WWE RAW Live Results & Updates- 23 December 2019
Bobby Lashley vs Cedric Alexander
Bobby Lashley and Lana make their way to the ring. After the break, we see the replay of Lashley proposing to Lana for marriage. Cedric Alexander makes his way to the ring. They circle each other to start. Alexander gets out of the arm twist using his agility. He tries to put Lashley in a headlock but Lashley uses his power to slam him to the floor.
Lashley gets some strikes going. Alexander sends him out of the ring with a dropkick. He hits a kick on Lashley’s face from the apron and hits a moonsault on the floor. He gets back to the ring quickly. Lana takes the mic and starts her promo. She gets into the ring as Lashley recovers on the floor.
He gets back to the ring quickly. Lana takes the mic and starts her promo. She gets into the ring as Lashley recovers on the floor. She tells Alexander that she can’t have Lashley showing up bruised next week for their marriage. She goes on about next week’s wedding and says everyone is invited. Lana says Cedric to continue with a Greco-Roman wrestling match tonight. Fans start booing her as she continues to talk about her marriage and into the break.
Alexander dodges a move and gets on the apron. He hits a kick followed by a Pele kick to the face. Bobby uses his strength to turn the tables. He whips Alexander to the corner for running shoulders. He continues to throw him around and gets the strikes going. Lashley hits a neckbreaker for a near fall.
Alexander hits a dive over the top rope and a handspring kick for a near fall. Lashley scoops him up and slams him to the floor. Lashley charges for the spear but Alexander hits a basement dropkick to halt him in his steps. He hits another dropkick to the face and climbs to the top. Lashley dodges his move and pops him up to hit a chokeslam. He hits a spear and gets the pin for the win.
Winner- Bobby Lashley
Charly Caruso catches Seth Rollins for an interview. Rollins tells her that he went out there to extend an olive branch to Kevin Owens. But he got kicked in the face, so she should go and ask Owens what he was trying to accomplish by starting fights every week.
Drew McIntyre vs Zack Ryder
They lock up and McIntyre backs Ryder to the corner. He tells Ryder to show him something and Zack punches him in the face. McIntyre gets the better of him and nails a clothesline at ringside. He drives Ryder into the barricade and apron a few times. Ryder attempts a missile dropkick but McIntyre turns it into a powerbomb. McIntyre drills him with a Claymore Kick for the easy win. After the match, McIntyre throws Hawkins out of the ring so he can hit Ryder with a Futureshock DDT. He takes out Hawkins with a Claymore before grabbing a mic and saying he had fun.
Winner- Drew McIntyre
After the match, Hawkins comes in to check on Ryder. Drew tosses Hawkins out of the ring and then hits a Futureshock DDT on Ryder. Hawkins comes back in and Drew takes him out with a Claymore kick. Drew takes the mic and talks about having fun in the ring. He cuts a short promo where he wanted to convey that 2020 is the year of Drew McIntyre.
The Man & The Empress of Tomorrow
WWE RAW Women’s Champion Becky Lynch enters the ring. Becky says since the birth of The Man she has learned that she does things better when she takes them into her own hands. She has become the face of the company but the company is trying to protect her. The Man vs Asuka match needs to happen next and she is not taking no for an answer. Becky also reminds Asuka that she is the one woman who defeated her fair and square and she has come back around to collect on her debt.
Asuka comes out to the ramp with Kairi Sane as their music hits. Asuka takes the mic from the stage and taunts Lynch in Japanese about their win at TLC. Sane laughs as Asuka continues that she wants to become “Asuka 2 Belts.” Becky tells her to name the time and the place for the match and repeats the same in Japanese now. They continue to bark at each other as we go to the commercial.
