Episode
Raw: January 1, 2018 (Miami, FL)
Overview
The Year of the Beast began in bombastic fashion, as Universal Champion Brock Lesnar found himself in a wild brawl with Kane, requiring a small army of WWE Superstars to restore the peace. Will The Big Red Machine bring that same fire when he faces The Beast Incarnate and Braun Strowman in a titanic Triple Threat Match at the Royal Rumble event?
Details
- Series
- Raw
- Season
- Season 26
- Episode
- Episode 1
- Air date
- 2018-01-01
- Runtime
- 134 min
Episode context
January 1, 2018 (Miami, FL) is Episode 1 in 2018 of Raw. It aired on 2018-01-01. The runtime is 134 min.
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