• A Raw Before Christmas video aired to showcase the matches on tonight's show: Seth vs. Corbin; Elias vs. Lashley; Drew vs. Dolph. vs. Balor; and Ronda Rousey defending her title against Nattie.
  
• Elias was in the ring with a guitar and a Santa hat, he promised his gift to the audience would be defeating Lashley in a Miracle on 34th Street Fight.
  
• Elias defeated Lashley in a Miracle on 34th Street Fight. Key moments included Lashley being suplexed onto Lego, spraying him with a fire extinguisher, crotching him with a bowling ball and smashed him with a cello. Postmatch he shoved cookies into Rush's mouth and poured eggnog over him.
  
• A recap aired of the McMahons FINALLY getting to run things again next week.
  
• A video aired of Heath Slater saying he and his kids wanted Uncle Rhyno back on Raw.
  
• Chad Gable and Bobby Roode successfully defended their Tag Team Titles against The Revival. It was a good match and though The Revival were pinned, Dawson was the one pinned and wasn't the actual legal man.
  
• The B-Team were backstage singing Christmas Caarols and tried to give Apollo Crews one of their shirts.
  
• Various wrestlers said what they wanted for Christmas: Hawkins wants to win a match, No Way Jose wants to take his conga line to the North Pole etc.
  
• Another hype package aired for the NXT callups, including white supremacist Lars Sullivan.
  
• Dolph Ziggler did a selfie promo about wanting Shane McMahon's Best in the World (Determined by the Best in the World Tournament at Crown Jewel in Saudi Arabia) Trophy; wanted a Netflix special and to prove he was that drat good by beating Finn Balor and Drew McIntyre.
  
• Drew McIntyre was interviewed and said he didn't care if Ziggler and Balor teamed up to try and stop him, he was limitless and their pride and ego would get in the way. He would go on to win the Royal Rumble and main event Wrestlemania.
  
• Balor and Ziggler did team up against Drew at first, but Ziggler took the first opportunity to try and sneak pin Balor. Eventually Balor was able to hit the Coup de Grace on both McIntyre and Ziggler, dropkicked Ziggler into the corner, hit another Coup de Grace and got the pin.
  
• McIntyre beat up Ziggler post-match and complained that Ziggler was a constant screw-up who ruined all of Drew's attempts to "save" Raw. He then went to attack the ref but got hit by a Zig-Zag by Ziggler.
  
• The B-Team were doing Carols backstage and Bo Dallas knocked over a Christmas tree.
  
• Vince McMahon, dressed as Santa Claus, announced that John Cena would be back on both Raw and Smackdown, that there will be a Women's Tag Team Division next year, and that Ziggler will face Drew in a steel cage match next week. He also made a Bad Santa reference in 2018.
  
• Sasha, Bayley and Ember defeated Mickie James, Alicia Fox and Dana Brooke in a 6-woman tag. Postmatch, the Riott Squad attacked the faces.
  
• Paul Heyman did a promo singing Silent Night with the lyrics changed to talk up Brock Lesnar. He said BRAUN! had dreamed of being Champion but Brock would be the Christmas Grinch. BRAUN! came out, put a red nose and reindeers on Heyman and said he'll be fully healed by the Royal Rumble and Brock would "get these hands."
  
• Nattie was interviewed and said nobody knew Ronda better than her, and she was one of those who had helped train Rousey to be a pro-wrestler. She said winning the Women's Title would be a great gift for her and her family.
  
• In a video, Alexa Bliss said she wasn't asking Santa for anything because she was perfect, so instead she asked for ironic gifts for other women: a personality for Bayley, humility for Sasha Banks, good make-up for Ronda and nothing for Nattie because she was a lost cause.
  
• Tyler Breeze wished for a speedy recovery for Fandango AND some Ariana Grande tickets. When told he could only have one, he said he'd settle for the tickets.
  
• Ronda Rousey defeated Nattie to retain her Women's Title, reversing a Sharpshooter into an armbar. Postmatch they hugged and raised each other's arms.
  
• Dean Ambrose did a video promo mocking Seth Rollins for being gullible, noted that he (Dean) had gotten what he wanted for Christmas: The Intercontinental Title. All Seth had to look forward to was a lousy Christmas, especially if he loses to Corbin.
  
• Heath Slater defeated Jinder Mahal by DQ when the Singh Brothers attacked him while Jinder was distracted by somebody dressed as Santa Claus. Jinder and the Singhs attacked Heath post-match but got taken out by Santa who hit a Gore on Mahal, revealing himself to be Rhyno. Rhyno and Slater hugged postmatch.
  
• Rollins was interviewed about how he could focus on Corbin with the threat of Dean Ambrose lingering. Rollins said he had to move forward, and he could start by staying focused on Corbin and doing away with him once and for all.
  
• Seth Rollins defeated Baron Corbin in the main event.
  
• Merry Christmas everybody!
  

• R-Truth (dressed as Santa Claus) and Carmella opened Smackdown, with Truth trying to name the reindeer and getting sidetracked into the Jackson family before going to a Carol Break.
  
• Daniel Bryan came out upset that he had to be on Smackdown instead of with his family, accused the crowd of their materialistic obsession destroying the environment so there would be no North Pole or Santa Claus in 20 years. He called Truth's career a joke but Truth pointed out he still had the Number 30 spot in the Royal Rumble and maybe he would be the one to beat Daniel Bryan at Wrestlemania.
  
• Truth and Carmella had another dance break but Bryan jumped Truth, smashed his leg into the ringpost, put on the heel hook and beat down Truth some more.
  
• Mustafa Ali defeated Andrade "Cien" Almas in a singles match, after avoiding Almas' double-knee spot and hitting his finisher.
  
• Samoa Joe did a backstage promo claiming he was Jeff Hardy's new addiction.
  
• The Usos and The Good Brothers defeated The Bar and SAnitY in a tag match, with Gallows and Anderson hitting the Magic Killer on Cesaro to get the win.
  
• Mustafa Ali was congratulated backstage by THE Brian Kendrick, Akira Tozawa and Cedric Alexander. Shelton Benjamin also joined them to congratulate Ali, but Bryan then jumped Ali from behind and beat him up while yelling that Ali doesn't deserve to be on Smackdown.
  
• Miz's guest on Miz TV was Shane McMahon, where he again pressed to be in a tag team with Shane. Finally he explained that for all he had accomplished, his father had never said he was proud of him, but had been impressed by Shane coming in at the last second to insert himself into the final of a tournament match being held in a country that openly murdered and dismembered a journalist. Shane said this resonated with him, and finally agreed to be the Miz's tag team partner. Also Shane mentioned that Raw and Smackdown are both being run by the McMahons NOW.
  
• Rusev noted backstage that today was his birthday, and it wouldn't just be the greatest Christmas Day or greatest Birthday when he won the US Title tonight, but the greatest Rusev Day.
  
• Samoa Joe defeated Jeff Hardy by DQ when Jeff wouldn't stop attacking Joe outside of the ring. Joe then turned the tables and choked out Hardy with the Coquina Clutch.
  
• Shinsuke Nakamura did a promo saying Rusev had been naughty this year and the only thing he would get is a kick in the face.
  
• Rusev defeated Shinsuke Nakamura in a back and forth match that ended when Rusev avoided the Kinshsa, clotheslined Nakamura and then hit the Machka Kick to become the NEWWWW United States Champion.
  
• AJ Styles met with Vince McMahon backstage, where Vince called into question why AJ wasn't demonstrating more of the animal inside of him that Vince knew was there. He slapped AJ who went nuts and beat the poo poo out of Vince and left him laying as refs ran in to haul AJ away.
  
• John Cena returns next week on New Years Day, and The New Day will host a special New Years Day Celebration.
  
• Merry Christmas (again!) everybody!
  

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