{"id":72422,"date":"2018-12-27T14:15:07","date_gmt":"2018-12-27T20:15:07","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.pwtorch.com\/site\/?p=72422"},"modified":"2019-01-02T22:12:17","modified_gmt":"2019-01-03T04:12:17","slug":"weekly-overview-wwe-thru-12-27-top-stories-of-week-major-show-lineups-live-event-results-schedule-of-live-events-noteworthy-social-media-posts-more","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.pwtorch.com\/site\/2018\/12\/27\/weekly-overview-wwe-thru-12-27-top-stories-of-week-major-show-lineups-live-event-results-schedule-of-live-events-noteworthy-social-media-posts-more\/","title":{"rendered":"WEEKLY OVERVIEW \u2013 WWE (thru 12\/27): Top stories of week, major show lineups, live event results, schedule of live events, noteworthy social media posts, more"},"content":{"rendered":"<div id=\"pwtor-1738945147\" class=\"pwtor-before-content pwtor-entity-placement\"><hr \/><b>SPOTLIGHTED PODCAST ALERT (YOUR ARTICLE BEGINS A FEW INCHES DOWN)... <\/b>\r\n\r\n<iframe src=\"https:\/\/widget.spreaker.com\/player?show_id=3076978&theme=light&playlist=false&playlist-continuous=false&autoplay=false&live-autoplay=false&chapters-image=true&episode_image_position=right&hide-logo=false&hide-likes=false&hide-comments=false&hide-sharing=false&hide-download=true\" width=\"100%\" height=\"140px\" frameborder=\"0\"><\/iframe>\r\n<hr \/><\/div><p><i>The following is the latest in\u00a0<a href=\"https:\/\/www.pwtorch.com\/site\/category\/prowrestlingnews\/weekly-overviews\/\">a new series of\u00a0weekly in-depth articles<\/a>\u00a0exclusive to PWTorch which will help put in perspective major wrestling promotions with a weekly overview, looking at news and roster developments, results, future line-ups, social media activity, key interviews, plus a timely commentary at the end. We will be featuring similar features on other promotions each week and each will be updated weekly.<\/i><\/p>\n<hr \/>\n<h3>\u2022Top Stories of the Week<\/h3>\n<ul>\n<li>Rusev won the United States Championship from Shinsuke Nakamura on Smackdown<\/li>\n<li>Vince McMahon was on Raw this week and announced that Women\u2019s Tag Team Championships would be coming to WWE in 2019. He also announced that John Cena will be back on Raw and Smackdown soon.<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<hr \/>\n<h3>\u2022WWE Weekly Event Results<\/h3>\n<p><strong>WWE Live Event \u2013 Raw Roster (New York, N.Y.) 12\/26\/18<\/strong><\/p>\n<p style=\"padding-left: 30px;\">(1) Finn Balor defeated Dolph Ziggler &amp; Drew McIntyre in a Triple Threat Match when Balor pinned Ziggler<\/p>\n<p style=\"padding-left: 30px;\">(2) Apollo Crews won a Battle Royal to earn a future Intercontinental Championship match. No Way Jose, Zack Ryder, Rhyno, Titus O\u2019Neil, Heath Slater, Jinder Mahal, &amp; The Ascension were the other participants<\/p>\n<p style=\"padding-left: 30px;\">(3) Bobby Lashley (w\/ Lio Rush) beat Elias in a Guitar on a Pole match<\/p>\n<p style=\"padding-left: 30px;\">(4) Natalya &amp; Ember Moon defeated The Riott Squad when Natalya forced Liv Morgan to tap out to the Sharpshooter<\/p>\n<p style=\"padding-left: 30px;\">(5) Matt Riddle, Pete Dunne, Ricochet, Aleister Black, &amp; Velveteen Dream defeated Johnny Gargano, Tomasso Ciampa, &amp; Undisputed Era (Adam Cole, Kyle O\u2019Reilly, &amp; Roderick Strong w\/Bobby Fish)<\/p>\n<p style=\"padding-left: 30px;\">(6) Dean Ambrose (c) beat Seth Rollins in a Steel Cage match to retain the Intercontinental Championship<\/p><div id=\"pwtor-4061076760\" class=\"pwtor-content pwtor-entity-placement\"><div align=\"center\" data-freestar-ad=\"__336x280 __336x280\" id=\"pwtorchcom_test_300x250\">\r\n  <script data-cfasync=\"false\" type=\"text\/javascript\">\r\n    freestar.config.enabled_slots.push({ placementName: \"pwtorchcom_test_300x250\", slotId: \"pwtorchcom_test_300x250\" });\r\n  <\/script>\r\n<\/div><\/div>\n<p style=\"padding-left: 30px;\">(7) Bobby Roode &amp; Chad Gable (c) beat Authors of Pain (w\/ Drake Maverick) &amp; The Revival to retain the Raw Tag Team Championships<\/p>\n<p style=\"padding-left: 30px;\">(8) John Cena defeated Baron Corbin<\/p>\n<p style=\"padding-left: 30px;\">(9) Ronda Rousey (c) beat Nia Jax (w\/ Tamina) to retain the Raw Women\u2019s Championship<\/p>\n<p>Source: <a href=\"https:\/\/www.pwtorch.com\/site\/2018\/12\/26\/12-26-wwe-in-new-york-city-n-y-at-msg-rousey-vs-jax-headlines-cena-returns-vince-mcmahon-appears-ten-nxt-wrestlers-participate-dean-vs-seth\/\">PWTorch.com<\/a><\/p>\n<p><strong>WWE Live Event \u2013 Smackdown Roster (Chicago, Ill.) 12\/26\/18<\/strong><\/p>\n<p style=\"padding-left: 30px;\">(1) Jeff Hardy beat Samoa Joe<\/p>\n<p style=\"padding-left: 30px;\">(2) Lana &amp; Naomi defeated The IIconics and Sonya Deville &amp; Mandy Rose in a Triple Threat tag team match<\/p>\n<p style=\"padding-left: 30px;\">(3) Karl Anderson, Luke Gallows, &amp; Shelton Benjamin beat Aiden English &amp; The Col\u00f3ns<\/p><div id=\"pwtor-1269115331\" class=\"pwtor-content-1 pwtor-entity-placement\"><!-- Tag ID: pwtorchcom_test_300x600 -->\r\n<div align=\"center\" data-freestar-ad=\"__336x280 __300x600\" id=\"pwtorchcom_test_300x600\">\r\n  <script data-cfasync=\"false\" type=\"text\/javascript\">\r\n    freestar.config.enabled_slots.push({ placementName: \"pwtorchcom_test_300x600\", slotId: \"pwtorchcom_test_300x600\" });\r\n  <\/script>\r\n<\/div><\/div>\n<p style=\"padding-left: 30px;\">(4) Karl Anderson &amp; Luke Gallows defeated Sanity<\/p>\n<p style=\"padding-left: 30px;\">(5) Rey Mysterio beat Randy Orton<\/p>\n<p style=\"padding-left: 30px;\">(6) R-Truth &amp; Carmella defeated Andrade Cien Almas &amp; Zelina Vega<\/p>\n<p style=\"padding-left: 30px;\">(7) Rusev (c) beat Shinsuke Nakamura to retain the United States Championship<\/p>\n<p style=\"padding-left: 30px;\">(8) The Bar (c) defeated The Usos &amp; The New Day in a Triple Threat tag team match to retain the Smackdown Tag Team Championships<\/p>\n<p style=\"padding-left: 30px;\">(9) Daniel Bryan (c) beat The Miz &amp; Mustafa Ali in a Triple Threat Steel Cage Match to retain the WWE Championship<\/p>\n<p style=\"padding-left: 30px;\">(10) Asuka (c) beat Becky Lynch &amp; Charlotte to retain the Smackdown Women\u2019s Championship<\/p>\n<p>Source: <a href=\"https:\/\/www.wrestlinginc.com\/news\/2018\/12\/wwe-live-event-results-649217\/\">WrestlingInc.com<\/a><\/p>\n<p><em>If you attend a live event, please send results to pwtorch@pwtorch.com. Thanks!<\/em><\/p>\n<hr \/>\n<h3>\u2022WWE TV Match Results<\/h3>\n<p><strong>Monday Night Raw TV Results 12\/24\/18<\/strong><\/p>\n<p style=\"padding-left: 30px;\">(1) Elias defeated Bobby Lashley (w\/ Lio Rush) in a Christmas themed street fight<\/p>\n<p style=\"padding-left: 30px;\">(2) Bobby Roode &amp; Chad Gable (c) beat The Revival to retain the Raw Tag Team Championships<\/p>\n<p style=\"padding-left: 30px;\">(3) Finn Balor defeated Drew McIntyre &amp; Dolph Ziggler in a Triple Threat Match when he pinned Dolph Ziggler<\/p>\n<p style=\"padding-left: 30px;\">(4) Bayley, Sasha Banks, &amp; Ember Moon beat Mickie James, Dana Brooke, &amp; Alicia Fox when Bayley pinned Mickie James<\/p>\n<p style=\"padding-left: 30px;\">(5) Ronda Rousey (c) beat Natalya to retain the Raw Women\u2019s Championship<\/p>\n<p style=\"padding-left: 30px;\">(6) Heath Slater defeated Jinder Mahal (w\/ The Singh Brothers) via DQ. Rhyno (dressed as Santa) rescued Slater from a post-match attack.<\/p>\n<p style=\"padding-left: 30px;\">(7) Seth Rollins defeated Baron Corbin<\/p>\n<p><strong>Smackdown Live TV Results 12\/25\/18<\/strong><\/p>\n<p style=\"padding-left: 30px;\">(1) Mustafa Ali beat Andrade Cien Almas (w\/ Zelina Vega)<\/p>\n<p style=\"padding-left: 30px;\">(2) The Usos &amp; Karl Anderson &amp; Luke Gallows beat The Bar &amp; Sanity<\/p>\n<p style=\"padding-left: 30px;\">(3) Samoa Joe defeated Jeff Hardy via DQ<\/p>\n<p style=\"padding-left: 30px;\">(4) Rusev beat Shinsuke Nakamura (c) to win the United States Championship<\/p>\n<p><strong>205 Live Results (Aired on WWE Network) 12\/26\/18<\/strong><\/p>\n<p style=\"padding-left: 30px;\">No matches this week. 205 Live was dedicated to replaying\/revisiting the major cruiserweight matches throughout 2018<\/p>\n<p style=\"padding-left: 30px;\"><em>Drake Maverick announced three qualifying matches with the three winners advancing to a Fatal Four-way Match at the Royal Rumble with Buddy Murphy for the Cruiserweight Championship. Kalisto vs. Lio Rush and Akira Tozawa vs. Drew Gulak will happen next week. Cedric Alexander vs. Hideo Itami will happen in two weeks.<\/em><\/p>\n<hr \/>\n<h3>\u2022Upcoming Lineups for Stadium\/PPV Events<\/h3>\n<p><strong>WWE Royal Rumble on Jan. 27 from Phoenix, Ariz.<\/strong><\/p>\n<ul>\n<li>Braun Strowman vs. Brock Lesnar for the Universal Championship<\/li>\n<li>Men\u2019s Royal Rumble Match \u2013 winner receives a championship match at Wrestlemania\n<ul>\n<li>Known Entrants: R-Truth (will enter last)<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<\/li>\n<li>Women\u2019s Royal Rumble Match \u2013 winner receives a championship match at Wrestlemania\n<ul>\n<li>Known Entrants: Carmella (will enter last)<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<\/li>\n<li>Buddy Murphy vs. (Kalisto\/Lio Rush) vs. (Akira Tozawa\/Drew Gulak) vs. (Cedric Alexander\/Hideo Itami) in a Fatal Four-way Match for the Cruiserweight Championship<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<hr \/>\n<h3>\u2022Upcoming Events<\/h3>\n<ul>\n<li class=\"p1\"><span class=\"s1\">Thur. 12\/27\/18 WWE Live Event \u2013 Smackdown Roster, Nassau Coliseum, Uniondale, N.Y.<\/span><\/li>\n<li class=\"p1\"><span class=\"s1\">Thur. 12\/27\/18 WWE Live Event \u2013 Raw Roster, Nationwide Arena, Columbus, Ohio<\/span><\/li>\n<li class=\"p1\"><span class=\"s1\">&#8211; Ronda Rousey vs. Mickie James (w\/ Alexa Bliss) for the Raw Women\u2019s Championship<\/span><\/li>\n<li class=\"p1\"><span class=\"s1\">&#8211; Seth Rollins vs. Dean Ambrose for the Intercontinental Championship<\/span><\/li>\n<li class=\"p1\"><span class=\"s1\">&#8211; Braun Strowman vs. Dolph Ziggler &amp; Drew McIntyre in a two-on-one handicap match<\/span><\/li>\n<li class=\"p1\"><span class=\"s1\"><i>Fri. 12\/28\/18 WWE Raw (WWE.com has Raw scheduled for Friday 12\/28 in Detroit, Mich. Tickets being sold through the site also have it listed as a Raw television show for Friday 12\/28)<\/i><\/span><\/li>\n<li class=\"p1\"><span class=\"s1\">Fri. 12\/28\/18 WWE Live Event \u2013 Smackdown Roster, Royal Farms Arena, Baltimore, Md.<\/span><\/li>\n<li class=\"p1\"><span class=\"s1\"><i>Sat. 12\/29\/18 WWE Smackdown (WWE.com has Smackdown scheduled for Saturday, 12\/29 in Pittsburgh, Pa. Tickets being sold through the site also have it listed as a Smackdown television show for Saturday 12\/29)<\/i><\/span><\/li>\n<li class=\"p1\"><span class=\"s1\">Sat. 12\/29\/18 WWE Live Event \u2013 Raw Roster, United Center, Chicago, Ill.<\/span><\/li>\n<li class=\"p1\"><span class=\"s1\">Sun. 12\/30\/18 WWE Live Event \u2013 Smackdown Roster, Amalie Arena, Tampa, Fla.<\/span><\/li>\n<li class=\"p1\"><span class=\"s1\">Sun. 12\/30\/18 WWE Live Event \u2013 Raw Roster, Keybank Center, Buffalo, N.Y.<\/span><\/li>\n<li class=\"p1\"><span class=\"s1\"><i>Mon. 12\/31\/18 WWE Raw \u2013 No listing currently on WWE.com, WWE could be playing tape delayed version of Raw from 12\/28 scheduled Raw event<\/i><\/span><\/li>\n<li class=\"p1\"><span class=\"s1\"><i>Tue. 1\/1\/19 WWE Smackdown \u2013 No listing currently on WWE.com, WWE could be playing tape delayed version of Smackdown from 12\/29 scheduled Smackdown event<\/i><\/span><\/li>\n<li class=\"p1\"><span class=\"s1\">Fri. 1\/4\/19 WWE Live Event \u2013 Raw Roster, Columbus Civic Center, Columbus, Ga.<\/span><\/li>\n<li class=\"p1\"><span class=\"s1\">Sat. 1\/5\/19 WWE Live Event \u2013 Smackdown Roster, Greensboro Colliseum, Greensboro, N.C.<\/span><\/li>\n<li class=\"p1\"><span class=\"s1\">Sat. 1\/5\/19 WWE Live Event \u2013 Raw Roster, Donald L. Tucker Center, Tallahassee, Fla. <\/span><\/li>\n<li class=\"p1\"><span class=\"s1\">Sun. 1\/6\/19 WWE Live Event \u2013 Smackdown Roster, Crown Coliseum, Fayetteville, N.C.<\/span><\/li>\n<li class=\"p1\"><span class=\"s1\">Sun. 1\/6\/19 WWE Live Event \u2013 Raw Roster, Hertz Arena, Fort Myers, Fla.<\/span><\/li>\n<li class=\"p1\"><span class=\"s1\">Mon. 1\/7\/19 WWE Raw, Amway Center, Orlando, Fla.<\/span><\/li>\n<li class=\"p1\"><span class=\"s1\">Mon. 1\/7\/19 WWE Live Event \u2013 Smackdown Roster, North Charleston Coliseum, North Charleston, S.C.<\/span><\/li>\n<li class=\"p1\"><span class=\"s1\">Tue. 1\/8\/19 WWE Smackdown, Jacksonville Veterans Memorial Arena, Jacksonville, Fla.<\/span><\/li>\n<li class=\"p1\"><span class=\"s1\">Fri. 1\/11\/19 WWE Live Event \u2013 Charleston Civic Center, Charleston, W.Va.<\/span><\/li>\n<li class=\"p1\"><span class=\"s1\">Sat. 1\/12\/19 WWE Live Event \u2013 Raw Roster, Knoxville Civic Coliseum, Knoxville, Tenn.<\/span><\/li>\n<li class=\"p1\"><span class=\"s1\">Sat. 1\/12\/19 WWE Live Event \u2013 Smackdown Roster, Freedom Hall Civic Center, Johnson City, Tenn.<\/span><\/li>\n<li class=\"p1\"><span class=\"s1\">Sun. 1\/13\/19 WWE Live Event \u2013 Smackdown Roster, Rupp Arena, Lexington, Ky.<\/span><\/li>\n<li class=\"p1\"><span class=\"s1\">Sun. 1\/13\/19 WWE Live Event \u2013 Raw Roster, Von Braun Civic Center, Huntsville, Ala.<\/span><\/li>\n<li class=\"p1\"><span class=\"s1\">Mon. 1\/14\/19 WWE Raw, FedEx Forum, Memphis, Tenn.<\/span><\/li>\n<li class=\"p1\"><span class=\"s1\">Mon. 1\/14\/19 WWE Live Event \u2013 Smackdown Roster, McKenzie Arena, Chattanooga, Tenn.<\/span><\/li>\n<li class=\"p1\"><span class=\"s1\">Tue. 1\/15\/19 WWE Smackdown, Legacy Arena, Birmingham, Ala.<\/span><\/li>\n<li class=\"p1\"><span class=\"s1\">Fri. 1\/18\/19 WWE Live Event \u2013 Raw Roster, AT&amp;T Center, San Antonio, Texas<\/span><\/li>\n<li class=\"p1\"><span class=\"s1\">Sat. 1\/19\/19 WWE Live Event \u2013 Raw Roster, Taylor County Coliseum, Abilene, Texas<\/span><\/li>\n<li class=\"p1\"><span class=\"s1\">Sat. 1\/19\/19 WWE Live Event \u2013 Smackdown Roster, Denny Sanford Premier Center, Sioux Falls, S.D.<\/span><\/li>\n<li class=\"p1\"><span class=\"s1\">Sun. 1\/20\/19 WWE Live Event \u2013 Smackdown Roster, Chi Health Center, Omaha, Neb.<\/span><\/li>\n<li class=\"p1\"><span class=\"s1\">Sun. 1\/20\/19 WWE Live Event \u2013 Raw Roster, Kay Yeager Coliseum, Wichita Falls, Texas<\/span><\/li>\n<li class=\"p1\"><span class=\"s1\">Mon. 1\/21\/19 WWE Raw, Chesapeake Energy Arena, Oklahoma City, Okla.<\/span><\/li>\n<li class=\"p1\"><span class=\"s1\">Mon. 1\/21\/19 WWE Live Event \u2013 Smackdown Roster, Landon Arena, Topeka, Kan.<\/span><\/li>\n<li class=\"p1\"><span class=\"s1\">Tue. 1\/22\/19 WWE Smackdown \u2013 Intrust Bank Arena, Wichita, Kan.<\/span><\/li>\n<li class=\"p1\"><span class=\"s1\"><b>Sun. 1\/27\/19 WWE Royal Rumble, Chase Field, Phoenix, Ariz.<\/b><\/span><\/li>\n<li class=\"p1\"><span class=\"s1\">Mon. 1\/28\/19 WWE Raw, Talking Stick Resort Arena, Phoenix, Ariz.<\/span><\/li>\n<li class=\"p1\"><span class=\"s1\">Mon. 1\/28\/19 WWE Live Event \u2013 Smackdown Roster, Tucson Convention Center, Tuscon, Ariz.<\/span><\/li>\n<li class=\"p1\"><span class=\"s1\">Tue.1\/29\/19 WWE Smackdown, Talking Stick Resort Arena, Phoenix, Ariz.<\/span><\/li>\n<li class=\"p1\"><span class=\"s1\">Fri. 2\/1\/19 WWE Live Event \u2013 Raw Roster, Sasktel Centre, Saskatoon, Saskatchewan, Canada<\/span><\/li>\n<li class=\"p1\"><span class=\"s1\">Sat. 2\/2\/19 WWE Live Event \u2013 Raw Roster, Brandt Centre, Regina, Saskatchewan, Canada<\/span><\/li>\n<li class=\"p1\"><span class=\"s1\">Sat. 2\/2\/19 WWE Live Event \u2013 Smackdown Roster, Rogers Arena, Vancouver, British Columbia, Canada<\/span><\/li>\n<li class=\"p1\"><span class=\"s1\">Sun. 2\/3\/19 WWE Live Event \u2013 Raw Roster, Canalta Centre, Medicine Hat, Alberta, Canada<\/span><\/li>\n<li class=\"p1\"><span class=\"s1\">Mon. 2\/4\/19 WWE Raw, Moda Center, Portland, Ore.<\/span><\/li>\n<li class=\"p1\"><span class=\"s1\">Mon. 2\/4\/19 WWE Live Event \u2013 Smackdown Roster, Yakima Sundome, Yakima, Wash.<\/span><\/li>\n<li class=\"p1\"><span class=\"s1\">Tue. 2\/5\/19 WWE Smackdown, Angel of the Winds Arena, Everrett, Wash.<\/span><\/li>\n<li class=\"p1\"><span class=\"s1\">Fri. 2\/8\/19 WWE Live Event \u2013 Raw Roster, Canadian Tire Centre, Ottawa, Ontario, Canada<\/span><\/li>\n<li class=\"p1\"><span class=\"s1\">Sat. 2\/9\/19 WWE Live Event \u2013 Raw Roster, Tribute Communities Centre, Oshawa, Ontario, Canada<\/span><\/li>\n<li class=\"p1\"><span class=\"s1\">Sat. 2\/9\/19 WWE Live Event \u2013 Smackdown Roster, NIU Convocation Center, Dekalb, Ill.<\/span><\/li>\n<li class=\"p1\"><span class=\"s1\">Sun. 2\/10\/19 WWE Live Event \u2013 Raw Roster, The DOW Event Center, Saginaw, Mich.<\/span><\/li>\n<li class=\"p1\"><span class=\"s1\">Sun. 2\/10\/19 WWE Live Event \u2013 Smackdown Roster, Allen County War Memorial Coliseum, Fort Wayne, Ind.<\/span><\/li>\n<li class=\"p1\"><span class=\"s1\">Mon. 2\/11\/19 WWE Raw, Van Andel Arena, Grand Rapids, Mich.<\/span><\/li>\n<li class=\"p1\"><span class=\"s1\">Mon. 2\/11\/19 WWE Live Event \u2013 Smackdown Roster, Canton Civic Center, Canton, Ohio<\/span><\/li>\n<li class=\"p1\"><span class=\"s1\">Tue. 2\/12\/19 WWE Smackdown, Huntington Center, Toledo, Ohio<\/span><\/li>\n<li class=\"p1\"><span class=\"s1\">Fri. 2\/15\/19 WWE Live Event \u2013 Raw Roster, Bert Ogden Arena, Edinburg, Tex.<\/span><\/li>\n<li class=\"p1\"><span class=\"s1\">Sat. 2\/16\/19 WWE Live Event \u2013 Raw Roster, Sames Auto Arena, Laredo, Tex.<\/span><\/li>\n<li class=\"p1\"><span class=\"s1\">Sat. 2\/16\/19 WWE Live Event \u2013 Smackdown Roster, Rapides Coliseum, Alexandria, La.<\/span><\/li>\n<li class=\"p1\"><span class=\"s1\">Mon. 2\/18\/19 WWE Raw, Cajundome, Lafayette, La.<\/span><\/li>\n<li class=\"p1\"><span class=\"s1\">Mon. 2\/18\/19 WWE Live Event, Lake Charles Civic Center, Lake Charles, La.<\/span><\/li>\n<li class=\"p1\"><span class=\"s1\">Tue. 2\/19\/19 WWE Smackdown, Smoothie King Center, New Orleans, La.<\/span><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<hr \/>\n<h3>\u2022Latest TV Highlights<\/h3>\n<p><strong>Monday Night Raw<\/strong><\/p>\n<ul>\n<li>Two successful championship defenses on Raw this week. Ronda Rousey beat Natalya to retain the Raw Women\u2019s Championship and Bobby Roode &amp; Chad Gable defeated The Revival to retain the Raw Tag Team Championships<\/li>\n<li>Vince McMahon dressed as Santa made three big announcements on Raw. He announced that WWE would soon have Women\u2019s Tag Team Championships, he also announced that John Cena would be back on both Raw and Smackdown soon, and lastly he announced that Drew Mcintyre and Dolph Ziggler would be having a cage match on next week\u2019s show.<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p><strong>Smackdown Live<\/strong><\/p>\n<ul>\n<li>Rusev won the United States Championship from Shinsuke Nakamura in the main event of Smackdown this week.<\/li>\n<li>Vince McMahon was on Smackdown again in a backstage segment where he challenged A.J. Styles to find his inner \u201canimal.\u201d After a short pep talk, Vince slapped A.J. and Styles responded by punching Vince. A.J. stood over Vince after punching him and yelled until a referee ran up and checked on Vince who smiled when he was asked if he was okay.<\/li>\n<li>Shane McMahon was on a Miz TV segment and after reiterating the changes the McMahon family are going to be making to Raw and Smackdown, he finally agreed to partner with The Miz after Miz told a story about his father never saying he was proud of him, not even after headlining WrestleMania. The Miz then said if he could form a tag team with Shane, his dad would be proud of him. Shane responded by saying \u201cYou better not screw me or there will be major consequences, but let\u2019s try this\u201d and shook Miz\u2019s hand.<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<hr \/>\n<h3>\u2022WWE in the Media<\/h3>\n<p style=\"padding-left: 30px;\"><strong>Sami Zayn was on Talk is Jericho with Chris Jericho this week.<\/strong> They open the conversation by talking about Zayn\u2019s double shoulder surgery. Zayn mentioned that one shoulder had been a nagging injury that had been put off, but the other shoulder was much more severe and that\u2019s what caused him to go get them both repaired. Zayn was very honest in saying that he\u2019s loved the time off and doesn\u2019t currently miss anything about travelling with the company, but knows he\u2019ll enjoy being back on the road with WWE once he\u2019s healthy.<\/p>\n<p style=\"padding-left: 30px;\">Sami then talked about his friendship with Neville saying they\u2019ve spoken frequently since Neville left WWE. Jericho mentions that The Young Bucks and Cody tried to get Neville to wrestle at All In, Neville wanted to make his official return at Dragon Gate out of loyalty to that company. Sami also mentioned Kevin Owens and what a coincidence it is that they both were injured around the same time. He also said that he and Owens both have similar timelines for a return to the ring.<\/p>\n<p style=\"padding-left: 30px;\">The last thing they discussed is Sami Zayn\u2019s airport etiquette and how he feels he\u2019s at his worst when at an airport. He says he is \u201csometimes a jerk to fans\u201d at the airport and the more he thinks about it, he now realizes instead of ruining a fans day or their image of him, he can be nice for five or ten seconds to make their day and shape the way they see their role models.<\/p>\n<p style=\"padding-left: 30px;\">Sami discussed other topics as well, much more than what I\u2019ve recapped here. If you want a full review of every topic he and Jericho discussed you can read that <a href=\"https:\/\/www.pwpodcasts.com\/2018\/12\/26\/recap-and-review-talk-is-jericho-with-sami-zayn-on-letting-go-of-his-ego-thoughts-on-social-media-the-perspective-hes-gained-on-his-career-since-being-injured-conversations-with-neville-somet\/\">HERE<\/a>\u00a0or you can listen to the podcast <a href=\"https:\/\/player.fm\/series\/talk-is-jericho-1901467\/the-mental-state-of-sami-zayn\">HERE<\/a>.<\/p>\n<hr \/>\n<h3>\u2022Listen to the latest Wade Keller Pro Wrestling Post-Show \u2013 Smackdown Post-Show<\/h3>\n<p style=\"padding-left: 30px;\">PWTorch editor Wade Keller presents a full rundown and analysis of the Christmas edition of WWE Smackdown Live including a strange show-closing angle with Vince McMahon and A.J. Styles, Miz plays to Shane McMahon&#8217;s daddy issues, Rusev Day captures U.S. Title, and a comatose crowd makes a ton of noise somehow. Then, in bonus segments, Wade&#8217;s reviews of Raw episode from five years ago and ten years ago this month. First, the Dec. 30, 2013 edition of Monday Night Raw featuring WWE&#8217;s previous&#8230;<\/p>\n<p style=\"padding-left: 30px;\"><iframe style=\"width: 100%; height: 100px;\" src=\"https:\/\/tunein.com\/embed\/player\/t128370856\/\" frameborder=\"no\" scrolling=\"no\"><\/iframe><\/p>\n<p style=\"padding-left: 30px;\">-On Tune In Radio\u00a0<a href=\"http:\/\/tun.in\/tiUWdK\">HERE<\/a><br \/>\n-On Apple Podcasts <a href=\"https:\/\/itunes.apple.com\/us\/podcast\/wade-keller-pro-wrestling-podcast\/id1253158731?mt=2\">HERE<\/a><br \/>\n-Or <strong>search \u201cWade Keller\u201d<\/strong> on your podcast app of choice<\/p>\n<hr \/>\n<h3>\u2022WWE Social Media Highlights<\/h3>\n<p>If you\u2019ve ever wanted to see Vince McMahon in a Santa suit and didn\u2019t watch WWE this week, you\u2019re welcome.<\/p>\n<blockquote class=\"twitter-tweet\" data-width=\"500\" data-dnt=\"true\">\n<p lang=\"en\" dir=\"ltr\">\u2705 <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/JohnCena?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\">@JohnCena<\/a> returns to <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/hashtag\/RAW?src=hash&amp;ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\">#RAW<\/a> and <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/hashtag\/SDLive?src=hash&amp;ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\">#SDLive<\/a><br \/>\u2705 Women&#39;s <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/hashtag\/TagTeamTitles?src=hash&amp;ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\">#TagTeamTitles<\/a><br \/>\u2705 <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/HEELZiggler?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\">@HEELZiggler<\/a> vs. <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/DMcIntyreWWE?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\">@DMcIntyreWWE<\/a> in a <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/hashtag\/SteelCage?src=hash&amp;ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\">#SteelCage<\/a> NEXT WEEK<\/p>\n<p>BEST. <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/hashtag\/CHRISTMAS?src=hash&amp;ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\">#CHRISTMAS<\/a>. EVER! <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/hashtag\/RAW?src=hash&amp;ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\">#RAW<\/a> <a href=\"https:\/\/t.co\/YyUN4j5Uux\">pic.twitter.com\/YyUN4j5Uux<\/a><\/p>\n<p>&mdash; WWE (@WWE) <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/WWE\/status\/1077851727053828097?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\">December 26, 2018<\/a><\/p><\/blockquote>\n<p><script async src=\"https:\/\/platform.twitter.com\/widgets.js\" charset=\"utf-8\"><\/script><\/p>\n<p>Raymond Rowe of NXT and Sarah Logan announced their marriage late last week.<\/p>\n<blockquote class=\"twitter-tweet\" data-width=\"500\" data-dnt=\"true\">\n<p lang=\"en\" dir=\"ltr\">Man and wife. <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/hashtag\/JustMarried?src=hash&amp;ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\">#JustMarried<\/a> <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/hashtag\/VikingWedding?src=hash&amp;ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\">#VikingWedding<\/a> <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/hashtag\/MrsRowe?src=hash&amp;ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\">#MrsRowe<\/a> @sarahloganwwe <a href=\"https:\/\/t.co\/kBOEnR3HpW\">pic.twitter.com\/kBOEnR3HpW<\/a><\/p>\n<p>&mdash; Erik (@Erik_WWE) <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/Erik_WWE\/status\/1076465879905435649?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\">December 22, 2018<\/a><\/p><\/blockquote>\n<p><script async src=\"https:\/\/platform.twitter.com\/widgets.js\" charset=\"utf-8\"><\/script><\/p>\n<p>It\u2019s time for this week\u2019s Becky Lynch update. This week she comments on Charlotte and Road Warrior Animal:<\/p>\n<p>https:\/\/twitter.com\/BeckyLynchWWE\/status\/1076445697325572096<\/p>\n<blockquote class=\"twitter-tweet\" data-width=\"500\" data-dnt=\"true\">\n<p lang=\"en\" dir=\"ltr\">Mood. <a href=\"https:\/\/t.co\/4UqNWIN7Av\">pic.twitter.com\/4UqNWIN7Av<\/a><\/p>\n<p>&mdash; Charlotte Flair (@MsCharlotteWWE) <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/MsCharlotteWWE\/status\/1076614406824488960?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\">December 22, 2018<\/a><\/p><\/blockquote>\n<p><script async src=\"https:\/\/platform.twitter.com\/widgets.js\" charset=\"utf-8\"><\/script><\/p>\n<p>https:\/\/twitter.com\/BeckyLynchWWE\/status\/1076627601748303873<\/p>\n<p>https:\/\/twitter.com\/BeckyLynchWWE\/status\/1076995831121743872<\/p>\n<p>https:\/\/twitter.com\/BeckyLynchWWE\/status\/1078047928973967360<\/p>\n<hr \/>\n<h3>\u2022Closing Commentary<\/h3>\n<p><strong>I thought it would be fun this week to quickly summarize the year for each WWE Main Roster championship <\/strong>because it feels like forever ago that we saw Roman Reigns as Intercontinental Champion or Bobby Roode as United States Champion! So for this, I am going to list the champions throughout the year starting with who had the title as of January 1, 2018, as well as the number of days they were champion. Logically, the next person on the list is the person they lost it to.<\/p>\n<p><strong>WWE Championship<\/strong><\/p>\n<p>A.J. Styles-371 Days<br \/>\nDaniel Bryan-Current<\/p>\n<p><strong>Universal Championship<\/strong><\/p>\n<p>Brock Lesnar-503 Days<br \/>\nRoman Reigns-63 Days<br \/>\nBrock Lesnar-Current<\/p>\n<p><strong>Raw Women\u2019s Championship<\/strong><\/p>\n<p>Alexa Bliss-222 Days<br \/>\nNia Jax-70 Days<br \/>\nAlexa Bliss-63 Days<br \/>\nRonda Rousey-Current<\/p>\n<p><strong>Smackdown Women\u2019s Championship<\/strong><\/p>\n<p>Charlotte-146 Days<br \/>\nCarmella-130 Days<br \/>\nCharlotte-27 Days<br \/>\nBecky Lynch-91 Days<br \/>\nAsuka-Current<\/p>\n<p><strong>Intercontinental Championship<\/strong><\/p>\n<p>Roman Reigns-62 Days<br \/>\nThe Miz-75 Days<br \/>\nSeth Rollins-71 Days<br \/>\nDolph Ziggler-61 Days<br \/>\nSeth Rollins-119 Days<br \/>\nDean Ambrose-Current<\/p>\n<p><strong>United States Championship<\/strong><\/p>\n<p>Bobby Roode-53 Days<br \/>\nRandy Orton-27 Days<br \/>\nJinder Mahal-8 Days<br \/>\nJeff Hardy-89 Days<br \/>\nShinsuke Nakamura-163 Days<br \/>\nRusev-Current<\/p>\n<p><strong>Cruiserweight Championship<\/strong><\/p>\n<p>Enzo Amore-92 Days (Title vacated following his release from WWE)<br \/>\nCedric Alexander-180 Days<br \/>\nBuddy Murphy-Current<\/p>\n<p><strong>Raw Tag Team Championships<\/strong><\/p>\n<p>Seth Rollins &amp; Jason Jordan-33 Days<br \/>\nThe Bar (Cesaro &amp; Sheamus)-70 Days<br \/>\nBraun Strowman &amp; Nicholas-1 Day<br \/>\nMatt Hardy &amp; Bray Wyatt-79 Days<br \/>\nThe B-Team (Bo Dallas &amp; Curtis Axel)-49 Days<br \/>\nSeth Rollins &amp; Dean Ambrose-14 Days<br \/>\nAuthors of Pain-34 Days<br \/>\nBobby Roode &amp; Chad Gable-Current<\/p>\n<p><strong>Smackdown Tag Team Championships<\/strong><\/p>\n<p>The Usos (Jimmy &amp; Jey Uso)-182 Days<br \/>\nThe Bludgeon Brothers (Luke Harper &amp; Erick Rowan)-135 Days<br \/>\nThe New Day (Big E, Kofi Kingston, &amp; Xavier Woods)-55 Days<br \/>\nThe Bar-Current<\/p>\n<p>Some of the first reigns listed obviously extend back into 2017, but I still thought it was interesting to put the full length they were champion. From this list it\u2019s obvious that the Raw Tag Team Champions are the hot potato titles of the WWE with eight different changes in 2018. Just by looking at that list of champions, it\u2019s pretty clear those titles weren\u2019t exactly top priority.<\/p>\n<p>The winner for total time spent as champion in 2018 belongs to A.J. Styles, who spent 310 days of 2018 as the WWE Champion. Brock Lesnar will finish second with 289 days as champion (as of December 31, 2018). Brock barely beat out Alexa Bliss, who was champion for 285 days, and fourth on the list is Seth Rollins, who spent a combined 237 days as Intercontinental Champion and as part of the Raw Tag Team Champions. Seth also had the most individual reigns as a champion with four (two as IC Champion and two as Raw Tag Champion).<\/p>\n<p>Seth also makes the list for one of the shortest reigns as champion, finishing third when he and Dean spent only fourteen days as the Raw Tag Team Champions following Dean\u2019s turn on Seth. Jinder Mahal had the second shortest reign of 2018 spending only eight days as United States Champion. Jinder won the title at WrestleMania and after being moved to Raw following the Superstar Shake-up, he lost the title to Jeff Hardy the same night he debuted on Raw. The shortest reign of 2018 belongs to Braun Strowman and Nicholas as the Raw Tag Team Champions. Braun and Nicholas won the championships from The Bar at WrestleMania and were forced to relinquish the championships due to Nicholas\u2019 schedule (still being in grade school).<\/p>\n<p>Oh what a year 2018 was for WWE. All I can say is hopefully this McMahon shake-up is more than words. With some new call-ups and new Women\u2019s Tag Team Championships on the way, 2019 should be very interesting to say the least!<\/p>\n<p>Source: <a href=\"https:\/\/www.wwe.com\/titlehistory\">WWE.com<\/a><\/p>\n<hr \/>\n<p><strong>NOW CHECK OUT OTHER\u00a0<a href=\"https:\/\/www.pwtorch.com\/site\/category\/prowrestlingnews\/weekly-overviews\/\">WEEKLY OVERVIEWS HERE<\/a>.<\/strong><\/p>\n<p><strong>OR JUMP TO LAST WEEK\u2019S WWE OVERVIEW:\u00a0<\/strong><a href=\"https:\/\/www.pwtorch.com\/site\/2018\/12\/21\/weekly-overview-wwe-thru-12-20-top-stories-of-week-major-show-lineups-live-event-results-schedule-of-live-events-noteworthy-social-media-posts-more\/\">WEEKLY OVERVIEW \u2013 WWE (thru 12\/20): Top stories of week, major show lineups, live event results, schedule of live events, noteworthy social media posts, more<\/a><\/p>\n<div class=\"pwtor-end-article-groups pwtor-entity-placement\" id=\"pwtor-587996798\"><div id=\"pwtor-4286485784\"><div align=\"center\" data-freestar-ad=\"__336x280\" id=\"pwtorchcom_medrec_3\">\r\n  <script data-cfasync=\"false\" type=\"text\/javascript\">\r\n    freestar.config.enabled_slots.push({ placementName: \"pwtorchcom_medrec_3\", slotId: \"pwtorchcom_medrec_3\" });\r\n  <\/script>\r\n<\/div>\r\n\r\nTHANK YOU FOR VISITING<\/div><\/div>","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<div class=\"mh-excerpt\"><p>The following is the latest in\u00a0a new series of\u00a0weekly in-depth articles\u00a0exclusive to PWTorch which will help put in perspective major wrestling promotions with a weekly overview, looking at news and roster developments, results, future line-ups, <a class=\"mh-excerpt-more\" href=\"https:\/\/www.pwtorch.com\/site\/2018\/12\/27\/weekly-overview-wwe-thru-12-27-top-stories-of-week-major-show-lineups-live-event-results-schedule-of-live-events-noteworthy-social-media-posts-more\/\" title=\"WEEKLY OVERVIEW \u2013 WWE (thru 12\/27): Top stories of week, major show lineups, live event results, schedule of live events, noteworthy social media posts, more\">[&#8230;]<\/a><\/p>\n<\/div>","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":56074,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"episode_type":"","audio_file":"","podmotor_file_id":"","podmotor_episode_id":"","cover_image":"","cover_image_id":"","duration":"","filesize":"","filesize_raw":"","date_recorded":"","explicit":"","block":"","itunes_episode_number":"","itunes_title":"","itunes_season_number":"","itunes_episode_type":"","_jetpack_memberships_contains_paid_content":false,"footnotes":""},"categories":[2,6075,3],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-72422","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-prowrestlingnews","category-weekly-overviews","category-news_wwe"],"jetpack_featured_media_url":"https:\/\/www.pwtorch.com\/site\/wp-content\/uploads\/post\/2018\/03\/WWE-logo-3x2_600.png","jetpack_sharing_enabled":true,"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.pwtorch.com\/site\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/72422","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.pwtorch.com\/site\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.pwtorch.com\/site\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.pwtorch.com\/site\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.pwtorch.com\/site\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=72422"}],"version-history":[{"count":5,"href":"https:\/\/www.pwtorch.com\/site\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/72422\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":72432,"href":"https:\/\/www.pwtorch.com\/site\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/72422\/revisions\/72432"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.pwtorch.com\/site\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/56074"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.pwtorch.com\/site\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=72422"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.pwtorch.com\/site\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=72422"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.pwtorch.com\/site\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=72422"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}