WWE RAW Nashville, TN, January 2, 2023
The commentators are Corey Graves and Kevin Patrick.
– WWE Monday Night RAW begins with the Bloodline coming through the crowd, knocking down a ground guard and RAW taking over. Jimmy Uso takes the commentator’s headset and says that the Bloodline RAW will take over. 2023 will be like 2022 with the Bloodline dominating.
Sami Zayn says it’s a message for everyone behind the scenes. Kevin Owens’ music begins and he takes the stage. Zayn says he can see Owen’s mic, Owens should keep quiet because they’re not in a good mood tonight. Tonight there is a hostage hostage situation by the Bloodline. Zayn says whatever happens, it’s going to be because of Owens. Owens says he has something to say, but after hearing Zayn he just wants to slap him in the face. Owens approaches the ring but Adam Pearce arrives with security to arrest him.
Pearce says the Bloodline isn’t the authority. Bloodline’s strategy is running too long. The bloodline must not be in his ring. Pearce asks security to get the Bloodline out of the ring, but Solo Sikoa beats all of the agents one by one. Owens decides to get in the ring, but four on one he can’t do anything. Pearce asks for help. Wrestlers from the RAW roster arrive to drive Bloodline out of the ring. Pearce says the Bloodline can’t go that easily. the bloodline wants to come to work so he will make them work because they all have a game tonight and it’s official!
– Behind the scenes, Byron Saxton says we’ll have the RAW Women’s Championship right after that. He asks Bianca Belair how her relationship with Alexa has changed. Belair says she is not the victim of the story. Alexa can blame Bray Wyatt all she wants, but Alexa is her own person. She’ll prove why the women’s title goes to WWE EST.
– Back after the break, the wrestlers feud behind the scenes with Adam Pearce to face the Bloodline. Montez Ford says it must include street profits. Owens says the Bloodline is there for him. Elias says he only wants to fight Solo, Solo broke his guitar, he wants a fight against Solo. Pearce says Solo and Elias will face off in a musical street fight tonight. A six-man tag by the way, the Usos and Zayn versus the Street Profits and Owens. Pearce says that for the others, their chance will come another time.
RAW Women’s Championship
Alexa Bliss vs Bianca Belair ©
At the end of the match, Bliss is distracted by a man under the mask of the new Fiend at ringside. Bliss goes to the corner, but another masked man distracts her. The Bray Wyatt logo appears on the TitanTron.
Bliss freaks out and hits the referee! Belair wants to intervene but same result, Belair gets beat up. Bliss begins destroying Belair and takes him down the ring to DDT him on the Steel stage. Bliss was about to leave, but she comes back to do another DDT to Belair on the Steel level.
No winner despite Bliss should be DQ
After the fight, medics and the doctor arrive to tend to Belair.
– Back, we see that Belair got help from Montez Ford to leave during the break.
– We present a video about the rivalry between Theory and Rollins. Cathy is backstage with Austin Theory to find out how confident he is about tonight. The theory says it’s great because it’s the new year. 2023 will be his year. Two weeks ago he got inside Seth Rollins’ head and attacked while he was busy with the Bloodline. It shows that Rollins is the past and he is the present. His reign forever has only just begun.
– Elias is in the ring and says he wants to hit Solo’s head with his guitar so he can find out that WWE stands for Walk With Elias. Elias says he made up a song for tonight. Solo music interrupts the song.
Street fight in the music city
Elijah vs. Solo Sikoa
At the end of the match, Nashville singer Hardy (no relation to Matt and Jeff) enters the ring to hit Sikoa with a guitar, but he doesn’t fall! Hardy quickly flees. Elias kneels Sikoa and launches from the corner, but Sikoa blocks him with a Samoan Spike. Sikoa continues his spinning solo on a piano at the bottom of the ring for a count of three.
Winner: Solo Sikoa
– We present a video of John Cena’s return to SmackDown last Friday.
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