We are live from the Valley View Casino Center in San Diego, California, where Seth Rollins is in the ring to star tonight’s show!
Seth says burn it down will be his rallying cry when he puts his title on the line against Dean Ambrose. More importantly, that is going to be the theme for tonight in San Diego. Seth says he is not calling out Dean but he is spitting out some truth. Seth says that Baron Corbin has been talking about being on the right side of history. Seth wants Baron Corbin to come out and get a dose of reality.
Baron Corbin makes his way to the ring and we are reminded about Baron’s match on Sunday against Braun Strowman. Baron says if Seth wants to have a conversation, they can do it in private. The door to his office is always open to a superstar of his caliber.
Seth says that no one wants to hear what Baron is saying and he tells Baron to shut up. Seth says he has been wrapped up with Dean Ambrose and he hasn’t told Baron about the job he is doing. Seth says the title does not matter, but the bottom line is that under his ‘leadership’, Raw has sucked. Seth says that Baron is ruining people’s careers. What you have been doing is not okay and it is not right.
Baron says that he is allowing Seth to vent and he tells Seth to watch how he speaks to him.
Seth asks what will Baron do? Fire him? Seth says the locker room has so much talent and you have no idea what to do. You have the Revival who should be wrestling for the tag titles, but they are in Lucha House Rules matches. If you fire everyone, will it be you, Lashley, and Drew in the ring? That will help ratings. How about more urination? Every decision you have made masks your insecurities. Has Braun hurt your feelings so much that you had to hand the title back to Brock Lesnar, a man who shows up only when he wants to show up. Brock never wants to show up. Where is your Universal Champion. Brock is not here because he does not want to be here. Do you know the last time Brock has wrestled on Raw? It was 2002.
This Baron Corbin experiment has been an abject failure. The morale backstage, the fan support, and the ratings are at an all time low, and it is all because of you.
Baron says he appreciates Seth’s feedback and he tells Seth to write it down next time so he can file it under I don’t care what you think. Raw is his show and if you don’t like it, that is too bad. Baron says he will be in charge for a long time. If you think it is bad now, it will get a lot worse for you.
Seth says he does not think it can get any worse.
Baron tells Seth that Dean will beat him on Sunday and then Baron will beat Braun by forfeit. Baron says he always wanted to have a TLC match, but Braun only has one arm. Baron says he will be introduced as the new permanent General Manager of Raw. From that next day until the day you quit, I will put you through hell.
Seth says why wait until next week, let’s start putting him through hell tonight. Seth challenges Baron to a match. Seth says a one on one match is not good enough for the people. Since you wanted to have one, and the tools of the trade are here. Why not have a TLC match tonight.
Baron asks Seth if he knows what Baron will do to him if he had a table, ladder, or chair in his hands. Seth says it will just be a tune up for Sunday with Ambrose. Baron says if you want to be a hero for the locker room, it will cost you. Baron says he will show what happens when you disrespect the current and future GM of Raw. Baron says his answer is no.
Seth calls Baron a coward and that forces Baron to accept the match and Corbin says the Intercontinental Title will be on the line. Corbin leaves as his music hits.
– Still to come, Alexa Bliss hosts a press conference. Also, Chad Gable and Bobby Roode get a RAW Tag Team Title shot in a 2-on-3 Handicap Match against Drake Maverick and AOP. We go to commercial.
– Back from the break and Dasha Fuentes approaches Seth Rollins backstage. He admits it may not have been the smartest decision to get himself into a match with Baron Corbin 6 days away from TLC but he’s just tired of it and has to take a stand for the others in the back, if he won’t then he doesn’t deserve to have the title.
2-on-3 Handicap Match for the RAW Tag Team Titles: Chad Gable and Bobby Roode vs. The Authors of Pain and Drake Maverick
We go to the ring and WWE 205 Live General Manager Drake Maverick waits with RAW Tag Team Champions The Authors of Pain, Akam and Rezar. Chad Gable and Bobby Roode are out next.
The bell rings and Akam clubs Gable out of the air and works him over. Rezar tags in for the double team. Rezar beats on Gable as the referee warns him to back off. Rezar knocks Roode off the apron. Gable fights back but Rezar floors him with a clothesline. Drake tags in for a 1 count on Gable. Rezar tags right back in and puts boots to Gable. Gable and Roode end up clotheslining AOP over the top rope to the floor. They bring Drake in the ring and then launch him out onto Rezar and Akam. We go to commercial.
Back from the break and Rezar has Gable grounded in the ring. Drake tags back in and nails Gable while Rezar holds him. Drake with some trash talking and a slap to the face of Gable. Gable pushes him against the ropes but Rezar makes the save. Akam tags back in for some double teaming. Akam takes Gable back to the corner and splashes him.
Roode finally gets the tag and unloads on Akam, then decks Rezar from the apron. Akam sends Roode to the apron but Roode rocks him. Roode comes off the top but Akam ends up countering and slamming him. Rezar tags back in and Roode goes down off another double team. Gable makes the save and breaks the pin. AOP hits the Super Collider. Gable counters his powerbomb but AOP drops him anyway. AOP hits the double team powerbomb on Gable now. Drake wants to be tagged in. Drake comes in and mocks Roode. Drake wastes time and covers Roode but Roode counters and pins Drake for the win and the titles.
Winners and New RAW Tag Team Champions: Bobby Roode and Chad Gable
– After the match, Roode and Gable hit the stage with the titles as Roode’s music hits. Drake and AOP look on from the ring and they aren’t happy.
– Still to come, Dolph Ziggler vs. Drew McIntyre and a TLC match for the Intercontinental Title.
– We go to the ring and out comes Natalya. Back to commercial.
Backstage:
We are back and Chad Gable and Bobby Roode are celebrating their victory and they are asked how they were able to win. Bobby says there has not been a lot of hope on Raw, but if they put in the work, one day, they will be standing here as Raw Tag Team Champions. Chad says they probably would have questioned your mental health if it would happen in a 3 on 2 match, but there is one word to describe this moment . . . GLORIOUS.
In the Arena:
Natalya says she usually comes out with a smile on her face, but there is something she needs to get off her chest about Ruby Riott. Natalya says she loves this business and WWE, but Ruby does not respect anyone in the business. You made this personal when you destroyed her dad’s sunglasses and tried to destroy her legacy. You talk about how she has earned everything because of her name.
Natalya reminds Ruby of the Montreal Screwjob when her uncle punched the owner of the company in the face. Natalya says she had to overcome all of that to make it into the WWE. She says she is proud to be a Hart and to represent her family in the WWE. At TLC, she will teach Ruby about respect. She is going to dedicate her match who if it wasn’t for him, she wouldn’t be in the WWE today, someone she loves more than anyone else. She is dedicating this match to Jim Neidhart.
Natalya says she will take every tear and emotion and drive Ruby’s ass through a table. There will not be a thing that you can do.
Ruby Riott makes her way to the ring with Sarah Logan, Liv Morgan, and a table.
Ruby says Nattie is crying again. Like we haven’t seen this before. All you do is walk around the locker room feeling sorry for yourself. You want to talk to her about respect. You don’t need respect, you need a good counselor. Ruby says no one has the guts to say this to your face, but you don’t represent the Harts. You don’t represent your family. You disgrace your family. Ruby says while she is not going to be invited to the Hart family Christmas, she got a gift to life Nattie’s spirits. This is the gift that keeps on giving.
Ruby removes the cover and the table has a photo of her father on it.
Ruby says everyone knows how close you and your dad were, but on Sunday, when she puts Nattie through this table, you and your daddy will be closer than ever.
Backstage:
Dolph Ziggler says last week he beat Drew McIntyre and you can add him to the list of people who took him for granted. He plucked Drew from obscurity and he will send Drew back there. He is not the good guy or the bad guy. Dolph says he does not need Finn Balor’s help. Drew shouldn’t have thought he was Finn Balor, he should have remembered that he is Dolph Ziggler.
We go to commercial.
Drew McIntyre vs. Dolph Ziggler
Before his match, Drew McIntyre is asked about facing Dolph Ziggler tonight before his match against Finn Balor on Sunday.
Drew says he is the last real man left. No one stays undefeated forever. Not Andre the Giant, not Undertaker at Wrestlemania, not even Drew McIntyre. Does that make him any more dangerous or light a fire under him. Maybe we should ask Finn Balor. We cannot ask him because he is not here tonight. On Sunday, he will finish off Finn for good. Drew says that when he talks, you will all listen. Drew says he is making Raw a better place for all of you. You might not like him, but you will respect him.
Dolph says he is not a good guy or a bad guy, he is a guy who will get his head kicked off.
Dolph with punches but Drew with a head butt when Dolph charges into the corner. Drew with chops. Dolph with punches after Drew has something to say. Drew with an overhead throw for a near fall.
We go to commercial.
We are back and Drew chops Dolph on the turnbuckles and Drew punches Dolph on the turnbuckles. Drew slaps Dolph but Dolph punches back. Drew with forearms to the back and Drew goes for a Super Air Raid Crash and he hits it. Drew gets a near fall.
Drew stands over Dolph when Dolph tries to get back to his feet and Drew sends Dolph to the floor. Drew sets for a suplex but Dolph gets back to his feet and he sends Drew into the ring post. Drew gets a power up and gets into the ring just before the refereee gets to the ten count. Ziggler sets for a super kick and Dolph collapses. Drew motivates Dolph to get back to his feet and Dolph with a kick to the leg and a Zig Zag for a near fall. Drew with a Claymore for the three count.
Winner: Drew McIntyre
After the match, Drew grabs Ziggler and sends him into the ring post as the music stops. Ziggler rolls to the floor. Drew takes apart the steel ring steps and goes to put Ziggler down on them but officials run down to stop him. Drew backs off but turns and delivers another Claymore to Ziggler’s face while he’s down. McIntyre laughs some more and stands tall. Drew looks on from the stage as his music starts back up. Ziggler tries to get up at ringside.
– We take a look at what Baron Corbin did to Rhyno and Heath Slater last week.
– Sasha Banks and Bayley make their way to the ring as we go to commercial.
Bayley (with Sasha Banks) vs. Alicia Fox (with Jinder Mahal, Sunil Singh, and Samir Singh)
They lock up and Bayley with a clean break. Bayley with an elbow and a corkscrew back elbow off the turnbuckles. Bayley is dropped across the top rope and Alicia with a neck breaker for a near fall. Alicia with a reverse chin lock. Bayley sends Fox into the turnbuckles but Alicia floats over and goes for a sunset flip but Bayley rolls through and clotheslines Fox. Bayley with a Saito suplex and shoulders in the corner. Bayley with a knee into the corner and she hits a cutter in the ropes.
Samir and Sunil get on the apron to distract Bayley and Alicia with a running boot.
Apollo Crews’ music plays and he goes after Sunil and hits a back body drop. Sasha with Meteora off the apron. Apollo sends Sunil into Jinder. Sasha tells Crews to press her onto The Singhs and Jinder and he does it. Alicia and Bayley remember they are in a match and Alicia misses a Yakuza Kick into the corner and Bayley with a belly-to-belly suplex for the three count.
Winner: Bayley
– Dean Ambrose is in the back looking at a monitor with the graphic for the Intercontinental Title match as we go to commercial.
Backstage:
We are back and Ambrose tells her not to call him The Lunatic Fringe again. He’s not interested in letting her speak at all it appears. Ambrose talks about how the Rollins he knows isn’t The Architect. He says Rollins is doing everything for his big fat ego, including the TLC match with Baron Corbin tonight. Ambrose says Rollins always stepped on him and Roman Reigns to get ahead. Ambrose goes on and says he will take the title from Rollins on Sunday, if he still has it after tonight. Charly asks Ambrose what Reigns would think about everything going on. Ambrose says who cares. Charly asks him about this – a video package showing the events from the night Reigns announced his leukemia battle up to what happened with Ambrose and Rollins last week. Ambrose looks away and doesn’t have anything to say as Charly holds the mic to him. Ambrose just walks away.
– Still to come, Alexa Bliss moderates a face-to-face between Nia Jax and Ronda Rousey.
– We see Elias backstage with his guitar. He has a special song for Bobby Lashley coming up. Back to commercial.
In the Arena:
We are back and Elias is in the ring. Elias says Bobby Lashley did a radio interview and he said he would every sports team in this city and move them to a cool city like L.A. Elias says San Diego would rather not have Bobby Lashley perform. Elias says he would rather perform in San Diego than in Los Angeles.
Elias says he is a pretty good guy and he does not put hitting children with his guitar at the top of the list but last week was an exception. Tonight, he has a match with Lio Rush and he will teach him a lesson.
Bobby Lashley and Lio Rush make their way to the ring as we go to commercial.
Lio Rush vs. Elias
Back from the break and the match is about to begin when referee Heath Slater comes to the ring to officiate his first match. Rush uses his speed against Elias to start but Elias catches him. Rush counters and lands on his feet but Elias easily grounds him. Elias keeps control by Rush’s arm now as Lashley looks on.
Elias overpowers Rush again and takes him to the corner. Elias launches Rush across the ring. Elias with a chop in the corner. Elias whips Rush into the opposite corner and he hits hard, falling out to the floor and clutching his back in pain. Elias rolls Rush back in. Lashley grabs Elias’ boot as Slater is distracted. Elias kicks him back but Rush takes advantage and works him over. Elias comes back in but Rush keeps delivering strikes. Elias catches Rush in a wheelchair , turning that into a sitdown powerbomb. Lashley breaks the pin up and pounds on Elias but Slater isn’t calling the match.
Slater asks Lashley to leave the ring. Lashley gets in his face and intimidates him. Lashley grabs Elias and nails a big chokeslam. Lashley stares back at Slater before waking Rush up, pointing him to Elias’ guitar at ringside. Rush brings the guitar back into the ring. Lashley grabs the guitar and smashes it over the back of Elias as he tries to get back up. Rush rolls back into the ring and covers Elias for the pin but Slater hesitates. Lashley turns to Slater and Slater slowly makes the count for the win.
Winner: Lio Rush
After the match, Rush and Lashley celebrate as a disgusted Slater marches to the back. We go to replays. Lashley and Rush finally exit the ring as another referee comes in to check on Elias.
– We see Alexa Bliss backstage talking to a staffer. She will moderate the Jax vs. Rousey face-off next. Back to commercial.
– Back on the break and we take a look back at the start of Raw when Seth spoke for all of the viewers and then McFly’d Baron Corbin into a TLC match tonight.
– We also take a look at the new Raw tag team champions because Drake Maverick was too cocky and got pinned by Bobby Roode.
– We see Heath Slater in the locker room and Baron tells him he did a good hob. Baron asks Heath about Rhyno and tells Heath not to worry about ending Rhyno’s career. Heath says he is going home but Baron tells Heath he has to referee another match tonight.
In the Arena:
We go to the ring and out comes Alexa Bliss, then Nia Jax and Tamina Snuka.
Nia says she has a statement to make before the questions are asked. This Sunday, she is going to become the Raw Women’s Champion at the direct expense of Ronda Rousey. Getting cracked with those four ounce gloves have taken a toll on Ronda. If Ronda had half a brain, she would come to the ring and put the title at Nia’s feet so she would not have to deal with the beating she is going to get at TLC. Nia says Ronda comes from a world where you have to talk trash. Nia does not have to talk trash because she is six feet tall and 300 pounds. Nia says she is the anti-Rousey. Nia says her hand is the secret. It is the fist that broke Becky Lynch’s face and she did it with one punch.
When the bell rings on Sunday and when Ronda comes at her, she is going to punch Ronda in the face. She will not stop with one punch. She will do it over and over and over until Ronda taps out, just to stop her. Nia says she is not just the most imposing force in WWE history, she is a strategist. Ronda is a world class judo champion, she is a Strikeforce champion, she is a UFC champion, and she is the Raw Women’s Champion. If Ronda goes for an arm bar, she will get her distance from Ronda and she will break Ronda’s face and she will hold her title.
The music interrupts and out comes Rousey.
Rousey says she didn’t come out here to hit her poses and talk about fighting. She came to fight. Rousey rushes the ring as Jax and Snuka retreat to the floor. They regroup and hit the apron to stare Rousey down. Ember Moon’s music hits next and she runs down to join Rousey in the ring. Jax and Snuka go back to the floor.
Tamina Snuka vs. Ember Moon
The match is joined in progress and Ember sends Tamina to the floor. Ronda and Nai stand face to face on the floor. Ember with a rollup for a near fall. Ember goes for a springboard move and Tamina with a thrust kick to send Ember to the floor. Tamina gets a near fall when Ember returns to the ring. Tamina sends Ember into the turnbuckles and Irish whips Ember. Tamina with a splash into the corner and Tamina gets a near fall. Tamina with a reverse chin lock.
Ember with punches but Tamina with an uppercut. Tamina with an Irish whip but she misses a splash into the corner. Ember kicks Tamina into the turnbuckles and then gets a head scissors take down. Ember with kicks and knees followed by a leg sweep and sliding flatliner for a near fall. Tamina with a power slam for a near fall. Tamina with an Irish whip and Ember goes to the turnbuckles and hits a Codebreaker. Ember goes to the turnbuckles and Ronda pulls Nia off the apron and sends her into the crowd. Ember drops Tamina on the top rope and hits Eclipse for the three count.
Winner: Ember Moon
– We see Seth Rollins in the back as we go to commercial.
Backstage:
We are back and Baron Corbin is asked about his match against Seth Rollins and whether it is an abuse of power. Baron says that sounds like a loaded question and is she asking to be sent to Smackdown. Baron says that he will be winning on Sunday by forfeit so they would have been deprived of him singing a chair. Baron is asked about rumors of Braun appearing on Sunday. Baron says not to believe the rumors. Braun is a one armed man. Baron says this is only a taste of what Seth will feel when he becomes the full time General Manager.
– The commentators run down the WWE TLC card for this Sunday.
– The TLC match is next… and Heath Slater will be the referee. Back to commercial.
Tables, Ladders, and Chairs Match for the Intercontinental Title: Seth Rollins vs. Baron Corbin
We go to the ring and referee Heath Slater is waiting as JoJo goes over the rules. We see the WWE Intercontinental Title hanging above the ring. The music hits and out first comes champion Seth Rollins. General Manager-Elect Baron Corbin is out next before JoJo does formal ring introductions.
The match starts with Rollins unloading, sending Corbin into the corner. Corbin fights back with strikes but Rollins turns it back around. Rollins sends Corbin to the floor and follows. Rollins grabs a steel chair as Corbin goes back into the ring. Rollins with a shoulder from the apron. Rollins tries to springboard in but Corbin decks him. Corbin orders Slater to bring a ladder into the ring. Rollins nails a springboard clothesline to send Corbin back out of the ring. We go to commercial.
Back from the break and Corbin beats Rollins around with a chair. Corbin takes Rollins to the floor and sends him into the barrier. Corbin keeps control as fans boo him. Corbin brings a ladder into the ring but Rollins runs in and dropkicks it into him, sending Corbin back into the barrier. Rollins stands the ladder up under the title but Corbin comes back in and decks him. The ladder is leaning in the corner now. Corbin suplexes Rollins onto the ladder in the corner.
Corbin wedges a chair into the corner but Rollins counters. Rollins tries to send Corbin into the chair but Corbin goes under it, runs back into the ring and nails Rollins to boos. Corbin mocks Braun Strowman and wastes some time. Corbin ends up back-dropping Rollins over the top rope to the floor. Corbin positions a ladder and climbs for the title now. Rollins springboards in and lands on the ladder. They fight up high now. Corbin pulls Rollins down but Rollins kicks him in the gut. Corbin avoids the Stomp. Corbin ends up sending Rollins face-first into the ladder to tip it over.
Corbin kicks Rollins to the floor under the bottom rope now. We go back to commercial.
Back from the break and Corbin catches Rollins in a Deep Six. Corbin with a right hand and some trash talking. Corbin keeps Rollins down as referee Slater looks on. Rollins fights back in the middle of the ring. Corbin with a knee to the gut. More back and forth now. Rollins grabs the steel chair that was wedged in the corner as fans chant for tables. Rollins with steel chair shots to Corbin while he’s down now. Rollins unloads with chair shots. Corbin rolls out of the ring. Rollins runs the ropes and hits the suicide dive, sending Corbin into the barrier. Rollins runs back in and nails another dive to the floor. Rollins goes back into the ring and tries for a third dive but Corbin catches him. Corbin chokeslams Rollins through a table on the floor.
Corbin returns to the ring and climbs the ladder for the title but Rollins runs in with chair shots to the back. Rollins accidentally hits Slater with the chair. Slater ends up on the floor. Rollins is also on the floor. Corbin follows and goes for End of Days but Rollins counters. Corbin charges but Rollins moves and Corbin hits the steel ring steps. Rollins with a kick to the face. Rollins places Corbin on a table on the floor now. Rollins goes back in and goes to the top. Rollins nails a big Frogsplash through the table as fans pop.
Rollins returns to the ring and climbs up for the title. Slater returns to the ring and grabs the ladder, tipping it over as Rollins pleads with him. Slater stands the ladder back up and goes to the floor to help Corbin up. Slater rolls Corbin back into the ring and helps him up the ladder. Rollins runs back in and delivers a Buckle Bomb through the table in the corner to Corbin as fans cheer. Rollins drops Slater and then Corbin again. Rollins climbs the ladder and retrieves the title to retain.
Winner: Seth Rollins
After the match, Rollins poses on top of the ladder with the title as his music plays. Dean Ambrose comes walking out and stares Rollins down from the stage. RAW goes off the air as Rollins and Ambrose stare each other down.
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