This week’s RAW started as the man Becky Lynch was seen standing inside the ring. Adam Pearce was also seen standing in a corner inside the ring. Footage from last week was shown where Becky defeated Bayley inside a Steel Cage with a little help from the returning WWE Hall of Famer Lita.
Becky then expressed hee desire to get added into the WrestleMania title match. She said that she was really obsessed with Bayley and her gang so she could not focus on WrestleMania. Bayley came out and made the same claim. She wanted to be in the WrestleMania main event as well.
WWE RAW 13.02.2023 Results & Ratings
WWE Raw Women’s Champion Bianca Belair came out to the arena. She said that it would be an excellent idea to have either of these two women at WrestleMania 39. Adam Pearce made a triple threat match between all three women where if Becky or Bayley won, they would be added into the Elimination Chamber.
Match 1 – The Judgment Day defeated The Street Profits
This match was only four minutes long and it was mostly dominated by The Street Profits. Just like another heel side, The Judgment Day took the most beating on themselves but at the end managed a cheeky victory. Angelo Dawkins was dominating Finn Balor, Dominik Mysterio distracted him and Balor took the advantage of the situation as he pinned him with Coup De Grace.
After the match the Judgement Day kept on beating down the Street Profits. Edge and Beth Phoenix came out to help them. Edge took out Finn Balor as Dominik Mysterio was attached by Beth Phoenix. Rhea Ripley attacked her from behind and nailed her with the Riptide.
Next up is the official contract signing between Brock Lesnar and Bobby Lashley for Elimination Chamber. Brock Lesnar came out first and signed the contract. Bobby Lashley came out next but he did not enter the ring and sat on the entrance stage where a sitting arrangement was made by security guards. After exchange of some heated words, Brock Lesnar attempted to attack Bobby Lashley but got attacked himself. Lashley beat down Lesnar and signed the contract.
Match 2 – Piper Niven defeated Mia Yim
This match was booked for less than 3 minutes and it was a dominating victory for Piper Niven. That is right, Piper Niven totally dominated the match and it was really close to being a squash. Mia Yim never got any real momentum for herself. Niven pinned Mia with a Black Hole Slam.
Sami Zayn was seen inside the ring. He wanted Cody Rhodes to come out and join him in the stage. Sami asked Cody if he actually believed he could be at WrestleMania main event. Cody said it did not matter what he believed, it mattered what Sami believed himself. He had to believe himself to beat Roman Reigns at Elimination Chamber.
Sami Zayn feed that he did not know if he could beat Roman Reigns at Elimination Chamber. He said that Roman Reigns is actually in God mode, he has beaten guys that are way bigger and stronger than Sami. Cody said that he knew he could beat Roman Reigns and the fans knew it to. The next time he would like to see him, he wanted to see him at WrestleMania 39. It was one of the best segments in the recent years of WWE.
Backstage Baron Corbin was being interviewed by Cathy Kelley where he was asked about being abandoned by JBL last week. He expressed his frustration on whatever happened and he loathed on Cody Rhodes for being ‘handed’ the opportunity to face Roman Reigns at WrestleMania 39. He started disrespecting Cody’s family. Cody was behind him who attacked him.
Match 3 – Cody Rhodes defeated Baron Corbin
We went straight into a match between the duo as Cody took him into the arena and a match was announced between the duo. The match was a pretty short, it was only booked for two minutes and it was mostly dominated by Cody. At the end, Cody pinned Corbin with The Cross Rhodes.
Match 4 – Nikki Cross, Carmella, and Asuka defeated Liv Morgan, Natalya and Raquel Rodriguez
This six women tag team match was a preview of the women’s Elimination Chamber match at the Elimination Chamber paperview event that is taking place this Saturday. The match was booked for eight minutes and it was a good match. asuka was shown as the strongest force of this match who made Liv Morgan submit to earn the victory for her side.
Match 5 – Bronson Reed defeated Mustafa Ali
This match was booked for only 2 minutes and it was almost a squash from Bronson Reed. Mustafa Ali got some offences office on but that are mostly negligible. Reed pinned Mustafa Ali with the Tsunami Splash. It was a pretty easy victory for the big man.
Next up is the Miz TV with Seth Rollins being the special guest. In this segment they talked about elimination chamber and the potential match between Seth Rollins and Logan Paul at WrestleMania 39. Of course they did not address the match but it looks like it is heading towards this particular direction. At the end of the segment Austin Theory got involved and it became physical. Theory was the only man standing at the end the other two were beaten down.
Match 6 – Rick Boogs defeated The Miz
Oh my god another squash! Did you see so many squash matches in one single episode of Smackdown or RAW before? As Miz was already beaten down by Seth Rollins during the previous segment, it was easy for Boogs to squash him in this match.
Match 7 – Bianca Belair defeated Bayley and Becky Lynch in a triple threat match
This was the only good match of the night which was booked for 18 minutes and it was nothing less than a paper view standard match. However it did not have to go on for such a long time. It shows that WWE RAW did not have much to offer so they had to book their final match for nearly 20 minutes.
At the end of the match, all 6 members from the Elimination Chamber match got involved into this match and started fighting each other. Bianca Belair pinned Bayley after she put Becky on top of her with the KOD. So the Elimination Chamber match stays among six women only. Bianca Belair celebrated as this week’s RAW went off air.
Overall it was a very average week of RAW. This week This week’s show was an eye opener that how Monday Night RAW lacks everything, how it is an over looked show right now. There is no World Championship segment, no Tag Team Championship segment, no Women’s Tag Team Championship segment. You have nothing to see in a 3 hour long show.
Throughout it was a boring show with some boring matches. There were indeed some good moments of course, the one with Cody Rhodes and Sami Zayn was excellent. But half of the matches were squash. There were no other segments that could excite the fans. This is not what you could expect from a three hour long show. We give this week’s RAW 1.5 out of 5.
Sportzwiki Ratings – 1.5/5