RAW

The show opens with John Cena!
Cena takes a moment to give his shirt and hat to a child in the audience who is wearing his old orange and blue gear.
A Merry Christmas chant starts up and Cena says it's the first time he has heard that chant because this is WWE's first live show on Christmas.
As Cena talks about WWE being his home, Elias comes out and plays a little tune as he walks slowly to the ring. He asks who wants to walk with Elias.
Cena says he is willing to walk with Elias and The Drifter says that was a smart decision because he is tired of being interrupted. Then the crowd starts chanting CM Punk and Elias says CM Punk won't be interrupting him tonight.
Cena says Elias is a jerk and Elias seems to have a change of heart. He asks if he can try his song again with the proper lyrics. Cena gives him one more chance because it's Christmas. Elias tells Cena to take over and then he decks him right in the face. Elias knocked him out with one shot to the mouth.


John Cena vs, Elias 
John Cena won 


Angle books a match with The Bar taking on Seth Rollins and Jason Jordan in a tag title match. Roman Reigns walks in and Angle tells him he can have Samoa Joe tonight, but it's for the IC title.


Hideo Itami vs. Brian Kendrick 
Hideo Itami won

Absolution vs. Sasha Banks and Bayley and Mickie James 
Absolution won 


Kane vs. Heath Slater 
Kane won


Finn Balor vs. Kurt Hawkins 
Finn Balor won

As Wyatt raises the lights in the arena, Matt Hardy appears behind him. They get into a brief brawl  and Bray retreats up the ramp. Hardy laughs like a maniac as Wyatt stares a hole right through him.

The Zo Train vs. Alexander, Ali and Tozawa in a Miracle on 34th Street Fight. 

Alexander, Ali and Tozawa won 

Roman Reigns (c) vs. Samoa Joe for the  IC Title 

Reigns stomps Joe in the corner and throws the ref away, getting himself disqualified in the process.
Samoa Joe won via DQ 
Roman Reigns is still Intercontinental Champion
Reigns hits a Superman Punch to send Joe out of the ring
Several Officials hold Reigns back as Joe escapes up the ramp. 

Braun Strowman vs. Bo Dallas and Curtis Axel

Braun Strowman won 

Strowman doesn't stop after the bell and delivers two more powerslams to Dallas and Axel.

Alexa Bliss comes to the ring and talks about smashing through the glass ceiling all year in 2017. She also talks about the women's Rumble match. She takes credit for the Rumble and calls herself the gift that keeps on giving. The lights go out and Asuka's music hits.

Asuka grabs a mic and declares her intentions to win the Royal Rumble match because nobody is ready for her. Then she kicks Alexa's head in with a vicious roundhouse and dances her way up the aisle.

Cesaro and Sheamus (c) vs. Seth Rollins and Jason Jordan for the Tag Team Titles 
Seth Rollins and Jason Jordon won and are the NEW Tag Team Champions!

The show ended with Rollins and Jordan celebrating as the New Tag Team Champions!


Rating 70/70

Great show and matches as we look onto Royal Rumble! They could of did something better for Cena though.

RAW: Aftershow

RAW

Raw opens with a recap of Kane vs. Braun Strowman from last week's show. 

Kurt Angle comes out to open the show in the ring. He hypes an appearance from Brock Lesnar tonight. Before he can continue, Strowman's music hits and he marches his way to the ring. He says he earned the right to face Lesnar when he was the only one standing at the end of last week's show. 

Angle announces all three men will fight in a Triple Threat at the Rumble and then runs away from the situation. Lesnar and Kane take out Strowman before Brock hits Kane with an F5. The champ grabs his belt and leaves with his advocate while Braun stares a hole through him from the other side of the ring. Kane sits up in the ring and Lesnar looks a little surprised.

Jason Jordan comes out instead of Samoa Joe and he says he wants to face Samoa Joe first. He tells Rollins he has nothing but respect for him, but he has to wait in line. Seth tries to say something, but he is interrupted by Samoa Joe.

Joe suggests Rollins and Jordan fight to see who gets to face him. Seth says he already has a match booked with Joe, so JJ can go look for his daddy's approval somewhere else. Jordan shoves Rollins down.

Seth Rollins vs. Jason Jordon 

Seth Rollins won

Rollins tries to fight off Joe after the match, but he ends up getting taken down by the Samoan Submission Machine. On his way up the ramp he lays out Jason Jordan

Finn Baylor vs. The Miztourage in a 2 on 1 Handicap Match 

the ref is forced to disqualify Miztourage for ganging up on Balor and listening to the refs instructions.

Hideo Itami runs to the ring and helps Balor fend off Dallas and Axel.

Finn Balor and Hideo Itami vs. Dallas and Axel 

Finn Balor and Hideo Itami won

Drew Gulak vs. Cedric Alexander w/ Enzo Amore on commentary 

Cedric Alexander won! 

Asuka vs. Alicia Fox 

Asuka won

Dean Ambrose and Seth Rollins and Jason Jordon  vs. The Bar and Samoa Joe
The Bar and Samoa Joe won 


We see a limo pull in backstage and Stephanie McMahon steps out.
Womens Royal Rumble Announcement?! Hmm..


Dean Ambrose and Seth is show backstage as Dean is getting checked out for his elbow Samoa and The bar come in and attack Seth and then Samoa turn his attention to Dean and attack’s and injury’s him! This looks like they’re going to be writing dean off tv.


The Revival vs. Heath & Rhyno 
The Revival won 

Slater and Rhyno are shown walking backstage and Angle tells them they need to toughen up if they want to have more opportunities. Slater worries that they might get fired and Rhyno tells him they need to change their attitude. Rhyno tells him he knows exactly how they can toughen up and walks away. 


The Absolution vs. Sasha Banks and Bayley and Mickie 
Rose and Deville run into the ring and attack Sasha. The ref is forced to call for the bell when they refuse to get out of the ring. Nia Jax's music hits and she walks to the ring.
Jax singlehandedly disposes of all three women. She lifts Rose and Deville up at the same time for a Samoan drop and makes it look easy. Paige clips Nia's knee and kicks her in the face. Absolution gangs up on her until the entire women's division comes out and beats up the trio.
Stephanie's music hits and everyone stops fighting. She comes to the ring and talks about the women's revolution starting on Raw three years ago. She gives all the women in the ring props for taking the women's revolution to the next level and breaking new ground with several first-time matches. She says it's time make history one more time.
Stephanie announced the first Women's Royal Rumble match to take place next year. 

The show ends with the crowd and the women in the ring cheering and celebrating the news. We all knew this was happening but it’s AWESOME that it’s really happening.
The Womens Division is on fire. They keep making history. Couldn’t be more proud with how much Women’s Wrestling has changed. 

Rating: 80/80
Awesome show and matches as we look on to Royal Rumble. Are you excited for the FIRST EVER Royal Rumble Match!   

RAW: Aftershow

SmackDown Live

The show opens with a recap of Survivor Series.

Shane says SmackDown is still THE show in WWE despite their loss at Survivor Series. He says he is proud of the roster for putting on a great show every night, except Sami Zayn and Kevin Owens. He calls the out to the ring. 

Owens and Zayn run down the GM and says they would have won every match at Survivor Series. He says he wants an apology from Shane right now. Shane tells him to shut up.

Right as Shane is about to tell Owens and Zayn they are fired, Daniel Bryan interrupts. He books them to face The New Day. Every time Sami starts to rant, Bryan tells him to shut up. He reveals their match with The New Day will be a Lumberjack match. 

Jey Uso vs. Shelton Benjamin 

Shelton Benjamin won

Ruby Riot, Sarah Logan and Liv Morgan make their debut in a backstage segment where they beat up Naomi and Becky Lynch

The Bludgeon Brothers vs. Hype Bros

The Bludgeon Brothers won

AJ Styles comes out after the break to talk about Survivor Series and Jinder Mahal's challenge. 

Styles says he doesn't get a trophy for second place and is looking forward to facing Lesnar again. Then he talks about Jinder Mahal promising to take his title. He lays it down like a line in the sand and dares him to come take the belt from him. Mahal appears on the titantron saying he will do this on his time.

While Mahal taunts Styles, Sunil and Samir attack Styles from behind. He easily takes  both of them out while Jinder watches. 

Charlotte (c) vs. Natalya for the SmackDown Womens Champion 

Logan, Riot and Morgan run through the crowd and start beating up Natalya at ringside. The ref rings the bell. Once she is taken out, they focus on Charlotte.  They surround the ring and take out Charlotte.

The New Day vs. Sami Zayn and Kevin Owens (Lumberjack Match) 

All the lumberjacks start fighting into the ring. 

Sami Zayn And KO won! 

Owens manages to escape through the crowd, but Sami isn't so lucky. The New Day surrounds him in the ring and beats him up. They take turns hitting finishers on him.

The show ends with The New Day celebrating in the ring while Owens is shown walking backstage. He finds Daniel Bryan and begs not to be fired. He literally gets on his hands and knees. Bryan says he was never going to fire them because he has booked Owens to face Orton next week.

Rating:70/70

Great show and matches as we look on to Clash of Champions