It’s Never Too Early! Full Results For December 23 Monday Night Raw *SPOILERS*

It’s a nice week off. We are nearing the end of both this year and this decade and that makes for some interesting times. That being said, it is also the holiday season and WWE understands that they should probably give their talent a little bit of time off. That is exactly what they did, though it came after a rather long two day stretch, with the fans being in for a long night.

WWE taped the December 23 episode of Monday Night Raw on Monday night, following the December 16 episode. The double taping took place to give the roster some time off over the holidays as next Wednesday is Christmas Day. Following this Friday’s SmackDown, the next WWE event is not until December 26 with a pair of live events. Here are the results, courtesy of Wrestlinginc.com:

* The arena was decorated with Christmas trees and Christmas presents

* Jimmy Fallon did a segment on the big screen where he introduced some of the WWE Superstars and gave a holiday message

* Kevin Owens defeated Mojo Rawley in a Christmas Street Fight. Owens snapped some on Mojo after the match and put him through a table, which may have been one of the decorations near the ring. Owens also cut a promo on Seth Rollins and AOP, calling them out. They came to the ring and beat Owens down

* Bobby Lashley defeated Cedric Alexander. Lana announced during the match that their wedding would take place next week. She warned Lashley to be careful and then the match resumed for the finish

* Drew McIntyre defeated Zack Ryder. Drew destroyed Curt Hawkins after the match and announced that his year will be 2020

* RAW Women’s Champion Becky Lynch cuts a promo and issues a challenge to WWE Women’s Tag Team Champion Asuka for a singles match. Asuka comes out and the match is agreed on for a later date but not made official for any event. Lynch told Asuka to name the place and time

* Ricochet defeated Tony Nese

* Aleister Black defeated a local enhancement talent. After the match, Buddy Murphy immediately came out and also easily defeated a local enhancement talent as Black watched. Black and Murphy faced off in the ring until Black dropped Murphy. Their TLC rematch was announced for the next week

* Charlotte Flair defeated WWE NXT Superstar Chelsea Green. Flair won by submission

* The OC (AJ Styles, Luke Gallows, Karl Anderson) defeated Randy Orton and RAW Tag Team Champions The Viking Raiders. Styles got the pin on Orton

* Erick Rowan squashed a local enhancement talent

* Rusev defeated No Way Jose. Rusev cut a promo on Lana and Bobby Lashley getting married and how they deserve each other. He’s glad for them

* WWE United States Champion Rey Mysterio retained over Seth Rollins by DQ due to interference by AOP. They went to put Rey through the announce table but Samoa Joe wouldn’t move for them. AOP beat Joe down and Rollins hit a Stomp on Mysterio to end the show. AOP and Rollins posed for the end
It was a long night. Check out some of the stories that this follows up on:

Randy Orton strikes down AJ Styles with a brutal RKO: Raw, Dec. 16, 2019

Opinion: Sweet goodness that sounds like a long night. This also comes off as a more interesting and energized show than what we got on Monday night. I’m not sure how well this is going to go or how well it is going to start setting things up for the Royal Rumble but we could be in for a long few weeks on the way to Houston. Hopefully things can pick up a bit though, because the last few weeks of Monday Night Raw have been rough.

Which of these stories sound best? What are you looking forward to most? Let us know in the comments below.

Thomas Hall has been a wrestling fan for over thirty years and has seen over 50,000 wrestling matches. He has also been a wrestling reviewer since 2009 with over 5,000 full shows covered. You can find his work at kbwrestlingreviews.com, or check out his- Amazon author page with 30 wrestling books. His latest book is KB’s Complete 2004 Monday Night Raw Reviews.

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