WWE Monday Night Raw comes waltzing back into our lives tonight (Dec. 4, 2023) from the MVP Arena in Albany, New York, featuring all the latest build to the upcoming Royal Rumble event scheduled for late next month in St. Petersburg, Florida.
Advertised for tonight: Jey Uso gets a shot at Seth Rollins and the world heavyweight championship, DIY takes on Imperium in a 2-out-of-3 Falls match, Drew McIntyre squares up with Sami Zayn after a backstage confrontation last week, Cody Rhodes responds to Shinsuke Nakamura’s attack, The Creed Brothers vs. Judgment Day, Shayna Baszler vs. Nia Jax, and a whole lot more.
Come right back here at 8 pm ET when the Raw live blog will kick off once the show starts on USA Network. It will be below this line here. Reminder: GIFs and pics allowed, but no links to illegal streams, please.
WWE RAW RESULTS AND LIVE BLOG FOR DEC. 4
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The show opens with Drew McIntyre making his entrance and getting on the mic.
He welcomes us to the show and talks about how hypocrites can leave and do whatever they want and come back and be instantly forgiven, these days. Seth Rollins tried to pull a fast one on him last week by giving Jey Uso the title match tonight to stick it to him and metaphorically slap him, so he headbutted him in his stupid face.
And speaking of Jey Uso, oh my god he’s capable of an apology? His time is coming. But there’s somebody he’s forgetting…
Enter Sami Zayn.
Drew has something to say to him and it’s the truth, and that he’s the one person in the world that deserved to get screwed over by the Bloodline. He was part of the Bloodline, their lapdog and errand boy, running away from Drew every single week and then he screwed them over? What did he think was gonna happen? He deserved it.
Sami says he’s right about one thing and that’s that the more he hears, the more he’s sure they’re not alike and he’s not delusional, he doesn’t point fingers at everyone else’s shortcomings, and when he lost his title shot he stayed driven and it carried him all the way to victory in the main event of WrestleMania.
So he got redeption and he got to make his family proud. Does Drew think he’s making his family proud? McIntyre says one of them isn’t walking out tonight and calls for a referee.
Rod Zapata comes to ringside and off we go!
Drew McIntyre vs. Sami Zayn
McIntyre with chops in the corner, action to the floor, Zayn fights out of being posted and turns the tables briefly. Back inside, Sami with a tope con giro and we go to break!
Back from commercial, still on the floor, trading chops, moonsault off the barricade! Back inside, Drew regaining control, drawing Sami up, a big chop, Zayn struggles but throws his own back, up on the second, boot up, diving elbow to the dome! Sami limping but