Update on December 26 WWE Raw episode

It appears that WWE won’t be airing a new episode of Raw the day after Christmas.

On last night’s edition of Wrestling Observer Radio, Dave Meltzer noted that WWE won’t be taping next week’s episode of Raw tonight. While not confirmed, it looks like WWE will be airing a type of “Best Of” episode on December 26 instead.

Meltzer said:

By the way, tomorrow for the Raw, it is only a single taping, from what I was told. Two weeks ago, it was like it’s either going to be a double taping or it will be a single taping and a ‘Best Of’ show on the 26th because they’re not taping on the 26th. So I guess — I haven’t been told it’s a ‘Best Of’ show, but when I was told two weeks ago it’s going to be one or the other, it is certainly not the one because I was told today that they are taping one show tomorrow.

The Raw roster will be in Columbus, Ohio for a holiday tour house show on December 26. There’s also a SmackDown house show at Madison Square Garden that night.

This Friday’s episode of SmackDown has already been taped in advance. Spoilers for the show can be found here.

SmackDown will be back live on Friday, December 30. Raw will be live on Monday, January 2.

Tonight’s Raw is taking place live from the Wells Fargo Arena in Des Moines, Iowa.