WWE Raw Results, Highlights, and Grades: December 16, 2019
By Mark Justice
The WWE Raw after WWE TLC 2019 is set to take place tonight on December 16 at 8 p.m. ET/5 p.m. PT live on the USA Network. Here are some results, highlights, and grades for the longest running weekly episodic television show in history.
Last night was WWE TLC 2019, WWE’s final Pay-Per-View of the year. Now that we are closing 2019 and are on the road to Royal Rumble 2020, it will be interesting to see what fallout occurs on tonight’s Raw from these bout results.
On tonight’s episode of WWE Raw, there is one scheduled match: Randy Orton vs. AJ Styles. They have had beef in recent weeks and will finally squash it in a WrestleMania 35 rematch tonight.
According to WWE Now, we will also see more of Seth Rollins and Authors of Pain tonight. Can AOP be stopped and will Kevin Owens return from the local medical facility he was taken on a stretcher to last week on Raw?
All of that and more should be in store for tonight’s Raw. With that being said, it’s now time to bleed red and plunge into a slew of surprises for WWE Raw, starting with Seth Rollins and Akam and Rezar from the Authors of Pain.
Seth Rollins Promo
Seth Rollins enters the ring and introduces Authors of Pain to the ring, commending them for living on the right side with Rollins. Rollins talks about how everyone say him as the future leader of the WWE but the mood changed and those same people stopped believing in him.
He retorts that being a leader is not about being cool but it’s instead more about doing’s what’s best for the progress of Monday Night Raw. He asserts that he is a leader and visionary who made Kevin Owens an example of that progress.
He further orates that he will impose his will on everyone and Authors of Pain will enforce his will if any resist, like Owens did. He claims that he has an unpopular decision to make and he will settle the score tonight. He dropped the mic to leave suspense for what’s to come later tonight.
Result: Seth Rollins and AOP leave the WWE Universe in suspense
Grade: 4.0/5.0 Stars
Analysis: This promo was very clever and set the pace for Monday Night Raw tonight. Now, everyone will be wondering what score Seth Rollins is going to settle. It will be interesting to see what the outcome of this promo will be later on tonight.
The heel faction between Rollins and AOP is becoming more and more intriguing as the weeks go by, and it is clear that this faction is very becoming.