Credit: Michael Bluth
WWE taped next week’s episode of WWE RAW tonight from the Frank Erwin Center in Austin, Texas. Here are the results:
– JBL and Michael Cole are doing commentary. Jerry Lawler is not at ringside.
– The Authority opens the show and hands out Santa Claus hats to the crowd. WWE World Heavyweight Champion Randy Orton comes out and is given the night off.
– Natalya, The Bella Twins, Eva Marie, Cameron and Naomi defeated AJ Lee, Tamina Snuka, Aksana, Alicia Fox, Rosa Mendes and one other Diva in a 12 Divas Jingle Bells match. Natalya got the win for her team by making Aksana submit to the Sharpshooter.
– Sin Cara defeated Curtis Axel.
– The Wyatt Family defeated Daniel Bryan, Cody Rhodes and Goldust when Bray Wyatt hit Sister Abagail on Cody. The Wyatts dominated early until Cody got a hot tag and unloaded on the Wyatts. Goldust tagged in and the Wyatts beat him up for a few minutes. Bryan finally got a hot tag and cleared the ring. The crowd was very into this match with a loud “This is awesome” during Bryan’s offense. Daniel Bryan was over HUGE.
After the mach, everybody brawled until the Wyatt Family laid out Daniel Bryan. The lights went out and when they went back on, Daniel Bryan was knocked out in the ring and the Wyatt Family was standing by the ramp.
– Up next, Rene Young hosts a Singing Carol Contest. 3MB’s Jinder Mahal and Drew McIntyre are out first, followed by Santino, Great Khali, R-Truth, Xavier Woods and the Funkadactyls. The audience chooses Khali and Santino as the winners. TRAIN WRECK x 10000.
– Fandango defeated Dolph Ziggler in Christmas Gift on a Pole Match to earn a shot at Big E Langston’s Intercontinental Championship on the first RAW of 2014.
– The Usos defeated The Prime Time Players. Before the match, Daniel Young was cutting a promo and said that they were in Houston, Texas (they’re in Austin). The crowd chanted “This is Austin” and “Houston Sucks.”
– “Good Santa” Mark Henry defeated “Bad Santa” Damien Sandow in the battle to save Christmas. Christmas trees and presents were set up around the ring for the match. Both men were dressed as Santa Claus during the match. They opened a present in the ring and it was a toilet. Both men brawled around the ring and up to the ramp. Sandow destroyed part of the set and knocked over a Christmas tree.
– Los Matadores defeated The Real Americans. Good match. Colter at ringside.
– We get a special Happy New Year message from ‘Baby New Year’ …. aka The Big Show.
– Ryback defeated Kofi Kingston.
– CM Punk and Big E Langston. are backstage talking about the main event.
– A “Bad News Barrett” segment where he blasts Christmas in the United States.
– John Cena, CM Punk & Big E Langston defeated The Shield by disqualification. The finish came when Rollins & Reigns attacked Big E after he hit the Big Ending on Ambrose. The referee called for the bell. After the match, the babyfaces took the heels out and celebrated to end RAW.
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