1/23 WWE RAW Results

Posted by admin on January 23rd, 2024

1/23 WWE RAW Results – We see CM Punk and Cody Rhodes arriving at the arena for thei face to face confrontation scheduled for later tonight.

We are live from the Smoothie King Center in New Orleans, LA, as Seth Rollins make his way to the ring wearing a knee brace. Seth takes in the serenading from the crowd and he starts to tear up when the crowd chants ‘Thank You Seth’.

Seth welcomes everyone to Raw. He finally does begin and talks about how he defended his title against Jinder Mahal and heard his knee snap.

Rollins said he could tell instantly he might be out for a long time. He then had to come to the realization that he might be forced to miss WrestleMania. Fans chant “No! No!” He says he appreciates that but he still had an MRI to get.

He said he got the results and they told him he has a grade two tear of his MCL, a partially torn medial meniscus as well and with surgery, he’s looking at three to four months on the sidelines.

He says if it were up to him, he’d be back in the ring next week stomping heads in. He says unfortunately it’s not up to him. He says “we don’t really know what the future holds, so I’m taking it day-by-day and week-by-week….”

GUNTHER Confronts Seth Rollins

Before he can continue, the Imperium theme hits and out comes the WWE Intercontinental Champion accompanied by Ludwig Kaiser and the returning Giovanni Vinci. GUNTHER looks down at the knee brace on Rollins after stepping into the ring.

Rollins breaks the ice and says if they’re out here to attack him, just do it and get it over with. GUNTHER says they’ve got a match against New Day and he should be worried about him.

He says Rollins has been avoiding him and he felt the need to come out and tell him what he thinks of him. GUNTHER then goes on to talk about how he was labeled a work horse but then goes on to threaten him a bit. Rollins says he should have let him finish.

Rollins says he doesn’t give a damn what doctors say and he will take this title into WrestleMania and he will do every single thing in his power to walk out of WrestleMania as the WWE World Heavyweight Champion.

GUNTHER says he’s gonna win the Royal Rumble on Sunday and then choose him as his opponent for WrestleMania. He says he’s gonna target Rollins’ knee and back and beat him to become the WWE World Heavyweight Champion.

Rollins appreciates that and tells him to remember who he’s coming after. GUNTHER says he better remember who’s coming after him. They shake hands.

The New Day vs. Imperium

As GUNTHER goes to walk off with Imperium, New Day run out and attack Kaiser and Vinci. We head to a break.

Kofi Kingston and Xavier Woods vs. Ludwig Kaiser and Giovanni Vinci

The match is joined in progress and Vinci with a running cross body to Kofi. Vinci with a chop and kicks. Kofi with punches. Vinci with an Irish whip and Kofi with a missile drop kick. Kofi with kicks and Woods tags in. They kick Vinci in the corner. Woods with a forearm and chops. Vinci with a hot shot and a Northern Lariat. Kaiser tags in and he punches Woods. Kaiser with a kick to the chest and then he punches Woods in the corner. Kaiser with a chop and kicks. Woods with chops but Kaiser with forearms in the corner. Woods blocks a kick and he chops Kaiser a few times followed by an enzuigiri. Kaiser goes to the floor. Woods sends Vinci to the floor with a back body drop. Kaiser pulls Woods out of the ring and then Vinci with a back drop driver onto the apron. Kaiser sends Woods into the ringside barrier while Kofi distracts the referee.

Kofi checks on Woods as we go to commercial.

We are back and Woods and Vinci exchange chops. Vinci with a kick to the knee and an Irish whip but he runs into a thrust kick. Kaiser tags in and so does Kofi. Kofi with a springboard chop to Kaiser and he knocks Vinci off the apron. Kofi with punches and then he punches Vinci. Kofi clotheslines Kaiser over the top rope and hits suicide dives on Vinci and Kaiser. Kofi punches Kaiser. Vinci with a drop kick through the ropes and he kicks Kofi. Woods with a drop kick through the ropes into Kaiser and Vinci. Woods and Kofi with punches to Kaiser and Vinci. Kofi sends Kaiser into the ringside barrier and the referee calls for the bell.

Double Count Out

Kofi and Vinci fight into the crowd while Woods and Kaiser fight by the timekeeper’s area. Kofi and Vinci continue to go into the crowd. Woods with a knee but Vinci punches Kofi. VInci sends Woods into the ring post and over the ringside barrier. Kaiser kicks Woods and Vinci with a forearm to Kofi. Kaiser gets a steel chair while Vinci punches Kofi. Vinci holds Kaiser and Woods stops Kaiser from hitting Kofi with the chair. Woods goes after Vinci with punches. Woods and Kaiser fight on the production case.

Woods looks around and he gets Kaiser up on his shoudlers. Vinci makes the save and they punch Woods. Kaiser and Vinci set for a double suplex through a table but Kofi blocks it and all four men go through the tables.

We go to commercial.

– We are back with a look at what we just saw from The New Day and Imperium.

– We take a look at Drew McIntyre and Damian Priest with a video package.

Backstage:

The Judgment Day are in their clubhouse watching monitor. Rhea says she talked to Adam Pearce and she found out him and Finn are defending the tag titles against DIY. Priest says he isn’t looking to fight everyone. He doesn’t have a big head being on the cover of a video game. He tells Rhea not to go into Pearce’s office. Priest says he will take care of Drew. Rhea tells Dom and JD they should have taken care of DIY. Rhea asks Finn what is so funny. He tells Finn that he will be ringside with JD for Dom’s match.

– Jackie Redmond is with Ivy Nile and Maxxine Dupri. Maxxine says that Valhalla isn’t ready for Ivy. Julius and Brutus show up and Ivy says he has this.

We go to commercial.

Ivy Nile vs. Valhalla

Ivy gets Valhalla up and Valhalla gets back to her feet and rakes the eyes. Ivy with a snap mare but Valhalla with a knee and punches in the ropes.

We see Nikki Cross pacing at the stage.

Valhalla with a running forearm on the floor. Valhalla sends Ivy back into the ring and Ivy with a forearm. Valhalla with a head butt and Ivy misses a few kicks but Ivy with a round kick. Ivy with an uppercut and European uppercut. Ivy with a head scissors take down. Valhalla with a pop up head butt and Valhalla uses the ropes and the referee stops the count. Valhalla gestures to Maxxine for narcing her out. Valhalla misses a knee but she sends Ivy to the apron. Valhalla with an elbow and she sets for a superplex. Ivy sends Valhalla into the ring post. Ivy with a super bulldog for the three count.

Winner: Ivy Nile

Backstage:

We go to Kofi and Xavier in the hallway and Jey Uso shows up with ice bags. He says he is proud of them. Jackie interrupts and asks about Imperium and where does it end. Woods says they are sick of people walking into WWE that they don’t do this. They are twelve time champions for a reason. Kofi says people have this confused. They see all of the other stuff so they think they can’t do it when necessary. Kofi says Jey is not the only one thinking of winning titles. They want the big boss. Kofi says he is challenging Gunther for the IC TItle next week.

– We see KAIenFiVE walking in the background.

We go to commercial.

In the Arena:

Nia Jax comes to the ring when we return and she babbles about how dominant she is and yadda, yadda, yadda until Becky Lynch’s theme hits. “The Man” comes out and gloats about how much everyone backstage dislikes Nia Jax, likely because she injured half of them.

As they continue to talk they bring up the Royal Rumble, which causes the Damage CTRL theme to hit and Bayley to come out. She tells them they’re both gonna lose at the Rumble. She yells at one fan to shut up as she walks into the ring.

Bayley says she’s gonna win the Royal Rumble and she’s gonna be the one pointing to the WrestleMania sign. Bayley goes after Lynch but then Jax takes her out. Lynch fights back and starts drilling Jax. She turns and takes out Bayley with a Man-Handle Slam. Jax fights back and throws Lynch out before dropping a leg on Bayley.

–– Here is what’s in store for tonight’s show ––