#wwe-raw

#wwe-raw

CM Punk closed the show with a high-stakes World Heavyweight Championship defense against The Vision's Bron Breakker, marking Punk's first title defense since winning the belt at Saturday Night's Main Event. And for a while, it looked like Breakker might be cashing in on that "new year, new champion" vibe. He bulldozed Punk through most of the first half, tossing him around like luggage at JFK.

Bron Breakker got rawer and more shocking with his call out to CM Punk, begging (on his hands and knees) for the return of the "old Punk" -- the one who commanded respect during his 434-day WWE championship reign from 2011 to 2013. Bron said that if the current "nice guy" version of Punk shows up for their World Heavyweight Championship match on Jan. 5, Bron will beat him easily, take his title and, "while I'm at it, I'll take your wife, too."

After she smacked "Dirty Dom" again before leaping into his arms, Morgan led an absolutely chaotic scene to end the show. Multiple women's tag teams came running to the ring and turned Flair and Bliss vs. Ripley and Sky into a giant brawl that saw The Judgement Day's Raquel Rodriquez and Roxanne Perez stand tall, holding the tag titles. One was offered to Morgan, but she gave it back,

Andreas Hale is a combat sports reporter at ESPN. Andreas covers MMA, boxing and pro wrestling. In Andreas' free time, he plays video games, obsesses over music and is a White Sox and 49ers fan. He is also a host for Sirius XM's Fight Nation. Before joining ESPN, Andreas was a senior writer at DAZN and Sporting News. He started his career as a music journalist for outlets including HipHopDX, The Grammys and Jay-Z's Life+Times.