#10 John Cena vs. Dolph Ziggler - Steel Cage Match (Jan. 14)
Anniversaries are always cause for something special, and Raw rang in its 20thbirthday with a barnburning main event contested between John Cena and Dolph Ziggler in the confines of a Steel Cage. Bringing their bitter rivalry to a head between the iron links, the two Superstars took each other to the woodshed in an all-out battle between WWE’s longest-tenured standard bearer and one of its most talented rising stars. The Showoff kept the tilt on an even keel and never let Cena get too far ahead, though the menacing presence of Big E Langston at ringside certainly helped save Ziggler from defeat on more than one occasion.Prowling outside the cage, Ziggler’s then-gal pal AJ Lee’s emotions eventually got the better of her and she attempted to scale the chain-link barrier, distracting both referees from the action at hand. The ensuing fracas Langston the opening to storm the steel and hand Ziggler his Money in
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#9 The Miz vs. Antonio Cesaro - No Disqualification Match (Feb. 18)
Two variables no Superstar wants to hear in their match are “Antonio Cesaro” and “No Disqualification,” but that’s exactly what The Miz got at one point throughout the course of his long, grueling rivalry with the mighty United States Champion one night after a controversial conclusion to their match at Elimination Chamber. Indeed, The Awesome One was reduced to little more than a plaything for a good part of the match, with Cesaro taking advantage of Miz’s bum shoulder to run roughshod over the former WWE Champion in a contest that crammed a main-event's worth of viciousness into a relatively short amount of time. Still, give Miz credit for gutsiness: The “Cleveland Screamer” was nearly broken by steel chairs when he saved the bout with a last-ditch effort, booting Cesaro in the face and quickly
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#8 Kane vs. CM Punk - No Disqualification Match (March 11)
Paul Bearer’s untimely death left a shadow over the first Raw following his passing, and CM Punk certainly didn’t help alleviate the mood when he interrupted The Undertaker’s tribute to his former guardian, gaudily hemming and hawing about his challenge to The Phenom’s streak at WrestleMania. The former WWE Champion’s brazen actions earned him a No Disqualification Match against Bearer’s son, Kane, who had been rendered all but catatonic by the loss of his father.Yet Kane’s state of shock only lasted until Punk’s cheap-shot to start the match, at which point the proverbial monster found his fire once again. Fighting with emotion that radiated throughout the entire arena, and aided by a stipulation that allowed him to dish out whatever punishment he deemed appropriate, The Devil’s Favorite Demon battled for his family’s honor. The Straight Edge Sociopath, meanwhile, put in a feral effort to show he wasn’t merely made of talk in the wake of losing his WWE Championship. Punk came close, yet – with a late-game assist from The Undertaker – The Big Red Monster ultimately prevailed, dispatching his insolent adversary with a Chokeslam that put Punk down for the three. Ohhhh, yeeeessssss.
#7 Daniel Bryan vs. Seth Rollins (June 10)
Ever since he and Kane lost their beloved Tag Team Championships to The Shield at Extreme Rules, Daniel Bryan’s had a particular bee in his bonnet when it comes to The Shield. The submission expert’s tussled with each Hound of Justice in singles action (and sometimes all three at once), but the one opponent who gave him the most hell was undeniably Seth Rollins in their first solo tilt on Raw in June, in a match voted on via the WWE App.Even as Bryan’s rage built to a fever pitch, Rollins – long the resident madman of The Shield – matched the “Yes!” man at every turn, absorbing all of Bryan’s punishment and rallying to deliver it in kind. Thanks to an assist from – oh, the irony – Randy Orton, Rollins’ Shield-mates were neutralized at ringside and a battered Bryan was able to pick up the win with a small package, snatching victory from the jaws of the defeat by the hairs of his famous beard.
#6 John Cena vs. Ryback - Tables Match (July 29)
It’s very rare that John Cena wins a match and it can be called a lucky victory, but that’s pretty much what went down when the then-WWE Champion found himself battling Ryback in a late July Tables Match and escaped with the win by the skin of his jorts. Clearly having learned from their first two encounters, Ryback came in like a (Human) wrecking ball and mercilessly pressed Cena into the defensive early on. He even showed a surprising amount of strategic awareness by destroying tables he himself had erected when The Champ got a little too close for comfort, causing Cena to start from scratch again.“The Big Guy’s” cockiness got the better of him in the end, though, and the introduction of steel steps into the proceedings proved to be ill-advised in hindsight when Cena dropped Ryback back-first onto the steel and administered a Five-Knuckle Shuffle that zapped the Human Wrecking Ball of his momentum. One Attitude Adjustment through the table left and it was goodnight, nurse, although the fact that Cena all but collapsed after the win says something about how hard he had to work for it.
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