The Christmas RAW starts with a little bit about the USO and how WWE is continuing the tradition. It’s set to video of the wrestlers meeting the soldiers.
Cena comes out to huge pop. Edge comes out to huge heat.
‘Cena’ chant. They lock up and Cena gets a headlock on Edge. Cena takes Edge to the mat with the headlock. They get to their feet and another takeover. Again, back on their feet and Edge gets out. Cena hits a shoulder block on Edge and then the side headlock again. ‘Cena’ chant. Edge slams Cena to the mat. Edge gets a side headlock on Cena who gets out. Cena drops Edge, drops an elbow and covers for two. Edge slams Cena and they are both down. A forearm to Cena’s back and he’s down in a corner. A forearm to the face and Cena gets his face bounced off a corner and Edge gets slammed into the corner. A suplex to Edge for two. A punch to Cena and he’s down.
Edge drives an elbow into Cena’s back. Edge throws a bunch of punches and Cena finally hits the mat. Cena ends up on the apron and they exchange punches over the ropes. Cena climbs and they still exchange punches. Edge elbows Cena to the ground. Edge baseball slides Cena.
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Edge has a headlock and body scissors on Cena in the middle of the ring. ‘Cena’ chant. Cena gets to sitting position and then almost free. Edge gets the headlock back on but Cena finally gets out. Cena drives Edge’s face to the mat and both are down. They get up at nine. Edge slams Cena for two. Edge leaves the ring and gets a chair. In the ring the ref takes in. Cena rolls Edge up but the ref takes a bit to get there to count. Edge slams Cena down. Edge drops an elbow on Cena’s back for two. They exchange blows. Edge chinlock reclines on Cena but Cena slams him back to the mat.
They exchange blows. A side suplex to Edge. Cena hits his five knuckle shuffle and Edge gets to his feet. Edge gets whipped. Cena gets him up but Edge reverses it into a modified DDT for two. Edge climbs. Edge hits an electric chair on Cena. Edge sets Cena up for the spear. Cena slowly gets to his feet and moves out of Edge’s way. Cena hits the FU for three.
- Winner: Cena
The Commanding General comes out and talks to the troops. He jokes about not being allowed to wrestle. He then talks about how proud America should be of them all. The speech was obviously much longer, but cut down to a couple of sound bytes.
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Video of the troops and the wrestlers posing for photos during the trip set to Christmas music.
CM Punk wishes everyone Happy Holidays.
Shelton starts talking to the camera and gets all cranky.
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CM Punk comes out to the ring to some pop. Shelton is already in the ring. They lock up and Shelton bitch slaps CM. CM gains control and Shelton quickly leaves the ring. CM stands in the ring glaring. Shelton starts to leave and CM chases him and pulls him back. In the ring Shelton slams CM shoulder first into the ring post. CM gets slammed into another corner and then scoop slammed to the mat. Shelton hits a lateral press and then and arm lock on CM.
CM fights to his feet and elbows out. A spinning heel kick to Shelton’s face. CM then knees Shelton in the face a couple times for two. A Blackhawk flies over. CM climbs but Shelton jumps on the corner and suplexes CM to the mat for two. A Shelton splash is missed and CM quickly rolls Shelton up for three.
- Winner: CM Punk
A group of troops scream Happy Holidays and then wrestle around on the ground a bit.
Melina and Nitro come down to the ring. Melina is in a pink tank top and a dark denim micro-mini. She does her normal split ring entrance. The troops seem happy to see Melina, but there is some heat for them. Taker’s gong hits and the troops go crazy. He comes out without his trench or hat.
Taker chases Nitro around the ring a bit. Nitro ducks to the apron and then in between Taker’s lags. Nitro ducks a punch in a corner and reverses into his own punches. Taker turns it around and tosses Nitro into the corner. An arm bar on Nitro and then lifts him high in the air. Again and arm bar and Taker goes old school. Taker tries to send Nitro on a last ride but Nitro goes up and over. Nitro hangs Taker up on the top rope and then throws punches and kicks in a corner.
Nitro gets whipped and then clotheslined. Nitro gets his face slammed into a corner. Taker then hits snake eyes and then a kick to Nitro’s face. Nitro gets choke slammed hard. Take hits to tombstone for three.
- Winner: Taker
JR says Taker was at the head of the list of volunteers to come on this trip, as he is every year. Taker poses in the ring for the troops, taking his time and doing it up right. He even looks over his shoulder before raising his fist as he leaves for the back.
Lillian sings the National Anthem. She’s wearing a pink camo corset top with a black miniskirt. Vince is in the crowd in a pinstriped suit jacket over a black t-shirt. The crowd erupts when she’s done and she blows kisses. JR comments that Lillian was an Army brat growing up.
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More holiday greetings from a huge group of troops.
Video of some of the scarier places and the troops talking about being scared. Then a clip from when a shell hit close to Camp Victory while setting up for the show. Everyone was moved inside the palace, they had been setting the ring up. The WWE staff talks about what they saw and felt when it happened. One female producer talks about having a soldier toss her under a truck to hide. Mike Cole talks about how the dark smoke showed how close it really had hit. (This is something Cole used to deal with in his previous work as a reporter in war zones, so he looked pretty calm about the whole thing compared to some others.)
Lashley and Hardcore Holly are warming up to face each other.
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Bobby Lashley comes down to the ring to decent pop. Hardcore Holly is already in the ring. Video of the elimination chamber and Lashley winning.
They lock up and Holly is backed into a corner. Clean break. Lashley backs into the opposite corner. They lock up and Holly is slammed to the mat after a military press. Holly calls for a test of strength. Holly kicks Lashley when he falls for it. Lashley comes back and drops Holly. A suplex to Holly for two. A delayed vertical (one armed) suplex for two. Holly’s face is bounced off the corner and then he’s stomped to the mat. Holly leaves the ring and Lashley follows. Holly slams Lashley into the stairs shoulder first.
Back in the ring Lashley gets stomped by Holly and the tossed into a corner. An arm bar on Lashley between Holly’s legs. Holly wrenches Lashley’s arm with the ropes. Holly keep working on that left arm. Lashley gets to his feet and hits a belly to belly. Both are down for six. Reverse elbows and clotheslines to Holly. Lashley gets Holly up on his shoulders and slams him down on his knee for two. A suplex from Lashley but then he gets backed into a corner and chopped by Holly. Holly goes for an Alabama slam but Lashley gets out. Lashley hits a power slam for three.
- Winner: Bobby Lashley
Lashley poses and is caught on the ‘Troop Cam’. Lashley is a former Army Sargent says JR. Lashley kisses one of the female troops in the front row and then slaps hands with as many else as he can reach.
Video of an Iraqi soldier talking about democracy and terrorism. He thanks the US troops, but says it’s their country and they need to do everything they can to help the US troops. He goes on to talk about a terrorist group and ripping them apart.
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Masters says he’s going to challenge one of the troops to break his masterlock. See how tough they are.
Video of some of the wrestlers talking about what they are doing for the troops on this trip. Cena got to get in a tank. Torrie was proposed to. Edge got to shoot big guns. Masters says he checked on his fiancee’s brother. They went to a funeral for a troop killed by a suicide bomber. Melina was in tears talking about it (it was obviously honest, and very sweet to see that side of her).
Video of Umaga beating all sorts of wrestler. Video of Jeff Hardy. They will face each other next.
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Umaga comes out to heat from the troops. Jeff Hardy’s music hits and he comes out to good pop. He slaps every hand he can on his way out.
Jeff ducks a clothesline but is pushed to the mat. Jeff ducks a couple of clotheslines and a crossbody. Jeff double kicks Umaga in the bum sending him from the ring. Jeff flies out but is caught by Umaga and slammed into the ring post. Jeff is tossed into the stairs.
Back in the ring Jeff is slammed to the mat. Jeff is kicked in the back. Umaga squeezes the back of Jeff’s neck but Jeff throws punches to get out. Umaga hits a Samoan drop on Jeff. Umaga climbs and goes for a splash, but Jeff rolls out of the way. Jeff tries for a bunch of clotheslines and a drop kick, but Umaga’s still on his feet. Whisper in the wind takes Umaga down for two. Jeff avoids the Samoan spike and hits the twist of fate. Jeff goes for a moonsault but Umaga gets his knees up.
Umaga hits a bum slam and then a Samoan spike for three.
- Winner: Umaga
Carlito is making moves on a female soldier outback.
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Randy Orton comes down to the ring. Carlito comes down to face him.
They lock up and Randy gets a side headlock on Carlito, but he quickly gets out. Carlito gets backed into a corner, then a quick break. Carlito gets the upper hand with ten punches. An arm drag takeover on Randy. An eye poke to Carlito and then he’s down. Randy stomps his way around Carlito. Randy hits a side slam for two. A headlock on Carlito. A suplex to Randy and both are down.
They exchange punches. A kick to Randy’s gut and then a slingshot back elbow. A back breaker to Carlito. Randy misses and RKO and tries to cover using the ropes but the ref sees it. Carlito rolls up Randy and uses his tights for the three.
- Winner: Carlito
The Divas are outback talking to Santa. They tall Santa they’ve been naughty this year.
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Mike Cole reverts to his reporting roots with a mic in hand. They show video of the troops setting up for the show.
Santa comes down to the ring, without his hat. He gets into the ring with his sacks. He says he’s been all over the world delivering toys to all the boys and girls they protect. But how would it be Christmas without him visiting his favorite people in the world. Santa needs some help giving out gifts. He calls out his helpers. Torrie, Maria and Crystal come out. Maria in a red dress. Crystal in black pants and a tiny black top. Torrie in a long sleeved lace boob top and boy shorts.
He calls them his ho ho hos. He tells Torrie she’s been a bad girl and he approves. She can sit on his lap later.
They leave the ring and hand out t-shirts and video games. Torrie tosses a red bra into the crowd from the bag. Then a pair of match panties come out and tossed to the crowd. Three guys almost fight over the panties.
Chris Masters’s music hits and he comes down to the ring. He gets huge heat. He gets in the ring after glaring at Santa. Santa returns to the ring. He says Masters has been bad all year, but it’s Christmas. Masters says he hates Christmas - huge boos. He says he doesn’t believe in Santa - more boos. He also can’t believe they’re all drooling over the Divas. Shame on them. A ‘shame on you’ chant starts. He’s opening a masterlock challenge to the biggest baddest soldier out there, but first he has a masterlock challenge for Santa.
Masters sets up the chair and Santa sits. ‘Santa’ chant. Santa sits and Masters locks on the hold. Santa flops around to heat from the crowd. ‘Santa’ chant. Santa tries to fight back but can’t and it’s over. Santa is flat on the mat.
Masters says it looks like there’s no Christmas. He starts looking for a volunteer. Almost all the troops are volunteering. They all want in. Masters says he wants the biggest, baddest troop there is. He calls a fairly slim and short soldier in the ring.
The Jose Avila sits and Masters knocks hits hat off from behind. He locks it on and a ‘USA’ chant starts. Avila is flopped around but behind Masters JBL takes off the top of the Santa suit. JBL kicks Masters in the back making Masters loose his grip. The bell rings and Lillian announces Avila as the first winner of the Masterlock Challenge. JBL clotheslines Masters to the mat to huge pop.
Biggest pop
Taker
Cena
Jeff Hardy
JBL
Biggest heat
Edge
Orton
Umaga
Masters
