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WWE RAW REPORT: NUMBER ONE CONTENDERS, KEVIN HOLDS GRUDGES, DOMINIK HAS A BURNING SENSATION, LASHLEY HAS SOME RESUMES TO SEND OUT, AND MORE

By Richard Trionfo on 2022-12-12 23:00:00

We are back and Priest stretches Tozawa and then goes for a hot shot but Tozawa escapes and he tags in Ford.  Ford with punches and a back heel kick.  Ford with a kick and he escapes South of Heaven and connects with a clothesline that does not move Priest.  Ford with a back first and Priest misses a spinning heel kick.  Ford with a blockbuster and a kick from the apron.  Ford with a forearm to Balor and he kicks Dominik.  Priest pushes Ford over the announce table into Kevin.  Rhea has some words for Dawkins before Angelo goes back to his corner.

Ford struggles to get back into the ring but he powers up at nine.  Priest with a clothesline for a near fall.  Dominik tags in and he punches Ford and chokes him in the ropes.  Dominik shimmies to pay tribute to his ‘father’.  Dominik with a suplex and he holds but he decides to tag in Balor.  Balor chokes Ford in the ropes.  Balor with a front face lock.   Ford tries to make his way to his corner to make the tag but Balor stops him.  Dawkins is tagged in but the referere was distracted by THE Judgment Day so the tag is not allows.  Balor with punches and kicks to Ford and then he knocks Tozawa off the apron.  Priest tags in and hits an elbow in the corner.  Balor with a slingshot boot and Dominik with a slingshot senton.  Balor tags in and hits a back breaker for a near fall.  Ford lands on his feet on a belly-to-back suplex attempt and Ford with an enzuigiri and both men are down.

Dawkins tags in and he clotheslines Balor and then he takes care of Priest and Dominik.  Dawkins with a flying back elbow and a twisting splash into the corner and enzuigiri.  Dawkins with a butterfly neck breaker for a near fall.  Balor with an elevated elbow drop to Dawkins and both men are down.  Dominik and Tozawa tag in and Tozawa with punches.  Tozawa with a knee and a back heel kick.  Tozawa misses a spinning heel kick and Dominik with elbows.  Tozawa with a kick from the turnbuckles and a missile drop kick.  Ford with a cross body to Balor.  Priest with a kick to Dawkins and South of Heaven to Ford and a clothesline to Dawkins.  Tozawa sends Priest to the floor.

Dominik with a rollup for a near fall and then Dominik is sent to the floor.  Tozawa with a suicide head butt and he leaps over Dominik when Dominik moves.  Tozawa with a DDT to Balor and then to Dominik.  Tozawa goes up top and Priest with a Razor’s Edge from the apron.  Dominik gets the three count.

Winners:  Dominik Mysterio, Finn Balor, and Damian Priest

We see Johnny and Dexter at a merchandise stand and Johnny says they will take it.  He says they will take all of it.

Johnny says Candice is right.  It is the giving season and they are going to spread some holiday cheer.  Johnny says he needs something to carry them in and it is time to hand these out.

Dexter gives a stuffed animal to a fan.

We go to commercial.

We are back and Johnny Gargano and Dexter Lumis make their way to the ring with their presents.  Johnny says they have so much to be thankful for.  They came into a lot of money, Dexter got a contract, him and Candice came back after having a baby boy.  As a token of their gratitude, they want to give back to the WWE Universe by giving them some cool stuff.

Johnny is going to hand a shirt to Corey but he gives it to Kevin instead.

Johnny gets on the announce table and Johnny is given a t-shirt cannon to shoot shirts into the crowd.

Miz attacks Gargano and takes the bag of money.

Adam Pearce comes out and he asks Miz where does he think he is going with that.  Pearce tells Miz to give Dexter his money back.

Johnny tells Miz to give Dexter his money back. 

Miz wants a mic.  He says he wants to make this perfectly clear.  Miz says this is his money. 

Johnny says Dexter is going for the axe and Adam tells him to stop this before it turns into chaos.

Johnny says that is what happens in WWE.

Miz says he wants a rematch with Dexter to get his money back.

Johnny says that Miz is really desperate.

Johnny whispers something in Dexter’s ear and Johnny tells Mike if Pearce is okay with it, Dexter will give Miz a chance to win his money back next week, but make it a ladder match.  Whoever climbs the ladder to collect both bags of money.

Miz wants to know what Johnny means.

Johnny says double or nothing.

Miz says he doesn’t have cash.

Johnny says we are not going to believe that Miz is broke.  Miz says he is not liquid and he has money in his accounts that his wife controls.  Miz says he has an allowance and Maryse gives it to him. 

Johnny reminds Miz that the people say he has tiny balls.

Johnny tells Miz to ask Maryse for an extension on his allowance.

Miz says he will figure out a way to get the money.

Johnny says he has one more SMALL thing.  Johnny says he wants Miz to help them give out the merchandise . . . dressed as an elf.

Pearce says that sounds good.

The Bayley Bunch is in the back as Iyo gets ready for her match.

We go to commercial.

Match Number Four:  Iyo Sky (with Dakota Kai and Bayley) versus Candice LeRae

Candice with a take down and bridge for a near fall.  Iyo misses a drop kick and Candice with a step up back senton for a near fall.  Candice with a head scissors but Iyo lands on her feet.  Candice with an enzuigiri.  Iyo with a flapjack.  Iyo with a kick to the back.  Candice with a slap to Iyo and Iyo kicks Candice.  Iyo with forearms.  Iyo sends Candice to the apron.  Candice with a knee to Iyo from the apron followed by a neck breaker on the middle rope.  Candice goes up top.
We go to commercial.

We are back and Iyo with a straitjacket choke.  We see Iyo hitting a double knee strike in the corner.  Candice escapes and Iyo goes for a Gibson Driver but Candice counters with a back body drop.  Candice with forearms and chops and slaps.  Iyo with an Irish whip and Candice with a clothesline out of the corner.  Candice with a hip into the corner and a snap mare.  Candice goes to the turnbuckles for a tornado DDT and she gets a near fall.  Candice with a waist lock and Iyo backs Candice into the corner.  Candice with a boot and Candice goes to the turnbuckles.  Iyo with a springboard drop kick that knocks Candice off the turnbuckles to the floor. 

Iyo with a suicide dive and she tries for a sunset flip power bomb but Candice holds on.  Iyo gets Candice on her shoulders and Candice with a poisonrana on the floor.  Candice sends Iyo back into the ring and Candice gets a near fall.  Iyo with a Shotei and a dead lift German suplex for a near fall.  Iyo goes up top and Candice drops her on the top turnbuckle.  Candice goes for a swinging neck breaker off the turnbuckles but Iyo pushes her off.  Iyo with a moonsault for the three count.

Winner:  Iyo Sky

We take a look back at what happened last week with Solo Sikoa and Elias.

We go to Cathy Kelley in the back with Kevin Owens.

She asks Kevin about what happened to Matt Riddle.  Kevin says Solo is a dangerous man.

Elias strums his way into the area and he wants to talk to Kevin.

Elias asks Kevin if he can count on him being in his corner tonight.
Kevin asks Elias if he forgot what he did to him earlier this year.  The months and months and months of mental torment.

Elias says it was his brother Ezekiel. 

Kevin says if he believes that, the last time I was in the ring with you, I was smashed over the head with a guitar.  Why would I have your back?

Elias says Kevin took out his brother while Elias took him out.  He says the past is the past and he says he needs Kevin.

Kevin walks away and comes back and he walks away again.

We go to commercial.

We are back and Elias is in the ring with a tribute to the Gone for Five More Weeks Matt Riddle with a photo and bongos.

Elias says this is a tribute concert for Matt Riddle.  He was stripped of the chance to be a tag team champion.  Matt had an unmatched love for music.  Matt Riddle knew a universal truth that you all know.
Elias says it was Matt’s dream to perform with him in the ring.  Elias says Matt won him over.  He found something and it is a piece of paper rolled ‘conveniently’ and it was lyrics. 

Elias says it is time for a (guitar) solo and . . .
Solo Sikoa comes out with Sami “Pop and Lock” Zayn.

Match Number Five:  Elias versus Solo Sikoa (with Sami Zayn)

Elias kicks and chops Solo but Solo sends Elias into the corner.  Elias with an elbow and punches followed by a chop.  Solo with a chop and head butt.  Solo chokes Elias in the ropes.  Solo with punches to Elias followed by a chop.  Solo with an Irish whip and Elias with a mule kick.  Solo with an uppercut and then he goes to the apron when Elias drops down.  Elias kicks Solo to the floor and then hits a drop kick through the ropes.  Solo attacks the announce table and he grabs a chair but Sami stops him.

We go to commercial.

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