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RAW delivered in impressive fashion in the fall-out from Survivor Series 2017.
Triple H finds 3 new challengers
She introduced the man who "saved" RAW the previous night: Her husband, Triple H. When The Game entered the ring, Kurt Angle came out right away and went face-to-face with Triple H and told him not as the RAW GM, but as the WWE Hall Of Famer that if Triple H were to cross him again, he would take him out. Stephanie McMahon entered the ring to kick off the show and called RAW "officially" the A-show. She said that Shane McMahon learned to strike first, but she learned how to win. She confirmed that Kurt Angle's job was saved.
Stephanie told Kurt Angle not to jeopardise his job again. Right then, Jason Jordan came out and challenged Triple H to a match. Stephanie berates him and said that he's not scared of anyone. Jordan calls him a coward. Right then, Braun Strowman comes out and confronts Triple H and they go face-to-face. The crowd popped with huge "Yes" chants and when Triple H walked away from Strowman, he was met with "You're a coward" chants.
Finn Balor vs Samoa Joe
The two NXT rivals went at it on RAW after falling out at Survivor Series. Joe began by pressing on Balor until he was met early on with a dropkick.
The crowd was split between Balor and Joe. Balor did get the advantage when he dropkicked Joe to the outside and then hit an over-the-top-rope dive.
After the commercial break, the two rivals went at each other, with Joe getting the advantage and then Balor levelling him back to square one. Joe went for the coquina clutch but Balor managed to escape it.
Joe escaped the Coupe-De-Grace attempt and then successfully choked out Balor clean for the win.
Samoa Joe defeated Finn Balor
Backstage, Jason Jordan asked Kurt Angle if he really was going through with the match against Braun Strowman. Angle seemed surprised because Jordan said he was "100%" earlier. Jordan revealed that he only said that because it was Triple H.
After some persuasion by Angle, Jordan agreed to the match and seemed confident of beating Strowman.
Asuka vs Dana Brooke
Dana Brooke claimed she had prepared for a week to find holes in Asuka's game. The Empress Of Tomorrow was toying with Dana Brooke completely before hitting the running hip attack to the outside.
Asuka taunted Dana Brooke and Dana tried to rage back but failed. She slapped Asuka foolishly slapped her, only to be met with a spinning back fist and two kicks to the head. Asuka won with ease.
Asuka defeated Dana Brooke
Miz TV featuring Roman Reigns
The Miz said that Roman Reigns "led" The Shield. When he called out Roman Reigns to come out he didn't. He introduced him 3-times but then "Sierra. Hotel. India. Echo. Lima. Delta. Shield" was heard. The Shield had arrived.
The Miz asked The Shield to thank him for being reunited, taking credit for it. The crowd chanted "Thank you Miz" and The Miz demanded to hear it from them. The Miz also demanded that he get a cut of their merchandise sales.
The crowd actually chanted "Miz is awesome" and Roman told them that he had never heard that chant before. The Miz trashed the crowd to get his heat back. He berated The Shield for being ungrateful.
Rollins & Ambrose vowed to get the RAW Tag titles back and Roman said that he didn't want to be the only one without gold, so Rollins told him to go after The Miz.
Roman then challenged The Miz for the title on the night, but Bo Dallas interrupted and said that they have to go through The Miztourage first. They destroyed The Miztourage and The Miz fled.
Roman Reigns vs The Miz for the Intercontinental Championship was then announced as the main event.
Dean Ambrose vs Sheamus
Ambrose faced Sheamus in a hard-hitting match-up. Sheamus dominated the early going of the match. He finally got a turn-around when Sheamus ran into the ring post.
Cesaro attempted to interfere a couple of times only to be cleared by Seth Rollins. The numbers were even so that helped Ambrose to eventually land The Dirty Deeds on Sheamus for the win.
Dean Ambrose defeated Sheamus
Jason Jordan asked Matt Hardy backstage for advice for his match against Strowman. Matt mentioned his wars in the past with monsters like Mark Henry, but told Jordan that sometimes he has to realise that it just won't be his night. Jordan looked dejected.
Alexa Bliss gets new title challengers
Alexa Bliss bashed the fans for giving her a pat on the back for her performance at Survivor Series. She said that Charlotte got lucky. It didn't take too long for the veteran Mickie James to come out.
Mickie James said that Survivor Series is over and that all she cares about is the RAW Women's Championship. Bayley came out and said that she actually agreed with Alexa about how it was her year.
Sasha Banks came out and trashed Alexa Bliss and took a shot at Bayley as well. Alicia Fox then came out and said that team RAW wouldn't have won two years in a row without her leadership. Alexa called her delusional and said that none of them were worthy of challenging her.
Right then, Kurt Angle came out and said that SmackDown proved that they weren't the B-Show, but RAW proved that it was THE show. He then made a Fatal-4-Way match between Mickie, Bayley, Sasha & Alicia to determine who contends for Alexa's title. It was set to begin right away!
Mickie James vs Sasha Banks vs Bayley vs Alicia Fox - #1 contender for the RAW Women's Championship
The match started off with exchanges between James, Sasha and Bayley. However, the match was interrupted by the returning...PAIGE! Paige made her return from injury after 15 long months!
She seemed to be a babyface but she said that she wasn't alone. Sasha and Mickie seemed confused by the happenings and it was Sonya DeVille and Mandy Rose from NXT who came from behind and ambushed all the women but Alicia Fox, who walked away!
Paige then hit the rampaige on Bayley and held up the hands of Sony and Mandy.
Backstage, Paige was being interviewed by Renee Young. She met with Alexa, who told Renee to scoot. Alexa Bliss was appreciative of the beatdown in the ring. Paige introduced Alexa to Mandy and Sonya, and they beat her down.
Jason Jordan vs Braun Strowman
Jason Jordan foolishly slapped Strowman in the beginning and then fled the ring when The Monster Among Men chased him. Back in the ring, Jordan managed to evade a few attacks by Strowman but failed a suplex attempts.
He started feeling the reality of Strowman as his injured leg was affected. He went outside the ring and from behind, Kane came and smashed Strowman with a steel chair and then assaulted him on the outside. He placed a steel chair on Strowman's throat and smashed it against the steel steps.
Braun Strowman defeated Jason Jordan by DQ
Kane walked away as Strowman struggled to breathe.
Enzo Amore's title celebration
Enzo was with the Zo' train bragging about their success. Cedric Alexander, Rich Swann, Akira Tozawa & Mustafa Ali came out and trashed them saying that they'd rather earn the Cruiserweight title than suck up to Enzo.
It didn't take long for the two sides to break into a fight. The champion Enzo was outside the ring enjoying the fight break out.
Drew Gulak, Tony Nese, Noam Dar and Ariya Daivari vs Rich Swann, Cedric Alexander, Akira Tozawa & Mustafa Ali
The match started off slow but the babyfaces tried to ambush Enzo. The Zo' train unsuccessfully protected Enzo but he did flee and escape to the other side while the teams broke out into a fight.
Lot of the action took place outside the ring. Swann escaped Gulak's clutches for an impressive tag to Cedric Alexander. Tozawa hit a missile suicide dive. Cedric Alexander got caught by Dar and Ali tagged himself in. Cedric managed to counter with an enziguri and Mustafa landed the 054 for the win.
Rich Swann, Cedric Alexander, Akira Tozawa & Mustafa Ali defeated Drew Gulak, Tony Nese, Noam Dar and Ariya Daivari
Backstage, Kurt Angle was asked about Braun Strowman's medical status. Angle said that Strowman refused medical treatment and that he would address Kane's actions sometime soon.
Meanwhile, he walked into the trainer's room to check on Jason Jordan. The Miz came in and begged Angle to cancel the Intercontinental Championship match, but Angle threw him out of the room.
Matt Hardy doesn't walk with Elias
Elias started off with his usual schtick, getting great heat from the crowd. Matt Hardy came out and tried to beat down Elias, to a huge pop. Elias escaped and fled.
The Miz(c) vs Roman Reigns - Intercontinental Championship
Roman Reigns started dominantly against The Miz. He received big "Roman" chants from the crowd. Roman Reigns was getting ready for a superman punch but The Miz rolled out of the ring.
Reigns tried to run and jump onto the Miz outside but got caught by his leg and then slammed with a DDT outside the ring. He managed to make it inside the ring at 9.5 and almost got pinned back in the ring when he ate another DDT.
In an exchange of strikes, Roman clearly outpowered him, but the champion reversed it to a backbreaker. The Miz managed to counter quite a lot of Roman's moves.
The Miz began the "It" kicks on Roman until he took a Samoan drop out of nowhere. It obviously wasn't enough to stay down for 3.
The Miz escaped the superman punch and countered with a vicious head kick. He was micro-seconds close to 3, but of course Roman kicked out.
The Miz tried to jump on Roman from the top turnbuckle but took a mid-air superman punch. Roman was close to winning the title but The Miz kicked out just on time.
Cesaro & Sheamus' distraction caused The Miz to hit the skull-crushing finale but Roman still kicked out! Rollins & Ambrose came to even the playing field.
This caused Roman Reigns to hit the spear and pin The Miz. Roman Reigns is a grand slam champion.
Roman Reigns defeated The Miz to become the new Intercontinental Champion
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