WWE Monday Night Raw Results With Videos: January 23, 2017

Jan 24, 2017 at 11:51 AM

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WWE Monday Night Raw Results With Videos: January 23, 2017

The go-home episode of WWE Raw took place last night (January 23) at the Quicken Loans Arena in Cleveland, Ohio. It was expected to be one hell of a night which would build up major hypes for the 30th annual Royal Rumble event. Goldberg was already announced for the show and the likes of Brock Lesnar, Undertaker were also expected to showcase their presence. Here’s what transpired on the show:

Roman Reigns got his US title rematch

WWE Raw kicked off in a chorus of cheers and boos as Roman Reigns’ music hit the arena. The shark cage was placed in the middle of the ring as he claimed to be the new Universal Champion, come this Sunday. Jeri-KO interrupted to have another confrontation with him. Reigns demanded his US title rematch from Chris Jericho and Kevin Owens accepted on his behalf to set up the match.

 

Cesaro vs. Luke Gallows

We now know that Sheamus and Cesaro will defend their Raw Tag Team titles in the Royal Rumble kick-off, this Sunday. Karl Anderson interference allowed Luke Gallows to connect with a big kick and a facebuster to get the pinfall on Cesaro.

 

Sami Zayn vs. Seth Rollins

As per Stephanie McMahon’s instructions, this match took place with the stipulation that if Rollins loses, he’ll also lose his Royal Rumble spot. It was a classic bout between the two fan favorites. In the middle, Triple H’s music played to cause a distraction for Rollins. Sami took the upper hand by a quick roll up to pick up the win and Rollins’ Rumble spot.

 

Cruiserweight Division Six Man Tag Match

This was as Tag Team match as the team of Jack Gallagher, Mustafa Ali and TJ Perkins took on the team of Daivari, Drew Gulak, and Tony Nese. Ali hit the reverse 450 splash on Gulak to pick up the win.

 

Huge eight man Tag Team match

This huge Tag Team match was contested on WWE Raw between the team of Kofi Kingston, Big E, Enzo Amore and Big Cass vs. Braun Strowman, Rusev, Jinder Mahal and Titus O’Neil. Prior to the match, Rusev and Big Cass told that they are entering the Royal Rumble match. Strowman power-slammed Enzo to get a quick pinfall. After the match, Big Show confronted Strowman to get a huge pop from the crowd. The giant was officially declared as a contestant of the Rumble match.

 

 

Roman Reigns vs. Chris Jericho (US championship match)

This might be the umpteenth time that we saw this match on WWE Raw. However, this time the match did not last long as Owens attacked reigns in the middle. The shark cage was lowered after Owens’ signal. Reigns fought back and put Owens inside the shark cage. The cage was pulled above side as Reigns delivered a spear to Jericho to finish off the segment.

 

 

Nia Jax vs. Ray Lyn

Nia Jax picked up another dominant victory over a rookie on WWE Raw. After the match, Sasha Banks came down to the ring to seek revenge and started hitting Nia with the crutch. She put the big woman down with the double-knees to end the segment.

 

Rich Swann vs. Noam Dar

It was a non-title match. Swann connected with his Swann-song superkick to pick up the win. After the match, the champ called out Neville. Neville’s music hit and he appeared on the ramp but he decided to leave. Swann took him out with suicide dive. Neville retreated as Swann wanted more of him right there.

 

 

Charlotte and Bayley talked about their match at Royal Rumble

 

 

Goldberg returned on WWE Raw

Goldberg came out with his spectacular entrance. As he went to address this year’s Royal Rumble match, Paul Heyman interrupted him. Brock Lesnar followed him to have a face-off with the man who beat him at Survivor Series. As the two got inside the ring, the Undertaker’s gong hit and the lights went out in the arena. When they came back we saw Taker standing between these two. The crowd went nuts to see this incredible scene as we went off air.

 

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