Steve Notes Raw 12/7/20

Steve Notes Raw 12/7/20

Randy Orton opens Raw

I’ll be knocking on that Funhouse door, wondering who’s gonna LET ME IN

Firefly Bray on the tron: I randy bo bandy! Since you were so mean to Alexa, she’s not here-

Randy says he’s the last person Bray wants to play games with, Bray says GAME?? LETS GET RANDY! Celeb guests, the puppets: the prize, a Crusis, the rotting carcass of Friendship Frog question: How should orton be punished at TLC?

The puppets get the answer wrong, but fortunately for Randy, HE always has the right answer

Randy says I want a match tonight, not the fiend, with BRAY WYATT, he accepts

Asuka vs. Shayna Baszler

Nia hypes up Shayna, talks their hatred of Lana, they’re gonna twist her up and contort her- Shayna says her front is gonna be her back and vice versa- Nia says, “Her boobs are gonna be on her back.”

Shyana gets the upper hand after some business outside, she targes Asuka’s arm

Nia takes out Lana on the outside, Lana once again counters Nia into steel steps

Lana tries for a rana, lands on Nia’s shoulders, then she turns it into a rana, Shayna is distracted, Asuka rolls up Shayna for 3

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Hurt Business backstage, they punk out a PA

Riddle offers up some BROUTTS to Ricochet and Dana Brooke

Interview with Ricochet- he’s not opposed to being on a team- he’s opposed to jackasses- Dana says she’s not gonna let anyone disrespect her- but tonight is about teamwork- she won’t hesitate to slap around Ali- and she owes Mia one for her eye

Slapjack/Reckoning vs. Ricochet/Dana Brooke

In less than five minutes, Dana Brooke pins Reckoning

Maybe Reckoning will get kicked out and she can be Mia Yim

*½

Keith Lee approaches Sheamus backstage, Keith says no one buys Sheamus’ good guy act- Sheamus says the same thing he said last week

MIZ TV with AJ Styles

How will you stop Drew in a TLC match?

AJ is gonna wrap a chair around Drew, put him through tables, etc

Then MIz and MOrrison do a way too long impression of Drew and Sheamus

Sheamus comes out when they’re done

They’re like, Sheamus has no friends and there are 3 of us- Drew comes down

No matter how many times we knock these guys down, they come back for more

Miz replaced his balls with MOrrison’s cuz Maryse put his in her purse

Brawl breaks out, Drew CHUCKS the MITB from ring to stage

Kofi vs. Shelton Benjamin

Kofi beats Shelton in like 7 minutes with Trouble In Paradise

Cedric gets on the mic, rage-challenges Kofi for a match

**

Kofi vs. Cedric

Cedric targets Kofi’s knee, which was tweaked in the previous match

Close call with Kofi hitting an SOS

Ced hits spinning brain buster for 2

Ced hits Kofi with lumbar check for 3

**½

Drew/Sheamus vs. Miz/Morrison/Miz

Long, fun match, AJ pinned Sheamus on a PF after Sheamus accidentally Brogue Kicked Drew when Morrison evaded

***½

Lana says she’s nervous about next week, facing Nia Jax, ASuka pumps her up, Lana chants she can beat NIa Jax, who then shows up behind her, shaking her head

Sheamus backstage, interview- he says he thinks Drew is gonna come back and kick his ass, and he’s gonna kick his- was it intentional? No of course not- Drew interrupts- Sheamus says, you know that wasn’t intentional, right? Drew says you know exactly what’s about to happen

Back from commercial, Drew and Sheamus are fighting, Pat Buck get between them, they put him through a table

Lashley vs Jeff Hardy

Matt Riddle chats up Jeff at gorilla to team up as the Hardy Bros, Jeff is incredibly polite about it

Fun match, MVP tries to distract on the apron, Riddle comes down and pulls him off

Lashley gets Hardy in a choke on the ground, Hardy powers back up, jaw breaker out of it

Hardy hits twist of fate

Lashley moves, hits Hardy with spear, locks in HURT LOCK, Hardy taps

***½

After the match, Lashley won’t let go, RIddle pulls MVP off the apron and gets in, Lashley throws Hardy into Riddle

Orton backstage, in his room, someone knocks, Rambin Rabbit shows up, says he’s gonna have so much fun!

Randy Orton vs. Bray Wyatt

They go to the outside quickly, Bray drops Randy onto the table

HAHAH Bray says into a mic YOWIE WOWIE WE’LL BE RIGHT BACK!

Randy has the upper hand out of commercial

Wyatt comes alive, hits Orton with a DDT

Wyatt tries SA, Randy counters with neck breaker

Wyatt goes for another, Orton counters with eye poke, draping ddt

Then half lights go down, Orton hits RKO and the rest of them go down as he covers

When red lights come up, he’s pinned The Fiend, who gets up, gives him the claw

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