apologized. He even threatened to defect to SmackDown Live when Raw General Manager Mick Foley and Commissioner Stephanie McMahon refused to back up his one-man crusade. Reigns showed up, of course, but all he did was stir the pot by insulting Lana, which led to Rusev vowing to avenge his wife’s honor … and Foley giving him an opportunity to do so in a non-title bout against Reigns later tonight.

The Underdog from the Underground goes up against The Celtic Warrior as Cesaro looks on.

It’s been a couple of weeks since Sami Zayn has graced Raw with his presence, but give The Underdog from the Underground props for a water-cooler worthy return. After throwing some Twitter shade at Sheamus, Zayn was placed into a one-on-one bout with The Celtic Warrior that was something of a must-win for both men. Zayn needed a big win to re-establish himself, and the Irishman was coming off two straight losses to Cesaro.

Zayn certainly proved his fearlessness when he threw his jacket in the Irish brawler’s face, and he proved his resilience when he hung tough down the stretch despite being thrown into the ringpost. But, ironically, Cesaro gave The Celtic Warrior his third straight “L” in as many weeks by distracting Sheamus when he lined Zayn up for the Brogue Kick. Zayn rallied by blasting Sheamus with a Helluva Kick of his own, and the win was his. (¡Olé!) As for Cesaro and Sheamus, their war is far from over, though they at least have new marching orders: Mick Foley placed them into a Best of Seven Series to determine the better man, with the first bout to take place at SummerSlam.

Luke Gallows & Karl Anderson continue their disrespectful mind games as Kofi Kingston & Xavier Woods face Bubba Ray & D-Von Dudley.

Even though Big E (and his groin) were stricken with ringpostitis, The New Day’s prognosis remains strong: The down-a-man W. W. E. World. Tag. Team. Champions. managed to defeat The Dudley Boyz in a straight-up, two-on-two tag team match when D-Von Dudley, again, accidentally took out Bubba Ray with an errant clothesline. New Day looked good, too, despite their No. 1 contenders Luke Gallows & Karl Anderson sending a dispatch from the “Gallows Organization for Nether Area Diseases” (get it?) to once again toss some thinly veiled threats in the direction of ya boys’ nether regions. For what it’s worth, New Day wasn’t sweating it, and promised the good brothers they didn’t have the stones, or the skills, to take away their New Day rocks. (Get it?)

The forceful Nia Jax makes short work of a local grappler.

If you noticed Nia Jax was conspicuous by her absence last week, fear not: The Women’s division powerhouse is back, and she has another decimated local to show for it. This one, a blue-haired mighty mite named Rachel Levy, attempted to channel the can-do attitude of Olympians like Simone Biles, but her efforts ended up more on the side of the Filipino diving team. Jax tore her apart without an iota of mercy, shoving her over the ropes before hauling her unconscious body back to the ring to finish her off.

The 7-foot-tall Big Cass clashes with The Prizefighter, live on Raw.

OK, so you can’t teach being 7 feet tall. Understood. But Kevin Owens & Chris Jericho — aka “Jeri-KO” — might know a trick or two that Enzo Amore & Big Cass could stand to learn. In this case, it’s some good, old-fashioned deception, as Jericho came to his partner’s defense at every available turn. Owens first occupied with the referee, allowing Jericho to cheap-shot Big Cass on the outside to give Owens plenty of breathing room. Then, when Big Cass started to gain momentum back, Jericho took out Enzo and both men glommed onto the raging 7-footer to bring the match to a disqualification halt, dispatching “Don Parmesan” with a superkick-Codebreaker combo.

The former Prime Time Players reunite on Raw, per WWE Hall of Famer Bob Backlund.

Last week, Darren Young’s march toward greatness (again) took him on a slight detour through a dirty win against Titus O’Neil. Fair enough; The Big Deal did the same to him the week before, so it was an eye for an eye, we suppose. But Young hit yet another roadblock this week in a match that began with him and O’Neil reforming The Prime Time Players at The Big Deal’s request. It culminated in O’Neil turning against his own partner when D. Young accidentally knocked him off the apron. With Young incapacitated by a Clash of the Titus, The Shining Stars were free to claim the win for themselves and, by extension, Puerto Rico.

The Man that Gravity Forgot faces one of the newest members of Team Red.

A couple of weeks ago, Jinder Mahal defeated Heath Slater to earn a Raw contract, denying The One Man Band an offer in the process. That didn’t sit well with Slater’s former fellow Social Outcasts on Raw Pre-Show, so The Maharaja set out to prove his worth by doing what “Mr. Irrelevant” Curtis Axel could not and defeat Neville. Spoiler alert: He did not succeed, though Jinder did give The Man That Gravity Forgot an impressive challenge. But Neville’s momentum since his return was simply too strong to deny, and the Red Arrow that spelled Mahal’s doom was too perfect to recover from.

Goldust & R-Truth face the two men responsible for the WWE locker room's "ringpostitis" outbreak.

The good news is, R-Truth finally put down Pokémon Go. The bad news is, The Golden Truth fared about as well against Luke Gallows & Karl Anderson as a Bulbasaur against a Charizard. All of which is to say they got beaten pretty handily, though it was not for a lack of effort on the part of Truth & Goldust. Gallows & Anderson’s confidence and aggression was simply too high for the fan favorites to answer, and they were able to dispatch Goldust with the Magic Killer in short order. The New Day quickly sent them running when they rushed the ring, though. Seeking payback for Big E’s injury, Xavier Woods made ready to whack Anderson right in the good brothers with Francesca II, coming within an inch of delivering some Trombone-itis until Gallows pulled his partner to safety.

Luke Gallows & Karl Anderson square off against The Golden Truth on Raw.