The December 18th episode of WWE RAW took place at the Wells Fargo Arena in Des Moines, Iowa. The Judgment Day kicked off the show. They were interrupted by R-Truth. The 54-time 24/7 Champion said that he is part of Judgment Day, and the prior week’s beatdown was his initiation. R-Truth challenged JD McDonagh to a Miracle on 34th Street Fight with the stipulation that the loser must leave Judgment Day.
R-Truth defeated JD McDonagh in a Miracle on 34th Street Fight.
Becky Lynch challenged Nia Jax to a match. However, Jax agreed to wrestle Becky on the Day One edition of RAW.
Gunther defeated The Miz to retain the Intercontinental Championship.
Cody Rhodes attacked Shinsuke Nakamura after Nakamura read “The American Nightmare Before Christmas.” Security then separated them.
Kayden Carter and Katana Chance defeated Chelsea Green and Piper Niven to become the new WWE Women’s Tag Team Champions.
Ivar defeated Akira Tozawa.
Seth Rollins and Drew McIntyre hyped their upcoming match. McIntyre and Rollins then had a brawl. The Scottish Warrior got the upper hand.
Jey Uso defeated Ludwig Kaiser.
In the main event, Finn Balor and Damian Priest defeated The Creed Brothers to retain the Undisputed WWE Tag Team Titles.
According to Nielsen via SpoilerTV, the December 18th episode of WWE RAW drew an average of 1.562 million viewers on USA Network and did a 0.47 rating in the 18-49 demographic.
| Hour | Viewers | 18-49 demo |
| First | 1.639 million | 0.48 |
| Second | 1.629 million | 0.48 |
| Third | 1.419 million | 0.46 |
WWE RAW viewership & ratings for the past few weeks
| Episode of WWE RAW | Viewership | 18-49 demographic |
| December 18 | 1.562 million | 0.47 |
| December 11 | 1.467 million | 0.47 |
| December 4 | 1.533 million | 0.49 |
| November 27 | 1.884 million | 0.66 |
| November 20 | 1.459 million | 0.49 |
| November 13 | 1.467 million | 0.43 |
| November 6 | 1.522 million | 0.47 |