Royal Rumble Predictions!

United States Championship: Logan Paul (c) vs. Kevin Owens

Prediction: KO to win I mean he should Logan Paul definitely doesn’t deserve to have a title in my opinion!

Women's Royal Rumble Match

5 picks:

Becky Lynch

Liv Morgan 

Aj Lee (i feel could she come back in my opinion)

Bayley

Bianca Belair

WINNER: BECKY LYNCH (I would love to see it)

Another prediction is Bayley winning finally but it would be nice to see someone return and win like AJ Lee or Liv Morgan for a example 

Undisputed WWE Universal Championship Fatal 4-Way: Roman Reigns (c) vs. Randy Orton vs. AJ Styles vs. LA Knight

I wanna predict Orton or any of the men to win but I feel they not gonna drop the title off reigns before WrestleMania but if I'm wrong that would be awesome like could u imagine if Orton won or Styles or heck even LA Knight.

Roman Reigns Retains the Universal Championship 

WINNER: Roman Reigns
Men's Royal Rumble Match

5 picks:

Cm Punk

Cody Rhodes

The Rock

Seth Rollins

Gunther

WINNER: CM PUNK

Another prediction is Cody Rhodes winning but I am thinking CM Punk gots the win this year. But, we'll see. 

Either way I think this is gonna be an exciting PPV and leading toward WrestleMania too! 

SmackDown

Daniel Bryan opens the show. to talk about what it meant to him to win the men's Royal Rumble. He wanted to change his life one more time by main eventing WrestleMania one last time. He was not certain of how many more WrestleMania moments he had left.

He put over Chad Gable and Otis with the Alpha Academy getting him in shape for a long difficult climb to the top. AJ Styles interrupted as part of the quarterly Brand-to-Brand Invitational, setting up e challenge by The Planet's Champion for later in the night.

Styles pushed Bryan to the mat, and Omos got in the way of The Planet's Champion seeking retribution. Bryan called out Styles for standing behind the big man too much.

Bianca Belair vs. Bayley

Bianca Beliar won

Baron Corbin vs. Dominik Mysterio

Baron Corbin won

WWE showed a video package for the whole history of Kevin Owens and Roman Reigns. Michael Cole led a final interview between The Head of the Table and KO. Owens explained that he would never stop getting back up on Sunday until he won.

Paul Heyman refused to let Reigns waste his words on KO, but The Head of the Tables heard Owens speak for too long. He blamed Owens' father for raising him the wrong way to believe he could beat a better man. He called him and his whole family fools.

With each painful word, Owens lost his cool more and more, calling him a fake mob boss. Reigns turned off the camera for his side of the interview as KO yelled at the screen with fire. Owens looked ready to find Reigns and start the fight early.

 

 

Daniel Bryan vs. AJ Styles

 

DNF

 

Zayn attacked Bryan in the ring, calling off the match before Cesaro wiped out Big E and Nakamura came in to take out AJ and then attack Sami.

 

Daniel Bryan, Big E and Shinsuke Nakamura vs. AJ Styles, Sami Zayn and Cesaro

 

DNF

 

 

Shinsuke Nakamura, Daniel Bryan, Sheamus, Otis & Big E vs. Sami Zayn, Cesaro, AJ Styles, Miz & Morrison 

 

Shinsuke Nakamura, Daniel Bryan, Sheamus, Otis & Big E won

 

 

 

Miz and Morrison attacked Sheamus after the match 

 

Braun Strowman showed up for the first time since being suspended after Survivor Series and destroyed everything in his path.

 

 

Rating: 70/70

 

Great show and matches 

 

RAW

Raw opens with a recap of Kane and Braun Strowman's feud.

The New IC champ Roman Reigns makes his way out to the ring. 

He talks about reuniting The Shield, beating The New Day at Survivor Series and winning the IC title. Then he plays a clip of The Shield attacking The Miz after last week's show.

While Reigns is leaving, Seth Rollins heads to the ring for his match against Cesaro.

Seth Rollins vs. Cesaro
Seth Rollins won
Seth is interviewed after the match. He makes some jokes about Ambrose being on his honeymoon before saying The Shield is not going to break up again and they can do their own things while remaining a team. He says he wants to invoke the rematch clause for the tag titles next week.

Samoa Joe vs. Titus O’Neil
Samoa Joe won

Sasha Banks is out first for the six-woman tag match.
When Mickie James' music hits, nobody comes out. When Bayley's music hits, the same thing happens. The Paige and her new friends come out and tell Banks they attacked her friends backstage. We see footage of James nursing an ankle injury and Bayley holding her neck.
Alexa Bliss quietly leaves the announce table to avoid being attacked again while Paige rants about being the real person who started the women's revolution. Paige reveals her new group is named Absolution. Mandy Rose and Sonya Deville put Paige over for changing the game. Paige offers Sasha a chance to pledge her allegiance to the group. Banks punches
her off the apron before Rose and Deville gang up on her.
They each take turns hitting moves on Banks until they are happy with what they have did. Paige finishes her off with the Rampaige.

Bray Wyatt vs. Matt Hardy
Bray Wyatt won
Hardy sits in the corner after Wyatt leaves and he starts a Delete chant. Cole questions if he is having a breakdown. Maybe he finally got rights to the “broken” character.

Akira Tozawa vs Rich Swann vs Noam Dar vs Ariya Daivari
Rich Swann won and advances to the second fatal 4 way next week to determine the next Contender to the Cruiserweight Championship.


Roman Reigns (c) vs. Elias Samson for the IC Title 
Roman Reigns retains the ICTitle!

As Reigns celebrates his win on the stage, Samoa Joe comes out of nowhere and puts him in the Coquina Clutch. It takes several officials and agents to get him to break the hold. He breaks through the wall of refs and puts him back in the hold for a few seconds before he is forced to leave.

Asuka vs Dana Brooke
Asuka won 
Paige, Rose and Deville come out and surround the ring. They look like they are going to attack, but then they back 
away from the ring. Asuka smiles as she leaves from the one side of the ring they aren't at.


Kane vs Jason Jordon 
He tosses Jordan over the top rope to the floor and he grabs his knee right away. He stumbles around until he gets counted out.
Kane won by count out
Finn Balor comes out to stop Kane from beating up Jason Jordon.

Finn Balor vs. Kane
Finn Balor won by DQ when Kane decided to hit him with a chair.

As Kane prepares to jump on a chair wrapped around the neck of Balor, Braun Strowman comes down to the ring.
Kane hits him in the back with a chair and the big man doesn't even budge.
Braun took a chair to Kane’s neck like Kane did last week which lead to Kane having trouble breathing and then he escapes through the crowd.
The show ends with Braun Strowman standing tall in the ring.


60/60
Pretty intense show and matches. I think RAW will be interesting NEXT WEEK! Leading us to Royal Rumble.

SmackDown Live

The show opens with a recap of The Royal Rumble.
AJ Styles was shown talking to Shane and Bryan about when he would get his rematch for the WWE title. They say they have to think about it, but for now, Styles will face Dean Ambrose later tonight.
Cena starts off by apologizing to Styles for underestimating him. He says AJ is an elite WWE Superstar who brings out the best in him. He gets hyped up and says his signature catchphrase, which brings out The Wyatt Family. Specifically, Randy and Bray.


John Cena/ Luke Harper vs. Wyatt Family
Wyatt Family


James Ellsworth comes out and introduces Carmella


Carmella  vs. Delilah Dawson


Carmella won thanks to James Ellsworth getting involved


Dolph Ziggler vs. Kalisto
Dolph Ziggler won
Ziggler tries to rip his mask off, but Crews makes the save and chases him into the crowd

Naomi and Becky Lynch vs. Mickie James and Alexa Bliss
Naomi and Becky Lynch won


American Alpha come out to have an Open Challenge
Chad Gable expected one team to answer their open challenge, but they ended up getting every team on the roster. As soon as Slater and Rhyno hit the ring, a huge brawl breaks out.



AJ Styles vs. Dean Ambrose w/The Miz and Baron Corbin at commentary
AJ Styles won
Miz and Corbin start fighting at ringside, so Ambrose hits Corbin with a suicide dive. He takes out The Miz and gets back in the ring, only to end up being put down with a Styles Clash to give AJ the win
Miz comes in and hits the Skull Crushing Finale on Ambrose. Corbin grabs Miz and hits the End of Days, and then he hits another on Ambrose for good measure. The show ends with Styles on the ramp and Corbin in the ring.

Who's ready for Elimination Chamber?

Rating 95/95
Awesome show and matches. Look forward to Elimination Chamber

Royal Rumble

Becky, Naomi and Nikki vs. Mickie, Alexa and Natalya
Naomi and Nikki and Becky won


The Club vs. Sheamus and Cesaro for RAW Tag Team Championships
The Club won


Sasha Banks vs. Nia Jax
Nia Jax won


Bayley vs. Charlotte (C) for the RAW Women's Championship
Charlotte retained the Raw Women's Championship


Roman Reigns vs. KO  in DQ Match for the Universal Championship and Jericho in a shark cage
KO won thanks to Braun Strowman got involved and attacked Reigns and KO was able to pick up the win


Neville vs. Rich Swann (C) for the Cruiserweight Championship
Neville won and is the new Cruiserweight Champion

John Cena vs. AJ Styles (C) for the WWE Championship
John Cena won and is the WWE Champion and 16X Champion


Royal Rumble Match

Randy Orton Won and is going to WrestleMania
The show ended with Orton standing tall.


Rating 90/90
The show was awesome and the matches was pretty awesome as well. The Royal Rumble Match I was wrong I was completely on team with Undertaker but Reigns had to be #30 but it is great to see Orton wining the Royal Rumble.


Maybe we'll do an Royal Rumble Aftershow seeing as the Predictions didn't go up as planned do to the new camera software problem and then it took forever to upload. So I apologize for that but I will do the after show though. Also, bummer Rollins didn't show up but he was banned but he still come face to face to Stephanie on RAW.

SmackDown Live

The show opens with Daniel Bryan being interrupted while trying to eat a shiny red apple. The Miz asks why he doesn't have his own locker room and Bryan offers to give him a stall in the public restroom. Then he ends up giving Miz a rematch for the IC title against Dean Ambrose, but he makes it a Lumberjack match so Maryse won't be the deciding factor


Luke Harper vs. Randy Orton
Randy Orton won
Wyatt went into the ring and reached out his hand to Luke to help him up and then he grabbed him like a hug and then gave out him in sister Abigail and then Orton and Wyatt walked away.

Renee Young welcomes Mickie James to the ring so they can discuss her return and what happened in last week's main event.
  James seems upset about the women's revolution getting so much attention while her generation paved the way without getting credit. She credits Bliss with bringing her back to WWE to explain why they are aligned. Her promo was pretty stellar, but an interruption was inevitable. Becky Lynch matches to the ring and attacks. She chases James into the crowd, where a waiting Bliss blindsides her and helps James finish her off in the ring.

Battle Royal for a Spot in the Royal Rumble
Mojo Rawley won and is now in the Royal Rumble

Before AJ Styles calls John Cena to the ring, he shows the Royal Rumble poster. His head is way in the back of the group while Cena is front and center. He demands Cena come to the ring, and since his character won't allow him to back down from someone calling him out, he heads to the ring.
AJ plays a clip of Cena showing him disrespect on The Today Show. He runs down Cena and claims to have fully replaced him as the face of SmackDown. Cena lets him talk for a long time before responding.
Cena and Styles sold that segment like the pros they are. Cena played the homegrown hero to Styles' international star. Exchanges like these are why Cena still has his spot in WWE.
That segment was amazing!


Dolph Ziggler vs. Kalisto
Dolph Ziggler won

Ziggler grabs a chair from ringside. JBL gets up from the announce table, but Apollo Crews is the one who blindsides Ziggler and sends him into the ring post.

After Nikki Bella is shown attacking Natalya backstage, Naomi says she still wants a match and issues an open challenge. Alexa Bliss comes out and mocks her for not being on TV for over a month and pretends not to know who she is. Bliss refuses to fight her and leaves after delivering one last insult. While it would have been nice to see Naomi actually wrestle, knowing she is being put into the hunt for the title is still a great end.

Announcement Match for Royal Rumble:

Naomi and Nikki and Becky Lynch vs. Alexa Bliss and Natalya and Mickie James


The Miz vs. Dean Ambrose (C) for the IC Title in a Lumberjack Match

We shall Chaos with the Lumberjacks and then brawling inside the ring, but Dean Ambrose retained the IC Title. The Show ended with Dean Ambrose standing tall and holding up the IC Title.

Rating 100/100
I thought it was an awesome show and great matches. Super excited for Royal Rumble.


SD Live Aftershow - Soon!

RAW

The show opened with a recap of last week's main event.
Roman Reigns delivered a promo about Royal Rumble and his match against KO for the Universal Championship and Jericho being in the shark cage above the match, which was interrupted by Chris Jericho and Kevin Owens.
KO asks Roman if he’s okay, because he sounds delusional or he has an overactive imagination or maybe he’s just confused. Something did happen to him that confused him last week, he got a receipt for all the countless superstars he’s powerbombed through the announce table
Jericho calls Reigns a stupid idiot. Jericho threatens to walk to the ring and knock Reigns chicklets out of his mouth. Reigns asks Jericho if he is offering him a rematch. Owens tells Reigns that he can have his rematch. Jericho is livid. Owens says he had a premonition that Reigns doesn’t have a chance. Reigns says he is going to win the U.S. title back tonight, and he is going to win the WWE Universal championship at Royal Rumble. Why? Because Reigns is something Owens will never be in the WWE: The Guy.

Announced for Royal Rumble: Pre-Show
Anderson & Gallows vs. Sheamus & Cesaro for the WWE Tag Team Titles with two refs assigned to the match.

Luke Gallows vs. Cesaro
Luke Gallows won!

Stephanie books Sami Zayn in a match with Seth Rollins for a spot in the Royal Rumble.

Bayley gives an emotional interview to Corey Graves about what being the No. 1 contender means to her.
Foley informs Rollins that if he loses against Zayn, he loses his own spot in the Rumble. Rollins vs. it
Zayn is up next.

Seth Rollins vs. Sami Zayn - winner goes to Royal Rumble, Loser is out of Royal Rumble
  Sami Zayn won thanks to Triple H's music hit and it distracted Rollins enough for Zayn to pick up the win

Ariya Daivari, Tony Nese and Drew Gulak vs Mustafa Ali, Jack Gallagher, TJ Perkins
Mustafa Ali, Jack Gallagher, TJ Perkins won

New Day & Enzo & Big Cass vs. Titus O'Neil and Braun Strowman and Jinder Mahal and Rusev
Braun Strowman and Jinder Mahal and Rusev won

After the match, Braun stands tall when Big Show's music hits and out he comes. Braun waits for a fight. Show enters the ring and they stare each other down from a distance. Braun ends up backing out of the ring as fans boo. Braun yells about doing things on his own terms. Show's music hits as he stands tall and Braun marches to the stage.


Roman Reigns vs. Chris Jericho for the United States Championship
Roman Reigns won by DQ due to KO getting involved and causing the DQ and Jericho retains

KO tries to put Reigns in the shark tank but Reigns grands KO and smashes him into the cage and then did the same to Jericho and then locked KO into the shark cage and then sends him up and Jericho tries to hold on to it but Reigns super man punches Jericho off of it. Then Reigns spears Jericho and the segment ended with Reigns standing tall.

Nia Jax vs. Miss. Lynn
Nia Jax won

She talks some trash about Sasha Banks and how her career is over. The crowd gives her the What treatment until Banks' music hits and she heads to the ring with a crutch and a brace on her leg.
She uses her crutch and beats the stuffing out of Jax. She sends Nia out of the ring and hits the double knee from the apron to the floor.


Rich Swann vs.  Noam  Dar
Rich Swann won

He grabs a mic and calls out Neville for a fight. The King of the Cruiserweights marches his way to the ring, but he decides against getting both feet in. Swann attacks him with a suicide dive to keep
 him from running away. A ref separates them and Neville retreates up the ramp.

Goldberg makes a long walk for what seems like forever until he finally steps through the curtain. He tries to start his promo a few times, but he keeps stumbling because of the crowd. Once he finally gets going, he talks about how he will stop at nothing to get to the Universal Championship.  Just before he can say the 29 guys in the match are Next, Paul Heyman interrupts him from the stage.
Heyman runs down all the possible people Goldberg could end up in the ring with during the Rumble, which leads him to his own client, Brock Lesnar. His music hits and The Beast Incarnate comes out to surprise everyone.  Goldberg challenges Lesnar to come to the ring, and Lesnar starts making his way down the ramp. He circles the ring with a smile on his face as Goldberg waits for him to actually get in the ring.
Lesnar and Goldberg come face to face, but then the lights go out. The Undertaker appears in the middle of the ring when they come back on.

The show ends with all three men staring each other down.


Rating 100/100

Awesome Main Event! This and Seth vs. Sami was incredible on its own. As, we get closer to Royal Rumble! I'm grading on just half of the show but most the show was entertaining as well.

Aftershow :
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=60tc4MAnTVc

SmackDown Live

The show opens with a video hyping what's in store for tonight's show, with all the focus on Becky Lynch and Alexa Bliss fighting inside a steel cage.
When we go live to the arena, we see the cage hanging ominously above the ring.
Shane McMahon's music hits and he comes out.
Shane greets the Memphis crowd before talking about the upcoming Royal Rumble. He runs through some of the big names already announced for the match. Ambrose's name gets a surprisingly big pop.
He also talks about how the WWE champion will defend the title inside the Elimination Chamber before WrestleMania. This brings out AJ Styles to protest the decision.
Shane says he wants the best of the best to fight for the title at the Chamber. He says AJ is one of the best and what he has accomplished is phenomenal, except his attitude.
AJ threatens to take the WWE title to Japan and never come back. He says it's unfair to have to defend the title inside the chamber. John Cena comes out next to tell AJ why he's a coward.
Duelling chants break out for AJ and Cena before Cena tries to talk. AJ cuts him off and tells him to shut up and keeps complaining about the chamber match.
He wants to know why all of SmackDown is against AJ and who else is going to try to steal his spotlight. This brings out The Miz to steal his spotlight.
Miz says he will not only regain his IC title, but he will win the WWE Championship and headline WrestleMania as a double champion.
Styles criticizes Miz for hiding behind his wife, so Miz unleashes a few insults of his own.
Cena hilariously antagonises both men during their exchange.
Shane books Miz vs. Styles for after the break

The Miz vs. AJ Styles w/John Cena on commentary
AJ Styles picks up Miz and throws him at Cena.

Cena blocks it and chases Styles into the ring as the ref calls for the bell. 

DQ Decision

Miz goes after Cena, but gets hit with an AA. Styles tries to hit him with the Phenomenal Forearm, but he too gets taken out with an AA.

Nikki Bella heads to the ring. She grabs a mic and talks about how she wants to fight Natalya right now.
Nattie is in the crowd with a mic. She says she wants Nikki to see something and then takes off. A video plays on the tron showing Natalya heading out to one of the merch stands and destroying some Nikki Bella stuff.
She wants to know why Bret has a shirt up there and she doesn't. She says Bret and Nikki will both die alone and then grabs all of Nikki's shirts so she can throw them away.
Nikki finds her and tackles her into a table. They fight until some security members come to break them up. Nikki knocks one of them out before going after Natalya again.
They fight for a long time before they are finally separated.


Dean Ambrose vs. Randy Orton

Dean Ambrose won


Lawler is introduced to a nice reception for The King's Court. He is even wearing his classic cape, crown and ring gear.
He wastes no time bringing Dolph Ziggler to the ring to discuss his recent shift in attitude. Ziggler walks to the ring.
King welcomes him, but Ziggler says nothing. King says he has known Ziggler for a long time and always thought he was a good person, but his recent actions have changed his mind.
Ziggler still says nothing. No matter what Lawler says or asks, Ziggler remains silent.
Ziggler goes to leave the ring, but King talks him into coming back. Ziggler finally speaks and says he knew King would try to make him look bad.
Dolph decides to show some footage of his own, and it's the video of Ziggler hitting him with an elbow drop on 2012 shortly before he suffered a heart attack.
Ziggler says he is willing to finish what he started. King tells him he will always be a loser no matter how many times he changes his attitude.
Ziggler looks like he is about to leave when he superkicks King right in the chest. As Ziggler walks away, King yells at him to come back to the ring if he has any guts.



Alexis Bliss (C) vs. Becky Lynch in a Steel Cage Match for the Women Championship
Alexis Bliss won thanks to La Luchadora who was later found to be Mickie James

La Luchadora celebrates with Bliss after the match. They start stomping away at Becky to add insult to injury, or in this case it might be injury to insult.
She rips the mask off La Luchadora and it's Mickie James. They take out Becky and James raises Bliss' hand in victory.

Rating:

95/95

Incredible show and matches as we look to Royal Rumble and the main event was insane.

SDLive Aftershow: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Why113Jd-CM

SmackDown Live

The show opens with a recap of the recent events between The Miz, Maryse, Renee Young and Dean Ambrose.

Dean Ambrose comes out holding the IC Title!
And Hosting Ambrose Asylum and announcing he is entering Royal Rumble!
Of course he says he is interviewing The Miz

Miz says every day Ambrose is champion, he taints the title's glory a little more. He also announces he will be in the Rumble match.

Miz complains that he should have been disqualified instead of Maryse being booted from ringside last week. He gives Ambrose the opportunity to hand him back the belt like it's the right thing to do.

Ambrose looks like he is considering it for a second, but then he just gives him a Miz Participation Award. 

Nikki Bella is walking backstage when Natalya comes out of nowhere and attacks her, throwing her into a garage door. 

Nikki Bella vs. Natalya 

After the break, an injured Nikki heads to the ring to face the woman who just attacked her backstage. She doesn't wait for the bell and immediately tackles Natalya and starts beating on her.

Natalya gets the upper hand in the aisle and rams Nikki into the barricade. 

It takes four refs to pull them apart as the crowd chants Let Them Fight! Nikki breaks free and gets a few more shots at Natalya. 

Natalya delivers a chop block to the leg before throwing Nikki out of the ring. She locks in the Sharpshooter next to the ring to punish the leg even further.

No Contest- Bell never got hit

Dolph Ziggler is interviewed backstage about what happened last week with Kalisto and Apollo Crews. Ziggler stonewalls her and walks away.

Dolph Ziggler vs. Kalisto 
Kalisto won
Ziggler levels Kalisto after the match. He looks frustrated with everything as he leaves the ring. He grabs a chair and goes back to the ring so he can inflict even more damage.
Apollo Crews tries to come help his buddy, but Ziggler superkicks him and smacks him in the back with the chair. He takes another shot at Kalisto before finally leaving.


American Alpha (c) vs. Wyatt Family for the Tag Team Titles
American Alpha won 

Orton and Harper start arguing after the match, but Wyatt gets between them. Harper goes to superkick Orton, but he hits Wyatt by mistake.

Wyatt gets in both of their faces when he recovers, and then he just walks away. 

Alexa Bliss walks in and tells Bryan that Becky shouldn't get a title match. Bryan books Bliss to defend the title next week against Becky in a steel cage match.

Back in the arena, Carmella and James Ellsworth head to the ring.

Carmella vs. CJ Lunde w/ James Ellsworth at ringside 

Carmella won

John Cena vs. Baron Corbin w/ AJ Styles at commentary 

John Cena wins 

The show ends with Cena celebrating while Styles watches form the announce table

Rating: 80/80

Pretty great show and matches as we look forward to Royal Rumble.

#SDLive Aftershow:
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Pg9J9hZHfko

RAW

The show opens with Stephanie McMahon giving Mick Foley a performance review for 2016.

Seth Rollins walks in and says he will be competing in the Royal Rumble match. Just then, Braun Strowman demands a match with Goldberg or Roman Reigns.

Rollins attacks Strowman and it takes several members of security to break them up. Steph tells Foley to get things under control.

Back in the arena, Reigns heads to the ring. 

Before the bell rings, Braun Strowman's music hits and he starts heading toward the ring. Reigns leaves the ring and the two start fighting in the aisle.

Strowman throws Reigns into the ring where Jericho and Owens pounce on him. All three men start beating Reigns to a pulp.

Seth Rollins runs to the ring with a steel chair. He tosses it to Strowman and kicks it into his face like RVD used to do all the time.

Reigns gets his own chair and they clear the ring, using two simultaneous chair shots to knock Strowman from the ring. Stephanie comes out and says this is not how this match will end.

She says the U.S. title match will take place later so Reigns can recover, but Rollins will face Strowman right now

Braun Strowman vs. Seth Rollins

No Contest Ends in Double Countout

He tosses Rollins back in the ring and grabs a steel chair from the timekeeper's area. Rollins is able to kick the chair away and pick it up to fend off the giant.

Jack Gallagher vs. Drew Gulak
Jack GI allagher wins 


Shawn Michaels comes out 

HBK acts like his energetic entrance has already worn him out. He says he has missed seeing the WWE Universe on a regular basis, especially during this time of year.

He talks about the Rumble being in his hometown of San Antonio and the Rumbles he won 20 years ago.

He starts talking about all the big stars who have already been announced for the Royal Rumble match. The crowd starts chanting "One more match." 

Shawn jokes and says "Don't try to peer pressure me." He says the real reason he is here is to talk about his new movie, The Resurrection of Gavin Stone.

Rusev and Jinder Mahal come out with Lana to interrupt the segment.

Rusev says HBK should use CGI to put Lana into his movie like they did in Star Wars. HBK says that's not how movies work.

Enzo and Cass come out to help HBK, with Enzo still rolling around in his wheelchair. 

Enzo puts over HBK as the realest guy in the room. He says Rusev is right about Lana being a good actress because she acts like she is attracted to Rusev.

Big Cass and Enzo run through some movies Rusev could be in like The Good,The Bad and The Ugly.

Rusev threatens to put all three of them in a wheelchair, so Cass steps up to him and says they can finish this one on one if he wants. Rusev says Cass will face Mahal instead.

Big Cass vs. Jinder Mahal 

HBK hits Rusev with a superkick, much to the delight of the fans. Cass hits the Empire Elbow to get the pin and the win.

Big Cass won 

HBK celebrated with Cass & Enzo after the match!

Neville vs. Lince Dorado 

Neville won

Neville attacks Dorado after the match! Rich Swann came out for the save and stands tall as Neville leaves the arena to the back

Sasha and Bayley are shown asking Stephanie for a match against Jax and Charlotte next week. Stephanie says they can have the match, but it will happen tonight.

Sheamus vs. Gallows w/Karl & Cesaro at commentary 

Sheamus won 

Mick Foley comes out to produce Undertaker 

Mick Foley talks about working with The Undertaker at the start of his Mankind gimmick. 

Stephanie says she has to give Foley his performance review right now since Taker isn't there. She says for every step forward Mick takes, he takes two steps back.

She blames him for losing to SmackDown in the ratings and creating a false buzz for Taker tonight.

The lights drop out again, but this time it's The Undertaker's music we hear through the speakers. He emerges on the stage as Smoke fills aisle.

Foley hands Taker the mic, and he rips the WWE logo off of it before he starts talking. Loud Undertaker chants fill the arena as he says "I'm back." 

He immediately says he will be entering the Royal Rumble. We see Strowman watching on a monitor in back for a moment. He says he answers to no one and goes where he wants, when he wants.

He brings up how he lost at WrestleMania in the same town they are in now, but his journey continues through the Royal Rumble. 

Taker leaves the ring after saying he will bury all 29 opponents. He heads up the ramp, turns to look at the ring one more time and raises his fist in the air.

Bayley and Sasha Banks vs. Charlotte and Nia Jax
Charlotte and Nia Jax win




New Day come out

After the break, Titus O'Neil apologizes to Woods for hitting him last week and begs for another chance to be part of The New Day. 

Kofi plays footage of Titus in the original NXT almost seven years ago, mainly
when he tripped trying to carry a keg around the ring.

They mock Titus and reveal they have a keg at ringside for him to try carrying again. Kofi tells him the keg is filled with booty juice.

Titus actually grabs the keg and tries to run around the ring with it. He circles the ring and beats the time they set up for him by half a second, but they say he dropped the keg before he reached the finish line.

Titus shoves Kofi after they show the replay, so Kofi asks the crowd if they want to see him take on TItus. They obviously say yes, so this match will happen after the break.

Titus O'Neil vs. Kofi Kingston 

Kofi Kingston won 

Roman Reigns (C) vs. KO and Jericho for the US Title in a handicap match 

Chris Jericho won two on one is kinda difficult but it was a awesome match!

KO & Jericho Celebrated their win to close the show!

Rating: 80/80
Undertaker & Shawn Michaels bought this show together and their was some great matches leading up to Royal Rumble and the main event was pretty good!

SmackDown Live

The show opens with The Miz w/ Maryse heading to the ring.

He says Young sacrificed her journalistic integrity for some Dirty Deeds with Dean Ambrose. This  brings The Lunatic Fringe to the ring.
The Miz bails, but Maryse stands her ground and gets between Dean and Miz. She slaps Ambrose before leaving with her husband. Ambrose says Maryse hits way harder than The Miz to end the segment.


Baron Corbin vs. Dolph Ziggler
Baron Corbin won
He grabs a steel chair after the match, but Kalisto runs down to the ring to make the save
Ziggler gets up, sees Kalisto in the ring helping him and superkicks his head off. He yells that he doesn't need his help and doesn't need anyone.



Becky Lynch vs.  La Luchadora.
Becky Lynch won
Becky tears the mask off to reveal it's Alexa Bliss. The other woman in the mask comes out from under the ring and they double team Becky.


Daniel Bryan comes out and introduces John Cena for the contract signing. And then introduces AJ Styles.
AJ asks why Cena is being given a title match when he has been off TV for four months. Bryan says they beat Raw in the ratings last week, and it's because of the two of them.
He says the big match everyone wants to see is what will keep them going in the right direction. Styles accuses Bryan of favoritism since Cena and Bryan are basically family.
Styles says Cena is just like The Rock now and has lost his passion. Then he says Cena will never be as good as The Rock in Hollywood or as good as he is in the ring.
a lot of fans start chanting Cena's name while Styles signs the contract. Cena says he knew he was wrong about The Rock and apologized because he is a man.
He also says being a man means pushing back when someone goes after you. Cena says he lost all respect for Styles.
Cena finally signs the contract, and that is when Baron Corbin's music hits and he comes out to brag about his accomplishments.
He declares his intent to win the Royal Rumble and go on to WrestleMania to win the title. Cena and Corbin argue, but Styles blindsides Cena with a kick.


Maryse is shown backstage walking up to Renee and slapping the taste out of her mouth.



Carmella vs. Aliyah
Carmella won with the help of the involvement of James Ellsworth


American Alpha vs. Breezango
American Alpha won

The Wyatt Family comes on the screen to taunt the new champions.




Dean Ambrose vs. The Miz (C) for the IC Title
Dean Ambrose won and is now THE NEW IC Champion.


Ambrose grabs the title and celebrates while Miz realizes what happened. The show ends with The Lunatic Fringe standing tall.



Rating 100/100

SD Live is always insane. And this week was awesome, great matches and action. Of Course the Main Event of the show was incredible. I look forward to Royal Rumble but also, I'm watching Talking Smack tonight to see the madness of the Miz lol.



SDLive Aftershow: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=VFUMOAflkeI

RAW

The show opens with Mick Foley in the ring. He says one of his resolutions was to write the name of the city they are in so he doesn't forget like he did the last time he was on TV.
As he starts talking about the shark cage for Jericho, Kevin Owens and Y2J come out to interrupt.

Jericho and Owens complain about the shark cage stipulation at Royal Rumble. Owens especially has a problem with having to defend the title against Reigns at all.
Foley says he wants to start the new year fresh. He says he has heard a lot about the Kevin Owens Show, so he is going to let him interview Goldberg on his own talk show segment tonight.
Stephanie McMahon heads to the ring.


The segment goes off the rails a little bit when everyone starts arguing. Stephanie complains about SmackDown beating Raw in the ratings last week.
She books Owens vs. Rollins for right now.


Seth Rollins vs. KO- loser will be banned at ring side during the Reigns vs. Jericho US Title Match later tonight!

Seth Rollins won via DQ, KO is banned from ring side.



Cesaro vs. Karl Anderson w/Sheamus on commentary and Luke Gallows at ringside.
Cesaro won




Braun Strowman vs. Sami Zayn in a Last Man Standing Match
Braun Strowman won
Mick brings a stretcher down with some EMTs to take Zayn out of the arena. Strowman runs back down and knocks Zayn off the stretcher so he can throw him into the barricade



The New Day come out after the break to talk about their 2016. They announce that they are entering the Royal Rumble match.
Titus O'Neil comes on the mic and mocks Big E's intro before coming out to interrupt.
Titus says he should be the newest member of The New Day. He even brings a whistle so he can play New Day's theme.
The New Day don't seem too excited about the idea of bringing him into the group. Woods says people would rather see Titus on the back of a milk carton.
Titus says Woods is the weakest member of the group, so Xavier challenges him to a match. Titus punches him and then accepts the challenge.



Titus O'Neil vs. Xavier Woods
Xavier Woods won



Cedric Alexander vs. Drew Gulak
Drew Gulak won



Chris Jericho vs. Roman Reigns (C) for the US Title- if Reigns gets counted out or disqualified he'll lose the US Title


Roman Reigns retained the US Title



Brian Kendrick vs. T.J. Perkins

T.J Perkins won


Enzo and Cass vs. Rusev and Jinder Mahal
Big Cass says Enzo can't fight tonight, so he is going to fight both Rusev and Mahal by himself in a handicap match.

Rusev and Jinder Mahal won


Bayley vs. Nia Jax in a #1 Contender Match for the Women's Championship w/ Charlotte at commentary.

Bayley won and is now the #1 Contender to The Women's Championship at Royal Rumble I mean thinks to the distraction from Sasha Banks to Nia for Bayley to get the win.

Owens gives an intro you think is going to be for Goldberg, but it is actually for Jericho. Y2J mocks the crowd for chanting Goldberg's name, and he puts the whole city on the list.
Jericho announces himself for the Royal Rumble match. Owens asks why he is in the match because if he wins, they have to face each other at WrestleMania.

Goldberg's music hits and he makes his way through the backstage area to the ring.

Goldberg says that since Jericho is in the Rumble, he's first. Owens tries to calm Goldberg down and tells him to have a seat. Goldberg throws the chair out of the ring.
Goldberg gets right in their faces and Owens asks if he is supposed to be intimidated by him. Owens throws the table and chairs out of the ring to show he can do it too.
As they yell at each other, Paul Heyman comes out on the stage.

Heyman tries to say Lesnar will win the Rumble, but Goldberg cuts him off and says he will eliminate Lesnar to face either Reigns or Owens at WrestleMania.
This brings out Reigns to add his two cents. He gets in Goldberg's face, but Strowman comes out before anything can happen. He grabs the mic from a cowering Heyman and says if anyone will win the Rumble it's going to be him.

Reigns and Goldberg look at each other and deliver a double Spear to take Strowman off his feet. The show ends with Goldberg standing tall as Reigns heads to the back.



70/70

Better then last week. Great matches and ending as we look closer to Royal Rumble. Next Week looks to be incredible with Undertaker and Shawn Michaels on RAW.
Who do you want to win the Royal Rumble Match?


#RAW Aftershow:
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=WHKsDrL0Y9U

SmackDown Live

The show opens up with John Cena making his return.

Cena runs down the title matches for the night.

Cena talks about why he is back and says he is not leaving and he is sick of the New Era BS. He says it's the My Time era and he is ready to kick some butt.

He also challenges the winner of the WWE title match at the Royal Rumble, and he says he can do that because he is John Cena.

The tag title Fatal 4-Way Elimination match

American Alpha vs. The Wyatt Family(C), The Usos, Heath & Rhyno 

Heath/Rhyno was eliminated.

The Usos was eliminated.

American Alpha won and is the new tag team champions.

Becky Lynch vs. Alexa Bliss (C) for the SmackDown Live Women's Championship 

Alexa Bliss won

A replay of Renee Young slapping The Miz is played before we see her knocking on The Miz's door to conduct and interview. Maryse gets upset, but Miz calms her down.

There were four security guards there, but Miz sends them away. While he brags, Ambrose walks up behind him. Once Miz realizes he is there, Ambrose pounces on him.

Security tries to break it up, but he takes them all out. 

AJ Styles (C) vs. Baron Corbin vs. Dolph Ziggler in a Triple Threat Match for the WWE Championship

AJ Styles retained the WWE Championship
That match was just incredible! 

John Cena runs down to the ring and has a stare down with Styles. He offers the champ his hand in congratulations. Styles lays down the title and shakes his hand, but they are talking trash to each other the whole time.

Insane main event! 

Rating 100/100 

I mean I think it was amazing and definitely beats RAW this week!

I look forward to Royal Rumble!

Raw

The show opens with a recap of Braun Strowman's destructive rampage last week.
Stephanie McMahon makes her way to the ring.
Stephanie greets the crowd and wishes them happy holidays.
Seth Rollins heads to the ring. 
Reigns and Rollins argue about who should face Strowman.
Stephanie proposes a Shield reunion since SmackDown is in Chicago for tomorrow's show. After she gets the crowd all hyped up, she says it's never going to happen.
She books Rollins vs. Strowman and Reigns vs. a mystery opponent for the U.S. title. Then she says the tag titles will be on the line next when The New Day take on Cesaro and Sheamus.


Cesaro & Sheamus (C) vs The New Day for the Tag Team Titles
Cesaro & Sheamus won



Nia Jax vs. Scarlett 
Nia Jax won

Jericho and Owens are shown complaining to Stephanie about Foley putting Y2J in a shark tank. She books Owens to face Reigns for the U.S. title later.

Back in the arena, Bayley heads to the ring. She takes a mic and says she loves Chicago.

She brags about beating Charlotte for the third time in a row last week. Charlotte comes out.

 Charlotte claims her shoulder was up before the ref counted three last week, so the win doesn't count. She says she and her lawyer talked to Stephanie last night and Bayley's win has been erased from the record books. 

She tries insulting Bayley, but she says she will give Bayley a second chance to face her right now but Dana Brooke is to be the ref for this match.

Bayley vs. Charlotte W/ Dana Brooke as the guest ref

Charlotte won thanks to Dana being the ref. I mean it appeared that Charlotte used the ropes to hold her legs up as she rolled up Bayley for thd quick win.

Stephanie finds some poor guy being choked by Strowman and gives him a Last Man Standing match against Zayn next week.

Stephanie says he has to do something for her and take out his aggression against Zayn on Rollins. He laughs and walks away. 

Then we get a recap of Neville's heel turn. 

Neville vs. TJ Perkins 

Neville won

Enzo gives his usual intro from the wheelchair. before he talks about how Rusev
can never truly take him out, even if he ends up in a wheelchair.

Big Cass calls out The Bulgarian Brute, and Rusev obliges, with Jinder Mahal close behind.

They try to gang up on Big Cass, but Enzo jumps out of the chair and attacks Mahal, leaving Cass to take out Rusev.

The Shining Stars vs. Darren Young and Bo Dallas

Braun Strowman's music hits and he marches to the ring with a tree in his hands. He takes out Dallas and the ref calls for the bell.

No Contest

Epico tries to hit him with a steel chair, but Strowman barely moves from the hit. He even takes out Backlund before tossing the steel steps at the other three men to take them all out at once.

The crowd chants Thank You Strowman as he stands in the ring.

Seth Rollins vs. Braun Strowman

He runs over Seth like a steam roller before putting him back in the ring. Zayn's music hits and it distracts Strowman, allowing Zayn to attack him from behind and cause a DQ.

Winner by DQ: Braun Strowman

He runs Strowman into the ring post before retreating to the back. Jericho runs to the ring and hits a Codebreaker on Rollins.

Anderson & Gallows vs. GoldenTruth

Anderson & Gallows won 

Rich Swann vs Daivari 

Rich Swann won 

While Swann is giving an interview and accepts Neville's challenge for a title match tomorrow night, Neville attacks him and beats him all the way back to the ring.

He puts Swann in the ring and climbs to the top rope so he can deliver the Red Arrow. 

Roman Reigns (C) vs. KO for the US Title. 

Roman Reigns won with the help of the distraction from Seth Rollins 

After the match Rollins pedigreed KO

The show ends with Reigns & Rollins standing in the ring. After reigns speared Jericho.

Rating 30/30
The show was okay but not awesome but the ending and the start of the show was pretty good. But there was some great matches and segments though.
I'm looking forward to Royal Rumble.