Here are your quick and dirty, editorial-free WWE Raw results for November 27, 2017. The show featured the first title defense for new Intercontinental Champion Roman Reigns, as well as Jason Jordan taking on Kane. Be back here tomorrow for the full Best and Worst of Raw column.
WWE Raw results:
1. Seth Rollins defeated Cesaro. Rollins won a lengthy match with a ripcord knee. After the match, Rollins confirmed that The Shield would stay together even as they pursued individual titles, and announced that he and Rollins would challenge The Bar for the Raw Tag Team Championship next week.
2. Samoa Joe defeated Titus O’Neil. Joe won by submission with a Coquina Clutch. After the match, Joe also choked out Apollo Crews.
– Sasha Banks, Mickie James and Bayley vs. Paige, Mandy Rose and Sonya Deville never happened. Before the match, Paige’s team — now called “Absolution” — revealed that they’d attacked James and Bayley backstage. The three then beat down Banks.
3. Bray Wyatt defeated Matt Hardy. Wyatt pinned Hardy after Sister Abigail. After the match, Hardy appeared to begin his transformation into his “broken” character.
4. Rich Swann defeated Akira Tozawa, Noam Dar and Ariya Daivari. Kurt Angle announced that the winner of this fatal four-way will face the winner of a second fatal four-way in two weeks, with the winner of that match facing Enzo Amore for the Cruiserweight Championship. Swann won the match with a 450 splash on Dar.
5. Intercontinental Championship Match: Roman Reigns (c) defeated Elias. Reigns won a back-and-forth match with a spear. After the match, Samoa Joe attacked Reigns.
6. Asuka defeated Dana Brooke. Asuka won the match instantly with an armbar. After the match, Absolution returned and teased attacking Asuka, but let her go.
7. Kane defeated Jason Jordan. Kane won by count-out when Jordan appeared to re-injure his knee. Kane continued to attack Jordan until Finn Bálor made the save. That led directly to …
8. Finn Bálor defeated Kane by disqualification when Kane attacked him with a chair. Braun Strowman made the save for Finn. Strowman no-sold a chair shot to the back, attacked Kane with a chair and powerslammed him onto the ring steps. Braun ended the attack by attacking Kane’s throat with a chair, getting revenge for last week.
