December 25, 2017
December 25, 2017
December 25, 2017 - A Deep View of Orion
A Deep View of Orion Astronomers using an infrared instrument on ESO’s Very Large Telescope have produced the deepest and most comprehensive view of the Orion Nebula to date. Not only has this led to an image of spectacular beauty, but it has also revealed an abundance of faint brown dwarfs and isolated planetary-mass objects. This image has caused excitement as it reveals an unexpected wealth of very low-mass objects, which in turn suggests that the Orion Nebula may be forming more of these objects than closer and less active star formation regions do. These low-mass objects will be the target of future, more powerful telescopes. The Orion Nebula spans about twenty-four light-years within the constellation of Orion and is visible from Earth with the naked eye as a fuzzy patch in Orion’s sword.
Image credit: Illustration: ESO / H. Drass et al.
Weekly Calendar
December 25 - 31, 2017
Holidays - Sky Events - Space History
Monday 25
Christmas Day
1642: Isaac Newton born
2003: Mars Express and Beagle 2arrive at Mars
2004: Huygens probe separates from Cassini spacecraft
Tuesday 26
Boxing Day (Canada, U.K., Australia)
First Day of Kwanzaa
First Qtr Moon 4:20 AM ET
1780:Mary Somerville born
Wednesday 27
Uranus 5° north of Moon
1571: Johannes Kepler born
1984: Meteorite ALH 84001 discovered
Thursday 28
1882: Arthur Eddington born
Friday 29
1980: STS-1 leaves Vehicle Assembly Building and rolls out to launch pad
Saturday 30
Aldebaran 0.8° south of Moon
1957: Wernher von Braun proposes the Saturn-class launch vehicle
Sunday 31
New Year's Eve
1864: Robert Aitken born
2004: Cassini makes first flyby of Iapetus
PHOTOS: The day in pictures December 25, 2017
US President Donald J. Trump and the First Lady Melania Trump participate in NORAD Santa Tracker phone calls at the Mar-a-Lago resort in Palm Beach, Florida on December 24, 2017. / AFP PHOTO / Nicholas KammNICHOLAS KAMM/AFP/Getty Images
Channi Anand, The Associated Press
An Indian boy wearing a Santa Claus costume is seated with other worshippers at Saint Mary's Garrison Church on Christmas Day in Jammu, India, Monday, Dec. 25, 2017.
Believers of Legio Maria of African Church Mission hold candles during their overnight Christmas Mass at the church near Ugunja, the western part of Kenya, early December 25, 2017. / AFP PHOTO / Fredrik LernerydFREDRIK LERNERYD/AFP/Getty Images
A participant in a Santa Claus costume jumps into the water during the 108th edition of the 'Copa Nadal' (Christmas Cup) swimming competition in Barcelona's Port Vell on December 25, 2017. The traditional 200-meter Christmas swimming race gathered more than 300 participants on Barcelona's old harbour. / AFP PHOTO / Josep LAGOJOSEP LAGO/AFP/Getty Images
Oded Balilty, The Associated Press
In this Wednesday, Jan. 18, 2017 photo, a Christian Orthodox pilgrim immerses herself into the waters of the Jordan River during a baptism ceremony as part of the Orthodox Feast of the Epiphany at Qasr el Yahud, the spot where John the Baptist is said to have baptized Jesus, near the West Bank town of Jericho.
Oded Balilty, The Associated Press
In this Tuesday, April. 11, 2017 photo, an Israeli youth shows off the small fish he caught on the banks of the Jordan River near the northern Israeli Kibbutz of Kinneret. Israel is heading into its fifth consecutive year of drought, putting three celebrated biblical bodies of water at risk. The Sea of Galilee, the country's main water source, already stands at a century low and the mighty Jordan River, known for its prominence in the Bible, could be best described along much of its length as a creek. The Dead Sea, a marvel of the natural world, is shrinking.
Oded Balilty, The Associated Press
In this Wednesday, Jan. 25, 2017 photo, a superman statue is discarded at the Israeli Dead Sea resort of Ein Gedi. Israel is heading into its fifth consecutive year of drought, putting three celebrated biblical bodies of water at risk.
Oded Balilty, The Associated Press
In this Tuesday, June. 20, 2017 photo, Christian pilgrims baptize in the Jordan River at Yardenit baptismal site in northern Israel. The Sea of Galilee, the country's main water source, already stands at a century low and the mighty Jordan River, known for its prominence in the Bible, could be best described along much of its length as a creek.
Oded Balilty, The Associated Press
In this April 2, 2017 photo, a woman walks next to sinkholes along the Dead Sea shore near the Israeli Kibbutz of Ein Gedi. The Dead Sea, a marvel of the natural world, is shrinking.
Oded Balilty, The Associated Press
In this Oct. 16, 2017 photo, Israelis camp out in an abandoned restaurant overlooking the Dead Sea near Kibbutz Kalya. Israel is heading into its fifth consecutive year of drought, putting three celebrated biblical bodies of water at risk.
Pope Francis waves to faithful during the Urbi et Orbi Christmas' day blessing from the main balcony of St. Peter's Basilica at the Vatican, Monday, Dec. 25, 2017. (L'Osservatore Romano/Pool Photo Via AP)
Swiss guards arrive to take position before the traditional "Urbi et Orbi" Christmas address and blessing given to the city of Rome and to the World, by Pope Francis from the balcony of St Peter's basilica, on December 25, 2017 at St Peter's square in Vatican. / AFP PHOTO / Andreas SOLAROANDREAS SOLARO/AFP/Getty Images
Thomas, a winter bather, walks in front of the famous water fountain "Le Jet d'Eau" at the Paquis swimming baths on the bank of the lake of Geneva, in Geneva, Switzerland, Monday, Dec. 25, 2017.
A member of the winter and ice swimming club 'Seehunde Berlin', , wearing a Christmas themed hat, walks in the water during the annual Christmas swim on Christmas Day, at the Oranke Lake in Berlin, Monday, Dec. 25, 2017. (AP Photo/Markus Schreiber)
A picture taken on December 25, 2017 shows a murmuration of starlings in the sky over agricultural fields near the Israeli city of Beit Shean in the Jordan Valley. / AFP PHOTO / MENAHEM KAHANAMENAHEM KAHANA/AFP/Getty Images
This photo taken on December 24, 2017 shows seagulls flying over the beach at Zhanqiao bridge in Qinghai in China's eastern Shandong province. / AFP PHOTO / - / China OUT-/AFP/Getty Images
This photo taken on December 23, 2017 shows artists working on the construction site of a 80-metre-long (262 feet) snow sculpture for the Vasaloppet China ski festival in Changchun in China's northeastern Jilin province. The ski festival starts on January 4, 2018. / AFP PHOTO / - / China OUT-/AFP/Getty Images
Ivan Sekretarev, The Associated Press
Emergency personnel work to pull a bus that crashed out from a subway in Moscow, Russia, Monday, Dec. 25, 2017. Several people were killed and more than a dozen injured when the bus careened off a road and onto steps leading into an underground passageway, authorities said.
A picture obtained from the Twitter account of Alexey Abanin/TVRain shows a view of the site where a city bus ploughed into a pedestrian underpass in western Moscow on December 25, 2017. / AFP PHOTO / TWITTER / Alexey ABANIN / RESTRICTED TO EDITORIAL USE - MANDATORY CREDIT "AFP PHOTO / TWITTER / Alexey ABANIN/TVRain" - NO MARKETING NO ADVERTISING CAMPAIGNS - DISTRIBUTED AS A SERVICE TO CLIENTS / NO ARCHIVE ALEXEY ABANIN/AFP/Getty Images
Russian opposition leader Alexei Navalny, who submitted endorsement papers necessary for his registration as a presidential candidate, center, heads to attend a meeting in the Russia's Central Election commission in Moscow, Russia, Monday, Dec. 25, 2017. Russian election officials have formally barred Russian opposition leader Alexei Navalny from running for president. (Evgeny Feldman/Navalny Campaign via AP)
A displaced Syrian girl, who was forced to leave her hometown by the war against the Islamic State (IS) group, washes dishes at the Ain Issa camp on December 18, 2017. As temperatures drop, tens of thousands of civilians forced out of their homes by Syria's war are spending yet another winter in flimsy plastic tents or abandoned half-finished buildings. And without heating, blankets and warm clothes, or access to proper medical care, even a simple cold can turn deadly. / AFP PHOTO / Delil souleimanDELIL SOULEIMAN/AFP/Getty Images
A picture taken on December 24, 2017, shows Syrian baby Karim Abdallah, who lost an eye as well as his mother in government shelling on Ghouta, being pictured inside his family home in the town of Beit Sawa in Syria's besieged eastern Ghouta region. / AFP PHOTO / Amer ALMOHIBANYAMER ALMOHIBANY/AFP/Getty Images
A Christian worshipper kisses a bible at the altar during Christmas day mass at the Syriac Orthodox Church of Mar Dodo (Saint Dodo), in the northeastern Syrian Kurdish town of Derik, known as al-Malikiyah in Arabic, on December 25, 2017. / AFP PHOTO / Delil souleimanDELIL SOULEIMAN/AFP/Getty Images
Faithful hold hands during 'midnight mass' at the Nuestra Senora Del Carmen Church on Christmas Eve on December 24, 2017 in Rio Grande, Puerto Rico. The mass finished well before midnight this year to accomodate those who live in areas without electricity. The church ran the mass with a generator. Barely three months after Hurricane Maria made landfall, approximately one-third of the devastated island is still without electricity. While the official death toll from the massive storm remains at 64, The New York Times recently reported the actual toll for the storm and its aftermath likely stands at more than 1,000. A recount was ordered by the governor as the holiday season approached. (Photo by Mario Tama/Getty Images)
In this Dec. 21, 2017 photo, six year old Melanie Oliveras González remains seated on the balcony of her house, in Barrio Patrón, Morovis, Puerto Rico. Their home lost its roof and most of their belongings during the passing of Hurricane Maria and they still have no power. (AP Photo/Carlos Giusti)
Jesus M. Montijo poses with his son Damian Kaleb, 1, in the shelter for Hurricane Maria victims where they currently reside, in front of the shelter's Christmas tree on Christmas day, December 25, 2017 in Toa Baja, Puerto Rico. He said their home was destroyed by Hurricane Maria and they have been forced to live in shelters ever since. Around 600 Hurricane Maria victims remain in shelters across Puerto Rico. Barely three months after Hurricane Maria made landfall, approximately one-third of the devastated island is still without electricity. While the official death toll from the massive storm remains at 64, The New York Times recently reported the actual toll for the storm and its aftermath likely stands at more than 1,000. A recount was ordered by the governor as the holiday season approached. (Photo by Mario Tama/Getty Images) ***BESTPIX***
In this Dec. 21, 2017 photo, six year old Melanie Oliveras Gonzalez holds a lantern in the living room of her house in Sector Padre Ibañes, in Morovis, Puerto Rico. All electronics are connected at night to an inverter plugged to the family car battery. (AP Photo/Carlos Giusti)
In this Dec. 22, 2017 photo, 56 year old Jose Luis Gonzalez walks through a ravine known as "La Raja de Rosa," were people from Barrio Patron get thier water supply, in Morovis, Puerto Rico. Don't think I haven't felt like crying," Gonzalez said, adding that he has flashbacks of the day Hurricane Maria hit. "Every time I close my eyes I see chaos...I still hear the screams in my head." (AP Photo/Carlos Giusti)
In this Dec. 21, 2017 photo, a mountain of rubble remains in front of the house of the Oliveras Gonzalez family, in Morovis, Puerto Rico. By 4 p.m., some generators in Rivera's neighborhood start rumbling as darkness approaches on the shortest day of the year. (AP Photo/Carlos Giusti)
In this Dec. 21, 2017 photo, Doris Martínez receives supplies and water from municipal staff outside the City Hall in Morovis, Puerto Rico. Over 30,000 residents of that mountain town wait for the restoration of electric power service, one of the last municipalities of Puerto Rico that remains completely in the dark more than three months after the passage of Hurricane Maria. (AP Photo/Carlos Giusti)
Martin Mejia, The Associated Press
A demonstrators throws a tear gas canister back towards the police during clashes against the pardon of former President Alberto Fujimori in Lima, Peru, Monday, Dec. 25, 2017. Peru's President Pedro Pablo Kuczynski announced Sunday night that he granted a medical pardon to the jailed former strongman who was serving a 25-year sentence for human rights abuses, corruption and the sanctioning of death squads.
Rajesh Kumar Singh, The Associated Press
A cyclist uses a torch to see the road as he rides in thick fog in Lucknow, India, Monday, Dec. 25, 2017. In the winter months, northern India experiences fog enveloped mornings that reduce visibility severely, often leading to delays and cancellation of trains and flights.
Rajesh Kumar Singh, The Associated Press
Passengers wait for a train amidst early morning dense fog at a railway station in Lucknow, India, Monday, Dec. 25, 2017. In the winter months, northern India experiences fog enveloped mornings that reduce visibility severely, often leading to delays and cancellation of trains and flights.
Indonesian Christians hold lit candles as they celebrate Christmas mass at a stadium in Surabaya, Indonesia's second largest city on December 24, 2017. / AFP PHOTO / JUNI KRISWANTOJUNI KRISWANTO/AFP/Getty Images
This photo from North Korea's official Korean Central News Agency (KCNA) taken on December 23, 2017 and released on December 24, 2017 shows North Korean leader Kim Jong-Un during the 5th Conference of the Workers' Party of Korea Cell Chairpersons. / AFP PHOTO / KCNA via KNS / - / South Korea OUT / REPUBLIC OF KOREA OUT ---EDITORS NOTE--- RESTRICTED TO EDITORIAL USE - MANDATORY CREDIT "AFP PHOTO/KCNA VIA KNS" - NO MARKETING NO ADVERTISING CAMPAIGNS - DISTRIBUTED AS A SERVICE TO CLIENTS THIS PICTURE WAS MADE AVAILABLE BY A THIRD PARTY. AFP CAN NOT INDEPENDENTLY VERIFY THE AUTHENTICITY, LOCATION, DATE AND CONTENT OF THIS IMAGE. THIS PHOTO IS DISTRIBUTED EXACTLY AS RECEIVED BY AFP. / -/AFP/Getty Images
Britain's Queen Elizabeth II poses at a desk in the 1844 Room at Buckingham Palace, London, on December 13, 2017 after recording her Christmas Day broadcast to the Commonwealth. / AFP PHOTO / POOL / John StillwellJOHN STILLWELL/AFP/Getty Images
(L-R) Britain's Catherine, Duchess of Cambridge, Britain's Prince Philip, Duke of Edinburgh and US actress and fiancee of Britain's Prince Harry Meghan Markle (R) arrive to attend the Royal Family's traditional Christmas Day church service at St Mary Magdalene Church in Sandringham, Norfolk, eastern England, on December 25, 2017. / AFP PHOTO / Adrian DENNISADRIAN DENNIS/AFP/Getty Images
Police officers inspect damage in the lobby of the German Social Democratic Party (SPD) headquarters after a car was used to ram the building in Berlin early December 25, 2017. A driver rammed into the headquarters of Germany's Social Democratic Party (SPD) in Berlin on Christmas Eve, police have said. The crash happened at around midnight local time (23:00 GMT). The driver, a 58-year-old man, was believed to be the only person injured. Officers found petrol canisters and lighter fluid inside the car, according to local reports. / AFP PHOTO / Odd ANDERSENODD ANDERSEN/AFP/Getty Images
Altaf Qadri, The Associated Press
A toddler looks at an idol of young Jesus placed in a crib at Sacred Heart Cathedral on Christmas Day in New Delhi, India, Monday, Dec. 25, 2017. Though the Hindus and Muslims comprise majority of the population in India, Christmas is a national holiday celebrated with much fanfare.
December 25, 2017 Monday Night RAW results
Monday Night Raw
Special event details
The December 25, 2017 Edition of RAW is a Professional wrestling television show of the WWE's RAW brand, which took place on December 25, 2017 at Allstate Arena in the Chicago suburb of Rosemont, Illinois.
Summary
As the saying goes, ‘tis better to give than receive. And after John Cena arrived to the first-ever live Raw on Christmas to give a young fan the shirt off his back, Elias decided to interrupt him to give The Cenation Leader a taste of what it feels like to be cut off in the middle of a major moment. Cena, surprisingly, decided to play ball and walk with Elias, even encouraging the guitarist to play a song — until he took a few too many digs at The Windy City and Cena called him a “jerk” in response.
That led Elias to politely request a do-over, which Cena agreed to as long as he cut out the insults. But just when it seemed like Elias’ heart was about to grow three sizes, he dropped Cena with a punch to the face and challenged him to a match that Raw General Manager Kurt Angle sanctioned on the spot. The woozy Cena was powerless to stop Elias, who chopped the 16-time World Champion down with body blows and powerslam presses that sent him flying across the ring.
Elias was even wise to Cena's signature sequences, rolling out of the ring after a couple of shoulder tackles to avoid the Five-Knuckle Shuffle and twice escaping the STF. It was an impressive performance by any measure. But Cena turned the tide almost instantly, administering the shoulder tackles, spinning slam, Five-Knuckle Shuffle and, finally, the greatest gift of all: An Attitude Adjustment both literal and perhaps figurative to end the match in the very arena where he made his WWE debut all those years ago.
205 Live and Monday Night Raw got their first dose of Hideo Itami last week, and the message was loud and clear: Be very afraid. But The Brian Kendrick, who has always fancied himself smarter than the average bear, decided to see if Itami really belonged. The short answer was yes, and painfully so, as Itami came out swinging — or kicking, rather — in his Raw singles debut.
The Man With a Plan was well on his way to being brutalized until Gentleman Jack Gallagher distracted Itami and gave the former WWE Cruiserweight Champion a chance to brawl his way back into the fight. Yet Itami, psyching himself up periodically by screaming "Show me respect," grinded his way through Kendrick's offense, peppering him with body shots before finally dropping him with a Go to Sleep that nearly turned Kendrick's face to mush.
The announcement of the Women's Royal Rumble Match was momentous enough to momentarily cool hostilities within the Raw Women's division and unite everyone in the shared spirit of making history. But that was last week, and now, Absolution had some beatings to dish out: Paige and her recruits formally dispatched Sasha Banks, Bayley & Mickie James in a victory several weeks in the making.
Banks, Bayley & Mickie wisely focused their efforts on Paige's backup, but Mandy Rose & Sonya Deville turned out to be the difference-makers. It was a breakout effort for both young Superstars, as Deville and Rose isolated Banks with clotheslines and submissions. A quick recovery by The Boss brought Paige into the fray against Bayley, but Absolution saved her from a Bayley-to-Belly pinfall, and the former Divas Champion made good on the bailout by kicking Bayley off the turnbuckle and planting her with the devastating Ram-Paige.
Last week, Raw General Manager Kurt Angle told Heath Slater & Rhyno they needed to “toughen up” if they wanted to keep receiving opportunities in Raw's Tag Team division, which The Man Beast took to mean his partner needed to be put through the ringer a bit. As it turns out, Rhyno's plan was to send Slater into battle against Kane, which went south in a hurry for the beleaguered One-Man Band.
The going got so tough, so to speak, that Slater tried to bail on the match, but a pep talk from Rhyno gave him something of a second wind ... for all of about five seconds until Kane decked him and administered the Chokeslam for three. The Big Red Machine had punishment in mind for Rhyno as well, but The Man Beast threw hands to put Kane on his heels. Even so, The Devil's Favorite Demon would not be denied as he marches toward a Triple Threat Universal Title opportunity at Royal Rumble. Right as Rhyno turned on the jets to administer the Gore, he ran straight into Kane's gloved grip and received a Chokeslam of his own.
One-hundred forty-six consecutive lumps of coal later, and all Curt Hawkins wanted for Christmas was a win. Alas, he'll have to wait until New Year's. The Prince of Queens came to the last Raw of 2017 with an open challenge that he had hoped would finally put his legendary losing streak to an end. Finn Bálor answered the call and made quick work of the former Tag Team Champion, shaking off a nail-bitingly close roll-up attempt to administer a breathtaking Coup de Grâce that caught enough air to make Kris Kringle blush.
Bray Wyatt hasn't thrown hands with Matt Hardy since before he became “Woken,” but The Reaper of Souls’ back-and-forth with the former Raw Tag Team Champion finally turned physical for the first time in nearly a month. Secure in the notion that his “fireflies’ outnumbered Hardy's Woken Warriors, Wyatt made his way to the ring, only to be surprised when Hardy appeared in the flesh behind him and attacked. Hardy narrowly missed on a Twist of Fate, but he sent The Eater of Worlds running for cover all the same. As the final insult to Wyatt, Hardy led the WWE Universe in a “Delete” chant, turning Wyatt's fireflies into Woken Warriors before his very eyes.
What do you get the man who has everything? Well, if the man in question is Enzo Amore, you hand a loss to him and his Zo Train in a Yuletide-themed Miracle on 34th Street Fight. At least, that was the plan for Cedric Alexander, Mustafa Ali & Akira Tozawa.
Facing Enzo, Drew Gulak & Ariya Daivari dressed up as Santa and his elves (Gulak, of course, was Buddy), the three dynamic Cruiserweights perpetuated season's beatings on their foes in high style. With the exception of a stint from Enzo that put Tozawa on the defensive, it was almost all coal for The Zo Train, especially when Chicago native Mustafa Ali tagged in to brutalize Daivari. The match came down to Amore and Alexander, who will challenge for Muscles Marinara's title next week, and while Gulak ran interference to save Enzo from a candy-cane Kendo stick beating, he wasn't able to spare Daivari from the match-ending Lumbar Check.
Amore couldn't even take post-match solace in Nia Jax's company, as Alexa Bliss spoiled the latest encounter between the two Superstars, under the mistletoe no less. So Alexander gets the win, and if he does it again next week, he'll get his wish: The WWE Cruiserweight Championship.
The good news for Samoa Joe is that Roman Reigns still hasn't beaten him one-on-one. The bad news is that The Samoan Submission Machine missed out on the Intercontinental Title, as Reigns decided that, instead of beating Joe, he'd rather beat Joe up.
In other words, Roman remains Intercontinental Champion, even though a burst of excessive aggression forced the ref to call off the match and award the disqualification win to Joe. It's difficult to blame Roman for the outburst, as Joe's self-proclaimed “systematic destruction of The Shield” tore Dean Ambrose's triceps tendon last week, putting The Lunatic Fringe on the shelf for, potentially, up to nine months. Reigns picked up the torch for his fallen brother in truly brutal fashion; the Intercontinental Champion came out swinging, forcing Joe into the uncommon position of fighting from underneath.
Which, ultimately, he did, landing a suicide forearm that tweaked Reigns’ left arm. The Big Dog fought back with one good arm to force Joe into the corner, but once the champion threw the ref out of his way to continue his assault, he was disqualified. Freed from the constraints of the contest, however, Reigns went to town, dropping his foe with a targeted assault of Joe's shoulder that a squadron of officials was powerless to stop. Joe narrowly avoided Reigns' home-run swing with a steel chair, but the damage may well have been done. Somewhere, Ambrose is most likely smiling. In the backstage area, Seth Rollins visibly was.
The Miztourage had been making their presence known all throughout Raw, pestering Superstars with “Mizmas” carols that seemed more harmlessly annoying than anything else — that is until Raw General Manager Kurt Angle decided to place them in a “Secret Santa Match” where they wouldn't know who they were facing until they were in the ring. Surprise: It's Braun Strowman.
What happened next was both predictable and utterly satisfying for any Superstar who wanted to see The Miztourage suffer, as The Monster Among Men systematically destroyed both Superstars before flattening Bo Dallas with a Running Powerslam for the win (both Dallas and Curtis Axel received Running Powerslams after the bell). Having dispatched two Superstars tonight, the question remains: Are Brock Lesnar and Kane next at Royal Rumble? The Beast will likely have thoughts on the matter when he returns next week.
Alexa Bliss has had a historically good year by anybody's standards, starting 2017 as SmackDown Women's Champion and ending it as Raw Women's Champion. Even if she may have been overly charitable to herself when she took credit for the development of a Women's Royal Rumble Match, it's easy to see why Five Feet of Fury saw herself as the baddest woman on the Team Red roster.
That is, until Asuka came calling. The Empress of Tomorrow officially became the first female Raw Superstar to declare for the Women's Royal Rumble Match, with a declaration within the declaration that she was going to win. Given her spotless record, it's fair to take Asuka at her word when she says she's going to win a match, but just to show she really meant business, The Empress of Tomorrow dropped a frozen Bliss with a lightning-fast kick to the head anyway.
Seth Rollins and Jason Jordan both came to Raw wanting a piece of Samoa Joe. But as far as Kurt Angle was concerned, given that Cesaro & Sheamus keep running interference for The Samoan Submission Machine, The Kingslayer and his son would team to face them instead. To sweeten the pot, The Olympic Hero put the Raw Tag Team Titles on the line, and that gambit paid off in something of a Christmas miracle, or at the very least, a gift to two Superstars who needed a big win.
Rollins was vocally hesitant to team with Jordan, and when the former SmackDown Tag Team Champion took himself out of the running with a hasty attack, it seemed as though The Kingslayer's fears would prove to be well-founded. But Jordan returned at the moment of truth, putting on the same showcase that took Raw's top Superstars to the limit over the last few months. Where those displays weren't enough to seal the deal for Jordan in a singles match, a series of clutch interferences by Rollins made sure they were enough to carry the young Superstar over the hump.
Rollins’ last interference, in which he threw Sheamus into the steel steps, took The Alabaster Gladiator out of the match entirely. Cesaro blasted The Architect with a running European uppercut, but he was flustered enough that Jordan was able to catch him with the Angle Slam-neckbreaker hybrid and land the unlikely duo their first Tag Team Championship together. Jordan had raised Rollins’ ire earlier in the night by claiming he'd be a better partner to The Architect than Dean Ambrose ever could be. Now, he'll get the chance to prove it.
Results
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