My WWE 2K19 Results: WWE RAW (Jan.W3.18)

WWE RAW

January.Week 3.2018

Oklahoma City, OK

CHAMPIONS

WWE Universal Champion: Brock Lesnar

WWE Intercontinental Champion: Roman Reigns

WWE RAW Tag Team Champions: The Shield (Seth Rollins & Dean Ambrose)

WWE RAW Women's Champion: Paige

WWE RAW POWER RANKINGS

1. Dash Wilder

2. Scott Dawson

3. Rhyno

4. Heath Slater

5. Seth Rollins (WWE RAW Tag Team Champion)

LAST WEEK ON RAW: The Bálor Club made a big statement by defeating The Shield after Anderson got the pinfall over Intercontinental Champion Roman Reigns!

TONIGHT: Karl Anderson challenges Roman Reigns for the Intercontinental Championship!

SHOW OPENER PROMO

After getting the better of Kane in a brawl last week, Braun Strowman sets his sight on another titan in his way, Big Show, who would very much like for “The Monster Among Men” to try him. This Universal Championship Fatal 4-Way Match at the Royal Rumble means everything to Big Show who feels like he's viewed as a novelty act rather than the fearsome giant he is. Strowman says that it's because the fearsome giant is now Strowman.

Braun Strowman vs Big Show

PROMO BATTLE WINNER: Big Show

LAST WEEK ON RAW: The Bar defeated Titus Worldwide.

MATCH #1

Tag Team Match

Jeff Hardy & Jason Jordan vs The Bar (Sheamus & Cesaro)

Pre-Match: Jeff and Jason high-five.

WINNERS: The Bar (Sheamus & Cesaro)

Method: Submission from Cesaro on Jordan

Finish: Sharpshooter

INTERVIEW: Enzo Amore talks about how The Zo Train is on its way to pick up the Cruiserweight Championship and he's the conductor. As for the on-again, off-again, former Cruiserweight Champ Akira Tozawa, he's got to get through Tony Nese tonight if he wants to make it to the Royal Rumble to face Cedric Alexander in a championship rematch.

Akira Tozawa and Goldust enter the frame as Goldust calls Enzo a straight-to-DVD production while Cedric Alexander and Tozawa are box office blockbusters. Enzo is told to keep dreaming because that is the only scenario where he will ever come into contact with the Cruiserweight Championship!

MATCH #2

Normal Match

Akira Tozawa vs Tony Nese (w/Enzo Amore)

Mid-Match: Enzo CONTINUOUSLY distracts Tozawa throughout the match. He also pulls the official out of the ring, breaking up a pin attempt by Tozawa after delivering a Diving Senton on Nese.

WINNER: Akira Tozawa

Method: Pinfall

Finish: Snap German Suplex

LAST WEEK ON RAW: (Prompted by Alexa Bliss) Nia Jax attacked Asuka before their scheduled match and left “The Empress of Tomorrow” laying.

MATCH #3

Normal Match

Nia Jax vs Asuka

WINNER: Asuka

Method: Submission

Finish: Asuka Lock

Post-Match: Nia begrudginly shakes Asuka's hand much to RAW Women's Champion Alexa Bliss' chagrin.

VIDEO PACKAGE: A tribute to Dr. Martin Luther King.

MIDDLE CARD PROMO

The Revival took aim at veterans from Stone Cold Steve Austin to Shawn Michaels to The Outsiders by designating themselves as professional wrestlers instead of sports entertainers. Proclaiming that beer baths and crotch chops had turned WWE into a mockery, Dash and Dawson promised they would never be pressured to change from their old-school mentality and proclaimed that this is their Universe now.

CONCERT PERFORMANCE: Elias is here to teach the WWE Universe a lesson so their lives will be better immediately: The WWE stands for Walk With Elias. The Royal Rumble is on the horizon and Elias wrote a song about the road to victory.

LAST WEEK ON RAW: The Miz met with RAW GM Kurt Angle and the Intercontinental Champion himself, Roman Reigns, himself who accepted his challenge for a title match on the 25^th Anniversary of RAW!

INTERVIEW: Monday Night RAW and the WWE Intercontinental Championship are two terms synonymous with The Miz. The Miz and Maryse are so awesome that they've been asked to star and produce their own show. Miz promises to over-deliver next week so that people will be talking for the next 25 years. The IC title is his. Miz says he made it prestigious and he made it relevant. He will walk into RAW 25 and reclaim his title and it will feel AWESOME.

IN THE BACKSTAGE AREA: An angry “Samoan Submission Machine” is on the warpath over various Superstars attaining opportunities at the Intercontinental Championship when it should be Samoa Joe and Samoa Joe only in the running for a title match. The Miz tip-toed himself into a title match last week but this week Samoa Joe wants to find out firsthand if Miz has what it takes to cut the line in front of Joe.

MATCH #4

Normal Match

Samoa Joe vs The Miz (w/Maryse, Curtis Axel & Bo Dallas)

Mid-Match: The Miztourage interject themselves throughout the match.

WINNER: The Miz

Method: Pinfall

Finish: Kneeling DDT

LAST WEEK ON RAW: Absolution defeated Bayley and Sasha Banks when Mandy Rose pinned Sasha!

TONIGHT: Sonya Deville wants to be the one to pin Sasha this week.

MATCH #5

Normal Match

Sasha Banks (w/Mickie James & Bayley) vs Sonya Deville (w/Paige & Mandy Rose)

Mid-Match: Mandy Rose distracts Sasha throughout the match. In retaliation, Bayley would distract the official to hinder Sonya.

WINNER: Sasha Banks

Method: Pinfall

Finish: Bank Statement

RECENTLY ON RAW: Heath Slater has watched his tag partner Rhyno fight to the very end in an effort to teach Heath about toughness. Consider the lessons taken to heart as Slater looks to fight hard against “Woken” Matt Hardy!

MATCH #6

Normal Match

Matt Hardy vs Heath Slater (w/Rhyno)

WINNER: Matt Hardy

Method: Pinfall

Finish: Side Effect

VIDEO PACKAGE: The first inductee into the WWE Hall of Fame class of 2018 will be Goldberg!

IN TWO WEEKS AT THE ROYAL RUMBLE:

• It's a Fatal 4-Way for the Universal Championship! “The Beast” Brock Lesnar defends against “The World's Largest Athlete” The Big Show, “The Big Red Machine” Kane and “The Monster Among Men” Braun Strowman! Under Fatal 4-Way rules Brock does not have to be pinned to lose the title!

• From SmackDown Live, “The Viper” Randy Orton must defend the WWE Championship against John Cena and “The Phenomenal” AJ Styles in a Triple Threat Match! Can Randy overcome the odds?

• Also from Tuesday nights, The New Day will defend the SmackDown Tag Team Titles against former champs The Usos and it will be a Two out of Three Falls Match!

• After regaining the Cruiserweight Championship on RAW last week, Cedric Alexander looks to finally turn away Akira Tozawa by retaining the title at the Royal Rumble!

• Jason Jordan and Jeff Hardy challenge Shield members Seth Rollins and Dean Ambrose for the RAW Tag Team Championship!

• Baron Corbin will defend the United States Championship against the winner of the ongoing tournament on SmackDown Live!

• The field of 30 is already filling up but it includes the likes of Shinsuke Nakamura, Bray Wyatt and Finn Bálor! It is truly an all-star field and the winner is guaranteed a championship match at WrestleMania, it is the men's Royal Rumble Match!

• History will be made in Philly, for the first time ever we will bear witness to a 30-woman over-the-top Royal Rumble Match! Many have already announced themselves for this match-up. Someone will earn a championship opportunity at WrestleMania!

MAIN EVENT

WWE INTERCONTINENTAL CHAMPIONSHIP

Normal Match

Roman Reigns (c)(w/Seth Rollins & Dean Ambrose) vs Karl Anderson (w/Finn Bálor & Luke Gallows)

WINNER and STILL WWE INTERCONTINENTAL CHAMPION: Roman Reigns

Method: Pinfall

Finish: Spear

Post-Match: Anderson shakes Roman's hand.