{"id":128959,"date":"2024-12-16T11:50:42","date_gmt":"2024-12-16T16:50:42","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/lastwordonsports.com\/prowrestling\/?p=128959"},"modified":"2024-12-16T11:52:27","modified_gmt":"2024-12-16T16:52:27","slug":"preview-wwe-raw-12-16-24","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/lastwordonsports.com\/prowrestling\/2024\/12\/16\/preview-wwe-raw-12-16-24\/","title":{"rendered":"Preview: WWE Raw (12\/16\/24) &#8211; Intercontinental &#038; World Tag Team Titles On The Line"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><span data-preserver-spaces=\"true\">The Intercontinental and the World Tag Team Championships were the only WWE Raw titles not defended on <\/span><a href=\"https:\/\/lastwordonsports.com\/prowrestling\/2024\/12\/14\/wwe-saturday-nights-main-event-2024-results-review\/\" target=\"_self\"><span data-preserver-spaces=\"true\">Saturday <\/span><span data-preserver-spaces=\"true\">Night&#8217;s<\/span><\/a><span data-preserver-spaces=\"true\"> Main Event. So both will be on the line on WWE Raw live from Boston, MA. <\/span><span data-preserver-spaces=\"true\">Airing live at 8\/7c on USA<\/span><span data-preserver-spaces=\"true\">, it<\/span><span data-preserver-spaces=\"true\"> will be the penultimate WWE Raw before the <a href=\"https:\/\/lastwordonsports.com\/prowrestling\/2024\/01\/23\/wwe-netflix-deal-moving-raw-streaming\/\" target=\"_self\">move to Netflix<\/a>.<\/span> <span data-preserver-spaces=\"true\">Here&#8217;s<\/span><span data-preserver-spaces=\"true\"> our full WWE Raw preview.<\/span><\/p>\n<h3><span data-preserver-spaces=\"true\">Match Card and WWE Raw Preview (12\/16\/24):<\/span><\/h3>\n<ul>\n<li><span data-preserver-spaces=\"true\">Intercontinental Championship: Bron Breakker vs. Ludwig Kaiser\u00a0<\/span><\/li>\n<li><span data-preserver-spaces=\"true\">Tag Team Championship<\/span><span data-preserver-spaces=\"true\"> \u201c<\/span><span data-preserver-spaces=\"true\">The Judgement Day<\/span><span data-preserver-spaces=\"true\">\u201d <\/span><span data-preserver-spaces=\"true\">Finn B\u00e1lor &amp; JD McDonagh vs<\/span><span data-preserver-spaces=\"true\"> \u201c<\/span><span data-preserver-spaces=\"true\">War Raiders<\/span><span data-preserver-spaces=\"true\">\u201d\u00a0<\/span><\/li>\n<li><span data-preserver-spaces=\"true\">Women&#8217;s<\/span><span data-preserver-spaces=\"true\"> Intercontinental Championship tournament: Zoey Stark vs. Raquel Rodriguez vs. Kayden Carter<\/span><\/li>\n<li><span data-preserver-spaces=\"true\">CM Punk Appears<\/span><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<blockquote class=\"twitter-tweet\" data-width=\"550\" data-dnt=\"true\">\n<p lang=\"en\" dir=\"ltr\">1 year ago, <a  href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/CMPunk?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\" target=\"_blank\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">@CMPunk<\/a> officially signed with Raw! Let&#39;s see how year 2 shakes out for the Best In The World! <a  href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/hashtag\/WWE?src=hash&amp;ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\" target=\"_blank\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">#WWE<\/a> <a  href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/hashtag\/WWERaw?src=hash&amp;ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\" target=\"_blank\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">#WWERaw<\/a> <a  href=\"https:\/\/t.co\/eG8j848LkB\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">pic.twitter.com\/eG8j848LkB<\/a><\/p>\n<p>&mdash; USA Network (@USANetwork) <a  href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/USANetwork\/status\/1866845393427820573?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\" target=\"_blank\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">December 11, 2024<\/a><\/p><\/blockquote>\n<p><script async src=\"https:\/\/platform.twitter.com\/widgets.js\" charset=\"utf-8\"><\/script><\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<h3>World Tag Team Championship<\/h3>\n<p>The War Raiders get a fairer shot at The Judgement Day than when they last met for the World Tag Team Championship. Finn B\u00e1lor and JD McDonagh retained their gold after the rest of The Judgement Day interfered.<\/p>\n<p>This week, Carlito, Dominik Mysterio, Liv Morgan, and Raquel Rodriguez are banned from ringside.<\/p>\n<p>This means we are in for a fair contest, as long as The New Day doesn&#8217;t get involved. Xavier Woods had a heated back-and-forth with WWE Raw GM Adam Pearce on <a  href=\"https:\/\/x.com\/AustinCreedWins\/status\/1868329851943530991\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">social media<\/a> when he vented his feelings that The New Day should be getting a title shot.<\/p>\n<p>Pearce claims The New Day&#8217;s 30-second loss to <a href=\"https:\/\/lastwordonsports.com\/prowrestling\/2024\/12\/10\/join-alpha-academy-wwe\/\" target=\"_self\">The Alpha Academy &#8211; which you can now join<\/a> &#8211; has relegated them down the pecking order.<\/p>\n<p>Woods will be hoping for some hometown love in Boston, so will appear at some point.<\/p>\n<p>B\u00e1lor will be coming into the match hurting after being pinned on Saturday in a brutal triple-threat match for the World Heavyweight Championship by Gunther.<\/p>\n<p>Gunther, meanwhile, will be brimming with confidence on WWE Raw after a <a href=\"https:\/\/lastwordonsports.com\/prowrestling\/2024\/12\/12\/match-point-gunther-balor-priest-saturday-nights-main-event\/\" target=\"_self\">dominating display in the match with B\u00e1lor and Damian Priest.<\/a><\/p>\n<blockquote class=\"twitter-tweet\" data-width=\"550\" data-dnt=\"true\">\n<p lang=\"en\" dir=\"ltr\">Back to Reality! <a  href=\"https:\/\/t.co\/6EboXLWjne\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">pic.twitter.com\/6EboXLWjne<\/a><\/p>\n<p>&mdash; GUNTHER (@Gunther_AUT) <a  href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/Gunther_AUT\/status\/1868359491101819244?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\" target=\"_blank\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">December 15, 2024<\/a><\/p><\/blockquote>\n<p><script async src=\"https:\/\/platform.twitter.com\/widgets.js\" charset=\"utf-8\"><\/script><\/p>\n<h3>Men &amp; Women Vye For Intercontinental Championship<\/h3>\n<p>Bron Breakker claimed he wasn&#8217;t worried about defending his WWE Intercontinental Championship against &#8216;Gunther&#8217;s watchdog&#8217; Ludwig Kaiser. Kaiser landed a massive slap on Breakker which means &#8211; worried or not &#8211; Breakker will certainly hit the ring ready to strike back.<\/p>\n<p>Meanwhile, Zoey Stark, Raquel Rodriguez and Kayden Carter compete in an opening-round match in the <a href=\"https:\/\/lastwordonsports.com\/prowrestling\/2024\/11\/13\/first-wwe-womens-intercontinental-champion\/\" target=\"_self\">Women&#8217;s Intercontinental Championship tournament<\/a>. It&#8217;s hard to look past Rodriguez advancing in the tournament.<\/p>\n<p>Dakota Kai and Lyra Valkyria have already advanced in the tournament.<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/lastwordonsports.com\/prowrestling\/2024\/12\/13\/natalya-first-wwe-womens-intercontinental-champion\/\" target=\"_self\">Natalya<\/a>, Kairi Sane and Alba Fyre are also set for a tournament match at some point in the future.<\/p>\n<p><iframe loading=\"lazy\" title=\"Ludwig Kaiser slaps Bron Breakker: Raw highlights, Dec. 9, 2024\" width=\"640\" height=\"360\" src=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/embed\/OcFtLvbApZE?feature=oembed\" frameborder=\"0\" allow=\"accelerometer; autoplay; clipboard-write; encrypted-media; gyroscope; picture-in-picture; web-share\" referrerpolicy=\"strict-origin-when-cross-origin\" allowfullscreen><\/iframe><\/p>\n<h3><span data-preserver-spaces=\"true\">More From LWOS Pro Wrestling<\/span><\/h3>\n<p><em><span data-preserver-spaces=\"true\">Header photo \u2013 WWE \u2013 Stay tuned to the\u00a0<\/span><a class=\"editor-rtfLink\" href=\"https:\/\/lastwordonsports.com\/prowrestling\/\" target=\"_blank\" target=\"_self\"><span data-preserver-spaces=\"true\">Last Word on Pro Wrestling<\/span><\/a><span data-preserver-spaces=\"true\">\u00a0for more on this and other stories from around the world of wrestling as they develop. You can always count on LWOPW to be on top of the major news in the wrestling world, as well as to provide you with analysis, previews, videos, interviews, and editorials on the wrestling world. You can check out an almost unlimited array of WWE content on the\u00a0<\/span><a class=\"editor-rtfLink\" href=\"https:\/\/watch.wwe.com\/\" target=\"_blank\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\"><span data-preserver-spaces=\"true\">WWE Network<\/span><\/a><span data-preserver-spaces=\"true\">\u00a0and\u00a0<\/span><a class=\"editor-rtfLink\" href=\"https:\/\/www.peacocktv.com\/watch\/home\" target=\"_blank\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\"><span data-preserver-spaces=\"true\">Peacock<\/span><\/a><\/em><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>The Intercontinental and the World Tag Team Championships were the only WWE Raw titles not defended on Saturday Night&#8217;s Main Event. So both will be on the line on WWE Raw live from Boston, MA. Airing live at 8\/7c on USA, it will be the penultimate WWE Raw before the move to Netflix. 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