Kevin and Corey talk about Rhea Ripley’s performance at the Royal Rumble. Rhea walks in the back as we go to commercial.

We are back with highlight from the Women’s Royal Rumble.

In the Arena:

Rhea Ripley, makes her way to the ring.

Rhea says it has been a while that she has been out here without her Latino Heat or her THE Judgment Day crew, but she wanted all of the attention on her. Two nights ago, I disrupted the status quo. I did the unthinkable, I went the distance and outlasted 29 other women to win the Royal Rumble. Now, I get to choose whichever champion I want to face at Wrestlemania. Rhea says three years ago, she just turned 24 and her career was just getting started and I was the NXT Women’s Champion. I came to Raw and challenged the winner of the Royal Rumble, Charlotte Flair to a match at Wrestlemania. She put her in her place. Rhea looks at the Wrestlemania sign.

The funny thing about Charlotte is that she is always in the title picture. She is at the top of her game and Rhea says she hates to give Charlotte credit but she gets better every year. The normal flow is that Charlotte is at the top. She says she is the disruptor. She does not like the normal flow and she does not like things being overplayed. So, Charlotte, I advise you to enjoy everyone bowing down to the Queen because they are about to rise to Rhea Ripley.

At Wrestlemania, I put you in your place. Charlotte Flair, I choose you.

Backstage:

Byron Saxton waits to talk to The Judgment Day. Byron asks Finn about the latest altercation with Edge. Finn says he thought Edge would have enough by now. Finn tells Edge that he works Mondays. He says that everything Cody has done was his. Cody has been stealing from him for years. Finn is coming to collect.

Finn Balor vs. Cody Rhodes

They lock up and Cody backs Finn into the corner and they go around the ring to a stalemate. Finn taps Cody on the chest and Cody with a drop down uppercut. Cody with a delayed gourdbuster and Finn rolls to the floor. Finn gets back in the ring and they lock up. Balor with a side head lock and he holds on when Cody tries to send him off the ropes. Finn with a side head lock take down. Finn with a kick to the chest.

They lock up and Finn with a waist lock take down into an arm bar and back to a front face lock. Cody with a hammer lock. Finn gets to the ropes to force a break. Cody with chops to Balor. Cody with a forearm to the head and Cody with a sunset flip but you don’t sunset flip Balor. Balor rolls through and Cody blocks a kick. Cody punches Balor on the apron. Cody with an Irish whip and Finn tries to float over but Cody catches Finn. Finn avoids an Alabama Slam.

Finn with kicks to the chest. Finn with chops in the corner and he wraps the arm in the ropes and tries to aggravate the surgically repaired pectoral. Finn with a snap mare and kick to the chest for a near fall. Finn with springboard boots to the chest. Balor hangs Cody over the middle rope and kicks him from the apron. Cody blocks a kick and connects with a dragon screw in the ropes. Cody with Beautiful Disaster to send Finn to the floor. Cody with a suicide dive and they return to the ring. Cody stops Priest and Dom from interfering. Cody floats over Finn and hits a power slam for a near fall. Cody with a forearm to teh back of the head and Finn stops a Cody Cutter. Finn with an elevated elbow drop for a near fall. Finn with elbows to the clavicle.

Finn with an arm bar. Finn with an abdominal stretch. Finn with punches to the ribs and he holds on to an abdominal stretch. Cody with a hip toss to escape. Cody with an elbow drop and he gets a near fall. Cody with an Irish whip and he misses a splash in the corner. Balor with boots to the shoulder. Balor goes up top and Cody stops him. Cody with forearms and Finn fires back. Cody with a chop to the back and he sets for the superplex and hits it. Cody and Finn exchange punches and forearms. Finn with a kick and Cody with a Cody Cutter for a near fall. Cody sets for CrossRhodes but Balor counters. Cody with a kick and Balor with sling blade. Balor sets for the running drop kick but Cody with a super kick for a near fall.

Cody sets for a figure four leg lock but Balor with an inside cradle for a near fall. Cody is kicked through the ropes to the floor in front of THE Judgment Day. Priest, Dom, and Rhea surround Cody but Edge comes through the crowd and Priest goes after Edge. Edge sends Priest into the barrier. Edge punches Dominik. Edge spears Dom on the floor. Rhea attacks Edge with forearms. Beth Phoenix comes out and spears Rhea.

Meanwhile, back in the ring, Cody gets back into the ring. Balor with a double leg take down and double stomp. Balor with a drop kick to send Cody into the turnbuckles. Balor goes up top and Edge gets on the apron. The referee tells Edge to get down but that allows Cody to get out of the way of Coup de Grace. Cody with not one, not two, but three CrossRhodes for the three count.

Winner: Cody Rhodes

We go to credits after various replays of the match.

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Out at number 25 is Austin Theory. Edge, meanwhile, chases The Judgment Day to the back. He ends up brawling with Balor and Priest in the aisle. Rhea Ripley comes out and starts beating on Edge but then from behind, Beth Phoenix appears and the crowd goes wild. She blasts Ripley with a Spear to pop the crowd again.

Women’s Royal Rumble Match

We shoot to ring announcer Samantha Irvin, who informs us that it is now time for the 30-woman Royal Rumble match. With that said, she begins the brief explanation of the rules and when she wraps up, Rhea Ripley’s theme hits and out comes The Judgment Day member as entrant number one.

“It looks like mami is in for a long night,” says Corey Graves on commentary as she emerges from the back and heads down to the ring. She settles inside the squared circle and her music dies down.

Now in as the second entrant is former SmackDown Women’s Champion Liv Morgan. Michael Cole reminds us that Morgan claimed she wanted to enter this match in the number one spot. He says this is just as good.

Morgan and Ripley start the women’s Royal Rumble match off as the bell sounds to get this one underway. Ripley pounds the crap out of Morgan for the first minute or so and just as Morgan starts to take over on offense, Dana Brooke comes out as the third entrant.

Dana Brooke comes in with a Barbie inspired Margot Robbie look, as Corey Graves points out on commentary. She hits a big super-plex on Morgan off the top-rope and when the countdown clock expires, Emma comes out as the number four entrant.

As the four women in the match thus far duke it out in the ring, the countdown clock appears again and out comes Shayna Baszler as the fifth participant to enter the match. She dominates for a while as the commentators sing her praises for her past work in Rumble matches.

The countdown clock appears again and when it expires this time, out comes Damage CTRL’s Bayley as the latest entrant. She mixes it up with the other competitors in the bout and then the seventh entrant comes out, none other than B-Fab from Hit Row. Within 36 seconds, Rhea Ripley eliminates her.

Out at number eight is NXT Women’s Champion Roxanne Perez. The Texas native who is from Laredo makes her way to the ring as the commentators sing her praises and remind everyone she is a Booker T standout student from Reality of Wrestling.

Perez hits some nice spots and lets out a nice war scream to get the fans to pop. The countdown clock appears and when it expires, out at number nine is another Damage CTRL member, Dakota Kai.

Dana Brooke and Liv Morgan start to beat down Damage CTRL members Dakota Kai and Bayley. When the countdown clock hits and runs out again, the third Damage CTRL member Iyo Sky hits the ring and makes the save for Bayley and Dakota Kai, stopping them from being eliminated by Brooke and Morgan.

Emma avoids elimination but moments later, Dana Brooke isn’t as lucky, as she gets eliminated. Emma is eliminated by Dakota Kai a few seconds later. Roxanne Perez nearly eliminates Dakota Kai but she avoids being dumped out.

Perez ends up getting eliminated and then the countdown clock expires and out comes Natalya. Michael Cole reminds everyone that Shayna Baszler broke her nose the last time we saw her and immediately the camera shows Baszler doing the Vince McMahon “gulp” facial that he’d make when the glass would shatter for “Stone Cold” Steve Austin’s entrance.

Nattie goes straight after “The Queen of Spades,” taking it to “The Submission Magician” with a vengeance as the commentators sing the praises of the women’s wrestling legend. Out at number 12 in the women’s Royal Rumble for her third Rumble appearance is Candice LeRae. She goes right after Dakota Kai upon entering the ring.

We see Natalya avoid being eliminated by Baszler. She nearly throws Baszler out but the refs claim only one of her feet hit the floor. Baszler slaps her choke finisher on Nattie and then Damage CTRL comes over and eliminates them both.

Zoey Stark from NXT comes out as the 13th entrant in the match. She battles with the women in the ring and then Xia Li comes out as the fourteenth entrant in the match. LeRae is eliminated by Damage CTRL and then the countdown clock appears again. When it expires, the familiar sounds of Becky Lynch’s theme hits and out comes “The Man” as entrant number 15.

A bunch of the members in the match go under the bottom rope and they all gang up and beat down “Big Time Becks” outside of the ring. The Damage CTRL trio continue to work her over, throwing her into the barricade and leaving her laying before taunting the commentators.

Now the theme hits to bring out entrant number 16 — Tegan Nox. She comes off the top and splashes onto a bunch of the women in the match. At number 17, out comes Asuka to an enormous pop from the San Antonio fans.

She plays the crowd like a fiddle, getting one of the more impressive reactions from the crowd of the night. She eliminates Tegan Nox and then Piper Niven comes out at number 18. You heard that right. Piper Niven. Not Doudrop, although the commentators immediately start with the puns.

The 19th entrant hits and out comes Tamina. She and Niven go at it and then Lynch finally recovers and gets in the ring. The countdown clock strikes down and out at number 20 is Chelsea Green. As soon as Green gets in the ring, Ripley throws her right back out. Michael Cole speculates that she has broken the record at 5 seconds for the fastest elimination ever.

Becky Lynch eliminates Dakota Kai and Iyo Sky but is then eliminated herself by Bayley. Bayley is then eliminated by Liv Morgan. Lynch and Damage CTRL start brawling at ringside as the action continues inside the ring with the participants still in the match.

Zelina Vega comes out dressed as one of the characters in Street Fighter 6, the video game. Michael Cole informs us that she is one of the voices in the new video game. She settles inside the ring as the latest entrant. Vega takes out Rhea Ripley and then she eliminates Xia Li.

The countdown clock appears again and when it expires this time, Raquel Rodriguez’s theme hits and the hometown favorite of the San Antonio crowd comes out to a big pop and makes her way to the ring. She dukes it out with Vega in the ring and then the clock appears again. It expires and out at number 23 is Mia Yim “Michin.”

We see the countdown clock appear again and when it expires out at number 24 is Lacey Evans. Evans dominates some of the participants and then tells the fans to stand and salute her.

The countdown clock appears again and after being shown as a cameo in the front row earlier, Michelle McCool’s theme hits and we see her stand up from her seat in the front row, take her jacket off, tell her kids she loves them and then hops up on the barricade to pose before heading into the ring and immediately duking it out with Piper Niven. The fans break out in loud “You still got it!” chants. McCool then eliminates Tamina.

After another clock appears and expires, out comes another NXT talent as Indi Hartwell runs down to the ring as the next participant in the match. The countdown clock appears again and when it expires this time, the number 27 entrant, Sonya Deville, comes out. Zoey Stark is quickly eliminated by Deville.

Lacey Evans locks Zelina Vega up in a standing camel clutch while on the middle ropes. She ends up dropping her out on the floor from all the way up there for the latest elimination. Out at number 28 next is Shotzi in the T.C.B. Tank.

Deville makes another elimination, tossing Indi Hartwell out and ending her night early. Out at number 29 comes Nikki Cross. She sprints to the ring as Corey Graves calls her Usain Bolt. She hits the ring and doesn’t bother taking her ring jacket off, instead immediately mixing it up with everyone in reaching distance.

Out of nowhere without a countdown clock, the theme for Nia Jax hits. We see the countdown clock at number seven appear on the screen as she makes her way out. Odd. Anyways after the production glitch, we hear the crowd react and the commentators over-react to Nia Jax making her way to the ring for her return WWE appearance as the surprise entrant in the 30th and final spot.

Every single woman in the match all gang up together and go at Nia Jax. She ends up fighting them all off. Then Raquel Rodriguez and Nia Jax go face-to-face and we’re supposed to look at this as competitive moments after Rodriguez and the rest of the women in the match couldn’t collectively.

Nia Jax fights everyone off and continues to beat down anyone in sight, stopping to shriek out about how she is the best. Rhea Ripley nearly scooped Jax up from behind, but Jax avoids it. Ripley hits on her some more and then does, in fact, hoist her up (sort of) for a Rip-Cord. The women all gang up again and then throw Nia Jax over the top-rope to eliminate her.

We’re down to the final ten in the match, as all 30 have entered, and Raquel Rodriguez eliminates Lacey Evans. We see Rodriguez fighting it out with Asuka now, while Liv Morgan looks to make an elimination in the background. Rodriguez throws Asuka and Deville over the top, but they each land on the ring apron and start kicking Rodriguez.

Moments later, Deville is eliminated by Asuka. Ripley eliminates McCool.

Shotzi is eliminated, as is “another human,” as Pat McAfee points out on commentary after Piper Niven launches someone over the top for another elimination.

Piper Niven hits a big cannonball spot on Rodriguez in the corner of the ring and then she heads to the middle rope looking for a Vader bomb. Instead, Rodriguez gets under her and lifts her over the top. She then kicks her off the ring apron for the elimination. Ripley and Rodriguez lock up and both go flying over the top, but Ripley hangs on and Rodriguez ends up eliminated.

Ripley runs over and dumps Nikki Cross over the top rope, and Asuka. They both start fighting back at Ripley from outside the ring ropes on the apron while Ripley is in the ring. Liv Morgan runs over and eliminates Cross. We’re down to Ripley, Morgan and Asuka as the final three and the fans give them a standing ovation as they look around at each other.

We see Ripley and Morgan nearly eliminate each other. All three end up on the ring apron outside the ropes, Asuka sprays Morgan with the green mist and then Ripley kicks her to eliminate her. Morgan is blinded by the mist but still in it, and Ripley is still active as well. Ripley picks up a blinded Morgan, who hits a Code-breaker that nearly eliminates her. Ripley holds onto the ropes as her feet dangle, but Ripley gets a headscissors on her and uses her legs to eliminate her. Ripley wins. One hour, one minute and three seconds. Entered number one and won.

Winner of the 2023 Women’s Royal Rumble match: Rhea Ripley

After the match, Ripley sits up and bites the ropes as the music hits. She is all smiles as Asuka and Liv look on from the floor. Ripley hits the corner to pose, and she points up at the WrestleMania 39 sign s the pyro goes off. We see more pyro going off outside of The Alamodome. We go to replays. Ripley continues her celebration while sitting on the top turnbuckle.

Royal Rumble Exclusive 2023 Royal Rumble Post-Show Press Conference 

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We go to commercial.

We are back and Rhea says Mami is here and she is ready for the Royal Rumble. She says she has come close but this year is her year. She will win the Royal Rumble and punch her golden ticket to the Royal Rumble.

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RAW Tag Team Titles Match: The Judgment Day vs. The Usos

We go back to the ring and out comes The Judgment Day – Damian Priest and Dominik Mysterio with Finn Balor and Rhea Ripley. Undisputed WWE Tag Team Champions The Usos, Jimmy Uso and Jey Uso, look on from the corner, and Sami Zayn is on the apron. The Usos will be defending their RAW Tag Team Titles tonight. We get formal ring introductions from Samantha Irvin now.

Priest attacks Jimmy to start. Priest gets sent to the apron, then kicked to the floor. Jimmy looks to nail a dive but he puts the brakes on as Priest moves. Jimmy follows but has to stop and drop Dominik as he approaches from behind. Priest charges and launches Jimmy over the announce table with a big pounce.

They bring it back in and Dominik tags in. Dominik unloads on Jimmy and stomps away to keep him down. Dominik mounts Jimmy with right hands as Rhea Ripley and Finn Balor yell words of encouragement from ringside. Priest tags back in and levels Jimmy with a big kick for a 2 count. Priest puts a knee to the back to keep Jimmy down. We see Paul Heyman, Solo Sikoa and Undisputed WWE Universal Champion Roman Reigns watching from backstage. Priest with a kidney shot while Jimmy is down on the middle rope. Jimmy levels Priest with a lariat out of nowhere.

Jey tags in and unloads on Dominik as he also tags in. Jey mounts offense and nails a Samoan Drop as Ripley barks from ringside. Jey with the Rikishi Splash in the corner for a 2 count. Jey and Dominik trade shots. Jey drops him with a kick. Priest tags in and rocks Jey. Priest doesn’t see the tag, and now he gets double teamed.

Sami rallies the crowd as Jimmy goes to the top but has to come off and knock Dominik off the apron. Priest rocks Jimmy as he tries to fly in from the apron. Priest drops Jey with a big right hand as well. Priest takes turns on both champions, then hits a Broken Arrow to Jey. Priest runs the ropes for a dive but Jimmy superkicks him. Priest levels Jimmy with a superkick of his own to send him to the floor. Priest runs the ring and leaps out, taking The Usos down at ringside. Priest brings Jimmy back in for a big lariat but Jimmy kicks out just in time. Priest can’t believe it, and the same goes for Zayn. Priest kicks Jey off the apron. Jimmy is on Priest’s shoulders now, and Dominik leaps off the top to slam him to the mat. Dominik covers but Jimmy kicks out just in time as Ripley yells at the referee.

Jimmy counters a move and in comes Jey. They level Dominik with double superkicks, then Priest. A second double superkick to Priest puts him down. Jey covers for 2 as Balor looks worried. Jey is limping now. He goes to the top but Balor crotches him. The referee catches Balor, then ejects him to the back as fans go wild. Balor argues with the referee as other officials come to escort him to the back. Jey leaps off the top with a big splash but Priest holds the pin for 2. Jey superkicks Priest. Jimmy follows up with the top rope Uso splash as Ripley screams out. Priest still kicks out somehow. Jimmy runs the ring and leaps out, taking Priest down at ringside.

Jimmy tries to bring Priest back in but his leg goes out. Jimmy is down at ringside as Jey and Sami check on him. The referee also tends to Jimmy now as two medics join them. Fans chant “Sami!” as Jimmy is helped to the back. Adam Pearce comes out and the referee confirms Jimmy can’t continue. Pearce says protocol dictates The Usos must forfeit the match and the titles. Sami says maybe there’s a solution, just wait. He says one Uso is down but Sami Uso is good to go. Sami begs Pearce to let him defend the titles with Jey. Fans pop. Pearce says he did it for The Judgment Day before, so he will let this happen. The match continues now.

We see Reigns, Sikoa and Heyman watching backstage as Sami and Jey rush the ring to brawl with Priest and Mysterio. Jey sends Dominik out but Priest sends Jey out. Sami sends Priest to the floor and nails a big dive as fans pop. Dominik ends up rolling Sami up and using the ropes for leverage, which almost gets the 3 count. Ripley and fans can’t believe it. Sami with a big Exploder to Dominik into the turnbuckles. Ripley is on the apron now. The referee yells at her to get down, allowing Priest to come from behind with South of Heaven to Zayn. Mysterio runs over and covers Sami but he kicks out. Everyone is shocked.Dominik goes for 619 to Sami but Jey cuts him off with a superkick. Ripley is in the ring now, taunting Jey and telling h to bring it, saving Dominik from a superkick. Dominik dropkicks Jey from behind, then nails 619.

Dominik goes to the top and hits the Frogsplash on Jey but Sami breaks the pin up just in time. Priest grabs Sami but misses in the corner, hits the ring post, and falls to the floor. Dominik sends Sami to the floor from behind. Dominik blocks a Samoan Drop. Jey superkicks Dominik. Sami tags in and they hit the 1D to Mysterio in the middle of the ring. Sami covers for the pin to retain.

Winners: The Usos

Rhea Ripley will make history this Saturday: R.A.W Exclusive, 1.23.23

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We go right to the ring and out comes The Bloodline – Solo Sikoa and Undisputed WWE Tag Team Champions The Usos, Jimmy Uso and Jey Uso. We see how Sikoa and The Usos helped Sami Zayn defeat Kevin Owens on SmackDown as a disappointed Zayn looked on.

Jey says that the Bloodline is in your city.  Jimmy says you see what the ones are doing each week.  We run Smackdown and Raw every single week.  He says before Solo puts a beating on Ali tonight, they need to address what happened on Friday.

Jey says they hope KO got the message that you don’t cross the Tribal Chief and you will get another lesson at the Royal Rumble.  Jey says they have huge plans for Raw XXX.

Jimmy says there will be an Acknowledgment Ceremony with all generations of family members.

Jey says they will also beat THE Judgment Day next week.

THE Judgment Day’s music plays and they appear on the stage.

Rhea tells them to stop right there.  The only thing that the Bloodline needs to acknowledge is that THE Judgment Day runs Raw.

Finn says not only do they run this show but they ran through the gauntlet and they are running straight for The Bloodline.

They enter the ring and Finn says he wants to thank the Ex Con Dom for stepping up and filling in for his fallen brother to make THE Judgment Day the number one contenders.

Damian says him and Dom are going to handle business with Alpha while you are in the main event.  Priest says those red belts are coming back to Raw.  Damian asks if the Bloodline has stepped up to them.  Why is that?

Ex Con Dom says he knows why.  He asks Mami if he can smell it.  Dom says he smells fear.  They are scared.  Dom asks Jimmy and Jey if they are scared.

Jimmy asks if they are supposed to be scared of Dom.  Jey says they have been champions for 546 days.  They run through all of the teams that they beat.  Jey reminds Dom that they won the titles against Dom and his dad.  At Raw XXX, THE Judgment Day, welcome to the Uso Penitentiary.

Dom says he hears them talking but Dom says you wouldn’t last a minute with the prisoners he was in with.  They called the Usos ‘wannabe Eses’.  The biggest pretender is the one standing in the background.

Solo and Ex Con Dom get in each other’s face and then Rhea gets in Solo’s face.   Solo backs up and then he gets back in Rhea’s face.

Dom with a forearm to Solo and Solo head butts Dom.  Finn and Priest go after The Usos.  Rhea gets back in Solo’s face.  Rhea tells Solo to hit her and Ali with a cross body off the turnbuckles.

We go to commercial.

Backstage

Cathy Kelley is with THE Judgment Day. Cathy asks Finn how does he feel going into his match tonight. Finn says if anyone is ready for a six pack challenge, it is him. Cathy asks them about their tag title match.

Chad and Otis show up and Chad says he cannot believe that he heard how THE Judgment Day went through the tag division.  You barely got past us.  We will take back the win you took from us. Rhea tells Chad to leave before he does something they regret. Dom says he has been pumping iron in the yard all day. Chad says you need to supplement a strong body with a strong mind, but you need to work on both.  He  tells Dom to take some online courses. Dom says you don’t want to know what they would do with people like Chad in prison.

Damian tells them to take a walk. Chad says Otis hasn’t gotten in his steps yet so they will leave.

We go to commercial.

The Judgment Day walk in the back as we go to commercial.

 Dominik Mysterio and Damian Priest vs. Otis and Chad Gable

Dom and Chad start things off and he wants a test of strength but Chad teases going for the leg and Dom goes down to the mat.  Rhea gives Dom some advice.  Dom tags in Priest.  Gable avoids Priest and goes for the leg.  Priest with a gutwrench but Gable gets to his feet.  Gable with a waist lock and Priest misses an elbow.  Priest sends Gable through the ropes to the floor.  Priest with a wrist lock and Gable goes for a drop toe hold but Priest stays on his feet.  Gable avoids a boot and blocks a kick.  Gable with a standing ankle lock and Priest gets to the ropes.  Priest with a boot to the chest.  Priest with a punch and Irish whip.

Priest misses the elbow into the corner and Gable with a dragon screw.  Otis tags in and he struts and hits a body block.  Otis with a wrist lock and Chad tags in and he goes up top with a double sledge to the arm and he knocks Dom down on the apron.  Dom pulls the rope down and Gable goes over the top rope to the floor.

We go to commercial.

We are back and Gable with a triangle in the ropes and Priest tags in.  Priest keeps Chad from making the tag with a forearm.  Priest with kicks to Chad followed by a rolling elbow and an elbow in the corner.  Priest with a Broken Arrow.  Priest knocks Otis off the apron and then puts Gable on the turnbuckles.  Priest with a punch and Dom tags in.  Dom goes to the turnbuckles and sets for a superplex.  Chad pushes Dom off the turnbuckles and Chad with a diving head butt across the ring.  Otis and Priest tag in and Otis with a shoulder tackle and back fist.  Otis with a shoulder tackle to Dom.  Priest boxes the ears and Priest with a thrust kick.  Otis with a power slam for a near fall.  Otis runs into a boot.

Dom tags in and Otis with a splash to both men.  Otis with an Irish whip and splash to Priest but he does not realize that Dom has tagged in.  Priest falls to the mat and Otis sets for the caterpillar.  Gable tags in and Otis goes to the turnbuckles but Dom pulls Gable off the apron.  Gable with an exploder on the floor.  Priest with South of Heaven off the turnbuckles.  Gable with Chaos Theory to Priest and Dom with a rollup for a nraer fall.  Chad with an ankle lock on Dom.  Rhea pushes the ropes to Dom and then distracts the referee.  Priest with South of Heaven to Gable and Dom gingerly rolls onto Gable to get the three count.

Winners:  Damian Priest and Dominik Mysterio

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Cathy Kelley is in the back with Candice LeRae. Cathy asks for an update on Johnny.  Johnny says the doctors told him to take some time off to get back to 100 percent.  Candice is asked what is next and she says she is looking forward to being in the Royal Rumble.

Rhea Ripley walks in the back and she says it is infuriating that Candice is excited to get in the Royal Rumble because she has no chance of winning. Candice says she has as much a chance as Rhea. Candice suggests they do it tonight instead of waiting for Royal Rumble. Rhea says this is a great homecoming gift for Dominik to see Candice squashed like a bug.

Rhea Ripley vs. Candice LeRae

Rhea has some words for Candice and she pie faces Candice.  Candice with chops, forearms, and punches.  Rhea pushes Candice down and misses a boot.  Candice with a rollup for a near fall.  Candice gets a boot up and then she goes to the turnbuckles to try for a tornado DDT but Rhea blocks it and she sends Candice face first to the mat for a near fall.  Rhea with a kick to the back.  Rhea sends Candice into the turnbuckles and follows with a hard Irish whip.  Rhea works on the back and she sends Candice into the corner and connects with shoulders.

Rhea with a forearm to the back and a biel across the ring.  Rhea with another biel to send Candice across the ring again.  Rhea with shoulders in the corner.  Rhea puts Candice on the top turnbuckle and she slaps Candice.  Rhea sets for a superplex but Candice escapes and slides under.  Rhea punches the turnbuckle when Candice moves and Candice with a German superplex.  Rhea misses a boot and goes over the top rope to the floor.  Candice with a drop kick through the ropes and a springboard cross body but Rhea catches Candice.  Rhea swings Candice into the ringside barrier.  Rhea with Prison Trap outside the ring and she swings Candice into the ringside barrier again.

Rhea sends Candice back into the ring.  Rhea with RipTide for the three count.

Winner:  Rhea Ripley

We see THE Judgment Day walking in the garage and it is almost time for MizTV.

Miz TV Segment

We go back to the ring for another must see episode of MizTV and out comes The Miz while Mike Rome does the introductions. Miz welcomes everyone and says he outdid himself tonight. He’s had a lot of notable guests, like John Cena and Undisputed WWE Universal Champion Roman Reigns, but on the first MizTV of 2023, he’s going to give an exclusive look at our justice system. Miz calls on everyone to give it up for The Judgment Day’s bad boy. The music hits and out comes The Judgment Day – Dominik Mysterio, Finn Balor, Damian Priest, and Rhea Ripley. Dominik is dressed like a gang member as Graves talks up his time in jail.

Ripley and Dominik take a seat while Priest and Balor stand. Dominik learned in prison that you always roll with your crew. He also learned that snitches get stitches. Miz says everyone wants to know what happened in jail. Dominik says imagine being locked up with the world’s most dangerous people, not knowing when your next meal is coming, and it’s push or be pushed. He did a lot of thinking and decided he had to do what he had to do if he was ever going to see Ripley on the other side. When life comes at you with terrible changes, you have to just grab it by the balls, kind of how Maryse does with you.

Miz says this isn’t about him. Priest says it sure isn’t. Priest wants Dominik to tell about how he had to set that one guy straight in jail. Dominik recalls how he heard his celly talking about wanting to punch him in the face. Dominik says he slapped the guy and asked him if they had a problem, and that was that. Miz says that must’ve been a traumatic experience. He calls on the crowd to give him a round of applause for telling this traumatic experience. Dominik says he knows exactly how Martha Stewart felt. Miz says his sources told him how Dominik only spent a few hours in county jail. The Judgment Day steps to The Miz now. Miz isn’t sure of Dominik’s story, but Priest threatens him. Miz says maybe he was misinformed. Priest says Dominik will be ringside to watch he and Balor win tonight’s main event, and then they’re coming for Undisputed WWE Tag Team Champions The Usos. Priest goes to threaten Miz again but the music interrupts and out comes Luke Gallows and Karl Anderson of The O.C.

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Balor kicks Anderson but Anderson with a punch and uppercut in the corner. Balor with a chop and shoulders in the corner. Balor with an Irish whip and a running chop in the corner. Anderson with a knee and he sends Balor into the corner and Balor with boots. Anderson with a leg lariat for a near fall. Gallows tags in and they hit a double shoulder tackle. Gallows with elbows to the collarbone. Gallows with a punch and Anderson tags in. Anderson with a chop and Gallows tags back in. Gallows with a punch and he sends Balor into the turnbuckles Gallows with peek a boo uppercuts. Balor with a kick to the leg and Priest tags in.

Gallows with a kick and Irish whip followed by a splash. Priest with a forearm and kicks. Gallows with a round kick to the temple. Gallows misses a boot and Priest kicks Gallows in the leg. Balor tags in and he kicks Gallows in the leg. Balor wraps Gallows’ leg in the ropes. Balor with kicks to the leg. Gallows with a forearm to the back and Priest tags in and kicks Gallows in the leg. Priest with an Irish whip and an elbow in the corner. Gallows blocks a suplex and Priest blocks a suplex. Gallows with a suplex and Anderson tags in.

Anderson with chops and uppercuts. He knocks Balor off the apron and Priest misses a splash into the corner. Anderson with a chop and Priest with an Irish whip. Priest misses a splash in the corner and Anderson with a jumping thrust kick. Anderson punches Balor and then Priest sends Anderson into the ring steps while Balor talks to the referee.

We go to commercial.

We are back and Anderson with a neck breaker to Balor. Gallows makes the tag and he connects with clotheslines and an uppercut. Gallows with a hip into the corner and a flying back elbow. Gallows with a punch and thrust kick to Priest. Gallows with a pump handle slam for a near fall. Anderson tags in and Gallows gets Balor up but Dominik trips Anderson and Balor with a rollup for the three count.

Segment Two: Cedric Alexander and Shelton Benjamin vs. Damian Priest and Finn Balor

Alexander with a suicide dive to Balor and Shelton goes after Priest. Alexander with an Irish whip but Balor with a rollup for a near fall. Alexander with a Michinoku Driver for a near fall. Shelton tags in and he kicks Balor. Shelton with a suplex for a near fall. Balor punches Shelton Shelton with a clothesline and Alexander tags in. Alexander with forearms for a near fall. Alexander with a kick to the back and a rear chin lock. Cedric has some words for Priest and Shelton tags in. Shelton with a forearm to the back and he goes for a power bomb but Balor lands on his feet. Shelton with a spinning heel kick. Priest tags in and Shelton with German suplexes to Priest and Balor. Shelton with a running knee into the corner and Alexander tags in. Shelton sends Priest to Alexander for a jumping knee and he gets a near fall. Shelton sends Balor to the floor. Alexander with elbows to the back and he applies a waist lock. Alexander with a Neuralizer for a near fall. Priest with a forearm but Alexander with a drop kick. Balor tags in and Priest with South of Heaven. Priest stops Shelton and Balor with Coup de Grace for the three count.

Segment Three: Otis and Chad Gable vs. Finn Balor and Damian Priest

We are back and Balor with boots to Gable followed by sling blade. Priest tags in and hits Broken Arrow for a near fall. Priest with a side head lock. Gable with punches to Priest and Priest with an elbow in the corner. Balor tags in and Priest with a snap mare. Balor with a slingshot boot to Gable. Balor with a back breaker and Priest with a leg drop for a near fall. Priest sends Gable to the floor and Balor helps Gable up and chops him. Balor with shoulders against the apron. Balor sends Gable back into the ring and hits an elbow drop to the back.

Balor poses with his foot on Gable’s back. Balor with a reverse chin lock. Balor with a knee to the midsection and he has some words for Otis. Chad with a belly-to-back suplex and both men are down. Otis and Priest tag in and Otis with a shoulder tackle and a spinning back fist. Otis with a body block to Priest and a slam to Balor. Otis with a splash in the corner and then he Irish whips Priest into Balor and Otis with a splash to both men. Otis looks around as Priest falls to the mat and it is time for the Caterpillar and elbow drop. Balor comes off the turnbuckles and Otis catches Balor and hits a power slam. Balor pulls Gable on top of him when Otis hits the Vader Bomb. Priest kicks Otis and hits a clothesline for the three count.

The medical staff checks on Balor who appears to have injured his ribs. Pearce says if Balor is medically disqualified they forfeit. Priest says he will do it himself. Pearce tells Priest they can forfeit or Dom takes Balor’s spot. Priest says Dom will take Balor’s spot.

Dominik Mysterio and Damian Priest vs. Montez Ford and Angelo Dawkins

The Street Profits make their way to the ring as we go to commercial.

Dawkins kicks Dominik and removes his flannel shirt. Ford tags in and he hits a drop kick. Dominik begs for mercy and Ford kicks Dom in the corner. Ford with a chop and Dawkins tags in and chops Dom. Ford tags in and both men chop and kick Dom. Ford with a forearm to the back and Dawkins tags in. We see Balor sitting uncomfortably in a chair at ringside.

Dawkins with a forearm. Dom with punches and kicks. Dawkins with an Irish whip and twisting splash into the corner. Ford tags in and punches Dom. Ford kicks Dom and stomps on the ribs. Ford gets a near fall. Dawkins tags in and he biels Dom across the ring and Priest tags in while Rhea yells at Kevin. Ford wants to tag in and Dawkins allows it. Ford shuffles around and Priest with a punch and he sends Ford into the corner. Priest with punches and kicks in the corner. Dawkins comes in and Priest chokes Ford in the ropes while the referee deals with Dawkins. Priest with a forearm and hard Irish whip. Priest kicks Ford in the ribs and follows with another hard Irish whip. Priest with a forearm. Ford with punches and elbows. Ford with a chop and he flips over Priest. Ford avoids a kick and punches. Priest blocks a kick and Ford with a back fist and Priest is pissed and bleeding from the mouth.

Ford drops down and Priest goes over the top rope to the floor. Dom tries to interfere and Ford chases Dom to the floor but Priest with a POUNCE that sends Ford over the announce table. Dawkins with a flip dive onto Dom and Priest.

We go to commercial.

We are back and Priest punches Dawkins and gets a near fall. Dom tags in and he punches Dawkins. Dom with a reverse chin lock. Dawkins tries to escape the hold but Dom holds on to it. Dawkins with an arm drag and forearms. Dawkins with a sunset flip and he gets a near fall because Dom isn’t his father so you can sunset flip him. Dom with a forearm and Priest tags in and kicks Dawkins. Priest with a slam and he gets a near fall. Ford yells at Rhea and Rhea yells back at him.

Dom tags back in and Dawkins with punches. Dom sends Dawkins into the ropes and Dom sets for a 619 but Dawkins gets off the ropes and hits a flying back elbow. Ford tags in and he hits a cross body onto both en. Ford drop kicks Priest to the floor. Ford with a clothesline and a back heel kick and an enzuigiri. Ford with a belly-to-back suplex and a standing moonsault for a near fall. Dawkins tosses Dom to Ford for a German suplex and Dawkins gets a near fall. Dawkins gets Dom up and Dom gets to his feet and he tags in Priest. Priest with a punch to Dawkins and a leaping flatliner to Ford. Priest with a clothesline to Dawkins for a near fall. Priest goes for a springboard move but Dawkins with a forearm. Ford tags in and Dom makes the tag. Ford with a rana and Dawkins with a kick. Priest sends Dawkins over the ringside barrier and Ford with a flip dive over Dominik onto Priest on the floor. Ford goes up top and hits a 450 splash but Priest pulls Ford out of the ring on the cover. Ford avoids Priest and Priest goes into the ring steps. Dom with a rollup and his feet on the ropes for the three count.

Winner: The Judgment Day

After the match, the music hits as The Judgment Day quickly regroups at the bottom of the ramp as The Profits try to recover in the ring. We go to replays. The music interrupts and out comes The Usos now. The Usos face off at ringside with The Judgment Day, raising their titles in the air. The intense face-off continues as RAW goes off the air.

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Alpha Academy and Judgment Day still to come!

Dom emotes as he talks about life on the inside when he was in prison. He served hard time and survived. Prison changed him and he tells Rhea he will see hr soon.

Byron is backstage with the rest of Judgment Day. Finn says what happened to Dom on Christmas Eve was a miscarriage of justice. Priest knows a guy, Tony and he was able to get Dom out of jail quickly. Priest is great at chewing up the screen in these interviews.

Camp and Stanford discuss Dom in prison and Camp makes sure to note it was a few hours in a holding cell.

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Judgment Day up next!

To the video as The Street Profits got a win over Judgment Day thanks a distraction from Tozawa, who threw a drink into Dom’s face. That leads to Rhea Ripley challenging Tozawa and sure why not? Finn gets involved and Rhea gets the win with Riptide.

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Judgment Day is backstage and they are all sporting purple Santa hats. Saxton brings up the loss to The Street Profits and they call him out for their negativity. It’s all the positivity as The Judgment Day is on the rise. Finn plugs the new Judgment Day Happy Holidays t-shirt. Priest lets us know that Santa doesn’t even like Saxton.

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The Judgment Day vs. The Street Profits

We go right to the ring and out comes The Street Profits – Montez Ford and Angelo Dawkins, with Akira Tozawa. Out next comes The Judgment Day – Finn Balor and Damian Priest with Dominik Mysterio and Rhea Ripley. Mysterio is wearing sunglasses due to the mist he took from Asuka last week. The Judgment Day poses on the apron as their opponents look on.

The bell rings and Priest locks up with Ford, trading arm holds on each other. Ford blocks a back-drop and unloads on Priest with kicks into the ropes. Ford goes wild with strikes, then nails a dropkick but Priest is still up. Ford charges but Priest drops him. Priest launches Ford into the corner, then works him over and stomps away. Balor tags in and keeps the attack going on Ford.

We cut backstage and see The Bloodline beating up WWE NXT Superstar Andre Chase, who is at RAW to work the WWE Main Event tapings, and Elias. Sami Zayn and The Usos brag into the camera as Chase gets beat down. Priest and Balor continue dominating the match for the next few minutes, despite Dawkins and Ford trying to turn it around. The Profits are knocked out to the floor while Priest and Balor stand tall in the ring. We go to commercial.

Back from the break and Ford drops Balor with a DDT. Dawkins tags in and runs wild, knocking Priest down on the apron, then going to work on Balor. Priest runs in but Dawkins nails a Spinebuster, then the corkscrew elbow to Balor in the corner.

Dawkins sends Balor to the floor. Dawkins runs the ring but Priest nails him with South of Heaven, not seeing Ford tag in. Ford with a Frogsplash to Priest. Balor covers Ford for a close 2 count as a concerned Ripley looks on. Ford rocks Balor with an enziguri. Balor quickly recovers and they go at it. Balor with a Slingblade. Balor with a running corner dropkick to Ford.

Tozawa walks over and has words with Ripley and Mysterio, which distracts Balor. Tozawa throws liquid from his red Solo cup into Mysterio’s face, which aggravates his eye injury from last week. The distraction allows Ford to roll Balor up for the pin to win.

Winners: The Street Profits

After the match, The Profits and Tozawa head to the ramp to celebrate as the music hits. We go to replays as The Judgment Day tries to recover. Graves says that wasn’t water in Tozawa’s cup, he can smell it. Ripley marches up to the ramp and yells at Tozawa, then drops him with a single shot. Ripley calls Tozawa to the ring, saying he will fight her if he’s man enough. Ripley returns to the ring to wait on Tozawa. The Profits hype Tozawa up as we go back to commercial.

Akira Tozawa vs. Rhea Ripley

Back from the break and The Street Profits are still trying to talk Akira Tozawa into the match. The bell rings and he hesitates but enters the ring as Rhea Ripley looks on. Th rest of The Judgment Day watches from ringside near the announcers.

Tozawa rushes in and ducks a kick but gets kicked by Ripley. Tozawa counters and Ripley taunts him, telling him to hit her. Ripley attacks and turns him inside out. Ripley covers for a 2 count.

Ripley stomps away in the corner now as the referee counts. Ripley stops to pose for boos from the crowd. Ripley launches Tozawa across the ring and he hits the turnbuckles, then goes down. Ripley stands over Tozawa with big right hands, now to the back of his head as he turns over. Ripley with big forearms to the back of the head now. Tozawa blocks a suplex attempt and tries for one of his own but she hits him in the ribs, then nails a long vertical suplex. Tozawa kicks out at 2.

Ripley grounds Tozawa with a headlock now. Tozawa gets back up but Ripley slams him. Tozawa tries to mount some kind of offense but Ripley catches him for a slam, but he counters and rolls her for a 2 count. Ripley catches Tozawa in mid-air again but he falls to the mat.

Tozawa counters a powerbomb with a hurricanrana, sending Ripley to the floor. Montez Ford mocks Ripley as Dominik Mysterio runs over to check o her. Tozawa runs the ropes for a dive but Finn Balor trips him. Ford and Angelo Dawkins now run over and leap out, taking Balor and Damian Priest down. Tozawa blocks a Riptide.

Ripley runs into the ring post as Tozawa moves. Tozawa knocks Dominik off the apron with a running boot. Tozawa goes to the top for the big senton but Ripley moves and he lands hard. Ripley grabs Tozawa and hits the Riptide for the pin in the middle of the ring to win.

Winner: Rhea Ripley

After the match, Ripley stands tall as the music hits and we go to replays. The Judgment Day poses over Tozawa now.

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We go back to the ring and out comes The Judgment Day – Finn Balor, Damian Priest and Dominik Mysterio with Rhea Ripley. They head to the ring together and Ripley stops to whisper something in Dominik’s ear. The Judgment Day poses on the apron as we go back to commercial.

The Judgment Day vs. The Street Profits and Akira Tozawa

Dawkins and Priest start things off and Dawkins with a side head lock and shoulder tackle but Priest stays on his feet.  Priest blocks a hip toss and Dawkins with a drop kick.  Priest with an Irish whip and Dawkins floats over.  Priest with a forearm and Dominik tags in and he kicks and punches Dawkins.  Balor tags in and he connects with shoulders.  Dawkins with a drop kick to Balor and Ford tags in and Ford with a drop kick.  Tozawa tags in and hits a forearm off the turnbuckles.  Tozawa with a front face lock  Balor with shoulders in the corner and a chop.  Balor with a punch and Irish whip.  Balor with a chop in the corner.  Balor with an Irish whip and he runs into a boot.  Tozawa with a head scissors that sends Balor to the floor.  Priest stops Tozawa from setting up a dive to the floor.

Tozawa chops Priest and then Balor hits Tozawa with a clothesline.  THE Judgment Day pose.

We go to commercial.

We are back and Priest stretches Tozawa and then goes for a hot shot but Tozawa escapes and he tags in Ford.  Ford with punches and a back heel kick.  Ford with a kick and he escapes South of Heaven and connects with a clothesline that does not move Priest.  Ford with a back first and Priest misses a spinning heel kick.  Ford with a blockbuster and a kick from the apron.  Ford with a forearm to Balor and he kicks Dominik.  Priest pushes Ford over the announce table into Kevin.  Rhea has some words for Dawkins before Angelo goes back to his corner.

Ford struggles to get back into the ring but he powers up at nine.  Priest with a clothesline for a near fall.  Dominik tags in and he punches Ford and chokes him in the ropes.  Dominik shimmies to pay tribute to his ‘father’.  Dominik with a suplex and he holds but he decides to tag in Balor.  Balor chokes Ford in the ropes.  Balor with a front face lock.   Ford tries to make his way to his corner to make the tag but Balor stops him.  Dawkins is tagged in but the referere was distracted by THE Judgment Day so the tag is not allows.  Balor with punches and kicks to Ford and then he knocks Tozawa off the apron.  Priest tags in and hits an elbow in the corner.  Balor with a slingshot boot and Dominik with a slingshot senton.  Balor tags in and hits a back breaker for a near fall.  Ford lands on his feet on a belly-to-back suplex attempt and Ford with an enzuigiri and both men are down.

Dawkins tags in and he clotheslines Balor and then he takes care of Priest and Dominik.  Dawkins with a flying back elbow and a twisting splash into the corner and enzuigiri.  Dawkins with a butterfly neck breaker for a near fall.  Balor with an elevated elbow drop to Dawkins and both men are down.  Dominik and Tozawa tag in and Tozawa with punches.  Tozawa with a knee and a back heel kick.  Tozawa misses a spinning heel kick and Dominik with elbows.  Tozawa with a kick from the turnbuckles and a missile drop kick.  Ford with a cross body to Balor.  Priest with a kick to Dawkins and South of Heaven to Ford and a clothesline to Dawkins.  Tozawa sends Priest to the floor.

Dominik with a rollup for a near fall and then Dominik is sent to the floor.  Tozawa with a suicide head butt and he leaps over Dominik when Dominik moves.  Tozawa with a DDT to Balor and then to Dominik.  Tozawa goes up top and Priest with a Razor’s Edge from the apron.  Dominik gets the three count.

Winners: The Judgment Day

After the match, The Judgment Day celebrates as we go to replays.

Raw Talk Recap

To the video as The Street Profits and Tozawa took on Judgment Day. Priest hits a sick Razor’s Edge on Tozawa from the apron and Dom gets the pin.

To the video as Rhea Ripley gets a win over Asuka thanks to Dom. That leads to Dom getting blue mist to the eyes. Asuka takes another loss, but I assume it is leading to Asuka being reborn down the line.

The Judgment Day is backstage with Byron Saxton and Dom is still trying to clear his eyes. Damian says it was a positive night for The Judgment Day. Balor says they won it all tonight and it is thanks to Dom. Priest: “What other legend would step up and eat the mist? That’s my hero right there.” Priest is killing me with his delivery with some of this stuff. Rhea refers to Dom as her Latino Heat and they take their leave.

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