WWE Day 1: Main-event in jeopardy; New Title match announced

He
again
missed
another
show
as
WWE’s
Holiday
Tour
continued
from
Orlando’s
Amway
Center,
last
night.
As
noted
by
attendees
from
the
SmackDown
house
show
that
was
simultaneously
running
with
Raw,
Jimmy
and
Jey
announced
to
the
crowd
that
their
Tribal
Chief
is
missing
the
show.

Following
these
two
back-to-back
absences,
speculations
went
high
about
the
WWE
Day
1
main
event
for
the
Universal
Title
between
Roman
Reigns
and
Brock
Lesnar
being
in
jeopardy.

Acknowledge
and
admire
the
official
poster
for

#WWEDay1.

@WWERomanReigns
|

@peacockTV
pic.twitter.com/OVraBouiR7

—
WWE
(@WWE)

December
19,
2021

According
to
WrestleVotes,
WWE
Officials
are
hopeful
that
the
WWE
Day
1
PPV
will
take
place
with
the
full
card,
this
Saturday
night,

“Regarding
the
availability
of
talent
for
this
weekend’s
Day
1
PPV,
a
source
told
me
this
morning
that
if
the
show
was
tonight,
multiple
matches
would
have
to
be
changed.

Good
thing
the
event
isn’t
until
Saturday
&
WWE
is
hopeful
they
can
keep
the
card
as
is.
All
fluid
at
this
time.”

Taking
Roman
Reigns
off
the
show
appears
to
be
a
precautionary
measure
as
he
is
immunocompromised
due
to
his
past
history
with
leukaemia.
WWE
also
pulled
some
other
Superstars
from
the
house
shows
as
well
as
this
week’s
Raw
to
make
sure
that
they
are
safe
and
ready
to
perform
at
the
WWE
Day
1
PPV
on
January
1.

Seth
Rollins
previously
admitted
that
he
tested
positive
with
COVID-19
and
he
was
absent
from
Raw.
Along
with
him,
Raw
Women’s
Champion
Becky
Lynch,
WWE
Champion
Big
E,
Bobby
Lashley,
Omos
missed
the
final
Raw
of
2021
from
Detroit.

Who
ya
got
THIS
SATURDAY
at

#WWEDay1
when

@WWEBigE
puts
the

#WWEChampionship
on
the
line?

pic.twitter.com/Eyf7qzQ5oG

—
WWE
(@WWE)

December
28,
2021

According
to
PWInsider,
this
episode
of
RAW
had
to
be
re-written
due
to
multiple
wrestlers
testing
positive
for
COVID-19.
Interestingly,
no
matches
were
pulled
off
the
Day
1
event
but
rather
one
more
match
was
added
to
the
card.

The
Street
Profits
have
become
the
new
number-one
contenders
to
RAW
Tag
Team
Champions
Randy
Orton
and
Riddle.

In
the
finals
of
the
RK-Bronament,
Montez
Ford
and
Angelo
Dawkins
defeated
Rey
Mysterio
and
Dominik
Mysterio
to
earn
the
right
to
challenge
the
Raw
tag
champs.
WWE
then
announced
that
Orton
and
Riddle
will
defend
their
belts
against
The
Street
Profits
at
Saturday’s
PPV
event.

THE
STREET
PROFITS
WIN
THE
RK-BRONAMENT!@RandyOrton
&

@SuperKingofBros
vs.

@MontezFordWWE
&

@AngeloDawkins
THIS
SATURDAY
at

#WWEDay1.

pic.twitter.com/BW2bJYUhO4

—
WWE
(@WWE)

December
28,
2021

The
inaugural
WWE
Day
1
pay-per-view
takes
place
this
New
Year’s
Day
–
Saturday,
January
1
–
from
the
State
Farm
Arena
in
Atlanta,
Georgia.
Check
out
the
updated
card
of
the
night
following
Raw,

WWE
Universal
Title
Match

Brock
Lesnar
vs.
Roman
Reigns
(c)

Fatal
4
Way
for
the
WWE
Title

Bobby
Lashley
vs.
Seth
Rollins
vs.
Kevin
Owens
vs.
Big
E
(c)

RAW
Women’s
Title
Match

Liv
Morgan
vs.
Becky
Lynch
(c)

WWE
Intercontinental
Title
Match

Sami
Zayn
vs.
Shinsuke
Nakamura
(c)

SmackDown
Tag
Team
Titles
Match

The
New
Day
vs.
The
Usos
(c)

RAW
Tag
Team
Titles
Match

The
Street
Profits
vs.
Randy
Orton
and
Riddle
(c)

WWE
Hall
of
Famer
Edge
vs.
The
Miz

Drew
McIntyre
vs.
Madcap
Moss