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WWE RAW REPORT: A TAG TEAM RETURNS, BROCK'S OPPONENT IS ANNOUNCED, DREW REVEALS HE IS A FAN OF THE GREATEST STAR WARS CHARACTER, AND A BIG ANNOUNCEMENT FOR THE ROYAL RUMBLE

By Richard Trionfo on 2017-12-18 23:04:00

Match Number Six:  Samoa Joe, Cesaro, and Sheamus versus Jason Jordan, Seth Rollins, and Dean Ambrose

Rollins starts off and he wants Joe but Sheamus will start the match.  Jordan tags himself in to start the match.  Jordan with a forearm to Joe and then he punches Sheamus.  Sheamus with a kick and Irish whip.  Jordan with elbows but Sheamus with a clothesline.  Joe tags in and he punches Jordan.  Cesaro tags in and he connects with European uppercuts.  Sheamus tags in and he kicks Jordan.  Sheamus gets a near fall.  Cesaro tags in and he goes up top and connects with a boot to the chest.  Cesaro gets a near fall.  Cesaro gets between Jordan and his corner and Jordan with a belly-to-back suplex.

Rollins tags in and hits a springboard clothesline to Cesaro and he follows with slingblade.  Cesaro with a rollup for a near fall.  Rollins with a jumping thrust kick for a near fall.  Cesaro with an elbow and then he sends Rollins to the apron.  Rollins with a slingshot leg drop to teh back of the head.  Rollins with a pescado and he gets back into the ring as we go to commercial.

We are back and Sheamus with a forearm and he works on the kidney area.  Sheamus chokes Rollins in the ropes.  Joe tags in and he connects with a forearm.  Joe with knees and he jabs Rollins in the corner.  Joe with a snap mare and a chin lock using Rollins arm to add more pressure to the hold.  Rollins wtih a jaw breaker but Joe with a running back elbow for a near fall.  Sheamus tags in and he gets Rollins up for a back breaker and Cesaro with an elbow drop for a near fall.  Sheamus kicks Rollins from the apron and Cesaro gets a near fall.  Sheamus tags back in and Rolilns tries to fight to his corner but Sheamus with a uranage back breaker.

Sheamus with a second uranage back breaker.  Rollins escapes a third attempt and hits a DDT.  Both men are down.  Joe tags in and he stops Rollins from making the tag.  Joe with an Irish whip followed by an elbow and enzuigiri in the corner.  Jordan breaks up the cover and he is thrown to the floor by Sheamus and Cesaro.  Sheamus tags in and he gets Rollins up for White Noise but Rollins counters with a sunset flip for a near fall.  Sheamus misses a running shoulder into the corner and he hits the ring post.

Cesaro tags in and he slides in front of Rollins to pull him into the corner and prevent the tag.  Rollins blocks a butterfly suplex but Cesaro keeps Rollins from powering his way to the corner.  Cesaro with a knee and he sends Rollins to the floor.  Joe and Sheamus attack Rollins and Ambrose and Jordan go after Sheamus and Joe.  Sheamus is sent into the ring post while Jordan is sent into Yeatonville.  Rollins with a back body drop to Cesaro on the floor.  Ambrose sends Rollins into the ring and Ambrose gets on the apron to try to make the tag.

Cesaro kicks Ambrose off the apron but Rollins clotheslines Cesaro over the top rope and he sends Joe to the floor when Joe charges.  Rollins with a suicide dive onto Joe, Cesaro, and Ambrose.  

Rollins is rolled back into the ring and Sheamus with a Brogue Kick for the three count.

Winners:  Samoa Joe, Cesaro, and Sheamus

We take a look at what happened at the start of Raw.

A limousine arrives and Stephanie McMahon emerges.

We are back and Matt Hardy is playing chess and he has hit checkmate.  He says it is like the battle at the Loo of Water where your horses were eradicated.  We live and learn and we see that Matt is talking to his fish Napoleon.  He says that maybe when you have a homo sapien vessel, we can battle again.

The vast grounds of the WWE are a battleground.  Every move must be precise.  One mistake can lead to annihilation.  They have been doing this twisted little tango since the beginning of existence.  Matt says he will be brighter than any shadow that Bray can provide.  He will stand with his Woken Warriors against Bray Wyatt and Sister Abigail. 

Matt says they must be deleted.

We see footage from the end of the six man tag match and they talk about Dean Ambrose’s arm.

Dean is in the back and he is being checked out, but Sheamus, Cesaro, and Joe attack Dean and Seth.  Joe tells Seth that he is never safe.  Joe drops a case on top of Dean’s arm.

We go to commercial.

We are back and we have a Moments Ago Moment of the attack on Seth Rollins and Samoa Joe by Sheamus, Cesaro, and Samoa Joe.

Match Number Seven:  Heath Slater and Rhyno versus Dash Wilder and Scott Dawson

Rhyno and Wilder start things off and Rhyno with a shoulder tackle.  Slater tags in and they hit a double back elbow and get a near fall.  We see Dana, Titus, and Apollo watch in the back.  Dawson tags in and he punches Slater.  Slater with an Irish whip and splash into teh corner.  Wilder pulls Dawson out of the corner and Dawson with a short arm clothesline.  Dawson punches Slater.  Wilder tags in and he gets a near fall.  

Wilder with a European uppercut and reverse chin lock.  Slater sends Wilder to the mat but Dawson tags in and Slater with a leg lariat.  Wilder tries to stop the tag and Rhyno with a punch.  Slater and Wilder bump heads.  Wilder pulls Rhyno off the apron and Slater with a forearm to Wilder.  Slater punches Dawson.  Wilder tags in and they hit Shatter Machine for the three count.

Winners:  Dash Wilder and Scott Dawson

Stephanie McMahon is in the office talking to Kurt Angle.

We go to commercial.

We are back and Slater and Rhyno are walking in the back.  Kurt Angle comes out and tells them that they need to tough up as we approach the new year so they can have opportunities.  Slater says he hopes they don't get fired, he has kids.  Rhyno says they need to change their attitude.  Rhyno says they need to toughen up.  Slater wants to know if this is going to hurt.

Elias is in the ring and he has a song for everyone, but he wants to know who wants to walk with Elias.  Elias says he has crossed paths with Tom Brady.  Tom told him that Elias' music is the soundtrack for his success.  He listens to Elias' music as he gets ready for games, deflating footballs and manipulating the rule books.  Elias says he is a legend.  He has taken Roman Reigns to the limit and he has survived Braun Strowman.  Elias vows to win the Royal Rumble.

Elias has a song for a good friend of his, Roger Goddell.  

Sasha Banks interrupts Elias and makes her way to the ring.

Elias thanks Sasha for joining him so he can do his thing.  

Mickie James comes out to the ring and maybe we get a duet with Elias and the country star.

Elias says the women want to walk with Elias and he tells them they can jump in and join him.

Bayley interrupts Elias as well and Elias has had enough.

We go to commercial.

Match Number Eight:  Mickie James, Sasha Banks, and Bayley versus Paige, Mandy Rose, and Sonya Deville

Paige and Mickie start things off and Mickie with forearms and a round kick and a jumping kick and flying forearm.  Sasha tags in and they hit a double suplex.  Sasha gets a near fall.  Paige with a forearm and Sasha with a kick.  Sasha hits Mandy on the apron and Paige with a kick for a near fall.  Mandy tags in and she kicks Sasha.  Sonya tags in and she punches Sasha.   Paige tags back in and she runs into a boot and Sasha fights out of the corner, but Paige with a clothesline for a near fall.

Paige kicks Mickie off the apron while Mandy and Sonya go after Sasha on the floor.  Sonya attacks Bayley on the floor while Mandy goes after Mickie.  Mickie kicks Mandy while Sonya punches Bayley.  Sasha goes up top and hits a seated splash but Mandy breaks up the cover and Sonya and Mandy attack Sasha.

The referee calls for the bell.

Winners:  Sasha Banks, Bayley, and Mickie James (by disqualification)

Nia Jax' music plays and she walks to the ring.  They go after Nia but Nia pushes them away.  Nia pushes Sonya away and head butts Mandy.  Nia sends Sonya and Mandy into the corner and then she picks both of them up for a double Samoan drop.

Paige clips Nia and hits a running knee to the head.  Paige kicks Nia and then Sonya and Mandy join in.

The rest of the women's roster come to the ring and everyone fights.

They continue until the music for Stephanie McMahon plays and she makes her way to the ring.

Stephanie takes the mic and she says a revolution started three years ago by the women in the ring and on Smackdown.  Stephanie says you turned the revolution into an evolution.  The diva division turned into the women's division.  You have main evented shows and pay per views.  We have had the first Money in the Bank match with women, the first Hell in a Cell match, and they had the first women's match in the Middle East.

Stephanie says it is time to make history again.  At the Royal Rumble, there will be a women's rumble match.

We go to credits.

 


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