WWE Monday Night Raw Full Results (January 16th, 2023)

– Tonight’s WWE Raw opened with 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 Sami Zayn looked on.

Jey takes the mic and announces to Cincinnati that The Bloodline is in your city. Jimmy brags about running Raw and SmackDown. Jimmy says before Solo puts a bating on Mustafa Ali tonight, they need to address what happened on SmackDown. Jey sends a warning to Kevin Owens and says he hopes he got the message on SmackDown – do not cross Undisputed WWE Universal Champion Roman Reigns as he will get another lesson at the Royal Rumble.

Jey says speaking of The Tribal Chief, they have something big planned for the Raw 30th Anniversary show as every generation of The Bloodline will be there to acknowledge Roman Reigns. Jey says also at Raw 30, they will retain the WWE Raw Tag Team Titles over The Judgment Day. The music interrupts and here comes Finn Balor, Damian Priest, Dominik Mysterio and Rhea Ripley.

Ripley says the only thing The Bloodline needs to acknowledge is how The Judgment Day runs Raw. Fans boo. Balor says not only do they run the show, last week they ran the Gauntlet, ran through the tag team division, and now are running straight to The Usos. The Judgment Day is in the ring now. Balor praises Mysterio for his performance last week. Priest says he and Dominik will handle business tonight while Balor is in the main event. Priest looks forward to bringing the red brand titles back to Raw. Mysterio says he smells fear because The Usos are scared. He asks Jimmy and Jey if they’re scared, and The Usos taunt him back, then brag about tag teams they’ve defeated.

The Usos say at Raw 30 they will welcome The Judgment Day to The Uso Penitentiary. The Usos drop the mic. Dominik goes on about how The Usos wouldn’t last a minute in the real penitentiary. Dominik calls them wanna-be’s and says Sikoa is the biggest wanna-be. Sikoa steps in Dominik’s face. Ripley moves Dominik and gets in Sikoa’s face. Sikoa steps back but gets back in her face. Dominik rocks Sikoa but Sikoa drops him. A brawl breaks out now. Sikoa and Ripley are left alone in the ring. Ripley taunts Sikoa and he looks ready to attack but Mustafa Ali suddenly flies off the top with a big splash to a pop.

– Solo Sikoa defeated Mustafa Ali via pinfall. After the match, Solo Sikoa stands tall but Owens immediately drops him with a Stunner. Owens fights Sikoa to the floor and sends him into the steel steps. Owens slams Sikoa on top of the announce table and pounds on him. Owens goes to run the barrier for a splash through the announce table as Sikoa did to him last week, but The Usos attack. Owens fights The Usos off again and throws a chair into Jimmy’s face. Officials run down with Adam Pearce to hold Owens back while The Usos and Sikoa retreat. Owens stands on top of the table and yells out to a pop. Officials continue holding Owens back as a “let them fight!” chant breaks out. Sikoa promises to get Owens.

– Bobby Lashley at backstage with a promo for the main event. He says tonight’s Six-Way with other former champions means nothing because he is The All Mighty. Lashley goes on with words for WWE United States Champion Austin Theory and says his title reign is coming to an end at WWE Raw 30.

– We get the third return vignette for Cody Rhodes. We see footage of him training at the Nightmare Factory. Cody says this is where he will become bulletproof. The video includes comments from Brandi Rhodes. She says Cody can do the work, he feels and looks better than ever. Cody says it’s no longer if he will return, but when. He goes on and announces that he will return in the Men’s Royal Rumble Match. Cody says he made it crystal clear before that he wanted the WWE Title, and at The Rumble, he is back. The announcers hype Cody’s return at Royal Rumble now.

– Byron Saxton at backstage outside of Adam Pearce’s locker room office. He says Pearce’s office has been a revolving door of Superstars trying to make their cases for Royal Rumble spots all day. Elias is with Saxton now. He talks about what 2022 meant for his family, and says it’s time to right some wrongs, and his vengeance tour will begin in The Rumble. MVP exits Pearce’s door and tells Elias to watch out. MVP warns Elias to not go in there and bother Pearce about The Rumble because the winner is a done deal. Elias goes on about how MVP hasn’t been relevant in years. MVP says if Elias keeps on, MVP will get him a match with the Rumble winner. Elias says it will be a tune-up match. MVP goes back inside to get Pearce to book a match.

– The Street Profits defeated Cedric Alexander and Shelton Benjamin via pinfall. After the match, The Profits celebrates while MVP is disappointed with the referee and the loss, while The Profits continue celebrating on the ramp.

– Cathy Kelley at backstage with The Judgment Day – Finn Balor, Damian Priest, Dominik Mysterio and Rhea Ripley. She asks Balor about the main event and he’s ready. She asks about the tag team match next but Alpha Academy interrupts. Chad Gable says he heard these clowns talking about how they ran through the RAW tag division last week but they barely snuck by Alpha Academy, they should’ve been medically disqualified over Balor but Alpha Academy will get redemption tonight when they take back the win that you thugs stole. 

Rhea Ripley threatens Gable, and Dominik says he spent all day pumping iron in the yard and won’t hesitate to not hold Ripley back from jumping on Gable. Gable insults Dominik and his time in prison. Priest says fun and games are over, he’s sick of it. He tells Alpha Academy to take a walk or they won’t make it to the ring tonight. Gable says that’s fine because Otis hasn’t got his steps in today. They walk off. 

– Becky Lynch makes her way to the ring. She says as much as she’d like to chat, she has business to tend to. Lynch calls Bayley out, calling her a goof and a Karen. Bayley doesn’t show so Lynch continues calling her out. The music hits and out comes Damage CTRL – Bayley with WWE Women’s Tag Team Champions Dakota Kai and IYO SKY.

Fans boos Damage CTRL as Bayley corrects Lynch on what her name is. The back & forth on the mic continues as Damage CTRL enters then ring. Fans chant “Becky!” now. Bayley mentions Lynch taking her spot years ago, including on Raw, SmackDown and at WrestleMania. They go back & forth over each other’s achievements and success. Bayley says Lynch only became The Man because she was punched in the face by another. Lynch threatens to punch Bayley in the face.

Bayley and Lynch continue arguing. Bayley insists she doesn’t need help from her stablemates to defeat Lynch. Lynch proposes a match next week and Bayley says yes. She goes on and proposes a Steel Cage match, with Kai and SKY banned from ringside. Bayley accepts and calls her an idiot. Lynch says it’s official, then she tosses the mic and leaves as the music hits. Bayley is not thrilled.

– Mustafa Ali confronts Dolph Ziggler at backstage. Ali is still upset over Ziggler not wanting to tag with him last week. Ali says it must be good to always get opportunities like Ziggler does. Ziggler says no one gets things handed to them, and he doesn’t have time to pay attention to Ali right now. Ziggler turns back to warming up for the main event. Ali drops Ziggler from out of nowhere and asks if he has his attention now. Ali walks off.

– Elias makes his way to the ring for a match. The music of MVP starts up next and out he comes in a suit. He says Elias must be confused as he thought he’d be facing MVP tonight. MVP says there was a communication breakdown and that’s what happens when you have no pull around here. MVP says things are about to get a lot worse for Elias because he is going to face the 2023 Royal Rumble winner. MVP then introduces Omos.

– Omos defeated Elias via pinfall. After the match, Omos stands tall with MVP over Elias now as the referee checks on him.

– Byron Saxton at backstage with Adam Pearce, asking what’s in store for Raw 30. Pearce says he’s working on the show but he promises it will be an unforgettable night, easily one of the biggest in the history of Raw, and even bigger with the winner of tonight’s main event going on to challenge WWE United States Champion Austin Theory. Akira Tozawa interrupts and he wants in The Rumble. Pearce says everyone does, and he has to earn it. Tozawa wants a match tonight to prove he deserves the Rumble spot. Pearce can’t promise anything but he will give Tozawa a match and see what happens. Tozawa yells out and walks off.

– The Judgement Day defeated Alpha Academy via pinfall. After the match, The Judgment Day stands tall. Dominik is all smiles as he and his stablemates regroup on the stage. The announcers hype next week’s match for the Raw Tag Team Titles.

– Patrick sends us to a video package for Martin Luther King Jr. Day.

– Mia Yim defeated IYO SKY via pinfall. After the match, Kai hits the ring to attack Yim but LeRae makes the save. LeRae takes out Kai and sends her to the floor. LeRae and Yim stand together while the champions recover at ringside.

– We get a video on what happened with Alexa Bliss and Uncle Howdy last week. Howdy asked her, do you feel like you are in charge? Bliss then looked on as Howdy came out to laugh at her.

– We see RAW Women’s Champion Bianca Belair walking at backstage.

– The announcers hype the Royal Rumble card.

– WWE Raw Women’s Champion Bianca Belair makes her way to the ring. Belair says it’s only been a few weeks but she missed everyone, and if it were up to her she’d never miss a Raw. She goes on about how the job comes with risks, like having her face smashed into the steel steps. She says even if she ends up with a scar on her face, she’d still face Alexa Bliss, and again, and again, again, and again, because with the risk comes the reward of being your Raw Women’s Champion. Fans chant “EST!” now. 

Belair says she may have missed last week’s show but she heard everything Bliss said. She asks if Bliss has the guts to come out and say it in her face. The music hits and here comes Alexa Bliss. Bliss says she will gladly repeat herself for Belair and anyone else who needs to hear. She says Belair fears her because she doesn’t know what to expect. Bliss brings up the Royal Rumble and Belair cuts her off. Belair asks if she really wants to try and eliminate 29 other women for a title shot, or does she want the title shot at The Rumble? Bliss, speaking from the ramp, asks what the catch is. Belair says Bliss wanted to be in control, so the choice is hers.

Bliss says she will see Belair at the Royal Rumble. Fans pop. Belair exits the ring and says Bliss can see her tonight as well. They start brawling on the entrance-way as Belair rocks Bliss. Belair unloads and sends Bliss into the ring post, the barrier, then slams her face into the edge of the apron a few times. Bliss blocks a shot into the steel steps but Belair kicks her. Belair charges but Bliss side-steps and Belair ends up over the barrier, in the front row. Blair slowly stands up and grabs Bliss from behind, bringing her over the barrier. They brawl into the crowd now.

Belair stands two chairs up facing each other. She scoops Bliss and goes to slam her on the chairs with the KOD, but Belair is frozen in her tracks when she looks to the concourse area and apparently sees Uncle Howdy standing in the light and shadows. Bliss takes advantage of the distraction and drops Belair on the concrete with a DDT. Bliss looks up at Howdy’s silhouette, and it looks like he motions to her at Bliss, or bows to her. Bliss backs away from Belair while snarling down at her.

– Bronson Reed defeated Akira Tozawa via pinfall. After the match, Reed stands tall over Tozawa and yells out.

– Byron Saxton at backstage with Seth Rollins. Rollins says just when he thinks he’s out, the WWE United States Title pulls him back in. He had his sight set on the Royal Rumble but WWE officials called him for tonight’s main event. Old plan out, new plan in. Rollins says next week he will take back the title at Raw 30, then win the Royal Rumble, then go all the way to WrestleMania 39 to kick Roman Reigns’ ass in the main event, like only Rollins can. Rollins wants it all and he wants it now, in the great words of Freddy Mercury. Rollins laughs and heads out.

– Bobby Lashley defeated Seth Rollins, Finn Balor, Baron Corbin, The Miz and Dolph Ziggler in six-man elimination match and became the new #1 contender for the Austin Theory’s United States Championship. After the match, Lashley stands tall in the middle of the ring while Theory stands up on top of the announce table and they stare at each other. WWE Monday Night Raw goes off the air with Lashley and Theory yelling at each other as Theory raises the title in the air.