Find Out Why Bray Wyatt Wasn't At RAW Last Night, The Ascension's WWE Debut, Orton/RAW

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-- As promised, former NXT Tag-Team Champions The Ascension made their main roster WWE debut at Monday's RAW in Washington, D.C. The Ascension defeated The Miz and Damien Mizdow in a quick tag-team match on the show.

-- The backstage video promo from Bray Wyatt on Monday's RAW was taped last week at RAW in Minneapolis, Minnesota. Wyatt was not in attendance at the event on Monday night in Washington, D.C., as he worked the non-televised live event in Richmond, Virginia on Monday.

-- It was believed going into Monday's RAW show in Washington, D.C., the final episode of the program for 2014, that Randy Orton would be making his return. Obviously that did not happen, however he did make an appearance in the building after the cameras went off as we noted late last night here on the website.

Once RAW went off the air officially, Orton came out for a dark match main event, defeating Seth Rollins with a RKO. Orton then celebrated with John Cena at the top of the stage.

In case you missed it earlier, here is a photo of Orton from after RAW went off the air …

After #RAW went off the air... #HeadGoesBoom pic.twitter.com/6gPZRTYiH9

— The Queen  (@TheQueenHEEL) December 30, 2014

The Reason John Cena Wasn't On RAW This Week

John Cena was held off of RAW and instead saved for the WWE Main Event show as a way to raise the profile of the series and the WWE Network.

At this time, the company's main goal is to get the subscription numbers up. They desperately want 1 million and were not very happy with the launch numbers despite them spinning it with press releases for obvious reasons. The fear is that numbers are trickling in now that most fans have signed up for the initial launch and WrestleMania 30. There is also fear that numbers will be dropping once the six month subscription period expires.