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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

Your announcers are Corey Graves and Kevin Patrick.

Becky Lynch pulls Iyo Sky off the apron and sends her into the apron.  Becky sends Dakota into the ring post and then into the time keeper’s area.  Iyo is sent into the time keeper’s area as well.  Becky chases Iyo and Dakota away with a chair.

Match Number One:  Bayley versus Alexa Bliss in a Number One Contender Match

Before the match starts, Raw Women’s Champion, Bianca Belair makes her way to the ring.

Bayley with a kick and she gets a near fall.  Bayley with another near fall.  Alexa with a sunset flip for a near fall.  Bayley goes to the floor and then drops Alexa on the middle rope.  Bayley kicks Alexa and connects with forearms to the back.  Bayley with a suplex for a near fall.  Bayley with a forearm and Alexa with a jaw breaker and forearms.  Bliss with a Thesz Press and punches.  Alexa with another Thesz Press and punches.  Alexa sends Bayley to the mat.  Alexa with a double knee drop and a flip senton for a near fall.  Bayley stomps on the foot and punches Alexa.  Alexa with a cross body for a near fall.

Alexa goes up top and Bayley goes to the floor.  Bayley sends Alexa into the ring post.

We go to commercial.

We are back and Bayley with forearms to Alexa followed by a knee to the back.  Bayley with an Irish whip and elbow.  Bayley with a snap mare for a near fall.  Alexa misses a double knee drop and Bayley with a Northern Lariat for a near fall.  Bayley and Alexa with punches.  Bayley puts Alexa on the turnbuckles and Alexa with a boot and head scissors off the turnbuckles.  Alexa goes for a suplex but gets a near fall with an inside cradle.  Bayley with a rollup for a near fall.  Bayley with a clothesline.  Bayley gets Alexa on her shoulders for a side slam and she gets a near fall.  Alexa pushes Bayley away and hits a cutter in the ropes.  Bayley misses a knee against the ringside barrier.

Alexa with a round kick and she goes to the apron and hits a cannonball for a near fall.  Alexa with a kick and DDT for a near fall.  Alexa goes to the turnbuckles and Bayley stops her.  Alexa knocks Bayley to the mat.  Alexa goes for Code Red but Bayley counters and sends Alexa into the turnbuckles.  Bayley with a sunset flip power bomb into the turnbuckles for a near fall.  Bayley with a belly-to-belly suplex for a near fall.  Bayley removes a turnbuckle pad and Bianca shows the referee the pad.  Alexa kicks Bayley to the floor and Bayley drops Alexa on the rope.  Alexa misses a baseball slide.  Bayley swings at Alexa and misses but Bianca stops Bayley.  Bayley with a back elbow to Alexa. 

Alexa with kicks and a drop kick into the exposed turnbuckle.  Alexa goes up top for Twisting Bliss and hits it for the three count.

Winner:  Alexa Bliss

After the match, Bianca gets in the ring and Bianca holds up the title belt and offers her hand.

Alexa wants a hug and the Bray BlipVert goes off.

Alexa sets for Sister Abigail, but she does not give it to Bianca.

Bianca and Alexa are confused at what happened.

We take a look back at what happened on Friday night with Kurt Angle and Alpha Academy.

We see Chad and Otis arriving at the building earlier and Byron Saxton ambushes them to ask if they were trying to hijack the Kurt Angle Celebration.
Chad calls Kurt a dinosaur and he cannot compete with either of them. 

AJ Styles, Luke Gallows, and Mia Yim walk past and are laughing.  AJ says he saw a video from Karl Anderson in Japan showing what happened on Friday.

Chad says AJ is also a fossil.  They talk about how good he used to be.  Chad says he will embarrass AJ on the world stage.

AJ accepts the challenge.

We go to commercial.

We have a video package for Austin Theory.

Match Number Two:  Chad Gable (with Otis) versus AJ Styles (with Luke Gallows and Mia Yim)

 

They lock up and Chad with a single leg take down into a front face lock and Gator roll.  Chad with a waist lock and he holds on as AJ rolls to the ropes.  Chad tells AJ to Shoooosh and he applies a side head lock.  AJ with a drop kick and he sends Gable into the turnbuckles.  AJ with a chop and he sends Chad into the turnbuckles.  AJ with a back breaker.  Chad with a double thrust to the throat and chops.  AJ sends Chad over the top rope to the floor but Otis catches Chad.  AJ goes for a sliding knee but Chad catches AJ and hot shots him on the apron.  Chad with a knee to the back and AJ goes into the ring steps.

We go to commercial.

We are back and Chad punches AJ on the turnbuckles and goes for a superplex but AJ drops under and drops Gable on the turnbuckles.  AJ with clotheslines and a snap mare followed by a sliding forearm.   AJ with a forearm into the corner and an ushigoroshi for a near fall.  AJ sets for a Styles Clash but Gable escapes.  AJ with strikes but he misses the back fist.  Gable with a German suplex and he holds on for a second one.  Gable tries for a third one but AJ with an elbow and a Pele kick.  Gable with a German suplex and AJ lands face first on the mat.

Chad goes into the corner but AJ rolls out and tries for a Calf Crusher, but Gable counters with an ankle lock.  AJ with a Calf Crusher and Gable rolls through and counters into an ankle lock.  AJ rolls through to escape.  Gable with a Northern Lights suplex for a near fall.  Gable misses a moonsault and AJ with a jackknife cover.  AJ with a Styles Clash for the three count.

Winner:  AJ Styles

We take a look at Johnny Gargano and Dexter Lumis talking about what they can do with the money.  Candice LeRae shows up and asks what are they doing.

Candice says she is getting ready for her match with Iyo Sky.

Candice says they have everything they need.  She suggests that it is the holiday season and time for giving.

Johnny says he has an idea and he tells Dexter to bring the cash.

Cathy Kelley is in the back with the Street Profits and Akira Tozawa.

She asks why did the Street Profits help Akira Tozawa.   Ford says it is because it is Akira Tozawa.  Does anyone deserve to have salt poured on their wounds?  Dawkins says THE Judgment Day acted like they run the place but he says they run the place.  Tozawa says they want the smoke.

Match Number Three:  Akira Tozawa, Angelo Dawkins, and Montez Ford versus Dominik Mysterio, Damian Priest, and Finn Balor (with Rhea Ripley)

Dawkins and Priest start things off and Dawkins with a side head lock and shoulder tackle but Priest stays on his feet.  Priest blocks a hip toss and Dawkins with a drop kick.  Priest with an Irish whip and Dawkins floats over.  Priest with a forearm and Dominik tags in and he kicks and punches Dawkins.  Balor tags in and he connects with shoulders.  Dawkins with a drop kick to Balor and Ford tags in and Ford with a drop kick.  Tozawa tags in and hits a forearm off the turnbuckles.  Tozawa with a front face lock  Balor with shoulders in the corner and a chop.  Balor with a punch and Irish whip.  Balor with a chop in the corner.  Balor with an Irish whip and he runs into a boot.  Tozawa with a head scissors that sends Balor to the floor.  Priest stops Tozawa from setting up a dive to the floor. 

Tozawa chops Priest and then Balor hits Tozawa with a clothesline.  THE Judgment Day pose.

We go to commercial.

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