WWE: RAW Full Results: January 29, 2018
Jan 30, 2018 at 3:59 PM
After the Royal Rumble PPV, it was time for WWE Raw to lead the storylines to the biggest stage of them all.
However, there will be a stop before that in the form of elimination chamber for which preparations got started, last night. Some big fallouts were also in-store from the bygone PPV. Check out the results from the show took place at the Wells Fargo Center in Philadelphia, Pennsylvania.
Stephanie McMahon kicked off this week’s edition of WWE Raw addressing the historic Royal Rumble match from Sunday. Another announcement was made by the commissioner where the first-ever women’s Elimination Chamber match was confirmed. Alexa Bliss will be defending the title inside it. Plus, Asuka was challenged by Sasha Banks in the opening segment setting up a singles match.
The opening contest took place between Kane and Braun Strowman. It was a Last Man Standing match and also a qualifier for the men’s Elimination Chamber match. Strowman dominated the entire match and put Kane down. After that, he toppled the announced table on top of the big red machine to get the win and be the first man to compete in this year’s chamber structure.
Another qualifying match took place between Elias and Woken Matt Hardy. The weird superstar was in firm control of the match by delivering a Side Effect to Elias. He was about to finish the match with the Twist of Fate when Bray Wyatt’s video flashed into the screen. Elias capitalised by hitting the Drift Away to pick up the win and become the second member for Elimination Chamber match.
The Intercontinental Championship rematch took place between Roman Reigns and The Miz. Bo Dallas and Curtis Axel were sent back to backstage by Reigns who attacked with a chair in hand. But they came right back to provide the distraction and digested Superman Punch and Spear. But, this allowed the champion to roll up Reigns for the win.
As confirmed in the opening segment, Sasha Banks challenged Asuka in a hard-hitting contest. The Boss was pulled off all the stops to win the contest applying the Bank Statement on her opponent for two times. But, the Royal Rumble match winner came right back into the contest locking in the arm-bar that forced Sasha to tap out.
Rhyno and Heath Slater faced the Revival in a tag team match which was won by the latter team. The tag team titles were also on the line between The Bar and Titus Worldwide. The champions picked up an easy win by hitting the double team White Noise to retain the championship.
In the main event of WWE Raw, John Cena had the third qualifying match for Elimination Chamber against Finn Balor. Cena was determined to go to Wrestlemania and connected with the AA for a near fall. Balor went for a top rope move, after that which got caught by Cena, once again. Cena delivered a second AA from the second rope for the win. He celebrated to close the show.