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WWE RAW REPORT: RONDA MAIN EVENTS THE FINAL RAW OF THE YEAR, AMBROSE DEFENDS THE IC TITLE, BATTLE ROYAL, FRESH STARTS, AND MORE

By Richard Trionfo on 2018-12-31 23:00:00

We are back and Lashley with a double wrist lock on Rollins and he slams the arm into the mat.  Rollins chops Lashley.  Lashley with an Irish whip and Rollins flips in the corner.  Lashley gets a near fall.  Lashley slaps Rollins in the face and connects with a knee.  Lashley continues to work on the back.  Lashley with a forearm before setting for the delayed vertical suplex but Rollins with a knee to the head to escape.  Lashley runs into a boot.  Rollins chops Lashley and connects with a forearm.  Rollins with Slingblade.  Seth clotheslines Lashley over the top rope to the floor and then Rollins with a suicide dive and he hits a second one.  

.Seth sends Lashley back into the ring and Rollins with a springboard clothesline.  Rollins sets to finish off Lashley and he connects with a thrust kick but Rush trips Rollins and Lashley with a spinebuster for a near fall.  Lashley sets for the Dominator but Rollins gets to his feet and Lashley misses a charge into the corner.  Rollins with a rollup followed by a thrust kick.  Rollins goes up top but Rush gets on the apron and Rollins decides to go after Rush.  Rush avoids Rollins and Rollins chases Rush around the ringside area.  Rush leaps over Rollins but Rollins with a clothesline.  

Rollins hot shots Rush on the ringside barrier.  Lashley hits Rollins from behind and sends him into the crowd.  Rollins hits Lashley with a chair and the referee calls for the bell.

Winner:  Bobby Lashley (by disqualification)

After the match, Rollins hits Lashley with the chair.  Lashley is hit in the midsection and back with the chair.  Rush comes off the turnbuckles and Rollins hits Rush in the midsection with the chair.  Rollins hits Rush and Lashley with the chair.    Rollins with Black Out to Rush.

Ronda Rousey sits in the back while Natalya paces back and forth.

We go to commercial.

We are back and we are told that John Cena will be on Raw next week in Orlando.

 We take a look at the six new faces from NXT.

Match Number Five:  Jinder Mahal, Samir Singh, and Sunil Singh versus Rhyno and Heath Slater

Jinder and Slater start things off and Slater with a clean break but Slater with punches.  Slater is distracted and Mahal with a clothesline.  Sunil tags in and he kicks Slater.  Samir tags in and kicks Slater.  Sunil tags in and they go for a double suplex and hit it.  Sunil gets a near fall.  Sunil with elbow drops and then he does a dance before running into a jumping side kick.  Samir and Rhyno tag in and Rhyno with a shoulder tackle.  Rhyno punches Sunil and hits a shoulder.  Rhyno with a double shoulder to both Singhs.  Rhyno with a double belly-to-belly suplex and then Jinder makes the tag.  

Rhyno with a head butt and spinebuster.  Rhyno is stopped but Slater takes care of Sunil.  Jinder with a kick and Khallas for the three count.

Winners:  Jinder Mahal, Sunil Singh, and Samir Singh

Dean Ambrose talks about fresh starts and he asks if he needs a fresh start.  Seth Rollins needs a fresh start.  He is angry and looks bent out of shape.  Dean says as the moral compass of WWE, he is going to burn everything down that Seth cares about.  You think that tonight will be Apollo Crews' feel good moment.  Dean says he will ensure that Apollo's fresh start has a rotten end.

We go to commercial.

We are back with more New Year's Resolutions.  

Bobby Roode says him and Chad Gable will defeat the Revival next week.

The Revival say they will bring credibility back to tag team wrestling by winning.

Bayley wants to be the first WWE Tag Champion with Sasha Banks. 

Match Number Six:  Dean Ambrose versus Apollo Crews for the WWE Intercontinental Championship

Crews attacks Ambrose before the bell rings.  Crews floats over in the corner and hits a jumping back elbow.  Ambrose with a chop but Crews with a sunset flip for a near fall.  Crews with another rollup for a near fall.  Crews clotheslines Ambrose over the top rope and hits a moonsault off the apron onto Ambrose.  Ambrose rolls to the floor and we go to commercial.

We are back and Ambrose kicks Crews and hits a short arm clothesline for a near fall.  Ambrose with a nerve hold and then he goes for a suplex but Crews lands on his feet.  Crews drops down and Ambrose goes over the top rope to the floor.  Crews with an inside cradle for a near fall.  Both men with clotheslines and both men are down.  Crews with a series of kicks and a jumping clothesline.  Crews with a Samoan drop for a near fall.

Crews with an elbow and he goes up top for a clothesline and gets a near fall.  Crews with a standing shooting star press and gets a near fall.  Crews runs into a boot but Crews with an overhead belly-to-belly suplex.  Crews with a splash into the corner.  Ambrose rakes the eyes but he cannot hit the double underhook DDT.  Crews with an enzuigiri and the toss power bomb but Ambrose grabs the ropes to stop the count.

Crews with a plancha onto Ambrose and they return to the ring.  Crews goes up top and misses a frog splash when Ambrose moves.  Ambrose with a double underhook DDT for the three count.

Winner:  Dean Ambrose (retains championship)

Alexa Bliss is in the back and she mentions the changes we have seen.  Alexa says she will miss running the women's division on Raw.  She made history in her short time in charge.  She says she makes history.  Thanks to the McMahons, she will be making history.  Next week, her talk show will debut . . . A  Moment of Bliss.  Being the first woman to host a talk show, her guest will be Ronda Rousey.  Alexa tells Ronda that she knows that Ronda likes paying tribute to Roddy Piper but she tells Ronda to dress appropriately.

We go to commercial.

We are back with a Brock Lesnar video package and he will be on Raw next week.

Match Number Seven:  Ronda Rousey and Natalya versus Tamina Snuka and Nia Jax

Ronda and Natalya attack Nia and Tamina before the bell rings.

The match starts and Ronda with knees and she tells Nia to tag in.  Ronda rolls through and goes for the arm bar but Nia tries to escape and she does.  Ronda with punches but Nia biels Ronda across the ring and hits a splash into the corner.  Nia with a slam and she misses a senton.  Natalya and Tamina tag in and Natalya with a shoulder and drop kick followed by a suplex.  Natalya with another suplex.  Natalya gets a near fall.

Natalya with shoulders in the corner.  Natalya kicks Tamina in the corner and Natalya goes after Nia on the apron.  Natalya slams Tamina and gets a near fall.  Natalya goes for a Sharpshooter but Nia pulls Tamina to the floor.  Natalya with a baseball slide and then Ronda tags in and hits a cross body onto to both women.

We go to commercial.

We are back and Nia with a shoulder tackle to Natalya.  Nia with a head butt and she chokes Natalya in the ropes.  Nia sends Natalya into the turnbuckles.  Tamina tags in and kicks Natalya.  Natalya with punches to Nia but Nia with a slam.  Nia sends Natalya into the ring post and then pulls her out of the corner for a near fall.  Nia with a Million Dollar Dream on Natalya.  Tamina tags in and punches Natalya and snap mares Natalya into a reverse chin lock.  Natalya with elbows but Tamina goes for a Samoan Drop and Natalya escapes.  Natalya with a cross body.

Ronda tags in and so does Nia.  Ronda with punches.  Ronda with a jumping knee and judo throw for a near fall.  Ronda with a jumping elbow for a near fall.  Ronda waits for Nai to get up and Nia catches Ronda and presses Ronda over her head and drops her face first onto the mat.  Nia gets a near fall.  Nia gets Ronda on her shoulders and she sets for a super Samoan Drop but Ronda with elbows.  Tamina tags in and Ronda goes for a sunset flip power bomb but Tamina with a super kick.

Tamina gets a near fall.  Tamina with a head butt and she misses a diving head butt.  Ronda with a cross arm breaker and Tamina blocks it and Nia with a leg drop to stop Ronda.  Natalya with a discus clothesline to Nia but Tamina with a super kick to Natalya.  Tamina gets a near fall.  Tamina goes to the turnbuckles but she misses a splash and Ronda gets her feet up and she applies the arm bar and Tamina taps out.

Winners:  Ronda Rousey and Natalya

We go to credits.

 

 


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