By James Caldwell, PWTorch assistant editor

WWE Raw TV news & notes 7/14

-- WWE appeared to retire the World Hvt. Title belt during the show. In the opening segment of Raw, John Cena only referred to the WWE Title belt on the line at the Battleground PPV. Later, Cena handed the World Title belt to Ric Flair after Flair returned to TV for an in-ring promo. Flair then left with the title belt.

Flair taking the World Title belt was fitting for a show centered on WCW. In addition to Flair returning to TV, Sting was introduced as a playable character in the "WWE 2K15" video game and WWE hyped a special on WCW Nitro airing on WWE Network following Raw.

-- Dean Ambrose was written out of the TV main event of John Cena & Roman Reigns & Ambrose vs. The Authority when Randy Orton, Kane, and Seth Rollins beat down Ambrose backstage in the opening segment. Ambrose did not return at the end of the show when it appeared this target, Seth Rollins, injured his knee during the main event.

-- Cena and Roman Reigns continued to tease tension ahead of their WWE Title match also involving Orton and Kane at Battleground. Cena and Reigns opened Raw with a promo exchange, then failed to make the save for Ambrose when he was beat down by The Authority.

-- Paul Heyman did not manage Cesaro on the show. Instead, Heyman appeared in a backstage segment teasing "Plan C" in place for The Authority, teasing Brock Lesnar's return.

-- Announced for Main Event on the WWE Network: U.S. champion Sheamus vs. The Miz in a non-title re-match from Miz's victory over Sheamus on Raw.

-- Announced for Smackdown: Chris Jericho vs. Luke Harper of the Wyatts.

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