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Raw: January 13th, 2024

Cody Rhodes and AJ Styles join forces against Sam Rigleer and Bobby Lashley! + A Crossover show and Becky Lynch returns to Raw!

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WRESTLEMANIA BACKLASH IS 2 WEEKS FROM SUNDAY!

🔻 BACKSTAGE: Adam Pearce offers a WWE Title match to Cody Rhodes. Raw opens to Sam Rigleer waiting for WWE Official Adam Pearce in his office where Pearce later informed Sam Rigleer that because of his actions towards Cody Rhodes this past Monday on Raw, Cody will be getting a WWE Title match against Bobby Lashley and AJ Styles in spite of Sam Rigleer.

Last week on Raw, Sam Rigleer ambushed Cody Rhodes during his first match on Raw against AJ Styles in the main event. A match that would have determined the fate of the WWE Title picture in the upcoming premium live event WrestleMania Backlash!

🔴 Charlotte Flair leaves the ring to Rhea Ripley and Ronda Rousey: 8min*

Back to the ring where the Undisputed WWE Women's Champion Charlotte Flair makes her grand entrance, she sums up the previous weeks of her interactions with Ronda Rousey and Rhea Ripley as 'humiliating and desperate' because Ronda Rousey has been begging for a rematch that she still has not been granted and to Flair, a rematch with Rousey makes no sense since she was not a champion heading into WrestleMania.

Ronda Rousey comes out next to confront Charlotte Flair's claims explaining them as 'cowardly' and 'unworthy of a champion' she then adds that she took out Rhea Ripley this past Friday on SmackDown so that no one stays between her and Flair.

However, The Nightmare Rhea Ripley is not one to back down. She immediately comes out to confront Rousey for ambushing her recklessly last week and meanwhile, Charlotte Flair leaves the ring to the two individuals as they trade words.

Rhea Ripley and Ronda Rousey engage in a brawl which was terminated when WWE Officials got involved.

**Still to come: Cody Rhodes and Sam Rigleer to come face-to-face! + Becky Lynch is HERE! + Chapter 3 of the Lacey Evans Story!

🔴 AWE-MOS(c) vs. Ziggler & Roode - Championship Contenders Match: 7min*

The former Raw Tag Team Champions Ziggler & Roode look to regain the championship train if they can defeat the current champions AWE-MOS (Miz & Omos) tonight on Raw!

Ziggler & Roode pinned The Miz and ran away with the Raw Tag Team Titles like they have done last week!

🔻 VIDEO: Shirai & Naomi take Doudrop & A.S.H. bowling in the mall.

Last week on Raw, Doudrop & Nikki A.S.H wanted to fix their broken team so they joined The Miz on a special episode of "Miz TV: Friendship Edition" which ended worse than it began... later that night, the team of Io Shirai & Naomi promised they'll be able to put Doudrop & A.S.H back on the same page.

Earlier today, Io Shirai & Doudrop took Doudrop & Nikki A.S.H to the mall to have some fun and resolve their differences at the same time. First, they went to bowl and it was there where it got super competitive between the two so they decided to go try something else...

🔴 Finn Balor returns for revenge against Veer Mahan: 6min*

Veer Mahan goes one-on-one with Mace on Raw!

Veer Mahan defeated Mace but after the match the Intercontinental Champion Finn Balor returned to get revenge against Veer Mahan!

It was two weeks ago on Raw when Finn Balor did an open challenge for his title but was ambushed by a debuting Veer Mahan who left him crushed on the mat.

Finn Balor is Back!

*Still to come: Becky Lynch returns to Raw for the first time since WrestleMania + Cody Rhodes comes face-to-face with Sam Rigleer!

🔴 Baszler & Natalya have their eyes set on Bliss & Banks: 6min*

The WWE Women's Tag Team Champions and the most beloved team on the Raw roster, Sasha Banks & Alexa Bliss, are here on Raw for their next step!

The champions successfully retained their titles after defeating Belair & Morgan last week on Raw but are they ready for what looks like their next challengers in Shayna Baszler & Natalya!?

🔻 BACKSTAGE: New Day help R-Truth in 24/7 Title madness.

The New Day help R-Truth keep his 24/7 Title in a wild pursuit in the backstage area.

🔴 Seth Rollins w/Mustafa Ali vs. Mansoor: 7min*

Last week while walking backstage on Raw, The Visionary and Mustafa Ali crossed paths with Mansoor who said "Hi" and shook Mustafa Ali's hand which infuriated Seth Rollins and he completely snapped and attacked Mansoor ruthlessly! Mustafa Ali watched the attack in shock!

This week on Raw, Mansoor was given a match with Seth Rollins where he can settle the score while Mustafa Ali watches from Rollins' corner.

Rollins defeated Mansoor after multiple nearfalls where Ali did not interfere to help Rollins!

The visionary was left angry and livid at the change of attitude of Mustafa Ali despite a win here tonight.

🔴 Happy Talk x KO Show with Ezekiel & Nakamura: 8min*

A huge crossover show! Happy Corbin and Kevin Owens come together to bring you the best of both shows a "KO Show X Happy Talk" co-hosted!

With special guest Ezekiel.

Kevin Owens & Happy Corbin's purpose was to embarrass Ezekiel and mock his "split personality or brotherhood with Elias" saga!

The disadvantage was evened by Shinsuke Nakamura who came to the aid of Ezekiel!

🔻 VIDEO: A food fight erupts in the mall between Doudrop, A.S.H., Naomi, and Shirai.

After bowling did not go well, Io Shirai & Naomi attempt to de-escalate the tension between A.S.H and Doudrop by taking them to eat some Fast Food. Even then, the pair had an argument about who ruined the Bowling game which resulted ultimately in an all-out food fight with the clients at the restaurant! How will Naomi & Io Shirai contain Doudrop & A.S.H?!

🔴 Kevin Owens & Happy Corbin vs. Nakamura & Ezekiel: 7min*

Nakamura & Ezekiel look to end Happy Corbin and Kevin Owens' bullying cycle!

Nakamura & Ezekiel win!!

🔴 Rhodes and Styles enter a war of words with Rigleer & Lashley: 13min*

Cody Rhodes is here on Raw to come face-to-face with Sam Rigleer!

There's Sam Rigleer in one corner who'd only goal is to ruin Cody Rhodes' run in WWE just like Cody stole and embarrassed him at WrestleMania. And then there's Cody Rhodes who wants to move on from his chapter with Sam Rigleer and wants to become the WWE Champion!

Sam Rigleer argues Rhodes is being spoiled by WWE Management who have handed him a future Title match with Bobby Lashley in the upcoming WrestleMania Backlash premium live event. A point backed by the WWE Champion Bobby Lashley himself who sees Cody Rhodes as undeserving of a Title Match because he only won last week via DQ.

AJ Styles comes out while the three stars argue and claims he only lost last week on Raw because of Sam Rigleer and that he'll make him pay right now!

WWE Official Adam Pearce sanctions a huge Tag Team Match for later tonight when Lashley & Rigleer team up against Rhodes & Styles!

🔻 VIDEO: The Story of Lacey Evans - Chapter 3

She says growing up if they weren’t living in tents, it was trailers with holes in the floor or houses with mold. She talks more about her dad’s issues, and how she grew up without her mom for the most important years of her life. She didn’t have mommy to lean on so she was left crying into a pile of dirty clothes. She does her own makeup and stuff now, and had to teach herself what beauty was. She goes on about competing in amateur wrestling when she was younger, and without the support at home it was up to her to succeed. She recalls walking home two miles in the rain, from work, school and wrestling, only to find her high father passed out on the couch, with a cigarette in his mouth. Evans learned how unbreakable she was and how sorry she felt for people who haven’t been put in dangerous situations to find themselves. Evans repeats the line from the two previous weeks, about how what she’s been through in life has made her a motivated, ready for anything, confident, mother, wife, sister, daughter, U.S. Marine, and a WWE Superstar, and how she’s no better than the other WWE Superstars, but they’re damn sure no better than her.

🔴 Theory vs. Ricochet: 6min*

One week after betraying Riddle twice in a row, Theory enters competition on Raw with Ricochet!

Theory defeats Ricochet!

🔻 BACKSTAGE: Seth Rollins forces Mustafa Ali into facing Mansoor next week.

The Visionary Seth Rollins berates Mustafa Ali for having a 'soft spot' for Mansoor over the past weeks and wants him to face him next week on Raw!

🔴 Becky Lynch did not hold anything back on her return to Raw: 9min*

After losing the SmackDown Women's Championship in a Winner Take All to Charlotte Flair and Ronda Rousey, The Man Becky Lynch has not been seen since.

Tonight, Big Time Becks addressed the WWE Universe ambiguously, claiming she hit the 'rock-bottom' and doesn't know if she can do it anymore! What has gotten into the former multi-time champion?!

🔻 BACKSTAGE: Doudrop and Nikki A.S.H. make each other fall while ice-skating.

In Io Shirai & Naomi's last attempt to bring Doudrop & Nikki A

.S.H back together, they take them to ice-skate.

Everything was going well until Nikki A.S.H accidently fell and slid right into Doudrop who fell on her face! Everyone in the facility broke down in laughter at Doudrop who took matters into her own hands and sent A.S.H. flying into the barricade at the ice-skating area!

Did Io Shirai & Naomi fail in fixing this already torn apart alliance?

⭕ MAIN EVENT: Cody Rhodes & AJ Styles vs. Bobby Lashley & Sam Rigleer: 14min*

A huge clash of the heavyweights where AJ Styles & Cody Rhodes come together to battle the force of a relentless Sam Rigleer and an Almighty WWE Champion Bobby Lashley!

Cody Rhodes & AJ Styles defeat Rigleer & Lashley and celebrated!