Tonight is going to mark the beginning of the Holiday Season Tour for the WWE superstars with a grand show of Raw. It is for the first time that the flagship program of the company will get broadcasted live on the USA Network. To make the program unique, the channel already declared it advertisement-free for the first hour.
The show will be headlined with a returning John Cena on WWE TV after that one-off appearance at Survivor Series PPV. He is expected to make the night merrier for the fans, for sure, whereas, there will be fallouts from last week’s Women’s Royal Rumble announcement. Tonight’s edition will be hosted by the All-State Arena in Chicago, Illinois.
WWE is promoting the show as much as possible with the franchise player coming back. According to them there are some big-time planning around this comeback,
“Free agent John Cena returns to WWE for the first time since Survivor Series on a LIVE Christmas Raw. How will The Cenation Leader deal with Team Red’s most notorious Grinches? Don’t miss any of the holiday action as Raw airs commercial-free for the first hour, beginning at 8/7 C on USA Network!”
NEXT WEEK: @JohnCena RETURNS to Monday Night #RAW LIVE on Christmas night in Chicago! ??? pic.twitter.com/aVQWaxYS8N
— WWE (@WWE) December 19, 2017
The possible involvement for him on the night will be a potential match against Roman Reigns. The latter one will also be back on WWE Raw after a short hiatus of one week. He would re-issue the due Intercontinental Championship open challenge which would be accepted by the 16-time world champion setting up a rematch from the No Mercy event.
It will be interesting to see how the WWE officials continue to keep the focus on the women’s division after that monumental Royal Rumble match announcement, last week. The initial part was done by the confirmation by Stephanie McMahon.
Now, it is time to build up this first-ever history-making match. We expect a couple of female names to announce their entries to this match.
Tonight, Woken Matt Hardy might appear on WWE Raw for the first time in front of the audience. The legal battle might have been over by now which means he should not have any prohibition while launching the much-loved gimmick on live TV.
Kane and Braun Strowman will continue growing the animosity between each other to declare their dominance while heading towards the Universal Championship match. Also, a couple of superstars will declare themselves as the next entrants for the men’s Royal Rumble match.