Raw is War
St. Petersburgh, Florida
January 4, 2021
Results from wrestleview.com
“Then. Now. Forever.” The WWE video leads us into the show.
An iPhone with a Hulkamania phone covering is shown. Hulk Hogan, who
is offscreen, says everyone has heard of the iPhone, but what you’re
looking at is the hPhone. You can go on Twitter, Facebook,
Instagram, and YouTube with the hPhone… or you can use it to call up
Hulk Hogan. Hogan has one question: “What’cha gonna do when the
hPhone, Hulkamania, and Legends Night on Raw runs wild on you,
brother?” Hogan poses.
Miz TV with special guests The New Day
The Miz and John Morrison are in the ring for another edition of Miz
TV. Miz is holding the Money in the Bank briefcase he got back last
week on Raw. The Miz says tonight is Legends Night. Raw is jam paced
with Drew McIntyre defending the WWE Championship against Keith Lee.
We’ll also see Jeff Hardy take on Randy Orton. We also have legends.
John Morrison says we’ve got “The Nature Boy” Ric Flair, Torrie
Wilson, Booker T, and Hulk Hogan. Miz says he’s forgetting someone.
Morrison says The Miz, a WWE Legend, is also on the show. They
shout, “CORRECT,” together. Miz says tonight is not only Legends
Night. It is the first Raw of the new year. Miz is feeling
optimistic about 2021 since WWE management came to its senses and
restored the Money in the Bank contract to him. Morrison says this
will be their year. Miz then introduces their first guests of the
year: The New Day.
Kofi Kingston and Xavier Woods of The New Day make their way to the
ring. Miz welcomes them to the show, but Kingston thanks Miz and
Morrison for being on THEIR talk show: New Day Talks. Woods plays a
theme song on the trombone. Kingston says Woods is their bandleader.
Miz is confused. Kingston is going to tell them what their show is
all about. They mock Miz and Morrison. Woods says he knows Kingston
is vegan, but they’ll have beef. They’ll also have working
Smell-O-Vision. Kingston lets out an exaggerated “CORRECT!” Miz asks
if they’re done, but Woods cuts him off. Miz says this must be
hosting practice for Woods before he bombs on G4. Kingston shouts,
“INCORRECT!”
Kingston says Woods is also their bailiff. Woods produces a badge.
Kingston has cue cards for questions. Does Miz have any New Years
Resolutions. Morrison says he’ll graduate from hibachi chef school,
invest, and take a picture every day to make a video montage at the
end of the year. Out of all the legends, who do they want to go out
to dinner with? Morrison wants to go out to dinner with Tatanka. Miz
tells Morrison to stop giving into them. Miz says this interview has
gone on long enough.
Kingston says it is time for the cooking portion of the show
featuring celebrity chef Xavier Woods. Miz shouts that he’s had
enough of them making a joke out of him. This is his show.
WWE Hall of Famer Teddy Long makes his way out to the stage. Long
says, “Hold on a minute there, playas!” In all his years as General
Manager of Raw and SmackDown, he has the perfect solution: Miz and
Morrison will face The Undertaker! The New Day flips out. WWE
Official Adam Pearce runs out and whispers to Long. Long says Miz
and Morrison will be in a tag team match against The New Day. That
match is next!
Kingston says it is time for the cooking portion of the show
featuring celebrity chef Xavier Woods. Miz shouts that he’s had
enough of them making a joke out of him. This is his show.
WWE Hall of Famer Teddy Long makes his way out to the stage. Long
says, “Hold on a minute there, playas!” In all his years as General
Manager of Raw and SmackDown, he has the perfect solution: Miz and
Morrison will face The Undertaker! The New Day flips out. WWE
Official Adam Pearce runs out and whispers to Long. Long says Miz
and Morrison will be in a tag team match against The New Day. That
match is next!
-Commercial Break-
We come back from the break to see Kingston drop Morrison with a
leaping clothesline. Kingston cuts Miz off before he runs in.
Morrison then catches Kingston with a kick to the face. Miz tags in
and punches away at Kingston. Miz puts Kingston on the ropes and
rakes the eyes. The referee admonishes him, so Morrison attacks
Kingston during the distraction. Morrison tags in and attacks
Kingston for a near fall. Morrison applies a chin lock before
backing him to the corner. Miz tags in and hits his patented corner
clothesline for a near fall. Miz applies a surfboard stretch to
Kingston. Kingston reverses it on him, but Miz knees him in the
ribs. Miz goes for the Figure Four Leglock, but Kingston fights out
and hits an SOS.
Woods and Morrison tag in. Woods hits a pair of clotheslines and a
side kick. Miz runs in, but Woods sends him out of the ring.
Morrison reverses a whip from Woods and hits a vicious forearm
shiver. Woods is sent into the ropes, but he slides between
Morrison’s legs and hits a forearm shiver of his own. Woods splashes
Morrison against the ropes and ducks a clothesline from Miz.
Kingston then leaps off the steps with a double axe handle on Miz.
Woods goes for a slingshot DDT on Morrison, but Morrison counters
into a roll-up and puts his feet on the ropes. Kingston knocks
Morrison off the ropes. Woods kicks Morrison back and takes him down
before hitting a Shining Wizard for the win.
Winners by Pinfall: The New Day
Video Package: Alexa Bliss challenges Randy Orton to burn her alive
on last week’s WWE Raw show. We last saw Orton holding a lit match.
Randy Orton is backstage with Charly Caruso and says the voices were
telling him to light her up, but he couldn’t do it to Alexa Bliss.
When you face The Fiend, something in you changes. Orton showed
Alexa Bliss restraint, compassion, and mercy. For that, he hates
himself for it. Then he realized that the hatred for himself can be
molded and sculpted. There are no boundaries. Orton is capable of
any and everything. Can you imagine if he directed that newfound
hatred for himself toward someone else? She asks if he thinks The
Fiend is coming back, but Orton wants to find some legends and have
a talk. Orton will remind them why he is the Legend Killer.
-Commercial Break-
Footage is shown of WWE’s TikTok New Year’s Eve party. Angel Garza
beat R-Truth for the WWE 24/7 Championship on the app.
WWE 24/7 Champion Angel Garza is backstage with Alicia Fox. She asks
if he’s seen the man on TikTok drinking cranberry juice, but he
doesn’t know it. Fox walks off disgusted. Garza walks up to Tatanka,
Mickie James, and Sgt. Slaughter. Slaughter calls him “puke.” Garza
gives Mickie a rose, but Slaughter takes it, sniffs it, and calls
Garza a “maggot.”
AJ Styles makes his way to the ring with Omos. He’ll face Elias in a
rematch from last week’s WWE Raw. Styles was victorious in that
match.
AJ Styles w/ Omos vs. Elias w/ Jaxson Ryker
The bell rings, and Styles quickly takes him down with a headlock.
Elias fights up and hits a back suplex. Styles manages to hang onto
the side headlock and turns Elias onto his stomach. Elias fights up
and whips him off before hitting a back elbow. Elias kicks and chops
him in the corner. Elias whips him to the corner and viciously takes
him down for a two count. Styles fights back with some elbows to the
head before chopping him. Elias reverses a whip, but he lowers his
head and eats a kick. Styles charges, but Elias flapjacks him into
the top rope. Elias presses him up and sends him into the top
turnbuckle before connecting with a forearm to send him to the
floor.
-Commercial Break-
We come back from the break to see Elias punching away at Styles on
the top rope. Elias goes for a superplex, but Styles slips through
and drops him on the top rope. Styles forearms Elias back, but Elias
forearms him back. They trade strikes in the center of the ring
before Styles connects with a strike combination. Elias ducks a back
fist and connects with a sit-out chokeslam for a near fall.
Elias stomps Styles and goes to the top rope, but Styles rolls to
the other side of the ring. Tom Phillips says Jaxson Ryker is making
Elias better in the ring… Styles kicks Elias back and goes for a
Phenomenal Forearm, but Elias knees him out of mid-air for a near
fall. Elias punches away at him before putting him in the electric
chair. Styles counters into a hurricanrana into the turnbuckles.
Styles connects with a beautiful brainbuster before executing a
Styles Clash for the win.
Winner by Pinfall: AJ Styles
Jaxson Ryker goes to hit Styles with a guitar, but Omos runs in and
kicks it out of his hands! The guitar is obliterated! Ryker and
Elias run back in fear.
Footage is shown of Charlotte Flair declaring her entrance into the
2021 Women’s Royal Rumble match.
WWE Women’s Tag Team Champion Charlotte Flair makes her way to the
ring accompanied by her father, the two-time WWE Hall of Famer “The
Nature Boy” Ric Flair. She’ll team with Raw Women’s Champion Asuka,
next.
-Commercial Break-
Riddle is backstage with The Big Show and singing his theme song to
the lyrics, “The Big Bro.” Riddle says he’ll think of some more
names and walks off. The Big Show then goes face-to-face with Randy
Orton. Orton says it must be rough knowing he can’t compete anymore.
Big Show asks who said that. Orton says the last time he was in the
ring, he got hit with the three most deadly letters in
sports-entertainment followed by a swift punt kick to the skull,
ending his career. Big Show says he can compete whenever he wants.
Orton grabs him by the throat, and Big Show laughs before sitting
down. Big Show says he’s not going to do anything foolish and isn’t
embarrassed to be out there with WWE Legends. Orton says he’s going
to look for more legends and walks off without further incident.
Non-Title Match
WWE Women’s Tag Team Champions Charlotte Flair and Raw Women’s
Champion Asuka w/ “The Nature Boy” Ric Flair vs. Peyton Royce and
Lacey Evans
Charlotte Flair starts against Peyton Royce. They lock up, and Flair
quickly takes her down. Lacey Evans tags in and waves at her father,
Ric Flair. Flair takes Evans down and goes for a Figure Four
Leglock, but Evans gets out of the ring. Flair chases her into the
ring. Royce blind tags in and takes Flair down. Royce punches away
at Flair, but Flair fights back with a forearm. Royce sends her to
the corner, but Flair rolls up and lands on the apron. Flair takes
her down, but Royce soon takes her down before hitting Asuka. Evans
and Royce double-team Flair. Evans tags in, but Flair kicks and
punches them both. Flair hits a backbreaker on Evans.
Asuka tags in and hits Evans with a missile dropkick. Asuka hits a
hip attack to knock Evans to the floor before taking Royce down.
Asuka hits a hip attack on Royce before hitting a
bulldog/clothesline combo on Royce and Evans. Asuka picks up a two
count on Royce. Royce gets out of a German Suplex with an elbow
before knocking Asuka off the ropes to the floor. Evans flirts with
Ric Flair at ringside, so Charlotte slaps her in the face. Evans
spears her down, and they brawl.
-Commercial Break-
We come back from the break to see Evans beating Asuka down in the
corner. Evans stretches Asuka and tags Royce in. Royce kicks Asuka
and shouts at Flair. Royce sends Asuka headfirst into the corner
before whipping her by her hair. Evans tags in. Royce chokes Asuka
with her boot before Evans hits a snapmare and applies a chin lock.
Evans slams Asuka’s face off the canvas a few times before tagging
Royce back in. Royce stops Asuka from making a tag, so Asuka fights
her and Evans off. Asuka then clotheslines her down.
Flair and Evans tag in. Flair hits a clothesline on Evans and big
boots Royce off the apron. Flair blocks a boot from Evans and
punches her. Flair ties the leg up in the ropes and jumps on it.
Flair chops Evans’ chest a few times before trying an exploder, but
Evans gets out. Royce blind tags in. Flair hits Evans with an
exploder suplex before hitting Royce with one. Asuka tags in as
Flair goes to the top rope and hits a moonsault on Evans and Royce.
Asuka hits Royce with a running kick to the head for a near fall.
Royce gets out of a German Suplex. Flair tags in. Asuka hits Royce
with a double knee facebuster. Flair hits Natural Selection, and
Royce takes it horribly. Evans breaks up the pin. Asuka misses a hip
attack on Evans. Evans snaps Asuka off the ropes and crawls
seductively toward Ric Flair. Charlotte baseball slides Evans off
the apron.
Flair gets in the ring and hits the ropes, but Ric Flair sweeps
Charlotte’s feet. Royce rolls Charlotte up for the win.
Winners by Pinfall: Peyton Royce and Lacey Evans
Lacey Evans kisses Ric Flair on the cheek and runs off with Royce.
Ric looks nervous as Charlotte leaves the ring and gets in his face.
She tells him to stay out of her business. She asks if he
understands, and he nods. Ric looks like he’s going to cry.
Charlotte tells Ric to get out.
WWE Champion Drew McIntyre and Sheamus are backstage. Sheamus tells
McIntyre to give Keith Lee an extra kick in the head. Hulk Hogan and
“The Mouth of the South” Jimmy Hart walk up. Hogan says he’s
McIntyre’s biggest fan and appreciates how he flew the WWE flag high
during these crazy times. Hogan says McIntyre reminds him of
himself. McIntyre says if Hogan is reminded of himself, maybe
Sheamus is his Jimmy Hart. Sheamus doesn’t like that. Sheamus says
he’ll see them for drinks after the show… except for Jimmy Hart.
Hart chases him with his megaphone. Hogan says he has one question
for McIntyre… and they both say Hogan’s catchphrase before posing.
Drew McIntyre will defend the WWE Championship against Keith Lee
later tonight.
Riddle will take on WWE United States Champion Bobby Lashley, next.
-Commercial Break-
Non-Title Match
Riddle vs. WWE United States Champion Bobby Lashley w/ MVP
before the match starts, Riddle attacks Lashley from behind. Riddle
punches away at Lashley before the referee backs him up.
The bell rings to start the match, and Riddle continues the attack.
Riddle goes for a Kimura Lock, but Lashley slams him down. Lashley
sends Riddle hard to the corner and elbows him. Riddle comes back
with a head-scissor over the top rope. Riddle goes to kick him from
the apron, but Lashley puts him in a fireman’s carry and wildly
drives his head into the ring post.
-Commercial Break-
We come back from the break to see Lashley continuing the attack on
Riddle. During the commercial, Riddle charged into a one-armed
spinebuster from Lashley. Riddle fights up and kicks Lashley.
Lashley hits a big back elbow followed by a clothesline. Lashley
applies a chin lock, but Riddle fights up. Lashley bounces him off
the top turnbuckle and punches him in the ribs. Riddle tries to
fight back, but Lashley viciously punches him down. Lashley charges,
but Riddle sidesteps him. Lashley quickly grabs him and puts him in
the corner. Lashley throws Riddle down and charges, but Riddle
fights back with an overhead kick.
Riddle hits Lashley with a pair of running forearms before trying an
exploder suplex. Lashley counters into a modified Dominator, but
Riddle lands on his feet and connects with a PK. Riddle hits a
Broton for a one count. Riddle connects with a Final Flash knee for
another one count. MVP shouts at Riddle. Lashley cuts Riddle off on
the top rope and KILLS him with a traditional Dominator. Lashley
stands tall before applying the Hurt Lock. Riddle jumps off the
ropes over the referee and taps out.
The referee didn’t see Riddle tap. MVP and Lashley argue with the
referee, so Riddle rolls Lashley up for the win. Lashley has not
been pinned since June 2020.
Winner by Pinfall: Riddle
Bobby Lashley is infuriated as Riddle runs off celebrating.
Mark Henry, who has his knee on a bike to nurse an injury, is
talking with Ricochet and telling him to keep his head up. Randy
Orton walks up to him and says he’s entering the 2021 Royal Rumble
match. Orton says after all the wear and tear, Henry will never
compete in the Royal Rumble again. Orton asks how fast the scooter
goes. Henry hopes it goes fast enough to get away from him. Orton
stops him and says he wants to reminisce about Henry’s Hall of Pain
and hitting Orton with the World’s Strongest Slam. Orton owes him a
lot of receipts. Orton would give him a pass if he pedals out of
here… or does Henry want him to hit him where he stands? Orton
berates Henry as he scooters off.
-Commercial Break-
Replays are shown of Riddle tapping out to Bobby Lashley, but the
referee didn’t see it.
Charly Caruso is backstage with a livid Bobby Lashley and MVP. MVP
says Riddle tapped out. There’s no controversy. Lashley says he’s
going to punish Riddle the next time they meet.
Shayna Baszler viciously attacks Mandy Rose as she makes her
entrance. Dana Brooke runs down to check on her partner and shouts
at Baszler. Brooke challenges Baszler to a match.
Shayna Baszler vs. Dana Brooke
The bell rings, and Baszler attacks Brooke. Brooke throws Baszler
out of the ring and lifts her up as she gets back in. Baszler easily
slides off and goes for a Kirifuda Clutch, but Brooke counters into
a roll-up for the win.
Winner by Pinfall: Dana Brooke
Baszler keeps the Kirifuda Clutch applied, but Mandy Rose runs in
and knees her in the face. Rose and Brooke hit Baszler with a
double-team flapjack and kick her out of the ring.
Ric Flair is backstage with I.R.S. and Molly Holly. They walk off
when Randy Orton comes up to Flair. Orton says maybe Flair can walk
him down the aisle for old time’s sake. Flair says he’ll never walk
that aisle with him again. Flair had confidence in Orton, but he
forgot about Evolution and everything he taught him. Orton says
Flair isn’t what he used to be. He’s only relevant because his
daughter is better than he ever was. Flair is nothing to him now.
Flair is just a pathetic old man. Orton walks off.
-Commercial Break-
Footage is shown of Keith Lee defeating Sheamus last week on Raw to
win an opportunity for the WWE Championship.
Keith Lee is warming up, and Riddle shows up to give him
encouragement.
Randy Orton vs. Jeff Hardy
The bell rings, and they lock up. Hardy powers him to the corner,
but Orton turns him. Hardy turns him again, and Orton gives a clean
break before hitting a thumb to the eye. Orton grabs him by the hair
and hits a snapmare before stomping him. Orton digs his boot into
Hardy’s forehead before throwing him out of the ring and bouncing
him off the commentary table. Orton then connects with a back suplex
on the commentary table. Orton looks for a count-out before going
back outside to reset the count. Orton gets Hardy in the ring for a
two count. Orton applies a hammerlock before stomping the arm. Hardy
fights back, but Orton knees him in the midsection. Orton sends him
hard into the corner, but Hardy pops out and hits a clothesline.
Hardy drops a forearm and puts him in the corner. Hardy shoulders
him in the midsection, but Orton fights back. Orton starts stomping
Hardy’s hands before applying a chin lock. Hardy fights up and hits
a neckbreaker. Hardy goes to the top rope, but Orton slides out of
the ring. Hardy then takes Orton down with a diving clothesline off
the apron.
-Commercial Break-
We come back from the break to see Orton applying a chin lock to
Hardy. Hardy fights up, but Orton takes him back down. Orton puts
his fingers through the gage holes in Hardy’s ears and pulls at
them! Orton then drops him down, stomps him, and attacks for a two
count. Orton applies a chin lock. Hardy fights up and hits a
jawbreaker. Orton quickly puts him on the apron and pulls him up to
the ropes for a draping DDT, but Hardy fights it. Hardy hits an
inverted atomic drop and a double leg drop. Hardy hits a low
dropkick and splashes him for a near fall.
They trade punches before Orton knees him. Orton sends him into the
ropes, but Hardy forearms him down. Orton reverses a whip to the
corner, but Hardy boots him back and connects with Whisper in the
Wind for a near fall. Orton soon blocks a kick, but Hardy knocks him
out of the ring with a mule kick. Hardy connects with a baseball
slide and puts him in the ring. Hardy goes to the top rope, but
Orton rolls to the other side of the ring. Orton quickly kicks him
and hits a draping DDT. Orton sets up for an RKO, but Hardy counters
into a roll-up for a two count. Hardy goes for a Twist of Fate, but
Orton counters into an RKO for the win.
Winner by Pinfall: Randy Orton
The Lucha House Party are walking backstage when they bump into WWE
Legend Melina. She does their “Lucha” chant, and they walk off.
Raw Tag Team Champions Shelton Benjamin and Cedric Alexander of The
Hurt Business make their way to the ring with MVP. They’ll face the
Lucha House Party, next.
-Commercial Break-
MVP will be on commentary for the next match.
Non-Title Match
Raw Tag Team Champions The Hurt Business (Shelton Benjamin and
Cedric Alexander) vs. Lucha House Party (Gran Metalik and Lince
Dorado)
Shelton Benjamin quickly takes Gran Metalik down. Metalik fights
back and dives off the ropes for a hurricanrana, but Benjamin
counters into a vicious powerbomb. Cedric Alexander tags in and
clotheslines Metalik for a two count. Metalik flips through a suplex
and boots Alexander back. Lince Dorado tags in and hits a
springboard hurricanrana. Alexander immediately fights back with a
falcon arrow. Alexander rakes the face and forearms him down.
Alexander sends him into the ropes, but Dorado comes back with a
handspring stunner. Benjamin tags in and hits Metalik with a knee.
Benjamin then punches away at Dorado before Alexander blind tags in.
Benjamin doesn’t look happy and blind tags himself in. They argue
with each other before Dorado kicks Benjamin. Dorado sends Alexander
out of the ring and rolls Benjamin up for the win.
Winners by Pinfall: Lucha House Party
MVP is furious and speaks with Alexander and Benjamin. They argue
before Alexander walks off.
WWE 24/7 Champion Angel Garza walks up to Torrie Wilson, who is
speaking with Nikki Cross. Garza says he wants to give Wilson the
rose. She says she brought Ariana Grande and Cardi B to Raw and
tells him to go to the dressing room down the hall. Garza falls for
that and goes into the dressing room. The Boogeyman scares him, and
R-Truth rolls him up to win the WWE 24/7 Championship back. R-Truth
skips off with Torrie Wilson and Nikki Cross.
WWE Champion Drew McIntyre makes his way to the ring. He’ll face
Keith Lee with the title on the line, next.
-Commercial Break-
All the WWE Legends that were at the show tonight, including Booker
T and Jeff Jarrett that weren’t used on the show, are on the stage
to watch this match.
WWE Championship
Drew McIntyre (c) vs. Keith Lee
They lock up, and McIntyre powers him to the corner. McIntyre gives
a clean break after pressing him into the ropes. They lock up, and
Lee powers McIntyre to the corner before powering him up to the
second rope. McIntyre shoves him away and applies a neck vice. Lee
rolls out and goes for a shoulder tackle, but they both stand
upright. McIntyre charges. Lee goes to leapfrog him, but he trips.
Lee saves it by staying down for a dropdown. Lee then shoulder
blocks him down. McIntyre shoves him. Lee shoves him back and says
this is a championship match. McIntyre slaps him in the face and
chops him. McIntyre punches away at him in the corner before
chopping him. Lee blocks a whip, but he lowers his head and eats a
kick. Lee pops back up and forearms him in the face. McIntyre rolls
out of the ring to recover. A bad replay shows Lee whiffing on the
move.
McIntyre gets in the ring and kicks Lee in the arm a few times to
knock him down to his knees. McIntyre puts him into the corner and
chops the chest. Lee quickly clotheslines McIntyre over the top rope
and follows him out. Lee knocks McIntyre back and connects with a
Pounce that sends McIntyre over the barricade.
-Commercial Break-
We come back from the break to see McIntyre hit Lee with a
jawbreaker. Lee viciously sends him to the corner, and McIntyre
collapses to the mat for a two count. Lee punches away at McIntyre.
Lee shoulders away at him in the corner before throwing him down.
Lee quickly punches McIntyre down before stomping him. Lee picks up
a two count. McIntyre punches back at Lee, but Lee easily scoops him
up and slams him down for a two count. Lee clubs McIntyre in the
back and hits another scoop slam. Lee picks up a two count. The WWE
Legends are shown clapping.
Lee whips McIntyre to the corner and charges, but McIntyre sidesteps
him. McIntyre blocks Grizzly Magnum and chops him. McIntyre pushes
him into the ropes and goes for an overhead belly-to-belly suplex,
but Lee fights it. McIntyre punches him and tries for the suplex
again, but Lee elbows out. Lee lifts him up, but McIntyre shoves him
off. McIntyre powers him to the corner before hitting an overhead
belly-to-belly suplex!
McIntyre hits a neckbreaker and kips up. Lee sidesteps a Claymore
Kick, but McIntyre comes back with a crucifix roll-up for a two
count. Lee fights back with a one-armed slam for a two count.
McIntyre rolls out of the ring to recover. Lee is on the apron, so
McIntyre grabs him and powerbombs him through the commentary table!
-Commercial Break-
We come back from the break to see McIntyre connect with a top rope
diving clothesline for a near fall. McIntyre goes for a Future Shock
DDT, but Lee counters into Grizzly Magnum before viciously
clotheslining him down for a near fall. Lee sizes McIntyre up and
goes for a clothesline, but McIntyre counters into a backslide
attempt. Lee powers McIntyre up and flips him over. McIntyre quickly
fights back with a Future Shock DDT for a near fall.
Piped in chants of “This is awesome” are heard. Tatanka looks like
he’s sarcastically chanting it. McIntyre goes to the top rope, but
Lee head-butts him in the ribs. Lee climbs to the top rope and pulls
McIntyre up. Lee then spikes himself on his face with a Spanish Fly
for a near fall!
Lee lifts McIntyre, but McIntyre fights back and hits a spinebuster.
McIntyre catches him with a jackknife pin for a near fall. McIntyre
sizes Lee up, but Lee blocks a Claymore Kick. McIntyre gets out of a
Spirit Bomb, ducks a clothesline, and connects with a Claymore Kick
for the win.
Winner by Pinfall and still WWE Champion: Drew McIntyre
Goldberg makes his way to the ring. Goldberg says he was thinking
McIntyre is a great representative, but he doesn’t have respect.
McIntyre thinks the legends are washed up and don’t pose a threat,
but they’re wrong. Goldberg isn’t demanding anything. Goldberg
challenges McIntyre for a WWE Championship match at the Royal
Rumble. McIntyre says that’s not the case, but fighting Goldberg
would be like fighting his dad. The copyright graphic comes up, so
they’re about to cut out. Goldberg shoves him and the show
IMMEDIATELY cuts away.