As The Miz turned his attention towards Edge, he was met with a Spear for the pinfall. Maryse then created another distraction which almost allowed Miz to finish the match but Beth Phonenix, Edge’s wife appeared to chase away Maryse as The Miz was left stunned. The two Superstars reversed and countered multiple submission attempts with Maryse assisting Miz by putting his foot on the rope to break a submission hold. However, The Rated-R Superstar stunned Miz with a crushing sit-down facebuster on the outside floor. The A-Lister targeted Edge’s left leg to wear down the WWE Hall of Famer. As Morgan went for Oblivion, Lynch caught her and pulled her off the ropes to hit the Man-handle Slam for the win.Įdge vs The Miz: The Miz and The Rated-R Superstar traded blows early but a diversion from Maryse allowed The Miz to capitalize. There were more than one near-falls in the match but ultimately the champion stood tall. As Morgan tried to continue with the onslaught, Becky caught her in the middle of a hurricanrana attempt and swung Morgan into the turnbuckle, sling-shotting her into the bottom rope before delivering a leg drop across the back of Morgan’s neck. It looked like the title was going to change hands when Morgan took charge of the match early on.

Raw Women’s Championship Match: Becky Lynch (C) vs Liv Morgan: Big Time Becks proved too big for her challenger Liv Morgan as Becky Lynch retained her RAW Women’s Championship title on Day 1. As Big E went for another Big Ending on Lesnar, however, The Beast reversed it into a thunderous F-5 for the pinfall victory. Lashley then speared through Lesnar and locked in the Hurt Lock before Big E broke them a Big Ending. The “Alpha Male’ then appeared out of nowhere to deliver F-5s to all three Superstars. Rollins and Owens continued then teamed up to target Lashley and Lesnar first, then Big E. Lesnar delivered multiple suplexes until The Beast was speared through the barricade and into the timekeeper’s area by Lashley. As soon as the match started Lesnar started working upon Rollins and Owens while Lashley and Big E were sparring outside the ring. Here are the results of WWE Day 1 in full:įatal Five-way Match for the WWE Championship – Brock Lesnar vs Big E vs Seth Rollins vs Kevin Owens vs Bobby Lashley: Brock Lesnar who was a last-minute addition to the match out-muscled his opponents to wrap the belt around his waist another time. In other scheduled matches, RAW Women’s Champion Becky Lynch was in action against Liv Morgan, both SmackDown and RAW Tag Team titles were on the line Edge was up against the Miz among other matches. This forced WWE to change its plans and include Lesnar in the WWE championship match, turning the bout into a fatal five-way featuring champion Big E, Kevin Owens, Seth Rollins, Bobby Lashley and Lesnar. The main card got started in serious style as The New Day and The Usos another another worthy chapter to their long-running rivalry.It was not an ideal start to the year for WWE as hours before its first ever Pay-Per-View of the year, it underwent a radical change as Roman Reigns was ruled out of the WWE Universal Championship match against Brock Lesnar after the Tribal Chief tested positive for covid-19. The Kickoff featured a fantastic match as Sheamus – whose partner Ridge Holland was taken to the back early on after suffering a broken nose – overcame Cesaro and Ricochet to score a big win.Ĭlearly the bout had to be changed on the fly due to the injury, but the ending made the Celtic Warrior look like a babyface overcoming adversary rather than the villain he’s meant to be. Beth Phoenix returns as Edge makes Brood entrance, Liv Morgan falls short and more Where things go from here is anyone’s guess – but WWE certainly succeeded in getting people talking. The other four men started smart, taking out the Beast – who got sent crashing through the ringside barricade by the All Mighty – while KO and Rollins continued their alliance.Įveryone got a chance to shine, but in the end it was Lesnar emerging victorious as he hit a huge F-5 on Big E, pinning the champ himself and turning the world title pictures on their heads for both Raw and SmackDown. Will it or who leaves #WWEDay1 with the title?! /FYhCaqQ圜u- WWE January 2, 2022

An absolutely CHAOTIC start to this #WWEChampionship #Fatal5Way Match!

Results from day one