WWE has announced several matches for tonight’s WWE Raw broadcast on USA Network.
Check out the official announcements below:
Keith Lee vs. Sheamus
Keith Lee and Sheamus will square off tonight on Raw with a WWE Title opportunity on the line.
Both Superstars were in Drew McIntyre’s corner last week for a Holiday Street Fight win against AJ Styles, The Miz & John Morrison. The two titans could only coexist for so long, as The Celtic Warrior crushed Lee with a Brogue Kick following earlier miscommunications in the match. Now the two heavyweights will settle their differences in a high-stakes showdown.
WWE has announced some of the matches for tonight’s episode of RAW, with Keith Lee vs. Sheamus for a WWE title opportunity, Charlotte Flair vs. Nia Jax, and more set for the show.
Fightful Select had previously reported that there had been discussions for a potential eight-man tag team match featuring The Hardy Bros and The New Day vs. The Hurt Business, but that match was not included WWE’s announcement.
Here’s the full release from WWE:
Keith Lee vs. Sheamus
Keith Lee and Sheamus will square off tonight on Raw with a WWE Title opportunity on the line.
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Sunday s Tables, Ladders & Chairs pay-per-view gave fans a lot to talk about, including the apparent murder of Bray Wyatt by Randy Orton.
During their Firefly Inferno match, The Viper set The Fiend s entire body ablaze in the middle of the ring. It brought back memories of The Undertaker being burned in his casket, but this time, we saw the body go up in flames.
We also saw Charlotte Flair return to help Asuka win the Women s Tag Team Championships, and The Hurt Business defeated The New Day to become the new Raw tag team champions.
This week s Raw dealt with all of the fallout from Sunday s show while also setting up the Royal Rumble on January 26. Let s take a look at everything that happened on Monday s episode.
WWE Raw Hits
Drew McIntyre, Keith Lee, and Sheamus vs. AJ Styles, The Miz, and John Morrison in a Holiday Street Fight: A soft Hit for WWE’s latest holiday themed battle. As corny as it was to watch Styles work over McIntyre’s bad knee with a kendo stick made to look like a candy cane, we’ve certainly seen worse from WWE around the holidays. For that matter, we made it through Halloween and Thanksgiving without any WWE holiday madness. In fact, I have a bigger issue with WWE continuing to book ice cold Miz and Morrison in main event matches. We get it, they can’t hang with McIntyre, Lee, or Sheamus. On a positive note, the post match development with Sheamus taking a cheap shot at Lee and then being scolded by McIntyre was solid.
Monday’s live post-TLC edition of RAW, featuring fallout from Sunday’s pay-per-view with a six-man Holiday Street Fight main event, drew an average of 1.691 million viewers on the USA Network, according to Showbuzz Daily.
This is up 11% from last week’s 1.527 million viewers for the TLC go-home show.
For this week’s show, the first hour drew 1.841 million viewers (last week’s hour 1 – 1.627 million), the second hour drew 1.701 million viewers (last week’s hour 2 – 1.512 million) and the final hour drew 1.531 million viewers (last week’s hour 3 – 1.441 million).
RAW ranked #22 for the night in viewership on cable, up from last week’s #31 spot, and behind the NFL Monday Night Football on ESPN, Monday Night Kickoff, Rachel Maddow Show, SportsCenter Late, Tucker Carlson Tonight, The Five, Hannity, Last Word, Special Report, Reidout, Deadline: White House, 11th Hour, All In, Cuomo Prime Time, Holiday Baking Champion, Anderson Cooper 360, The Ingraham Angle, Situat