Thanks to Paul Meade for sending in this live report from Detroit.
WWE RAW taping results for December 31, 2018:
– Drew McIntyre defeated Dolph Ziggler in a cage match. Drew McIntyre attacks him after the match.
– Seth Rollins challenged Dean Ambrose to a title match tonight but Triple H makes a match between Rollins and Bobby Lashley instead.
– Shane McMahon makes a 16 man fresh start Battle Royal for an Intercontinental Championship title shot later tonight.
– Apollo Crews wins the Battle Royal last eliminating Baron Corbin.
(order of elimination (Jose, Viktor, Titus, Metallik, Kalisto, Dorado, Axel, Dallas, Konnor, Mojo, Breeze, Balor, Ryder, Hawkins, and Corbin)
– Natalya enters the Royal Rumble but then Nia and Tamina attack her backstage.
– Elias interrupts a Baron Corbin promo then they brawled into the crowd.
– Nia & Tamina vs Ronda & Natalya announced for later tonight.
– Bayley, Sasha Banks and Ember Moon defeated The Riott Squad (same match we’ve seen too many times, crowd was dead until the end).
– Bobby Lashley defeated Seth Rollins by DQ after Seth hit both Lashley and Lio Rush with a chair.
– Jinder Mahal & The Singh Brothers defeated Heath Slater & Rhyno in a 3-on-2 handicap match.
– Dean Ambrose defeated Apollo Crews to retain the IC title.
Alexa Bliss announces the debut of her new talk show “A Moment of Bliss” for next week with her guest being Ronda Rousey.
– Ronda Rousey & Natalya defeated Nia Jax & Tamina in the main event.