WWE Raw Results – 12/16/24 (Two title matches scheduled, CM Punk responds to Seth “Freakin” Rollins)
WWE Raw Results
December 16, 2024
Boston, Massachusetts (TD Garden)
Commentary: Joe Tessitore and Wade Barrett
Results by: Mike Tedesco of Wrestleview.com
“Then. Now. Forever. Together.” The WWE video leads us into the show.
We see an overhead shot of the city of Boston, Massachusetts.
Pre-Show Arrivals
The Judgment Day is shown arriving in full force. Finn Bálor and JD McDonagh will defend their World Tag Team Championship against the War Raiders later tonight. WWE Intercontinental Champion Bron Breakker is shown arriving. His opponent for the title, Ludwig Kaiser, is also shown entering the TD Garden.
Later tonight, we’ll see footage of Kevin Owens delivering a vicious Package Piledriver to Undisputed WWE Champion Cody Rhodes following the conclusion of Saturday Night’s Main Event.
CM Punk responds to Seth “Freakin” Rollins
CM Punk makes his way to the ring to a huge ovation. A loud “CM Punk” chant fills the TD Garden. Punk tells the crowd to be careful because some people might get mad when they chant his name. Not to call attention to people who don’t matter, but someone who might get mad is the guy in the New York jersey. The crowd boos the fan. Punk asks, “Is it great to be alive on a Monday night in Boston or what?” The crowd cheers.
Punk says he’s feeling low and in a bad mood. Two weeks ago, in this ring, he told Seth Rollins face-to-face that he doesn’t think about Rollins at all. Rollins told Punk he thinks about him all the time. Over the course of the last two weeks, he sometimes thought about Rollins and is now in a bad mood. Rollins is right. Whatever this thing is between them, as much as Punk wanted to avoid it, it’s only a matter of time until they lock up in this ring. Punk is also upset because something he enjoys doing, which is walking to the ring and talking to the people, will always be overshadowed because he knows at some point that stupid music will hit. The crowd starts to sing Rollins’ theme, and Punk says that’s the song. Then Rollins will tiptoe out like Liberaace, which is not an insult. Punk thinks Liberace is cool. The point that Rollins might want to interrupt before he makes it is that just because he wears Elton John glasses does not make him Elton John. Just because Rollins grew up idolizing him and is now wearing wrestling boots does not make him CM Punk.
Rollins came out here with a straight face and told the world that Punk had ghosted him. It’s true, but Punk isn’t here to litigate the past. Punk is looking forward to the future. He’d love to say it’s not Rollins, but they seem to be on a collision course. Punk says he’s the bad guy in this situation because there is no such thing as a bad student… just bad teachers. Seth Rollins is CM Punk’s failure. That 16-year-old kid who came to him and begged to be trained, Punk is now ready to give him the wrestling lesson he asked for years ago for free. If Rollins wants to give him shoes to fill, he’ll fill them. The last guy to do that was Drew McIntyre. Rollins needs to ask himself if he’s tougher than Drew McIntyre. Everyone knows Rollins isn’t. There aren’t enough staples to put Rollins back together when he’s done with him.
Rollins still doesn’t come out. Punk knows what can get him out here. It’s the same thing that pissed Rollins off while Punk was gone for the last seven years: people chanting his name.
The crowd starts to chant, “CM Punk.” Seth “Freaking” Rollins emerges in the crowd and sarcastically joins in the chant. Rollins says life is about perspective. Rollins thought that if he came out here and saw Punk the way the people do, it might give him a new perspective and help him see Punk in a new light. Rollins is going to take a good, hard look… but even from way out here, Punk is still an “asshole.” Punk chuckles. Punk says he’s overjoyed that Rollins didn’t come out here with that stupid song. Rollins belongs in the audience with the rest of the CM Punk fans. Rollins says it doesn’t embarrass him to be out here with the people. Rollins is a fan and always will be. When Punk abandoned this place and hoped it would die without him, Rollins put it on his back and made it stronger. Punk should be embarrassed. This fan has more WrestleMania main events than Punk ever will. Rollins says, “That’s a fact, Phil!”
Rollins walks down the steps, and Punk hops the barricade. Rollins and Punk start brawling in the crowd. WWE referees and producers run down to separate them. They pull Rollins back to ringside. Punk jumps off the barricade and attacks Rollins. They’re quickly separated. Rollins breaks free and jumps off the steel steps to attack Punk again. They’re pulled apart but break free and start brawling in the ring. The officials pull them away from each other, and the crowd chants, “Let them fight!”
Punk is pulled away and taken through the crowd. Rollins seems like he’s calming down, but he redirects and jumps into the crowd. Rollins and Punk start brawling before this electric crowd once again. Punk is irate as they’re once again pulled apart.
The Judgment Day Clubhouse
World Tag Team Champions Finn Bálor and JD McDonagh are preparing. Women’s World Champion Liv Morgan says she listened to Finn and won. Bálor asks where they were for his World Heavyweight Championship match on Saturday. Morgan disingenuously says she thought Bálor had it covered. Raquel Rodriguez will advance in the Women’s Intercontinental Championship Tournament. They’re listening to Finn and winning. Bálor is trying to refrain from saying anything.
In the arena, Ludwig Kaiser makes his entrance. He’ll face Bron Breakker for the WWE Intercontinental Championship next.
-Commercial Break-
Video: WWE Chief Content Officer Paul “Triple H” Levesque unveils the new Raw logo that will debut when WWE Raw moves over to Netflix on January 6, 2025.
The Raw on Netflix Kickoff Show will stream live on Wednesday at 2 p.m., live from WWE Headquarters.
Video: Footage from around Boston of all the different advertisements of Netflix on Raw are shown.
Backstage Segment
An irate Seth “Freakin” Rollins is walking backstage. Raw General Manager Adam Pearce furiously catches up with him. Rollins tells Pearce to give him the match he wants. Pearce says if they could stop for a few minutes, he could do his job. Rollins tells him to do his job.
Drew McIntyre walks up to Rollins. Rollins once told him that when it comes to Roman Reigns and the Bloodline, he needs to get over it. McIntyre says it’s not easy. This past Friday, Reigns said the world would acknowledge him again. Everyone who supports him needs to be taken out, including Sami Zayn, Jimmy Uso, and Jey Uso. Rollins says he took Reigns out of power at WrestleMania. Jey and Sami were by his side. They are Rollins’ friends. McIntyre is not his friend. Friendships are forged in respect. Rollins respects Sami and Jey. The jury is still out on McIntyre. Now, he will do something McIntyre couldn’t do: end CM Punk. Rollins walks off as McIntyre stares off at him.
Replay: Last week after Raw, Ludwig Kaiser slapped Bron Breakker in the face. Breakker barely flinched.
WWE Intercontinental Championship
Ludwig Kaiser vs. Bron Breakker (c)
Bron Breakker is on his 56th day as Intercontinental Champion. This will be his third title defense of this second reign.
The bell rings, and Breakker powers Kaiser to the corner to hit some shoulder thrusts. Breakker whips him hard into the opposite corner and hits an overhead belly-to-belly suplex. Breakker punches away at Kaiser’s ribs before wrenching the arm. Breakker powers him to the corner and rips at him. Kaiser reverses a whip to the corner and blocks a boot. Kaiser slaps him in the face, and Breakker furiously tackles him. Breakker mounts Kaiser and punches away at him. Breakker doesn’t understand why everyone does this “slapping crap.” Breakker hits the ropes ridiculously fast and hard before running Kaiser over with a clothesline. Kaiser immediately rolls out of the ring to recover.
-Commercial Break-
We come back from the break to see Kaiser applying a wristlock. Breakker whips him off, but he lowers his head and eats a kick. Breakker responds with a clothesline. Breakker gets him in the corner and does the classic ten punches in the corner. Breakker hits the ropes and counters a leapfrog with a powerslam for a two-count. Kaiser soon kicks Breakker in the shoulder, but Breakker quickly takes him down with a scoop slam. Breakker seems to have injured his shoulder. Kaiser pops up and rakes the eyes without the referee noticing. Kaiser attacks the left shoulder and sets up for a suplex, but Breakker counters with a vertical suplex. Kaiser rolls out of the ring to recover. Breakker goes to the apron and leaps to clothesline Kaiser over the commentary table!
The crowd loudly barks for Breakker. Breakker is holding his left shoulder in pain. Breakker gets Kaiser in the ring, and his shoulder looks like it’s hanging. Breakker gets in the ring and puts Kaiser on the top rope. Kaiser attacks the shoulder and drives it into the mat. Kaiser stomps the shoulder several times before applying an overhead wristlock over the ropes. Kaiser continues to attack the shoulder with various stomps and attacks. Kaiser twists the arm around the ropes and dropkicks his body.
-Commercial Break-
We return from the break to see Kaiser applying a hammerlock. Breakker fights up and punches out with his good arm. Kaiser quickly applies a hammerlock and drops the compromised arm on the top rope. Kaiser double-stomps the arm and kicks him. Breakker rocks Kaiser with some right hands and hits the ropes, but Kaiser drops him with an arm-breaker. Kaiser covers 1… 2…, but Breakker kicks out. Kaiser goes back to the overhead wristlock. Breakker fights up and punches out. Kaiser chops away at the injured arm and hits the ropes, but Breakker takes him out with a high knee to the face.
Breakker takes a few moments to recover and hits a pair of strikes, followed by a running back elbow. Breakker puts Kaiser on the top rope with one arm and climbs. Kaiser attacks the arm and shoves him off, but Breakker scales the ropes and connects with a Frankensteiner for a near fall. Kaiser connects with a Kaiser Roll (rolling Death Valley Driver) for a near fall. Kaiser immediately goes back to the overhead wristlock. Breakker fights up to his feet and powers Kaiser to the corner. Breakker hits the ropes and charges but hits the turnbuckles with his bad shoulder when Kaiser moves. Breakker falls out of the ring and is in a lot of pain. Breakker is seated next to the ring steps. Kaiser exits the ring on the opposite side and charges for a running boot into the steps, but he turns the corner… and Breakker isn’t there. Breakker suddenly comes bounding around the corner with a WILD shoulder tackle.
Breakker gets Kaiser in the ring and soon hits a pop-up gutbuster. Breakker hits the ropes twice to connect with a Spear for the win.
Winner by Pinfall and still WWE Intercontinental Champion: Bron Breakker
WWE will be participating in Fanatics Fest in June 2025.
Backstage Segment
Kofi Kingston and Xavier Woods of the New Day are shown arriving at the TD Garden. Rey Mysterio comes out of the locker room and says they’re not allowed there. Kingston cannot believe that the crew doesn’t have their back. Mysterio says they crossed the line with Big E. They should find another place to change. Woods says they don’t want to share a locker room with them anyway. The New Day walks off.
-Commercial Break-
Video: Photos are shown of “Stone Cold” Steve Austin winning the Winged Eagle WWF Championship at WrestleMania XIV in 1998. Mike Tyson counted the pin over Shawn Michaels.
Replay: On Saturday Night’s Main Event, Undisputed WWE Champion “The American Nightmare” Cody Rhodes successfully defended the title against Kevin Owens. Owens had Rhodes pinned during the match, but the referee was down. Rhodes then gave Owens a Cross Rhodes on a steel chair to defeat him. After the show ended, Owens attacked Rhodes and delivered a Package Piledriver. The piledriver is banned in WWE. Rhodes was taken out of the Nassau Coliseum on a stretcher.
The commentators announce that Cody Rhodes is at home and resting. There is no fracture.
Video: The War Raiders say they’re going to war with the Judgment Day. This is more than a title match. When they first laced up their boots, they never thought about what could go wrong when the bell rang. Now, they know all too well. Erik says no one can describe the unbearable guilt of not being able to lift your son because the feeling hasn’t returned to your arms. Ivar says he had severe nerve pain, but he walked out of the hospital twice. Erik says he held his newborn son two weeks ago. The Judgment Day cheated them out of glory once. Every match could be their last. Their moment has to be now. Erik’s sons have to know that all the pain and damage were worth it. The only way they can prove that is by bringing them the World Tag Team Championship.
-Commercial Break-
Scheduled for the first Raw on Netflix
Tribal Combat: Roman Reigns vs. Solo Sikoa
Backstage Segment
Cathy Kelley is backstage with Raw General Manager Adam Pearce. She says they’ve heard some other matches for January 6 on the first Raw on Netflix. Pearce says she is correct. CM Punk will battle Seth “Freakin” Rollins!
Women’s World Champion Liv Morgan makes her way to the ring alongside “Dirty” Dominik Mysterio and Raquel Rodriguez. Morgan jumps into Mysterio’s arm and rubs noses with him. Mysterio grabs a microphone, and the crowd immediately starts to boo him. Morgan offers him support. Mysterio shouts for them to welcome the greatest Women’s World Champion of all time, Liv Morgan.
Morgan says they haven’t heard what Mysterio is saying. She pulls out a megaphone and shouts that she is the greatest Women’s World Champion of all time. This was the year of Monday Night Morgan, and they’re just getting started. There are a lot of historic changes happening in WWE. There is no one better, hotter, more iconic, and more dominant to lead this company into the future than her.
“THIS IS MY BRUTALITY!”
Rhea Ripley comes out to the ring to a big ovation. Morgan says no one cares what Ripley has to say, but Ripley tells her to shut the hell up. This has gone on long enough, so it’s time they settle this once and for all. Ripley says Adam Pearce has made it official. Morgan is looking at the Number One Contender for the Women’s World Championship. Ripley can see into the future. The only thing Morgan can get excited about is the end of her title reign. Ripley will be the new Women’s World Champion. All Morgan will be left with is her “chicken tender slut” (Mysterio). Morgan runs over to Mysterio. Ripley poses in the ring, and Morgan holds the title up.
Backstage Segment
Jackie Redmond catches up with Seth “Freakin” Rollins. She says Rollins is getting CM Punk…
…but Drew McIntyre is shown angrily charging Rollins from behind. Sami Zayn cuts him off, and they begin to brawl before being pulled apart.
In the arena, Zoey Stark makes her entrance.
-Commercial Break-
Backstage Segment
The Miz says he is proud to team with the Final Testament. They don’t need him anymore. Karrion Kross walks up with Scarlett and asks what he’s talking about. Kross tells Miz not to say another word. What the Wyatt Sicks did to Paul Ellering and Scarlett… this isn’t over until he says. Kross says they’re going to take the first strike. Miz is going to face the guy who kidnapped him a few weeks ago: Dexter Lumis. Ellering says they saved Miz twice. He owes them. Kross tells Miz to go to Adam Pearce and make this official. Miz has held twenty-two titles in his career. He can do this. Miz walks off. Ellering asks Kross if he thinks Miz can beat Lumis. Kross says he doesn’t know, but they’ll keep testing the Wyatt Sicks. When you make a deal with the devil, you don’t run off on him.
Women’s Intercontinental Championship Tournament
First Round Triple Threat Match
Raquel Rodriguez vs. Zoey Stark vs. Kayden Carter
The bell rings, and Carter goes after Stark. Rodriguez breaks it up and throws Stark across the ring. Rodriguez avalanches Stark into Carter. Rodriguez takes Carter down and covers, but Stark breaks it up. Carter avoids a back elbow from Stark. Stark lands on her feet to counter a monkey flip and superkicks Carter. Stark ducks a clothesline from Rodriguez and hits a DDT. Carter kicks Stark in the ribs and grabs the arm to scale the ropes. Carter leaps onto Rodriguez to hit a hurricanrana. Stark hits a Death Valley Driver on Carter, followed by a kick to the face for a two-count. All three women are on the ring apron. Stark superkicks Rodriguez, but Rodriguez responds with a big boot. Carter hits the ropes and connects with a corkscrew plancha through the top and middle ropes!
-Commercial Break-
Back from the break, Carter dropkicks Rodriguez and lands on Stark with a splash for a two-count. Carter ties up Rodriguez’s legs and hits Stark with a fisherman’s buster. The landing damages Rodriguez’s legs. Carter hits the ropes and hits Stark with a running boot. Carter hits a springboard leg drop, but Rodriguez pulls her out of the ring. Rodriguez lifts Carter, but Carter slides off and sends her into the LED apron. Rodriguez seemingly injures her knee. Stark takes both women out with a cross-body block off the top rope to the floor.
Stark gets Rodriguez in the ring and hits the ropes. Rodriguez pounces her over the top rope. Carter rolls Rodriguez up for a one-count. Carter connects with a basement dropkick for a two-count. Carter goes to the second rope, but Stark leaps and hits a German Suplex. Stark ducks a clothesline from Rodriguez, but Rodriguez rebounds with a second attempt for a two-count. Rodriguez pulls at Stark’s hair, and Stark makes a hilarious face. Rodriguez grabs Carter and hits a fallaway slam, followed by a slingshot elbow drop. Rodriguez goes for a Tejana Bomb on Carter, but Stark breaks it up with a springboard missile dropkick. Stark grabs Carter and horribly botches a Z-360 for the win.
Winner by Pinfall: Zoey Stark
An irate Rodriguez chases Stark out of the ring. Stark will face Dakota Kai in the Women’s Intercontinental Championship Semifinals.
Backstage Segment
Alpha Academy is with R-Truth. R-Truth mentions “Butch” instead of Pete Dunne. Dunne angrily walks up to him and threatens him. Dunne issues his last warning. Otis steps between them, and Dunne charges off.
American Made comes up to them. Chad Gable insults Alpha Academy. Otis tells Gable to shut up. Gable says it’s time to kill his little darlings, and he’s starting with… Akira Tozawa.
Video: A highlight reel for World Tag Team Champions Finn Bálor and JD McDonagh.
The World Tag Team Championship match is next.
-Commercial Break-
Backstage Interview
Jackie Redmond is backstage with the New Day. They’re still looking for a locker room. They start to speak, but a commotion is heard. The camera runs over, and we see Pure Fusion Collective walking away. A screaming Kairi Sane is shown with her hand trapped in the lid of a road crate.
World Tag Team Championship
The Judgment Day is barred from ringside
The War Raiders (Erik and Ivar) vs. The Judgment Day (Finn Bálor and JD McDonagh) (c’s)
This is the 175th day of Finn Bálor’s and JD McDonagh’s reign as World Tag Team Champions and only their third title defense.
The bell rings, and JD McDonagh will start against Ivar. Ivar quickly sends McDonagh into the ropes and shoulder tackles him out of the ring. Ivar pulls Bálor into the ring the hard way. McDonagh runs in, but Ivar scoop slams him. Ivar then scoop slams Bálor onto McDonagh. Ivar hits McDonagh with another scoop slam. Erik comes in and scoop slams Ivar onto McDonagh! The War Raiders stand tall in the ring.
-Commercial Break-
Back from the break, the War Raiders are taking it to McDonagh with strikes. Ivar sends McDonagh into the ropes, but he lowers his head and eats a kick. Bálor tags in, but Ivar elbows him away. Bálor distracts the referee as McDonagh snaps Ivar’s neck off the top rope. Bálor hits a falling elbow drop for a two-count. Bálor grabs at the surgically repaired neck of Ivar. Bálor chokes him on the middle and bottom ropes. The referee backs Bálor up, and McDonagh gives Ivar a leg drop over the bottom rope. Bálor stomps away at Ivar and clubs the neck. McDonagh tags in. The Judgment Day sends Ivar into the ropes, but Ivar runs through them and hits a handspring double back elbow.
McDonagh tries to stop Ivar from tagging Erik in, but Ivar drags McDonagh to his corner. Erik tags in and takes McDonagh down before hitting a nasty back suplex. Bálor runs in, but Erik slams him down with a uranage. McDonagh reverses a whip to the corner, but Erik slingshots over him and hits a clothesline. Erik sends McDonagh over the top rope and gets the crowd going. Erik hits the ropes, but Bálor trips him. Erik grabs him, but McDonagh attacks him from behind. Erik falls out of the ring. Bálor and McDonagh send Erik headfirst into the steel steps. They pull Erik up and send him back into the steel steps. Bálor and McDonagh pose.
-Commercial Break-
Back from the final break of the evening, Bálor is stomping away at Erik. McDonagh tags in and hits a springboard sit-out moonsault for a two-count. McDonagh hits a neck twister and drops an elbow on the back of the neck. McDonagh goes to the second rope for a diving elbow, but Erik moves.
Bálor and Ivar tag in. Ivar runs over Bálor with a shoulder tackle, followed by a sidewalk slam and a basement cross-body. Ivar is fired up and charges Bálor in the corner. Bálor moves, but Ivar responds with a seated senton. McDonagh runs in and gets grazed by a cartwheel from Ivar. Ivar then wipes him out with a spin kick. Ivar crushes Bálor with a Bronco Buster. Ivar goes to the top rope, but Bálor sweeps the feet. McDonagh tags in and climbs the ropes. Ivar grabs McDonagh and hits a World’s Strongest Slam off the second rope for a near fall!
Erik tags in, and the War Raiders hit a double-team pop-up powerslam. Erik covers, but Bálor breaks it up. Ivar sends Bálor out of the ring. Ivar tags in, and Erik quickly tags in. They go for War Machine, but Bálor pulls Ivar out of the ring as he goes for a springboard. McDonagh rolls Erik up for a two-count. McDonagh head-butts Erik in the face. Bálor tags in, but Erik lights him up with some strikes. Erik hits a full nelson into a knee to the neck. Bálor quickly hits a Sling Blade, followed by a Woo Dropkick. McDonagh tags in and hits a moonsault off the top rope. Bálor tags in and follows up with a Coup de Grâce! 1… 2…, but Ivar breaks it up!
McDonagh takes Ivar out and sends him out of the ring. McDonagh grabs a steel chair, but the referee stops him. Bálor goes to ringside and grabs a chair from the timekeeper’s area, but it doesn’t move. Damian Priest is revealed to be holding it! In the ring, Ivar clotheslines McDonagh down. The War Raiders hit Bálor with War Machine for the win!
Winners by Pinfall and new World Tag Team Champions: The War Raiders
A visibly emotional Erik and Ivar hold the World Tag Team Championship up as pyrotechnics go off. Damian Priest happily applauds them. The show ends with the War Raiders embracing.
Quick Match Results
— Bron Breakker (c) def. Ludwig Kaiser to retain the WWE Intercontinental Championship
— Zoey Stark def. Raquel Rodriguez and Kayden Carter in a Women’s Intercontinental Championship Tournament First Round Triple Threat Match
— The War Raiders (Erik and Ivar) def. The Judgment Day (Finn Bálor and JD McDonagh) (c’s) to win the World Tag Team Championship
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