Live from T-Mobile Center in
Kansas City, Missouri
On Sunday, December 19, 2021WWE Commentary Team: Mauro Ranallo, Tony Schiavone and Corey Graves
WWE Ring Announcer: Howard Finkel
WWE Backstage Reporter: Mean Gene Okerlund
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PRE-SHOW BONUS MATCH: “MACHO MAN” RANDY SAVAGE vs. LITTLE GUIDO : “Macho Man” Randy Savage delivered his patented diving elbow drop to the heart of Little Guido and covered him for the 3-count and the pin. After the match, Big Vito attacked the Macho Man, but he gave him the Snake Eyes and a diving double handle smash to put him in position to receive a diving elbow drop of his own. (7:12) --
Winner by Pinfall: “Macho Man” Randy Savage
TABLES, LADDERS & CHAIRS MATCH: KEVIN OWENS & TOMMASO CIAMPA vs. THE BAR : Kevin Owens executed an avalanche swinging fisherman’s buster on Cesaro into a bed of chairs. He made the cover but Sheamus broke up the pinfall and threw Owens shoulder-first between the turnbuckles, into the post. When Sheamus turned around, he was met met a running high knee from Tommaso Ciampa, who followed it up with a bridging German suplex. Sheamus kicked out at two. Ciampa picked up a ladder and placed it against the turnbuckles. He hit Sheamus with a barrage of strikes and went for the Irish whip. Sheamus reversed it and Ciampa slammed into the ladder. Then, Sheamus nailed him with a Brogue kick. He made the cover, but Owens broke it. Owens clotheslined Sheamus out of the ring. When he turned around, he was hit with a diving European uppercut from Cesaro. The Swiss Superman grabbed Owens and gave him a Cesaro swing, finally ending it by releasing Owens into the side of a ladder. Ciampa hit Cesaro with a discus lariat, then picked him up and gave him Project Ciampa. He made the cover, but Sheamus dove it to break it up. Sheamus executed white noise onto a bed of chairs and made the pin. Owens dove off of the top rope for a bullfrog splash, but Sheamus saw him coming and relinquished the pin. Owens landed on Ciampa. Sheamus nailed Owens with a Brogue kick and Cesaro gave him the Neutralizer into the bed of chairs and made the pin. 1…2…3! (15:10) --
Winners by Pinfall: The Bar
GRUDGE MATCH: AJ STYLES vs. ADAM COLE : AJ Styles had Adam Cole lined up for a Phenomenal Forearm, but when he went for it, Cole countered with a superkick. Cole made the cover, but Styles managed to get a shoulder up before the referee’s hand could hit the mat a third time. Cole lowered his knee pad and went for the Boom! Styles ducked it, then tripped up Cole and put him in the Calf Crusher. Bobby “The Brain” Heenan climbed onto the ring apron, distracting the referee. Cole tapped out, but the referee didn’t see it. Baron Corbin entered the ring and stomped on Styles. He picked him up and gave him Deep Six. Bad Luck Fale entered the ring and chased Corbin away. Cole recovered and hit Styles with the Boom! He made the cover. 1…2…3! (14:37) --
Winner by Pinfall: Adam Cole
THE RIOT SQUAD GAUNTLET MATCH: RHEA RIPLEY vs. LIV MORGAN, SARAH LOGAN & RUBY RIOT : Liv Morgan climbed the turnbuckle and went for a diving hurricanrana. Rhea Ripley countered with a powerbomb. She picked up Morgan and gave her the Riptide before pinning her for the 3-count. Next, Sarah Logan whipped Ripley into the corner and went for a running shoulderblock, but Ripley moved. Logan hit the turnbuckle post with her shoulder. Ripley pulled her out of the corner and gave multipe short-arm clotheslines before executing the Riptide. She pinned her to eliminate her as well. Ruby Riot did better against Ripley. Although she made several pinfall attempts, she was unable to put Ripley away. When she went for a diving senton bomb, Ripley put her knees up. Ripley would grab Riot from behind and give her a sit-out falling forward facebuster slam, then put her in the Prism Trap to make her tap out. (11:18) --
Winner by Submission: Rhea Ripley
INTERCONTINENTAL CHAMPIONSHIP MATCH: EDDIE GUERRERO vs. JOHNNY GARGANO : Johnny Gargano countered a vertical suplex attempt and then executed a baby ace crusher while Guerrero was on his knees. He pinned Guerrero, who kicked out at two. Guerrero roled to the the ring apron. Gargano gave hima rope-assisted enzuigiri, knocking him to the floor. Next, Gargano executed a topé suicida, but landed awkwardly on his right foot. He clutched his ankle and struggled to get up. Guerrero got up and gave him some chops. He gave Gargano a brainbuster on the floor, then rolled him into the ring and made the pin for the win, ending the match long before anyone expected it to end. After the match ended, Gargano required assistance to leave the ring and get to the backstage area. (5:56) --
Winner by Pinfall: Eddie Guerrero
TABLES, LADDERS & CHAIRS MATCH FOR THE RAW WOMEN’S CHAMPIONSHIP: BIANCA BELAIR vs. NYLA ROSE : Bianca Belair went for a handspring back elbow, but Nyla Rose caught her and countered with a release German suplex. Rose picked up Belair and drapped her over the top rope with a front suplex, then she climbed the turnbuckle and executed a diving knee drop that took Belair off the ropes. She made the pin, but Belair kicked out. Rose picked up Belair and brought her over to the side of a table. She lifted Belair in the air for a powerbomb, but Belair countered it into a facebuster through the table! Belair pinned her for a 2-count. Belair opened up a steel chair and placed it in the center of the ring. Then, she grabbed Rose and lifted her into a double-chickenwing. When Rose repeatedly refused to submit, Belair gave her a Glam Slam that sent her face smashing into the open seat of the steel chair! Belair made the pin. 1…2…3! (17:20) --
Winner by Pinfall: Bianca Belair
RAW TAG TEAM CHAMPIONSHIPS MATCH: HARLEM HEAT vs. KEITH LEE & RICKY STEAMBOAT : Booker T charged at Keith Lee, who saw him coming and gave him a Spirit Bomb! 1…2… kick out! Lee, who had been worked over for several minutes, slowly crawled to his corner. Booker T also went for the tag. Ricky Steamboat and Stevie Ray entered the match at the same time. Steamboat used his speed to throw Stevie Ray around the ring with deep arm drags, hit him with dropkicks, running chops, and a flying forearm. Steamboat climbed the turnbuckle and went for the diving crossbody, but Stevie Ray caught him and gave him a fallaway slam instead. He followed that up with a running clothesline and a running powerslam. He made the pin, but Steamboat kicked out at two. Stevie Ray tagged Booker, then lifted Steamboat onto his shoulders as Booker climbed the turnbuckle. Steamboat punched away at Sevie Ray and broke free from the electric chair, dropkicking him towards the turnbuckles, in turn crotching Booker T up on the top turnbuckle. Steamboat ran and lunged at his corner to make the tag. Keith Lee came in. Stevie Ray charged at him and went for a clothesline, but Lee ducked it and ran to the ropes. He nailed Stevie Ray with a pounce that sent him out to the floor. Booker T took Lee down with a missile dropkick and ran to the ropes. He went for the axe kick, but Lee moved out of the way. When Booker turned around, Lee lifted him onto his shoulders and executed the Big Bang Catastrophe! Lee made the cover. Stevie Ray slid under the ropes but Steamboat got him with a diving crossbody. The ref made the count. 1…2…3! We have new RAW Tag Team Champions! (20:11) --
Winners by Pinfall: Keith Lee & Ricky Steamboat
BEST OF SEVEN SERIES FINALS: PAC vs. PETE DUNNE : PAC went to the top rope and attempted a diving attack, but Dunne knocked him out of the air with a Five-Star Forearm Smash. Dunne picked up PAC and gave him a bridging German suplex for two. Dunne went for the Bitter End, but PAC slipped free and executed a poisonrana. He went to the top rope and attempt the Black Arrow, but Dunne put his knees up and then pulled him into a small package pin. 1…2… kick out! Dunne with a superkick, step-up enzuigiri, and a X-plex. 1…2… kick out! Dunne manipulated PAC’s elbow and wrist joints and then snapped his fingers. He followed that up with a superkick and the Bitter End. 1…2… kick out!
After a short pause to question the referee’s count, Dunne picked up PAC and attempted a vertical suplex lift into a sit-out powerbomb, but PAC reversed it with a hurricanrana. PAC with a kip-up into a handspring slingshot cutter. He went for the pin. 1…2… kick out! Dunne rolled away to the ring apron. PAC ran and jumped over the top rope to executed a hurricanrana that sent Dunne from the ring apron to the floor. PAC picked up Dunne and tossed him into the ring. He went up to the top rope and executed a 450-degree splash. He hooked the leg. 1…2… kick out! PAC dragged Dunne out of the corner and put him in the Brutalizer. Dunne refused to quit, and managed to turn his body position around enough to get the tip of his toe on the bottom rope.
After he forced to break the hold, PAC hit Dunne with a series of hand and foot strikes, then ran to the ropes and did a handspring slingshot backflip tornado DDT! He made the cover. 1…2… kick out! PAC went up to the top rope. He went for the Black Arrow again, but this time, Dunne rolled toward the turnbuckle to get out of the way. Dunne slowly climbed the turnbuckle. PAC met him up top. They traded punches and headbutts. PAC went for a frankensteiner, but Dunne held onto the ropes to block, then he dove off the top rope, landing a meteora! Dunne with a step-up enzuigiri, a northern lights suplex, and a bridging dragon suplex! 1…2… kick out! Dunne didn’t waste any time. He quickly picked up PAC and gave him a X-plex, then picked him up and executed the Bitter End! 1…2…3! Dunne wins the best of seven series, and a future Intercontinental Championship title match, by a score of 3-2-2. (22:45) --
Winner by Pinfall: Pete Dunne
TABLES, LADDERS & CHAIRS MATCH FOR THE RAW WORLD CHAMPIONSHIP: TRIPLE H vs. FINN BALOR : Triple H went for an Irish whip, but Balor reversed it and gave him a flapjack. Balor ran to the ropes and hit a basement dropkick to the side of Triple H’s head and made the pin. Triple H kicked out at two. Balor picked up Triple H and lit into him with some chops before Triple H delivered a knee to his face and mowed him down with a clothesline. He covered him for a 2-count. Triple H grabbed Balor and went to toss him through the ropes, but Balor reversed positions. Balor knocked him off the ring apron with a rope-assisted enzuigiri, then he ran to the far side of the ring and back to hit Triple H with a swan dive topé con hilo.
Balor took a table out from under the ring and opened it up. When he finished, Triple H was on his hands on and knees. Balor gave him a double foot stomp to the lower back. He picked up Triple H and placed him on the table. Balor went and climbed the turnbuckle. Bobby “The Brain” Heenan came over and pulled Triple H off the table as Balor was getting up to the top turnbuckle. Balor climbed back down and got his heads on a steal chair. He came after Triple H, who appeared slumped over by the ring apron. Triple H dropped below the apron to avoid a chairshot, then turned and gave Balor an uppercut low blow! He followed it up with a snap vertical suplex that saw Balor’s back hit the floor and his legs slam into the steel ring steps.
Triple H sent Balor into the ring. He got out a table and slid it into the ring, propping it up against the corner turnbuckles. Heenan slid a small ladder into the ring. Triple H drove the flat end of it down into Balor’s abdomen a few times before placing it onto the mat. He picked up Balor and whipped him into the ropes. He telegraphed a back body drop, which Balor countered with a sunset flip, sending Triple H into the ladder rungs. Both men were slow to get up. Triple H crawled to the corner. Balor ran in and hit him with a devasting knife-edge chop. He lifted Triple H onto the turnbuckle. Balor went up and tried for a frankensteiner, but Triple H held onto the top rope to block. Triple H knocked Balor down with a diving knee strike and covered him for a 2-count. He picked up Balor and went to whip him into the table, but Balor reversed and sent Triple H into the opposite corner. Triple H went up and over the turnbuckle to the apron where Balor struck him with a shotgun dropkick that sent him into the barricade. Balor ran to the far side of the ring and back to go for a suicide dive but was stopped when Triple H threw a ladder up at the ropes.
Triple H climbed back into the ring and pinned Balor to get a 2-count. After that, he picked up a ladder in the ring and dropped it on Balor’s legs. He put the ladder down and pulled Balor’s leg through some of the ladder rungs, crotching him with the ladder. Then, he applied a figure-four leg lock with the ladder tied up in Balor’s legs! Balor was in serious pain, but he had no way to reverse it. He dragged himself to the ropes, but there is no rope break in a TLC match, so he dragged himself out of the ring and over the side of the apron until the pull of gravity lifted Triple H off the mat and caused him to get choked by the bottom rope. The only thing that broke the hold was Heenan coming over to untangle their legs and free his man.
There was a long pause in the action before they met on the floor, trading punches. Triple H sent Balor into the barricade with an Irish whip. He charged at him and Balor dumped him over the side with a body drop. Balor opened a chair and next hit Triple H with a swan dive topé con hilo, launched off the open chair, over the barricade. Balor struck Triple H with a running knife-edge chop and sent him back over the barricade. He kicked at Triple H as he tried to crawl away. Balor tossed him into the ring and climbed the turnbuckle. When Triple H was on his feet, Balor executed a blockbuster. He went for the pin. 1…2… kick out! Balor sensed he had moment and took Triple H down with a pair of sling blades. He pinned him again, and again Triple H kicked out at two. Balor went to the corner and waited as Triple H tried to get up and then he gave him a shotgun dropkick that sent him through the table! Balor propped part of the broken table onto Triple H’s torso and climbed the turnbuckle. He executed the Coup de Grâce! Balor pinned. 1…2… foot on the ropes (put there and pointed out to the referee by Heenan)!
Balor left the ring to confront Heenan, who backed away and pleaded for amnesty. FTR ran down. Cash Wheeler went to attack Balor, but he saw him coming. They got into a fist fight. Dax Harwood went to Triple H and handed him something. The Good Brothers were out quickly. Doc Gallows attacked Harwood with throat thrusts and clotheslined him over the barricade. He followed him into the audience as he tried to escape. Karl Anderson attacked Wheeler to free up Balor, who went around the side of the ring to get at Triple H. When he put his hands on Triple H, the Game turned around and threw salt in Balor’s eyes. Then, he gave Balor a belly-to-back suplex. He picked up Balor and put him on the ring apron. Triple H took him over to near where the table had been set up on the floor earlier. He hooked his arms in and gave him a Pedigree off the apron and through the table! Triple H sent Balor back into the ring and made the pin. 1…2…3! (25:33) --
Winner by Pinfall: Triple H