• A recap of Braun dropping the lighting rig onto Kane and Brock last week. Braun came out to brag about it, but was cut off by Kurt Angle who was upset that he cost them a lot of money... oh yeah and also that he nearly murdered two people! Braun don't care. Kurt got upset. Braun don't care. Kurt fired Braun. Braun was left speechless.
  
  
• Security was following Braun backstage as he grumbled about being fired. Braun finally noticed they were there, much to their horror, and loomed over them as they cut to commercial.
  
  
• After the break they were still following him but when Braun paused at the door one of the guards made the mistake on insisting Braun leave. Braun proceeded to murder those foolish enough to stay, and chase down and murder those foolish enough to run. Braun bellowed that he wasn't leaving until EVERYBODY caught these hands.
  
  
• Titus and Apollo defeated The Bar yet again, though purely thanks to a distraction when Jason Jordan's music played and he walked out onto the ramp. Seth Rollins stormed out afterwards to yell at Jason, who was very pleased with himself.
  
  
• Braun literally kicked down Kurt Angle's door and smashed up his office when he couldn't find him.
  
  
• Jacqueline, Terri Runnels, Maria, Trish and Kelly Kelly will all be on the 25th Anniversay of Raw show.
  
  
• Braun smashed his way through catering, murdering people including Curt Hawkins. He found a terrified caterer holding a cake just standing still in the room, and took the time to eat some cake before leaving.
  
  
• Enzo and Tony Nese came out to talk trash about Cedric Alexander. Goldust and Cedric came out and talked trash about Enzo.
  
  
• Braun rolled a dumpster at a squealing, terrified referee.
  
  
• Enzo was left silently fuming after watching Cedric defeat Tony Neese.
  
  
• Kurt was in his office surveying the damage and saying he'd never seen anything like this, despite having been part of the Attitude Era at the same time as Stone Cold Steve Austin. He was informed that Braun was approaching the production trucks and said in the most way possible,"Oh God they're worth 12 million dollars."
  
  
• Braun stormed into the production truck, demanded to know what everything did, ran the people off then... just left. They all went back to their stations but then realized he had hooked up the truck and was trying to drive it out of the building. He got out and tried to tip the truck, left when Kurt showed up and said he'd called the cops... then ran back and tipped the truck over.
  
  
• Braun stormed back out to the entrance ramp, spotted the commentary table and lurched over and grabbed Michael Cole and started hauling him away. Kurt rushed out and told Braun that Stephanie McMahon had called him and rehired Braun so he was no longer fired. Braun started to leave, then grabbed Cole again and tossed him into a bunch of people before leaving.
  
  
• Among the other former stars scheduled to be on the 25th Anniversary of Raw (including Stone Cold Steve Austin) are Eric Bischoff, and perhaps most interesting, Chris Jericho.
  
  
• Young Boy Tom took Michael Cole's place on commentary.
  
  
• Asuka defeated Nia Jax by damaging her leg to the point that she couldn't continue, so the referee called an end to the match.
  
  
• Jason Jordan met with Kurt Angle backstage to request on Seth's (unknowing) behalf that Seth get another shot at Finn Balor.
  
  
• They played a very good and touching tribute to Martin Luther King Jr.
  
  
• Alexa was frantic backstage about Nia's defeat. Enzo showed up to check up on Nia who was also concerned about his ankle, and Alexa got upset when both Enzo and Nia told her that she could go.
  
  
• The Revival defeated a couple of jobbers in short order. The Revival did an interview in the ring afterwards claiming they were the best and bringing back old school tag-team wrestling. They dismissed the current tag team roster, weren't interested in the old stars returning for the 25th Anniversary, and claimed they would run tag team wrestling now and into the future.
  
  
• Elias wished Michael Cole the best, sang about wanting to get his hands on John Cena again, and mocked the Spurs which got a lot of heat. Then he introduced the Miz. Miz did a promo about how the Intercontinental Title only had prestige again because of HIM and that he was going to take it back from Roman on the 25th Anniversary of Raw.
  
  
• Roman (eventually) defeated Curtis Axel and Bo Dallas in a handicap match. Miz attempted to distract Roman at multiple points but would back down whenever Roman came after him. Post-match he started to storm down to the ring to fight Roman but then backed off immediately.
  
  
• The Godfather, Brother Love, Boogeyman, Brooklyn Brawler, Teddy Long, The Million Dollar Man and Sergeant Slaughter will all be on the 25th Anniversary of Raw.
  
  
• Sonya DeVille pinned Sasha Banks in a short match. Bayley, Mickie James, Mandy Rose and Paige were all at ringside. Paige was in gear but did not get physically involved.
  
  
• Jason and Seth talked backstage about Seth wanting Jason to understand they were team-mates, and that Jordan needed to communicate with him about what he was doing so Seth could be informed and, if necessary, have his back.
  
  
• Woken Matt Hardy defeated Heath Slater in a match with very little heat, and very subdued reactions for Woken Matt.
  
  
• Goldberg is the first Inductee into the 2018 Hall of Fame class.
  
  
• Finn Balor looked to have gotten a three count pinfall on Seth Rollins but the match was not called off. Commentary specifically mentioned this after the match was over.
  
  
• The Bar came out late into Seth Rollins/Finn Balor to get at Jason Jordan. He dodged and they ran into Karl Anderson and Luke Gallows and the four started brawling. Finn looked to have the upper hand on Seth but was tripped by Jordan as running the ropes, freeing up Seth to hit the Curb Stomp (no mention on commentary) and get the win.
  
  
• There was a lengthy and weird over-run of the Balor Club in the ring, with Finn looking out of it before finally managing to get to his feet as the show finally went off the air.
  

• The New Day opened the show with a podium in the ring to talk about the US Title tournament and how nobody wanted Jinder Mahal to be the United States Champion.
  
  
• Jinder Mahal defeated Xavier after a close to 20 minute match. In the last few minutes, the Singhs tried to get involved and were run off by BIG E and Kofi. But Jinder was able to avoid Xavier's elbow drop and hit the Khallas to advance to the finals of the United States Title Tournament.
  
  
• Corbin did a promo about how he is perfect for the Royal Rumble, because as a Lone Wolf he is used to not being concerned about friends or allies and only looking out for himself.
  
  
• AJ Styles was interviewed by Renee backstage where he said that Kevin and Sami ("Kami") would not win the title in the handicap match at Royal Rumble and become Co-Champions, because he was going to retain his title.
  
  
• A series of women wrestlers did self-shot promos about winning the Rumble. The editing of this segment was really, really bad.
  
  
• Bobby Roode defeated Mojo Rawley in another long match (it ended an hour into the show) but was immediately jumped by the Singh Brothers who beat on him then quickly escaped the ring. Jinder waited at the top of the ramp and mocked Bobby on the mic. Bobby grabbed a mic and said they shouldn't wait till next week but have the match tonight. Jinder refused, but then Daniel Bryan came out and happily declared it was a great idea and they would have the match TONIGHT!
  
  
• In a pre-recorded promo by Orton, he claimed the Royal Rumble was the perfect match for somebody like him and he was going to win it for the 3rd time.
  
  
• The Riott Squad defeated Charlotte, Becky and Naomi, with Liv Morgan getting the pin on Naomi.
  
  
• The Usos did an interview backstage where neither was exactly sure which was Jimmy and which was Jey. Then they got jumped by Chad Gable and Shelton Benjamin, who left them laying and told them they knew exactly who they were.
  
  
• Shinsuke appeared in a pre-recorded promo to declare he was going to win the Royal Rumble (he better!)
  
  
• Shane McMahon came out to watch the US Title match.
  
  
• Breezango accepted Rusev Day's challenge for a rematch next week, but informed a surprised Ascension (who were reading Gluten Free Magazine) that it was THEM who would be facing Rusev Day.
  
  
• Jinder and Bobby Roode were already in the ring after the commercial break, so the only one in the main event to get a televised entrance was Shane McMahon. Roode was selling a rib injury from his match with Mojo.
  
  
• Bobby Roode defeated Jinder Mahal to become the new United States Champion. The match was again long, with Jinder going for the Khallas but being turned into the Glorious DDT. Shane McMahon and Daniel Bryan entered the ring to present him with the belt and shake his hand as the show went off the air.
  

Jerusalem fucked around with this message at 04:02 on Jan 17, 2018

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