Winners, News And Notes On December 5, 2022

WWE Raw advertised The Usos defending the WWE Tag Team Championships against Matt Riddle and Elias. Raw also advertised two women’s Triple Threat matches. First, Rhea Ripley vs. Bayley vs. Asuka. Then, Becky Lynch vs. Alexa Bliss vs. Nikki Cross.

WWE also announced a high-stakes invitational poker tournament hosted by JBL.

Last week’s broadcast of WWE Raw garnered 1.66 million viewers.

WWE Raw Results on December 5, 2022

• The Usos def. Elias and Matt Riddle
• Bayley def. Asuka and Rhea Ripley
• Bobby Lashley def. Seth Rollins
• Theory def. Mustafa Ali
• The O.C. and Baron Corbin and Alpha Academy
• Dominik Mysterio def. Akira Tozawa
• Becky Lynch vs. Alexa Bliss and Nikki Cross

WWE Raw Ratings

• November 28, 2022 | 1.66 million
• November 21, 2022 | 1.646 million
• November 14, 2022 | 1.647 million
• November 7, 2022 | 1.593 million
• October 31, 2022 | 1.501 million

• WWE Raw Venue: Capital One Arena (Washington, D.C.)
• WWE Raw Tickets Distributed: 8,077
• WWE Raw Tickets Available: 565

WWE Raw Winners And Match Card

The Usos def. Kevin Owens and Matt Riddle

Elias was taken out of this match, setting the stage for the return of Ezekiel. Instead, it was the man who took out Ezekiel, Kevin Owens.

Matt Riddle was laid out by Solo Sikoa and stretchered out of the arena. Hopefully this isn’t being done to write him off television and/or repackage him. I fully expect to see Riddle and Randy Orton return at the Royal Rumble.

Bayley def. Asuka and Rhea Ripley

Corey Graves called Bayley a “pillar” of the women’s division. Had he said that word in the Vince McMahon Era, his headset would have gone quiet for the next 5 minutes.

Fans were very sluggish for this segment as both Becky Lynch and Bayley seemed thrown off by the lack of crowd reaction early. At one point, while Becky Lynch was putting Bayley over, a frustrated Bayley even said “you guys can cheer for that…”

Becky Lynch and Rhea Ripley just might have broken the record for longest staredown of all time.

Bayley defeating Asuka, and protecting Rhea Ripley, tells me WWE is saving Bianca Belair vs. Rhea Ripley for WrestleMania

Bobby Lashley Confronts Seth Rollins

Seth Rollins told Bobby Lashley Brock Lesnar was a bigger star than he was, and it was enough to set Bobby off into a blind rage.

Bobby Lashley accidentally speared producer Pete Williams during one of his patented pull-apart brawls. Hopefully this doesn’t lead to some kind of storyline suspension.

Theory def. Mustafa Ali

Backstage, Mustafa Ali told Austin Theory that he keeps writing checks that he can’t cash. Oh, the irony.

Say goodbye to Muay Thai Ali, Mustafa is back in tights.

Kevin Patrick mentioned Mustafa Ali’s tweet from earlier today, but veered away from any 9/11 talk.

Corey Graves noted this could be Mustafa Ali’s last chance at a U.S. Title, and we all know that’s a damn lie.

The O.C. def. Baron Corbin and Alpha Academy

This six-man tag team match originated from backstage poker antics. Surprisingly, Damian Mysterio was “featured,” and he left with a match against Akira Tozawa.

Fans sang along as Chad Gable and Luke Gallows had a shooosh/nerd-off.

After a promising start, Baron Corbin and JBL are slowly turning into comedy characters in all the wrong ways.

Dominik Mysterio def. Akira Tozawa

Dominik Mysterio’s “I’m Your Mami” t-shirt is the best t-shirt remix since Randy Orton’s RKO t-shirt.

Dominik Mysterio came out like a bat out of hell during the early goings of this match, and not in a good way.

Though he was used in a comedy role earlier in the night, Dominik Mysterio won clean with a Frog Splash and remained over.

Alexa Bliss def. Nikki Cross and Becky Lynch

This was an up-and-down crowd that was more down than up, unfortunately during this match.

This was supposed to be the main event, but the crowd sounded like they had left early. IT was a full house, they were just tired.

Damage CTRL hit Becky Lynch with a shield bomb, and that was the end of her night.