Raw came to us from Colombus, Ohio tonight. This week’s episode featured the fallout from WWE Roadblock: End of the Line and the shards from the battle between the former Shield members and Kevin Owens and Chris Jericho. There was also the chance of a huge debut on Raw tonight – that of Emmalina.
Let’s get to the results and see what WWE had in store for us.
Chris Jericho and Kevin Owens open the show
Raw kicked off with Kevin Owens and Chris Jericho in the middle of the ring and they were greeted by a chorus of boos from the fans. He welcomed the crowd to the “Chris and Kevin Show”. Owens announced that he’d do anything to keep his precious Universal Championship including taking a Codebreaker from his best friend which led Jericho to ask for the footage from Roadblock to be played.
Owens then admitted that when Jericho showed up at Roadblock, he wasn’t sure what Jericho would do. He added that as much as losing the title would have hurt, losing Jericho as his best friend would hurt even more. Jericho replied that giving Owens the Codebreaker hurt him even more. After this, he invited to Owens to take part in a ”hug of Jericho”.
Jericho went on to insult Santa Claus and added him to the list of Jericho. At this point, Mick Foley’s music hit and he came and showed footage of Reigns and Rollins destroying Jericho and Owens after Roadblock. A disgruntled Owens said that his career could have been ended after what Reigns and Rollins could have ended his career.
Foley said that they were still in Pittsburgh by mistake which he quickly corrected to Columbus, Ohio. Jericho quickly added that Pittsburgh sucked.
Mick Foley then announced that Kevin Owens would face Roman Reigns at the Royal Rumble again with Chris Jericho locked inside a shark cage above the ring. After this, Jericho and Owens inspected the steel cage which they deemed unfit because it was made in Ohio.
Upon closer inspection, Jericho got locked inside the steel cage, and it turned out that Mick Foley had lost the keys. This led to Jericho being suspended above the ring as we headed to commercial.
Rusev vs Big Cass
Rusev and Big Cass’ match tonight started off much like their match at WWE Roadblock. Cass took the fight to Rusev in the early stages, hitting him with punches and kicks. Big Cass then stomped and pounded Rusev in the corner and didn’t heed the referee’s warning to stop, ending in him getting DQ-ed less than a minute into the match.
Terrible feud. Terrible second match.
Rusev def. Big Cass by DQ
Sasha Banks addresses the WWE Universe
Sasha came out on crutches, still reeling from the brutal Iron-Man match at WWE Roadblock. She told the crowd that she had laid it all on the line at Roadblock, but the fact that she tapped out twice broke her heart.
Sasha added that she and Charlotte made history over the last few months and she felt that the better woman won and that she didn’t feel like the Boss anymore. She then proceeded to call Charlotte out but was greeted by Nia Jax instead.
Jax came out and kicked Sasha’s crutch away before tossing her across the ring and leaving her in a crumpled heap.
Cedric Alexander vs Noam Dar
This rivalry is seemingly over Dar’s infatuation with Cedric Alexander’s “girlfriend” Alicia Fox. Cedric started off with a huge spinning elbow that nearly knocked Dar out which he followed up with a hurracanrana as we headed to commercial.
We came back from the break to see Noam Dar finally in control. Dar went for a top-rope knee drop but missed and got hit back with a handspring enzeguiri which followed up with a springboard clothesline, before finishing off Dar with a Lumbar Check for the pinfall.
Cedric Alexander def. Noam Dar
Following the match, Dar got on the mic and continued his creepy infatuation with Alicia Fox as he announced that she was the real prize and all he wanted for Christmas was her.
The New Day came and announced themselves as the longest reigning tag champs of all time before adding that they couldn’t become 3-time champions without losing a couple of times, just like Ric Flair couldn’t have become a 16-time champion without losing 15 times.
The former champions were followed out by the new champs Cesaro and Sheamus. Sheamus said that it really was a new day, the first day of their tag-team title reign. This once again led to the two of them bickering on the entrance ramp.
Kofi couldn’t believe that just a day into their title reign Sheamus and Cesaro were given brand new title belts. The New Day congratulated Cesaro while the crowd chanted “shame” at Sheamus. Sheamus told the New Day that they disgraced the WWE Tag-Team Champions for 483 days and if the New Day could be champs for 483 days, he could easily hold onto them for 20 years.
Anderson and Gallows’ music hit at this point. Anderson came out with the mic, calling the New Day and Cesaro and Sheamus nerds. They said Cesaro and Sheamus should thank them for winning because they softened the New Day up with countless beatings.
The Shining Stars music hit at this point and they came out announcing that they had the perfect holiday gift before handing out brochures to the Shining Star resort. Cesaro tore it to shreds which led to a massive brawl which ended with New Day, Cesaro and Sheamus clearing the ring.
The New Day, Cesaro and Sheamus vs The Club and Shining Stars
Primo and Karl Anderson started us off. Primo dumped Kofi outside the ring before tagging Anderson in. Anderson hit a running boot to the head before tagging in Gallows. Gallows and Anderson rotated tags as Anderson took the fight to Kingston.
The momentum was on Gallows’ side, who gave a chokeslam to Kofi. After the commercial break, Anderson was in control. Kofi hit a tornado DDT on Anderson. Gallows attacked the babyfaces and The Shining Stars cleared the rest. Anderson and gallows hit the Boot Of Doom on Kofi but he kicked out.
Kofi managed to tag in Big E, who clears out Gallows and Anderson. Just as Big E was gaining momentum, Sheamus tagged himself in. He hit the beats of – on Epico. Cesaro tagged in and tried to pin Epico but failed. The competitors all cleared each other out. Cesaro then sent Epico to the Cesaro Swing, followed by a Sharpshooter, making Epico tap out.
The New Day, Cesaro and Sheamus def. The Club and Shining Stars
Enzo and Cass were backstage, where Enzo is angry at Cass. Enzo got a letter saying that since he “exposed himself” a few weeks ago, he was being made to go to Sensitivity Classes, starting later that very night.
Neville explains his actions
Neville came out next and reminded the crowd of his actions from Roadblock where he destroyed TJ Perkins and Rich Swann. Neville announced that normally people only cheered for him when he was vulnerable but not anymore. He said that he would obliterate everyone in the Cruiserweight Division and on 205 Live.
Rich Swann’s music hit at this point. He asked Neville about his actions at Roadblock, to which Neville replied that it was about respect. Neville said that he helped Rich get to where he was today and Rich had never thanked him.
As Swann entered the ring, Brian Kendrick came out and added that he agreed with Neville. He said that without him and Neville, there would be no Cruiserweight division. Kendrick and Neville surrounded Swann who saw where this was going and attacked first. Neville laid out Swann as TJ Perkins came out to help. Neville immediately took Perkins out with a vicious Enzeguiri before walking away.
Kendrick took advantage of the situation and hit a Sliced Bread No.2 to TJ Perkins.
Titus o’ Neil vs Sin Cara
Sin Cara started off working on Titus’ leg but Braun Strowman’s music hit almost as soon as the match began. He came and destroyed Sin Cara and Titus O’ Neil as referees came out to try and control him. He then tossed Sin Cara off the stage into the Christmas decorations before going to work on the decorations themselves.
All hail the queen
Charlotte came out and immediately asked the fans to bow down to their queen. She added that even though she wanted to call Sasha out, there was no way that Sasha would make it after what happened to her.
She said that she would be the greatest Superstar in any generation. She compared herself to Trish Stratus and The Fabulous Moolah before saying that she was better than both of them.
Bayley’s music hit and she made her way down to the ring as an indignant Charlotte looked on. Charlotte lost her cool as the crowd chanted for Bayley. Bayley said that she’d come out to congratulate Charlotte, only for Charlotte to demean her. Charlotte told Bayley that she belonged in the crowd with the fans – paying to watch Charlotte win on PPV.
Bayley reminded Charlotte that their personal scoreboard read 2-0 in favour of Bayley. Charlotte told Bayley that she was always the 4th best Horsewoman which is why she was promoted to the main roster after the other three.
Bayley then challenged Charlotte to match as Charlotte asked for a referee to be sent out.
Bayley vs Charlotte
Charlotte looked in form as she and Bayley started off. She immediately got up from a shoulder takedown to hit modified grounded head scissors to Bayley as the crowd got behind Bayley. Bayley started working on Charlotte’s arm before hitting a snapmare takedown which she transitioned into a headlock.
Bayley then continued working on Charlotte’s arm hitting a lateral press and mocking the Flair strut. An enraged Charlotte charged at Bayley who hit a leg-trip on Charlotte who fell face-first. Charlotte then rolled out of the ring to take a breather as we entered a commercial break.
We came back from commercial to see Charlotte working on Bayley’s neck as she held her in a modified triangle choke which Bayley eventually reversed into a pin attempt. Charlotte kicked out and put Bayley in a headlock. Charlotte then tried to send Bayley face-first into the turnbuckle only for Bayley to block it and send Charlotte into the turnbuckle. The two women then traded strikes before Bayley took Charlotte down and hit her with a running clothesline before hitting a modified Twist of Fate on the ropes.
Bayley then went to the top rope but Charlotte caught her on her way down and sent her face first into the turnbuckle before going to the top herself and hitting the Moonsault. Bayley kicked out at 2 before reversing a knife-edge chop into a backslide to shockingly pin Charlotte clean in the middle of the ring.
Bayley def. Charlotte
Roman Reigns and Seth Rollins vs Chris Jericho and Kevin Owens
Jericho and Rollins started us off and Jericho made a quick tag as he and Owens kicked and pounded Rollins. Owens and Jericho kicked Rollins around while rotating tags frequently. Owens and Jericho then went for a double team but Rollins hit back, tossing Owens out of the ring before working on Jericho. He hit a vertical suplex on Jericho before tagging Roman back in.
Jericho quickly tagged Owens back in and Roman greeted KO with a punch to the face. Owens tagged Jericho back in as Roman tagged Rollins in. Jericho and Owens then started to walk away as Roman and Rollins followed them and dragged them back as we headed to commercial.
We came back from commercial to see Owens and Reigns in action. Roman pounded Owens both inside and outside the ring till a distraction by Jericho gave Owens an opening and he hit Roman with a Superkick. Owens then tagged Jericho in who immediately put Roman in a chin lock. As usual, Roman powered out and a punched Jericho in the face.
Jericho then tagged Owens in as the Universal Champion went to work on Roman Reigns. Owens tagged Jericho back in, and Jericho made the mistake of slapping Roman in the face. Roman got back up and went to slap Jericho back only to get hit by a dropkick from YJ. Jericho then tagged Owens back in as Owens locked in another chin lock.
Roman powered out of the chin lock, transitioning Owens’ move into a Samoan Drop before getting the tag to Rollins. Rollins came in and hit blockbusters to both Owens and Jericho before hitting a neckbreaker to Jericho. Rollins then went for a Falcon Arrow on Jericho but Jericho powered out and Rollins hit him with a Superkick instead.
Rollins the clotheslined Jericho out of the ring before hitting a suicide dive on both Owens and Jericho. Rollins then went for the flying knee from the apron as Roman hit a Superman Punch on Kevin Owens. Jericho then got the knees up for Rollins’ Frog Splash as he locked him into the Walls Of Jericho. Roman came in and broke it up before delivering a Superman Punch to Jericho.
Braun Strowman came in at this point and destroyed Roman Reigns at ringside before hitting a running Powerslam to Seth Rollins inside the ring. Owens and Jericho then rolled Roman into the ring as Strowman hit him with another running Powerslam, leaving a path of destruction in the ring as Raw went off air.
Roman Reigns and Seth Rollins def. Chris Jericho and Kevin Owens by DQ
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