While appearing on Cerrito Live on Saturday, Koko B. Ware revealed that he wasn’t invited to the RAW 25th Anniversary show that takes place this Monday.

For those not aware, Koko took part in the first-ever Monday Night RAW match, losing to Yokozuna. He mentioned that he hasn’t heard from WWE since his 2009 Hall of Fame induction.

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It is no secret that the WWE is facing significant issues with attendance for it’s weekly RAW, SmackDown and regular house shows. Photos of empty seats in the arenas surface online almost every week after a RAW or SmackDown show.

However, the Christmas edition of Monday Night RAW proved to be a profitable show for the company. Michael Cole announced that the host of last night’s RAW, the Allstate Arena near Chicago was sold-out, with a crowd of 13,201 fans in attendance.

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Welcome to our coverage for Monday Night Raw for December 18.

Brock Lesnar returns to Monday Night Raw for the first time in a while. He returns to address the fact that he does not have an opponent for Royal Rumble 2018. Braun Strowman and Kane were supposed to settle their differences last week but things ended in a no contest again. Now Lesnar will address the two in what is likely to become a Triple Threat match at Royal Rumble.

Cedric Alexander and Drew Gulak will battle tonight to determine the new number one contender to Enzo Amore’s Cruiserweight Championship. This comes a week after Alexander earned the right to compete, following Rich Swann’s suspension. Enzo has been ridiculing Gulak for weeks, which leads me to believe Gulak will win and perhaps take a face turn prior to Royal Rumble.

Elsewhere on tonight’s show, Roman Reigns is in need of a new challenger for his Intercontinenal Championship, Absolution has been put on notice by the entire women’s division, and Matt Hardy continues his woken excellence. Remember to download the Ringside Talk app and enjoy the show!

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Lawler is joined on this week’s show by his co-host Glenn Moore.

Lawler informs that it’s 99.9% certain that he and Jim Ross will be reunited at the commentary booth for the 25th Anniversary edition of Monday Night RAW on January 22nd. He points out that part of the show will broadcast from the original home of RAW, The Manhattan Centre, so he assumes that he and Ross will be calling that part of the show.

He points out that he has so many great memories of working in The Manhattan Centre, including his interactions with Stu and Helen Hart as well as the initial ECW invasion. He’s very excited about the thought of reuniting with Ross, and he hints that he might wear his old King outfit, the jacket and crown that he wore during the initial years of RAW.

Moore mentions that he was at Monday Night RAW this past week where he was able to see one of his all-time favourite performers, Kane. Lawler points out that Kane is in the middle of a push right now, working a main event angle on RAW, and this will probably be his last big run before moving into his career in politics full time.

Lawler thinks Kane will make a great Mayor in Knoxville, and he recalls the time when he ran for Mayor in Memphis. He says that not winning that mayoral race was the best thing that never happened to him, because he’s sure that would have impacted his career greatly, and he loves the career that he went on to have after losing that race.

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Block 1:

Taz opens today’s show by questioning several of WWE’s booking decisions from last night’s episode of Monday Night RAW. Jason Jordan was removed from the 5 0n 5 traditional Survivor Series match in favour of the returning Triple H, but Taz would have preferred to see Jordan remain in that match and turn heel at Survivor Series.

He also points out that Bray Wyatt returned to RAW last night to face Jason Jordan, and Taz feels Wyatt would have been a suitable replacement for Jordan if WWE was determined to pull Jordan from this match. Another suitable replacement would have been Elias in his opinion. Ultimately, Triple H is a huge star who definitely makes the Survivor Series match feel bigger.

Taz doesn’t understand why WWE continues to stifle Kurt Angle on their programming. Angle is a legitimate bad ass who was made to look like a weakling from the start of last night’s show to the finish, and this has happened several weeks in a row now. Taz points out that maybe WWE is heading towards Angle vs. Triple H at WrestleMania but he isn’t a fan of that idea because both of those men are in the twilight of their careers.

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Block 1:

Taz opens today’s show speaking about the rumours that Neville has asked for his release from WWE. He says he has no idea what went on behind the scenes, but we’ve seen this story play out before with Austin Aries. He believes there’s a huge issue with pigeonholing talents in the Cruiserweight division, because once you’ve reached the pinnacle of that division there’s really nothing else for the talents to do.

Taz gets into his analysis of last night’s episode of Smackdown Live. He thought WWE put on a pretty good show last night which touched on all the main programs, and had several good video packages as well.

He says he was happy to see Luke Harper and Erick Rowan return to WWE television last night, but he wasn’t overly impressed with the way their backstage promo was shot. He thought that this video, which featured mallets and other weaponry, was somewhat hokey for 2017 and this is the creative team’s fault, not the talents’ fault.

Taz was very impressed by the promos cut by both Kevin Owens and Sami Zayn last night. He particularly enjoyed the mic work of Zayn, who clearly explained why he saved his former rival at Hell in A Cell. He admits that towards the end of the promo Zayn and Owens started to remind him of Jericho and Owens from several months ago, and he believes that this is something that WWE and Owens need to be careful with.

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Bully Ray was on the receiving end of nasty shot to the head at Friday’s Death Before Dishonor event that put him in the hospital, according to Tommy Dreamer.

Dreamer wrote on Twitter, “Spent the night in ER @bullyray5150 He got his bell rung again Concerned for him.”

Bully later wrote, “Thanks for the well wishes. Much appreciated. Was a long night and a rough day so far. Wish I could say I was doing better.”

Bully was absent from Saturday’s Ring of Honor television tapings as a result to being hospitalized.

Here is footage of the spot at Friday’s show:

What is going through @jaybriscoe84 mind?!?! #ROHDBD pic.twitter.com/wVlc4WTLiS

— ROH Wrestling (@ringofhonor) September 23, 2017

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Block 1:

Taz opens today’s show by getting right into his thoughts about last night’s episode of Smackdown Live.

He points out that a lot of people are already calling Jinder Mahal’s promo racist, and Taz has a hard time disagreeing with that notion. He adds that if a white male was out there saying those things it wouldn’t even be a discussion; that person would be deemed a racist and WWE would be having huge issues this morning.

Taz understands that Mahal is a heel but with all the racial tension in today’s world, he doesn’t think there’s any need to have this type of content on a sports entertainment show. He adds that you probably know you’ve gone too far when the live audience starts chanting, “That’s too far”.

He admits that WWE is trying to be a little edgier with their programming right now as they go head to head with Monday Night Football, and he appreciates their efforts in that sense. However, he thinks this went too far and he thought it was low brow cheap heat. He also thought it put Nakamura in a bad position, because the only response we saw from Nakamura was a 10-second backstage interview.

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WWE announced that for the first time ever, RAW will air live on Christmas night and on New Year’s Day. Historically, WWE would tape the shows prior to the holidays. Here is the announcement:

RAW to broadcast LIVE on Christmas night and New Year’s night

Prepare to celebrate the holidays with WWE this year as Raw broadcasts LIVE on Christmas night, Dec. 25, and New Year’s Day, Jan. 1.

This marks the first time that WWE will present Monday night’s hottest show live on the Christmas and New Year’s holidays. These unprecedented broadcasts aim to best serve you, the WWE Universe, during the holiday season.

Deck the halls and ring in the New Year with Monday Night Raw, live on Dec. 25 and Jan. 1 on USA Network.

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Block 1:

Taz opens today’s show speaking about last night’s episode of NXT.

He points out that at the end of Takeover, we saw Cole, Fish and O’Reilly standing tall over Drew McIntyre. Because of this, he thought it was strange that McIntyre opened up last night’s episode of NXT with a promo. He says that McIntyre’s a kick ass babyface, so NXT officials should let him kick ass.

Taz feels that the three heels should have opened the show with a promo segment, and then the heroic babyface (McIntyre) could have stormed the ring and attacked all three men. As a former Champion himself, Taz says that McIntyre should have stood up for himself here creatively.

As the show progressed Peyton Royce took on Ruby Riot, and he thought these girls had a good match. He has liked both women for a while, and he also likes the pairing of Royce and Kay. However, he thought the announce team were somewhat over the top during this match, and he says it’s simply impossible to make every match feel epic. The NXT announce team needs to pick their spots to react like that in Taz’s opinion.

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