It was for the first-time ever that WWE came up with a Christmas edition of Monday Night Raw live on the USA Network. It was followed up with another special edition of Smackdown Live on the very next day.
The WWE superstars will have a packed schedule for the entire Holiday week to entertain the fans of the United States. The listed schedule stands as mentioned below:
* WWE live event in Hartford, Connecticut on Thursday (December 28)
* WWE live event in Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania on Thursday (December 28)
* WWE live event in Hershey, Pennsylvania on Friday (December 29)
* WWE live event in Albany, New York on Friday (December 29)
* WWE live event in Tampa, Florida on Saturday (December 30)
* WWE live event in Toronto, Ontario, Canada on Saturday (December 30)
After one day’s off on the 31st of December, the superstars will be back onboard on the very first evening of 2018. Both the Raw and Smackdown roster will be travelling to Florida to conduct the very first edition of Monday Night Raw at the American Airlines Arena in Miami, Florida with big announcements already made on the show.
NEXT MONDAY, the new year begins…with a BEAST as #UniversalChampion @BrockLesnar returns to #RAW LIVE at 8/7c on @USA_Network! pic.twitter.com/JZoeJjhK8V
— WWE (@WWE) December 27, 2017
Brock Lesnar will be back on WWE Raw to create a ruckus and hype-up the Universal Championship picture which is not so packed, right now. As per the latest promo released by WWE, he is expected to vent his frustrations out on the two opponents, Kane and Braun Strowman.
NEXT MONDAY: @CedricAlexander has an opportunity to ring in 2018 right as he challenges @real1 for the @WWE #Cruiserweight Championship on #RAW! pic.twitter.com/q6nEhhJRe7
— WWE (@WWE) December 27, 2017
Also, a championship match was confirmed to take place on the flagship show. It will be Cedric Alexander to take on Enzo Amore for the title held by the latter one. Alexander became the number one contender by defeating Drew Gulak a couple of weeks ago.
#SDLive #TagTeamChampions @WWEUsos will be tasked with defending their titles against @WWEGable and @Sheltyb803… NEXT WEEK! pic.twitter.com/rGXYi09cBT
— WWE (@WWE) December 27, 2017
There will be a championship match on Smackdown Live, too as Shelton Benjamin and Chad Gable will get an opportunity to challenge The Usos for the tag team championships by their win on this week’s show. The match got confirmed on WWE.com,
“SmackDown Tag Team Champions The Usos will defend their titles against Chad Gable & Shelton Benjamin next Tuesday on SmackDown LIVE. Gable & Benjamin earned the opportunity by defeating The New Day and Rusev & Aiden English in a thrilling Triple Threat Match on the Dec. 26 edition of SmackDown LIVE. Who will leave the first SmackDown LIVE of 2018 with Team Blue’s tag team titles? Find out next Tuesday at 8/7 C on USA Network!”