MITB

The Kick off panel hypes tonight’s match card. 

Daniel Bryan and Rowan vs. The Usos 

The Usos won 

Women’s MITB Ladder Match 

Bayley won 

Samoa Joe (c) vs. Rey Mysterio for the USTitle 

Rey Mysterio won and becomes the new US Champion 

Joe runs back and starts attacking Mysterio after it looked like he had left. Dominick watches as Joe hits Rey with a few Urinagi slams. He looks right at Dominick before hitting a senton. Joe leaves the ring but continues staring at Rey and Dominick all the way up the ramp.

The Miz vs. Shane McMahon in a Steel Cage Match

Shane McMahon won

Tony Nese (c) vs. Ariya Daivari for the Cruiserweight Championship

Tony Nese won

Becky Lynch (c) vs. Lacey Evans for the RAW Women’s Championship 

Becky Lynch retains the RAW Women’s Championship 

Becky Lynch (c) vs. Charlotte Flair for the SDLive Women’s Championship 

Evans runs back down and nails Lynch with The Women's Right behind the ref's back. Flair comes in and nails a boot to the face to get the pin and the win. Evans just helped Flair become the new SmackDown Women's Champion.

Becky goes after Evans but Charlotte and Lacey work together to take her down. The crowd chants for Bayley as the double beatdown continues. Bayley's music hits and she runs down to the ring with the briefcase. She takes down Evans and Flair, but The Queen recovers and levels her with a forearm.

Bayley sends Charlotte into the middle turnbuckle before looking back at her briefcase. She hands it to the ref and decides to cash it in. She climbs up and hits a huge elbow drop for the pin and the win. Bayley is the new SmackDown Live Women’s Champion!

Elias takes out Roman before there match backstage.

Roman Reigns vs. Elias 

Elias gets through an entire song for once. He tries to leave before Reigns runs out and nails him with a Superman Punch. He rolls Elias into the ring and the bell rings. 

Roman drills him with a Spear for the win.

Seth Rollins (c) vs. AJ Styles for the Universal Title

Seth Rollins retains the Universal Title

Rollins celebrates his win and then Styles comes back for a handshake and they shake hands. What a match.

Lars Sullivan comes out and attacks Lucha House Party.

Kofi Kingston (c) vs. Kevin Owens for the WWE Championship

Kofi Kingston retains the WWE Championship

Xavier Woods comes out to celebrate with Kingston.

Men’s MITB Ladder Match

Brock Lesnar's music hits and he runs down to the ring to push Ali off the ladder. The Beast sets up the ladder and takes down the briefcase to become Mr. Money in the Bank. WHAT JUST HAPPENED?

WHY? When you think we got rid of Lesnar they bring him back.

Rating: 70/70

It was a pretty decent show and matches. Although I am VERY confused, mad and sad at that the fact that put Brock in this match and took Braun out? So dumb. He isn’t a fighting champion he’ll never change. Anyways, I’ll see you guys for RAW tomorrow.

RAW

It’s the last RAW of 2018.

Dolph Ziggler vs. Drew McIntyre in a Steel Cage Match

Drew McIntyre won

Apparently Drew McIntyre wasn’t done with Dolph so he attacked him not once but twice to add a extra exclamation point to make a point to not just Ziggler but the locker room as well.

Seth Rollins comes out and talks about wanting a rematch against WWE Intercontinental Champion Dean Ambrose. Triple H walks out and tells Seth that there are no more automatic rematches for titles and how maybe Rollins doesn’t deserve it. Instead, he wants the old Seth Rollins back, which is why he booked Rollins in a match against Bobby Lashley for later tonight. Shane McMahon follows by announcing a Battle Royal with the winner facing Ambrose for the title at a later tonight.

Battle Royal - To Determine #1 Contender For The Intercontinental Championship.

Apollo Crews won and will be facing Dean Ambrose for the ICTitle later tonight. 

Backstage Natalya talks about losing to RAW Women’s Champion Ronda Rousey last week and her future. This is when she announced that she would be competing in the women’s Royal Rumble match. Tamina Snuka and Nia Jax interrupt and then they attacked Natalya.

Baron Corbin walks out to the ring and talks about the Battle Royal being unfair, which led to Elias appearing on the stage in order to sing a song about Corbin losing his General Manager job. This led to them brawling until Corbin retreats.

Sasha Banks and Bayley and Ember Moon vs. The Riott Squad 

Sasha Banks and Bayley and Ember Moon won 

Seth Rollins vs. Bobby Lashley 

Rollins took a chair to Lashley to cause a disqualification and Lio also got hit with a chair before Rollins  hit a curb stomp on him.

Heath Slater and Rhyno vs. Jinder Mahal and The Singh Brothers in a 3-on-2 Handicap Match 

Jinder Mahal and The Singh Brothers won 

Dean Ambrose cuts a promo backstage about how doesn’t need a fresh start and will beat Crews tonight.

Dean Ambrose (c) vs. Apollo Crews for the Intercontinental Championship

Dean Ambrose retains the Intercontinental Championship.

Alexa Bliss appeared on the big screen where she announces a “Moment of Bliss” talk show segment for next week with Ronda Rousey being her first guest.

Ronda Rousey and Natalya vs. Nia Jax and Tamina Snuka

Ronda Rousey and Natalya won  

RAW ends with Ronda and Natalya celebrating

Rating: 80/80

It was a pretty decent show and matches to end 2018. We shall see what WWE brings us in 2019. 

Greatest Royal Rumble

The Greatest Royal Rumble pre-show is live on WWE Network. The panel consists of Jerry Lawler, Booker T and Byron Saxton and Jim Ross.

The panel is doing its usual thing of recapping feuds and showing video packages as any usual PPV. 

John Cena vs. Triple H 
John Cena won

Cedric Alexander vs. Kalisto for the Cruiserweight Championship
Cedric Alexander retains the Cruiserweight Championship 


The Bar vs. Bray Wyatt and Matt Hardy for the RAW Tag Team Titles 
Bray Wyatt and Matt Hardy won and is the New RAW Tag Team Champions 


Jeff Hardy (c) vs. Jinder Mahal for the US Title 
Jeff Hardy retains the US Title 


Bludgeon Brothers (c) vs. The Usos for the SDLive Tag Team Titles 
Bludgeon Brothers retains the SDLive Tag Team Titles 


Seth Rollins (c) vs. The Miz vs. Samoa Joe vs. Finn Balor in a Ladder Match for the IC Title 
Seth Rollins retains the ICTitle

Mike Rome interviews some of the men who took part in the tryouts in Saudi Arabia this week.
Ariya and Shawn Daivari come down to the ring to interrupt this segment. 
The Daivaris run down the new recruits until one of them gets in their faces. Ariya gives him a shove, so the young man pushes him back. Another one kicks Shawn in the head before a third hits a body slam. All four guy take turns before Shawn is tossed out of the ring.

AJ Styles (c) vs. Shinsuke Nakamura for the WWE Championship 
AJ goes outside the ring and tackles Nakamura over the announce table. They end up getting counted out while fighting at ringside, but that doesn't stop the fight. AJ gets a running start and hits a huge forearm to knock Shinsuke over the barricade.
AJ Styles is still retains WWE Championship though. 


The Undertaker vs. Rusev in a Casket Match 
The Undertaker won 


Brock Lesnar (c) vs. Roman Reigns In a Steel Cage for the Universal Title 
Reigns lines up and Spears Lesnar right through the cage wall. Both men land on the floor and Lesnar is declared the winner.

Brock Lesnar retains the Universal Title.


50 Man Royal Rumble Match 

Braun Strowman won the Greatest Royal Rumble Match and he gets a trophy and a championship title. 

Mr. McMahon makes a rare appearance to help present the huge trophy and green title belt to Braun Strowman. More fireworks light up the sky above the stadium as The Monster Among Men holds the belt up and walks around the ring. 

The show ends with everyone cheering for Strowman as he walks around with a big smile on his face.


Rating 80/80

Pretty great show besides the fact Lesnar is still Universal Champion. It was a great show with some great matches. 

RAW

The show opens with a recap of The Shield's big reunion last week.

Kurt Angle comes out to kick off the show.

He welcomes everyone to the show and talks about The Shield getting back together.

The Shield surrounds the ring like they used to and Angle looks a little worried. They get in and circle the GM as the crowd chants "This is awesome." Angle asks if the crowd wants to hear from The Shield. They say yes and he hands the mic to Reigns. He tells Angle he has two choices, get out of their yard or get his butt kicked. Rollins tells him to take it easy and thanks Kurt for giving them the ring.

Each member of the group gives a little promo, ending with Ambrose daring their opponents for TLC to come down to the ring and fight them right now. Strowman's music hits and he comes out with The Bar and The Miztourage. Angle tells everyone to hold their horses and says this fight will wait until Sunday. He hypes Rollins and Ambrose vs. The Bar and Reigns vs. Strowman in a cage for tonight to end the segment.

Elias appears in the ring after the break with Anderson and Gallows sitting on either side of him. Elias says he found two good brothers to walk with him tonight. They sing a bad version of The Honky Tonk Man's music before Elias says his next song might be his best, He begins singing about Jason Jordan, with Anderson and Gallows calling him a nerd. Jordan's music interrupts about 30 seconds later and he comes out with Apollo Crews and Titus O'Neil.

The Club and Elias vs. Jordan, Crews and O'Neil

Apollo Crews and Jason Jordon and Titus O'Neil won

Emma gives an interview with Renee Young and says she is sick of hearing about Asuka. Bliss walks up and kisses up to Emma by thanking her for starting the Women's Revolution. She asks Emma to be her partner against Mickie James and whoever she picks as her partner tonight. Emma agrees.

Cedric Alexander vs. Jack Gallagher.

Cedric Alexander won

MizTv with the guest of Braun Strowman

Miz talks about how they would have shattered The Shield into splinters had they fought earlier in the show. He predicts Sheamus and Cesaro will regain the tag titles. Cesaro talks with his mouthguard when it's time for him to talk, so a few words were hard to understand. When Sheamus starts talking, the crowd chants "You look stupid."

Strowman comes down and talks about how The Shield powerbombed him through the announce table last week because none of them can stop him on their own. The Miz tries to add Axel to his team at TLC, but Angle comes out and says he doesn't care what Ambrose said. It will remain a 4 on 3 match.

Angle tells Miz if he wants a fifth partner, Strowman has to win his cage match against Reigns tonight, but if Reigns wins, it becomes 3 on 3 and they lose Braun as a partner. Strowman accepts on behalf of his team. Angle says everyone will be banned from ringside during the tag title and cage matches so there are no shenanigans.

Alicia Fox vs. Sasha Banks
Sasha Banks won

Alicia Fox attacks Banks backstage during a post-match interview. Sasha gets in a few hits, but Foxy takes her out. A few officials try to drive her off and she goes bananas.

Enzo comes out he shows a replay of Kalisto defeating him for the Cruiserweight Championship. A lot of focus is put on Mustafa Ali pulling him out of the ring after he hit his finisher on Kalisto. 

Enzo calls Angle corrupt for putting him in a Lumberjack match when most of the cruiserweights had it out for him. He blames Ali for his loss. Kalisto comes out to offer a response. 

Ariya Daivari, Noam Dar, Tony Nese and Drew Gulak attack Kalisto from behind as Enzo is mocking him. Mustafa Ali's music hits and he runs down to make the save. He takes out Gulak and Nese in the aisle. He manages to overcome Dar and Daivari before Amore runs him down and everyone gangs up on him.

Seth Rollins and Dean Ambrose (c) vs. Sheamus and Cesaro for the Tag Team

Titles

Seth Rollins and Dean Ambrose retain the Tag Team Titles

We see a replay of Bray Wyatt transforming into Sister Abigail last week

Finn Balor comes out to deliver a demonic message to sister Abigail 

Balor says he didn't know what to think when he saw Sister Abigail last week. He says Bray may have his own tricks, but so does he. He says he will fight with his own demon and we see him transform into the Demon before our eyes thanks to some editing and a close up of his face.

Alexa Bliss and Emma vs. Mickie James and Bayley 

Mickie James and Bayley won

Before the show cut to commercial, Axel was shown pumping himself up before approaching Reigns. When Miz finds out Axel went after Reigns by himself after the break, he leaves to go find him

The Miz finds Axel hanging upside down from a forklift backstage. Even if Braun wins the cage match, Axel might not make it to Sunday.

Young asks The Miz what he is going to do about Axel. The Miz says he thinks the world of Axel, but he was never going to be their fifth man.

Roman Reigns vs. Braun Strowman in a Steel Cage Match w/ The Miz at commentary

The Miz leaves the commentary table to help Cesaro and Sheamus battle Rollins and Ambrose as they take the fight backstage. Miz ends up closing them in the parking garage so none of them can stop his plan.

Kane's music hits out of nowhere and the arena turns red. Reigns hits a Spear before Kane cuts his way through the ring and stares at Reigns. He grabs The Big Dog and delivers a Chokeslam. He and Strowman take turns hitting their biggest moves on Roman, including a Tombstone Piledriver. Braun finally pins him after a running powerslam.

Braun Strowman won with the help of Kane.

So, now It will be The Bar and The Miz and Braun Strowman and Kane vs. The Shield at WWE TLC

The show ends with Kane and Strowman standing tall side by side over a fallen Reigns as The Miz confirms Kane is the fifth man on their team.

Rating: 90/90

The show was pretty insane and had great matches as we look on to WWETLC

RAW: Aftershow

RAW

The show opens with a video recapping Cena and Reigns' big contract signing from last week.


John Cena vs. Jason Jordon
John Cena won

Roman Reigns came out before the break. When we return, he and Cena are still in the ring. Roman asks Cena why it took him almost 20 minutes to beat Jordan when he is a 16-time champion. He accuses Cena of giving Jordan hope just so he can crush it, but he also
says Cena might simply be less capable than he used to be.
Cena says it's a mistake for Reigns to try to use his brain and makes a joke about Roman not having any balls. He says Reigns will get all the answers he seeks at No Mercy. He calls
Reigns a conceited golden boy who needs to be taught respect. He says even The Miz has earned his respect over the years because he never stops hustling.
Cena says Reigns makes a lot of claims, but none of the fans agree with him. He asks if Roman can use his brain to see what is actually happening or if he needs to beat some sense into him. Reigns dares him to do it. They each say they don't respect each other.

Cesaro and Sheamus vs. Heath and Rhyno w/ Ambrose and Rollins at commentary.
Cesaro and Sheamus won

Jeff Hardy vs. The Miz (c) for the IC Title
The Miz retains


Nia Jax is shown asking for a title match when Emma walks in and asks for one, too. Angle has the bright idea to have them team up to take on Bliss and Banks. If Emma and Nia win, they will be added to the title match at No Mercy.


Enzo Amore and Gran Metalik and Cedric Alexander vs. Tony Nese and Gulak and Noam Dar

Enzo Amore and Gran Metalik and Cedric Alexander won

Finn Balor talks about how he might be IC champion right now had Bray Wyatt not cost him the win in last week's Battle Royal. It doesn't take long for Wyatt to appear on the big screen and make some vague threats.
Wyatt challenges Balor to another match at No Mercy.


Alexa Bliss and Sasha Banks vs. Nia Jax and Emma (if Emma and Nia Jax win the title match at No Mercy will come a Fatal 4 Way)
Nia Jax and Emma won - the Women's Championship match at No Mercy will be a Fatal 4 Way!


Seth Rollins and Dean Ambrose vs. Anderson and Gallows w/Sheamus and Cesaro at 
ringside.
Seth Rollins and Dean Ambrose won


Big Show vs. Braun Strowman in a Steel Cage Match
Braun Strowman won
Braun grabs a mic and brags about beating a giant. He declares he will do the same to Lesnar at No Mercy. 
The show ends with Strowman picking up Big Show for another powerslam, but this time he puts Big Show through the cage wall to the floor.

Rating: 80/80
Pretty insane show leading us to WWE No Mercy!


RAW: Aftershow