During the Raw pre-show, Jojo interviews Dolph Ziggler. He says there are far worse ways to spend an evening that riding along with The Miz. Kevin Owens shows up and says there is, like watching Ziggler doing stand-up. Owens then makes fun of the fact that Ziggler was once world champ, and says that drama may be in his future. Ziggler knows they've got one more match, and that it's going to end with him super kicking Owens' face off.
The show begins with Paul Heyman and Brock Lesnar. Heyman insists that Triple H and Stephanie McMahon concocted a conspiracy to remove him from the WWE World Heavyweight Championship picture, but have failed. Last week, Stephanie did what was "beast" for business by making "brother vs. brother vs. beast" at Fastlane with Roman Reigns vs. Dean Ambrose vs. Brock Lesnar, with the winner taking on Triple H for the WWE World Heavyweight Championship at WrestleMania 32, and promises Lesnar will conquer both Fastlane and WrestleMania 32. Heyman then makes fun of Dean Ambrose, calling him a "nutjob," before Ambrose himself shows up. Ambrose says he may look crazy, but he's not stupid and he's not scared of Lesnar. He respects Lesnar, but he wants the title, and he'll fight Lesnar and Reigns for it. Ambrose knows full well what he's in for, but he says he will still find a way to win. He then leaves the ring.
Alberto Del Rio guests on commentary for the next match. It is announced that Del Rio will get his championship rematch for the WWE United States Championship against Kalisto at Kalisto.
Kalisto beats Rusev by count-out.
Dean Ambrose and Roman Reigns are taking a look at the WWE World Heavyweight Championship when Stephanie McMahon appears. Roman says that either him or Dean will be #1 contender after Fastlane, and that Stephanie and Triple H's days with the title are numbered. Stephanie tells Dean he doesn't exactly want to go to Suplex City, reminds him and Roman of the time Seth Rollins turned on them, and tries to drive a wedge between Roman and Dean while trying to shake their confidence before putting them in a tag team match tonight against The New Day (Kofi Kingston, Big E, Xavier Woods).
Renee Young interviews Brie Bella. She says the doctors are confident that Nikki Bella will get better soon. Charlotte shows up, talks about how she beat Nikki for the Divas Championship, then gloats about how she beat Nikki and how Nikki will start the next chapter of her life "sitting at home and enjoying online shopping" before walking away.
Before the next match, The Social Outcasts (Heath Slater, Curtis Axel, Adam Rose) cut a promo where they call themselves "the tightest group of brothers in the WWE," but realize Bo Dallas is missing. Slater says "Bo Rida" is in the studio cutting an album, then say they're going to beat The Usos (Jimmy and Jey Uso). Also, Lilian Garcia accidentally botches The Usos' introduction, saying they are Grammy Award winners and not Slammy Award winners.
The Usos (Jimmy and Jey Uso) beat The Social Outcasts (Curtis Axel and Adam Rose).
It's time for Miz TV. Tonight's guest is AJ Styles. After a tale about how AJ Styles made it in high school football before moving on to wrestling, and recapping what AJ Styles has done in WWE as of late, he wonders where AJ Styles will go from here. He then says that AJ Styles reminds him of Daniel Bryan, who he took under his own wing and guided to greatness, and wants to become AJ's mentor. All the while, Miz refuses to hand the microphone over to AJ Styles. As the crowd boos, The Miz says that AJ Styles will fail if he continues to listen to the WWE Universe. When Miz says Styles has no chance in hell of succeeding without him, AJ Styles gets up and proceeds to beat him up for implying he is a rookie, forcing Miz to retreat.
WWE celebrates Black History Month.
WBC World Heavyweight Champion Deontay Wilder is in the crowd tonight.
Brie Bella beats Charlotte despite the distraction attempt by Ric Flair after reversing the Figure Eight into a roll-up.
It is announced that Bret "The Hit Man" Hart has revealed that he is currently battling prostate cancer.
Big Show beats Erick Rowan. After the match, he is attacked by Rowan, Luke Harper and Braun Strowman. They eventually slam Big Show back-first into the steel steps.
Titus O'Neil beats Tyler Breeze.
Triple H meets Paul Heyman and Brock Lesnar in the locker room and tells Heyman to get out. Triple H is surprised that Brock Lesnar didn't demolish Dean Ambrose at the top of the show. Lesnar responds by saying "We'll see at WrestleMania, won't we?"
Dolph Ziggler beats Kevin Owens. After the match, Kevin Owens throws Michael Cole's notes at Cole and pushes JBL's hat off the table.
WWE celebrates the career of Mark Henry as part of Black History Month.
Before the next match, Sasha Banks says she's back on her own terms, and that she's tired of waiting for her turn. She is officially on her own and is no longer part of Team BAD with Naomi and Tamina. Naomi and Tamina show up and say there are no hard feelings as they knew she would strike out on her own and make her own mark. Naomi says they can be competitors and still be sisters. The three of them have one more moment of unity together.
Sasha Banks vs. Becky Lynch when Sasha Banks tells Naomi and Tamina she doesn't want their help in the match. Sasha pushes Naomi and tells the two of them to back off, then Naomi and Tamina attack Sasha. Becky jumps in and fights them off alongside Sasha, and the brawl ends with Sasha Banks and Becky Lynch standing tall.
Renee Young interviews Chris Jericho. He says AJ Styles is in it for the long haul, and will be watching his match on SmackDown later this week.
Goldust meets up with R-Truth in awkward fashion yet again, this time in the bathroom. Once again, Goldust's attempt to start a tag team with him doesn't go as planned.
Before the next match, The New Day (Kofi Kingston, Big E, Xavier Woods) shame The Rock for his actions and foul language last week. After they make fun of tumblr and WWE fanfiction, they plan to beat Roman Reigns and Dean Ambrose tonight.
Paul Heyman guests on commentary for the next match.
Dean Ambrose and Roman Reigns beat The New Day (Kofi Kingston and Big E), then Brock Lesnar immediately comes out. The New Day (Kofi, Big E, Xavier Woods) takes advantage of the situation, starting a brawl. Lesnar gets into the ring and hits an F5 on Dean Ambrose to end the show.
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